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Unlikely links between school, space & war

by | May 31, 2022 | Award Winners, Science and Health, Talon | 0 Comments

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...
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Justice KBJ added to Supreme Court

by | May 25, 2022 | Award Winners, Opinions, Talon | 0 Comments

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...
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Royalty in the making

by | December 6, 2021 | Award Winners, Sports, Talon | 0 Comments

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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Where is the Paralympic Spotlight?

by | November 1, 2021 | Award Winners, Sports, Talon | 0 Comments

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...
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Crime in MPLS and STP

Crime in MPLS and STP

by | Jan 22, 2021

2020 sees rise in crime across country, including the Twin Cities, as cities debate police reform It was October 2nd,...

iGen book review

iGen book review

by | Apr 16, 2018

Move aside Millennials. iGen is coming to stay, bringing their phone-obsessed, risk aversive, and stressed tendencies...

The goalie mentality

The goalie mentality

by | Dec 19, 2017

The art of being a confident goalie How Minnehaha goalies process setbacks and help teams move forward Whenever a goal...

New school, new world

by | Dec 16, 2016

Chinese students overcome challenges and gain valuable experiences during their time at an American school [This story...

The Falcon

The Falcon

by | Oct 3, 2016

Minnehaha's most recent play, which followed a young, soon-to-be-married girl who encountered a storyteller,...

One text too far

One text too far

by | Jan 6, 2016

Phone addiction is becoming more prominent in teens' lives than they are willing to believe "Recently, school has been...