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Porter Press

The student news site of Lockport Township High School

Porter Press

The student news site of Lockport Township High School

Porter Press

Lockport Township East Campus High School, Room 37

COMPASS: Is it beneficial or a waste of time?

Written by Katie McNulty, Staff writer October 7, 2025

At Lockport Township High School, students are given a period of the school day to visit another teacher for a class that they may be confused in or need extra help. This free period is known as COMPASS....

LTHS student festively dressed in each homecoming theme

Featuring sophomore Addison Littel, taken by Isabella DeSchaaf

Homecoming themes need a makeover

Written by Isabella DeSchaaf, Staff Writer October 7, 2025

As Homecoming season comes to an end, students express their frustration for the themes this past year. At Lockport Township Highschool, students celebrate homecoming with a week full of events leading...

Student notes and the the course's current book, "Accountable" by Dashka Slater.

The AP Seminar Debate: successes, struggles, and the future of Lockport’s English program

Written by Hannah Faut, Staff writer September 28, 2025

AP Seminar is an English course for sophomores that replaces the Sophomore Honors English course and it first ran in the 2024-2025 school year. This advanced college-level course aims to equip students...

Central Campus as students head into another day of separation on a Wednesday morning.

Separating the freshmen students at LTHS sets them up for failure

Written by Halle Spasovski, Staff writer September 23, 2025

As any student at LTHS knows, a peculiar quality of Lockport is the fact that we have an entirely separate campus dedicated to our freshmen, also known as the Central Campus. Surely, upperclassmen remember...

Image created by Karson Sargent via Canva.

Porter Pockets: Do They Have a Positive or Negative Impact?

Written by Sophia DalPonte and Karson Sargent September 2, 2025

Recently, Lockport District 205 has adapted a new way to store their phones in class to avoid distractions: Porter Pockets. In every classroom, students are instructed to put their phones in numbered pockets...