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National Honor Society hosts spring coffeehouse

Milena Sandstrom, Podcast Reporter May 16, 2023

The National Honor Society hosts a biannual coffehouse show, which allows students to perform their talents in front of a crowd for everyone to enjoy. The revenue collected from ticket sales gets donated...

Chris Engler holds a microphone and share a few words at a basketball game.

Chris Engler fights to find cure for ALS

Michael Fredericks, Graphics Editor February 13, 2023

Bright white lights were lighting the walls of the doctor's office. The sounds of distant mumbling and the beeping of machines filled the room. Chris Engler anxiously waited in a soft chair beside his...

Band RNS plays I "I want you back" by the Jackson 5 at Coffee House. Seniors Kiran Kumaran, Joseph Casell, Caleb Cabede, Julian Schwendemen, Michael May and sophpomore Owen Cosgrove are pictured from right to left plaing the saxophone, electric guitar, trumpet, trombone, drum set and pianos respectively. The band plays on stage under a sign that reads coffeehouse .

NHS Coffee House, performance with a purpose

Katie Kangas, Layout Editor-In-Chief May 29, 2022

Each spring, the National Honor Society (NHS) hosts a Coffee House event to bring the community together and raise funds for a relevant charity, natural disaster or crisis. The event includes acts with...

Coffee House Picture

COVID-19 results in changes to National Honors Society

Charles Calderone, Business Editor November 6, 2020

The National Honors Society is a club dedicated to community service. Members of the NHS participate in many events that make the high school a better place. This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a...

Becky Mazzara, ASL teacher and NHS adviser, gets ready before an NHS meeting. "Just being part of the education community [is the best part], and…I’ve subbed in other districts and so far wherever else I’ve been this still feels like home," Mazzara says.

Becky Mazzara takes over as NHS adviser

Mira LaNasa, Layout Editor November 16, 2016

National Honor Society is one of the most prominent school clubs, as well as at thousands of other schools across the nation. NHS club adviser Chris Engler has stepped down as the teacher adviser and...

Anna School helps community through charitable involvement

Anna School helps community through charitable involvement

Allison Heintz, Layout Editor October 12, 2016

As a senior there are so many final responsibilities and pressures to do everything possible before the final senior year of high school is over. Senior Anna Scheel knows those pressures and responsibilities. Scheel...

Photo Courtesy Brad Cornell - Countryside Photo
These three young ladies are the senior captains of the varsity girls volleyball team. From left to right: Jane Moore, Lily Strom, and Sarah McCarthy. "Volleyball is where I always truly am myself, and no matter what happened that day I know I can step out on the court and my worries drift away," says McCarthy.

Sarah McCarthy balances school and sports

Anthony Alvarado, Student Playlist Editor October 11, 2016

Senior Sarah McCarthy is not the everyday student-athlete. Her hard work in the classroom and on the varsity volleyball team gives teachers and coaches much reason to be pleased as she continues to...

NHS pairs with Bantfwana Phambili to bring secondary education to South Africa

NHS pairs with Bantfwana Phambili to bring secondary education to South Africa

Shenyn Gale, Print Photographer October 28, 2015

Everyone deserves a good education. It is crucial in the world we live in to get the best education possible, but not every student gets the same opportunities as others, and because of that, Stillwater's...

Photo by Caitlin Rademacher 
The varsity letter will be an addition to the front of a student’s letter jacket for the students to proudly display their hard work and effort put into the community.

Varsity letter in community service introduced

Mackenzie Bottolfson, Copy Editor December 1, 2014

Students may notice a new icon on the letter jacket this year.  Along with many other changes imposed for the 2014-15 school year, there is a new varsity letter for community service.  The award requires...

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