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Pictured above the softball team poses at Highland. The softball team is not only amazing on the field, but it is a tight knit community as well. “You can just hang out with your friends everyday and do something you love,” Sophomore and softball player Claire Bentfield said. Photo courtesy: Jessica Dynneson

All Cities softball team hits it out of the park

June 12, 2017
According to an article posted by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2015. Graphic: Eli Shimanski

Why an animal free diet is unrealistic for some people

June 6, 2017
Hanna Bolstrom is in mid swing to bat for her softball team.This game was between the South Adapted Softball team and the South Suburban Flyers. This game ended with a tie 0-0. Bolstrom is a senior this year and has won the Athena awards for South high school. She is the happiest girl I know. [Shes] always smiling, always happy, always supportive of her members, [and] just upbeat, said Athletic office mamger Lynn Heldt. Photo: Asanti Bekele

Music composition leads South student to be recognized state wide

May 8, 2017
The graph demonstrates the percentages of students who graduated with a normal high school degree organized by their race during the 2013 through 2014 school year. Native students have some of the lowest attendance and graduation rates in comparison to other races of students. The “Dream Big Attendance Raffle” is giving away a 250 gift card to Native students in the Minneapolis school district every quarter to encourage attendance.

Giveaway for Native students shows attendance pays off

April 25, 2017
According to a research done by the Pew research center, 56% of teens ages 13 through 17 go online multiple times a day. 24% of teens said they go online “almost constantly”, leaving only 12% who go online once a day, and only 8% of teens who do not go online daily. Freshman Gavin Schulz believes that life without social media “would be better, but everyone else uses it… I think it would be worse if I was the only person that didn’t use [social media], but if there was just no social media I feel like [life] would feel better for everyone.”

Social media-a blessing or a curse?

April 9, 2017
Seniors Iqlas Ibrahim (left), and (right) Anas Farah, the president of the Muslim Student Association (MSA) help along with other MSA students to create a poster for the African Culture night event held at South High. The African Culture night will be on Thursday, March 30th from 5-8 PM. There will be music, food and a sharing of culture at this event. MSA is the only group we currently have at South that is faith based. The opportunities provided by MSA for their members to work together on projects such as the poster provide further time to bond.

Religious communities bring people together

March 7, 2017
South seniors Townes Nelson (left) and Ollie Wollerman (right) work with fellow WACTAC member Joannie Amara (center), a sophomore at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, on their upcoming project with Minneapolis’s Kulture Klub.

WACTAC gives students access and voice at Walker Art Center

February 9, 2017
Many people struggle with staying cheerful during the winter months. “I think you can get really sad during winter cause it’s kinda dark out, the skies are dark, it’s cold, there’s snow, you can’t really go out to see your friends as easily as you can in other seasons” sophomore Ell Schneider said. However not all hope for staying positive is lost. South students shared some tips and advice they use to stay happy during winter.

Students give winter sadness the cold shoulder

December 14, 2016
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Addiction, Overdose and Survival: South alum recovers from high school addiction, now runs recovery program

November 30, 2016
The South community is willing and ready to help

The South community is willing and ready to help

November 26, 2016
Photo: Samara Adam Green Tigers - South Highs environmental justice club - hands out waterbottles, bike lights and other donated prices to students who biked to school on Bike to School Day. “It’s really good that people get out there and save the environment” said senior Celina Barnett-Cashman.

South bikes towards better enviroment on Bike to School Day

October 7, 2016
South students Anna Mulhern, Joe Kaelin and Maren Stone were excited about the plentiful harvest of tomatoes gathered this week. NHS students in the Pretty Committee are harvesting Souths gardens for food to be used in our lunches.

New Gardens Bring Fresh Food To School Lunches

October 4, 2016
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