Student journalists win gold
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Stillwater Area High School journalists have been honored by the Minnesota High School Press Association with several Gold Medallion Awards for 2020-21.
The awards recognize the academic year’s top individual work in seven categories — broadcast, literary arts magazine, newspaper/newsmagazine, online, photojournalism, social media and yearbook.
The Pony Express earned awards in the following categories:
- Broadcast Feature Story: 1st Place (Austin Buck, Aiden Flock, & Erik Houle)
- Broadcast News Story: 2nd Place (Connor Quaderer)
- Broadcast News Story: 3rd Place (Abby Anderson, Cassidy Gilliam, & Katie Kangas)
- Feature Story Writing: 3rd Place (Sophia Arndt)
- Newspaper Story Editorial: 4th Place (Olivia Bystrom)
- Sports Story Writing: 5th Place (Elizabeth Harter)
- All State Silver: Print Publication
- All State Silver: Online Publication
In addition, senior editor Katie Kangas was inducted into the National Scholastic Press Association Honor Roll.
The Kabekonian Yearbook received four Gold Medallion awards:
- Theme Package: Third Place (2021 Yearbook Staff)
- Spread Design: Fourth Place (Stella Bertsch, Lizzie Dorschner, Anthony Toscano and Nile Tesfahnan)
- Academics Story: Third Place (Drew Jurek)
- Sports Story: Third Place (Alex Corbett)
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In Other News
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Stillwater dominated Farmington 8-1 to win the state baseball championship.
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We are grateful to each of these amazing individuals for all they have done to support our students and families throughout their careers.
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A group of Pony actors entertained the large crowd with a medley from Chicago.
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Eight out of 10 of the high schools' spring athletic teams are Section Champions!
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This year marks the 146th commencement exercise for our high school.
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The goal is to bring service back to pre-pandemic levels (79 routes) as soon as possible.
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The price adjustment is in response to increased food and supply costs, as well as new delivery charges.