April 12th: Enjoy a Night Out at the Lenape Coffee House
March 19, 2018
Filed under Clubs, News, Showcase, Student Life
The Smoke Signal and Laureate will be holding their annual coffee house on Thursday, April 12 from 6-8 pm in Lenape's Media Center. Come out and enjoy an evening of poetry and music. There will be an open mic for anyone who wishes to read an original poem, recite a favorite work of poetry, or entertain ...
Lenape Debate Team Season Recap
Olivia Cao, Staff Writer
March 15, 2018
Filed under Awards/Recognition, Clubs, Events, Showcase, Student Life, Uncategorized
If you enjoy public speaking, research, or debating on topics, you should definitely consider joining the Lenape Debate Team. Lead by Ms. Fauver, the Debate Team spends weeks of hard work and research in order to take part in South Jersey's Debate League. Every week debate teams from all over South Jers...
Ladies’ Olympic Figure Skating RECAP
Alyssa Slovin, Assistant Editor-in-Chief
February 25, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Awards/Recognition, Events, Miscellaneous, News, Review, Showcase, Sports, TV/Movies, Uncategorized
Although women's figure skating started off its Olympic season in a straight forward, undramatic manner, that trend did not continue during the actual Olympic competitions. The Olympic team is determined after the United States Figure Skating Association’s National Championships: typically consisting of the top three scorers at that event, but it’s ...
Men’s Olympic Figure Skating RECAP
Alyssa Slovin, Assistant Editor-in-Chief
February 21, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Awards/Recognition, Events, Miscellaneous, News, Review, Showcase, Sports
It's Olympic season! In the world of US figure skating, it has been a wild season! A month ago, at the United States Figure Skating Association's National Championships, there was great uproar over which male skaters would qualify for the Olympic team. The top three skaters at the US Championshi...
Mr. Lenape 2018
Emily Michnowski, Staff Writer
February 19, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Events, Showcase, Student Life
On January 31, 2018, Lenape held its annual Mr. Lenape Pageant. This competition is made up of 12 senior boys, each given a different month of the year, and each contestant escorted by a female senior. Each boy must come up with a dance routine involving at least one student from each grade, encouraging ...
“The Greatest Show”
Alyssa Slovin, Assistant Editor-in-Chief
February 14, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Opinion, Review, Showcase, TV/Movies, Uncategorized
"So tell me do you wanna go?/ Where it's covered in all the colored lights/ Where the runaways are running the night/ Impossible comes true, it's taking over you/ Oh, this is the greatest show!" This winter, a new movie musical was released, with music written by Justin Paul and Benj Pasek, Tony and Oscar award winners for the music in Dear Evan Hansen and La La La...
Lenape Theater Presents AIDA
Amanda Wichelman, Staff Writer
February 14, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Events, News, Showcase, Student Life
Aida is an epic tale about forbidden love, loyalty, and betrayal. It is the story of an enslaved Nubian princess, Aida, who finds herself falling in love with Radames, an Egyptian soldier, who is betrothed to the Princess Amneris. Aida struggles to find a balance amid her growing love for Radames and her ...
Lenape Jazz Festival 2018
Anna Rodefeld, Media Coordinator
February 10, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Awards/Recognition, Clubs, Events, Showcase, Student Life, Video
On February 9th, 2018, Lenape High School held its annual Jazz Festival. Every year, Lenape invites the jazz ensembles from actoss the district and surrounding areas to perform for a crowd in the Lenape Auditorium. There were five participating groups this year, each with a wonderfully played selection...
Sophomore Cotillion Recap!
Olivia Cao, Staff Writer
January 30, 2018
Filed under Events, Miscellaneous, Opinion, Review, Showcase, Student Life, Uncategorized
On January 26, 2018, the Class of 2020 held its Sophomore Cotillion. The night was a smashing success with a turnout of 250 sophomores and guests. This was significantly more people than the amount of freshmen at the Glow Dance last year. The night was filled with dancing, music, Chick-fil-A s...
Winter Small Ensemble Concert
Anna Rodefeld, Media Coordinator
January 26, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Clubs, Events, Showcase, Student Life
On Wednesday, January 25th, the Lenape Music Department held its annual winter Small Ensemble Concert. The Small Ensemble Concert is a series of small performances organized and performed by the students in Lenape's Wind Ensemble. The concert gives students an opportunity to play any song of their choosing,...
Lenape’s Teen Mom Experiment
Alyssa Slovin, Assistant Editor-in-Chief
January 22, 2018
Filed under Events, Lenape Staff, Showcase, Student Life, Uncategorized
One of the many electives offered here at Lenape is Child Development, and their most recent project has caught the attention of the friends of those families involved. I noticed that each friday a handful of students would leave school with a baby carrier, with a baby doll sleeping inside of it! Mrs....
A Trip to the Christkindlmarkt
Sophie Mavrodin, Historian
January 10, 2018
Filed under Clubs, Events, Showcase, Student Life
The Lenape German Club has several wonderful field trips during the school year, but the most popular is definitely the day at the Center City Philadelphia Christkindlmarkt. The activities of the day began with a visit to the Comcast building to watch the laser light show, followed by a lot of window...