Talon Articles

School Size Affects Sports

by Pearl Fallin | Jan 6, 2017 | Sports, Talon

How does our school size affect our sports? Each new season that comes along brings a whole new set of sports into action. For example, with the winter season upon us, basketball, nordic skiing,...

Wrong place, wrong time; still happy

by Tom Haubrich | Jan 6, 2017 | Features, Talon

"Little Simeona, still small but sufficiently smart, goes to her mother who is sitting in the garden under the blossoming apple tree. She takes both of her mother's hands and asks: 'Dearest mommy,...

The Electoral College: Tried and True

by Lucas DiBlasi | Dec 19, 2016 | Opinions, Talon

It sounds so wrong: Hillary Clinton winning the popular vote by 2 million votes and losing the election. Historically, a situation like this ends with calls for the abolishment of the Electoral...

Listen to their silence

by Sierra Takushi | Dec 19, 2016 | Award Winners, Opinions, Talon

After the polarizing presidential election, students must learn to hear each other Even within a substantially safe environment like Minnehaha, there are members of the community who feel ridiculed...

Saying hi to Paton

by Sierra Takushi | Dec 19, 2016 | Briefs, Talon

On Dec. 1, Minnehaha's new College and Guidance Counselor Christine Paton arrived in the Student Services Office, with a versatile background and an irrepressible eagerness to advise high school...

Life Under the Big Top

by Michael DiNardo | Dec 19, 2016 | Features, Talon

Minnehaha Academy students tumble into circus To others, it is a place where they can dance and fly through the air with beauty and grace. Circus Juventas is apart of a nationwide organization...