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U-High Midway

Seniors Simon Lane, Krish Khanna, Paola Almeda and Juliana Walker take a photo with Athletics Director Juliana Zavala. They were the four William "Doc" Monilaw Medalists at the awards assembly on June 4.
Awards assembly honors student excellence, helps conclude school year
Caroline Skelly, Sports Editor • June 6, 2025

Applause and cheers filled the Griffin Auditorium on June 4 as students and faculty gathered at the Student Awards Assembly to honor the work...

Four students, including sophomore Suna Choi Hortacsu, junior Cruise Lickerman, junior Kai Gregorski and ninth grader Axel Lintz, won awards at the Midwest Chinese Speech Contest.
4 students win awards at Midwest Chinese Speech Contest
Kabir Joshi, Editor-in-Chief • June 5, 2025

Four students brought home individual awards from the Midwest Chinese Speech Contest at Walter Payton College Preparatory High School on May 31. Ninth grader Axel Lintz and junior Kai Gregorski received gold medals, sophomore...

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Sports Editor Caroline Skelly argues that while it is important to prioritize wellbeing, mental health days can cause missed work to pile up, creating more stress.
Mental health days can add stress in unexpected ways
Caroline Skelly, Sports Editor • May 29, 2025
News Editor Declan Smith argues that cursive shouldn't be confined to textbooks, but rather, taught as an artistic skill.
Teach cursive as artistic skill rather than a textbook chore
Declan Smith, News Editor • May 22, 2025
Audience Engagement Editor Abhay Chandran argues that books should choose a meaningful ending instead of an easy ending.
Write endings that have meaning instead of an easy outcome
Abhay Chandran, Audience Engagement Editor • May 15, 2025
The Editorial Board argues that Lab is losing the characteristics and limiting student activities which define student life and make the high school experience fun.
Lab is losing what makes it fun
Editorial Board • May 8, 2025
Assistant Editor Lila Coyne argues that in a period of petty political arguments, students should engage in collaborative disagreement.
Embrace collaborative disagreement to improve discussion
Lila Coyne, Assistant Editor • May 1, 2025
CHEMICAL CONCENTRATION. Focusing intently, sophomore Caillum Haffner precisely dribbles droplets of sodium hydroxide into an aspirin-ethanol solution. As Caillum watched, he had to tensely await a color change in the solution. “It was actually really stressful doing the lab,” Caillum said. “It was hard because one drop too much of sodium hydroxide could totally ruin the lab, and I’d have to start over.”
Gallery: Moments of Intensity
Lila Coyne, Juliana Daugherty, Ari Novak, Sohana Schneider, Lucy Shirrell, Caroline Skelly, Declan Smith, Ryan Burke-Stevenson, Ellis Calleri, Delaney Connell, N.C. Gunning, Bryce Kenny, Devyn Moubayed, Eli Raikhel, Simon Vaang, and Calder Wong June 2, 2025
Jumping into the air, ninth grader Chris Williams delivers a powerful serve during the boys tennis team’s home game against Fenwick on April 24. As of May 5, the varsity had an undefeated record of 11-0 for the season.
Gallery: Pushing Past the Pain
Milo Platz-Walker, Sports Editor • May 6, 2025
Surrounded by fellow students, junior Sara Park dances at Spring Fling on April 5 in the Sherry Lansing Theater.
Spring Fling enchants, charms with themed decor
Caroline Skelly, Eli Raikhel, Delaney Connell, and Zach Eagle McKnight April 8, 2025
In a March 26 tennis practice, ninth grader Alexander Yamini returns a ball in a serving and returning drill. “Practice helps me to improve my skills on the court,” Alexander said. “Every day that I go to practice I feel that I have added to my tennis skill set. People tend to see the final product or the polished skill, but they don’t always recognize the countless hours of struggling with things that didn’t work out during training.”
Gallery: Practice Makes Perfect
Taariq Ahmed, News Editor • April 1, 2025
In a recurring scene about a student stuck in a time loop, junior Evelyn Halbach, left, relives the same experience of helping senior Taylor Landrey with her homework.
Gallery: Student Experimental Theater
Delaney Connell, Ellis Calleri, Olin Nafziger, Estelle Levinson, and Lucy Byrnes March 3, 2025
Lunging for the ball, sophomore Arjun Sawhney rallies during a boys tennis match against Brooks College Prep High School on May 2. Arjun and his doubles partner Krish Khanna got second place at state in doubles
Boys tennis wrap up: team wins state
Nadia Washington, Reporter • June 8, 2025

The boys tennis team finished the season by winning the IHSA 1A State Championship at Palatine High School May 29-31 for the second consecutive year. The team previously won the title in 2024 and 2018.  Five...

Although marketed as healthy, experts claim that Vitamin Water contains just as much sugar as a regular soda and includes unnecessary nutrients. “Teens don't need that, adults don't need that. Plain old filtered water is fine. No one is dying of vitamin malnutrition around here,” Dr. Lisa Oldson said.
Help or Hurt: Vitamin Water boosts sugar intake despite healthy claims
Light Dohrn, Editor-In-Chief • May 28, 2025

They’re splashed across the label in bold colors — words like “revive,” “energy,” “focus” and, most importantly, “vitamin”— but in truth, the biggest thing beverages like the popular...

HIDDEN HARM. Food dyes like tartrazine may deplete zinc, potentially affecting brain function. The European Union bans several dyes still allowed in the U.S., including Red 40 and Yellow 5.
Candy-colored concerns
April 30, 2025
“Shatter Me” is a young adult dystopian-romance series well-known for its compelling writing style, originally published in 2011 — although new books continue to be written.
‘Shatter me’ offers engaging style but leaves dystopian world underdeveloped
Maya Gauhar, Reporter • June 10, 2025

The beginning of “Shatter Me,” a dystopian young adult series, feels like a blur of paranoia and nervous observations. Juliette, the protagonist, has the ability to kill with merely a touch, and has...

Mia Lane paints on a prop for the upcoming theater production, "Urinetown." U-High theater's set crew has make significant advancements in the complexity of their stage design.
Video: With ‘Urinetown,’ set crew takes new leaps in complexity
Clare McRoberts, Ellis Calleri, and Delaney Connell May 8, 2025

U-High theater is preparing for their upcoming production: “Urinetown.” The play is about a dystopian world where water is scarce and people...

The shadows of policy & power
The shadows of policy & power
May 8, 2025

After President Donald Trump returned to office this year, he put forth a variety of policies. From immigration to finances to NIH funding to press freedom, many around the country and in the U-High community...

Addicted to the Algorithm
Addicted to the Algorithm
February 23, 2025
With a new phone policy coming next year, students and faculty were conflicted about its effectiveness.
Vox pop: What makes Farmers markets worth the effort?
Lucy Shirrell, Health & Wellness editor • June 4, 2025

Although many similar products are available in grocery stores, some U-High students still visit local farmers markets. Students provided their...

Eden Place Farms was founded as an answer to the longstanding food desert in Fuller Park. Farmers markets like the 61st Street Farmers Market help urban farms maintain constant flows of income.
From farm to market
June 4, 2025