Features

Lunch and Learn: LFA’s New Networking Program

By Jon Noll and Brody Bierbaum

This year, a new program has been launched at Lake Forest Academy that is designed to allow students to learn about different career paths and make networking connections. This program,…

The Specktator Special

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2026-27 Student Leadership Predictions and Recap: All School President-elect will likely fail to deliver on promises about senior parking and off-campus lunch. Senior class president candidates continue to make false…

2026 LFA Spring Break Trip: Caxys Around the World

By Jeff Zavelsky, Jack Menton, Sadie Bruns, Zoe Wolfberg, Madeleine Stastny, Jackson Pick, Priya Johnson, and Jasiek Bugaj

LFA students learn traditional Afro-Puerto Rican music and dance at a Bomba dancing workshop. (Photo by Melina Colón) Puerto Rico Students in AP and post-AP Spanish classes spent spring break…

Tiger Woods’ Latest Fall From Grace

By Ella Brys, Reporter

Tiger Woods has spent most of his life being known as one of the greatest athletes in golf history. But in the last couple weeks the spotlight shifted away from…

Inside the Fatal Collision at LaGuardia Airport

By Eva Cen, Junior Reporter

On March 22, an Air Canada plane crashed into a Port Authority fire truck on the runway at LaGuardia Airport. The collision attracted nationwide attention as it resulted in the…

The Human Cost of the U.S. Blockade on Cuba

By Vlada Hordiichuk, Junior Reporter

A fridge that can’t be opened because of the rotten scent of food left for two days, and a child who never saw the light (the electrical and fuel-powered bright…

A Day of Gratitude: LFA Celebrates 169 Years

By Zoe Wolfberg and Charley Gopin

On February 13, Lake Forest Academy celebrates its annual Charter Day, a commemoration of the school’s founding. It was celebrated school-wide in Reid Hall with singing and treats, marking the…

Winter Musical: Bringing a Chicago Story Back to Chicago

By Jennifer Ji, Layout Editor

“It is a Chicago story, and a lot of people don’t know that.” With this thought in mind, Michael Driscoll, Lake Forest Academy’s Director of Theater, decided to bring the…