The Lancer mascot has taken on different forms throughout Lafayette's history. Each is represented throughout the school in murals, clock faces and even the floor of the Commons. Lafayette community members...

Sophomore Hritika Malugu and Brentwood High School freshman Meenakshi Kadungath have been dancing since they were young. “We both have been dancing since were 5 or 6,” Malugu said. “We met [when]...

This year, sophomore Halah Almuttan followed her childhood dream by opening her own baking business, Halah’s Sweet Treats. “I’ve been baking my entire life. I used to watch the Kids Baking Championship...

On April 8, Lafayette students and staff joined to watch the partial eclipse on the football field. They were on the field for under an hour, passing time by talking to friends, tracking the sun's progress...

In her sophomore year, senior Daisy Foster volunteered through Key Club, a volunteer organization, at the Trick-or-Treat for Cans event hosted by Student Council. Volunteers walked through neighborhoods...

Undefined, an improv comedy troupe, uses audience stimuli and skits to entertain their audience. Members form different teams, to work together throughout the comedy games. Undefined's final show will...

Junior Jenna Barakat spends her time outside of school in productions run by various theater companies such as COCA and STAGES St. Louis. While she mostly performs in musicals, she also performs in plays...

Despite current forms of streaming music, some people decide to return to vinyl, an older form of music. Many vinyl collectors enjoy the physicality of vinyl and think the sound is richer than streamed...

Students on the field, glasses in hand, looking up at the sky, Lafayette experienced a total solar eclipse August 21, 2017.  This year, students will have an opportunity to view a partial solar eclipse,...

For most people, their first instinct after seeing a bug is to stomp it out of sight, but for sophomore Gus Nagel, bugs serve as an opportunity to satisfy a lifelong fascination. “Since [I was] a...

  Amber Hamilton opened The Tea Spout by Aquene Amora, a tea health and wellness shop, in the summer of 2023. Before opening The Tea Spout, Hamilton had a small business, Aquene Amora. Hamilton...

In past years, math teacher Kevin O'Gorman has celebrated Pi Day with his classes. It's a day that celebrates the symbol pi (π), which represents the ratio between circumference and diameter. Pi is an...