The Lance

Volleyball expects short, but powerful winning season

There have been some struggles with Covid and figuring out how to play while dealing with restrictions, but the girls are eager to finally get out and play.

by Brynne McKinney and Alyssa Pizer • March 2, 2021

The team stands staggered in their playing positions ready to spike the ball across the net. The audience was limited to parents and faces covered with masks. The volleyball season in 2021 is looking a...

SGA holds a canned-food drive during materials return event

by Alexis Rich, Guest Reporter • February 9, 2021

Like other pandemic activities, returning books and materials isn't easy during an all-virtual first semester. But when giving is part of the process, and helping out the community by bringing bags of...

New protocol for snow days leaves me to watch my childhood flurry away

by Emily McNally, Managing Editor • December 18, 2020

I remember the excitement of waking up to see schools are closed because of the snow. And I remember trying to add luck to canceling school the night before. December Forecast: Chance of snow, ice...

Could Social Emotional Learning shape our generation?

"It sincerely comes from a place of trying to help kids." --Coach Rudy

by Rachel McCoy, Managing Editor • November 5, 2020

In the jar of our lives with limited time, are the rocks your priority or are the little beans eating up your time? This strange year has really shown what is most important in life, like family, friends,...

COVID-19 Vaccine: Which is the greater risk? Getting sick or getting the vaccine?

"I don’t want to be a test monkey because I don’t want to risk anything going wrong."

by Matt Nyandjo, Reporter • October 28, 2020

In the early months of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has ruined the lives of those all over the world. The virus has closed down stores, businesses, schools, and many public facilities. If you think we...

Still I Rise: African American Culture Club teaches lessons about racism to staff

"Any one experience of racism is one experience too many.” --Beth Ericsson, science teacher.

by Maya Apau, Editor • May 11, 2020

**This is Part I of a series of stories featuring the African American experience in a suburban Maryland high school. As African American students in a predominantly Caucasian school, there are multitude...

What’s all the buzz about the spelling bee?

by Bailey Bennett, Reporter • March 11, 2020

Can you spell “Scherenschnitte” (the German art of cutting paper with scissors)? If you are a member of the winning spelling teams, NEHS and Academic teams, maybe! On February 27, the NEHS held...

Seven LHS men have the vision that they will be crowned Mr. Linganore

by Megan Hobbs and Gabby Shifflett • February 21, 2020

On Saturday, March 7, Linganore High School is holding their 21st annual Mr. Linganore competition: Men of Vision. Mr. Linganore is a competition where senior guys compete with one another performing...

Benefo among King award recipients at 30th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

"I am confident when we come together for positive change, there is no obstacle we cannot overcome." United States Senator Ben Cardin

by William Quansah, Editor • January 22, 2020

Attendants of the 30th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King celebration ceremony were greeted by this message in their brochures from United States Senator Ben Cardin: "I am confident when we come together...

Dr. Elizabeth Atwood encourages Lancer Media journalists to plan for future

by Emily Lotito and Kaelyn Diaz • January 21, 2020

Dr. Elizabeth Atwood, Associate Professor of Journalism at Hood College, visited Lancer Media to talk about the journalism program at Hood and to get an understanding of what high school journalism...