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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
News
Mr. Weiss wins assistant baseball coach of the year
Mr. Weiss wins assistant baseball coach of the year
Brendon Rickheim, Business Editor
Staff member Mrya Koehn stand in the front of the building to ensure the students are safe. Due to the legislative priorities, there will be more safety in the schools using the system MnMTSS.
The 2025 new legislative priorities focus on making schools stronger
Layla Hill, Graphics Editor
Junior Cora Youssef concentrates on AP classwork to occupy her extra class time. The switch from AP classes to concurrent enrollment will change the time necessary for AP homework.
Concurrent enrollment classes take role of traditional AP courses
Nevaeh Kinney, Layout Editor
Features
Voelker holds her new service dog named Wade. Wade is her source of support and happiness in school and life.
Chloe Voelker uses service dog at school
Cody Vang, Copy Editor • March 7, 2025

Senior Chloe Voelker has a service dog name Wade who attends school with her to provide medical support. Previously, Voelker struggles with anxiety and Wade is tasked-trained to minimize her disability. Wade is a 3-year-old Italian Water dog. Unlike most pets, Wade is trained specifically for his role...

Jason Rohde is teaching kids pottery. He teaches at the high school and at his farm.
Jason Rohde teaches, also owns a pottery farm
Rabira Soka, Business Editor • March 7, 2025

Jason Rohde is an art teacher at the high school. Rohde has been teaching for about 24 years, and he has taught at the high school for 5 years. At the same time, he has been running a ceramics shop for 7 years with his family in his small town of Woodville, Wis. "I like it because I can kind of share...

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Opinion
Junior Mathew Harvey watches TikTok. Harvey spends a lot of time on TikTok and would be very upset if the app got banned.
The rising costs of healthcare from medications to doctor visits can quickly become overwhelming. Insurance companies and providers have high administrative costs, which contribute to higher prices.
One of Trump's actions is to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education to "improve education for all." People view this as a contradiction as Trump eliminating it does not convince many people.
Sports
The boys hockey team wins in double overtime against Hill Murray and advances to the state tournament on March 6-8. The team made their way to the final game but unfortunately the game did not go as planned and they lost to Moorhead 7-6.

Kaylee Lowe, Social Media Editor-in-Chief

March 13, 2025

Boys Nordic team stops for a picture during a ski at Giant's Ridge. After climbing the summit trail, they always wanted to go down the bronze one of the highlight trails from camp.
Freshman gymnast Sadie Grecian performs on the beam at the East Ridge meet on Jan. 9. Grecian's teammates cheer her on from the sidelines.
Arts
Captain America: Brave New World recycles old Marvel movie ideas
Senior Emma Mahon won first place in the senior division for painting at the DaVinci Fest on Jan. 25. Her painting is called "The Invasion of Nanking."
Paddington is on a boat with his family the Browns, and they are in the Amazon rainforest searching for Aunt Lucy. This movie came out on Feb. 14.
Student Life
Seniors Matthew Eviston and Julianne Kurth distribute goody bags to Wellness Day participants. Everyone will receive fidgets, T-shirts, stickers and more.

Elena Majeski, Layout Editor/Photographer

February 28, 2025

First round's winners, junior Maxwell Biggar and sophomore Kinlee Kropp pulled off an extremely difficult, but very impressive, dance move. The crowd went wild with support after seeing this on Feb. 12
Lila Parcheta and Amelia Brody created the new club Flowers for Families. They arrange flower bouquets for babies in the NICU.
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