The Forest Scout

The Forest Scout’s 2022 Coach of the Year: Phil LaScala
May 24, 2022
Nick Winebrenner, Editor
The somber Lake Forest basketball players walked through the St. Patrick High School halls in a daze. Moments earlier, a St. Patrick player ended the Scouts’ historic season on an unbalanced, fade away, mid-range shot. Entering the away locker room to console the confused and heartbroken Scouts...
Sociology assignment on white privilege draws controversy
May 19, 2022
Connor Boyle and Saige Joseph
The nationwide debate over how to teach race in the classroom came to LFHS this spring when online newspaper The Daily Caller published an article April 26 headlined “Illinois Teacher Reportedly Forced Mostly Wealthy Kids To Complete ‘White Privilege Self-Assessment.’” In the article, alumnus...
The Forest Scout’s 2022 Person of the Year: Andrew Terkildsen
May 18, 2022
Sarah Patel, Editor-in-Chief
In his novel the The Big Leap, psychologist Gay Hendricks encourages individuals to challenge their “zones of genius,” or areas in which they are naturally gifted and passionate about. A Yale-bound computer science and history guru, Varsity athlete, musician, and marathon runner, it seems as though...

Lifelong Friends to Continue Athletic Dreams in College

May 26, 2022

Baseball has always been a centerpiece for seniors Cade Nowik and Mikey Gray, and will continue to be for the next four years at Denison university. Their baseball journey started around...

Men’s Lacrosse set to make State run

Vivi Hirschfield, Staff Writer

May 26, 2022

There’s no question that the men’s lacrosse team has taken this season by storm-they just won their playoff game 16-1. “Last year, we were a dominant team that relied heavily on our...

Q&A with track superstar Izzy Marsico

May 25, 2022

How is the team doing? “The team is doing pretty good; we lost a lot of seniors in the beginning of the season and...

Three Scouts make their State tennis debut’s this week

May 24, 2022

This past weekend,Varsity Boys tennis placed second in Sectionals. Seniors Artur Slomba, Tony Bosnjak, and junior Kareem...

Lake Forest Girls Varsity Soccer takes down New Trier

May 24, 2022

Lake Forest Girls Varsity Soccer took down New Trier 3-0 for the first time since 2009. The team will play St. Viator today...

College Corner: Sports Commits

May 23, 2022

For this edition of College Corner, The Forest Scout highlights all of the senior sports commits. Athlete: Alex...

Scouts Boys Lacrosse take down New Trier Trevians for the first time in a decade

May 20, 2022

The original headline has been updated. The Lake Forest Scouts ended their regular season run picking up arguably their...

In Our Opinion

Flexibility in final exams is the right decision

Maeve Bradley, Staff Writer

May 26, 2022

The last days of elementary and middle school consisted of events like field...

Why you should take an art class

Lakshmi Ojha, Staff Writer

May 26, 2022

Art has been an important part of my identity ever since I was little. From...

Flipped Classroom is not ideal

Elsa Dahlgren, Staff Writer

May 26, 2022

In eighth grade I walked into my first day of Algebra Two and was presented...

We must do more to help 1 million Uyghurs detained in Chinese “re-education” camps

May 10, 2022

Rahima’s nightmare began when Chinese government officials discovered that she had WhatsApp downloaded...

In Style

Prom Best Dressed

Gigi Snellback and Sydney Pitera

May 26, 2022

For the moment we’ve all been waiting for: Prom Best Dressed. While the...

New Season, New Mood.

Nora Peters, Staff Writer

May 25, 2022

This trend isn’t for everyone, but platforms are not going away anytime soon....

Stylish Scouts: Isabella Kohout

Emersen Waddle, Staff Writer

May 13, 2022

As we are nearing the end of the year, I have to begin wrapping up the series...

Stylish Scouts: Graham Conley

April 28, 2022

Welcome back to another edition of stylish scouts, this week featuring senior Graham Conley! This week,...

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In LFHS

An Overview of Illinois’ 2022 Elections for Governor and U.S. Senate

Gabe Guidarini, Staff Writer

May 26, 2022

Illinois is known for its interesting, and in many ways unique, political landscape, and once again this year we will see those aspects in action. This year’s midterm elections,...

School Improvements Amid Renovations

Ben Winebrenner, Staff Writer

May 26, 2022

This spring, the administration at Lake Forest High School revealed the “master plan” for future renovations to LFHS. If you are saying to yourself “what is this vaguely...

The 2022 AP Art Show was a success

Gabriella Nerger and Madeline Lawrence

May 25, 2022

With only a year to complete 13 pieces, the AP Art students’ full plate has come to a close. At the end of the year, students showcase the work they’ve done throughout...

Post AP Exam “Spa Day” inspires classroom connection

May 25, 2022

Group walks out in protest of looming Supreme Court decision to revoke Roe v Wade

May 20, 2022

The Forest Scout 2022 Thespian of the Year: Amelia Myers

May 20, 2022

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In Culture

Take your programming to the next level with the tools offered by the GitHub Student Developer Pack

Daniel Miller, Staff Writer

May 26, 2022

GitHub is the most popular Git platform used by developers worldwide. Git platforms like GitHub provide programmers with vital tools which make much of the modern world...

Geography & Country Facts That I Bet You Didn’t Know

May 26, 2022

Beats on Repeat: Artists you should add to your playlists

May 26, 2022

Harry’s House is a resounding success

May 26, 2022

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Podcasts

Ski Lessons

Jensen Borowski and Max Wesolowski

May 23, 2022

There’s no better place to get advice than from seniors Jensen Borowski and Max Wesolowski. With a combined life experience of over 3 decades, these co-hosts have a plethora...

Ski Lessons

March 3, 2022

Ski Lessons

February 11, 2022

Love of The Game Podcast: Ep: 2

February 10, 2022

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