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Say cheese. The students attending ILMEA All-State take a pause from the frantic festivities to snap a picture.
Music is In the Air
March 6, 2025
Danced to the Top
Danced to the Top
March 6, 2025
Sing and Play Along
Sing and Play Along
Tobias Burkey March 6, 2025

Solo and Ensemble. Senior RJ School and juniors Cameron Dumke, Noah Logan and Robert Murphy all work on their prepared song “The Pasture.” The Solo and Ensemble contest takes place on March...

Say cheese. The students attending ILMEA All-State take a pause from the frantic festivities to snap a picture.
Music is In the Air
March 6, 2025
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Looks can be deceiving. Cartoony illustrated cover pages often misrepresent the content behind the front cover.
The Rise of “Booktok” and What Kinds of Literature it’s Promoting
Saffi Pedersen March 6, 2025

Imagine you are the parent of a middle school girl, and you are shopping for her birthday gifts and also her next read. You open a book with...

What Books High Schoolers Should Actually Expose Themselves To 
What Books High Schoolers Should Actually Expose Themselves To 
Saffi Pedersen March 6, 2025

 While teens can expose themselves to whatever kind of literature they like, when it comes to “Booktok” books, there are more negatives...

5 Ways to Get a Girl to Like You
Tobias Burkey March 6, 2025

I’d like to say I know how to do this. Yes, I have experience. I’ve had a couple of relationships. The thing is, I don’t know how I did...

Beyonce is pictured with her 3 Grammys after the award show
Is Passion Enough For an Award?
Mia Misener February 28, 2025

Discourse surrounding the Grammy award winner for "Album of the Year" has surfaced across all social media platforms. After Beyonce won the Grammy,...

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Looks can be deceiving. Cartoony illustrated cover pages often misrepresent the content behind the front cover.
The Rise of “Booktok” and What Kinds of Literature it’s Promoting
Saffi Pedersen March 6, 2025

Imagine you are the parent of a middle school girl, and you are shopping for her birthday gifts and also her next read. You open a book with...

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Sing and Play Along
Sing and Play Along
Tobias Burkey March 6, 2025

Solo and Ensemble. Senior RJ School and juniors Cameron Dumke, Noah Logan and Robert Murphy all work on their prepared song “The Pasture.”...

Fancy for finals. Orchestra Members senior Jack Stanek, sophomore Logan Olsen and sophomore Chloe Carmona are living out the final week of ILMEA, in Peoria, in style. “ILMEA is a way for us band kids to push our skills to the limit and meet talented musicians from Illinois,” Stanek said.
ILMEA Participants of 2024
December 10, 2024
He shoots, he scrores. Junior Owen Sanders slams an opposing player from Sycamore to the ground to make a layup.
February Athlete of the Month: Owen Sanders
Tobias Burkey March 6, 2025

When the towering 6’7” blonde giant stands up as number 23, the other team is surely scared. Owen Sanders is a proud...

Danced to the Top
Danced to the Top
March 6, 2025
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