April 9, 2021
Grace Holleb, Features EditorApril 2, 2021
Krishita Dutta, City Life EditorApril 1, 2021
Clare O'Connor, ReporterApril 1, 2021
Jack Hurst, ReporterMarch 31, 2021
Ryan Clark, Assistant EditorMarch 31, 2021
Caroline Hohner, Co-Arts EditorMarch 17, 2021
Caroline Hohner, Co-Arts EditorMarch 17, 2021
Amanda Cassel, Lucia Kouri, and Colin Leslie
Téa Tamburo, Content Manager
April 9, 2021 • No Comments
For many students, quarantine and distance learning has negatively impacted their mental health and left them feeling socially isolated. Students share their experiences with isolation, what they wished their peers knew,...
Caroline Hohner, Arts Co-Editor
April 6, 2021 • No Comments
Zoom classes restrict the kind of jokes and quick clarifications found in casual classroom conversations that might not fly in front of an audience. In response, students have turned to texting during or after class to connect...
- Without volunteers, organizations need extra assistance April 5, 2021
- Through Instagram, teens share stories of losing a parent April 2, 2021
- Holocaust Remembrance assembly to open minds to persecution April 1, 2021
- Life of Christopher Freeman to be celebrated virtually April 8 April 1, 2021
- Girl Up members start fundraiser, discuss intersectionality April 1, 2021
- With dialogue, organizers direct form against big picture problems March 15, 2021
- More students, more often: In-person capacity to expand by mid-April March 15, 2021
Grace Holleb, Features Editor
March 15, 2021 • No Comments
By springtime, Susan Augustine’s 20-by-30-foot garden will be filled with 300 bulbs of tulips and dozens of allium plus crocus and daffodil flowers. Since the pandemic,...
Students drive to reflect, unwind
March 12, 2021
Driving for many is a boring, monotonous task filled with exhausting traffic, everlasting red lights...
Shared spaces: Families come to understand distance learning, work lives
March 10, 2021
Just a year ago, the work lives and school lives of parents and kids existed separately. To parents,...
March 9, 2021
A newly developed trend and recipe has emerged and taken over the popular app TikTok. Finland’s feta...
Grace Holleb, Features Editor
April 9, 2021 • No Comments
As Baylor beat Gonzaga in the 2021 NCAA men’s basketball championship game on April 5 in Indianapolis, some brackets got busted while others were winners. Some students credit their success to luck, while others lament in the loss of their carefully crafted brackets.
Krishita Dutta, City Life Editor
April 2, 2021 • No Comments
Which is superior – the Chicago White Sox or the Chicago Cubs? It’s one of the most heated arguments among Chicagoans, backed up by passionate fans on either side — even at U-High.
‘Hollow Knight’ draws excitement through basic complexity
March 30, 2021
Team Cherry’s “Hollow Knight” is like a good book: It knows when to string you along and hit you with a jaw-dropping surprise, or push you to the point of hopelessness — just making your eventual victory all the sweeter. It has attracted an avid fan base waiting for its sequel, “Silksong,” which will likely be released within the next few months. Whether you're looking for a quarantine pastime, trying to see what all the hype is about, or just looking for a great game, “Hollow Knight” is certainly worth the mere $15 it costs.
Community turns to March Madness traditions for normalcy, bonding
March 17, 2021
Spring sports season to begin April 5
March 17, 2021
Despite short season, seniors enthusiastic to play their sport a final time
March 16, 2021

Until March of 2020, assessments were taken with pen and paper and under a time limit and with the watchful eye of a teacher. But, with the transition to distance learning,...

When it comes to additional gun control in the United States, arguments have been tossed back and forth among the public for decades. From mass shootings to the Second Amendment...

The U-High community is in limbo awaiting confirmation of a hybrid learning option while anticipating details. Families and faculty expressed disappointment about the lack...



