English Articles

Raye Ebensteiner: Writing

"In a Man's World" Seated desks and fluorescent lights Executive meetings and jury duties Dark alleys in the night Girls don't have cooties. Wage gap, endearing names, doing favors Cooking dinner, cleaning the kitchen, keeping him satisfied She and he, hands raise....

Drew Cairns: Writing

"The Power of Music" - Drew Cairns Journey back with me through the past fifteen years. And while there may be pleasant thoughts and memories, there are still terrible instances that come to mind. The 9/11 attacks. The Boston Marathon bombing. The Sandy Hook...

Minnehaha sophomores compare The Lord of the Flies to the movie Mean Girls

"I think [watching Mean Girls in English class] is a great idea. It's funny, and then it also shows...how girls act, [not realistically], but it's enhanced. It's really entertaining," said sophomore Lily Kline, a student in Robyn Westrem's Honors English 10. For the...

Students act out powerful moments from The Burial at Thebes

Today, students in Honors English 10 chose a meaningful scene from The Burial at Thebes, a version of Sophocles' Antigone, and practiced it for classroom presentations which will take place at the end of next week. The plot of this story revolves around a man's...
A double-edged sword

A double-edged sword

Though texting is a quick mode of communication, it is often used in place of face-to-face interactions, affecting the...