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“Dracula” comes rampaging through the Playhouse

     Are you in desperate craving of a chilling play that will take you far beyond the horrors of our world and imagination? Well, lucky for you, the La Cañada Playhouse is presenting the creepy and thrilling classic horror production of “Dracula” later this month. Based on Bram Stoker’s classic horror novel, “Dracula” will [...]

Stuck in the Shallows

We’ve heard this just about everywhere. It’s in newspapers and magazines. Our parents talk about it, and even we talk about it too. The internet is changing how we think, and possibly in more negative ways than positive ones. Being the young tech-savvy generation born into this world, we may just dismiss these claims as [...]

LCHS Welcomes Mr. Szamosfalvi

Have you seen the new guy around school? He’s Mr. Szamosfalvi, the new Calculus BC, Honors Precalculus, and Algebra 1 math teacher. This year, Mr. Szamosfalvi is looking forward to working with and helping the students. “One of my objectives is making them feel comfortable with math and helping them enjoy the subject while getting [...]

Why Are We Still Watching

On November 18th, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 opened to universal loathing and hatred. Critics excoriated the film, audiences walked out, and theaters regretted their decision to not pass out barf bags to viewers. Even box office analysts seemed to hate the film (you don’t get headlines like “Twilight sucks more money from [...]

Mock Trial Commands the Courtroom

Since 1977, the Constitutional Rights Foundation (CRF) has been running a   mock trial program inLos AngelesCountyin order to help students become better informed about our judicial system, develop better communication and analysis skills, and experience the different perspectives inside a courtroom. LCHS’ mock trial team, now led by captain David Belcher, has been going strong [...]

Sienna Ko: A Teenage Artistic Prodigy

When I first crossed the threshold of the clamorous school cafeteria, I was thoroughly overwhelmed. How and where would I ever be able find the young Korean girl who supposedly possesses phenomenal artistic abilities? Given that there were throngs of Korean girls everywhere I laid my eyes, I found myself rather awkwardly standing in the [...]

On the Walls of LCHS

Some argue that it is a crime, while others argue that it is an art. Whatever the case may be, this diverse and creative form of expression known as graffiti has found its way into our school. During the few weeks that have passed, several works have sprung up on the walls of the LCHS [...]