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The Pony Express

The student news site of Stillwater Area High School

The Pony Express

The student news site of Stillwater Area High School

The Pony Express

The standard calendar shows nine months out of the total 12. In these nine months there are six federal United States holidays that take place. Of the nine months, the first five shown are the ending months of most school years and four nationally recognized holidays take place.

School calendars not religiously biased

Paige Speedling, Distribution Reporter November 20, 2018

 The school calendar is not religiously biased toward Christianity. Public schools all across the country have to make decisions based on many different and sometimes difficult factors, when they...

Quistmas helping spread Christmas cheer

Laura Ilkka, Photographer December 23, 2015

Christmas, a time of the year where love and cheer is being spread, although one student is spreading that more than usual. Kallie Quist, a Christmas loving senior, has been celebrating "Quistmas" for...


The historic Stillwater Courthouse held its 21st century Christmas event in late November.

Courthouse went back in time for Victorian Christmas

Cole Funk December 9, 2013

After the grandeur of the Victorian Christmas at the courthouse event  has died down and the staff jump back to the 21st century, one may wonder how all of this could have been put together, and how they...

Caitlin McDermott will be the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in this year’s performances of “The Nutcracker” produced by St. Croix Ballet.

St. Croix Ballet prepares for annual ‘Nutcracker’ performance

Maddy Boettner November 28, 2013

The lights dim and the crowd goes quiet, so quiet that the audience could hear a pin drop. The dancers hold their breaths, their hearts racing, until a bright light focuses in on them. They stare ahead...

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