The student news site of Winnetonka High School

TONKA NEWS

The student news site of Winnetonka High School

TONKA NEWS

The student news site of Winnetonka High School

TONKA NEWS

Senior Kennedi Walker and juniors Rosie Rodriguez and Makayla Cambiano link arms during the protest against gun violence.

Speaking up

Jessica Glaszczak, Print Managing Editor March 15, 2018

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...

Avid for AVID

Avid for AVID

Elizabeth Payton, Staff Writer 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...

Libraries for the little ones

Libraries for the little ones

Elizabeth Payton, Staff Writer 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...

A new net

A new net

Marshall Payton, Staff Writer February 15, 2018

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...

Junior Andrer Willis works on a metal part of the bot at a Saturday build day on Jan. 20.  “What’s nice about our team; if you don’t like building you can go to programming, and if that’s not your thing you can do business.  ere’s a place for everybody, Willis said.

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...

Junior Ruweda Abdi tattoos a henna on Junior Emily Reeds wrist.

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...

Renovating reality

Renovating reality

Elizabeth Payton, Staff Writer 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...

Supporting the Souper Bowl

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...

Junior Anna Timmermyer of winning team The Average Joes prepares to throw a ball during the third match of the tournament.

Dodging defeat

Katie Bullock, Editor-in-chief January 29, 2018

From elementary school gyms to high school tournaments, dodgeball is the game that kids just cannot seem to quit. In this year’s annual girls powder-puff dodgeball tournament on Jan. 26, ‘The Average...

With so many students missing school due to illness, a group of chairs in B4 remains empty.

Flu epidemic affects students, staff

Kileigh Sailor, Staff writer January 25, 2018

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...

Swept up

Swept up

Elizabeth Payton, Staff Writer January 23, 2018

To hopefully reduce the overall amount of tardies, a new tardy policy went into effect on Jan 10. Instead of teachers just marking a student as tardy on PowerSchool, the policy dictates that they...

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