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TEDxSaintFrancisHS co-directors Anna Fazioli (’25), Riley Clarke (’25), and Aarav Sontakke (’25) opening the event.
Ideas change everything: behind the scenes of TEDxSaintFrancisHS 2025
Service club members show off their hard work.
Lancers for a clean cause: Service Club’s hygiene kit drive
Ms. Amy Sherrard poses in front of Andre House.
Teacher Feature: Ms. Amy Sherrard
Mr. Don Carroll smiles in front of the Andre House.
Teacher Feature: Mr. Don Carroll
A couple dancing at the La La Land-themed Junior Prom.
A Lancer’s night in La La Land
Ms. Amy Sherrard poses in front of Andre House.
Teacher Feature: Ms. Amy Sherrard
Mr. Don Carroll smiles in front of the Andre House.
Teacher Feature: Mr. Don Carroll
Mr. Meulman smiles for a photo in front of the Andre House.
Teacher Feature: Mr. Todd Meulman
Mr. Nethercott stands in front of the Andre House.
Teacher Feature: Mr. Cade Nethercott
Mr. David Cobb stands in front of the Andre House for a photo.
Teacher Feature: Mr. David Cobb
Photo courtesy of Holy Cross of San Antonio student Leena Garcia (’26). Holy Cross students and rivals playing in a volleyball game.
Writer Swap: a Catholic school’s journey of faith and community
An artistic depiction of San Juan Diego's newspaper, Saintly Headlines.
Writer Swap: on starting a newspaper and the dying passion for writing
Photo courtesy of Holy Cross of San Antonio student Leena Garcia (’26). Holy Cross students pose for a photo in their student section, Section Ñ, before a football game.
Writer Swap: building family through community and culture
The author, San Juan Diego junior Abi Donnelly, working at a floral shop.
Writer Swap: connecting education to industry
The adolescent the “village” fails to raise.
“Adolescence” review
John Green discusses his newest book.
We’re here because we’re here: John Green’s “Everything is Tuberculosis” book tour
Goo Goo Dolls meets Nirvana in this mashup album cover.
Through the Decades: the peak of rock in the 1990s
Woman reveals her fake identity.
Sides of the Same Coin: “She’s the Man” and “Twelfth Night”
Same color, different eras.
Sides of the Same Coin: portrayals of naivety and ego in “Emma” and “Clueless”
Woman reveals her fake identity.
Sides of the Same Coin: “She’s the Man” and “Twelfth Night”
Same color, different eras.
Sides of the Same Coin: portrayals of naivety and ego in “Emma” and “Clueless”
Shakespeare's “Taming of the Shrew” and film, “10 Things I Hate About You.”
Sides of the Same Coin: “10 Things I Hate About You” and “The Taming of the Shrew”
Anya Nandiwada ('25) watches Easy A after classes.
Sides of the Same Coin: “Easy A” & “The Scarlet Letter”
Elizabeth Bennet on the left; Bridget Jones on the right.
Sides of the Same Coin: healthy relationships in “Pride and Prejudice” and “Bridget Jones’ Diary”
A final review with the hosts exchanging snacks.
The Joe Show: the finale
Vegetable fried noodles.
A Walk Down Castro Street: Ox 9 Lanzhou Hand Pulled Noodles
Hi-Chews arranged in a colorful heart.
Taste the rainbow: Hi-Chew edition
Mr. Cannon indulging in margherita pizza.
At the Teacher’s Table: margherita pizza with Mr. Cannon
Brioche French toast.
Darla Cafe: breakfast food served with a side of small-town charm
Vegetable fried noodles.
A Walk Down Castro Street: Ox 9 Lanzhou Hand Pulled Noodles
Margherita Pizza.
A Walk Down Castro Street: Ristorante Don Giovanni
Chips and Salsa.
A Walk Down Castro Street: Taqueria La Espuela
House Potatoes
A Walk Down Castro Street: Crepevine
Empanada sampler
A Walk Down Castro Street: Limón
Mr. Cannon indulging in margherita pizza.
At the Teacher’s Table: margherita pizza with Mr. Cannon
Mr. Foy poses with (literally) roasted ducks.
At the Teacher’s Table: crispy duck with Mr. Foy
