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Mrs. Devaney earns Teacher of the Year honors

Mrs. Devaney earns Teacher of the Year honors

Avery Mezyk, Contributor Apr 18, 2023

ESL teacher Katie Devaney is a gift to Prior Lake High School. Mrs. Devaney grew up in Savage until she and her family moved to Waconia when she was 12. She completed both her Bachelor of Arts and her...

Why you should cram this club into your schedule

Why you should cram this club into your schedule

Karishma Kumar, Contributor Mar 28, 2023

With the arrival of spring comes AP testing season.  From May 1st to 12th, students in every grade will be taking their AP tests down in the gym. AP Cram Club is designed to help students succeed on their...

Laker Leaders at Hidden Oaks Middle School

Laker Leaders visit elementary and middle schools

Parker Baines, Contributor Mar 6, 2023

Laker Leaders, a student organization made up of leaders from various clubs and sports throughout PLHS, visited middle and elementary schools over the past two weeks to give presentations to younger students...

Students watch doctors meticulously perform a coronary artery bypass from the comfort of their school.

Prior Lake students feel their hearts beat with excitement

Amelia Portwood and Jaiden Zollman , Contributors Mar 6, 2023

All anatomy students came in early February 15th to watch doctors conduct a coronary artery bypass surgery, a procedure used to treat coronary artery disease. This disease is usually caused by a buildup...

Mrs. DSilvas big Bahraini wedding

Mrs. D’Silva’s big Bahraini wedding

Hallie Jensen, Contributor Mar 1, 2023

Lots of little girls dream to have a perfect wedding when they grow up, and FACS teacher Ms. O’Connor, now Mrs. D'Silva, lived that dream over winter break at her Christmas wedding in Bahrain, an island...

Fast fashion is a bad bad thing

Fast fashion is a bad bad thing

Rory Bellmont, Contributor Feb 3, 2023

Fashion is something that we see all the time in our everyday lives – on the runway, on the cover of our favorite magazines, online, at the mall, in the school hallways, and especially in our closets....

PLHS fall powderpoof tournament reignites questions about sanctioning boys volleyball

PLHS fall powderpoof tournament reignites questions about sanctioning boys volleyball

Luke Bloomer, Contributor Jan 12, 2023

After an incredible 16-team Powderpoof Tournament over September's Homecoming week, questions again arose about the future of Boys Volleyball at PLHS and in the state of Minnesota. In order to figure out...

Life as a Laker

Life as a Laker

Vinny DeLuca, Contributor Dec 21, 2022

Beginning in 2008 at Twin Oaks Middle School and eventually joining the staff at PLHS as a social studies teacher and varsity coach, a big chunk of Peter Hartman’s life revolves around Prior Lake High...

The colorful redesigning of room C303

The colorful redesigning of room C303

Kayla Dovenmuehler , Contributor Dec 20, 2022

Depression tan. Old hospital. Seventies high school aesthetic. These are ways students have described the inside of classrooms at Prior Lake High School.  The boring cream walls add nothing to the...

Court is in session for Prior Lake Mock Trial

Court is in session for Prior Lake Mock Trial

Kaiya Solis, Contributor Dec 16, 2022

A tiny after-school club consisting of barely enough kids to form a single team now has a record number of Prior Lake High School students participating.    The first Prior Lake High School...

Future educators of America enjoy MNCAPS Education Pathway 

Future educators of America enjoy MNCAPS Education Pathway 

Hallie Jensen, Editor Dec 12, 2022

Education MNCAPS is one of the new addition to the MNCAPS Pathways and is a great way to learn about teaching and all it has to offer.    I'm a member of this new pathway, and I'm excited to...

Prior Lake school song lyrics found in the gold gym

A march from the past

Freya Bredesen, Contributor Dec 2, 2022

Picture it. The football stadium is electric as the players take the field for halftime. The stadium lights illuminate the field as bright as day, and the bleachers are full of blue and gold.   Crowds...

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