Zoombombing disrupts first week of Extended eSchool

Pavan Acharya, Online Editor

August 31, 2020

Libertyville High School encountered Zoombombing incidents during the first two days of Extended eSchool, resulting in the restructuring and authentication of all District 128 students’ Zoom accounts.  On Tuesday, Aug. 25, District 128 Superintendent Prentiss Lea announced via email that Wednesday, Au...

Community Reactions to Extended eSchool

Lily Hieronymus, Social Media Editor

August 17, 2020

Reporting for this slideshow was completed by Andrew Brooks, Jasmine Lafita, Ella Marsden and Elise Stouffer.

Yes to Remote Learning

Anika Raina, News Editor

August 10, 2020

A couple weeks ago, the District 128 school board voted in favor of remote learning plans to start the upcoming school year, a decision that was not widely agreed upon among members of the community. Although I would like to be with my friends and classmates, I agree that remote learning is the safest a...

What LHS Students Need to Know About Extended E-School

Ella Marsden, Editor-in-Chief

August 6, 2020

There’s certainly uncertainty surrounding some of LHS’s plan to open school in “Extended E-School,” so the Drops of Ink staff curated a list of frequently asked questions, many of which Associate Principal Mr. Ray Albin answered. Most importantly, Mr. Albin wants students and parents to know th...

Essential Workers: The Backbone of the Pandemic

Charlotte Pulte, Features Editor

May 20, 2020

As the coronavirus temporarily reshapes the workforce, many employees are having to quickly adjust to new practices, many of which make work more challenging for them.  These employees who continue to work have become defined by a new term: essential workers. Essential workers span many different ind...

How Students Are Filling Their Free Time

Ella Marsden, Editor-in-Chief

May 20, 2020

On Friday, March 13, District 128 announced that in-person classes would be canceled for the immediate future. This was eventually extended, as Governor J.B. Pritzker ordered that all Illinois schools remain shut for the rest of the academic year. On Saturday, March 21, Illinois, along with much of th...

The Class of 2020: Our Abrupt Ending

Charlotte Pulte, Features Editor

May 20, 2020

Senior year of high school: a short period of time in one’s teenage life that seems to always be revered and praised. You’ve made it. You survived junior year and are pushing through the exciting and stressful college application process. It’s the home stretch. A new chapter is right around the...

Senior traditions thrown into disarray

Pavan Acharya, Staff Member

May 20, 2020

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and extension of in-person school cancellation through the end of the academic year, end-of-the-year senior traditions have been shaken up. The state of many of these traditions was shrouded in uncertainty with the constantly changing status of the pandemic. However, throu...

Senior Decisions List 2020

Claire Salemi, Editor-in-Chief

May 20, 2020

Alabama Auburn University Aiden Bare Bradley Larsen Jack Nicholson Griffin Siegel  University of Alabama Madelyn Austin Brooke Hutchins Emily Waddick Arizona Arizona State University  Kate Garcia  Josh Krueger University of Arizona Ethan Burkhart Cole Houser ...

The At-Home Issue

April 3, 2020

Due to the current Covid-19 situation, our April magazine is our first-ever, digital-only magazine! To read it, please click here.