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The 9/10 formal offers a fun night to spend with peers. Juniors Tucker Farver and Celia Gear took advantage of the 2019 spring formal to spend time with friends.

9/10 formal takes a turn

Alexis Brainard, Online Editor April 3, 2020

Junior and senior prom is around the corner. This means the 9/10 formal is coming up too. The dance, however, might not happen because of the COVID-19 outbreak. "As far as I know I do not think we are...

Stillwater Schools haver started to offer free lunches to anyone through the age of eighteen. There are various meal drop-offs throughout the school district.

Coronavirus impacts on local education

Alex Steil, Online Editor-in-Chief March 25, 2020

The coronavirus was on everyone’s radar. Most knew about it and that it would impact economic markets. No one, however, knew it would disrupt the world economy to this extent. More importantly though,...

The innovations team gathers for a meeting after school on Oct. 10 in Rachel Steils room to discuss the 2020-2021 course registration guide.

Innovations team helps students plan their future

Stella Bertsch, Field Reporter October 10, 2019

The Innovations team spent the past year designing a new registration guide that includes College/Career Pathways and Programs of Study. This new design helps students make informed decisions about their...

This is a copy of Mounds Views information graphic, which describes their version of the pathways program. The Innovation Team further reviews their program on April 9.

Innovations team visits Mounds View, investigates Pathways

Grace Silbernick, Layout Editor April 15, 2019

“I want to inspire curiosity in all learners through educational programming that is personalized, student-driven, and highly engaging,” John Perry Director of Learning, Technology, and Design Systems...

Assistant Principal Aaron Drevlow was biking at Brown County Mountain Bike Park in Indiana when he noticed an animal skull on a tree branch and took a selfie!

Drevlow hunts for microadventures

Taylor Lee, Distributive Reporter September 10, 2018

Assistant Principal Aaron Drevlow packed his phone, credit cards, two Co2 canisters (just in case) and a half-full bottle of water. He mounted his impressive road bike that he loves to show off to...

School Board postpones discussion on school start times

School Board postpones discussion on school start times

Levi Gregg, Copy Editor March 15, 2018

  Pressure from students and parents at Stillwater Area High School led the school board consider changing the high school’s start time from 7:40 to 8:30 a.m.  However, after looking at...

Despite growing opposition, FCC passes repeal of Net Neutrality

Despite growing opposition, FCC passes repeal of Net Neutrality

Hannah Sween, Layout Editor January 13, 2018

The internet is like a grocery store. It is full of all different kinds and qualities of foods and is open to all people. Grocery stores are set up like this because everyone needs and deserves open and...

photo by Michael VanLieshout

American English departments lack diversity

Abby Banks, Print Editor-in-Chief October 28, 2017

Amidst heated debates about immigration reform, protests which have somehow made the general populace throw the First Amendment out the window, and hate crime rates skyrocketing, public education coats...

Koenen smiles behind her desk, welcoming students to come and meet her.

Two new Pony Center counselors added

Malaina Fragnito, Playlist Reporter October 27, 2017

  With the addition of freshman and a school population bigger than ever before, two new counselors had to be added to the Pony Centers. The Red Pony Center has added Krista Koenen who has...

Freshman Rachel Folden utilises the lunchroom to socialize with friends. Despite many enjoying the social aspects of lunch, some students do not agree with how lunchtimes have recently been shortened. I have to eat in class, so not happy, senior Tommy McGuire says.

Four lunches cuts lunch time to 25 minutes

Jameson Stahl, Online Editor September 1, 2017

As A lunch comes to a close, senior Tom McGuire walks out of the lunch room headed towards his fifth hour AP Environmental Science class, taught by Andrew Weaver. Something about this picture is not normal...

Senior prank may result in consequences

Senior prank may result in consequences

Megan Karnuth, Online Editor-in-Chief May 7, 2017

Principal Rob Bach in a letter to parents said, “…walking at graduation is a privilege, not a right.” There are certain things a student can do to be banned from the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,...

School start times take toll on mental health

School start times take toll on mental health

Ashlyn Aarness, Photographer December 2, 2016

Early morning and late, homework-filled nights. This is the life of a typical high school student. More and more schools are switching over to a later start time to increase productivity. Thought Exchange...

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