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Sones de Mexico perform on the PAC stage during Period 3 and Period 8. Throughout the performance, the musicians incorporated many interactive cultural moments to engage students.
Stevenson Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
Aarshia Arora and Payton Kim | October 13, 2025
National Honors Society executive board members, Shannon Lam ’26 and Alice Sgibnev ’26 emcee on the main stage during Streetfest. Both emcees facilitated transition between performances while engaging the crowd.
Annual Streetfest Performers Light Up the Stage
Siya Patel and Annabella Teng | September 26, 2025
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An official calls for the clock to stop during a football game. Teams are given three time-outs in one half, and officials are in charge of stopping the game for a team to meet on their side of the field.
Features
An Official Statement
Hannah Diab, Aisha Fatima, and Ishaan Vongavolu | October 18, 2025
Sports
Brady Meng ‘26 steals the ball away from the Zee-Bees, who tried to land a shot into the Patriot’s goal. The Zee-Bees, who attempted to score a second goal to tie the game, failed to make their shot as the ball was brought away from Patriot territory.
Patriots lose against Zion-Benton, 4-2 after a tough second half
Ainsley Wright and Grace Bui | October 10, 2025
Grace Harper ‘26 rushes past Viking defenders to score yet another touchdown for her team. Harper played a crucial role in her final season, scoring a team-high 33 touchdowns this season.
Girls flag football loses a close regional game, 28-26
Grace Bui and Ainsley Wright | October 15, 2025
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Opinions
Flushing the Passes
Flushing the Passes
Karen Shen and Ishanvi Chaudhary

Johnny Dripdrop is in the middle of his English class, watching the second hand...

Half-Staff Flags Must be Regulated
Half-Staff Flags Must be Regulated
Navya Saxena, Managing Editor of Magazine

The American Flag is a symbol of courage, purity, perseverance, and justice....

Make, Save, and Spend Money Right
Rooshan Shaw, Guest Writer

At Stevenson, money can disappear fast. For some, between Chipotle runs after...

Why the Fed’s Rate Increases Matter More Than you Think
Ranadya Singh, Guest Writer

When the Federal Reserve raises interest rates, the news often treats it like...

Rise of the US Dollar: A double edged sword
Jash, Guest Writer

Over the past five years, the U.S. dollar has become noticeably stronger compared...

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Features
Stevenson, Secured
Mia Ai, Caroline Alip, Prabhav Harish, and Ria Palvankar

As Assistant Principal Eric Ramos enters the school building each day, he...

An official calls for the clock to stop during a football game. Teams are given three time-outs in one half, and officials are in charge of stopping the game for a team to meet on their side of the field.
An Official Statement
Hannah Diab, Aisha Fatima, and Ishaan Vongavolu

At a soccer game between Stevenson and Waukegan, varsity soccer captain Cole...

Sones de Mexico perform on the PAC stage during Period 3 and Period 8. Throughout the performance, the musicians incorporated many interactive cultural moments to engage students.
Stevenson Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
Aarshia Arora and Payton Kim

Students at Stevenson High School began an early celebration of Hispanic Heritage...

Photo taken through the SNN filming camera of Victoria Cai ’26 and Abia Jeelani Jeelani Basha ’26 as they pull their sunglasses halfway down. At the end of filming for each SNN video, anchors like Basha and Cai always add a fun element to the last scene.
Spread the Word
Himang Sharma and Jill Wang

Finally done with a long day of school, Patrick Fairchild, Stevenson Network...

The Environmental Impact of AI
The Environmental Impact of AI
Sreeja Muthukannan, Aarshia Arora, Shriya Batra, and Sid Singh

Allan Hu ’28 types away on his keyboard. Click-Click-Click. He clicks submit...

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