Joe Kalka hopes to propel speech to new heights
Ally Benning, Podcast Reporter
November 7, 2019
The speech team had success last year under former head coach (now assistant coach) English teacher Laura Hammond. Last year, the team placed fourth in sections and had six people qualify for the state tournament, the most in the program's history. Joe Kalka, 2018 MSHSL Class 8A North Coach of the Year, is...
4-H benefits students by providing empowering life skills
Elaina Mankowski, Layout Editor
October 30, 2019
Numerous students benefit from the 4-H organization. Apparent impacts are made through the students following their passions and blossoming their relationships. 4-H is a youth program all over the country based on empowering students and providing them with skills to last a lifetime. They offer differen...
Debate team learns about space travel
Meg Skaret, Layout Editor
October 19, 2019
The 2019 debate season started with many new debate members on the team. Along with the new novice population in the club, former head coach, English teacher Laura Hammond returns as an assistant coach with English teacher Cory Quick as head coach. "Having a large novice division of the team ...
Fifth year of 24 hour play challenge showcases students’ creativity
Emma Wagner, Copy Editor
October 18, 2019
Junior Avery Mitchell said she directed a show that included VSCO girls, as well as directing a parody of the movie "Tall Girl" on Netflix, showing that students included pop culture references into their performances. This is the fifth year the theatre department has put on plays created in 24 hours. Ev...
Theatre students plan summer trip to Scotland
AJ Gunderson, Podcast
May 20, 2019
Several theatre students and the theatre director, Grif Sadow, are headed to Edinburgh, Scotland for the National Fringe Festival (often referred to as The Fringe) from July 27 to August 9. Prior to visiting the festival, the theatre students will be stopping in London for a couple days before heading...
Stillwater FFA fishes for a victory
Toby Weiss, Broadcast Editor-in-Chief
May 19, 2019
For members of the Stillwater FFA club, studying hard is a necessity as the Minnesota State Fish & Wildlife Competition is rapidly approaching on April 29, at the University of Minnesota. The FFA organization was founded in 1928 and has since brought forth many eye-opening opportunities for at l...
Brawling it out: students compete in video game competition
Hazel Flock, Print Editor-in-Chief
May 12, 2019
Playing video games for hours is not always a waste of time. For students in the Super Smash Bros Brawl tournament; it is the equivalent of practicing for a big game. Students compete against each other in best two out of three tournaments and show off their skills. Students gather in math teacher Nicholas Spr...
AVID elective prepares students for college
Jameson Stahl, Online Editor-in-Chief
May 10, 2019
AVID is a program offered in the district that is meant to give middle academic students an extra boost on their path to college. Most students enrolled are the first in their family to go to college, so this experience is completely new to them. Despite the benefits of the class, AVID students ...
‘Where Dreams Come True’; Newspaper visits Anaheim
Lilly Sample, Online Editor-in-Chief
May 9, 2019
While most high schools students whistled away at schoolwork and homework April 24 through the 28, 10 members of the Pony Express, accompanied by advisor Rachel Steil and parent volunteer Staci Banks, whistled a different tune. The tune of Disneyland theme park soundtracks, elevator music, ...
Let’s get physical
Elise Truman, Online Editor
May 9, 2019
Every Tuesday, a group of young, science-minded students gets together to do exciting physics projects. They spend their time furthering their physics knowledge and applying it practically. The physics club uses its knowledge to build structures like their tensegrity structure or parabolic mirror...
Annual junior/senior prom “prom”ises greatness
Taylor Lee, Distribution Reporter
May 4, 2019
After a long year of tests, quizzes, and a lot of busy work, it is finally time for students to celebrate a job well done. What better way than to attend the annual junior/senior prom. Prom will be held at the Myth Live in Maplewood, similar to the past few years. It will be held on May 4 from 7 - 11...
Native American student Alliance club brings awareness to diversity
Sierra Hippel, Distribution Reporter
May 3, 2019
"It's to bring students together with a commonality and connection to being Native students, to bring them together socially, emotionally and to connect with their culture," school phycologist Jennifer Kern said. The Native American Student Alliance club is a fairly new club to the school. The club ...