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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

Instructional coaches Geri Handberg and Ing Mari Ryan are new this year as coaches. Ryan and Handberg work together to help teachers.

New instructional coaches support teachers

Shannon Pothen, Layout Editor and Copy Editor October 12, 2021

It takes a village to teach a child.  The new instructional coaches Ing Mari Ryan and Geri Handberg are making connections and building community.  They are working with teachers to make sure students...

The new English teacher Granger Taft talking in front of the classroom having a discussion on animated movies to get to know each other more. This show Taft's personality as a fun teacher that bonds and connects to his students.

English department welcomes Granger Taft

Karley Rydeen, Distribution Reporter November 7, 2020

The school recently added a new member to their English team, Granger Taft, who teaches English 9. Taft taught at Dakota Hills Middle School and Park High School for a few years before joining Stillwater....

Assistant Principal Chris Otto says,"We are in the hiring process currently." The front of the high school’s exterior will remain the same.

New teachers transition to high school

Elise Luoma, Student Playlist Editor May 2, 2017

With the new construction and transition of ninth graders, more faculty is needed to cater to all students. As the transition plan has added new buildings to the existing school, the hiring process...

Ing-Mari and Dennis Ryan share thoughts on current curriculum. “I still enjoy doing it [teaching]. If you’re going to leave teaching, you usually do it within the first five years,” Dennis expresses. “These last two years I’ve had really nice kids. I wish they’d work a little harder sometimes, but they’re nice kids.”

Ryans maintain a 21 year marriage at SJHS

Mira LaNasa, Layout Editor April 27, 2017

Dennis and Ing-Mari Ryan both teach English classes at Stillwater Junior High School. The two have been married for 21 years, and met through the school. "He started here the year we opened this...

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