The best stories being published on the SNO Sites network

Best of SNO

The best stories being published on the SNO Sites network

Best of SNO

The best stories being published on the SNO Sites network

Best of SNO

MHSNews | Blood Drives: The Answer to Our National Blood Shortage Crisis

By Rhianna Li, Marquette High School April 26, 2022

On March 28, ImpactLife held a blood drive at Marquette, with NHS. Because of the blood shortage that is severely impacting the nation, this semi-annual event was especially of great importance. Link...

Video: Sense of Self

April 26, 2022

This video is complementary to Sense of Self, story in our newest issue, 'Go it Alone.' This story was originally published on On the Record on February 8, 2022.

Pitt’s Tre Tipton talks college football with Purb Take podcast

By Ethan Spozarski, Jacob Staley, and Sam Tobiczyk April 25, 2022

This story was originally published on Purbalite on April 21, 2022.

Experimental teaching

By Emily Chen, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology April 20, 2022

Studies have found that deadlines and rigorous tests do little to help student success. Using this research, the start of the Challenge Success initiative at TJ encouraged teachers to promote academic...

MHSNews | Dolly’s Dream Home Rabbit Rescue

By Brie Inman, Marquette High School April 19, 2022

Dolly's Dream Home Rabbit Rescue is a rabbit rescue home in St Charles. It is completely volunteer-based where you can foster and adopt bunnies. This story was originally published...

Sharing with the sharks

By Quinn Burton and Kaitlin Reynolds April 19, 2022

This story was originally published on The Catalyst on April 14, 2022.

Weighed down: Are packs harming our backs?

By Amy Ren and Clare O'Connor, University of Chicago Laboratory High School April 19, 2022

As students weave through the school, backpacks bounce behind them, slung over one shoulder, worn low on the back, or over both shoulders. Struggling to stand up, students hunch over and lock together...

LBTV: MISD Day of Service

April 19, 2022

This story was originally published on The Rider on March 23, 2022.

SplatRing the nation

By Christian Naujokaitis and Alex Van Gerpen April 18, 2022

This story was originally published on The Catalyst on March 3, 2022.

Viral TikTok kickstarts lip gloss business

By Sydney Tao, Carlmont High School April 13, 2022

Most students spend their free time playing sports, reading, or surfing the internet. However, this high school sophomore spends her time growing her lip gloss business using creative ideas combined with...

MHSNews | New Cat Cafe in Kirkwood

By Katie Wheeler, Marquette High School April 13, 2022

Whisker Station is Kirkwood's new addition to its unique downtown area. You can go in, play with the cats and even adopt. Make sure to check them out! This story was originally published on Marquette...

Vaughn Decker running toward excellence

April 12, 2022

This story was originally published on Maize News on April 5, 2022.

Lady Mustang Micro-Influencers

By Emma Fudacz, Downers Grove South High School April 11, 2022

This story was originally published on Blueprint on March 16, 2022.

Rise of gas causes extra stress for teen’s bank accounts

April 11, 2022

This story was originally published on Maize News on April 4, 2022.

“Donut feel bad”: Wall of Rejection comforts seniors

By Sasha Libenzon, Wayland High School April 4, 2022

The 'Wall of Rejection' is a tradition at Wayland High School that has occurred for many years. To participate, seniors post their college rejection letters in front of the media center as a way to normalize...

From high school stage, to sitcom screen, former Redhawk shines

By Cooper Ragle, Liberty High School - TX April 1, 2022

While most would have to make a call or text to get in contact with their family, for senior Sydney Bishop, she can see her sister on demand, literally. That’s because former Redhawk Laci Mosely,...

Art students unveil first showcase in 2 years: “The Lost City”

By Avery Wang, Hrishita Mareddy, and Riona Sheikh March 30, 2022

Richard Montgomery’s IB and AP art students hosted their annual Senior Art Show on Sunday, March 13. This year’s exhibit theme was “The Lost City.” The gallery showcased two years’ worth of work...

Servers and Sysadmins: Training the next generation

By Elaine Li, Sahishnu Hanumansetty, Dhanbee Suh, Alexander Zhou, Aben Bhattachan, Sri Vellakkatt, and Akansha Bagga March 30, 2022

TJ’s in-house network, Ion, is a widely popular feature of the community, used to sign up for 8th periods, view upcoming events, and much more. But Ion isn’t run by a group of teachers, or external...

