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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

Students on computers in the library.

Students should choose PSEO over AP courses

Peter Banister, Broadcast Editor-in-Chief January 26, 2024

Students should opt for PSEO over AP to obtain college credits.  Many students already take advantage of this opportunity with their choice of PSEO enrollment or Advanced Placement classes (AP) provided...

Senior Angela working from home on icing for her newest addition for her cupcake line up pumpkin chai. Taylor goes home every day and works on new creations to add to her instagram page.

Angela bakes for her own small business

Biniam Tsegai, Social Media Editor October 23, 2023

When senior Angela Taylor leaves school every day, she has a few things on her mind. Maybe her homework, maybe her sports, but one thing she has on her mind is baking. During the day she always tries to...

A line graph shows the correlation between higher and lower income families and their student's test scores. Students with lower income families test an average of four points lower than higher income families.

ACT, a non-comprehensive review of students

Katie Kangas, Layout Editor-In-Chief January 16, 2022

While the ACT is a valuable system to gather information about student performance or schools, the ACT should not be used as one of the sole factors that gets students accepted into college because it...

Amy Carr Paraprofessional works in the College and Career.

Amy Carr wins Impact Influencer Award for her work with students

Shannon Pothen, Layout Editor November 13, 2021

The future can be scary, but Amy Carr, the College and Career Paraprofessional, works hard to make students feel confident leaving high school. She has been working in the College and Career Center since...

Senior Schuyler DuPont swims at sections on Oct. 24 at Stillwater Junior High. She recently verbally committed to Cornell for swimming.

Schuyler DuPont juggles academics, athletics to commit to Cornell

Mairin Torgerson, Photography Editor-in-chief November 27, 2020

At the True Team State meet, senior Schuyler DuPont ended her 500 meter swim and slapped the timing pad. The ultimate goal was to be around five minutes and when she looked at the scoreboard and saw the...

Sintra Nichols a 2018 SAHS graduate who did an apprenticeship in Florianopolis, Brazil. Nichols worked at a preschool and help aid for the betterment of the school.

Students find independence taking gap year

Joseph Devins, Business Editor-in-Chief May 24, 2019

A few Stillwater students are taking a year break in between going to school. A gap year is used for students who want to serve as an intern or raise more money for college. Some students take a gap...

Junior Alli Kelm prepares for the ACT. There are multiple ways to prepare for the ACT. Kelm practices  her speed and knowledge of questions by doing practice worksheets.

ACT should be an embedded part of curriculum instruction

Hannah Genosky, Distribution Reporter December 20, 2018

Forty-nine percent of high school students say that they feel “a great deal of stress” on a daily basis. High school students worry about the ACT a lot because of how important it is. Starting in ninth...

Across the country, juniors and seniors prepare to take the ACT, such as junior Haakon Bjork. The competitive nature of the test has created many means of trying to get a better score: apps, books/booklets, and classes.

Students take ACTion, ACT prep course offerings

Elise Truman, Online editor November 17, 2018

  An all-out academic battle, where only the strongest survive, and even fewer thrive. The ACT is a standardized test that the majority of the midwestern and southern students take during their...

Alternatives to colleges create opportunities

Alternatives to colleges create opportunities

Max Kennedy, Distribution Reporter May 23, 2018

There are more opportunities than ever once completing high school and with these vast choices many students are looking towards high paying jobs that are less schooling time. This also allows less student...

Unaffordable college puts students in a bind

Unaffordable college puts students in a bind

Lilly Sample, Online Editor April 14, 2018

Elementary school, middle school, high school, college: that is the most common, and encouraged, order of a students’ life. Though education through junior or senior year is required, everything a student...

Politics is a huge extracurricular piece to senior Sydney O’Neal’s academic agenda. Participating on mock trial and the Young Republicans, O’Neal argues a point on the repeal of Obama Care. Motivated about her future academic standing, O’Neal says, “There will be I think scholarship money if I get in, if I don't get in I'll still go to the U and go to med school.”

O’Neal strives for future dermatology career

Tiana Meador, Editor-In-Chief March 30, 2017

  As college commitment comes to a close, the University of Minnesota medical school is assessing 10 incoming freshmen who are going to be selected to participate in an accelerated seven-year...

College In Schools program may be at risk

College In Schools program may be at risk

Noah Johnson, Distribution Reporter January 12, 2017

Students across Minnesota may not be able to get free credits for college anymore, since the College in School program throughout Minnesota has the possibility of shutting down. The College in Schools...

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