Pizza wars competition
Elizabeth Payton, Multimedia editor
April 4, 2018
On March 29, Foods I teacher Nicole Odell hosted the annual pizza wars competition. Students were divided into groups and expected to handcraft a pizza within the class period. After cooking the pizza, three individuals, students and staff, judged the pizza based on taste and presentation. After tasting...
The voices
March 15, 2018
Filed under Local, Multimedia, National, News, School
https://t.co/mXvqW4OVaZ — Tonka News (@Tonka_News) March 14, 2018 The following is a submitted transcript of junior Joe Bell's speech, read partly before and partly after the march: For all of you that don’t know you me, my name is Joe Bell and I am a student as all of you are. Know who y...
Speaking up
Jessica Glaszczak, Print managing editor
March 15, 2018
Filed under Breaking News, Local, National, News, School
One month after the shooting at Stoneman Marjory Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, more than 500 students participated in the #Enoughisenough national school walkout during Tonka Time from 10 to 10:50 a.m. on March 14 to raise awareness about the effect of gun violence on school safety. T...
Walking out
Jessica Glaszczak, Katie Bullock, Elizabeth Payton, Gage Rabideaux, Allison Schoonbeck, and Carson Smith
March 15, 2018
Filed under Breaking News, Local, National, News, School, Showcase
Avid for AVID
Elizabeth Payton, Multimedia editor
March 14, 2018
After months of preparation and meticulous evaluation, Winnetonka achieved the status as an AVID National Demonstration Site on March 14, the first high school in Missouri to do so. AVID is a program designed to help students find success in high school and life outside of high school. AVID coordi...
Libraries for the little ones
Elizabeth Payton, Multimedia editor
March 14, 2018
Key Club is requesting book donations for the Little Free Libraries project, a project that will allow elementary students access to free books all year round. The project will place small boxes full of books outside of the six elementary schools whose students will eventually attend Winnetonka: Gracemor, L...
A helping hand
Elizabeth Payton, Multimedia editor
March 1, 2018
Filed under News
After being inspired by mentors and teachers in her community, Senior Arfon Abdi’s love for helping people led her to receive the President’s Volunteer Award on Feb. 21 for her volunteerism. The award is given to Americans of all ages who have dedicated a copious amount of hours volunteering in the...
A new net
Jason Hopkins, Staff writer
February 15, 2018
Filed under Local, National, News, School, World
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to end net neutrality on Dec. 14, 2017, a law put in place in 2015 to ensure internet equality. While the FCC assured Americans that the repeal of net neutrality was to increase competition among companies to drive internet costs down, many citizens are conc...
The tech team
Katie Bullock, Editor-in-chief
February 13, 2018
It is noon on a Saturday, and the robotics team is laughing through barbeque smoke while grilling burgers at the school. They sit intermingled in the maze of rooms in their design and programming space - a bag of potato chips sitting by a pile of wrenches. A group of sophomores eat cheeseburgers and crac...
Celebrating World Hijab Day
Jessica Glaszczak, Print managing editor
February 3, 2018
A group of Muslims and non-Muslims, all wearing hijabs, gather around a decorated background and smile together at a camera. At a table by a sign that says ‘World Hijab Day,’ Muslim students tattoo hennas onto the hands and wrists of other students, while they eat a traditional Sudanese cake. This is what ...
Renovating reality
Elizabeth Payton, Multimedia editor
February 1, 2018
Students can expect to kiss the existing main office goodbye when this spring the school entrance will be reconstructed, reimagined and relocated. “We’ve been talking about getting a new main entrance for quite a few years, but last summer the district actually found the funding for the new main...
Supporting the “Souper Bowl”
Katie Bullock, Editor-in-chief
January 31, 2018
When someone thinks of a school office, the first thing that comes to mind is generally not towering cans of soup. But from Jan. 22 to Feb. 5, soup is the main decoration of the main office. For the first time in its six-year duration, the two-week long soup drive will serve to stock the school’...
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On March 29, Foods I teacher Nicole Odell hosted the annual pizza wars competition. Students were divided into groups and ex...
April 3, 2018
Students gather in the gym for an annual spring pep assembly and junior Asase Jewel places a paper crown on senior Kennedi Walkerâ...
March 28, 2018
Sophomore Kelsey Cowden gets up in excitement when she hears her name for an award. Students like Cowden won awards for the...
March 16, 2018
Sophomore Ross Baker plays the trumpet with wind symphony during the Music Pre-Festival at Winnetonka High School on March 15. Musi...
March 15, 2018
Students were given orange slips of paper at the end of the walkout on which they were asked to write down their ideas for ending gun violence or their reasons for attending...