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The Student News Site of Frederick High School

Frederick Lantern

The Student News Site of Frederick High School

Frederick Lantern

A sign announcing the date and time of an upcoming AP test hangs outside Ms. Vogelsbur's room. College Board announced that it will offer AP Career Kickstart classes starting in 2026. In a change for AP class topics, the Career Kickstart classes will focus on the development of workplace skills instead of purely academic knowledge.

AP Adds Two New Classes for 2026

Maddison Nickerson, Staff Writer April 23, 2025

On March 19, College Board announced that it would be adding two new courses to its Advanced Placement offerings for the 2026-2027 school year: AP Cyber and AP Business Principles & Personal Finance....

Against a red and blue sky, clouds clash behind the Colorado Capitol Dome in Denver. Thing may soon also clash in the courtroom as the state legislature proposes a lawsuit against the state over the constitutionality of the Taxpayer Bill of Rights. Speaking of taxpayers, should the lawsuit move forward, Colorado taxpayers may be stuck paying the bill for both sides of the lawsuit. (Bill Badzo, Flickr)

Colorado Government May Sue Itself over TABOR

Ivonne Sambrano, Staff Writer April 22, 2025

Budget is the big battle in the Colorado General Assembly this year. The state faced a $1.2 billion deficit in February for the upcoming year, which has led to state politicians tossing out whatever ideas...

Pope Francis passed away at 88 on March 21, 2025, after leading a mass for Easter the day before. The Pope had been battling with health for a while and succumbed to cardiovascular failure after a stroke put him into a brief coma Sunday night. (Wikimedia)

Pope Francis Dies at 88

Hazel Mciver Oun, Assistant Image Editor April 21, 2025

After a long battle with health issues, Pope Francis passed away at age 88 on April 21, 2025. Pope Francis is the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church. He was elected on March 13, 2013. He was the first...

Colorado’s Supreme Court has banned conversion therapy against the LGBTQ+ community. This is going to be re evaluated later in the year to decide if a change needs to be made.

Colorado Conversion Therapy Ban Fights SCOTUS Reversal

Ivonne Sambrano, Staff Writer April 16, 2025

A Colorado law bans conversion therapy against the LGBTQ+ community. The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a case to a law in Colorado that bans conversion therapy aiming at people based on their...

Colorado, along with other states and the federal government, is taking steps to alert citizens of a growing phishing scam where targets receive text messages claiming they have an unpaid toll fine. The image above was made by the Federal Trade Commission to spread awareness of this grift. (Federal Trade Commission)

Colorado Warns Citizens about Fake Toll Texts

Melinda Yim, Staff Writer April 12, 2025

Drivers on Colorado E-470 might have seen an unusual road message over spring break: "NATIONAL ALERT: TEXT & EMAIL SCAM WARNING." Since January 29, this message has been appearing on road displays...

Donald Trump has set a lot of tariffs on multiple countries, causing the price of groceries and other necessities to become more expensive. 3 days later, he decided to put most of these tariffs on pause for 90 days. These tariffs have started to cause the economy to crash, concerning many. Courtesy of Voice of America

UPDATE: Trump Tariffs Put on Pause

Kaylee Ledgerwood, Editor in Chief April 11, 2025

Pauses aren’t just gonna let market shoot back up but trump is being looked at for insider trading President Donald Trumps latest tariffs set on countries has concerned many and caused the economy...

This photo of Donald Trump speaking with his supporters at a campaign rally in Prescott Valley, Arizona to speak out about his ideas and beliefs. His current beliefs on setting tariffs on many countries is not going to be a good thing for the economy, causing the prices of everything to skyrocket and the economy to collapse. Trump has now set a 90 day pause on these tariffs, which raise many questions about his reason for setting them. Courtesy of The White House

Trump Tariffs Tank Trade Relations

Kaylee Ledgerwood, Editor in Chief April 7, 2025

Due to President Donald Trump’s tariffs on the world, the economy is starting to crash. Just a little while ago, the stock market was doing good, sitting at all time highs and growing at a good pace....

Text messages leaking U.S. operations in Yemen were accidentally sent to a journalist via Signal. These texts have caused an outbreak of confusion and panic as the government is now trying to cover up this confusion. (Courtesy of VP)

Signal Slip-Up Exposes US Battle Plans

Maddison Nickerson, Staff Writer April 3, 2025

In an extraordinary breach of security, sensitive military plans for U.S. operations in Yemen were leaked to a journalist via the messaging app, Signal. The leak, which occurred earlier this week, has...

SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk, has recently caused some problems throughout the United States. This year, two of his rockets have failed and exploded, causing debris to fly in different spots across the country. This has caused anger among people because the falling debris can be a very dangerous for anyone near the rockets explosion.

SpaceX Rockets Explode Across the Country

Melinda Yim, Staff Writer April 2, 2025

Elon Musk is known for his key roles in Tesla, SpaceX, and X (Twitter). Since 2025, he has been said to be a senior advisor to U.S president, Donald Trump and head of the department of government. SpaceX...

Elon Musks latest cut is for schools funding for lunches. This creates many problems for the schools affected by these cuts because it will result in less food to give to the students that need it.

Elon Musk Cuts School Food Funding

Sophia Zamora, Staff Writer April 1, 2025

There have been cutbacks in school food budgets in schools across the country in recent years, and Frederick High School could be among those affected. These cutbacks are in an effort to slow down government...

The Sundance Film Festival has announced that its new location is Boulder. This relocation will bring great things for the festival as well as the town of Boulder. (Lalo Pangue/Flickr)

Sundance Film Festival Moves to Boulder

Kaylee Ledgerwood, Editor in Chief March 31, 2025

The Sundance Film Festival, founded by actor Robert Redford, comes around once a year in January. Sundance has become a well known premiere festival for many different actors and actresses. The past...

Yolanda Saldivar is a well known name across the world from being Selena Quintanilla‘s closest friends, but then being the reason of Selenas death. Yolanda now has the possibility of being on parole after 30 years, which is raising controversy for fans. (Oxygen)

Yolanda Saldivar Parole Sparks Debate

Melina Joy, Assistant Copy Editor March 19, 2025

Yolanda Saldivar is a name known throughout the country and in the Tejano music industry for her murder of the famous tejano star in the 90’s Selena Quintanilla. Yolanda's case sparks controversy by...