April 9, 2021 • No Comments
In an enclosed orange room, a girl with large space buns and yellow eyeliner picks up a telephone, drops it with a sudden jolt and then starts hitting herself, all while music is playing. Bright flashes...
Téa Tamburo, Content Manager
April 8, 2021 • No Comments
A team of juniors won this year’s Hunt, an annual scavenger hunt as part of ArtsFest that requires teams to earn points by completing as many of the listed activities as possible. The winning team,...
Lang Lang’s interpretative sense falters on ‘Goldberg Variations’
April 6, 2021
Lang Lang opens his 90-minute recording of Bach’s mammoth solo keyboard work, the “Goldberg Variations,”...
‘Firefly Lane’ makes for endearing drama
April 5, 2021
Throughout one’s life one will go through the best of days, as well as the worst. The ups and downs...
Sahana Unni, Reporter
April 9, 2021
For almost a year, U-High students have been learning from inside their homes, their teachers contained to a small box on their screen, guiding them through the curriculum....
Peter Cox, Reporter
April 8, 2021
According to the German Marshall Fund Digital New Deal think tank, interactions with posts containing misinformation on Facebook alone n have tripled since 2016. Additionally,...
Liam Seiler, Reporter
April 5, 2021
During the coronavirus pandemic, regulations were put in place to reduce the spread, but that closed some small businesses and drove others to bankruptcy. The restrictions...
April 9, 2021
Grace Holleb, Features EditorApril 2, 2021
Krishita Dutta, City Life EditorApril 1, 2021
Clare O'Connor, ReporterApril 1, 2021
Jack Hurst, ReporterMarch 31, 2021
Ryan Clark, Assistant EditorMarch 31, 2021
Caroline Hohner, Co-Arts EditorMarch 17, 2021
Caroline Hohner, Co-Arts Editor
Téa Tamburo, Content Manager
April 9, 2021 • No Comments
For many students, quarantine and distance learning has negatively impacted their mental health and left them feeling socially isolated. Students share their experiences with isolation, what they wished their peers knew,...
Caroline Hohner, Arts Co-Editor
April 6, 2021 • No Comments
Zoom classes restrict the kind of jokes and quick clarifications found in casual classroom conversations that might not fly in front of an audience. In response, students have turned to texting during or after class to connect...
Without volunteers, organizations need extra assistance
April 5, 2021
As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the sophomore volunteer requirement at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools...
Through Instagram, teens share stories of losing a parent
April 2, 2021
The organization SLAP’D began as a website a few years ago, where teens could share their stories about losing a parent....
Girl Up members start fundraiser, discuss intersectionality
April 1, 2021
While it has been challenging for Girl Up members to pursue initiatives with distance learning, club members are making progress...
With dialogue, organizers direct form against big picture problems
March 15, 2021
After officially launching on Jan. 5, the bias reporting form has received seven submissions from the Laboratory Schools...

For almost a year, U-High students have been learning from inside their homes, their teachers contained to a small box on their screen, guiding them through the curriculum....

According to the German Marshall Fund Digital New Deal think tank, interactions with posts containing misinformation on Facebook alone n have tripled since 2016. Additionally,...

During the coronavirus pandemic, regulations were put in place to reduce the spread, but that closed some small businesses and drove others to bankruptcy. The restrictions...



After waking up in the morning, many students roll out of bed and into class, only a few minutes separating the sound of the alarm and the illumination...


In an enclosed orange room, a girl with large space buns and yellow eyeliner picks up a telephone, drops it with a sudden jolt and then starts hitting herself, all while music is playing. Bright flashes...


For many students, quarantine and distance learning has negatively impacted their mental health and left them feeling socially isolated. Students share their experiences with...



Until March of 2020, assessments were taken with pen and paper and under a time limit and with the watchful eye of a teacher. But, with the transition to distance learning,...



In March 2020, teachers, families and administrators all over the country were abruptly forced to figure out how to facilitate learning from...
