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Sharing a microphone in the chorus, sophomores Hattie Kumar and Meghan McKee perform "Can't Stop" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers with their fellow Monday Jam Band members.
LHS students perform in annual Acoustic Variety Show
Anchors Vedha Inampudi and Julia Dean host the pilot of Lancer Feed: Press Play, our new broadcast show talking about homecoming week and sports
Launch of Lancerfeed: Press Play
Vice President Kamala Harris and Former President Donald Trump go head-to-head for this year's presidential election. The 2024 general election will take place Nov. 5.
Lancers’ Election Perception
Wind ensemble, one of the three bands that performed on Oct. 30, plays their final song of the night. Music teacher Brad Balog conducted them.
LHS bands perform in first concert
Phone practices across Rockwood are relatively similar, with an baseline expectation that phones are away during instructional time. While most high schools in the district ask phones be put away completely for the entirety of class, Lafayette is the only school that allows teachers to decide the expectations in their own classroom.
New Phone Practice, Who Dis?
Senior forward Matt Ridgeway races down the ice towards the Eureka goal. Ridgeway scored 2 goals to help the Lancers win 5-3 on Nov. 16.
Ridgeway’s brace wins Lancers Battle of 109
Senior linebacker Nathan Hutchison and senior defensive back Drew Austermann dump water on coach Boyd Manne to celebrate the win. Lafayette became District champions for the first time since 2012.
Offensive breakthrough in third quarter ends 12-year drought
At the Fall College Signing day, 13 student athletes sign letters of intent in the Theater, Nov. 13. Family, teammates and coaches attended the event to support the signees.
Lancer athletes sign college letters of intent
After a blocked punt, senior defensive back Drew Austermann runs the ball toward the Rockwood Summit endzone. The play was one of two defensive touchdowns by Lafayette
Big first half propels Lancers to District final
October Male Athlete of the Month: Ezekiel Hagen
October Male Athlete of the Month: Ezekiel Hagen
Vice President Kamala Harris and Former President Donald Trump go head-to-head for this year's presidential election. The 2024 general election will take place Nov. 5.
Lancers’ Election Perception
Phone practices across Rockwood are relatively similar, with an baseline expectation that phones are away during instructional time. While most high schools in the district ask phones be put away completely for the entirety of class, Lafayette is the only school that allows teachers to decide the expectations in their own classroom.
New Phone Practice, Who Dis?
Senior center-back Braxton Lawhorn clears the ball toward the offense. After missing his junior season, Lawhorn played in a close 0-1 loss against Eureka, Sept 17, 2024.
‘It was hard to see everybody do something I wanted to do so bad’
During the final dress rehearsal Oct. 16, Elwyn Dignam, who plays Wayne Hopkins, brandishes his wand in LTC's production of "Puffs".
LTC to perform twist on Harry Potter story in Fall Play, Puffs
Junior, Luke Hinton, working at his studio, Wildwood Green Arts, located in Glencoe, MO. He has been going there for ceramics for a year.
Lafayette junior explores creative side through ceramics
Fake news online is rampant now that anyone can post anything. It is up to an individual to be proactive and fact check the media they consume.
It’s Time to Face the Facts
CARTOON: The evolution of the first day of school
CARTOON: The evolution of the first day of school
Officially releasing on April 16, Starbucks came out with their new Spicy Lemonade Refreshers: Spicy Dragonfruit (left), Spicy Strawberry (middle) and Spicy Pineapple (right). What makes these drinks unique is the addition of the Starbucks Spicy Chili Powder Blend which gives the drinks that hint of spice combined with the fruity, tropical flavor of the lemonade. (photo illustration by Zosia Paciorek)
Sips of Summer
In front of her TV, junior Maddy Cox stares at the opening screen of the docuseries Quiet on Set. The docuseries featured Nikelodeon cast and crew members talking about abuse they went through while working on and off set.
Child Actors, Adult Problems
In Irish Wish, Maddie Kelly (played by Lindsay Lohan) makes a wish that changes her life. In the end, Kelly is forced to decide between two guys she has feelings for.
Irish Wish offers charming romance, lacks overall plot depth
Digital Media Staff debuts new series, Digital Gone Clubbing. Sam Walowitz introduces the clubs, tune in!
Digital Media Gone Clubbing #1
Anchors Vedha Inampudi and Julia Dean host the pilot of Lancer Feed: Press Play, our new broadcast show talking about homecoming week and sports
Launch of Lancerfeed: Press Play
Grooving to Apple by Charlie XCX, Michael Callahan and CJ Campbell dance. Male Escadrille practiced four times before showcasing their new moves for their classmates at Powderpuff and the Pep Assembly.
HoCo Under the Sea: A week of wacky outfits, gender-swapped sports and a landslide win
Junior, Luke Hinton, working at his studio, Wildwood Green Arts, located in Glencoe, MO. He has been going there for ceramics for a year.
Lafayette junior explores creative side through ceramics
Graduating seniors who previously attended Rockwood Valley Middle School pose for a group picture in front of the school.
Seniors celebrate graduation by walking through previous schools
Decked out in 80's workout gear, the SSD department performs a dance routine that went on to win them the title of 'Best Group Costume'.
Drop Dead Gore-geous
Lancers don their Lafayette gear for black and gold spirit day
Lancers don their Lafayette gear for black and gold spirit day
Lancers blast to the past for Throwback Thursday HoCo Spirit Day
Lancers blast to the past for Throwback Thursday HoCo Spirit Day
Day three of HoCo Spirit Week has Lancer's setting sail
Day three of HoCo Spirit Week has Lancer’s setting sail
Surfers face bikers for second day of HoCo Spirit Week
Surfers face bikers for second day of HoCo Spirit Week
Pi Day celebrates the mathematical symbol of pi. People like math teacher Kevin O'Gorman have celebrated by eating pie and pizza on March 14.
Pi Day offers opportunity to learn more about symbol, eat pie
March 1 is National Compliment Day. A theory taught in AP Psychology mentions the benefits of both giving and receiving compliments.
Listen In: Giving compliments provides benefits for giver, receiver
Throughout her house, junior Jessica Guan has decorations for the Lunar New Year. Her favorite are the fish, which promise auspiciousness.
Listen In: Lunar New Year celebration holds tradition, culture
Class of 2011 graduate Charles Zimmerman (middle) is paired with Bonne Bedingfield (left) and Rabiha Sami (right) to form the Sugar Bandits, a culinary arts team on Holiday Wars. Team Sugar Bandits went into the finale and finished 2nd out of nine teams.
Listen In: Competition show builds friendship, learning opportunities
To introduce kids to the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, gifted teacher Shannon Batt put together a display. She is a certified Choctaw artist and was able to teach gifted students at Lafayette the art of beading.
Listen In: Native American Heritage Month offers gifted teacher opportunity to teach culture
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Floodwaters cover the Eureka High School parking lot, blocking off Highway 109, May 3, 2017.

