2025

Less Stress, More Success: A Guide to Winter Finals

By Sadie Bruns and Ella Brys

With finals season approaching fast, many students may be experiencing heightened levels of stress. Luckily, Lake Forest Academy is prepared to support its students with a variety of events designed…

The Spectator Takes on Halas Hall

By Jack Menton, Reporter

On Tuesday November 11, the Lake Forest Academy Spectator’s reporters boarded a Caxy van and made the five minute drive over to the Chicago Bears’ practice facility at Halas Hall…

The Anvil’s Trip to The New York Times Done

By Sunny Qian

What happens inside one of the world’s finest news organizations? Anvil editors got the rare chance to find out. Earlier this fall, a group of Anvil editors traveled to The…

Top 5 Dining Hall Hacks Done

By Allison Luo

Guidelines on how to survive the dining hall If you’ve ever come to the servery and groaned at breakfast for dinner, the shredded chicken, or “coffee bourbon steak tips,” you…

A Conversation with Anthony Lake ‘57

By Jessica Wu

Mr. Lake, National Security Advisor under Clinton, reflects on his Middlesex experience. When Anthony Lake ‘57 first arrived at Middlesex in the early 50s, both the world and the school…

Fall Style Guide

By Minna Felago

From boots to belts and everything in between, three Middlesex students share the ins and outs of fall fashion. As the days become shorter and the air turns crisper, one…