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The Pony Express

Student Council Advisor Dusty Dennis oversees the coordination of the color run. The Color Run is rescheduled for next spring.

Color run event cancelled, rescheduled to spring 2025

Rabira Soka, Business Editor December 3, 2024

The color run was a fun, anticipated new school event in October. Unfortunately, the event was cancelled due to low participation. This event was organized by adviser Dusty Dennis and Student Council....

The new NHS sponsored bingo event taking place in the cafeteria during lunch. Members are in charge of the game and are testing the event out.

NHS members experience large surplus

Jack Howell, Online Editor December 3, 2024

Starting this school year, the National Honor Society (NHS) is taking on 200+ members in the community, which is said to result in bigger and better food drives, blood drives and other community events....

Head coach and social studies teacher Wayne Perkins speaks first at the debate tournament. This debate tournament was a memorial to a former Capitan Anne LaRayne Messelt who touched the lives of many current capitans and members of the debate team who saddily passed away in her sleep. After Perkins and all the capitans spoke, Anne's mother went up to the podium and made a heart touching speach.

Debate team has an amazing winning season

Andrew Linnell, Layout Editor December 3, 2024

Debate is having an amazing season on this 2024 season. Multiple members have been 4-0, meaning that they have a winning streak in topics while competing this season dominating over 20 to 30 different...

Junior Tyler Schutz sweeps the floor at St. Croix Valley Recreation Center. He is having fun at work and is really enjoying his job in concessions.

Teens find ways to persevere with work, school

Brendon Rickheim, Business Editor November 29, 2024

Many teens are currently juggling work and school on a daily basis. Many of them find it hard to keep up with their grades and schoolwork, while still playing sports and maintaining a social life....

Band teacher Joel Bryan conducts rehearsal for the Kaleidoscope concert.

Kaleidoscope concert finds new lens

Elsa Persson, Online Editor October 15, 2024

A classic band tradition comes back to the stage this year, bringing even more challenges to the students performing than past years. Though they pour in their hardest work, they strive to uphold a lighthearted...

History teacher Jason Caballero is the supervisor of the Play for Green Club. Caballero helps senior Matthew Evinston and senior Claire Rolf with the meetings and supports them with their ideas.

Play for Green Club creates a friendly, playful environment to promote cleanliness in our community

Keeley Baker-Richert, Layout Editor October 15, 2024

Last spring, senior Matthew Evinston and senior Claire Rolf decided they wanted to help the community be cleaner and have fun while doing it. With this idea, they created the Play for Green Club. Around...

Pathways Coordinator and teacher Rachel Steil helps junior Mack Morrow get enrolled in SchooLinks and Direct Admissions. Steil has shaped the college admissions process at Stillwater Area High School and will continue to help students become aware of these amazing programs.

Pathways and counseling offer Direct Admissions, Schoolinks to further student’s success

Rosie Druffner, Business Editor October 9, 2024

Direct Admissions and SchooLinks are here to help students reach their future goals and gain confidence when applying for colleges.  Direct admissions and SchooLinks will not only benefit students when...

Teddy Kozlowski serves as the mayor of stillwater. He stands in historic downtown Stillwater, where he has been mayor since 2014.

From Silicon Valley to Mayor of Stillwater

Gavin Schuna, Business Editor May 27, 2024

The moon is still shining in San Francisco, Ca, it's 4:30 a.m. The 21 year old, and fresh out of college. Teddy Kozlowski is getting up for work. He gets ready by 5:30 a.m. and hops in his car to make...

NHS members sell tickets for spring Coffeehouse at lunch. Spring Coffeehouse begins May 10. Shows are at 6 p.m and 8 p.m.

Students show off their talents at spring Coffeehouse

Ian Lunneborg, Video Editor May 26, 2024

The spring Coffeehouse is an event that all students know. It is a chance for people of all talents to come and show an audience what they are made of. It is also an event that spans upwards of 10 years...

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.

HOSA attends spring leadership conference

Maggie O'Brien, Layout Editor-in-Chief April 23, 2024

After preparing all year and working towards their goals, the Health Occupation Students of America club, commonly called HOSA, will be heading to their spring leadership conference on April 7-9. During...

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.

Voices of Change Conference ignites new ideas

Pony Express Editors-in-Chief March 10, 2024

The Voices of Change Conference is a collaborative meeting and workshop-based conference that is led by Cornelius Rish and the Student Leadership Council (SLC) during BLAST week. It was held in the school...

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