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Brigid Kelly Articles
Cracking the code
Maturity is required in moral thinking We live in a world of moral failure. We celebrate scandals rather than accomplishments. As a society, we're infatuated with the glamour of Hollywood and the...
Selfless growth
Volunteer to serve others, not your résumé. By Brigid Kelly.
Not the time to slide
Are you a senior slacker or over-achiever? Brigid Kelly, Talon staff writer Alright, seniors - it's finally second semester - the last semester of our high school careers. It's time for the lasts of...
Band trip
More than music The band tour and CFE have partnered to create an unforgettable journey abroad by Dominique Hlavac, Talon staff writer The front gate towers menacingly across the horizon, cries of...
Lettering in robotics?
High school league endorses new program New robotics program becomes third non-athletic competitive activity for Minnesota schools By Brigid Kelly, Talon staff writer Six weeks. One challenge. One...
Playing with PEP
In high-school athletics, girls are more likely than boys to suffer knee injuries. But a new program may keep more girls in the game. This story was named a national winner in the 2011 Quill and Scroll Writing and Photo Contest.
Guthrie gab
Two Talon staff members, Brigid Kelly and Olivia Dorow Hovland, had the opportunity to travel to the Guthrie Theater as part of an event sponsored by the Minnesota High School Press Association.
Choosing your language
What influences a decision to learn one language instead of another?
Baseball trains for successful season
After graduating ten seniors, the boys baseball team prepares for a new year.
Softball team feels the warmth of spring training
For the first time in Minnehaha history, the girls softball team had the opportunity to travel in preparation for the upcoming season.
The puzzle of scheduling
How do your course requests become a master schedule? It would take an AP Stats teacher to solve that Rubik’s Cube!
Supreme Justice
A Talon reporter speaks with the state’s 76th Supreme Court justice.
SAD this winter?
Got the blues this winter? You and your brain might be suffering from a lack of sunlight and vitamin D.
MA alumni serve tours of duty in Iraq
This story was named a National Winner in the Features category of the 2009 American Society of Newspaper Editors, Quill and Scroll International Writing & Photo Contest.