You might have seen the spotted lanternflies swarming a tree on a walk, landing on you while you are playing sports, sitting outside of the entrances to the school or even appearing in your car or bag...

In the 2025-2026 school year, Lightridge has introduced many new classes, including Aerospace Science, Etymology, and Archaeology. Aerospace Science, taught by John Ferranti, is a project-focused class...

For the 2025-2026 school year, Loudoun County Public School changed many aspects of their grading policy, including but not limited to, their retake expectations, formative grades, and 50% floor grades.  The...

On Friday September 19, the Student Council Association hosted a carnival themed event in Turf 2 prior to the homecoming game. All proceeds from the ticket sales went towards the school and future underclassman...

Homecoming week ran from September 15-20, with students and staff participating in a variety of events. The Student Council Association (SCA) started work in June to organize this year’s events, which...

“I was introduced to maybe like thirty people in the first five minutes of being here when I first started, and that says a lot about a working environment,” said Melissa Dawson, the new Lightridge...

  At the end of August  Lightridge’s senior class painted their parking spots as a way to commemorate their last year at the school. There are over 300 spots in the student parking lot and almost...

Choirpalooza is a show put on by Willard Middle School chorus every year as their spring concert. The May 16 performance was held at Lightridge due to the Lightridge theater’s larger capacity.  The...

“As national immigration policies evolve, I want to reaffirm our unwavering commitment to every student in our schools,” wrote Aaron Spence, Superintendent of Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS),...

Additional reporting for this story was provided by Lalitha Aravind, Sara Yusuf, Maddie Coch and Samantha Hansen. Throughout March and April, multiple AP Seminar students were caught using AI to cheat...

On the first three days of May, Lightridge Theatre performed “Mamma Mia" on the Lightridge auditorium stage. “Mamma Mia” is a romantic comedy movie about a soon-to-be  married girl who is trying...

Beneath the surface of a seemingly peaceful class of 2025, the water gun battles and backstabbing eliminations have begun as the third annual senior assassin game has commenced. The game this year started...