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Fewer than one in ten students graduate with a humanities degree Madeline Ciccarelli bombed her math test. After staring at her grade for a few seconds in a state of deep contemplation, she...
In the eyes of the beholder A closer look at a freshman English poetry project Poetry has been a topic taught in schools for quite a long time. Students dissect and analyze poems, pretending to...
How does rap music shape our understanding of gender? BY DANY ROBINSON, GUEST WRITER One of the most popular genres of music is Rap/Hip-Hop. Rap is a form of musical expression that incorporates...
You might've seen her around school, or teaching English 9 and 10, Kristin Henderson, is a new teacher at Minnehaha Academy. An avid reader and writer from a young age, Henderson chose to teach at...
Minnehaha's new 10th and 11th-grade English teacher, Stephanie Sommer, decided to become a teacher only a few years ago. What preceded her career move was many years as a marketing executive across...
English teacher carries passion for reading, writing into new chapter of life Every student has undoubtedly experienced the wrath of Mrs. Myers' deliberate purple pen across their essay. With every...
Chinese students overcome challenges and gain valuable experiences during their time at an American school [This story...
"In a Man's World" Seated desks and fluorescent lights Executive meetings and jury duties Dark alleys in the night...
"The Power of Music" - Drew Cairns Journey back with me through the past fifteen years. And while there may be...
"I think [watching Mean Girls in English class] is a great idea. It's funny, and then it also shows...how girls act,...
Today, students in Honors English 10 chose a meaningful scene from The Burial at Thebes, a version of Sophocles'...
English teacher Seth Johnson did not always know that he would find his passion in teaching kids how to write an...
English students watch The Great Gatsby during class. Photo by Maddie Binning.
It's 1957. An aspiring female author with boy-cut brown hair leans across a desk and offers a well-worked manuscript...
English students read Hamlet in graphic novel form to help understand plot. Photo by Maddie Binning.