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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
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Located on bulletin boards all around the school, the Community Closet poster helps spread word of the resources reserved for students. Not only does it spread feelings of hope as students know they can get help, but it creates awareness to the situation some students are put in and pressures they can be under; people never know what is going on at home.
Community Closet overflows, counselors take action
Madi Ruchie, Layout Editor
Students using smartphones at a table
Minnesota bill introduced to limit smartphone use in schools
Peter Banister, Broadcast Editor-In-Chief
Members of BPA senior Evan Cadenhead, senior Mason Warlick, senior Jair Diaz, freshman Riddhi Singhvi and junior Coolsjes Singhvi placed 4th at state competition that earned them a spot at the state-level case study competition on April 25.
Business Professionals of America claims 4th place at Personal Finance Decathlon
Adelaide Bielke, Broadcast Editor
Speech students junior Brendyn Van Houten and sophomore Sophie Amundgaard Advanced to speech Nationals. This dynamic duo represents just two among the 5,000 other competitors at nationals in Des Moines, Iowa June 16-21.
Pair of speech team students advance to National Tournament
Gavin Schuna, Business Editor
Senior Environmental Science student Eve Pagan feeds the tank of rainbow trout after class. Students carefully regulate and test the trout tanks daily.
Two new teachers take on trout business
Bailey Holmes, Photography Editor-In-Chief
students standing in front of polar plunge tank
Polar Plunge special olympics freezin' for a reason
Ava Aspengren, Business Editor
Features
Junior Maysen Puhrmann organizes her calendar for the next couple weeks. She is constantly on the move, always filling up her time with activities.
Maysen Puhrmann prepares for role as Student Council President
Lavender Schleder, Social Media Editor • May 23, 2024

Junior Maysen Puhrmann is one of the newly elected presidents for Student Council next year. She not only participates on the board, but she also has a wide range of other activities she is a part of whenever she has free moment to spare. It all started during her freshman year, Puhrmann decided to...

Math teacher Darby Whitehill reviewing with his first hour Geometry students. His approach on teaching is more interactive compared to just teaching them.
Beloved math teacher Darby Whitehill retires
Tyson Blazer, Copy Editor • May 13, 2024

Beloved teacher Darby Whitehill has had a long and amazing career teaching math. He has decided to retire at the end of the school year after 31 years of teaching. Whitehill has been able to help countless students throughout the years. Whitehill focuses on not just teaching math, but teaching students...

Opinion
Student on various social media platforms on their devices. Teenagers typically spend about five hours on social media, more than double the recommended use.
Teenagers must limit social media use
Paige Van Duyne, Broadcast Editor • May 22, 2024
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Sports
Player Charley Chuck Rowan is up to bat in a game against Cretin Durham Hall on April 26. With a 10-3 win-lose record the Ponies are optimistic for the rest of their season.
The adapted softball team gets a pep talk from head coach Suzanne Ericson after a close game on April 23. They continue to improve their skills in only their second season as a team.
Freshman Mitchell Trisler shoots the first round of clay target. He works hard at every practice to improve every round.

Ava Biederman, Photography Editor-in-Chief

May 20, 2024

Arts
Chappell Roan released her new hit single Good Luck, Babe! on April 5. Since then, it has become number 44 on the Billboard hot 100, becoming the first of her songs to do so.
This is the image used for the album cover for The Tortured Poets Department which came out on April 19. The color pallet of the album cover relates to the melancholy tone and reflection of the past couple years that is expressed in her album.
Matts Basement hosts movie nights 2 days a week. Locals can come enjoy nostalgic movies and socialize over waffles, popcorn and so much more.
Student Life
NHS members sell tickets for spring Coffeehouse at lunch. Spring Coffeehouse begins May 10. Shows are at 6 p.m and 8 p.m.
HOSA club practices a CRP sequence during their meeting on March 18. They practice activities similar to this during some of their meetings to prepare for their conferences.

Maggie O'Brien, Layout Editor-in-Chief

April 23, 2024

Students collaborate to come up with the main topics that were discussed in the first Voices of Change session. The conference was split up into three sessions; each session they could pick a different topic to talk about in a small group. During the last hour everyone came together to come up with the most prevalent issues to change.

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