Wagner brings experience as librarian, archivist, instructor This year Minnehaha is welcoming many new faces, one of them being Dora Wagner, a new librarian. Wagner will work in the library with...
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Brave New World
Brave New World reveals important issues in modern day society Genetic modification, government corruption, substance abuse ... sounds familiar, right? Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is a modern...
Historical fiction connects the past and present
"Chamberlain closed his eyes and saw it again. It was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. No book or music would have that beauty. He did not understand it: a mile of men flowing slowly,...
Minnehaha sophomores compare The Lord of the Flies to the movie Mean Girls
"I think [watching Mean Girls in English class] is a great idea. It's funny, and then it also shows...how girls act, [not realistically], but it's enhanced. It's really entertaining," said sophomore...
AP World History students watch Guns, Germs, and Steel
With the second week of second semester hitting the halfway point, students of all grades continue get back into the swing of things and slip back into a normal school routine. In particular, AP...
Contributing to a classic
It's 1957. An aspiring female author with boy-cut brown hair leans across a desk and offers a well-worked manuscript to Tay Hohoff, an editor at LB Lippencott. The editor fans through the...
Day 93 Book to Movie Adaptations
The librarians set up a display showing recent and upcoming book to movie adaptations. Photo by Maddie Binning.
Day 79 Free Posters
Free posters sit in the library for teachers or students to take. Photo by Maddie Binning.
Shaping minds, changing lives
Reading children's books is worth more than just entertainment, as children learn and grow through simple children's...
They are classics for a reason
A holiday break is an opportunity to choose your own reading; why not read something great? "I grew up reading,"...
Little free libraries
Sharing the love of reading in the neighborhood and around the world "Take a book. Return a book." It's that simple....
Day 165 English Discussions
English students discuss the final novel of the year in small groups. Photo by Maddie Binning.
The art of tyranny
The musings of dictators reveal manipulative minds, disjointed insanity Hitler. Mussolini. Stalin. Mao. Saddam. Men...
Day 68 Book Fair
A sarcophagus is placed in the commons to advertise for the annual book fair. Photo by Maddie Binning.
When the game goes too far
When what you thought was real life turns out to be virtual, but your virtual death turns out to be real? The world...