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Sophomore Ace Courtad led the Dunbar protest against SB 150 on Feb. 24.
PLD Students Walk Out in Protest
Dunbars metal detectors are a fixture of the schools entryway.
Loaded Gun found on PLD Campus
The toilets in the boys restroom are missing toilet paper dispensers that have been torn off the walls.
Vandalism Causes More Bathroom Issues
The hallways leading to the math department (400s) were empty and all the doors were closed after a suspected gas leak.
Suspected Gas Leak at Dunbar Interrupts Classes
Aunt Flow, a company that sells menstrual dispensers for schools, has several models that could be installed.
Free Menstrual Products in Public Schools
There is more awareness of mental health issues in teens, but these issues are being seen as all too ordinary.
Has Destigmatism Led to Desensitization?
Simple games like Snake and Pac-Man are available on Chromebooks for students, but some students play the games at inappropriate times.
Chromebook Gaming Causes Classroom Problems
The event at the Carnegie Center drew a crowd of Lexingtons literary elite.
Lexington Youth Poet Laureate Selected
New Yeat Album is Garbage
New Yeat Album is “Garbage”
A Purr-fect Movie
A Purr-fect Movie
SZAs new album receives mixed reviews from Dunbar students.
Review: SZA Second Album
A Killer Movie for Christmas
A Killer Movie for Christmas
Illuminating the News for the Students by the Students

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

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Abigail Wheatley

Abigail Wheatley, Editor-in-Chief

My name is Abigail Wheatley and this is my third year with PLD Lamplighter. Journalism is my love and special education is my passion. I'm fortunate enough to have discovered my love and passion so early on in my life.

This year's Editorial Board is extremely talented and I'm excited to see what this year holds for us. I wouldn't have found my voice if it weren't for Mrs. Turner, so I'm grateful to have her in my life.

My time outside of Lamplighter is spent reading, writing, and listening to music.

Good things are coming this year.

All content by Abigail Wheatley
Still Not Heard

Still Not Heard

Olivia Doyle and Abigail Wheatley • April 30, 2019

On April 18, we published “No Seat at the Roundtable,” in response to being denied entry into an open meeting with Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos in Lexington. In the words of some news organizations,...

Editors-in-Chief Abigail Wheatley and Olivia Doyle working on the editorial based on their experiences being turned away from an important event.

No Seat at the Roundtable

Olivia Doyle and Abigail Wheatley • April 18, 2019

When we, members of PLD Lamplighter’s Editorial Board, arrived at the Bluegrass Community Technical College Newtown Pike campus to cover the roundtable discussion on education hosted by Governor Matt...

#7 Matt Hall congratulating #18 Cameron Baughman after he hit a homerun.

Knights Take Down Bulldogs

April 12, 2019

#7 Matt Hall congratulating #18 Cameron Baughman after he hit a homerun.

#7 Matt Hall drills the ball to right field, bringing in the runner.

Dunbar Baseball Defeats Lex Cath in Headliner

Abigail Wheatley, Editor-in-Chief • April 11, 2019

A sketch of a trebel clef drawn by cartoonist Emily Hacker.

Music Validates Me

Abigail Wheatley, Editor-in-Chief • April 2, 2019

The first song I can remember hearing is ‘"No One" by Alicia Keys. I can’t sleep without background noise, so I would leave my radio on every night. The song was popular at the time and Alicia Keys’...

Examples of the work of the Googly Eyed Bandit at Dunbar.

The Googly-Eyed Bandit

April 6, 2019

Examples of the work of the Googly Eyed Bandit at Dunbar.

A bathroom sign became a little more lively with the addition of eyes.

The Googly-Eyed Bandit

April 6, 2019

A bathroom sign became a little more lively with the addition of eyes.

Teachers hold up jazz hands after being instructed to not make any noise.

Still Fighting for a Voice

Olivia Doyle and Abigail Wheatley • March 1, 2019

School was cancelled on Thursday, February 28, because according to FCPS, 40% of Fayette County teachers had unfilled absences. This “sick out” was in response to the discussion of House Bill...

#12 Micheal Corio shoots a layup after drinking the ball around a defending Scott County player.

Dunbar Shoots The Lights Out On Senior Night

February 18, 2019

#12 Micheal Corio shoots a layup after drinking the ball around a defending Scott County player.

Dunbar students at the Womens March downtown Lexington.

Dunbar Students Attend Women’s March

Abigail Wheatley , Editor-in-Chief • January 21, 2019

The first Women's March began with a Hawaiian woman named Teresa Shook who voiced that a pro-woman march was needed after Donald Trump’s inauguration. After thousands signed up, veteran activists and...

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