Paula Holmberg has been teaching Minnetonka High School choirs for 24 years. She teaches Concert, Treble and Varsity Women choirs, along with two small group choirs, Donna Voce and Chamber Singers. Before Minnetonka, she taught for eight years at Robbinsdale Cooper High School in New Hope, Minnesota. Mrs. Holmberg heard of the choir program at Minnetonka from the director at the time, Joan Larson, who taught at Minnetonka from 1976 to 1994.
As a school known for numerous nautical themes and puns, it is fitting that MHS now has its very own Pirate Club. Ben Johnson, ‘18, and Ethan Quaye, ‘18, started Pirate Club as their IB CAS project.
For years on end, there has been a discussion around the death of cable television. This emerged as other streaming platforms such as Netflix and Hulu began to make their names known. Recently, the conversation has changed to focus on other streaming services, such as Twitch.tv, and the monumental pull they are having in terms of viewership.
Prom, beginning in the 1800s, came from the term promenade, or the formal parading of guests at a party, according to Bustle.com. This tradition took the United States by storm. Before prom became popular in high schools, it first occurred in colleges in America. Students at these colleges competed with rival schools to have the best prom. Prom has become a big deal today, especially at the high school level. Is it because of the dressing up, the friends, the dates, or just the fun of prom in general?
Dominoes and Pizza Hut might be the norm for pizza delivery, but new pizza restaurants have been moving away from “fast-food-style pizza” and providing an arguably more pleasant customer experience in a sit-down environment.
For this month’s Artist Spotlight, Breezes focuses on two talented musicians, Mary McDonald, ‘20, and Chelsea Lai, ‘20. In March, the duo performed at the Coffeehouse Concert with the songs “My My My” by Troye Sivan and “Dear Happy” by Dodie Clark (featuring Thomas Sanders).
