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The student news site of Stillwater Area High School

The Pony Express

Junior Cora Youssef concentrates on AP classwork to occupy her extra class time. The switch from AP classes to concurrent enrollment will change the time necessary for AP homework.

Concurrent enrollment classes take role of traditional AP courses

Nevaeh Kinney, Layout Editor March 3, 2025

Students no longer have to prepare for overwhelming AP exams to achieve college credit. Concurrent enrollment classes are replacing traditional AP classes for the 2025-2026 school year. Concurrent enrollment...

Concurrent enrollment provides students with new way to earn college credits

Concurrent enrollment provides students with new way to earn college credits

Jack Howell, Online Editor January 24, 2025

Next year, concurrent enrollment will expand at the high school to replace some of the AP courses. Concurrent enrollment is another pathway towards post secondary education, diverging from AP and PSEO...

Students in their AP US History class are working hard on their history work. They spend the whole class period trying to get every bit of work done. AP classes will no longer  have weighted grades fall for 2025

All college credit classes become unweighted in 2025

Layla Hill, Graphics Editor January 24, 2025

The state of Minnesota passed a new educational law that states that PSEO and AP classes have to have the same weight in GPA because they are both college credit classes. As of next school year, AP classes...

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High school offers dual enrollment opportunities

Nissa Wilcox, Layout Editor-In-Chief May 27, 2022

Stillwater Area High School offers a variety of dual enrollment opportunities for students to earn college-level credits while still in high school. Among the seven offered credit options, Post-Secondary...

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As the years go on, Advanced Placement (AP) students have gone from an elite selection of the schools top students to incredibly common. And while these classes do a great job of preparing students for college, they are not right for everyone and can cause immense stress.

AP classes are becoming standard for students

Jasmine Hearne May 21, 2014

Spines bent under the weight of a dozen textbooks, splitting the seams of their backpack, balancing two extra color coded notebooks in one hand, while frantically trying to flip through notecards in the...

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