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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
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
Due to an expected rise in COVID-19 numbers as winter starts, students and employees are being asked to take two COVID-19 tests before returning to school Nov. 28.

Students, employees will test twice before returning from Thanksgiving

Louis Auxenfans, News Editor
November 15, 2022
SHIELD test sample submissions have dwindled significantly since they were mandatory in the spring.

Without participation, SHIELD testing program could end

Erich Raumann, Deputy Managing Editor
November 8, 2022
Students and faculty can sign up for an upcoming Covid-19 vaccine booster and flu shot clinic at the Historic Campus on Oct. 18 and Earl Shapiro Hall on Oct. 11 and 25.

Covid-19 booster and flu shot clinics offered for students and staff

Ainsley Williams, Reporter
October 7, 2022
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
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