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The Student News Site of Frederick High School

Frederick Lantern

The Student News Site of Frederick High School

Frederick Lantern

Frederick High’s literary magazine

Cold Feet

Cold Feet

Madeline Kovanda April 29, 2021

The wind howled as early morning began. The winter season had no thoughts of mercy and the snow continued to fall without stop for the second day in a row. “It’s about time you showed up!” Howard...

Boiling Mad Bops

Boiling Mad Bops

April 23, 2021

Let's face it, it has been a frustrating year. Fortunately, some students in Mr. Coon's Creative Writing class found a way to vent their frustration about the year using one of the newest trends in poetry,...

Turn a New Leaf

Turn a New Leaf

Joelle Richard, Magazine Editor April 15, 2021

Forget the pandemic for just one second, there’s another crisis that needs to be heard. The Amazon Rainforest is shrinking, receding; we can’t ignore it and pretend it doesn’t exist. We have...

Losing Something

Losing Something

Mollie Hervey April 1, 2021

Stop what you are doing, You’ve been going much too fast; There is something you are losing.   This busy life you have been pursuing, Soon it will all have passed; Stop what you are doing.   Your...

La Motivación

Madeline Kovanda March 23, 2021

The night was cool and empty. I sat in the parking lot, sitting with my CD player blaring music. The stale air that stayed locked in the car was freed into the cool air of the night. I watched the gas...

How Can She Still Get Under My Skin?

How Can She Still Get Under My Skin?

Maddie Chambers March 18, 2021

The bell rings overhead, signaling the end of our class period. I gather my things and walk out from the English classroom towards the lunch room, where I’m supposed to be meeting Jayden, my boyfriend....

Shaking It Up With Sonnets

Shaking It Up With Sonnets

Jamie Gagnon, Thomas Beeker, and Michael Coaty March 12, 2021

So, there’s a Shakespeare class at Frederick that consists of mostly seniors and some under classmen. Here’s a few sonnets done by the seniors back in February and some ranged from incredibly hilarious...

Adoption, or Something Like That

Adoption, or Something Like That

Maddie Chambers March 4, 2021

I pull a California stop at the next red octagon I encounter, which earns a slight eye roll from myself at my own driving and a smart comment from Rachel in the passenger seat. “Nice stop,” Rachel...

Loose Lip Slips

Loose Lip Slips

Camry Brown February 25, 2021

The sun blazed on our roof, turning the house into a scorching hot convection oven. August was not a kind month for our 100-year-old house. Any cold air produced by our pathetic AC unit would leak out...

Not so Mug-nificant

Not so Mug-nificant

Lauren Brown February 18, 2021

“It’s about time you showed up.” Sydney closed the apartment door behind her to find her roommate Faith standing in the kitchen leaning against the counter, arms crossed and tapping a foot on the...

All Because of a Firefly

All Because of a Firefly

Joelle Richard, Magazine Editor February 11, 2021

“Come on, come on.” I whisper to myself anxiously. “Where are you at?” A minute passes and then a flicker of light appears rising out of the grass. It was like a drop of the sun had risen up with...

You Showed Me How to Love

Mollie Hervey January 15, 2021

The rain pummels down on the roof. I am sitting alone on the porch listening to the cars splash across the slick road in the distance. The refreshing smell of the rainclouds relaxes me coupled with the...

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