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Lakeside Lutheran High School
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Dane County grants samesex adoption
staff reporter
Elizabeth Cichanofsky
Same-sex marriage is becoming more and more common in the United States. Right now there are nineteen states in which same-sex marriage is legal. Wisconsin is one
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Dane County judge grants legal adoption to married couple Kat and Teresa Riley.
state that is banning the marriage as of now. Wisconsin tried to make samesex marriage legal, but their claim was denied. The Wisconsin attorney general, J. B. Van Hollen, sent the case back to the Supreme Court saying that the ban was “unconstitutional.” A civil rights spokesperson sued the state last February, claiming that the same-sex marriage ban “violates same-sex couples’ equal protection rights.” The United States district judge, Barbara Crabb, ruled that the ban was, in fact, unconstitutional in June. Hundreds of same-sex couples quickly got married before she wanted an appeal, which turned out to be a week later. The case is now put on halt as Wisconsin awaits to hear from the Supreme Court for an official ruling. While same-sex marriages are banned, adoption between samesex partners is now legal. Kat Riley has recently adopted the two year old daughter of her partner, Teresa Riley. Also, Teresa has adopted the four year old biological son of Kat. The couple was married two years ago in Iowa, and the children have now obtained inheritance and death benefits. Because of the Constitution’s equal protection laws, which say that each state has to honor each other’s laws, the judge from Dane County had to honor the adoption.
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Lakeside ACT scores better than average staff reporter
Emily Weber
If one is an upperclassmen, one knows what the ACT is. You know how greatly, or how terribly, it can affect your chances at getting into a good college. An ACT test is basically a college readiness examination test. It tests you in several core areas, to see what your grade average might be in harder college-level courses. In previous years, Lakeside Lutheran High School has had good average scores, but this year, the school’s average score was the second highest compos-
ite average score in the country. Right behind Minnesota with 22.9, and above the state composite average of 22.2, Lakeside had an average score of 22.4. The ACT test in based on a 36-point scale, and 80% of LLHS students took the exam, rising above the state average of 73%. Our average rose in three main areas by 2.1%; English, reading, and science. We now rank in the top 5% of nearly 460 schools. The ACT organization began in 1959, and last year more than 1.8 million student took part in the test. It is used more by col-
National Honor Society under new leadership editor in chief
Sydney Gronemeyer
In the past, Lakeside’s National Honor Society has been almost completely inactive. Most students on NHS were not even aware of the group’s purpose up until this year. Mr. Andrew Rosenau has made it one of his goals to resurrect the
NHS was required to sign up for two shifts selling concessions at Rotary Park, and also sign up for at least one shift for stamping gradeschooler’s passports. The concession stand that the members will be volunteering at is located by the soccer and baseball
leges than any other examination, and next year it will become a standard assessment for all 11th graders in public high schools. If one wants to get into a good college, then one will want to get a good score on this test. 51% of LLHS students who wrote the test met all four standards for college readiness, and the basic classes; English composition, algebra, social science, and biology. The score that Lakeside students obtained indicates those students have a 50% chance of earning a ‘B’ or higher during the first year of college classes, and a 75% chance for getting a ‘C’ or higher. According to ACT research, student who apply themselves and reach those goals are more likely to succeed in college and earn a degree than those who do not apply themselves.
Lake Mills is full of beautiful people editor in chief
Sydney Gronemeyer
Last month, the town of Lake Mills was covered in posters with Patience Vallier’s face. Patience is a 18-year-old girl from Lake Mills High School who won ‘Miss Teen Wisconsin’ and placed in the top 15 at ‘Miss Teen USA’. She was the first teen from Jefferson County to ever be given this title.
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Jennifer Schubkegel (president), Sydney Gronemeyer (treasurer), Carolyn Runke (vice-president), and Estrella Tesch (secretary, not shown), are Lakeside NHS’s first officials.
NHS and make it useful. He had the members vote for a president, vice-president, treasurer and secretary. Jennifer Schubkegel was elected president, Carolyn Runke vice-president, Sydney Gronemeyer treasurer, and Estrella Tesch as secretary. The president and vice-president will work together to plan events. The secretary’s job is to record service time and distribute information discussed at meetings. The treasurer’s job is to record and calculate money earned from fundraisers and set fundraising goals. He also set rules regarding required service time for NHS specifically. So far, every member of
fields of Rotary Park and is run by the Rotary Club of Lake Mills. They sell their concessions at a reasonable and affordable price, and all profits go towards the Rotary Club’s service project at the time. The gradeschool passports are a new addition to Mr. Lauber’s recruitment efforts this year. When a grade school student comes to any Lakeside event, they can get their passport stamped, and when they obtain five stamps, they get a free T-shirt and their name is entered into a contest for an Ipod. The NHS members are excited to be involved with community service this year.
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Laundie of Lake Mills crowned ‘Miss Wisconsin USA’ in Fond Du Lac last Saturday
Lake Mills continues to impress the media when Haley Laundie, 21, of Lake Mills won ‘Miss Wisconsin USA’. This is the first time in paegant history that anyone from Jefferson County has been given this title. She will compete in the ‘Miss USA’ paegant in New York City this coming June.
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Do not be afraid to be “uncool” “Jesus replied, ‘Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.”’ staff reporter
Colton Hatcher
As a high school student, there are temptations all around, whether it be from friends--both from Lakeside or outside--coworkers, family, or people elsewhere. Peers can make doing the right thing feel silly, or even worse, “un-cool.” That can make it especially hard to keep in touch with God’s word and obey what he says. Keeping His commands may just not seem worth it at the time, or it could become forgotten altogether. In the long run, the opinions others have or keeping “cool” just really do not matter, and though the devil will keep on tempting, we are assured we are forgiven. Through Christ, everyone has been saved and because of that there should be no compromise between living for the world and living for Christ. So keep away from the temptations of the world and stay with Christ, and heaven will not be a disappointment.
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