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South's school-based clinic is still offering some of their services to students during the COVID-19 Pandemic. If you are in need of any services the Clinic can offer, contact Jen Vaupel by calling or texting 612-599-3195.

Through distance learning, the School-Based Clinic still encourages students to “use us if you need us!”

May 24, 2020

Leslie Stunkard works as the Drug and Substance Abuse Counselor for many schools in MPS. South’s Healthy Choices Group is a group led by Sherry Harris and Leslie Stunkard that tries to create discourse about drug use and its effects with students. Harris stated, “It’s less of a class than a check-in group. It’s really an educational, informational, and supportive group. It’s for students who are interested in taking a look at their chemical use and figure out what they need to do to make better choices for themselves.

A look into South’s substance abuse class

March 9, 2020

South teachers representing their school at the CDD community info session: Courtney Antone, Caitlin Eide, Joshua Fisher.

Concerns spark about Comprehensive District Design’s effects on high schools

March 2, 2020

Attendees of the march created red shirts, banners, etc. to bring light to the crisis and wore them to the march. Red is a symbol of the MMIW Movement.

MMIW Movement gets support from South community

February 27, 2020

One of the most influential aspects of the student generation is the power they possess to make a difference in the future of our society. South’s student led action groups have recently come together to work against many urgent issues that have risen within today’s society. As sophomore Annabelle Niblett said regarding South’s recent walkouts, “these acts influence the student body hopefully by making our futures easier for us because most of us can’t vote yet or run for office so protests are the best way to have our voices heard within democracy.”

Students find their voices through participation in student-led organizations

February 24, 2020

The Student Marxist Association of South High is a new club that was created this year. Founding member Zach Moor said, “what we set out to do is to educate students, to empower students with that same stuff, equip them with this theory and with these connections specifically to agitate students into developing an actual movement here.” They hope to educate, empower, and unite the school.

The Student Marxist Association: bringing students together to take down capitalism

February 13, 2020

During the Trump administration the funding for abstinence only programs has gradually increased, going from $50 million when Trump was elected to $100 million in 2019, even though there has been countless amounts of research that proves that a more comprehensive sex education is more effective than an abstinence only program.

Grant funding threatens sex education resources

January 31, 2020

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Comprehensive District Design forecasts serious changes for MPS students

January 25, 2020

The mouse problem in South high

The mouse problem in South high

January 10, 2020

Teens spend an average of 9 hours a day looking at screens, according to a report by Common Sense Media. How does activism play into the constant, fast-paced world of social media?

The rising role of social media in activism

December 13, 2019

This is a set of statistics about the changes in applicants to Hampshire University after their first year of going test-blind.

More colleges are taking an anti-test stance for admissions

November 27, 2019

Outside influences can often lead teenagers want to do drugs that could contain fentanyl. People showing and discussing drug use on social media and popular musics common drug references can all normalize and even romanticize drug use, making it feel like an important way of being accepted socially. “People will think that you’re cool if you do drugs,” says Andrew Njogu.

Fentanyl, the deadly substance being added to drugs

November 27, 2019