The student news site of Stillwater Area High School

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

Frontside of the Stillwater High School building

Students and families make choices about public and private education

George Palm, Broadcast Editor March 1, 2023

Public education or private education is one of the choices students and parents have to decide when going through the education system. With private education costing upwards of thousands of dollars for...

The push to ban assault rifles is critical as mass shootings increase by the day as seen in this graphic. Data from gunviolencearchive.org

Legislators pushed to ban assault rifles

Paige Van Duyne, Broadcast Editor February 27, 2023

Legislators are facing pressure to ban assault rifles in the United States. With a rising number of shootings, the push is crucial.  Following the two mass shootings in California this past January,...

Students hiding in the corner of a classroom.

Current lockdown protocols outdated, inadequate

Jasmine Z. Allison, Social Media Editor-in-Chief February 27, 2023

As lockdowns in schools have become a regular occurrence in schools across the country, students have known the school lockdown protocols since early elementary school. While most lockdowns do not end...

A large semi-automatic rifle, designed strictly for advanced warfare.

Mass shootings uprise at alarming rate

Leo Whitley, Podcast Reporter February 27, 2023

Mass shootings are popping up everywhere in America so often, it is hard to even keep track. With new shootings daily, different motives and locations, but similar guns, it makes it hard to understand...

Senior general education student Leah Foster and special education student play in the foam pit. During Unified PE, the students are paired together to work together in many different types of activities.

Students united through physical education

Maya Disher, Photography Editor-in-Chief and Copy Editor December 17, 2022

High school is a time when students get to learn how to work and communicate with their peers. They create friendships and learn skills that will be carried into other aspects of their life. These four...

Patrick De St. Aubin posing with two thumbs up in his Ponies TRUST club t-shirt

TRUST club fundraises for equipment

Aubree Bigger, Political Cartoon Editor and Copy Editor December 17, 2022

The TRUST club promotes unity, inclusivity and equality. This club works to unify the school and make students with disabilities feel at home. Often, disabled students can feel misplaced or like they do...

Shelly Phernetton assistant Principle.

School safety effects environment

Reece Bastyr, Social Media Editor December 4, 2022

“I do feel safe because I think this is a caring community and that’s what it takes. Every environment can be safer and we should always strive to do better,” Assistant Principal Shelly Phernetton...

Junior Liam Butler makes a Tik Tok Before school in

Social media influences musical tastes

Angela Taylor, Copy Editor and Business Editor October 21, 2022

Most students do not remember life before social media.  In fact, most of student were not even born before the development of the world’s initial forms of social media. Being integrated into students'...

Picture of Mr. Bergquists classroom

High school offers dual enrollment opportunities

Nissa Wilcox, Layout Editor-In-Chief May 27, 2022

Stillwater Area High School offers a variety of dual enrollment opportunities for students to earn college-level credits while still in high school. Among the seven offered credit options, Post-Secondary...

Junior Mason Borchardt, the co-president of NASA, is shown brain tanning a deer hide, something new the club has started focusing on. The purpose was to make moccasins that will be shown at BLAST week.

Mason Borchardt provides leadership for NASA

Taya Hehn, Graphics Editor and Copy Editor March 3, 2022

"As co-present and as a leader, I try to be the one that always makes myself involved first," junior Mason Borchardt explained. Mason is one of the co-presidents for NASA, the Native American Student...

Senior Elly Flaherty and Junior Addie Smitten prepare to start their Nordic ski race, and congratulate Junior Kyle Och on his race he just finished.

Beijing Winter Olympics ready to fight spread of COVID-19, support their athletes

Charli Burdick-Kitchell, Graphic Editor and Copy Editor February 27, 2022

The Beijing Winter Olympics are the biggest event in 2022 so far. It will boost spirit in a global-wide pandemic and bring countries together as they celebrate their athletes. But with such a big event...

Student works on homework on computer at school.

Students deal with stress in new year of school

Shannon Pothen, Layout Editor January 11, 2022

Every student has felt that feeling, thinking about a test or project that is due tomorrow. Their hands get sweaty, their heartbeat quickens. Stress, the feeling that students are feeling more and more...

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