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Horror Club is a recently founded Tier 1 club that focuses on talking about and creating horror media. The club meets Wedesdays in N214 during lunch and lab periods.
New club brings together horror fans
Reed Francez, Reporter • November 6, 2025

Horror lovers now have a new haunt. The Horror Club, a Tier 1 club dedicated to creating, watching, reading and discussing horror media, began...

On it's website, the Laboratory Schools has included a new page with specific guidance about federal law enforcement.
Lab website page includes updated guidance on federal agents
Kabir Joshi, Editor-in-Chief • November 10, 2025

The Laboratory Schools recently updated the Visitor and Entrance Policy on its website to include information on how it plans to address federal law enforcement on the university’s campus. This change was put in place to...

Horror Club is a recently founded Tier 1 club that focuses on talking about and creating horror media. The club meets Wedesdays in N214 during lunch and lab periods.
New club brings together horror fans
Reed Francez, Reporter • November 6, 2025
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Multimedia Editor Karina Hans argues that social media cultivates a culture of toxicity and misogyny.
Social media enables violent misogyny
Karina Hans, Multimedia Editor • November 12, 2025
Managing Editor Naomi Benton argues that students should embrace range in their passions, rather than feeling pressured to specialize early.
Resist the urge to focus too early
Naomi Benton, Managing Editor • October 29, 2025
The Editorial Board argues that U-High students should spread awareness and take action against the deportation crisis.
Stand up against ICE raids
Editorial Board • October 23, 2025
Assistant Section Editor Nadia Washington argues that students should strive to forge connections with their teachers early on so they have support when conflict arises.
Get comfortable asking teachers for help
Nadia Washington, Assistant Section Editor • October 16, 2025
Arts & Entertainment Editor Lila Coyne argues that Lab's tradition of dialogue should enable students to discuss the Israel-Hamas war thoughtfully.
Lab’s legacy of experimentation should aid in conversations about Gaza
Lila Coyne, Arts & Entertainment Editor • October 9, 2025
FREEDOM FOR THE MASSES. Amid a sea of protesters, an individual holds a sign reading "Defend Democracy Deport the Racist," as they listen to the speakers on the Butler Field stage at the No Kings Protest on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, in Chicago.
Lab community participates in one of the largest ‘No Kings’ protests
Declan Smith, Sohana Schneider, and Ari Novak October 21, 2025
ROWS OF RED. Wearing their assigned grade color of red, seniors Spencer Davis, Sam Oyler, Mo Iyi-Ojo and Ryan de Jong celebrate during the free-throw competition during the spirit assembly on Sept. 18. Ninth graders were assigned the color yellow, sophomores blue, juniors green, and faculty and staff donned purple.
Gallery: Scenes from homecoming
Calder Wong and Declan Smith September 22, 2025
SELFIE FIRST. Seniors Courtney McDonald, Kaavya Peddinti, Marcus Wolfe, Helen Kraemer and Amira Williams take a selfie on the dance floor during prom. Courntey ensured to document the night, so that he could look back on the memories in the future. “Prom was an amazing night for me, and I made sure to capture as many moments as I could with the people I care about the most.”
Gallery: Students Celebrate End of Year
Naomi Benton, Managing Editor • June 10, 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, 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
Sophomore Morgan Purcell runs at CC Invite at Detweiler Park on Sept. 13.
Cross country wrap up: girls team places at state
Nola Baldassare, Reporter • November 11, 2025

The girls cross country team placed 23rd at the IHSA Class 2A State Championships at Detweiller Park in Peoria on Nov. 8. Junior Connor Lane, the only member of the U-High boys team to qualify for state,...

GIVING THANKS: Research shows that practicing gratitude strengthens brain circuits associated with connection.
Gaining from gratitude: Research shows gratitude reinforces positivity
Lucy Shirrell, Health & Wellness Editor • October 30, 2025

If you peeked quickly into Zilkia Rivera-Vazquez’s AT Native American History class on any Friday, you might think you see something incredibly ordinary: a group of students scratching away in their...

Tame Impala's new album 'Deadbeat' strays from his usual genre of music. Some of the songs are successful but most fall short.
Tame Impala’s ‘Deadbeat’ stumbles, misses the mark
Orlie Weitzman, Opinion Editor • November 10, 2025

Not all experiments succeed. Some fail because they’re poorly thought through, others because they’re poorly executed, and some because people are experimenting purely for the sake of it. Tame Impala’s...

Volleyball co-captain Kylie Carter present the guest of honor, Cynthia Estes, with flowers before the varsity game.
Volleyball teams fundraise for breast cancer research
Caroline Skelly, Lucy Shirrell, and Calder Wong October 21, 2025

Surrounded by a sea of pink, U-High volleyball teams played in their annual Dig Pink games on Oct. 17 to raise money for breast cancer research....

Seismic shifts:
Seismic shifts:
Lila Coyne, Declan Smith, Sinziana Lazar, and Sohana Schneider October 22, 2025

When the Supreme Court ended affirmative action for college admissions in 2023, its impact was like an earthquake. This year’s policies from the Trump administration — from tightening restrictions...

F1 Fever
F1 Fever
September 25, 2025
SCRAPINGS THAT SAVE.  The Department of Streets and Sanitation’s food scrap drop off program eases the oftentimes hard task of composting in the city.
Citywide program makes composting accessible
Cecily Bensmaia, Multimedia Editor • November 4, 2025

Learning to compost is easy, but actually composting in the city has proven to be a challenge. Now, the Department of Streets and Sanitation...

Chicago School: Chicago Savings Bank Building.
Building History:
October 22, 2025