One man’s journey from flute player to professional French horn player
Hannah Sween, Layout Editor
January 30, 2018
Filed under People
A man sits behind a curtain. His golden horn resting gently on his knee as he awaits instruction. "The first excerpt please" says a disembodied voice from behind the curtain. He prepares his horn, steadies himself, takes a long, slow, calming breath and then blows strong and gentle into the horn sounding...
Alum Pete Winslow: International Soccer Star
Will Gleason, Photography Editor
January 30, 2018
Filed under People
Pete Winslow has spent his whole life proving people wrong. In 2007 he discovered his passion, and began to prove to the world that he didn’t know what the phrase “I can’t” was. With no legs and only 3 fingers, Winslow became an international soccer champion. Pete stumbled across power soccer in 2007 at...
Acosta shares meaningful lyrics with the world
Tess Schoenborn, Online Editor
January 24, 2018
Filed under In-Depth, Local Arts, Music, People
The studio was dark, only lit with colorful Christmas lights. It was hot and muggy from the amount of focus that was happening within his mind. The music produced was playing in the back, not loud but definitely not quiet. He pounded his fist against the desk as he continued to try to read the lyrics corre...
Brice Hafemeyer, long-lasting nickname ‘Saudi’
Mira LaNasa, Print Editor-in-Chief
January 20, 2018
Senior Brice Hafemeyer attempted to mentally prepare himself to move halfway across the globe to Saudi Arabia. He was apprehensive. It was his sophomore year when his parents broke the news. His outlook on the rest of his high school career was splintered, though he never ended up departing. Since then,...
17 events that characterized 2017
Malaina Fragnito, Student Playlist Reporter
December 28, 2017
2017 has been a year of change, devastation followed by hope and success. From events that impact the whole world to things that impact the community of Stillwater, many things have happened this year. This year has been filled with everything, from tragedies due to natural disasters, to controversy over the president to...
Van Klei wins Paul Schmidt award
Wyatt Wasko, Social Media Editor
November 22, 2017
Filed under People
The Paul Schmidt award, named after the initial winner in 1956, is given out annually to a single teacher in the state of Minnesota to "Honor and recognize the outstanding services and contributions given by an elementary or secondary teacher or supervisor in the fields of health or physical education.” ...
Becky Mazzara takes over as NHS adviser
Mira LaNasa, Layout Editor
November 16, 2016
National Honor Society is one of the most prominent school clubs, as well as at thousands of other schools across the nation. NHS club adviser Chris Engler has stepped down as the teacher adviser and Becky Mazzara, a newly hired American Sign Language teacher, has begun to fulfill the role. Ma...
Hanson’s modeling career takes off after high school
Sophie Begin, Photographer
November 4, 2016
Filed under In-Depth, People, Photo Slide Shows
"Growing up I had thoughts of being a model. I would day dream about it in high school." Alex Hanson, a graduate of SAHS is now living her dream with a career as an up and coming model. She started off as a student at NDSU. After a semester she realized that wasn't where she wanted to be. She...
Maxwell makes impact through community service
Megan Karnuth, Online Editor-in-Chief
November 4, 2016
Filed under In-Depth, People, Photo Slide Shows
Brandon Maxwell, English and AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) teacher, is the perfect example of a teacher who goes above and beyond to make an impact on students and the world. Not only is the tremendous at connecting with students, but he is involved in a great amount o...
Anna School helps community through charitable involvement
Allison Heintz, Layout Editor
October 12, 2016
As a senior there are so many final responsibilities and pressures to do everything possible before the final senior year of high school is over. Senior Anna Scheel knows those pressures and responsibilities. Scheel is a student involved in many in and out of school activities. At the moment s...
Freshman Dara Andringa swipes varsity soccer spot
Olivia Knox, Distribution Reporter
October 3, 2016
Filed under In-Depth, Locker Room, People
Freshman Dara Andringa moved here from Madison, WI and is now starting varsity for the girls soccer team, taking away a spot from returning players and scoring a goal in the first game. Andringa played on an Elite Club National League (ECNL) team as a midfielder, which has helped her prepare her f...
Google introduces self-driving cars
Kaitlin Bloom, Online editor
April 7, 2016
For a long time, people have imagined a future free of driver's education, road tests, and maybe even accidents. Cars would drive themselves, independent of any human control. People would be able to send their young sons and daughters off to a friend's house alone and be able to trust they'll ge...