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Lancer Spirit Online

The student news site of Londonderry High School

Lancer Spirit Online

The student news site of Londonderry High School

Lancer Spirit Online

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Commentary: Gifts to guarantee your Valentine's Day will transform into 'Single Awareness Day'

Commentary: Gifts to guarantee your Valentine’s Day will transform into ‘Single Awareness Day’

Joe Conry, Reporter | February 13, 2016

Valentine's Day is mainly focused on building up our relationships and strengthening our bonds as partners. But what about those of you who want to ditch your hubby or give the missus the boot, without...

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Midterms just need to go away

Midterms just need to go away

Ellie Goodspeed, Features Editor | January 15, 2016

As the semester draws to a close, the craziness of midterms begins. The exams that every junior and underclassman has to take is worth twenty percent of a student’s overall grade, which means...

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Pulling your weight or being dead weight: What role do you take in group projects?

Pulling your weight or being dead weight: What role do you take in group projects?

Working in a group can be stressful. Here are a few tips to help make the experience better for everyone.
Maddy Martin, Reporter | December 23, 2015

Group projects can be the most frustrating thing about being a high school student. Even more frustrating than the actual project, is trying to get along with students who either may not be pulling their...

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#WarOnChristmas has gone too far

#WarOnChristmas has gone too far

Starbucks red cup controversy sparks a conservative feud
Eric Brown, Opinion Editor | December 9, 2015

At the beginning of November, Starbucks released their annual winter-themed cups. But this year, there's a "huge" difference that is angering many people. Since the late ‘90’s, in November and December...

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Senioritis: The struggle is real

Mikki Woo, Features Editor | December 8, 2015

There is a contagious disease spreading throughout high schools across the nation killing all sources of enthusiasm and motivation. The symptoms include laziness, lack of studying, attendance failure,...

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Editorial: Smarts-shaming needs to stop

Editorial: Smarts-shaming needs to stop

December 4, 2015

Everyone learns at a different pace, and it is not right to harass someone about the grades they are getting in school--whether they are good grades or bad grades. There are students who put in a lot...

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Millennial voting, a swing (or a miss) vote?

Millennial voting, a swing (or a miss) vote?

Savannah Tutt, Features Editor | November 5, 2015

In the upcoming 2016 election, nearly a quarter of our student populace will be eligible to vote. But will they? Young people are advocating for their political beliefs on social platforms like Twitter,...

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Procrastinating teachers surprise students with last minute X2 updates

Procrastinating teachers surprise students with last minute X2 updates

Bella Ziolek, Opinions Editor | November 4, 2015

At the end of every quarter, teachers pull some tricks out of their sleeves and change your grade from an A to a C with just a few clicks. They can magically change your grades by delaying putting in...

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Don't lose sight of your childhood dreams just because of the stress of high school

Don’t forget that every day can be ‘childhood career day’

Lizy Stubbs, Reporter | October 27, 2015

Career day is one of the greatest days as a kid. Everyone gets to be a doctor or a scientist.  Everyone always has such big dreams. The kid who loves the monkey bars is going to be a pilot; the kid who...

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Juniors Shea Robinson, Emily Vetros, Logan Wright and 2017 class adviser Mrs. Bouchard work together to help make their class's car wash this past summer a success.

Fundraising freeloaders need to step up

Caylin McNamara, Reporter | October 23, 2015

The day your coach or adviser hands out those fundraising forms seems like the ultimate nightmare. Forms are immediately shoved into the depths of a junk drawer or hidden in stacks of paper within...

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Mack Plaque: It ain’t over ’til the fat lady sings

Lancer Nation has to keep their hopes up until every team has faced Pinkerton
Lizy Stubbs, Reporter | October 5, 2015

Because David beats Goliath. Because the little engine could. Because the tortoise beats the hare. And so, too, Londonderry will win Mack Plaque. I suppose it’s hard to stay motivated after...

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Cross country teams miss out on Mack Plaque experience again

Cross country teams miss out on Mack Plaque experience again

Bella Ziolek, Opinions Editor | October 3, 2015

Mack Plaque is a time when athletes can be sure they’ll receive an abundance of fans and also get a chance to be the fan. However, for the cross country runners, this has been far from reality for...

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