![This May, student's exams will shift away from the paper and focus on the computer. "Environmentally, the resources to create and ship paper exams is a lot, [and] that will now be eliminated," Test coordinator Jessica Brawner said.](https://lancerfeed.press/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/AP-Exams-Featured-photo-1200x800.jpg)
![For the Japanese Festival Opening Ceremony, performers play Taiko drums. The event is hosted in the Botanical Gardens due to having one of the largest Japanese gardens in the United States. "The garden [has] cherry blossoms, Japanese palm trees, a beautiful lake and a bonsai, very Japanese style. There’s a lot of Japanese related events because of that," Webster University instructor Hitomi Salini said.
Photo Courtesy Of Nathan Kwarta](https://lancerfeed.press/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Taiko_Opening_Ceremony_Nathan-Kwarta_230902_031-1200x800.jpg)
![Sophomore Ezra Leslie stands and plays "Pete's Groove" on the trombone at the Rockwood Jazz Festival in front of other bands and parents. Leslie has enjoyed being in the jazz band because of the unique style of music he has been exposed to. “The articulations and patterns are just fun to play [on the trombone],” Leslie said.](https://lancerfeed.press/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ezra-900x600.jpg)
Homecoming kickoff promotes school spirit throughout community
September 24, 2018
On Sept. 23, Student Council (STUCO) held the annual Homecoming kickoff on the field to start Homecoming week festivities. However, the event was different from past years, as there was no Glow Run. Instead, the whole LHS community, including elementary and middle schoolers, was invited to participate in games and activities that several LHS teams and clubs set up and ran. The event also had food trucks and the Bubble Bus came to entertain both elementary and high schoolers. At the conclusion of the event, the movie Space Jam was shown on the field.
To lead the juniors to victory in a game of tug-of-war at the Homecoming Kickoff on Sunday, Sept. 23, Garrett McGowan fights to pull the rope towards his class. The juniors defeated the sophomores, only to later fall to the senior class. "I could feel myself slipping, and I didn't want to lose, but I'm glad the juniors won against the sophomores," McGowan said.
