Technology in the classroom results in widespread distraction In many cases, artificial light acts as a seductress, putting device users into a trance that is not easily broken. Like the Sirens,...
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Not an easy A
Pass/Fail classes encourage college student exploration, but do they work in high school? "It was biology," recalled history teacher Elizabeth Van Pilsum. "Science is not my thing. We were all in...
Twins
Reflecting on commonly asked questions about twins, studies and students explore similarities and differences between their siblings and themselves I'm a twin. People often ask me, "Do you like...
An Examination of Sins and Virtues: Fortitude
Bravery, or fortitude is the feeling that motivates soldiers to rise out of desolate trenches, bystanders to intervene in complicated, and possibly dangerous, situations, and individuals to stand up...
Digital Citizenship
Meyers honored for Digital Citizenship Program The Digital Citizenship Program, developed by Sam Meyers, physics teacher and Academic Integration Specialist at Minnehaha, has won the 2015 Private...
Playful or painful?
Words meant to entertain may be more hurtful than humorous "I was in my living room eating dinner by myself when the fire alarms went off. I was going around the house unscrewing them because I...
In depth: Space Station project
Talon staff writer Julia Carle sat down with science teacher Nancy Cripe in September 2012 to discuss what Minnehaha...
Vayda finds “a new look” on life
After years of bullying, sophomore finally has a place to shine The bell had just rung as students flooded out of the...
Reading in high school
Reading: lots of interest, little time "It's different than when you're in the city, when you're driving around and...
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (review)
An unexpected journey to an imaginative world In September 1937, Oxford professor J.R.R. Tolkien published his first...
It’s a Wonderful Life (review)
The nostalgia of the 1940s is still present in this classic Christmas tale Put aside, just for a short moment, the...
The life behind the man in the suit
A new history of Santa Claus traces history in first person "You're right to believe in me...." So starts the new...
Finding Christ at Christmas
A call for a return to the true meaning of Christmas in a distracted culture Around 2,000 years ago in a town called...
Abnormal is the new normal
"Would you look at that, just strutting down the middle of Buckeye Road in broad daylight, proud as gay peacocks,"...
Gossip’s grip
Recovery from the Burn Book: The addiction to gossip can no longer prevail The halls of the high school are...