Minnehaha Academy Articles

Anthony Moss, A Teacher Who Cares When Anthony Moss, a native of the Bay Area of California, first got involved in education as a professional, he worked at a community college as a counselor for financially and educationally disadvantaged students. Originally he...

Schools implement vastly different policies Mary-Beth Tinker was 13 years old in 1965 when she rallied a group of students together and encouraged them to wear black arm bands to school in protest of the Vietnam War. The following day, the students were pulled aside,...

Shoe buzz at Minnehaha Emerging recently from the shadows is a new phenomenon: shoes. Shoes have been around for a very long time, dating all the way back to 8000 B.C. However, just in the past decade, social media has made the whole idea of shoes shift from necessity...

The unique experience of pit musicians The alarm went off, scream ing its high-pitched blares. Elaine got dressed and walked out of her apartment, feeling the morning breeze. She took the empty subway to the studio, and set up her trumpet. At 4:30 in the morning, she...