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Dress codes across Minnesota
Schools implement vastly different policies Mary-Beth Tinker was 13 years old in 1965 when she...
School Spirit: Minnehaha Academy Dances
The flashing lights. The one moment where everything blinks dark. The spotty flickering of...
The glimpse at The Eras Tour
Imagine this. The auditorium shakes from the screams of teenagers, tears filling your eyes almost...
SCIENCE & HEALTH
Nursing brings endless career possibilities
Experienced nurses share career stories to illustrate the variety of paths possible in the...
The Land of 10,000 lakes needs clean water
Climate change brings drought, hotter temperatures, and polluted lakes At dawn, early in the...
Endless fun or hurting the young?
Usage of Tik-Tok conflict teens, teachers and the FBI The FBI director, Christopher Wray deemed...
SPORTS
Fall sports enjoy annual traditions
Many fall sports seasons are rapidly coming to a close. The sports teams at MA; whether it is on...
College conference reallignment
How the scope of college athletics will be changed forever Emerging rapidly to the surface of...
Senior QB enjoys healthy season
Perseverance pays off Senior quarterback Merrick Woods came back from a devastating leg injury to...
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Dress codes across Minnesota
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New Faces at M.A.: Kayleen Berg, Social Studies and Economics
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Desserts and dishes from around the world
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Fall sports enjoy annual traditions
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College conference reallignment
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Barbie: Revolutionizing cinema?
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Halloween at Minnehaha
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School Spirit: Minnehaha Academy Dances
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New faces at M.A.: Paula Taytay Sanz, sophomore international student
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New faces at M.A.: Pauli Zavarská, junior international student
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AP African American Studies: letter to the College Board
For over a decade, the College Board has carefully constructed the curriculum for a new course, AP...
End college admissions favoritism
Current policies give some applicants unfair advantages With many of the seniors from the class...
Elon Musk takes on Twitter
Musk's purchase of social-media platform raises questions about free speech vs. responsible speech...
ARTS & FOOD
Desserts and dishes from around the world
Minnehaha has a diverse and unique student body from various ethnic backgrounds. Their families...
Barbie: Revolutionizing cinema?
Nicolas Freeman, theater teacher at Minnehaha Academy, had just finished watching the newly...
Actor strike dominates entertainment world
Dispute over financial future stalls production of TV shows, films On July 14, members of...
BRIEFS
New Faces at MA, Anthony Moss, American History
Anthony Moss, A Teacher Who Cares When Anthony Moss, a native of the Bay Area of California, first...
New Faces at M.A.: Kayleen Berg, Social Studies and Economics
Kayleen Berg is excited to join the Minnehaha community this year Social studies teacher and...
New faces at M.A.: Pauli Zavarská, junior international student
Zavarská has dreamed of studying here Imagine getting the opportunity of a lifetime to spend a...
AWARD WINNERS
Unlikely links between school, space & war
Russia invades Ukraine, retreats from ISS Minnehaha's annual space-station project may take new directions in future years Testing shark skin on bacteria growth, growing calcium carbonate crystals and trying to revive dried algae have all been experiments worked...
Justice KBJ added to Supreme Court
What Ketanji Brown Jacksons's Supreme Court seat means in history One hundred and fifteen justices have served on the Supreme Court, 108 of those 115 justices-that is ninety-four percent-have been white men. In the court's 233-year history, there have been five female...
Royalty in the making
A closer look at what defines Prince Aligbe Prince Aligbe. The name has been familiar to Minnehaha students and sports fans since he arrived at the school in 7th grade. Now a senior, Aligbe is an amazingly talented basketball player who has drawn the attention of...
Where is the Paralympic Spotlight?
Joshua Turek wins another gold medal for wheelchair basketball "God save all dressed in green, Long live our noble Queen, God save the Queen." sang the 20,000 fans packed into North Greenwich Arena at the 2012 London Summer Paralympic Games. The United States...
Student painting shines a light on healthcare workers
Tenzin Chosang honors healthcare workers' bravery admist COVID-19 pandemic "Jesus Christ is justice, he sets us in the right relationship with God and others, and others have inherent dignity and worth," said Executive Director of Faith Formation David Hoffner to the...
Short Takes: MSHSL, Target Center need to explain themselves
No sufficient reason given by MSHSL, Target Center for state tournament photography rules On April 10, the Minnehaha boys' basketball team won their fourth-consecutive state championship at Target Center, but neither the Talon newspaper nor the Antler yearbook took...
Brown brothers gunning for gold in biathlon
Skiing and shooting, M.A. alums represent Team USA in little-known winter sport In a cold sweat, with hearts racing, the skiers lay on their stomachs, .22-caliber rifles in hand, waiting for the perfect moment to shoot, between breaths. Breathe-breathe-hold-shoot....
Chet Holmgren’s growth, charted
For Holmgren, a long road to the top Nation's top recruit credits work, listening, mindset, mentors for his rise For the last few years, Minnehaha senior Chet Holmgren and former-teammate Jalen Suggs, now a freshman guard for top-ranked Gonzaga, have dominated state...
Crime in MPLS and STP
2020 sees rise in crime across country, including the Twin Cities, as cities debate police reform It was October 2nd, around 8 pm. when junior Caroline McHugh, along with fellow junior Stella Berlin, had just returned to Berlin's St. Paul home after dinner at a...
Small businesses reel from racial unrest
Rioting adds to setback of pandemic; personal connections to Floyd's death felt strongly        "I didn't know at the time that he was George Floyd. He worked downtown, and he would come and buy little gifts for his daughter," said Susan Zdon, the owner of a...
Disordered eating in the ballet community
Dancers are sacrificing their mental and physical health in an attempt to meet outdated body image standards Little girls watch The Nutcracker, wide-eyed with awe, as ballerinas twirl around in pretty pink costumes. Snow falls, backdrops change, and the stage seems to...
With holidays, a return to online learning
Minnehaha takes on round 2 of digital learning "You're on mute." "Turn your camera on, please." For better or worse, online school is back. Due to a recent surge in COVID-19 cases across Minnesota, Minnehaha Academy shifted to 100% distance learning on Nov. 30....