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The Student News Site of University of Chicago Laboratory High School

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The Student News Site of University of Chicago Laboratory High School

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DISCUSSION. A photography teacher, Candice Latimer, right, talks to Carter Chang about a picture he took for photography class. On April 3 they discussed this photo in the photography classroom. “I think the tones in the picture [he] is holding are really good.”

Students still feel the effects of COVID-19 on teaching, learning and socialization

Niall Danahey, Reporter
May 10, 2023
As COVID-19 cases continue declining, Lab is discontinuing weekly SHIELD testing and contract tracing for grades 6-12.

SHIELD COVID-19 testing and contract tracing discontinued

Louis Auxenfans, News Editor
March 27, 2023
Seniors Jeffrey Huang (unmasked) and Ege Halac (masked) talk in the library. The mask optional guidelines for the school year mean that less than 25% of the U-High student body has chosen to wear a mask regularly.

COVID-19 worries decrease despite Chicago’s infection rate

Erich Raumann, Deputy Managing Editor
September 23, 2022
Fatema Burhani converses with her 10th grade advisee Adam Syverson during the long advisory meeting period on Wednesdays.

After distance learning, teacher experiences community

Zara Siddique, Reporter
May 19, 2022
Ninth graders Rohan Gengler and Joonsung Kim converse. The University of Chicago is recommending individuals on its campus to wear a mask indoors.

UChicago recommends wearing masks on campus when indoors

Téa Tamburo, Deputy Managing Editor
May 11, 2022
Junior Kriti Sarav poses with her dog, whom she and her family got two weeks before the pandemic hit. According to Kriti and other students, the positive effects their dogs had on them throughout remote learning have continued into the return to in-person activities.

Audio: Two years later, pandemic puppies turn into delightful dogs

Sophie Baker, Reporter
April 19, 2022
Juniors gather around each other during an entire grade session at retreat. Some students were worried about contracting COVID-19 on retreat given that mask wearing was optional and several juniors were deemed close contacts.

Junior retreat experiences spark worry over COVID-19 cases

Sahana Unni, Content Manager
April 11, 2022
Senior Gracie Norton and freshman Millie Norton pose with their family on a spring break trip to Arizona.

Families enjoy spring break with loosened mask mandates

Joaquin Figueroa, Reporter
March 29, 2022
On March 21, the first day of optional mask wearing, sophomores Adam Cheema and Reid Surmeier talk in the second floor lounge.

Students, teachers decide whether to wear masks at school

Caroline Hohner, Features Editor
March 25, 2022
The schools mask-optional policy opens the community to new risk that regular coronavirus testing can alleviate, argues reporter Chloe Alexander.

Without masks, Lab must maintain regular testing

Chloe Alexander, Reporter
March 25, 2022
Juniors David Wolf and Sohan Manek eat lunch without masks. After spring break masks will be optional throughout the entire school.

School announces optional masking after spring break

Téa Tamburo, Deputy Managing Editor
March 7, 2022
Students and employees will receive two rapid antigen test kits on March 9 to be taken before returning to class from spring break.

Take-home COVID-19 tests to be distributed

Amy Ren, Reporter
March 3, 2022
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