The Talon

I Am Third Provides Basketball Outlet for Students
February 17, 2021
Matthew Potter, Staff Writer
A lot of students are participating in a recreational basketball league at Centenary United Methodist Church across from the Immanuel Campus. The league, I Am Third, has four...
Covid Plan for Instruction 3.0
February 12, 2021
Starting on February 22, Lexington Christian Academy is starting a new way of learning. The students have gone through many different ways of teaching, such as in-person,...
The Eagle Gala
February 8, 2021
Makenna Hurst, Staff Writer
Friday January 29, Lexington Christian Academy held its second annual Eagle Gala. Although this year has been a tough year for everyone this gala was a bright light. Last...

January 30, 2021 • No Comments

Starting January 25, the Rose campus is following the hybrid school model. Students with the last name letters A-K will be at school in-person on Monday and Thursday, while students with the last names letters L-Z will be...

Students Take Note of the Change in Administration

January 22, 2021 • No Comments

January 20,2021 was Inauguration Day. Joe Biden was elected as the 46th President of the United States and Kamala Harris was sworn in as the first woman Vice President. This election season has been extremely tough on both...

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Features

Winter Break in a Pandemic

Jacob Dixon, Staff Writer

January 14, 2021

The year 2020 was unlike any other for a variety of reasons, not the least of which came to winter break. The two weeks students usually get off for the holidays and in...

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Opinion

Reflecting on the New Definition of Snow Day

Makenna Hurst, Staff Writer

January 30, 2021 • No Comments

Thursday January 28, Lexington Christian Academy declared a school wide "Snow Day" because of the weather and road conditions....

The Problem with Large Video Game Corporations.

Jacob Dixon, Staff Writer

November 19, 2020 • No Comments

For years, large video game corporations have gotten away with anything they want. Video games have been increasing in...

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Arts

Climbing the Walls with Art

Zeke Grier, Staff Writer

February 25, 2020 • No Comments

When you walk into LCA this week, there may be a few things that catch your eye. One could be the amazing students we have walking around. Or the caring teachers on staff. More specifically this week though,...

Men’s Chorus Honored to Perform at KMEA

February 5, 2020

Cabaret Makes Music from the Movies

November 29, 2019

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Spiritual Life

Nothing Else Matters But What You Think of Jesus

February 3, 2021

The Enemy

January 27, 2021

Your Name Matters

January 20, 2021

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Feb 2 / Girls' Basketball
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Lafayette

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Jan 30 / Boys' Basketball

Upcoming Events

February 22: Students from both half of the alphabet return to class
March 1: Freshmen Beta Club Induction
March 2: Juniors take ACT; Early Dismissal
March 8-12: Senior Week
March 14: Daylight Savings Time begins
March 29-April 2: Spring Break
April 4: Easter

Sports

Emily Kate’s Road To Recovery

Makenna Hurst, Staff Writer
February 8, 2021

Wednesday September 23, Emily Kate Tabor's life changed forever. Emily Kate started up soccer again and was excited to get this season going. The season was going well, and most importantly she was having loads of fun with her teammates. Soon a game against Dunbar was raging up and the team was ready to play, although they knew this would be a challenging soccer game. It was an intense first half...

The Super Bowl Is Set

Makenna Hurst, Staff Writer
January 30, 2021

Super Bowl 2021 has officially been set. The teams are The Kansas City Chiefs and The Tampa Bay Buccaneers. This year's Super Bowl is the battle of two of the greatest quarterbacks: Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady. There has been quite a lot of controversy about Tom Brady over the past years, and especially this year when he changed from the New England Patriots to Tampa Bay, pretty much leaving The...

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Entertainment

“Madden 21” Provides Familiar Entertainment with Room for Improvement

Matthew Potter, Staff Writer
February 2, 2021

Madden has always been a solid household name in the gaming industry and this year's edition provides a familiar feel in that it is similar to the other ones. I personally love the game overall, but it definitely has some things that I dislike. First, I will start with the positives. I love the graphics on the next gen Madden 21 and I think they are much improved from former Maddens. I also enjoy...

2K21 Falls Short of Expectations

Logan Martin, Contributing Writer
December 9, 2020

NBA 2K is known for having popular releases of their video game every year in which many people are excited to play. This year’s game, NBA 2K21, is no exception with a high demand of customers that expected a lot of improvements to the game from the previous year. Although there were a few changes to the game, the developers did not meet the expectations that the customers had for the game. Most...

Review of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

Jacob Dixon
December 1, 2020

Call of Duty is one of the biggest gaming franchises on the market as it is released every year with a cycle between three developing companies. This year was the developer Treyarch's turn to release a game. Treyarch is the developer of the very popular Black Ops series. The company decided to continue the series with Black Ops Cold War this year. The game has met with criticism and support from many...

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