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Sequoit Media

The student news site of Antioch Community High School.

Sequoit Media

The student news site of Antioch Community High School.

Sequoit Media

Layla Kane

Layla Kane, Tom Tom Staff

Layla Kane is a senior and this is her second year on staff. She enjoys Starbucks, sports and reading. She is also obsessed with Taylor Swift.

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Lisa Fisher with local volunteers at the Antioch Traveling Closet.

New beginnings: Antioch Traveling Closet relocates

The Antioch Traveling Closet has grown exponentially over the years, so much so, that the program is moving to a new location.
Layla Kane, Tom Tom Staff
March 13, 2024
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Chen Yujie, Blair.

What It Feels Like to be a foreign exchange student

Chen Yujie // as told to Layla Kane
Layla Kane, Tom Tom Staff
March 13, 2024
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Senior director Connor Lotz during dress rehearsal.

“I Heard You Were Dead”, student director brings dark comedy to stage

The Sequoit Theatre presents friendship, resilience and second chances through student-directed winter play.
Layla Kane, Tom Tom Staff
February 23, 2024
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The Battle of the Books takes place on March, 20, 2024.

Literary Showdown

Antioch Community High School goes head to head with other schools in the NLCC in a battle of knowledge.
Layla Kane, Tom Tom Staff
January 25, 2024
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Owner Holly Elderworth and her fellow hairstylists next to their work.

Style meets serenity

Salt Salon and Spa located in downtown Antioch offers a positive environment along with various services.
Layla Kane, Tom Tom Staff
January 11, 2024
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Pageapalooza: the reading competition taking place around the NLCC.

The bookworm battle

Antioch Community High School and the other NLCC schools compete against each other in a battle for the most minutes read.
Layla Kane, Tom Tom Staff
October 24, 2023
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What to do in case of an intruder according to the ALICE strategy.

ALICE awareness

As school shootings become more frequent, schools have enacted plans and precautions to ensure the safety of students and staff. However, those plans do not account for being outside.
Layla Kane, Tom Tom Staff
September 18, 2023
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Chicago welcomes a new mayor

Chicago welcomes a new mayor

On April 4, 2023, Brandon Johnson won the Chicago mayoral election defeating Paul Vallas. Both candidates are Democrats who focused on the issues of crime within the city.
Layla Kane, Tom Tom Staff
April 26, 2023
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Antioch Community High School is excited to welcome Nicole Hebson as their future English department chair.

LCHS Dean named new ACHS English Department Chair

Antioch Community High School is welcoming a new English Department Chair at the start of the next school year.
Layla Kane, Tom Tom Staff
April 17, 2023
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The Grammys have been a tradition for 65 years. However, publicized award ceremonies are slowly fading from existence.

Celebrating the Grammys 

The Grammys are a well loved longstanding tradition however, the award show's popularity is slowly declining. 
Layla Kane, Tom Tom Staff
March 9, 2023
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Photo from OpenAI

AI discovers MLA

ChatGPT is an AI that creates realistic sentences and is continually popping up throughout schools.
Layla Kane, Tom Tom Staff
January 31, 2023
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Living electronically

Living electronically

Antioch Community High School is joining the shift from physical paper to electronics by moving away from the student handbook to the E-Hallpass.
Layla Kane, Tom Tom Staff
December 16, 2022
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Obtaining the blue checkmark

Obtaining the blue checkmark

Twitter’s CEO Elon Musk launched Twitter Blue, a subscription allowing anyone to buy verification and other premium features on Twitter for $7.99 per month. Although, Twitter Blue has since failed.
Layla Kane, Tom Tom Staff
December 14, 2022
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While Halloween has already passed for the 2022 fall season, there is more to the season then trick-or-treating.

A harvest of memories

In fall, there are many fun activities people look forward to; pumpkin picking being one of them. The anticipated activity when picking pumpkins, is carving them afterwards.
Layla Kane, Tom Tom Staff
November 9, 2022
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Where the Crawdads Sing was released in 2022, four years after the release of the book.

REVIEW: “Where the Crawdads Sing” book vs. movie

People tend to be disappointed by movie remakes of their favorite books. The novel, “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delila Owens, made a movie based on the book in July of 2022.
Layla Kane, Tom Tom Staff
October 29, 2022
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Many events occurred this week, ranging from Hurricane Fiona to cheetahs roaming again in India.

This week in news: Sept. 19-23

Some of the most important things that happened this week are highlighted here on Sequoit Media.
Layla Kane, Tom Tom Staff
September 26, 2022
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