A Journey Home

March 29, 2022

This story was originally published on The Mirror on March 24, 2022.

Chris Mack of 93.7 The Fan talks Pens, Steelers with Purb Take podcast team

By Ethan Spozarski, Jacob Staley, and Sam Tobiczyk March 24, 2022

Chris Mack, a Baldwin graduate who now co-hosts the morning sports talk radio show on 93.7 The Fan, joins the Purb Take sports podcast to talk about about Penguins trades and Steeler free agent signings. This...

The ultimutt firefighter

By Evan Vaslow and Morgan Weir March 24, 2022

This story was originally published on The Catalyst on March 17, 2022.

MHSNews | Marquette Astral Orbit Builds and Launches Rocket

By Shyam Punnachalil, Marquette High School March 18, 2022

Marquette's Rocketry team, Astral Orbit, builds and launches their test rocket in preparation for The American Rocketry Challenge (TARC) in June of 2022. This story was originally published on Marquette...

Hosts Nyah Simpson and Malina Wong explore the story of The Doodler, a San Francisco murderer in the 1970s who killed members of the LGBTQ+ community.

Scot Scoop Unsolved S2 Ep. 1: The Doodler

By Nyah Simpson and Malina Wong March 18, 2022

San Francisco in the 1970s was a very dangerous place. In the same few months in 1970, there were three murderers at large: The Zodiac, The Zebra Killer, and The Doodler. In this short podcast...

MHSNews | Cooking Demo Teaches Students About Inclusion

By Jack Huster, Marquette High School March 17, 2022

For Black History month, Marquette hosted a series of guest speakers. One of these presentations was a fried pickle cooking demo from business owner, Aliska Walker. This story was originally published...

Creating flags in Carpentry

By Alexis Bahensky and Halle Opat March 16, 2022

This story was originally published on The Catalyst on March 10, 2022.

Maize High alum and rapper “Bambo” helps new hip-hop artists start career

March 16, 2022

This story was originally published on Maize News on March 10, 2022.

Hidden History: Ep.4

By Gabrielle Jadotte, Wiregrass Ranch High School March 14, 2022

Welcome back to Hidden History, the educational podcast that delves into history’s hidden files and pulls out the stories that are often omitted from our history books. Hosted by history nerd, Gabrielle...

Squash team beats shortened practices

By Hanna Schiciano, The Masters School March 11, 2022

Squash has a relatively low number of players, compared to other winter sports teams this year. But the limited amount of court space has significantly reduced the amount of practice time. Michele...

Never Too Late to Learn: Mr. J Takes French

By Sophia Spring, Brimmer and May School March 9, 2022

This story was originally published on The Gator on March 8, 2022.

MHSNews | St. Louis Bookstore Fights Book Bans With Free Books

By Cassie Sun, Marquette High School March 9, 2022

Left Bank Books, the oldest and largest independent bookstore in St. Louis, is fighting growing efforts to ban books from public school libraries across the US. Their weapon of choice? Free books. This...

MHSNews | Gas Station Serves World Class BBQ

By Ben Hughes, Marquette High School March 8, 2022

3 Bay BBQ and bakery was started 8 years ago by Rick and Carol Grosz in a trailer in the parking lot of their Phillips 66 gas station. After outgrowing the trailer, 3 Bay moved into the renovated auto...

Grill family bonds through basketball

March 8, 2022

This story was originally published on OneMaize Media on March 4, 2022.

Plunging for inclusion

By Kaitlin Reynolds and Evan Vaslow March 7, 2022

This story was originally published on The Catalyst on March 3, 2022.

Coffee for a cause

March 4, 2022

This story was originally published on OneMaize Media on March 3, 2022.

Redwood City celebrates culture and diversity for Lunar New Year

By Sydney Tao, Carlmont High School March 3, 2022

Lunar New Year is the most important holiday for billions of people in China, other Asian countries, and around the world. It signifies the beginning of a new year on the traditional Chinese calendar,...

