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The Pony Express

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The student news site of Stillwater Area High School

The Pony Express

Junior Isaac Howard leads Concert orchestra rehearsal a week before the performance. He plans to conduct the second movement of Rutter's Suite for Strings for the concert.

Concert Orchestra ready to impress audience with unforgettable performance

Olive McLemore, Graphics Editor December 3, 2024

Concert Orchestra has their first performance of the year on Nov. 19. This concert will also include Philharmonic, Symphonic and Varsity orchestras. The Concert Orchestra includes part of the woodwind,...

The Nordic ski team first practice on Nov. 13 the football fields doing dry-land strength exercises preparing for coming season of snow. They roller ski and run to get ready and build the muscles needed for skiing.

Nordic ski team seeks out another top three placement at state

Adelaide Bielke, Broadcast Editor December 17, 2023

The Nordic ski team is training hard to place top three in the state again after a successful season last year. The captains and coaching staff prepare the team with strength sessions, running, and roller...

Jensen conducting a small group of string players

Ryan Jensen makes impact within music department

Lavender Schleder, Social Media Editor April 25, 2023

Ryan Jensen is the orchestra teacher for the Symphonic, Varsity and Concert Orchestras. This will be his 23rd year playing the viola, and nine years of teaching orchestra, for two of those years he has...

Rachel hangs blood drive poster in the hall

Rachel Francis stays extremely involved

Kayly Richert, Podcast Reporter April 10, 2023

Junior Rachel Francis has a lot going on. She is invested in both the school and community. She is a part of many activities, has multiple jobs and attends community college as well as high school. Rachel...

Grace Weitzel sitting on a boardwalk holding violin

Grace Weitzel wins an award at GTCYS

Coral Lariviere, Field Reporter February 24, 2023

Senior violinist Grace Weitzel recently won the concerto competition at GTCYS - Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies while playing a solo. This concerto competition award is extremely tough to win,...

Senior Jocelyn McBride plays her violin in Concert Orchestra. She is a second violin and participates in this class everyday during fifth hour.

Jocelyn McBride excels as music student

Lavender Schleder, Social Media Editor November 28, 2022

Senior Jocelyn McBride is a fantastic music student, participating in both Concert Orchestra as a violinist and Concert Choir as a soprano one. She is involved in not only the standard choir and orchestra,...

RM, Jimin, V, J-Hope, Jin, Jungkook, and Suga at BTS's PERMISSION TO DANCE: ON STAGE LA

BTS, first Kpop artists to win top honor award at 2021 American Music Awards

Jasmine Z. Allison, Social Media Editor January 22, 2022

"And the American Music Award goes to... BTS!". The crowd roars and cheers as RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook stand up and embrace each other. BTS had won the top honor, the Artist of the...

Ryan Jensen has been hired to be the new Symphonic and Concert Orchestra conductor at SAHS. He joins the Varsity orchestra during their class period and conducts music with them.

New orchestra director Ryan Jensen joins music staff

Ella Hamilton, Social Media Editor June 14, 2021

The Stillwater orchestra program learned changes were ahead on August 21. Orchestra director Zach Sawyer announced he was leaving Stillwater to move to the Boston area with his fiance to be closer to family....

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