Mrs. Vollucci poses with her pork belly carbonara udon.
At the Teacher’s Table: pork belly carbonara udon with Mrs. Joanna Vollucci
Mr. Ikezi poses with his Rice Krispies treat.
At the Teacher’s Table: Rice Krispies treats with Mr. Chihiro Ikezi
Ms. Zhang surrounded by cute pineapple buns.
At the Teacher’s Table: pineapple buns with Ms. Zhang
Corset tops, platform shoes, and low-rise bootcut jeans—all current-day fashion trends which have been recycled from older decades—are surrounded by a nostalgic haze.
Fashion designers: masters of reinvention or just recycling?
A consumer clutches the Earth amidst a capitalist catastrophe.
Capitalist Critique: evil “eco” enterprises
A student collapses under the pressure of College Board.
Business Buzz: College Board
Little girl using products for “anti-aging.”
Why are younger generations aging faster?
The illustrious, media-fied glamor of “being rich" pushes luxury into the spotlight.
What makes designer and luxury goods so appealing?
Book about Pi.
My irrational love: all about Pi Day
Grim reaper moves the hour hand one hour back—how daylight saving increases death rates.
Daylight saving time: spring back, fall back, stay back
Astronauts wave to the Earth.
Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore return to Earth
Humans are “eating” the Earth.
Food for Thought: sustaining ourselves, unsustaining the planet
An Aldabra admiring the sunset.
The ultimate comeback: an extinct bird species evolves again on Aldabra Atoll
Humans are “eating” the Earth.
Food for Thought: sustaining ourselves, unsustaining the planet
Processed foods > healthy foods.
Food for Thought: the science behind flavor
McDonald’s, one of the most prominent fast food chains, poses as fast and convenient, yet symbolizes the world’s addiction to unhealthy processed food.
Food for Thought: are processed foods actually good for you?
A silhouette of a woman eats a piece of bread, enraptured by the surrounding screens.
Food for Thought: social media’s role in shaping our food choices
Dominic So ('27) shopping in a grocery store aisle.
Food For Thought: how grocery stores are the battleground for economics and nutrition
Mackenzie Janosky ('25) runs with the lacrosse ball.
A spotlight on the Girls’ Lacrosse Team’s season
NCAA March Madness bracket.
March Madness 2025
Softball being played.
Diving Deeper: Girls’ Softball
Timothy Cho ('25) and Carson Sias ('25) with a double block.
Photo Diaries: Boys’ Volleyball versus Archbishop Mitty
Boys' volleyball celebrates during a match.
Blocking the haters: Boys’ Volleyball
Timothy Cho ('25) and Carson Sias ('25) with a double block.
Photo Diaries: Boys’ Volleyball versus Archbishop Mitty
Rage Cage cheers after Robinson shoots a three-pointer.
Photo Diaries: Boys’ basketball versus Willow Glen
Lancers huddle up.
Photo Diaries: Boys’ Soccer versus Riordan
Natalie Chan ('25) fights for possession of the ball.
Photo Diaries: Girls’ Varsity Soccer tryouts
Kingston Keanaaina ('25) runs the ball down the field.
Photo Diaries: SFHS versus Bellarmine
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Issue 61.2 Game
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Issue 61.1 Game
Promotional art for the new treadmills.
School replaces desks with treadmills to promote focus
Lancelot promoting Saint Francis’s Teachers’ Got Talent!
Saint Francis’s Teachers’ Got Talent 2025!
A rough eyewitness sketch of the monster, from yours truly.
Trash monster “Gomi” terrorizes Saint Francis campus
Winston wins over the MasterChefs’ hearts!!!
Winston wins Masterchef?!
The pull of gravity from Mr. Ikezi's head makes many moons orbit around it.
The Great Ikezi Joke Mine
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Emma Lee ('27)

