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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

Steil finalist for Minnesota Teacher of the Year

Steil finalist for Minnesota Teacher of the Year

Kyah LaBancz, Online Editor April 2, 2015

With medium length blonde hair, a petite frame and a fashion forward wardrobe, Language Arts teacher Rachel Steil stands in front of the classroom wearing a welcoming, but firm stance. Steil, always...

Scanlons give back to athletic facilities

Scanlons give back to athletic facilities

Braden Classon, Social Media Reporter March 27, 2015

The proposed Stillwater Area High School Pony Activity Project (PAC) project will improve the locker rooms, weight rooms, gym space, football and soccer fields and track. Recently, the PAC project...

Superintendent selected for District 834

Superintendent selected for District 834

Ahnika Kroll, Chief Broadcasting Managing Editor March 26, 2015

A search for a new superintendent to oversee the district has been a topic of interest for many months. Candidates fluctuated throughout this time. The decision finally came on March 6, when Denise Pontrelli...

Fines turned into food for Valley Outreach

Tiffany Horwath, Layout Editor March 25, 2015

Getting a parking ticket can be a pain, but Valley Outreach is helping people feel good about paying off their parking ticket. Valley Outreach is celebrating Minnesota's Foodshare Month by introducing...

Chuck Ochocki
Principal

Ochocki wins MASSP award

Amelia Schneider, Copy editor February 24, 2015

Chuck Ochocki, Principal at Stillwater Junior High School, has been recognized as the Minnesota Association of Secondary School Principal’s (MASSP) Minnesota Middle Level Principal of the Year. Ochocki...

District approves facilities bond approval

Hannah Crawford, Online-Editor-in-Chief February 20, 2015

To create more opportunities for students in Stillwater School District 834, the school board has proposed to build an addition onto the high school.  This will provide more room in the high school for...

Calendar Committee seeks approval for 2015-16 calendar

Jordan Fulin, Team Lead Editor February 13, 2015

Every year the calendar committee for Stillwater Area School District comes together to discuss and recommend a new calendar for the coming school year.  The committee is made up of district employees...

Student leaders selected to help incoming sophomores

Mathias Hoefferle, Distribution Reporter February 12, 2015

Coming to a different, rather big school can be scary. Stillwater Area High School’s newest student leaders are here to help. Recently selected was a team of 22 new student leaders consisting of sophomores,...

Superintendent interviews commence mid-February

Superintendent interviews commence mid-February

Mackenzie Bottolfson, Copy Editor February 11, 2015

After the 2013-2104 school year, Superintendent Cory Lunn accepted another superintendent position in Iowa.  For this school year, Tom Nelson was put on the job as an interim, until a permanent decision...

2015 public boating safety courses offered by USCG Aux

The Hudson Flotilla of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary is offering a series of public boat safety courses.  About Boating Safety will be on Friday evening, 6 -9 p.m. and Saturday morning from...

Communities came together to honor Zach Sobiech through song. The tradition began last year. "I hope people leave this event knowing that they matter. Even the smallest act of kindness can change the world in big ways, and when we all come together we can make a really big things happen," said Laura Sobiech.

Choir reaches the Clouds

Emily Ness, Broadcast Anchor January 20, 2015

On December 6, 2012, Twin Cities’ radio station KS95 played a song called “Clouds,” written by Zach Sobiech, a Minnesota teenager who had been diagnosed with terminal Osteosarcoma. After hearing...

Annual winter concert brings chills, in a good way

Amelia Schneider, Copy Editor January 14, 2015

The winter concert on Dec. 21 and 22 was Stillwater Area High School’s annual concert of holiday music and entertainment. Six ensembles performed. Three of the six are prestigious “Concert” groups...

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