Spring Break Overview: Choir Trip to Southern California
Natalie Hoepner, Editor
April 26, 2019
Many people used their spring breaks to go on an adventure or go see something new and exciting, and that includes the 50 kids who ventured through Los Angeles and San Diego on the choir trip. Preparing for this trip was a challenge. We did sing music, and we performed in Southern California, so we...
Laker Time: Good or Bad?
Abbie Fouberg, Contributor
April 12, 2019
The change in laker time threw a wrench into everyone’s schedules, students and faculty alike. I myself have my own individual opinions on the new change, but why form an opinion based on simply the outcome and not the story behind it. I’m here to provide you with the story that lead to the fina...
Women
Abbie Fouberg, Contributor
March 15, 2019
Women When you hear that word what do you think of? No seriously leave it in the comments because I am genuinely curious. Do you think power? Do you think of intelligence? Do you think of president of the United States? Do you think of the embodiment of strength? Or, do you think of adject...
What is Student Council?
Skyler Longerbone, Contributer
March 15, 2019
Not many students at Prior Lake High School know what the student council members do for our school. I decided to interview Kendra Gilbertson, a freshman student council member, to find out more about the club that’s the backbone of our school. Q: What is the point of student council? A: It al...
Radiant Robotics Team
Natalie Hoepner, Editor
March 15, 2019
The Prior Lake High School's Robotics Team is one of the many cool activities offered at our high school. Many students participate in this rigorous group and enjoy it! The KING TeC 2169 website says that the Robotics progression can start as early as the grade of kindergarten and can continue until...
Pictures; Sweethearts; Coronation: Oh My!
Abbie Fouberg, Author
February 14, 2019
Prior Lake only hosts two dances a year, excluding prom. You have the homecoming dance and then the sweethearts dance. For those of you who don’t know, the sweethearts dance is Prior Lake's twist on the “Sadie Hopkins dance.” It’s all about going against the norm and having girls ask the guys i...
Prior Lake Speech: How does your perspective change?
Abbie Fouberg, Preethi Kumar, and Natalie Hoepner
February 13, 2019
The Prior Lake speech meet is unlike any other. I have only been to 3 meets so far as a Freshman but there has been a pretty consistent trend. Such as, the way breakings get posted after you’ve had enough time to eat a full course meal. But of course that doesn’t happen either because your only...
“Students Are Lazy”: Why The System Disappoints
Abbie Fouberg
February 12, 2019
Do you like school? I’m going to go off on a whim and say your answer is no. Every teenager has thousands of ideas on how our schools can change the way they run things, yet there has been hardly any progress. We are still moved along in fixed age groups regardless of our learning progress. There...
PLHS Senior proud to be the Parking Lot Rascal
Jack Krause, Contributor
January 31, 2019
Jake Garfield is a senior at PLHS. Like many students, he has activities going on after school and doesn't enjoy spending time in the school parking lot waiting. He isn't afraid of cutting people off and driving aggressively to get out when he wants. The way Garfield drives and brags about his actions...
Early bird math students get the Worm
Jacob Zollar, Contributor
January 21, 2019
Ever since his childhood, Mr. Worm has mentored struggling students and assisted them in understanding the complex aspects included in math. “The most rewarding part is when I can turn confusion into understanding,” he said. Philip Worm, referred to by students as ‘Mr. Worm’, was...
Dillon Takes His Final Bow
Claire Dolan, Contributor
January 18, 2019
Last weekend, Senior Dillon Ziegler performed in his last one-act play at the Prior Lake High School, with only one more show to go until he takes his final bow of high school theatre. He has performed in every one-act play since sophomore year, from playing Benvolio in “Romeo and Juliet” in his ...
Prior Lake has ‘a-choired’ attention from surrounding schools
Payton Poulos, Contributor
January 17, 2019
As students walk near the cafeteria, they begin to hear the harmonies and melodies of choir students floating from the hall. This lovely sound is the product of the Prior Lake High School’s choir directors, Rob Hahn and Randi Erlandson. The retirement of Tom Hassig led to new and groundbreaking...
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