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The student news site of Stillwater Area High School

The Pony Express

The debate team works hard before their first match on Nov 9. The first match sets standards for the rest of their season as they try to find ways to stay in the top 10 percent of teams nationally.

Speech and debate team nationally recognized again

Morgan Hildreth, Camera Editor November 30, 2019

  The speech and debate team has been nationally recognized for the third time in four years. The first time the teams were recognized was back in 2015 and once again in 2018. The National...

Allison Shore and Izzy Goetze are a power duo for the debate team. Their team has a new assistant coach, Laura Hammond. The girls are seen practicing in school on October 9th.

Debate team learns about space travel

Meg Skaret, Layout Editor October 20, 2019

The 2019 debate season started with many new debate members on the team. Along with the new novice population in the club, former head coach, English teacher Laura Hammond returns as an assistant coach...

Ted Hammond dedicates life to finding truth in JFK assassination

Ted Hammond dedicates life to finding truth in JFK assassination

Abby Banks, Print Editor-in-Chief December 22, 2017

"JFK was shot from the front. And I think that the shooters escaped and after John F. Kennedy was killed, the investigation was covered up," Ted Hammond, local JFK researcher, explained. Ted, father...

photo by Michael VanLieshout

American English departments lack diversity

Abby Banks, Print Editor-in-Chief October 28, 2017

Amidst heated debates about immigration reform, protests which have somehow made the general populace throw the First Amendment out the window, and hate crime rates skyrocketing, public education coats...

Quick takes over debate team as head coach

Quick takes over debate team as head coach

Kenzie Coyle, Layout Editor October 5, 2017

  After six years of being coached by Laura Hammond, the debate team has a new head coach, English teacher Corey Quick. As the debate season begins, the team members are adjusting to the...

Speech heads to State

Speech heads to State

Alex Ehde, Twitter Reporter March 31, 2017

The Speech team head to state April 21. Speech involves an individual or group of students who are judged against presentation in a round competition.  Only a few students are invited to state every...

Debate team finished second in State at the Classic Minnesota Debate Tournament

Debate team finished second in State at the Classic Minnesota Debate Tournament

Press Release by Corey Quick December 5, 2016

The Stillwater Area High School Classic Debate team, coached by Laura Hammond and Corey Quick, competed in the state tournament Dec. 2-3, at South St. Paul High School.  Students, who came from fifteen...

Noah Schraut, Daniel Meyer and Ace Oubaha (left to right) are on the stage awaiting their awards.  Our team received runner up in the first tournament which is fantastic, junior Greta McClellan says.

Speech team kicks off their season

Cole Lebourgeois, Copy Editor February 9, 2016

Every school has a variety of different and unique clubs and activities that students can choose to participate in.  But not many clubs, if any, allows for someone to speak their mind on what they believe....

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