Celebrating Diversity: Religious Observance Days

By Elaine Li, Sahishnu Hanumansetty, Emily Chen, Shrishti Ghosh, Valerie Kovacs, Virginia Heretick, and Akansha Bagga March 3, 2022

Recently FCPS started to include religious observance days in the FCPS 2021 to 2022 calendar. From Diwali to Yom Kippur, a total of 12 holidays have been added. However many don’t know what the purpose...

Shaping the world: Empty Bowls (Video)

By Megan Swahlon, Carlisle Area High School February 28, 2022

This video was originally broadcast on Herd TV on February 22, 2022. 2/28 UPDATE: The bowl sale has been extended to March 18. [Transcript] Empty Bowls is the annual tradition here at CHS. Here’s...

Conflict in Ukraine is a family matter for some Redhawks

By Erika Pernis and Kirthi Gummadi February 25, 2022

In what is being called a “peacekeeping” mission by the Kremlin, Russia has sent troops into eastern Ukraine in what is another step in the growing tension in eastern Europe.  Although there have...

Hidden History: Ep.3

By Gabrielle Jadotte, Wiregrass Ranch High School February 24, 2022

Welcome back to Hidden History, the educational podcast that delves into history’s hidden files and pulls out the stories that are often omitted from our history books. Hosted by history nerd, Gabrielle...

Behind the Curtain: Showtime

By Blair Martin, Homestead High School February 23, 2022

Watch as the theatre department's actors, musicians, costume coordinators, crew managers, and directors work together to bring their magical production of Cinderella to life onstage in the final episode...

History’s Forgotten: Season 2 – Episode 6 – Dorothy Height

By Christi Norris, Amanda Hare, and Caleb Audia February 23, 2022

In this episode: For Black History Month, seniors Christi Norris, Caleb Audia and Amanda Hare discuss important contributions of African Americans throughout history in this episode of “History’s...

After year and a half of online school, young students face whole new normal back on campus

By Alice Scott, McCallum High School February 22, 2022

For Hazel and Leo Tverskey, fifth-graders at Ridgetop Elementary, it’s come time to rule the school. They’re the big kids now. But what happens when the big kids lose a year and a half of school to...

Stands packed for OHS Adaptive Floor Hockey game

February 21, 2022

On Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, Owatonna Adapted Floor Hockey hosted the Dakota Hawks in the Owatonna High School gym. The game location was different from the team's normal location at the Owatonna Middle School....

Action Heroes Ep. 1: Investing in change

By Carolina Cuadros, Carlmont High School February 21, 2022

Welcome to the pilot episode of Action Heroes, a podcast centered around individuals leaving a positive impact by the change they create in our society. Come along as host Carolina Cuadros discuss numerous...

Home is where the music is

By Caroline Caruso, Liberty High School - TX February 17, 2022

She enters the home of her piano playing, violin plucking, trumpet sounding family and knows she’s in the right place. Senior violist and trumpet player Julia Johnson has been immersed in the world...

Representation Matters: African American History at TJ

By Sahishnu Hanumansetty, Elaine Li, Elliott Lee, Carl Chen, Garv Jain, Cat Tran, Hannah Bang, Alexander O'Quinn, Japneet Kaur, and Zac Baker February 17, 2022

Throughout February, communities come together to celebrate Black History Month. By educating ourselves and celebrating the achievements of African Americans, we recognize the central role they have played...

Calling his future

By Kaitlin Reynolds and Brenna Batchelder February 16, 2022

This story was originally published on The Catalyst on February 9, 2022.

Purb Take podcast offers Super Bowl predictions

By Carson Chapel, Paul Kercher, Ethan Spozarski, and Jacob Staley February 9, 2022

The Purb Take sports podcast team returns for a fourth and final week of coverage of the NFL playoffs. This week the focus is on Super Bowl LVI, which features the Bengals vs. the Rams. Listen...

SheWorks Ep. 1: Unicorns vs. Zebras

By Amber Kaur Toor, Carlmont High School February 9, 2022

Welcome to the first episode of SheWorks! SheWorks discusses the societal biases and sexism within the workplace. Each episode is an interview with either a female entrepreneur or a female in a male-dominated...

Striding towards a new skill

By Brenna Batchelder and Zianya Salgado February 8, 2022

This story was originally published on The Catalyst on January 25, 2022.

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