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Ten LFA Students Named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists

By Kayla Moore, Executive Editor-in-Chief

On September 10, 2025, Lake Forest Academy named ten seniors as National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists. Being nationally recognized as a semifinalist for the 2026 National Merit Scholarship program is truly…

The New Normal: Math Department “Skill Checks”

By Trinity Xu, Reporter

In the new school year, the math department has introduced a major change in its assessment approach: weekly “Skill Checks.” These short pop quizzes are designed to reinforce recently taught…

New Faculty of the 2025-2026 School Year

By Sadie Bruns and Max Bae

Ted Anderson will be teaching science at LFA. He has been teaching high school students for five years, most recently at a private school in downtown Chicago. However, Anderson has…

A New and Improved MXGVS

By Michelle Cai

image by: Hans Yu ’28 After a well earned summer break, Middlesex is back in session with fall sports coming out swinging. The girls’…

Outdoor Seating for All

By Jackson Winn

Middlesex’s Next Renovation Should Reflect the Community Picture this: it is a nice sunny day, and the only thing you want to do is to…

What Happened to Square Dance?

By Terri Qi

A quintessential Middlesex tradition has lost its flair. Here’s how to redress the flagging institution. image by: Anika Ata ’26 Contrary…

CECOT: The Human Cost of Security

By Vincent Petti

The lack of clarity surrounding inmate conditions suggests the worst. The Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo , or CECOT, has been at…

What does MX owe to democracy?

By Abby Tribush

Middlesex can do more to emphasize its founding principles. At every opening of the school Chapel, we are reminded that Middlesex was…