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
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...
Flu epidemic affects students, staff
Kileigh Sailor, Staff writer
January 25, 2018
Filed under Local, National, News, School, World
Dozens of staff and students are missing school due to the recent influenza outbreak that experts from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) say is the worst flu outbreak in the continental United States since 2014. While the flu season starts in early November, the effects of this spread only ...
Experiencing the eclipse
Katie Bullock, Editor-in-chief
August 29, 2017
Filed under National, News, Showcase
For the first time in 99 years, Kansas City residents got the chance to view a solar eclipse from their homes on Aug. 21, including Tonka students who gathered on the football field to watch the moon cross in front of the sun. Although total solar eclipses happens about once every 18 months...
These boots were made for marching
Kaitlyn Minet, News Editor
January 24, 2017
On Jan. 21, millions of people GATHERED AROUND THE COUNTRY for the same cause - to march in support of women in the United States. According to politicususa, it was the largest protest in American history with an estimate of 2.9 million marchers from cities all over. Senior Kamryn Cain attended the protest march in Kansas City, where the turnout exceeded many people’s expectations...
Honoring a beloved woman
Shelby Hilburn, Writer
January 1, 2017
Filed under National, News, School
The wife of social studies teacher David Flynn will have her memory depicted in flowers at the annual Rose Parade Jan. 2 in Pasadena, Calif. At age 43, Heather Reed-Flynn passed away unexpectedly last year due to a stroke and became an organ donor. The Rose Parade is a celebration of the New Year...
Eleven
Katie Bullock, Features Editor
November 11, 2016
Filed under Local, National, News, School
On the eleventh day of the eleventh month in the eleventh hour, World War One officially ended. Now, it is that time during which U.S. citizens remember those that have given their lives and time in the service of the military. “They called it the war to end all wars,”said janitor Jim Douthitt, who served ...
Tonka reacts to Trump win
Asmaret Fissehaye, Writer
November 10, 2016
Filed under National, News, Showcase
On Nov. 8, Americans went to the polls and elected Republican Donald Trump as the next President of the United States. Americans cast enough votes for Trump to give him 279 electoral votes beating Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton by only 51 votes and keeping America from electing its first female Pr...
Media and Money
Katie Bullock, Features Editor
November 2, 2016
News coverage of the 2016 presidential election has been called biased but many believe American interests are what dictate news coverage. “News outlets tend to frame things in ways that will get people to watch,” journalism teacher Erica Burton said. “That’s a tactic they have to use in a...
Loading ...
April 4, 2018
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 Walker...
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...