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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

Link Leaders are put into groups with a theme they have for their groups of freshmen. Together they tour the school and do group activities.

Link Leaders prepare to welcome, transition new students for 2022-2023 school year

Charli Burdick-Kitchell, Graphic Editor and Copy Editor June 7, 2022

The transition from a middle school to a high school is a big one people have to go through and Link Leaders are there to help it run smoothly. Link Leaders have prepared to welcome new freshmen to the...

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...

Link Leader Sadyia Farah showing freshman Safiyo Farah where to go for her class. They are keeping their distances apart from each other and wearing masks.

Link Leaders smooth transition to high school during pandemic

Michelle De Jesus Cruz November 9, 2020

Transitioning from middle to high school is a challenge, but this school year has started while still facing the pandemic: wearing masks, social distancing and one way hallways. Link Leaders and staff...

Freshmen Maura Christianson, Lauren Cuta, amd Edy McCurrie are shown socializing by the Student Leadership Board in the main rotunda during homecoming week.

Principal showcases student leaders

William Raymond, Podcast Reporter September 23, 2019

The school built a new installation showcasing student leaders in the downstairs main rotunda. This new installation brings an updated and refreshing look to the rotunda while also highlighting students...

Football field movie night brings students together

Football field movie night brings students together

Evelyn Young, Student Playlist Reporter May 23, 2018

For a final celebration of the school year, Student Council will be holding a movie night at Pony Stadium on May 27. The movie will take place once it begins to get dark. All students are welcome to...

Senior and junior Link Crew leaders welcome freshmen students to the building on the first day of school. "We tried to have the freshman in an open and safe environment where they wouldn't be worried about what we thought about them" junior Peyton Classon, Link Crew leader, says.

Link Crew welcomes underclassmen

Malaina Fragnito, Distrubution reporter September 3, 2017

The Link Crew transition team worked hard to prepare and welcome the freshman to the high school. Link Crew is a team of upperclassmen, teachers and administrators who work with the freshman on orientation...

Ninth grade transition offers innovative ideas

Ninth grade transition offers innovative ideas

Ebbie Benson, Copy Editor October 11, 2016

Beginning fall of 2017, more than 700 freshmen within the district will attend the high school for the first time. It is a big change from what everyone is used to, and adjustments will need to be...

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