The Student News Site of Lake Central High School

Lake Central News
The Student News Site of Lake Central High School

Lake Central News
The Student News Site of Lake Central High School

Lake Central News

Jessica Wojton, Author

Benjamin Nisle (12) accepts his award of “Most Crushed On” during Senior Banquet on April 21. A total of 34 awards were handed out. Photo Credit: Justin Andrews

Senior Banquet Awards

Jessica Wojton, Author
April 24, 2017
Lake Central Theatre Company’s seniors take a final bow at the end of their performance. Senior Night was on Thursday, March 16, and kicked off their final weekend of performances.

All will come to a happy ending

Jessica Wojton, Author
March 17, 2017
Rows and rows of Lego people assembled by Micah Slentz and his friends wait to be packaged and shipped to Uganda. Slentz, 9, has started a group to collect used Legos for kids in underprivileged schools in Africa. (Sam Gangwer/Orange County Register/TNS)

New women-empowering LEGO line ready for launch

Jessica Wojton, Author
March 3, 2017
2/3/17 Varsity Girls' Basketball Gallery

2/3/17 Varsity Girls’ Basketball Gallery

Jessica Wojton, Author
February 8, 2017
Adam Gustas (12) and Hannah Souronis (12) talk with a parent about the opportunities that the Lake Central Theatre Company offers. Booths for multiple clubs and organizations were set up with students for parents to get information from.

Practical parent night

Jessica Wojton, Author
January 26, 2017
The school’s web store features the link to purchase Winter Formal tickets as empty. After the tickets for seniors and juniors went on sale, there were a limited amount of tickets left for sophomores, but not enough to accommodate everyone.

Formal Fiasco

Jessica Wojton, Author
December 12, 2016
Olivia LaVoie (10) gets her tongue painted green by Madison Frederick (11) on Sensation Day in AP Psychology class. LaVoie turned out to be a supertaster.

Sensationalizing the classroom

Jessica Wojton, Author
November 23, 2016
An Advanced Placement U.S. Government textbook opened on Chapter 8 sits on a desk. While teaching government to students, teachers are urged to remain objective about their own views.

Teachers remain unbiased this election season

Jessica Wojton, Author
November 7, 2016
Katie, the third and final speaker of the Stairway to Heroin presentation, shares her own story about drug addiction. The three speakers addressed the importance of staying alert about the dangers of substance abuse and addiction on Tuesday, Oct. 11 in the auditorium.

Stepping up against heroin

Jessica Wojton, Author
October 14, 2016
The crowd cheers as Twenty One Pilots performs a cover of The Beatles song “Twist and Shout.” Along with songs from their albums, the band performed covers of well-known songs including Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On,” Justin Bieber’s “Love Yourself” and House of Pain’s “Jump Around.”

An emotional (roadshow) night

Jessica Wojton, Author
June 7, 2016
Samuel Michniewicz (11), Autumn Napiwocki (11), Alexa Szatkowski (11), Michelle Buckman (11) and Madelyn Long (11) throw their color packets into the air after the Color Run. Most participants threw packets around at each other after the race for personal enjoyment.

All the colors of the wind

Jessica Wojton, Author
May 18, 2016
Jane Wright (9), Morgan Kobisch (9), Max Galocy (9) and Gabriella Hay (9) look down at Olivia LaVoie (9) as her character, Mrs. Teal, faints during their production of “Suspect To Change.” Elise Bereolos (12) and Adam Gustas (11) directed this play about a misunderstanding between friends that turns into a crime.

Three’s a crowd, but four’s a party

Jessica Wojton, Author
May 3, 2016
A student dives deep into her AP Biology textbook and studies before going to the AP conference. The conference takes place at Lake Central on April 9 from 7:50 a.m. to 12:40 p.m.

AP-TIP conference gives tips for AP exams

Jessica Wojton, Author
April 8, 2016
Jackson DeLisle (12) and Brett Balicki (12) pose to take a picture with past years’ theater members. Many family and friends of the performers flooded the auditorium to see the musical.

Sad to you “sea” you go

Jessica Wojton, Author
March 11, 2016
A girl sits down to take a standardized test during school. The ACT and SAT exams are some of the most common standardized tests taken around the nation.

