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U-High Midway
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
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
Mark Krewatch hands out optional COVID-19 tests to his advisory.

COVID-19 rules loosened, but not lifted

Amy Ren, Assistant Editor
September 12, 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
Lori Waterstraat, a Laboratory Schools nurse, assists a student in her office. The pandemic has changed the outlook of Ms. Waterstraat and many other nurses. She said, “I never understood the importance of kids being in school to learn and having a community that supports them and loves them, like I do now.”

COVID-19 adds to job stress of Lab nurses

Clare McRoberts, Reporter
April 26, 2022
The Illinois High School Association should require vaccinations for athletes, argues reporter Milo Platz-Walker.

IHSA should mandate vaccinations for athletes

Milo Platz-Walker, Reporter
April 20, 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
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