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The Pony Express

The student news site of Stillwater Area High School

The Pony Express

Quick takes over debate team as head coach

Quick takes over debate team as head coach

Kenzie Coyle, Layout Editor October 5, 2017

  After six years of being coached by Laura Hammond, the debate team has a new head coach, English teacher Corey Quick. As the debate season begins, the team members are adjusting to the...

"I believe the trip went really well. I'm very proud of everyone and wouldn't want to have done it with anyone else," Curl says. The National Orchestra Festival was a wild success this year. Each group was given feedback and advice and now they will come back and capitalize on it.

Concert Orchestra performs in Pittsburgh

Nicholas Gag, Social Media Editor April 7, 2017

“I learned that months of preparation can really pay off in amazing ways. I also learned that on 14 hour bus rides, you really get to know people on another level,” senior Rachael Curl said. The Concert...

Trap shooting gives unique, challenging opportunity

Trap shooting gives unique, challenging opportunity

Ryan Berg, Social Media Reporter April 4, 2017

Trap shooting is a unique, untraditional, but challenging activity. For many years, students have been given the opportunity to participate in this event. It is a spring event for students; the team...

Sophomores Tessa Johansen, Clarice Vrambout and Lilly Sample sit together at a meeting. Vrambout weighs in on the club's plans, "I'm not entirely sure [what activities the club will do], but I know we will collaborate with other schools GSA clubs."

GSA club resumes, provides safe spaces and allies

Megan Ramberg, Online Editor April 1, 2017

    The GSA, or Gender Sexuality Alliance Club has now returned; the main focus of GSA's are to provide a safe space for LGBTQ+ kids and their allies at schools. Forming a GSA...

Speech heads to State

Speech heads to State

Alex Ehde, Twitter Reporter March 31, 2017

The Speech team head to state April 21. Speech involves an individual or group of students who are judged against presentation in a round competition.  Only a few students are invited to state every...

Boxes filled to the brim are collected by Amnesty Club to be sorted. "We collect products such as soap, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo and conditioner, pretty much everyday items that we all take for granted," senior Corri Gardner says.

Amnesty International collects hygiene products

Ellie Faeth, Layout Editor March 30, 2017

Amnesty Club finds so much joy in collecting hygienic necessities for people who have trouble accessing or buying items for themselves and their family. Following Valley Outreach and their "Help for...

MLB The Show 17 set to succeed

MLB The Show 17 set to succeed

Ryan Shepard, Editorial Cartoonist Editor March 27, 2017

“The runner is caught sliding into second trying to steal the base,” Harold Reynolds announced for MLB The Show 17 says. MLB The Show 17 is a game that many have been waiting a while for and...

French Club makes immense impact with donations to Haiti

French Club makes immense impact with donations to Haiti

Teagan Andrews, Copy Editor February 16, 2017

French Club is doing a fundraiser that is sending shoes to a little town in Haiti called Bois Tombé. The shoes are being donated due to children and even adults not having shoes that cover their toes because...

Thought Exchange results show district strengths, concerns

Thought Exchange results show district strengths, concerns

Ellie Faeth, Layout Editor February 15, 2017

Powered by Thought Exchange, the Stillwater School District created the Join the Conversation engagement process to allow students, families, community and district members to get involved in voicing...

The Mock Trial team consists of students from 9th-12th grade.

Mock Trial team teaches real-life law experience

Jack Reinseth, Distribution Reporter February 14, 2017

According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 11, you’re innocent until proven guilty, which means you have the right to a trial in the court of law. Students in our school with...

The Feminism Club members met on Feb 6 to make signs to put up around the high school to spread awareness and hopefully inspire a few people to join. "I feel the purpose is both to educate our peers and also learn ourselves how to become more active feminists," Fry says.

Feminism Club creating change for better

Alex Ehde, Social Media Reporter February 13, 2017

r The newest club at the SAHS, the Feminism Club, is raising awareness for women's rights, LGBTQ+ rights, and minority interests around the community. The club has been recently started by Erica...

Alternative Copy Story by Mark O'Shea

Choosing bed over breakfast

Mark O'Shea, Social Media Editor January 13, 2017

Some students do not eat breakfast every morning, or ever at all. This can be for a variety of reasons including not being able to cook, they want to sleep in, and the most common: simply not having...

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