Hi, my name is Ash, and I'm a freshman. This is my first year on staff. In school, I'm part of the stage players. Out of school, I enjoy ice skating.
![The Bel Canto choir, the junior choir, performs “Ex-Wives” from “SIX.” “We started [preparing], pretty much right after the Holiday concert,” junior Delaney Rybicki said. Caption by Ash Magalhaes](https://www.lhsdoi.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_7696-1200x800.jpg)
![Sophomore Andy Trob speaks out against the operation calendar at the Sept. 26 board meeting. Trob said “[he] would have to do school work on a body that was hungry and a mind that was tired” if the non-attendance day for Yom Kippur was removed (Photo credit: Alex Clark)](https://www.lhsdoi.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_7229-1200x800.jpg)
![At the Nov. 13 BOE meeting at Vernon Hills High School, Superintendent Denise Herrmann explains the background of the adoption of an operational calendar. She said that the district has “diversity beyond those four religions [Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism], among festivals, and many of the board members recognize that this could be an ongoing decision that we may face in the future”.](https://www.lhsdoi.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_4274-1200x675.jpeg)
![Mr. Adam Gohr conducts the symphonic winds . The band played “Legends of the Galaxy” by Chandler Wilson and “Joy Revised” by Frank Ticheli. Mr. Gohr said that they “have a lot of fun doing what [they] do.” Gohr has been in charge of the band for 26 years, 11 of which are at LHS.](https://www.lhsdoi.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/3-1200x793.jpg)
![The Symphonic Band plays “Flourishes” by Wiliam Owens. Freshman Sophia Rash, who plays the clarinet in this band, said that her favorite part of the show was “when we finished our first song, [because] it was so big.”](https://www.lhsdoi.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/8-1200x714.jpg)
