South grad Aletta Brady awarded for her work with climate injustice
Yasemin Isaacs, Staff Writer
January 6, 2020
From a pool of 1,300 applicants, South High graduate Aletta Brady was the recent recipient of the JMK Innovation award for the founding of her project, “Our Climate Voices”. The prize is presented by the Jacob Merrill Kaplan (JMK) fund, which helps promote environmental, social, and cultural ca...
Newly formed Principal Advisory Board group members reflect on representing their grade
Quentin Wolf, Staff Writer
December 25, 2019
On November 25th, two days before Thanksgiving Break started, Principal Brett Stringer announced at the grade level assemblies that he would be telling teachers to nominate four students from each grade level to represent their peers’ thoughts and opinions in meetings held every other Friday. T...
Meet Irene Mineoi Amrani, the new face in the EL department
Salma Ibrahim, Staff Writer
December 4, 2019
The English Language Learners (ELL) team welcomes a new member this year, Irene Mineoi Amrani. Mineoi is co-teaching with English teacher Tanya Hodge, who teaches Humanities II-English for the Liberal Arts program. Hodge feels really lucky to have Mineoi. “She’s an intelligent and thoughtful co-t...
The Silver Ribbon Campaign continues to influence the South Community
Hayley Morgan, Staff Writer
November 19, 2019
The Silver Ribbon Campaign is starting up again at South, this year with new goals and motives. The Silver Ribbon Campaign is a mental health awareness program run by student leaders along with social workers Katie Fritz and Salma Hussein. The SRC meets every other Wednesday, their meetings often hav...
College fair provides resources for college bound students
Helen Worku, Staff Writer
November 15, 2019
Every year South hosts a college fair, and this year's college fair took place on October 29th in the Gymnasium. The college fair is a good way to prepare students for college. The college fair consists of 50 two year and four year colleges who come to South and answer any questions studen...
Fire in girls bathroom sparks fire safety talks
Shanell Gordon, Staff Writer
November 14, 2019
South High School almost got burned down last Thursday, October 24th. You may not believe this at first, but yes, it is true that there was a fire. This happened because some girls were playing around and burning things. They didn’t know the fire wasn’t out, then they threw what they burned in ...
“Are we prepared to fight for one another?” South students attend Bernie Sanders rally
Erika Peterson, Arts and Entertainment Editor
November 11, 2019
On Sunday, November 3, Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders held a rally with Ilhan Omar in the Williams Arena at the University of Minnesota. Several South students were in attendance to see their representative stand with Sanders, a frontrunner in the 2020 presidential race for the democratic nominat...
Open Program sees largest influx of students ever
Isaac Kiel, Staff Writer
November 7, 2019
This year, the Open Program has been seeing the highest enrollment numbers they’ve ever had, and it’s affecting the individual attention teachers are able to provide to students at South High School. Josh Fisher, a Social Studies teacher in the Open Program, has reported difficulties with providing ...
Lunch Prices Increase, Hurts Students
Mumtaz Abdi, Staff Writer
November 6, 2019
School lunch prices increased at South High this year to $2.80 for students and $4.55 for staff. This went into action at the beginning of the school year, and many students don’t agree with this decision, which was made by the school board. Many students don’t agree with this because they have to pay m...
Third Floor Bathroom Closed for Majority of First Quarter. This is why.
Quentin Wolf, Staff Writer
November 6, 2019
The boy’s bathroom on the third floor has been closed for the vast majority of the first quarter, only being opened recently, which begs the question: Why have they been closed for so long? The General consensus on why the bathrooms have been closed are repeated behavioral issues, with staff members st...
Rebranding Link Crew: Student Ambassadors
Fardus Hassan, Staff Writer
October 21, 2019
You may have noticed people in white and orange shirts at parent night and parent-teacher conferences, helping families find their classes and learn about some of the things that make South the school it is. Those people were the newly named student ambassadors, formerly link crew. Student ambassado...
PLTW program receives new 3D printer, new opportunities inbound
Tannen Holt, Staff Writer
October 21, 2019
Project Lead The Way (PLTW) is a nationwide program that teaches students the fundamentals of engineering. South offers a handful of different courses for aspiring engineers, including Intro to Engineering, Principles of Engineering, Digital Electronics, Civil Engineering, and various others, covering so...
Nicholas Auckenthaler, Staff Writer
January 16, 2020 • No Comments
Recently, Virgil Abloh made a statement claiming streetwear will die in 2020 and he’s not exactly seeing eye to eye with some South High drippers. In an interview with Dazed,...
Prince’s ‘Purple High’ lives on through his vaulted music
January 16, 2020
Increased interest in hockey this year means more South members joining the team
January 13, 2020
The mouse problem in South high
January 10, 2020
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