![April 19, 2024 By Camille Echols Editor-in-Chief Children often see themselves in the characters featured in books they read and shows they watch, which is why publishers and producers are beginning to fill a void by introducing neurodivergent characters. In 2017, the PBS series “Sesame Street” added a character named Julia, who is a four-year-old muppet with autism. Making history as one of the first explicitly neurodivergent characters in children’s media, Julia exhibits autistic traits, such as stimming, which is […]](https://i1.wp.com/lighthouse.lyndhurstschools.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/book-covers-1-e1713147116908.jpg?resize=800%2C399&ssl=1)
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![April 19, 2024 By Anastasia Loutroutzis Webmaster Elite colleges and universities, including Brown University, Dartmouth College, Georgetown University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Yale University, are reintroducing standardized testing to their admissions criteria. English teacher Dr. DiMaggio, who is an SAT tutor and taught an SAT prep class during lunchtime to juniors, said without standardized testing, it is difficult to compare students because coursework varies between high schools. “A standardized test lets colleges know how students across the country compare,” […]](https://i1.wp.com/lighthouse.lyndhurstschools.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/antonesco-2-scaled-e1713145902694.jpg?resize=675%2C694&ssl=1)
![April 18, 2024 By Chiara Cardone Staff Writer Following a vote by 51 LHS faculty and staff members who weighed in on their favorite photos, 10 students from Business & Technology teacher Mrs. Huntington’s Digital Perspectives classes will be participating in the Photographic Society of America’s International Photo Contest. Huntington invited her students to submit their photography for consideration. In total, she received 41 photos across seven categories: animals, architecture, color photo choice, monochrome, people, photojournalism and scapes. Then, Huntington […]](https://i1.wp.com/lighthouse.lyndhurstschools.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Breezy.RoddyMorinho.grade11-e1713131512650.jpg?resize=800%2C590&ssl=1)
![April 18, 2024 By Jessica Cerrito Staff Writer Starting in the fall, LHS will embark on a groundbreaking partnership with Felician University. The partnership, which is named the Lyndhurst College Acceleration Program, goes by the acronym L-CAP. It will allow seniors to earn college credits free of charge, with the exception of a $50 registration fee, by taking classes on Felician’s Rutherford campus. The program will be open to any senior who has a good attendance record, a clean disciplinary […]](https://i0.wp.com/lighthouse.lyndhurstschools.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/felician-e1713131796313.jpg?resize=800%2C573&ssl=1)
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Highly selective institutions bring back SAT requirement
April 19, 2024 By Anastasia Loutroutzis Webmaster Elite colleges and universities, including Brown University, Dartmouth College, Georgetown University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Yale University, are reintroducing standardized testing to their ... More »
