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The Student News Site of Lynbrook High School

the Epic

The Student News Site of Lynbrook High School

the Epic

The Student News Site of Lynbrook High School

the Epic

Senators Kelly Loeffler and Richard Burr used their political offices to their benefits before the pandemic’s effects had fully materialized.

Senators’ selling of stocks stirs controversy

Katie Chen and Bennie Chang May 25, 2020

The coronavirus outbreak has impacted billions of individuals around the globe and widened the disparity between the privileged and the disadvantaged. Before the pandemic’s effects had fully materialized...

FUHSD forms task force to address COVID-19 challenges

FUHSD forms task force to address COVID-19 challenges

Audrey Wong and Youqi Huang May 25, 2020

For the past couple of months, the PTSA, teachers union, teacher department heads and student representatives have been working to address issues resulting from COVID-19 as part of a task force created...

COVID dreaming: Where do we go from here?

COVID dreaming: Where do we go from here?

Nicole Ong, Editors-in-Chief May 25, 2020

“This is the way the world ends. This is the way the world ends. This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but with a whimper.” – “The Hollow Men,” T.S. Eliot For Lynbrook students, the...

COVID-19 disrupts college athletic recruitment process

COVID-19 disrupts college athletic recruitment process

Mei Corricello, Editor-in-Chief May 25, 2020

High school athletes typically count on their junior and senior spring seasons as a crucial part of the college recruitment processes. This year, cancellations due to COVID-19 and the shelter-in-place...

These 3 factors each played a role in the spread of coronavirus.

Government, society, humility: Whose fault is it?

Elliu Huang, Managing Editor April 10, 2020

The human race, despite its extensive technological capacity and innovative capabilities, has yet to conquer the fight against COVID-19. As a result, humans have been left susceptible to this microscopic...

Spring sports season affected by COVID-19

Sunny Li, Design Editor April 3, 2020

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the 2020 spring season has effectively been shut down. The sports teams affected include badminton, baseball, golf, softball, swimming, track and field and boys volleyball....

Collegeboard made changes to the AP exam to accommodate for COVID-19

CollegeBoard modifies AP exam procedures

Kaylin Li and Audrey Wong April 3, 2020

Due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, CollegeBoard is modifying the procedures for the Advanced Placement (AP) exams, including allowing students to take the exam online at home, as well as offering...

School closure to be extended until May 1

School closure to be extended until May 1

Kaylin Li, Web Editor March 27, 2020

At 11:08 a.m. on March 25, students across FUHSD received an email notice that school would be closed until May 1, an extension from the initial school closures that would last until April 3. Food services...

A love letter to Wuhan, China

Kaylin Li, Web Editor March 24, 2020

You may know Wuhan as the epicenter of a global public health emergency. But people forget that before the coronavirus outbreak and the now-empty streets, there was once bustling traffic, street vendors...

Social studies teacher Jeffrey Bale poses with bottles of disinfectant.

FUHSD combats novel Coronavirus

Aileen Xue, Editors-in-Chief March 24, 2020

After announcing on March 13 that schools would be closed until April 3 in light of COVID-19 pandemic, otherwise referred to as the novel coronavirus, FUHSD has since implemented numerous measures to support...

Due to the cancellation of SAT, there were mixed reactions among the students.

Some March 14 SAT test centers closed due to COVID-19

Audrey Wong, Managing Editor March 15, 2020

Like many other events that would warrant a large gathering of people, many Bay Area administrations of the March 14 SAT were cancelled due to COVID-19.  On March 13, the CollegeBoard sent an email...

Seniors Lucy Sun and Ruijia Xing sit in the cafeteria with their masks on during brunch of Friday, March 13, the last day before the school announced its closure.

Lynbrook to be closed for three weeks in response to COVID-19

Kaylin Li, Web Editor March 15, 2020

After the bell rang on Friday, March 13, releasing students from their fourth period class, students chattered and ran up to each other in the hallways more than usual. The cause: an announcement made...