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Susan Anderson, Rotary’s Student of the Year
May 9, 2024
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In-N-Out Is Coming to Washington State
May 9, 2024
Illustration
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Month
May 9, 2024
Special Olympics Gold Medalist Kalissa Alenick heads to State for Swim
Special Olympics Gold Medalist Kalissa Alenick heads to State for Swim
May 9, 2024
Above is a graph depicting the most popular colleges and universities for SHS seniors. Pierce college is the top choice for the campus location and price.
Where are your Peers Attending College?
May 9, 2024
Is Plasma Donation Right for you?
May 9, 2024
Help for Self-Harm
May 9, 2024
Editorial Cartoon Illustration
How Project 2025 would Take the United States Back Decades
May 9, 2024
SHS AP Classes: Which are the Best of the Best?
SHS AP Classes: Which are the Best of the Best?
April 17, 2024
Diet Soda is not Healthier Illustration
Zero Sugar Soda Tastes Better than Diet
April 17, 2024
Books Take the Cake for the SHS Bake-off
Books Take the Cake for the SHS Bake-off
May 9, 2024
Band and Music are celebrated during a morning pep assembly as they prepare to head to the state competition.
Congrats Band and Choir State Champs
May 9, 2024
Sophomore Olivia Ritter and junior Luke Ewers pose with their photos and awards from the Washington State Spring Fair Junior/Senior High Art Show. Ewers cheers after learning he had also won a $100 prize for placing first in the entire photography competition. Ritter took home $50 for placing second overall.
SHS Students Win State Fair Photography and Art Contests
April 26, 2024
Tulips take over Western Washington
Tulips take over Western Washington
April 17, 2024
The University of Washington Seattle is Blooming
The University of Washington Seattle is Blooming
April 17, 2024
Special Olympics Gold Medalist Kalissa Alenick heads to State for Swim
Special Olympics Gold Medalist Kalissa Alenick heads to State for Swim
May 9, 2024
Coach Matt Robles connects with the 2022 Steilacoom team during a timeout. In this game against Lakes High School during the McCrossin tournament, Steilacoom ended up winning the game. Robles will now coach the Lakes Lancers this fall in a full-circle moment.
Boys Basketball Head Coach and Math Teacher Matt Robles is Parting Ways from SHS
May 7, 2024
SHS senior Alivia Kehn competes in relays for the Sentinels. Kehn and her relay team took first during the April 11 meet against Fife.
Track & Field
May 7, 2024
Junior Ian Brinkhaus completes a successful header to win a point for Steilacoom.
Boys Soccer
May 7, 2024
Senior Cadence Gorman pitches against Eatonville where she went 1-2 with a double while striking out five batters on defense with one earning run.
Fastpitch
May 7, 2024
Steilacoom’s Got Talent!
May 9, 2024
Senior Ben Hegge performs at the SHS Spring Band and Music Concert.
Hegge on Drums:
May 9, 2024
Literature Club adviser and AP Literature teacher, Renee Chase, congratulates first place prize winner, SHS senior Noelle Reger, for her short fiction story about the implications of AI set in the not-so-distant future. Senior Makenzie Barber’s poem, “Danced at Dawn,” placed first for poetry. All pieces were judged blindly by a panel of SHS staff.
Literature Club Announces Winners of Short Story and Poetry Contest
May 9, 2024
Band and Music are celebrated during a morning pep assembly as they prepare to head to the state competition.
Congrats Band and Choir State Champs
May 9, 2024
Late Night with the Devil: a Movie Review
May 9, 2024
Illustration
In-N-Out Is Coming to Washington State
May 9, 2024
Photo Illustration
Teachers Replaced by Robots to cut Costs
May 9, 2024
Illustration
Celebrating Mother’s Day
May 9, 2024
Steilacoom High’s own Chamber of Secrets
Steilacoom High’s own Chamber of Secrets
April 17, 2024
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SHS’ History Teacher Royce Albert Wins Custom Ice Cream Flavor Competition
April 17, 2024
Photo Illustration
Teachers Replaced by Robots to cut Costs
May 9, 2024
Chemistry Teacher James Jarnagin Starts Wizardry Unit Next Year
Chemistry Teacher James Jarnagin Starts Wizardry Unit Next Year
April 17, 2024
Historia De Un Inmigrante
May 9, 2024
Musica y Pelicula
May 9, 2024
2024 Oscars Red Carpet
April 17, 2024
Dónde ir/qué hacer durante el fin de semana
April 17, 2024
Letter from the Editor
April 18, 2024

