English Articles

The rise of STEM, the fall of humanities

Fewer than one in ten students graduate with a humanities degree   Madeline Ciccarelli bombed her math test. After staring at her grade for a few seconds in a state of deep contemplation, she shook it off, smiled, and promptly moved on with her day. “I’m not too...

Poetry behind the scenes

In the eyes of the beholder A closer look at a freshman English poetry project Poetry has been a topic taught in schools for quite a long time. Students dissect and analyze poems, pretending to understand their depth. They try to find the reasoning for an out-of-place...

Rap Music and Women

How does rap music shape our understanding of gender? BY DANY ROBINSON, GUEST WRITER One of the most popular genres of music is Rap/Hip-Hop. Rap is a form of musical expression that incorporates rhyme, rhythm, and "street" vernacular. Majority of today's rappers rap...

New faces – Kristin Henderson

You might've seen her around school, or teaching English 9 and 10, Kristin Henderson, is a new teacher at Minnehaha Academy. An avid reader and writer from a young age, Henderson chose to teach at MA because, she said, "it's an opportunity to bring so many things that...