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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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Caoimhe Farris

Caoimhe Farris, Staff Reporter

Caoimhe is a junior and this is their third year on the news production staff. When they’re not writing or creating cartoons, they can be found helping with the GSA, drawing or watching movies. They can be contacted at [email protected].

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The west parking lot is full of cars during the school day. Starting on Aug. 1, seniors will have the chance to purchase their parking spot, and can choose it on May 16.

Parking passes on sale Aug. 1

Caoimhe Farris, Staff Reporter
June 2, 2022
Sophomore Kaden Stottler poses in the Zen Garden. Stottler begins his new rap music career using only his Iphone, a microphone and a little help from close friends and family.

Sophomore begins journey into future rap career

Caoimhe Farris, Staff Reporter
May 17, 2022
Junior Sawyer Novack was one of the AP Art Studio students who work was displayed at the Lafayette Fine Arts Festival April 22-23. The event allowed the class members to select which pieces to put on display.

[Photo] AP Art Studio students gain much more than just fine arts credit

May 6, 2022
Cartoon: April Fools

Cartoon: April Fools

Caoimhe Farris, Staff Reporter
April 1, 2022
Class of 2021 students do The Whip at the 2021 Prom that took place in Lafayette's parking lot.  The 2022 Prom will also include juniors and will occur on April 30 at the Ritz-Carlton.

[Photo] Prom to take place at Ritz-Carlton, includes juniors

Penelope Proffitt, Staff Reporter
March 10, 2022
According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have already been 7,884 deaths by gun violence this year. Gun violence is a very big problem and better strategies need to be prioritized to stop the violence.

Gun Violence: Never again and again and again

Caoimhe Farris, Staff Reporter
March 9, 2022
Drama teacher Natasha Fischer describes to her students the tone for their next skit during her 4th Hour Acting 2 class. Fischer won Lafayette's Teacher of the Year for 2021-2022 on Feb. 7, 2022.

Drama teacher Natasha Fischer named Teacher of the Year

Caoimhe Farris, Staff Reporter
February 25, 2022
Lily Roy donated blood on January 28th, to the American Red Cross, helping meet their sum of 70 pints of blood.

Cartoon: Brief Semester Break

Cartoon: Brief Semester Break

Caoimhe Farris, Staff Reporter
January 21, 2022
The Class of 2018-2019 graduated at the Chaifetz Arena on May 22, 2019. In 2020 and 2021, Graduation was at the POWERplex.

Chaifetz Arena new COVID policy raises graduation concerns

Caoimhe Farris, Staff Reporter
January 18, 2022
Missouri's and Rockwood's sex education program has created a harmful stigma around having sex and its putting adolescents at risk. The curriculum excludes LGBTQ+ students, only presents part of what is needed in order to participate in sex safely and isn't separating teacher and religious preference from legitimate education when it comes to safe sex, contraceptives and STI prevention.

Sex should not be stigmatized

Caoimhe Farris, Staff Reporter
December 9, 2021
Noah Hindi, class of 2021, walks back to his seat after receiving his certificate on June 2. In previous years, Graduation was at Chaifetz Arena on St. Louis University's (SLU) Campus, but because of COVID-19, SLU cancelled its events. As a result, the 2021 Graduation was held at the POWERplex.

Cap and gown informational meeting to prepare seniors for Graduation

Caoimhe Farris, Staff Reporter
October 26, 2021
The restroom near the West Entrance has been a victim of the Devious Licks. Currently, only the mens' restrooms have been effected by the vandalism and theft.

Social media trend leads to vandalism, property damage

Cece Beckmann and Caoimhe Farris
September 22, 2021
Kiana Madeira, Olivia Scott Welch, Benjamin Flores Jr., Julia Rehwald and Fred Hechinger star in "Fear Street:1994", kicking off the R.L. Stine trilogy revamped, directed by Leigh Janiak.

‘Fear Street: 1994’ keeps viewers engaged, pays homage to 90s horror

Caoimhe Farris, Staff Reporter
September 14, 2021
A student has his school photo taken before the start of the 2020-2021 school year. This year's make-up photos are scheduled for Sept. 9 during AcLab. Any 9th, 10th or 11th grader who has not had a photo taken should check with their teacher at the beginning of homeroom to find out their appointment time.

