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Farewell, Mrs. Condurso!

Farewell, Mrs. Condurso!

Bella Cao, Assistant Editor June 5, 2023

What makes a good teacher? The list is a pretty extensive one, but if you were to sum up all of the qualities from various sources online, you'd find that good teachers are always listening, empathetic,...

Tribute to Mary Jane: The Heart and Soul of Lenape

Tribute to Mary Jane: The Heart and Soul of Lenape

Averie Wu, Editor-in-Chief May 27, 2023

Mary Jane Mullen was the essence of sunshine, happiness, warm hugs, and love. If you ask anyone at Lenape to describe her, the immediate word that comes to our minds is love. Our dearest Mary Jane taught...

Happy Retirement, Mrs. DeSantis!

Happy Retirement, Mrs. DeSantis!

Averie Wu, Editor-in-Chief June 16, 2022

As a beloved Lenape teacher since 1990, Mrs. DeSantis is practically a piece of our school. I, for one, had the privilege of being her freshman biology student, and I can attest to her energy, her incredible...

Lenape Debate in the Pandemic

Lenape Debate in the Pandemic

Bella Cao, Assistant Editor April 15, 2021

Lenape's Debate Team had to take a different approach this year in order to run their usual debates during the pandemic. Ever since schools have had to adapt to a virtual setting, in-person clubs have...

Happy Retirement, Mr. Slocum!

Claire Zhang, Staff Writer December 26, 2018

Mr. Slocum, a well known and loved guidance counselor here at Lenape, will be retiring after winter break of the 2018-2019 school year. Before he takes his leave, I caught up with him for a short interview.   Q:...

Welcome Mrs. Maugeri!

Dipabali Jana, Editor in Chief October 8, 2018

This new school year brought many new faces to Lenape. The new freshman class entered, but there are new teachers in the Lenape staff that have come to to inspire students. Mrs. Maugeri is a new math teacher...

Senior Day of Service!

Senior Day of Service!

Alyssa Slovin, Assistant Editor-in-Chief June 7, 2018

Senior Day of Service is an opportunity for seniors to give back to their community by cleaning up local beaches, planting in local areas, or even entertaining and educating elementary schoolers. German...

Child Development student from the Lenape District. https://www.lrhsd.org/Page/7585

Lenape’s Teen Mom Experiment

Alyssa Slovin, Assistant Editor-in-Chief January 22, 2018

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...

Have a Happy Retirement, Ms. Mitchell!

Have a Happy Retirement, Ms. Mitchell!

Alyssa Slovin, Assistant Editor-in-Chief December 22, 2017

Ms. Mitchell has been my gym teacher this semester, and although I'm not a particularly sporty person, I have always been able to get involved and have fun in her class. From pickle ball, to golf, to line...

Ms. Timko and her objectives

Welcome, Ms. Timko: A New “Addition” to the Math Department

Alyssa Slovin, Assistant Editor-in-Chief October 3, 2017

  As you may have noticed, many beloved teachers retired last year, from Ms. Hammond, to Mr. Spitz, to Mr. Hessler, so many so, that they took up two pages in the yearbook last year. Students may...

Moving for Mental Health Awareness

Moving for Mental Health Awareness

Alyssa Slovin, Assistant Editor-in-Chief September 19, 2017

As students here at Lenape, we're all a part of something. Some of us are in several clubs; some of us play sports; some of us volunteer for our community; everyone has their "thing." How many of us have...

(Left to Right) Alexis Cao, Mr. Spitz, Srishti Dhar, Megan Quimby, Patricia Thomas, and Megha Bharadwaj

Farewell Mr. Spitz!

Srishti Dhar, Editor-in-Chief June 5, 2017

Halfway through the year, Mr. Spitz' AP Calculus students were incredibly disappointed to hear that he had decided to retire. For years, Mr. Spitz has been everyone's favorite math teacher. His singing,...

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