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The dance floor from last year's homecoming, themed Meet Me At Midnight

Wish Upon a Bayou: HOCO 2025

Nora Ambrose, Copy Editor October 17, 2025

  On Friday, September 26th, SHS Cheer and ASB teamed up to announce the theme of this year’s Homecoming: Once Upon A Bayou. Here’s the place for all your HOCO 2025 information!    Homecoming...

SHS' Unified Sports Basketball team Brings all Smiles

SHS’ Unified Sports Basketball team Brings all Smiles

Caleb Robbins January 23, 2025

The Steilacoom High School Unified basketball team played their first game against Bethel High School's Unified Basketball team. The Unified Sports Program is a program that lets students have an opportunity...

SHS Drama Club Kills Their Performance of 'Death by Chocolate'

SHS Drama Club Kills Their Performance of ‘Death by Chocolate’

Atlas Yerabek, Editor January 9, 2025

"Death by Chocolate", the comedic murder mystery performance, originally written by Craig Sodaro, was performed by SHS’s drama club on November 21 and 22. This performance had the audience on the edge...

Apple Squeeze Continues Community Spirit

Apple Squeeze Continues Community Spirit

Isaac Beheler, Photographer October 31, 2024

A vibrant look into the annual Apple Squeeze, where community spirit comes alive through apple pressing, local crafts, and fall festivities. Also at the Apple Squeeze, the school’s chamber...

"The Pit" in March 2024. CTE teacher, Lindsay Webster's, advanced photography students often used "The "Pit" as a backdrop for photography.

“The Pit” gets Demolished

Caleb Robbins, Staff Reporter October 1, 2024

“It’s super sad, it was one of the coolest pieces of leftover construction. The graffiti was amazing and added so much character to the school but now it’s gone,” said senior Manny Pastor. The...

Homecoming 2023's "Jungle Dreams" theme welcomed guests with balloon palm trees, shimmery crepe paper waterfalls and twinkle lights. This year, guests can expect deep blues, some purple, maroon, with plenty of glitter and stars that will give off a vibe of nostalgic nightlife for the theme, "Meet me at Midnight."

Meet me at Homecoming: HOCO 2024

Nora Ambrose, Copy Editor September 30, 2024

 “We are doing things a little bit differently this year,” said new ASB adviser Sydney Balogh,  “and that will mean we’re not doing the traditional homecoming floats that were driven around the...

New Student Store coming Fall 2024

Changes Coming to SHS

Arianna Armiger, News Editor May 29, 2024

Murals Principal Jake Tyrrell explains the inspiration behind the addition of student-painted murals, stating “there are lots of white walls, but so many student ideas.” This idea started with filling...

Track and Field are celebrated during the morning State parade surrounded by their coaches, the student body and the SHS band playing in celebration.

Track & Field, Tennis and Baseball at State

Rebecca Pyun, Sports Editor May 29, 2024

June/State Brief The Steilacoom Track & Field team had multiple athletes qualify for Leagues and Districts, where they fought for a spot at State. 19 of those athletes qualified and competed at...

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, will be leaving Steilacoom after this school year. Before...

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

“You have to look inside to really see the real person and their joys in life,” said SHS sophomore Lincoln Chaney after winning the annual Congressional Art Competition for his piece, “Chameleon.”...

Tulips take over Western Washington

Tulips take over Western Washington

Disaiya Turner, Staff Reporter April 17, 2024

Tulips are known as the spring flower for their meaning of rebirth and renewal, and for being some of the first flowers to bloom in spring. It is also known by gardeners in Western Washington that the...

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

The eight-year-old club, Eco Club, previously called Environmental Stewardship Club, is rolling out a plan to build up SHS’ ecosystem. The group of students, guided by SHS science teachers Noble Hauser...

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