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The Pony Express

The student news site of Stillwater Area High School

The Pony Express

The student news site of Stillwater Area High School

The Pony Express

This Is Stillwater recently brought Minecraft to the classroom.  The newly proposed sites of Anderson and Lake Elmo Elementary schools have been imported into Minecraft for the students to tinker with.  They were tasked with the ideals to design the schools how they please.  However, they must deal with design issues that may come up along the way.  

Alt text: Minecraft is displayed on a large screen for students.

This Is Stillwater inspires students with Minecraft

Peter Banister, Broadcast Editor-in-Chief December 11, 2023

This is Stillwater is exploring a better means of communicating and engaging each other on the matters of our community, and across all generations.  As of early 2023, TIS started using Minecraft to encourage...


Junior Keenan Thompson created his own Minecraft server and makes a profit from it. “It’s just like a world where you can basically do whatever you want. There’s blocks that you can use to make different structures and build things and such,” said Thompson.

Thompson builds Minecraft empire

Olivia Novotny February 18, 2014

“It’s just like a world where you can basically do whatever you want. There’s blocks that you can use to make different structures and build things and such.” Most teenagers make their paycheck...

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