For the third straight year, the student portion of the Washington West Film Festival will take place at Lightridge on May 28. The Washington West Film Festival, originally started in 2011, is a nonprofit...

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 than previous years. Students generally hope for snow...

On Saturday, February 8, Lightridge participated in its very first mock trial competition at an event sponsored by the Virginia Law-Related Education Institute. Students participated in an educational...

Starting the week of February 24, multiple book carts filled with library books were seen outside of the library, with signs that read “free,” for students and staff to take. Each year, the Loudoun...

The third annual Lightridge Boltfest ran from Jan. 16-25. Boltfest is the theatre department’s annual festival that combines class productions, musicals, and senior-directed one-acts. This year,...

The school library has been much different since the a policy disallowing students to eat there was enacted in early December. The rule has lessened the overcrowding during lunch, but the library is still...

Lunchtime in Lightridge has recently had a problem with the amount of students. The student count is far above the capacity of the cafeteria, forcing many students to sit on the floor along the hallways....

The 2024-2025 school year brought a major schedule change that significantly affected the daily routines of both students and teachers. The change, which has been in effect for a full semester, gave...

Every day there is a group of students that file into the school just after the morning bell rings to start class. This group lines up in front of the attendance check in Some days, however, this group...

The yearbook title for 2025 is “Take 5.” “I was thinking about ideas that had something to do with the number five,” said Bryce English. Yearbook staff member English drew inspiration from...

Kaci Pak, a junior, was disappointed when she received an email from her counselor last year about her course selection. “Due to low enrollment, we will not be offering Women’s Studies next year,”...

For the first time in school history, the Virginia High School League, the sanctioning body for all Virginia sports and extracurriculars, awarded the Lightridge literary magazine, Thoughts of Thunder,...