2019 Flood Watch

Shelby Darnell
April 16, 2019
The Trump administration recently proposed a cut to funding for the Special Olympics. Lafayette's own Special Olympics program allows people with disabilities the chance to participate in fun events, such as face-painting.

OPINION: Special Olympics deserves funding

Shelby Darnell
April 2, 2019
The opioid epidemic provides many local families with struggles. This includes the Fitzwalter familly, whom founded the HEAL organization following the death of their son.

Local community fights Opioid Epidemic

Naomi Saegusa and Shelby Darnell
March 26, 2019
On Feb. 7, 2019, Major League Baseball changed the name of the "disabled list" of players unable to play to the "injured list" for major and minor league baseball.

[Photo] OPINION: MLB change reflects long-needed recognition

Morgan Vehige
February 12, 2019
Ellie Moloney[left[, President of the Best Buddies program, talks to other students about the program during lunch and gathers a list of people who are interested throughout the day.

Best Buddies program introduced

Shelby Darnell
January 7, 2019
Kyle Yerby, junior, and Rachel Paese, junior, battle it out for the position of the jester during the show, making jokes during the fight for the crowd.

Choir hosts themed show dinner for charities

Shelby Darnell
December 20, 2018
OPINION: Trump administration's new definition of gender highlights ignorance

OPINION: Trump administration’s new definition of gender highlights ignorance

Shelby Darnell
November 6, 2018
How much of a Halloween fan are you?

How much of a Halloween fan are you?

Shelby Darnell
October 30, 2018
Karena Wong, senior, and Rosanne Gerami, senior, discuss their groups’ results of the friction during the lab while Aishva Kothari, junior, records the results on her lab sheet.

Flipped classrooms turn tables for student learning

Shelby Darnell and Maya Manor
October 19, 2018
Nicole Lawson, senior, records her results during an AP Physics lab about static and kinetic friction.

Taylor Bridge, senior, reads the instructions on the lab sheet to determine her groups’ next step.

[Photo] Lafayette teachers make move to innovative teaching method

October 19, 2018
Shannon Campbell, Physics teacher, helps the group interpret the results gathered from the experiment. Junior Kshitij Sinha listens and juniors Lalit Trivedi and Ashley Skaggs write down their results. “In this activity we’re studying the difference between static friction and kinetic friction and observing how static friction is higher than kinetic friction and that different substances have different coefficients of friction," Campbell said.

Kshitij Sinha, junior, carefully pulls the device along the table in order to accurately determine the friction in AP Physics. His group members Lalit Trivedi, junior and Ashley Skaggs, junior, point him in the right direction.

[Photo] Student opinion varies on flipped class teaching format

October 19, 2018
Taylor Bridge, senior, reads the instructions on the lab sheet to determine her groups’ next step.

[Photo] Lafayette teachers make move to innovative teaching method

October 19, 2018
The Rockwood School District recently announced their new plan to further develop the district titled "The Way Forward".

Rockwood plans The Way Forward

Chloe Baker and Shelby Darnell
October 6, 2018
Sara Morgenthaler finishes Color Guard's performance in Steps with the Lancer Regiment at halftime.

Friday: Homecoming Game

Shelby Darnell and Jack Weaver
October 1, 2018
Junior Maddie Chester and other girls hand out candy on the softball float during the Homecoming parade.

Friday: Homecoming Parade

Shelby Darnell
September 28, 2018
Three secretaries retire at end of September

Three secretaries retire at end of September

Shelby Darnell and Maya Manor
September 28, 2018
OPINION: Back to school stress lasts longer than the first day

OPINION: Back to school stress lasts longer than the first day

Shelby Darnell
August 21, 2018
Final exemptions now processed online

Final exemptions now processed online

Shelby Darnell, Reporter
April 25, 2018
Chrome Extension regulations now active

Chrome Extension regulations now active

Shelby Darnell, Reporter
April 6, 2018
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All-school assembly to address driver safety

Shelby Darnell, Reporter
March 29, 2018
Renaissance hosts Chipotle fundraising night

Renaissance hosts Chipotle fundraising night

Shelby Darnell, Reporter
March 4, 2018
Rockwood releases nominees for 2018 ROSE Awards

Rockwood releases nominees for 2018 ROSE Awards

Shelby Darnell, Reporter
February 26, 2018
STUCO introduces Winter Homecoming

STUCO introduces Winter Homecoming

Delaney Stulce and Shelby Darnell
January 28, 2018
The Freshman Class collects donations in preparation for the Winter Carnival

Freshman class hosts annual Winter Carnival

Shelby Darnell, Reporter
January 14, 2018
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