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Stories of Struggle: Noemi (English)
The long road from Mexico to Minnesota was filled with danger With rising tensions around...
Stories of Struggle: Noemi (Spanish)
[English version of this story.] Noemi Flores es una inmigrante nacida en México, quien como...
Stories of Struggle: Julie Winn’s story
'Where God resides is with the heartbroken, and the marginalized, and the vulnerable' At the...
SCIENCE & HEALTH
Therapy animals prove calming influence
Science backs positive health impact of animals on humans In the age of screens, depression,...
Time in nature has proven health benefits
Don’t forget to turn off your screens and spend time outside; your mind and body will thank you In...
How light can lighten your mood
Brighter days should bring brighter moods It’s April, and millions of Americans feel better than...
SPORTS
In the stands
MA’s student section has been good this year... mostly Over the summer of 2025, Jessa Anderson,...
Sports Superstition plays a role when M.A. athletes prepare
Many athletes have special habits or superstitions before sporting events, but is this mental...
World’s best hockey coming to Minnesota
World Juniors tournament brings best young hockey talent to Twin Cities over holiday break As the...
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The end of an Era
Studying The Tortured Poets Department as Taylor Swift's Eras Tour ends ...
Women’s voices at stake
American women need to value their voices as the Taliban move to silence Afghan women even further...
Don’t fall for authoritarianism
Taking democracy for granted, young Americans can learn from Soviet era Imagine living in a...
ARTS & FOOD
Foreign films too often overlooked
“Once you overcome the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more...
A Dress: The story behind a unique spring play
Finding words to address gun violence For the first time, M.A. Players will perform a play written...
Guthrie Theater Play Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Under moonlit mischief and a pulsing musical heartbeat, Shakespeare’s classic comedy soars. Where...
BRIEFS
New Faces at M.A.: Takisha Randle, Parking Lot Security Guard
Security service hired due to parking lot concerns A new security guard, Takisha Randle, has been...
Fall Musical preview: Little Shop of Horrors
This Fall's musical will be horrifically good! This year’s fall musical is said to be unlike many...
New Faces at M.A.: Kayleen Berg, Social Studies and Economics
Kayleen Berg is excited to join the Minnehaha community this year Social studies teacher and...
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HaYoung Lim: Human Sketch
Sharks in Space
The 2014-15 International Space Station experiment will explore the effects of artificial shark skin on bacteria growth in microgravity, hoping to improve astronauts' health conditions. The frigid and dry weather during the winter months takes a toll on the immune...
Can Redhawks grow beards?
Watch the results of No-Shave November! A film by Angela Scharf and Kate Brown made for Redhawksonline: No Shave November (Novembeard) from Redhawksonline on Vimeo. A group of Minnehaha students, faculty and staff put their razors down for a month to raise money to...
Screens vs. sleep: a bedtime battle
Are electronics the new monster under the bed? Why do they keep you from falling asleep? Brush teeth, climb into bed, turn off the lights...turn on the phone. Sound familiar? How about feeling tired in the morning? For many people, using their electronic devices is a...
Minnehaha Academy 40th Annual Arena Sale
Video shot and edited by Angela Scharf and Kate Brown. MA 40th Annual Arena Sale from Redhawksonline on Vimeo. Treasure seekers arrive at Minnehaha Academy's annual fundraiser on September 12, 2014.
Publications bring secrets to light
When whistle blowers and media unite to expose corruption, American opinion is split "A grandiose narcissist who deserves to be in prison." That's how Jeffrey Toobin of The New Yorker described Edward Snowden in 2013, shortly after the former contractor to the...
Finding Joy
Watch "Finding Joy," made for Minnehaha Films by senior Katie Pope in Nicholas Freeman's Advanced Film Class. Finding Joy from Minnehaha Films on Vimeo.
AP Free Response Lifesaver
AP Free Response Lifesaver You peel back the plastic wrap and gasp. The worst has happened: the free response question on this A.P. exam might as well have been written in ancient Greek and you have just twenty minutes left. The letters seem to dance on the page with...
Healing the past by creating anew
From pain to healing, local founder of a youth art organization shows the power of creativity "I heard a really loud clank and it was an immediate free fall," said Lindsay Walz, a survivor of the 2007 35W Bridge collapse. "My car basically took a nosedive into the...
Minnehaha Day by Day: Fall 2013
Relive the year so far... Junior journalist Maddie Binning has been posting one photo per school day on Redhawksonline since the beginning of the 2012-2013 academic year. Here is a compilation of her daily photos from the fall semester of 2013. Photos and video by...
Minnehaha wealth gap
Minnehaha students must learn to navigate the muddy waters of socioeconomic differences "From the first moment you drive into the parking lot, you can see it from the type of cars people are driving," said sophomore Kitra Katz. "And the first moment you come inside on...
MA alumni serve tours of duty in Iraq
Note: 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. Published December 12, 2008 by Brigid Kelly Lt. Col. Andrew Dietz wasn't sure what was...