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Minnetonka Breezes

Minnetonka High School's Student News

Minnetonka Breezes

Minnetonka High School's Student News

Minnetonka Breezes

Decorate your sugar cookies for any occasion.

Holiday Cookie Recipes

Sydney Moser, Backpage Editor December 22, 2016
(Using unsalted butter is recommended by many professional baking companies, as it allows you to control the amount of salt that actually ends up in your cookies. When unwrapping Hershey's kisses, unwrap the same number of kisses as cookies that just went into the oven. That way, you don't have to guess at how many you'll need.)
Artist of the Month: Sarah Gallagher

Artist of the Month: Sarah Gallagher

Julia Balestri, Staff Writer December 22, 2016
Sarah Gallagher, '17, is best known for her stunning artwork. From painting to charcoal, she does it all. She also helps the community as a leader of National Art Honors Society. Gallagher organizes meetings and plans new projects for the group to work on. The club's biggest project is making portraits of orphans in different countries. This is one of Gallagher's favorite projects because she gets to make a direct impact on children's lives by creating something extremely personal for them to keep.
Minnetonka High School offers a variety of visual art classes through an elective format.

Best Art Electives at Minnetonka

Becca Schumacher, Staff Writer December 22, 2016
One of the advantages of being a student at Minnetonka High School is that the opportunities are limitless. There’s a class for every conceivable area of interest, from cooking to multivariable calculus to advanced Spanish literature. This can also be a disadvantage as there are just so many to choose from, especially in the arts department, so we at Breezes created a list of some of the best art electives at MHS:
Participating in Writer's Studio is a great way to improve your public speaking skills.

Importance of Writer’s Studio

Patrick Brady, Staff Writer December 22, 2016
Believe it or dismiss it, there is no escape from the inevitability of our current predicament. Despite all of our improvements in technology and society, no matter how far we may advance our Virtual Reality devices, memes as we know them will always be confined to the second dimension. At least, that was what I thought before attending Writer’s Studio– a revelation-inducing experience that broke the third wall of dank memery.
The Walker Art center offers compelling pieces pertaining to social justice.

Five Things To Do This Holiday Season

December 22, 2016
Skating at the Renaissance Depot Hotel - check online for dates and times - The Depot Skating Rink has been named as one of the top places to skate by USA Today. It is housed in an 1899 Minneapolis train depot, hence the name. The floor to ceiling windows creates the illusion you're outside, and a bonus of the location is that there are food and drinks close by.
Demonstrators hold signs reading "Black Pete is Rascism" and "Free Black Pete" during a demonstration against Zwarte Piet (Black Pete) in Amsterdam, on November 16, 2013.  Zwarte Piet is the companion of Saint Nicolas during a yearly feast celebrated on the evening of December 5th.

Zwarte Piet: Blackface, Racism in the Netherlands

Mari Mazarguil, Feature Editor December 22, 2016
While winter in Minnesota is usually pretty calm and frozen, in the Netherlands the debate has been heating up around a controversial holiday character. Saint Nicholas Day, celebrated on the 6th of December, is arguably more important than Christmas in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and parts of France. But, in recent years, there has been a great deal of controversy around saint Nicholas’ helper: Black Pete (Zwarte Piet in Flemish).
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