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Junior Jared Zirkes prepares to take a shot April 13 at his tennis scrimmage against Providence Academy. The varsity team has their first match 4 p.m. April 20 at the St. Louis Park High School tennis courts.

Varsity tennis player welcomes challenges

Mimi Fhima April 18, 2016

With the boys’ spring tennis season starting soon, junior Jared Zirkes anticipates a challenging year because of less players. Zirkes said he began playing tennis a few years ago, but became more...

Junior Riley Hannon cheers with the freshman basketball team in the old gym. Hannon said he hopes to attend the University of Wisconsin, Madison because he likes their sports teams.

Junior supports from bench

Max Kent April 16, 2016

Junior Riley Hannon said he always looked forward to the varsity basketball and baseball games where he would manage the team from the bench. Now, as he looks toward his final year of high school,...

Junior strives to help those in need

Junior strives to help those in need

Kate Huber April 15, 2016

Junior Kamia Guy did not instantly recognize her passion for helping others when she decided to become Bird Feeder manager. Rather, Guy said her decision was involuntary. “I first applied for...

Freshman looks to impact community

Freshman looks to impact community

April 14, 2016

After growing up surrounded by her family’s political debates, freshman Cailey Hansen-Mahoney developed an interest in local politics, choosing to participate by joining the Community Education Advisory...

Actor, comedian takes center stage

Actor, comedian takes center stage

Raphy Gendler April 13, 2016

When senior Ethan Fogel describes his “off-brand humor,” he references the wide variety of comedic acts available. “My humor can sometimes fluctuate between making fart noises and making obscure...

Senior joins sport for final year of high school

Senior joins sport for final year of high school

Jayne Stevenson April 11, 2016

Senior Raymond Stack remembers the enjoyment he felt sprinting alongside his friend to finish his final race of this past cross country season. According to Stack, he began running because it looked...

Senior explores alternative options

Senior explores alternative options

Jamie Halper April 10, 2016

As senior Ben Freund looks toward his final months of high school, he’s excited to see where his post-high school plans will take him. Freund plans to attend a Kerem B'Yavneh yeshiva in Israel...

Sophomore Kai McKee stands in the center field during a baseball game. McKee said he aspires to play for the Japanese team, the Chunichi Dragons.

Athlete aspires to play professional baseball

Alissa Meredith April 9, 2016

Sophomore Kai McKee shakes off his nerves as he steps up to home plate and anticipates a fastball from the top of the mound. McKee said athletics are a big part of his everyday life. Ever since he was...

Freshman Brahim Bouzrara stands on a beach in Tunisia during his last visit in 2008. Bouzraras father is from Tunisia, making this culture a big part of Bouzraras life.

New experiences allow for different perspective

Lauren VonEschen April 8, 2016

Throughout the year, freshman Brahim Bouzrara plans to increase his understanding about his family’s culture by learning and practicing Islam. Bouzrara said his father, Samir Bouzrara, was born and...

Sophomore writes to deal with life events

Sophomore writes to deal with life events

Celene Koller April 7, 2016

Sophomore Britney Villanueva was 8 when she first picked up a piece of paper and a pencil to keep her mind away from her dad’s deportation. “I needed something to distract me from my dad being...

Junior Tygget Vaillancourt said he enjoys drawing space-related pictures as a part of his interest in space. Vaillancourt also enjoys playing space video games and hopes to become an aerospace engineer.

Junior finds interest in space

Emily Tifft April 6, 2016

When anyone asks if junior Tygget Vaillancourt has an interest in space, he says an interest is a bit of an understatement — he's obsessed. Vaillancourt said space exploration interests him the most,...

Senior Dominique Robinson and her family smile at a family gathering. Robinsons father, Daniel Vargas, was born in Puerto Maldonado, Peru. The Robinson family will visit Peru in July.

Senior to explore Peru this summer

Sari Hattis April 5, 2016

Senior Dominique Robinson said she thinks when she visits Peru, her father’s country of origin, in July, she will feel like an outsider, experiencing the culture from a completely different point of...

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