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Aidan Sadovi, Managing Editor

Aidan is a senior in his second year at the Champion. In his spare time, Aidan likes reading, watching and playing soccer and re-watching The Sopranos. He loves to read all sorts of books, especially under a shady tree at a public park. Aidan does not know where his future lies, but is nonetheless excited.

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The Lane LSC at their April 18 special meeting. (Screenshot from the Lane Tech YouTube channel)

Principal Thompson gives overview of budget in special April LSC meeting

May 2, 2022
Screenshot from an email sent by Lane administration.

Demerit and debt requirements for Prom face pushback from students, adjustment from administration

March 28, 2022
The Lane LSC during their Feb. 17, 2022, meeting. (Screenshot from Lane Tech YouTube channel)

LSC commends talented students and staff, discusses updates to Lane’s CIWP goals and prepares for upcoming April elections

March 7, 2022
Lane students at a girls basketball game on Dec. 14 2021.

Masks to go optional across district starting next Monday

March 7, 2022
Lane’s parking lot sits empty on Thursday afternoon. While usually full on weekdays, with most teachers participating in CTU’s remote work action and students not in attendance, the lot sits mostly empty this week.

Some students set to return to Lane — but not for learning

January 6, 2022

CPS safety committees created a year ago gain new role in school safety debate

February 14, 2022
The new PCs in the computer lab.

Esports club receives $17,000 worth of funding for new equipment

February 14, 2022
Lane students on the way to CPS headquarters on Jan. 14th.

Students walk out on Jan. 14, highlighting power of student voice, lack of safety in CPS

January 27, 2022
A screenshot from the meeting live streamed on YouTube.

During Jan. 20 LSC meeting, Thompson, students win awards, generous funding granted to Lane programs

January 25, 2022
Lane Tech on the morning of Jan. 4, 2022. Classes were canceled across CPS for the next day after a district-wide teacher vote came out in favor of remote work action.

Teachers vote to work remotely with 73% vote

January 4, 2022
HBO Max

End of year reviews

January 3, 2022

Freshmen elect student council

December 15, 2021
Legendary Pictures

‘Dune’: third time’s a charm

December 6, 2021
Demerits return for Lane students

Demerits return for Lane students

November 30, 2021
The LSC meeting during their November meeting. (Screenshot from Lane Tech YouTube channel)

New-look LSC honors community contributions on conference night during Nov. 18 meeting

November 22, 2021
An unpaid invoice notification for SNO, the site The Champion uses to publish.

In Chicago, online student journalism hangs in the balance

November 2, 2021

Special coverage: Impact of SOPPA on CPS students, teachers

November 2, 2021
Junior Alan Zavala takes a throw-in during Lane’s regional final loss to Evanston.

Heartbreak for boys soccer in regional final loss to to top-seed Evanston

October 22, 2021
Coach Ricks watches Junior Brando Diaz kick a free kick on Thursday evening.

Boys Soccer closes out group stage of city tournament with 6-0 rout of Lake View

October 12, 2021
Community representative Ana Borja-Scales, Lane Principal Edwina Thompson and LSC Chairperson Emily Haite at September LSC meeting.

LSC meets in-person for first time since spring 2020

October 4, 2021
Students in Lane teacher Amy Diamonds photography class work on an assignment.

‘Overkill’ – In CPS, student protection act hinders teachers, curriculum

September 24, 2021
Simon Olson (#25) after booting the ball.

Boys Soccer bested in 3-1 loss to Whitney Young

September 19, 2021
A poster from CPS advertising district vaccination events. (Screenshot from Chicago Department of Public Health)

CPS institutes vaccination mandate for all employees by Oct. 15

September 9, 2021
Principal Thompson with LSC members at the July 14 meeting. (Screenshot from July 14 Special LSC Meeting)

Principal Thompson discusses cash infusions at Special LSC Meeting

July 16, 2021
Lanes New Principal, Edwina Thompson. (Source: lanetech.org)

BREAKING: Lane Assistant Principal Edwina Thompson chosen as next principal of Lane

June 15, 2021
School Board President Miguel Del Valle, CPS CEO Janice Jackson, Mayor Lori Lightfoot, and Deputy Mayor for Education Sybil Madison at CPS’ May 6 town hall. (Screenshot from CPS)

CPS town hall includes information on hiring new schools chief after Janice Jackson’s departure

May 10, 2021
Principal Tennison wasted no time acclimating to his new role when he first became principal. Here, Tennison is addressing freshmen and juniors at the annual Rules Meeting on September 13, 2016.

BREAKING: Principal Tennison to exit role

May 4, 2021
A screenshot from the April 8 meeting detailing student groupings behind so-called “Pods,” also known as “Shifts,” which determine the days a hybrid student will attend in person.

Tennison gives overview of what hybrid reopening will look like for Lane

April 9, 2021
A screenshot from the March 17 town hall. From top left: Lake View High School principal Dr. Paul Karafiol, Chief Schools Officer Bogdana Chkoumbova, Deputy Chief of High Schools Erick Pruitt, CPS Representative Adrian Segura, Chief of Facilities Clarence Carson, Sarah E. Goode STEM Academy principal Armando Rodriguez, and a Sign Language Interpreter. (CPS)

CPS offers new information on high school reopening

March 22, 2021
A screenshot of the March 10 town hall. Clockwise from top right: a sign language interpreter, Chief of Facilities Clarence Carson, CPS Representative Adrian Segura, Deputy Chief of High Schools Erick Pruitt, and Lake View High School Principal Paul Karafiol. (CPS)

CPS seeks to broaden reopening process by involving families, stakeholders

March 15, 2021
Lane teachers, as a rebuke of CPS’ reopening plans, conducted their classes on Jan. 21 in the frigid cold, forming a line up and down Addison.

A look back at a brief moment in a memorable struggle: The Lane teach-out

February 22, 2021
Cielito Lindo performing on the Nickelodeon program “America’s Most Musical Family” in 2019. (Photo courtesy of Diego Lucero)

Creative and artistic small businesses survive, adapt amid uncertainty

February 22, 2021
Music Teacher Sam Veren teaches his classes on the sidewalk along Addison St. during the Jan. 21 teach-out.

Teachers protest CPS reopening with ‘teach-out’ at Lane

January 22, 2021
Yesterday morning, hours before a Lane LSC meeting primarily focused on school reopening, teachers conducted remote learning outside of classrooms in protest of CPS reopening policies.

[Photo] Teachers, students speak out against high school reopening, LSC promises future discussion at January LSC meeting

January 22, 2021
Teachers can now quickly control their meeting safety and settings on Google Meets.

Hate goes virtual

January 4, 2021
A masked barber poses for a photo as he shaves a patron. Cincinnati Ohio, 1918 (CDC)

Deja Vu, 100 years Later

November 5, 2020
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