by Carol Donnell, undercover contributing writer | April 15, 2024 Last Friday night, on the hoppin’ outskirts of Sacramento, all eyes were riveted on the makeshift stage in the front of the […]

by Coo Rootenburg (’26), Adleyhay Afay (’26), and Oar Anahas (’26) | April 15, 2024 Show up to school and get hounded by your teachers? Find yourself stuck in detention too often? […]

by Super Senior | April 15, 2024 The big day is coming soon. You’ve worked long days and nights for this moment, filling out your notecards, completing random formative assignments, actually taking […]

by Cook E. Luvr | April 15, 2024 Saint Francis High School’s very own Winston Wint made headlines after celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay mentioned him in his recent X post, challenging him […]

by 006 and 008 | April 15, 2024 A couple months ago, The Lancer launched its very own advice column. Open to everyone and everything with an overwhelming problem, Dear St. Franny […]

by KITARA | April 1, 2023 With the results of the 2023 Associated Student Body election finally and fully released, Saint Francis is proud to have had the opportunity to conduct an […]

by Casper Hundo and Julius Ceasar in the Freezer | April 1, 2023 An angry ghost seemingly exposed by the demolition of the 100 building has terrorized Saint Francis for the past […]

by 006 and 008 | April 1, 2023 While the Lancer community has been focusing on the brand new Eggers Innovation Center, The Lancer intercepted some eye-opening letters between the football field, […]

by Simple Simon | April 1, 2023 Ever since the downsizing of the Quad, the creation of the Urban Bloc, and the removal of the terraced picnic table area due to the […]

by CrocELLA and Lyle, Lyle the Crocodile | April 1, 2023 On the eve of yet another alteration to the Saint Francis Dress Code, students noticed a particularly surprising addition—Crocs. According to […]

by Wrun A. Wai Kourd | April 1, 2023 Ever since the opening of the Eggers Innovation Center, students have marveled at the charging ports installed in the ceilings of many second-floor […]

by B. Rizz and Hella Slaie | April 1, 2023 A new health crisis has penetrated the halls of Saint Francis High School, and no amount of Clorox wipes or contact tracing […]

by chechluvrs<3 | April 1, 2023 Mr. Michael Chechelnitsky was recently identified as the school’s leader in innovation this year—a well-deserved title given his tireless dedication to pushing the boundaries of math […]

by Nissan Altima (’22) | April 1, 2022 Tragedy recently struck when twenty Saint Francis seniors rushing to the parking lot after school were entangled by their lanyards. One of Saint Francis’s […]

by Hahnz Immur and Jun W. Leamz | April 1, 2022 Two hundred Saint Francis students were recently invited to play at the world-renowned Carnegie Hall after a fire drill left the […]

April 1, 2022 My Dearest Construction, You beckon my attention with your imposing, obstreperous clangs. As I try to calculate the acceleration of a car during my physics test at 8:23 A.M., […]

by Aye N. Spire and Mo T. Vay-Shunal | April 1, 2022 Every Saint Francis educator’s goal is to help their students learn and discover a passion. Certain staff members are known […]

April 1, 2022 Aries (March 21 to April 19): It’s Aries season! This is your time to shine brighter than phone flashlights at a Pitbull concert. Maybe you can finally channel some […]

by Carol Donnell, undercover contributing writer | April 1, 2022 The soon-to-be-finished Innovation Center will be a truly magnificent building, filled with classrooms, labs, and open collaborative spaces. In good news for […]

by Bobert Woodward, investigative reporter | April 1, 2022 At Saint Francis, grade curving is always welcomed — but not anymore. Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, three new policies will be […]

April 1, 2022 Can you solve The Lancer‘s first ever spin on Wordle? If you solve the Lancerdle in three tries or less, email newspaper@sfhs.com a screenshot of your victory for a […]

by Quinn Quire and Barry D. Bates | April 1, 2022 The Saint Francis choir and band were ecstatic to receive news last week that they will be graced with the presence […]

by Aunty Vax, pharmaceutical professional | March 30, 2021 No student is stranger to the fact that the past year disrupted the traditional academic cycle. Unable to meet with teachers and peers, […]

by Wheelie Williams and Rollanda Reynolds | March 30, 2021 In the summer of 2020, St. Francis added portable classrooms across the campus to accommodate ongoing construction in the 300 building. On […]

by Pun-dit LaBlague | March 30, 2021 Do your excuses for late work ever feel staler than a piece of catcher-in-the-rye bread? Are they as old and pruny as a raisin in […]

by Charlotte D’Anelio and Dixon D’Anelio, TikTok veterans | March 30, 2021 A new social media sensation emerges from the shadows. Saint Francis’s very own @sfhs_activities went viral last week when one […]

by Em O. Shunal and Brae K. Doun | March 30, 2021 School is, plainly put, stressful. Whatever the reason may be, we all cry, especially thanks to those irksome high school […]

March 30, 2021 Aries (March 21 to April 19): It’s your time to shine! Now that you are in the spotlight again, use it! Channel your passion and headstrong personality to make […]

March 30, 2021 Can you solve this incredibly difficult crossword? It’s challenging, we know. Email newspaper@sfhs.com for the answer key once you inevitably accept defeat. https://crosswordlabs.com/embed/set-crossword This article is part of an […]

by Chris Bumstead, undercover investigator | March 30, 2021 Ah, the joys of virtual learning. For over a year, we have been able to wake up and then go back to bed—for […]

by Carol Donnell, undercover contributing writer | March 30, 2021 Scientists and engineers at the NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in Pasadena, California, rejoiced this past Thursday when a decade of planning and […]

by Carl Bernstein, investigative reporter | April 29, 2020 For Saint Francis students, one of the best feelings at the end of a semester is receiving a percentage grade that rounds up […]

by Violet Browne, block schedule bemoaner | April 29, 2020 Thanks to Saint Francis’s block schedule, classes meet every other day, providing students with a flexible schedule that helps them develop good […]

by Carol Donnell, undercover contributing writer | April 29, 2020 Teacher Chihiro Ikezi may seem to be in especially high spirits this week, thanks to having won, after a week of competition, […]

by Dora T. Explorer | April 29, 2020 Within the Lancer Community, a number of competitive rivalries have formed between teachers. Quite frankly, these are just rumors; the teachers at Saint Francis […]

April 29, 2020 This article is part of an April Fool’s edition of the paper. We regret to inform you that the content contained therein is fictional.

April 29, 2020 A pun-damental reading list curated for Saint Francis try-hards and teachers’ pets Lautenslagerhouse-Five Parry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone The Gibbs of Wrath This article is part of an […]

April 29, 2020 These spot-the-difference games are getting really hard! Can you spot the differences? (It’s challenging, we know.) There are precisely 18.2 differences between these two pictures. Email newspaper@sfhs.com with a […]