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The Student News Site of University of Chicago Laboratory High School

U-High Midway
The Student News Site of University of Chicago Laboratory High School

U-High Midway
Bryce Light

Bryce Light, Photographer

Bryce Light is a beginning photojournalist and a member of the Class of 2025. His favorite part of photojournalism is documenting school events. Outside of photojournalism, Bryce enjoys soccer, video games and taking his dogs on walks.

Awards:

2024 Scholastic Press Association of Chicago, sports photo: excellent

2024 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award: First place, single spot news photograph, “U-High celebrates community spirit in annual Homecoming assembly” (Photo 4: Teacher Matt Bonges)

All content by Bryce Light
11 students participated in the IHSA Boys State Championship at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston for the end of the boys track and field team’s season.

[Photo] Boys track and field wrap up: Team ends season with strong performance at state

Mia Lipson, Managing Editor
May 28, 2024
Sophomore Leyla Yates goes for a header between the North Shore Country Day goalie and a defender on April 26. U-High won 8-0. The team also won the IHSA Super-Sectionals, finishing at 4-2 after a high-tension game that progressed to penalty kicks.

Photo Gallery: Spring sports in peak action

Milo Platz-Walker, Chloe Alexander, Eli Raikhel, Bryce Light, Carter Chang, Simon Vaang, Ryan Burke-Stevenson, and Daniel Baeza
May 28, 2024
Class of 1977 alumnus Ralph Hruban has received the Distinguished Alumni Award.

[Photo] Ralph Hruban recognized for research with alumni award

Edward Park, Health & Wellness Editor
May 21, 2024
Embracing the warm weather and clear skies, ninth grader Bryce Poston gazes up at the sky in awe during the eclipse. “It was a pretty cool experience being so close to a full eclipse,” Bryce said, “and I’m glad the school gave us the chance to go out and view it.”

Eclipse excitement: Lab community gathers to celebrate unique celestial event

Jaya Alenghat, Taariq Ahmed, Mia Lipson, Nathan Li, Olin Nafziger, Eli Raikhel, Grace LaBelle, Ryan Burke-Stevenson, Ellis Calleri, and Bryce Light
April 10, 2024
Student watches a video on TikTok with the hashtag #booktok.

[Photo] Audio: BookTok reignites passion for reading

Caroline Skelly, Reporter
March 5, 2024
With slime stretched between his hands, junior Ben Troutman participates in slime mixing in the Slime Making workshop. Students were able to customize their slime with various colors, ingredients and textures. Slime-making has been a popular workshop among students and continues to be a fun pastime even years after the original slime craze.

[Photo] ArtsFest activities reflect students spirit, creativity

Taariq Ahmed, Chloe Alexander, and Skye Freeman
February 29, 2024
Family Focus Michael Wells, PACE driver and landlord, has always been driven to help people. Led by his heart, Mr. Wells hopes to be a role model for the younger generation of his family.

[Photo] Helping Heart: Michael Wells is driven to help people who can’t help themselves

Chloe Alexander, Arts Editor
February 22, 2024
The prom committee has organized a sweatshirt-selling fundraiser to reduce the cost of prom tickets this year.

[Photo] “UH” sweatshirts sold to reduce prom ticket prices

Ari Novak, Reporter
February 15, 2024
Throughout his years on the swim team Jeffrey has not only become a great swimmer, but he has become a leader and a motivation to his team.

[Photo] Swimming to Success: Jeffrey Wang leads team through motivation

Chloe Alexander, Arts Editor
February 13, 2024
Instead of needing to submit a form to the Learning & Counseling Office, students and families can now access school transcript documents more safely with U-High’s implementation of Parchment. Parchment is a newly introduced processing and storage website for academic documents.

[Photo] New transcript management system introduced

Taariq Ahmed, Digital Editor
January 9, 2024
Owner of Harper Foods Alex Bharucha stands at the cashier, waiting for customers to complete their purchases. Mr. Bharucha enjoys his customer interactions with members of the Hyde Park community.

[Photo] Harper Foods owner watches community, students grow

Skye Freeman, Audience Engagement Manager
November 8, 2023
Attendees dance joyfully during the Diwali celebration on Oct. 13 in C-116. The celebration also included a complimentary dinner buffet of traditional delicacies.

[Photo] Desi Culture Group hosts Diwali celebration for students, families

Declan Smith, Reporter
October 18, 2023
Sophomore Darius Esmailzadeh prepares to air out a basketball during the three-point shooting contest. Representing the Class of 2024, Darius was the key agent in their victory.

[Photo] U-High celebrates community spirit in annual Homecoming assembly

Taariq Ahmed and Mia Lipson
September 25, 2023
Students react with a range of emotions to Lab's new security measures that require more frequent use of student IDs for access and attendance.

[Photo] Students adjust to new security measures with relief, resentment

Haley Maharry and Edward Park
September 20, 2023
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