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All your faves are trans is written in a bathroom stall of the second floor gender neutral bathroom. Our gender neutral bathroom was the first of its kind in the Minneapolis school district, but often students misuse it. The thing with the gender neutral bathroom is, Ive noticed a lot of people just go there to do drugs and stuff, which you cant really control that, were in high school, people are gonna do that. But, I feel like people arent really respectful of what its here for and its frustrating, said sophomore Phoenix Esposito (they/them). Photo: Nara Coldwater

Transgender stories go deeper than just bathrooms

May 28, 2016
Students who opted out of a diversity of different standardized tests, including MCAs and MAPs.

Standardized testing helps school district understand where students are

April 19, 2016
“One of them is made out of, I think, a hundred dowels that are three or four feet long, and we colored them all, and of course used a copious amount of glitter. And the math part of it was that students had to actually use an equation to figure out how long to cut their strings, and then when you’d put it all together it created a sine wave,” said Woldum about the colorful sculpture hanging from the center of the ceiling in her classroom.

Mathematics and the arts- do they seem like they go hand in hand to you?

April 11, 2016

[VIDEO] Through the eyes of the Tigers

February 17, 2016
Senior Harmony Chino points to her soccer photo. Unlike most varsity players, Chino started playing soccer freshman year. She is part of the AVID program and balances school, friends and sports gracefully.

[VIDEO] Busy AVID student and emerging soccer star knows her priorities

February 17, 2016

[VIDEO] Art department struggles to reflect South’s diversity

January 14, 2016
Well see you at Shannon Gibneys writing workshop and book talk on Monday December 7th!

[VIDEO] New spoken word group reaches out to local artists

December 4, 2015
Display case in South hallway contains lots of rainbows, and information about events for queer youth. Display was donated to South by the Out4Good office of the MPLS Public Schools.

[VIDEO] My sexuality did not define me

November 20, 2015
Powderhorns Empty Bowls brings together the community

[VIDEO] Powderhorn’s “Empty Bowls” brings together the community

November 8, 2015

[VIDEO] New Freshmen welcomed to South

October 14, 2015
The Uptown Minneapolis Planned Parenthood.

[VIDEO] Defunding Planned Parenthood is an attack on women

October 9, 2015
Tiger volleyball loses in fast paced battle

[VIDEO] Tiger volleyball loses in fast paced battle

October 5, 2015
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