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 got involved in education as a professional, he worked at a community college as a counselor for financially and educationally disadvantaged students. Originally he...

Dress codes across Minnesota

Schools implement vastly different policies Mary-Beth Tinker was 13 years old in 1965 when she rallied a group of students together and encouraged them to wear black arm bands to school in protest of the Vietnam War. The following day, the students were pulled aside,...

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 advisor Kayleen Berg is excited to begin her first year at Minnehaha Academy.  “She’s patient, kind, and very helpful,” first-year Makaela Binder said about her advisor.  Berg...

Desserts and dishes from around the world

Minnehaha has a diverse and unique student body from various ethnic backgrounds. Their families have their own cultures and traditions, and a huge part of their culture is culinary. The food people eat, and the cooking process of that food brings people together and...

Fall sports enjoy annual traditions

Many fall sports seasons are rapidly coming to a close. The sports teams at MA; whether it is on or off a court or field have specific traditions or ways they bond together. Being on a sports team means you spend a lot of time with your teammates, and it is important...

College conference reallignment

How the scope of college athletics will be changed forever Emerging rapidly to the surface of college university news in late summer of 2023, a popular topic of conversation has been the ever-changing “story of the year” in college sports. Primarily driven by money...

Barbie: Revolutionizing cinema?

Nicolas Freeman, theater teacher at Minnehaha Academy, had just finished watching the newly released movie Barbie. As he walked out of the movie theater, a thought occurred to him, “I was sad that I didn’t wear more pink.” Pink. Most likely the first color that comes...

Halloween at Minnehaha

Upper School Trick or Treating On the day of Halloween, students went trick-or-treating throughout the school.

School Spirit: Minnehaha Academy Dances

The flashing lights. The one moment where everything blinks dark. The spotty flickering of blacklights that make neon and white things glow. The wild jumping and singing. The dance circles. “They usually have food,” Katie Lehmann, a senior at Minnehaha Academy said....

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 semester of high school overseas — how would you feel? Excited, surprised, nervous, scared? For a new Slovak student, junior Pauli Zavarská, it was her dream to come study...

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2022-23: The Year in Photos

Replay the school year in 9 minutes Minnehaha Academy's journalism students captured the life of the school throughout the year. Here is a sample of their work.

Slideshow: Boys basketball 2023 state tournament

Redhawks head to Class AA state tournament again in 2023 Watch highlights of all three games. Photos by Ezra Victor ('26).

Slideshow: CFE 2023 highlights

M.A. students travel the globe during CFE '23 Slideshow created by the CFE Media Creation team: Aaron Melling, Curtis Craig, Ophelia Klimmek, Griffin Anderson, Quincy Charon and Sophie VanDercook. Leaders: Nicholas Freeman and Reid Westrem. (The group also created a...

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Halloween at Minnehaha

Upper School Trick or Treating On the day of Halloween, students went trick-or-treating throughout the school.

What’s it like: Visiting Roatan

What's it like to visit Roatan during CFE week 2022? Working at a children's home, walking the beaches of west bay, scuba diving in the second largest barrier reef, and swimming with dolphins are all activities to take on while in Roatan. Join the group of 11 students...

Tell Me About It – Season 1 Episode 4: Joy Reist

Tell Me About It Season 1, Episode 4: Joy Reist Host Ann Oakman interviews Chemistry teacher and International Space Station (ISS) Team Leader Joy Reist about the ISS Team's 2022 experiment.

Tell Me About It – Season 1 Episode 3: Blake Christiansen

Tell Me About It Season 1, Episode 3: Blake Christiansen Host Ann Oakman interviews Lower School teacher Blake Christiansen about his experience climbing up Mt. Kiliminjaro with the Movember Foundation.

Tell Me About It – Season 1 Episode 2: Dante Donato

Tell Me About It Season 1, Episode 2: Dante Donato Host Ann Oakman interviews senior Dante Donato about his Boy Scout experience and Eagle Scout service project - the notorious picnic tables.

Tell Me About It – Season 1 Episode 1: Addi Mack

Tell Me About It Season 1, Episode 1: Addi Mack     Host Ann Oakman interviews freshman Addi Mack, who has just scored her 1,000th career point in her first high school game.  

Nurse Heidi Streed on the COVID Vaccine

Heidi Streed talks over the current statistics, and future hopes for the results of the COVID vaccine. Learn about speculations, heard immunity, and the...

State racewalking championship!

Westrem's advisory defends title; Keefe, Finney win individual medals

What’s It Like: Nordic Skiing

What's it like to be on the Nordic ski team? Episode 2 of our GoPro series takes you on a March 2021 practice run with Minnehaha's boys' Nordic ski team, which advanced to the state meet. Slideshow by Elsa Johnson.

What’s It Like: Alpine Skiing

Introducing a new series Grace Torgeson takes you down an alpine skiing course This is the first episode in a GoPro video series that will take you into the action that Minnehaha students and athletes experience. Congratulations to Grace for finishing 5th in the...

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Royalty in the making

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...

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Crime in MPLS and STP

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...

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