Emma Lee (’27), Art Editor

Emma Lee is an Art Editor for vol. 61 of The Lancer. She was a Staff Artist for vol. 60.

All content by Emma Lee (’27)
The adolescent the “village” fails to raise.

[Photo] “Adolescence” review

Skye Dean (’27)
April 4, 2025
Grim reaper moves the hour hand one hour back—how daylight saving increases death rates.

[Photo] Daylight saving time: spring back, fall back, stay back

Thanisha Kapur (’25) and Selah Dorn (’25)
April 4, 2025
Little girl using products for “anti-aging.”

[Photo] Why are younger generations aging faster?

Devyn Mohan (’26)
April 4, 2025
Astronauts wave to the Earth.

[Photo] Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore return to Earth

Katherine Winton (’25)
April 4, 2025
Book about Pi.

[Photo] My irrational love: all about Pi Day

Julianne Jones (’28)
April 4, 2025
Humans are “eating” the Earth.

[Photo] Food for Thought: sustaining ourselves, unsustaining the planet

Sahana Rao (’26)
April 4, 2025
A timeline of junk food throughout the years.

[Photo] The eras of junk food

Julianne Jones (’28)
February 28, 2025
Processed foods > healthy foods.

[Photo] Food for Thought: the science behind flavor

Sahana Rao (’26)
February 28, 2025
Books that were censored for their controversial topics because of anti-intellectualism.

[Photo] The rise of anti-intellectualism

Katherine Winton (’25)
February 28, 2025
Counting birds!

[Photo] The advancements of artificial intelligence in medicine

Thanisha Kapur (’25)
January 31, 2025
Apu Nahasapeemapetilon being voiced by a white man.

[Photo] Capitalist Critique: media’s moneymaking machine

Aanya Mittu (’25)
January 31, 2025
Mrs. Vollucci poses with her pork belly carbonara udon.

[Photo] At the Teacher’s Table: pork belly carbonara udon with Mrs. Joanna Vollucci

Sandra Ximen (’26)
January 31, 2025
The "Air Flyer" swoops in to save the day!!!

[Photo] The air fryer will change your life

Jessica Kwandou (’25)
January 31, 2025
A selection of foods containing Red Food Dye 3 are now banned.

[Photo] FDA bans Red Dye No. 3

Julianne Jones (’28)
January 31, 2025
The booming industry of fast food.

[Photo] Fast food and the American lifestyle

Arsenii Tarasenko (’25)
November 22, 2024
Portrait of Liam Payne.

[Photo] Liam Payne’s passing and One Direction’s legacy

Isabella Salgado (’28)
November 22, 2024
Voter submitting a ballot.

[Photo] America’s issue: low voter turnout

Thanisha Kapur (’25) and Selah Dorn (’25)
November 22, 2024
Artist's impression of a meteor shower's stunning visuals in the night sky.

[Photo] Annual Taurid meteor shower ongoing

Savannah Mann (’27)
November 22, 2024
Elizabeth Bennet on the left; Bridget Jones on the right.

[Photo] Sides of the Same Coin: healthy relationships in “Pride and Prejudice” and “Bridget Jones’ Diary”

Jasmine Salgado (’26)
October 4, 2024
Snow geese migrating during the fall.

[Photo] The great migration

Jalyn Wu (’27)
October 4, 2024
Odysseus and Penelope.

[Photo] An “EPIC” adventure

Maggie Forrest (’26)
October 4, 2024
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[Photo] Why doesn’t anyone read anymore?

Myra Malhotra (’26)
March 21, 2024
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[Photo] You can brew it: cafécore in your home

Coco Rothenberg (’26)
February 28, 2024
Lamprey finger

[Photo] Flesh-eating killer lampreys unearthed in China

Myra Malhotra (’26)
November 16, 2023
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[Photo] Pieces on Pride: coming out in “Happiest Season”

Katherine Winton (’25)
November 16, 2023
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[Photo] Girl dinner: an analysis of the the TikTok Trend

Sandra Ximen (’26)
November 16, 2023
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[Photo] The People Problem: social impacts of antihomeless infrastructure

Aanya Mittu (’25)
October 5, 2023
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