Summer is just around the corner and so are work hours. Many students dread getting a job, but find the idea of starting their own business attractive. In a study conducted by CNBC (a news network), it was reported that 60% of teens wanted to start their own business. It’s …
Read More »Destinations around the neighborhood
Some people prefer lemonade. Some people enjoy horchata. Others caramel lattes. And the occasional person who just drinks water. With about a third of the MA community restricted to transportation by foot or by pedal, the locations accessible from school are limited. Walkscore.com (a site that rates public accessibility from …
Read More »How Style Shapes You
The way people express themselves through style You may know not to judge a book by its cover, but you still judge a person by their sweater. Style is often seen as an outward expression of one’s personality, but it is also the way people perceive us at first glance. …
Read More »As tech changes so do perspectives
Streaming options and mobile devices make viewing movies easier, but are theaters still better? Creed 3, The Super Mario Brothers Movie and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery can now be easily seen in the comfort of a home on major streaming services, such as Netflix, Disney+, and Hulu. Soon …
Read More »The dangers of teen driving
Distractions from phones, friends can be lethal 31,785 people in 2022 lost their lives in traffic accidents. Approximately 12,000 of those deaths were children ages 1-19. Young adults and seniors are at the highest risk of getting in minor to fatal car accidents and teens meaning ages 16-19 are at …
Read More »Overseas or at home: CFE
An outlook on what it’s like Many students and staff here at Minnehaha believe that we are blessed to have a CFE week full of opportunities to do service work for others and to travel while doing so. There were many wonderful trips this year, including Thailand, Europe, Guatemala, and …
Read More »Motivated to learn
“Education is not the learning of facts but the training of the mind to think,” Albert Einstein once said. But how do people, especially students, use their education to train their mind? Curiosity, often said to be one of the most important parts of learning because it fuels the desire to …
Read More »A step into the shoe industry
MA alum gives insight on designing for Adidas Mark Lind (‘13) is a footwear developer at Adidas who collaborates with high-profile celebrities, helping their ideas come to fruition. Lind graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in Engineering and enjoyed running cross-country and track at Minnehaha throughout high …
Read More »The MA Shoe Scene
Shoe buzz at Minnehaha Emerging recently from the shadows is a new phenomenon: shoes. Shoes have been around for a very long time, dating all the way back to 8000 B.C. However, just in the past decade, social media has made the whole idea of shoes shift from necessity to …
Read More »Attention Dwindles
Social media wreaks havoc on brains Eight out of ten people will skim this story’s headline, but only two will read past it. Congratulations! By reading even just to this point, you are part of a small group of over-achievers: the 20%. Maybe you will read even more if you …
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