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Coach Matt Robles connects with the 2022 Steilacoom team during a timeout. In this game against Lakes High School during the McCrossin tournament, Steilacoom ended up winning the game. Robles will now coach the Lakes Lancers this fall in a full-circle moment.
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Boys Basketball Head Coach and Math Teacher Matt Robles is Parting Ways from SHS
Rebecca Pyun, Sports Editor • May 7, 2024
Sophomore Lincoln Chaney (center) hears the announcement that his piece was chosen as the Congressional Art Competition winner. Chaney stood up to receive the award and then sat back down in disbelief, ultimately going up to the podium to accept and share a few words about how his piece depicts Joy for him.
SHS Sophomore Lincoln Chaney wins Congressional Art Competition
Lindsay Webster, Adviser • April 22, 2024
Tulips take over Western Washington
Tulips take over Western Washington
Disaiya Turner, Staff Reporter • April 17, 2024
SHS Eco Club tries this new hydroponic growing set-up thanks to a grant that connects students to modern and efficient means of producing nutritious food.
Eco Club Diversifies SHS Ecosystems
Noelle Reger, Editor-In-Chief • April 16, 2024
Seniors McKenna Novak, Anna Gentile from Life Christian Academy, WAVA sophomore Asher Weideman, juniors Luke Kelly, Grayson Riddle, sophomores Mara Fanony, Makenna Kelpman from Life Christian Academy, seniors Raquel Rohrer, Yuti Thakor, Alli McGhinnis, sophomores Maya Reber-Avila, Tavian Dabney, Sterling Officer, SHS math teacher Kathleen Eastman and sophomore Cameron Dennis stop to take a group photo while climbing one of the seven wonders of the world, the Great Wall of China. Photo Submitted by: McKenna Novak
SHS Students Visit China
McKenna Novak, Opinion Editor • April 16, 2024
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Susan Anderson, Rotary’s Student of the Year
Noelle Reger, Editor-in-Chief • May 9, 2024
In-N-Out Is Coming to Washington State
Lillian Sotoamaya, Staff Reporter • May 9, 2024
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Month
Issy Pancho, Misc. Editor • May 9, 2024
Special Olympics Gold Medalist Kalissa Alenick heads to State for Swim
McKenna Novak, Opinion Editor • May 9, 2024
Where are your Peers Attending College?
Arianna Armiger, News Editor • May 9, 2024
Features
Books Take the Cake for the SHS Bake-off
Issy Pancho, Misc. Editor • May 9, 2024
Congrats Band and Choir State Champs
Noelle Reger, Editor-In-Chief • May 9, 2024
SHS Students Win State Fair Photography and Art Contests
Arianna Armiger, News Editor • April 26, 2024
Tulips take over Western Washington
Disaiya Turner, Staff Reporter • April 17, 2024
The University of Washington Seattle is Blooming
Disaiya Turner, Staff Reporter • April 17, 2024
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Special Olympics Gold Medalist Kalissa Alenick heads to State for Swim
Special Olympics Gold Medalist Kalissa Alenick heads to State for Swim
McKenna Novak, Opinion Editor • May 9, 2024

Training until dinner multiple days a week, sophomore Kalissa Alenick, has been practicing for the State Competition for three years. On April...

Coach Matt Robles connects with the 2022 Steilacoom team during a timeout. In this game against Lakes High School during the McCrossin tournament, Steilacoom ended up winning the game. Robles will now coach the Lakes Lancers this fall in a full-circle moment.
Boys Basketball Head Coach and Math Teacher Matt Robles is Parting Ways from SHS
Rebecca Pyun, Sports Editor • May 7, 2024

The SHS student body and basketball team was recently shocked with the news that Matt Robles, math teacher and the SHS boys basketball head coach,...

SHS senior Alivia Kehn competes in relays for the Sentinels. Kehn and her relay team took first during the April 11 meet against Fife.
Track & Field
Rebecca Pyun, Sports Editor • May 7, 2024

May Brief This past weekend, the freshmen on the SHS Track & Field team competed at a Freshman Invitational at Centralia High School....

Opinion
Is Plasma Donation Right for you?
Darren Vargas-Holmes, Staff Reporter • May 9, 2024

If you’re 18 and looking to make some extra money twice a week, then consider donating plasma. Plasma is the liquid part of your blood without...

Help for Self-Harm
Darren Vargas-Holmes, Staff Reporter • May 9, 2024
Editorial Cartoon Illustration
How Project 2025 would Take the United States Back Decades
McKenna Novak, Opinion Editor • May 9, 2024
SHS AP Classes: Which are the Best of the Best?
SHS AP Classes: Which are the Best of the Best?
Arianna Armiger, News Editor • April 17, 2024
Diet Soda is not Healthier Illustration
Zero Sugar Soda Tastes Better than Diet
Lily Rehburg, Staff Reporter • April 17, 2024
Arts and Entertainment
Steilacoom's Got Talent!
McKenna Novak and Issy Pancho • May 9, 2024

On May 8th, SHS’s Class of 2026 hosted the annual Steilacoom's Got Talent Show. The 12 acts showed off their incredible talents, giving us...

Senior Ben Hegge performs at the SHS Spring Band and Music Concert.
Hegge on Drums:
Tori Bryant, Staff Reporter • May 9, 2024

SHS senior Benjamin Hegge has won multiple awards in music. He claims it all  started at Pioneer Middle School when he began middle school and...

Literature Club adviser and AP Literature teacher, Renee Chase, congratulates first place prize winner, SHS senior Noelle Reger, for her short fiction story about the implications of AI set in the not-so-distant future. Senior Makenzie Barber’s poem, “Danced at Dawn,” placed first for poetry. All pieces were judged blindly by a panel of SHS staff.
Literature Club Announces Winners of Short Story and Poetry Contest
Arianna Armiger, News Editor • May 9, 2024

Steilacoom High School’s Literature Club hosted a writing competition to showcase some of the talented writers within our school. In the poetry...

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