New move for standardized tests

Jessica Wojton, Author
February 23, 2016
Jack Rogers (11) goes to high-five Madeline Young (12) after playing a game of ‘Simon Says.’ Rogers and Young were partners for all of the activities during the meeting.

More than just a partner

Jessica Wojton, Author
January 28, 2016
A student reads and annotates “Friday Night Lights” by H.G. Bissinger, which was assigned during class. Some classes are giving students homework to do over the two week winter break.

Homework hysteria over break

Jessica Wojton, Author
December 15, 2015
Claire Gronek (10) and Kaitlyn Spiegel (10) go to light the flame to begin the lab. The class’s lab took place earlier in the day because of the shifted schedule from the assembly.

Fond of the bond

Jessica Wojton, Author
November 13, 2015
A student works on assignments during class. Around this time of year, students tend to get more distracted by the holidays instead of focusing on school work.

Festive productivity

Jessica Wojton, Author
November 5, 2015
At the end of the game, Peyton Crnjak (9), Taylor Marten (9), Nicole Dubish (10), Rachel Furmanek (11) and Amanda Robards (9) jump up to celebrate. The girls beat the LaPorte Slicers two out of the three matches.

Slicing the Slicers

Jessica Wojton, Author
October 12, 2015
The Lake Hills Haunted House stands untouched before the Haunt season officially begins. The house was scheduled to be open every weekend in October.

Haunted house scares on in St. John

Jessica Wojton, Author
September 28, 2015
Sydney Dragos (10) goes to kick the ball away from a Michigan City player. The game began later than expected at 6:45 p.m.

Goal after goal

Jessica Wojton, Author
August 28, 2015
At the finish line, four inflatable arches stand marking the end of the race. The Color Run was nicknamed "The Happiest 5K on the Planet."

Color Run sprints its way to Chicago

Jessica Wojton, Author
June 9, 2015
Raymond Pollalis (11) hugs Mrs. Mary Joan Martin, Science, after being presented an award. Many members won awards as a reward for their work throughout the season.

Science Olympiad says goodbye to the season

Jessica Wojton, Author
May 29, 2015
The pool will be closed Friday to Sunday for treatment on the pool floor. It was decided to be closed for chemical treatments.

Pool closed for chemical treatment

Jessica Wojton, Author
April 24, 2015
Rylee Platusic (9), Jessi Kiefor (9), Selena Michko (9), Alexa Pinarski (9) and Sydney Dinan (9) go in for a group high-five to congratulate each other on another run. The team won by a landslide with a final score of 12-1.

JV girls softball does not fool around

Jessica Wojton, Author
April 2, 2015
A young boy holds onto his mother’s hand during a St. Patrick’s Day parade. This year, the holiday falls on a Tuesday on March 17.

Fun ways to get involved this St. Patrick’s Day

Jessica Wojton, Author
March 12, 2015
The crowd goes wild as the balloons are released on top of them. The balloons were dropped after the Formal court was announced.

Floating on at Formal

Jessica Wojton, Author
January 27, 2015
Kristyn Herrera (10) and Dianne Cometa (10)

1/15/2015 Chemistry Balloon Lab Gallery

Jessica Wojton, Author
January 21, 2015
Rachael Peterson (12), Brittany St. Germain (11), Taylor Doetterl (12), Jasmin Alvarado (11) and Emmanda McKenzie (11) take turns studying the pig during the zoology lab. Each group was given their own pig to dissect.

Zoology students pig-out on last lab

Jessica Wojton, Author
December 11, 2014
Walking away from "The Walking Dead"

Walking away from “The Walking Dead”

Jessica Wojton, Author
December 1, 2014
Ms. Aburia Cichocki, Math, addresses students during the Academic Letterwinners meeting. The meeting took place after school in room C131.

Meeting of the minds

Jessica Wojton, Author
November 17, 2014
Maja Vidovic (10)

10/16/14 3-D Art Gallery

Jessica Wojton, Author
October 17, 2014
Madison Sarkey (9) passes the ball to a teammate. This is Sarkey’s first year playing for Lake Central.

JV Girls Soccer gains win against Griffith

Jessica Wojton, Author
September 11, 2014
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