Inter-State to host make-up photos on Sept. 9

Caoimhe Farris, Staff Reporter
September 7, 2021
Back in class: more than a square on a screen

Back in class: more than a square on a screen

Caoimhe Farris, Staff Reporter
September 2, 2021
Kelsey Brown's drawing using Prismacolor markers

State of the Art: Nine virtual art galleries to help unlock a creative mindset

Caoimhe Farris, Staff Reporter
May 6, 2021
Cartoon: Never Enough

Cartoon: Never Enough

Caoimhe Farris, Staff Reporter
February 25, 2021
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Love, fictionally

Love, fictionally

Caoimhe Farris, Staff Reporter
February 14, 2021
Cartoon: Spreading Nothing But Love

Cartoon: Spreading Nothing But Love

Caoimhe Farris, Staff Reporter
February 12, 2021
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[Photo] Five Questions with Vance Lear

Hannah Fitts
February 3, 2021

[Photo] LHS, NAMI team up to help students recognize early warning signs of mental illness

Kevin Vera
January 27, 2021
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[Photo] LHS community shares thoughts on social injustice, efforts to make changes in attitudes

February 1, 2021
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[Photo] Everything in its place: 10 resources to help organize the clutter in your space

January 14, 2021
The Netflix Original movie, Over the Moon, was released on Oct. 16, 2020. The movie received an 80% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 6.5/10 from IMDb.

Review: ‘Over The Moon’ tackles mature topics, disappoints through execution

Caoimhe Farris, Staff Reporter
December 16, 2020
On Oct. 21, St. Louis County voters line up outside of the St. Louis County Board of Elections in order to cast their absentee ballot. Along with the ability to cast their ballot in person, voters also had the option to drop off absentee ballots.

LHS seniors join what is expected to be record turnout for young voters in 2020 election

Vijay Viswanathan and Caoimhe Farris
November 2, 2020
While COVID-19 has impacted almost everyone's sleep schedules, whether that be positive or negative, studies show that those with pre-existing sleep conditions have been hit the hardest during the crazy hours of COVID-19.

[Photo] Research shows quarantine has strongest sleep disruption on those with pre-existing sleep conditions

October 22, 2020
Cartoon: Quarantine-O-Ween

Cartoon: Quarantine-O-Ween

Caoimhe Farris, Staff Reporter
October 11, 2020
In November 2019, Lancers Helping Lancers organized and executed a mental health week. Seniors Sydney Stinnett and Taylor Wulf help to make clothespins to clip on to unsuspecting student's clothes and backpacks with uplifting messages written on them.

COVID-19 affects mental health of students in differing ways

Makayla Archambeault, Juli Mejia, Caoimhe Farris, Cece Beckmann, Sophia Wasson, and Samantha Haney
September 30, 2020
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[Photo] That Was My Jam: Matt Zahradka

October 16, 2020
During the material pickup day at the start of the 2020-2021 school year, librarian Nichole Ballard-Long assists senior Brenna Arakelian determine what books she needs for her Quarter 1 classes. Students will not need to return those materials and pick up books or their Quarter 2 courses which begin on Oct. 26.

For technical difficulties: 10 resources to help fix most Canvas and Zoom problems

Caoimhe Farris, Staff Reporter
September 3, 2020
With the fourth week of the Alternative Learning Plan (ALP), students and staff are noting the challenges and benefits to the new learning plan.

Students, staff adjust to ALP

Alex Vancil and Caoimhe Farris
April 14, 2020
Tom Holland and Chris Pratt star in the animated film "Onward," alongside their deceased father, represented by a reanimated pair of pants.

Review: Glimmers of magic in Pixar’s ‘Onward’

Caoimhe Farris, Staff Reporter
April 2, 2020
On Tuesday, March 16, students at Lafayette will be taking the ACT. Teachers recommend preparing both mentally and physically the days leading up to the exam.

ACT scheduled for February 25

Caoimhe Farris, Staff Reporter
February 24, 2020
"1917" entered limited release on Dec. 25, 2019 in order to be eligible for awards in 2020. The film was released more widely on Jan. 10, 2020. Photo by François Duhamel, courtesy of Universal Pictures.

Review: One take is enough for ‘1917’

Caoimhe Farris, Staff Reporter
January 30, 2020
During the stay-at-home order, the Rockwood Drug-Free Coalition is offering kits for those who wish to quit vaping through Truth Initiative's e-cigarette quit program.

Medical marijuana licenses approved in Missouri

Caoimhe Farris, Staff Reporter
January 16, 2020
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