Illuminating the News for the Students by the Students

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PLD's building, located at 1600 Man o' War Blvd, was built in 1990.
Dunbar’s Renovation Renaissance
The Department of Education
Education in the Crosshairs
Analysis suggests an increase of as much as 10% in youth voter turnout – with particularly high engagement in 11 key battleground states. That may have been game-changing for Joe Biden, who had the support of 61% of people aged 18-29.
Celebrities in Politics
Dunbar Hosts Forum for LGBTQ+ Students
Dunbar Hosts Forum for LGBTQ+ Students
As students enter Dunbar, they line up at the metal detectors and place their bags and other items on a table to be checked.
Student Arrested on Campus after Loaded Gun Found in Backpack
AP exams are drastically changing, with both in-person options and full digital tests offered.
The Freshman AP Challenge
Logan Avritt gives Sia Vaish a MADE shirt post-interview.
Empowering Young Men
Math teacher Ms. Debra Reaguer shows off Dunbar's original teachers lanyards with a Green Dot pin.
PLD Mean Girls’ Cast Gets Green Dot trained
Olympian Lee Kiefer was honored at the school on Dec. 10 for being a "distinguished FCPS alumni."
An Olympian Returns to Highschool
The recycling club going around and emptying bins after school.
Small Actions Big Reductions
Board members debated several issues during the Monday meeting, including the availability of documents to parents.
Why Our Leaders Are Failing Us
Daylight Savings Time does more bad than good. It's time for it to go.
Daylight Saving — Time for Change?
Author Ellen Hopkins visited Dunbar to speak to students about banned books.
Why I Read Banned Books
College encampments protesting university support for Israel.
Generation Rising
Stereotyping in Schools
Stereotyping in Schools
The American celebration of Halloween has evolved into a holiday revolving around candy, but it wasn't always that way.
What is Halloween?
Blown Away
Blown Away
Titans and Love
Titans and Love
Relish in a fabulous and firey feature flick.
Chapter 4 is For the People
A great movie to fall asleep to.
Shazam More Like Snooze-Fest
Illuminating the News for the Students by the Students

Lamplighter Media Productions
Illuminating the News for the Students by the Students

Lamplighter Media Productions
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News
PLD's building, located at 1600 Man o' War Blvd, was built in 1990.
Dunbar’s Renovation Renaissance
Ahaan Thomas, Staff Reporter • May 1, 2025

Since its construction in 1991, Paul Laurence Dunbar has yet to see any renovations. Now, our community...

The Department of Education
Education in the Crosshairs
Ahaan Thomas, Staff Reporter • December 5, 2024

As the dust settles from another heated election, the results indicate voters were motivated by economic...

Analysis suggests an increase of as much as 10% in youth voter turnout – with particularly high engagement in 11 key battleground states. That may have been game-changing for Joe Biden, who had the support of 61% of people aged 18-29.
Celebrities in Politics
Ahaan Thomas, Staff Reporter • October 17, 2024

Taylor Swift recently posted on Instagram to her 283 million followers. The caption read: “I’ve done...

Features
AP exams are drastically changing, with both in-person options and full digital tests offered.
The Freshman AP Challenge
Maitri Patel, Staff Reporter • May 1, 2025

As May rolls in, so does AP season, a time filled with flashcards, review sessions, and late-night cram...

Logan Avritt gives Sia Vaish a MADE shirt post-interview.
Empowering Young Men
Sia Vaish, Editor-In-Chief • April 4, 2025

Five years ago, a program was brought to Dunbar that has been quietly shaping the lives of young men.  MADE,...

Math teacher Ms. Debra Reaguer shows off Dunbar's original teachers lanyards with a Green Dot pin.
PLD Mean Girls’ Cast Gets Green Dot trained
Anvi Vaish, Staff Reporter • February 4, 2025

Dunbar has been Green Dot-affiliated for many years, a violence prevention program that empowers individuals...

Opinion
Board members debated several issues during the Monday meeting, including the availability of documents to parents.
Why Our Leaders Are Failing Us
Sia Vaish, Editor-In-Chief • May 1, 2025

Respect. That’s the first thing we’re taught in school—respect your teachers, respect your peers,...

Daylight Savings Time does more bad than good. It's time for it to go.
Daylight Saving — Time for Change?
Ahaan Thomas, Staff Reporter • November 14, 2024

On Nov. 3 we gained an extra hour of sleep when Daylight Saving Time (DST) ended and our clocks fell...

Author Ellen Hopkins visited Dunbar to speak to students about banned books.
Why I Read Banned Books
Sia Vaish, Editor-In-Chief • November 11, 2024

Rape. Drugs. Abuse.  It wasn’t even the first chapter until one of the characters in Ellen...

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Sia Vaish
Sia Vaish
Editor-In-Chief
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