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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 fifth Mountain biking race was in Rochester Minn. on Oct. 1. Racers tried to pass each other at the beginning to attempt to get ahead.

Mountain biking team demands sixth consecutive state win

Gibson Strub, Layout Editor November 2, 2023

One of the biggest athletic teams in the school, all 95 riders have fun. The state championship is on Oct. 14-15. They have won all state championships from 2017-2022, excluding 2020 due to COVID and they...

Senior Marissa Fasick walks into school before the start of the second hour as her first hour is senior elect. Seniors can utilize senior elect to reduce their daily schedule.

Senior elect is necessary for students

Paige Van Duyne, Broadcast Editor October 29, 2023

Seniors can utilize senior elect to reduce their daily school schedule. It is necessary for students to have this as an option, considering the amount of work needed to prepare for their future after high...

Picture of Mr. Bergquists classroom

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...

Addie Smitten (left), Meredith Christensen (middle), and Lily Ward (right) at the last MTB pratice of the season.

Mountian biking team heads to all-state race

Bella Godfrey, Graphics Editor and Online Editor-In-Chief November 19, 2021

The mountain biking season closes out with a bang as racers head to the all-state race at Mount Kato, Oct. 30-31. With top finishers in all 6-12th grade divisions, the team is ready to compete in their...

This picture showcases (from left to right) Vic, Mary, and Amy Adamle, along with Zach, Laura, and Rob Sobiech. It is  taken right after Zach turned 18, and on the same day as prom.

Zach Sobiech movie, Clouds, to be released on Disney+ on October 16

Mikai Tasch, Social Media Editor October 1, 2020

“It'll be heartstrings that get pulled,” counselor Dan Ralston said. Zach Sobiech’s single, “Clouds,” sprouted to number one on iTunes seven years ago, and has a new movie, Clouds, that will...

Mental Health Awareness signs and posters are hanging around the hallways of SAHS. Over the past decade, depression and anxiety has increased in students.

Reaching out during tough times is more important now than ever before

Charlie Valerius, Online Editor April 20, 2020

Throughout the entire world population, mental health has become a major worldwide concern. Over the past decade, depression and anxiety diagnoses have increased in the school population. The stress of...

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 16, 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...

Howlett recovering, hoping to return by spring

Howlett recovering, hoping to return by spring

Robby Enright, Distribution Reporter February 1, 2015

In the summer prior to the 2014 school year, Bill Howlett decided that he would have to step down from his position as a Assistant Principal in the White Pony Center so he could receive treatment for his...

AVID preparing students for the future

Clay Knoll, Advertising editor December 6, 2014

New at this year is AVID (Achievement Via Individual Determination). AVID is a program taught as a class designed to help prepare students for college by improving the way they study, write essays...

Physician assisted suicide should be restricted

Dennis Toenjes, Video Editor November 18, 2014

Recently the debate over physician assisted suicide has swept the nation, involving legislation being pushed by the terminally ill who want to end their lives. One case was that of Brittany Maynard, a...

Dan Ralston fulfilling new duties

Sarah Junko, Team Lead Editor November 18, 2014

Dan Ralston is starting his first year as an Assistant Principal. He is filling in for Assistant Principal Bill Howlett while he is on medical leave. Ralston will be taking over all of Howlett's duties...

School Counselor Heather Trettel takes Dan Ralston's place as a Black Pony Center Counselor. Trettel explained, "I came back to work here, and I felt like I had left on a Friday and came back on a Monday."

Trettle substitutes for Ralston as school counselor

Ali Thul, Team Lead Editor October 30, 2014

School Counselor Heather Trettel takes Dan Ralston's place as a Black Pony Center Counselor. Trettel returns to be a substitute counselor for the second time at Stillwater Area High School. Due to former...

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