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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 hockey team and members of the community lie down sod for wounded veteran Mike Polehna.

Hockey team participates within community

Jeremiah Swartz, Graphics Editor and Copy Editor October 8, 2021

The hockey team steps up in its community to help out a wounded veteran. Mike Polehna requested help to lie down 800 yards of sod for a house in an assisted living neighborhood. In an immediate response,...

Graphic by Emily Lodahl

Senate wrongly cuts the pay for veterans

Cora Sutherland February 28, 2014

About two months ago, a Senate budget proposal included a cut to retirement compensation for veterans. A news conference was held in the Senate on Dec. 17 to give legislators an opportunity to persuade...


The sacrifice soldiers take to be a part of the service can take a big toll on their families. As Chase Johnson (’14) has watched his dad make these sacrifices, he hopes to one day follow in his footsteps. “It was a very lonely period when my dad was gone, one I wouldn’t want to relive again. But having a parent in the military has made me very proud,” said Johnson.

Johnson follows in his father’s footsteps

Carly Glaser November 27, 2013

Everyone has their own story.  For veterans, their story is a little different. Burned in their minds is a floating, clear-cut grim image of a distressed world. An image no one else has. They carry burdens....

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