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Opinion
Student reflects on meaning behind Ramadan
April 3, 2025
Misha Rahman, Online Editor
Ramadan is more than just a month for me. It’s a time for deep reflection, for emotional cleansing and for reconnecting with myself and my faith. It’s a time when I block out distractions from the...
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Features
Once a cougar, always a cougar: Teachers prepare to retire
April 3, 2025
Reva Malhotra, Content Editor
As the 2025 school year moves closer toward the end, it’s important to celebrate the retiring teachers at VHHS who have had lengthy careers in education. From a hard-working special education teacher,...
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Features
Students and staff CHAT about AI influence
March 21, 2025
Tomasz Starr, Staff
From Grammarly to DeepSeak, there are countless websites coming out with breakthrough AI technology that has become accessible to almost anyone with a laptop — especially students — and the impacts...
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Features
Moving on to next chapter: Educational support professionals prepare to retire
March 21, 2025
Isabele Reis, Design Editor
The end of a school year might mean many things – final exam season, sports wrapping up, and seniors preparing to leave VHHS. To some, it marks the beginning of something new. To others, it’s the end...
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New school board members elected for office

May 5, 2025

The District 128 Board of Education (BOE) had their most recent election on April 1, 2025. Five out of seven seats were up for election, including four four-year terms and one two-year term. The candidates for the...

VHHS celebrates World Language Week

April 3, 2025

Juniors advance on History Fair

March 21, 2025

School nurse shares information about Norovirus

February 13, 2025

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Sports

Stick to victory: Vernon Hills lacrosse shoots for glory

Violet Bossler, Staff

April 3, 2025

The Vernon Hills Boys and Girls lacrosse teams are ready to kick off their 2025 seasons with a focus on teamwork, skill development and growth. The Girls lacrosse team,...

Senior season: class of 2025 competes one last time

February 12, 2025

Varsity dance team reflects on ‘24-‘25 season

February 12, 2025

VHHS celebrates 25 Years of Winter Sports

January 22, 2025

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Features

Coffee creates community throughout VHHS

Maya Wadhwani, Content Editor
April 3, 2025

When walking into VHHS, on can see the foyer is filled with students and faculty holding their coffee cups and energy drinks to fuel themselves for the school day. For Computer Science teacher Adam...

Students personalize their Chromebooks with Stickers

Layla Schumacher, Content Editor
April 3, 2025

When looking around a classroom, it is highly unlikely to find two Chromebooks that look the same. Through- out a student’s four years with their Chromebook, it gets customized. Stickers from varying...

Gen Alpha begins take over at VHHS

Aanya Gupta, Editor in Chief
April 3, 2025

This year, Gen Alpha entered high school. But according to Graham Getlin (9), who was born in 2010, many Gen Alpha students distance themselves from their own generation. Gen Alpha encompasses those...

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