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Student Life After Graduation

Student Life After Graduation

Liam Krass, Reporter November 18, 2024

Applying for college is one of the most important parts of many student’s high school careers. Students who worked hard to have a chance of getting into highly-ranked universities finally get to see...

Thanksgiving is Approaching - What are Spring Lake Students Most Looking Foward to?

Thanksgiving is Approaching – What are Spring Lake Students Most Looking Foward to?

Autumn Wahlburg and Kelsey Cohoon November 18, 2024

Thanksgiving is celebrated every year on the fourth Thursday of November. Spring Lake High School will begin their holiday break on Nov. 27. Every family celebrates Thanksgiving differently, which led...

Spring Lake Marching Band Finishes Season on a High Note

Spring Lake Marching Band Finishes Season on a High Note

Gabe Angelini, Reporter November 18, 2024

Spring Lake Bands took their 2024 show, “Beacon of Light”, in addition to football games, to band competitions around the state, to compete against other schools. The marching band started in June/July...

Welcoming Seth Hoonhorst to Spring Lake

Welcoming Seth Hoonhorst to Spring Lake

Addison Clink, Reporter November 18, 2024

Seth Hoonhorst is the newest addition to the school's physical education and health department. This trimester Hoonhort is currently teaching Advanced Strength Training, Lifetime Fitness, and Team Sports....

Spring Lake Homecoming: A Recap

Spring Lake Homecoming: A Recap

Chelsea McConell, Staff Reporter November 4, 2024

Two weeks ago Spring Lake High School celebrated Homecoming and the annual Homecoming dance.  The students started the week with “color wars.” Seniors were black, juniors white, sophomores pink,...

Update on Fieldhouse Construction

Update on Fieldhouse Construction

Gabe Angelini, Reporter November 4, 2024

The fieldhouse is coming along as expected! Currently, the workers are in the process of installing roofing and insulation, and will be moving onto electricity/plumbing shortly. After they finish, they...

How Are High Schoolers Spending Their Halloween?

How Are High Schoolers Spending Their Halloween?

Mackenzie Cole, Staff Reporter November 4, 2024

Using the data provided by the survey sent out to all students last week, here's how our very own Spring Lake High School students spent their Halloween 2024.  When you think of Halloween, the first...

Spring Lake High School Puts on “I Have a Plan” Week

Spring Lake High School Puts on “I Have a Plan” Week

Amaya Wiseman, Reporter November 4, 2024

“I Have a Plan” week is an annual week hosted by Spring Lake High School to educate students on possible career paths and assist current seniors in their college application process. Each day of the...

Hank Sanderland and Mallory Gwinnup perform a scene in "Parker and the City in the Sea."

‘Radium Girls’ Opens This Week

JD Rauwerda, Staff Writer October 21, 2024

This past week has been amazing for SLHS Theater. This week, SLHS Theater's all-school crew will present Radium Girls, a story set in the 1920s in Orange, New Jersey, about the women who painted radium...

AP Environmental Science Class Visits Ottawa Sands County Park

AP Environmental Science Class Visits Ottawa Sands County Park

Amaya Wiseman, Reporter October 21, 2024

On Monday, Oct. 7, the AP Environmental Science class took a field trip to Ottawa Sands County Park in Ferrysburg. The trip was a chance for the students to experience what they are learning in real life.  As...

SL Band Places 1st at Grand Haven, 2nd at Rockford

SL Band Places 1st at Grand Haven, 2nd at Rockford

Lily Kline and Anna Hathaway October 21, 2024

Beyond performing in front of home crowds at football games, Spring Lake High School’s band has taken their show on the road and competed strongly against area schools. The band placed first at the...

The front entrance is currently yellow, showing the insulation phase of the project that is expected to be completed for the 2025 school year.

Second Story Coming Soon to High School

Alina Reidy, Reporter October 21, 2024

Spring Lake High School will soon be getting its first-ever second floor.  The high school’s new front entrance will be completed by the start of the 2025 school year, according to school officials.  In...

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