For the third straight year, the student portion of the Washington West Film Festival will take place at Lightridge on May 28. The Washington...
Loudoun County Public Schools have had a total of six days this year where schools were closed due to snow, a number that is significantly higher...
On Saturday, February 8, Lightridge participated in its very first mock trial competition at an event sponsored by the Virginia Law-Related Education...
Starting the week of February 24, multiple book carts filled with library books were seen outside of the library, with signs that read “free,”...
The third annual Lightridge Boltfest ran from Jan. 16-25. Boltfest is the theatre department’s annual festival that combines class productions,...
You’re waiting in the long line leading to the school entrance. Your car is stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic, crawling forward at a snail’s...
Wayde Byard, who served for over twenty years as a public information officer for Loudoun County Public Schools, recently released his sixth...
“The stress load of the seniors right now, every kid that comes in here is like, I’m stressed out,” said Lightridge counselor Jennifer...
Cooper Gaull spends hours tucked away in the Gum Spring Library recording studio. Every spare penny and every ounce of free time the junior...
The beginning of the 2024-25 school year brought with it a wave of new staff members. The United States is in the midst of a teacher shortage,...
The Friday night lights shone brightly on the players. The gym filled with the squeak of high tops on hardwood and the pop of precise passes....
You walk into a movie theater and wonder what to watch. When you look at the list of movies you see: “Mufasa: The Lion King,” “Captain...
You put your car into reverse and start to back out. Before you know it, another car comes speeding from the left, passing within inches of your...
Ever since middle school I have been counting down the days until my eighteenth birthday. My birthday marks the beginning of being a legal adult,...
Lockdown drills in school are a normal occurrence throughout the school year. And yes, they may benefit you in the state of emergency. But are...
On Feb. 2, groundhog Punxsutawney Phil crawled out of its hole in Gobbler’s Knob, Pennsylvania, saw its shadow and thus predicted that there...
For many high school seniors, trying out for their last sports team marks a bittersweet moment in their athletic journey. As they step onto the...
We mic'd up brand drum major Mia Bueno at a recent football game.
As fall sports come to an end, winter sports are quickly approaching. Tryouts for winter sports are held the week of November 11, and each sport...
The transition from middle school to high school can be a difficult endeavor. Lots of things change. Instead of being the oldest kids in the...
The gang talks to Lightridge Track's Gio Quagliata and Ishaan Siddique about the winter and spring seasons.
The crew sat down with junior basketball starting point guard Tyler White to talk about how he approaches the game and this season's changes...
We sat down with junior field hockey player Madi Kang and talked about the team's fall campaign.
At the beginning of the first semester we asked freshmen what their expectations were for high school, and then we followed up with them after...
We asked teachers which member of the faculty would do the best in the apocalypse.
We asked students and staff what they thought about the new cellphone policy.
The light from the sun slowly disappears from your room. All of your notebooks are sprawled out on the floor. Your highlighter has run out of...
High school marks the transition from childhood friendships to adult ones. Gone are the days when our parents arranged playdates and took us...
The holiday season is filled with chilly weather, twinkling lights, and many stories to tell. To celebrate, the Lightridge Writing Center hosted...
We read thousands of words a day; from the nutrition label on a cereal box to the instructions of our next assignment. But how many of those...