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Fall Flavors Take Over NDCL with Seasonal Taste Testing Event
Fall Flavors Take Over NDCL with Seasonal Taste Testing Event
Allie Wiseman November 6, 2025

NDCL students got a taste of autumn this week during a special Seasonal Taste Testing event hosted during lunch blocks. The cafeteria was filled with cozy fall vibes as students sampled freshly made donuts and crisp apple cider from Patterson Fruit Farm,...

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Ghosts Take Over the Halls in This Year’s Halloween Ghost Hunt!
Ghosts Take Over the Halls in This Year’s Halloween Ghost Hunt!

Over the past week, students had a spooky surprise as The Mane hosted a schoolwide Halloween Ghost Hunt! Throughout the building, paper ghosts...

NDCL’s Giving Day Unites Lions in Generosity
NDCL’s Giving Day Unites Lions in Generosity

For one powerful day each year, the Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin community comes together to show just how strong, connected, and generous Lion...

NDCL’s Performing Arts Sinks Their Teeth Into Dracula
NDCL’s Performing Arts Sinks Their Teeth Into Dracula

The NDCL Theatre Department is bringing a chilling classic to life this November with a modern spin of Dracula. “You should come see our production...

Happy News to Chase Away the Blues
Happy News to Chase Away the Blues

When was the last time that you heard good things in the news? I think it is safe to say that there has been a lot of chaos in the news this...

2025 Tuesday Homecoming Week Recap
2025 Tuesday Homecoming Week Recap

Hey Lion Nation, Today was Day Two of our annual NDCL Homecoming week! Today, the theme was Y2K, or throwback, as some of you interpreted with...

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NDCL’s Giving Day Unites Lions in Generosity
NDCL’s Giving Day Unites Lions in Generosity
Anne Stief October 14, 2025

For one powerful day each year, the Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin community comes together to show just how strong, connected, and generous Lion pride truly is. NDCL Giving Day, a 24-hour fundraising celebration, unites alumni, parents, students, faculty, and friends in support of the NDCL mission to educate leaders who transform...

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Spirit Week 2025
Spirit Week 2025
Joy English, Editor In Chief
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Happy News to Chase Away the Blues
Happy News to Chase Away the Blues
Lillie Engle, Reporter • October 10, 2025

When was the last time that you heard good things in the news? I think it is safe to say that there has been a lot of chaos in the news this past week....

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Student of Every Two Weeks... Sophia Artim!!
Student of Every Two Weeks… Sophia Artim!!
Anne Stief, Editor-In-Chief

Sophia Artim has won the Student of Every-Two-Weeks Award! You are seeing her freshman year picture to honor her achievement. This nonsense award is very...

Lions vs. Bengals: Historic Rivalry Renewed
Lions vs. Bengals: Historic Rivalry Renewed
Rook Eckert and Colin Krajnak

The NDCL Lions, off to a 3-0 start for the first time in seven seasons, prepare to take on the Bengals of Benedictine High School, who are also 3-0. This...

College Writing Capstone Surveys
College Writing Capstone Surveys
Anne Stief, Lead Reporter

As a part of their Capstone process, College Writing students are beginning to publish surveys to collect data, and they need people like YOU! Methodology...

Tornadoes, Aliens, and Snowstorms– Oh My!
Tornadoes, Aliens, and Snowstorms– Oh My!
Anne Stief, Lead Reporter

This past year at NDCL has been anything but ordinary. Remember when a tornado swung by like it had a personal vendetta against the first day of school?...

NDCL Student Wins Chardon Township Sign Contest
NDCL Student Wins Chardon Township Sign Contest
Anne Stief, Lead Reporter

NDCL Digital Design student Sean Morad teamed up with NDCL alumnus and Chardon Township Trustee Jacob Cimperman '16 to create a new "WELCOME TO" sign for...

Is “student- entrepreneur” the New “student-athlete”? Julia Martin
Is “student- entrepreneur” the New “student-athlete”? Julia Martin
Anne Stief, Lead Reporter

High school students aren’t just dreaming big—they’re building big. Julia Martin, 11th grade, is practically NDCL Athletics' own personal photographer. Julia...

Weekly Bible Quote!
Weekly Bible Quote!
Joy English, Editor In Chief

Welcome back once again to yet another weekly bible quote shared by one of our very own NDCL students. Before we begin, the editor-in-chief (Joy English)...

Is “student- entrepreneur” the new “student-athlete”? Sadie Skotzke
Is “student- entrepreneur” the new “student-athlete”? Sadie Skotzke
Anne Stief, Head Reporter

Before she gets her diploma, this teen is already a CEO. NDCL 11th grader Sadie Skotzke is a 17 year old small business owner. At her business, Safe Sweatshirts,...

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Fall Sports Wrapup
Rook Eckert November 10, 2025

Football: This year, our NDCL Football team, led by captains Robert Bonchak, Caiden Covacs, Brendan...

Winter Sports Preview
Colin Krajnak November 9, 2025

NDCL winter sports are just right around the corner! As the fall seasons and fall playoffs wind down,...

Against The Odds: Guardians Storm into October
Against The Odds: Guardians Storm into October
Colin Krajnak, Reporter • October 2, 2025

On September 1st, 2025, the Cleveland Guardians had just a 2.9% chance to make the playoffs, according...

NDCL Sports Update for the Week of 9/15
NDCL Sports Update for the Week of 9/15
Rook Eckert and Colin Krajnak September 15, 2025

Lion sports return this week, jammed with games! Kicking off this week on a heater, we have the 5-2 Girls’...

NDCL Fox 8 Game of the Week
NDCL Fox 8 Game of the Week
Rook Eckert, Reporter • September 12, 2025

Heading into week four of the football season, the stakes couldn’t be higher for the Lions! Now that...

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Lion Candid of The Week
Lion Candid of The Week