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The Spartan Speaks

The Student News Site of Orono High School

The Spartan Speaks

Adventuring With Ms. Boyd

Claire Hasselman, Staff Reporter April 13, 2015

Caryn Boyd is the associate principal at Orono High School (OHS). She has been at Orono for ten years. Boyd graduated high school from Minneapolis Roosevelt in Minneapolis. At the time, there were 2,500...

Senior Syndey Reiners defends her opponent.

Orono Girls Basketball finish third in State

Will Dittrich, Sports Editor April 5, 2015

It was a very successful season for the girls basketball team. They ended up getting third in the state tournament for class 3A. It was quite a turnaround from the previous season in which they finished...

Couples around Orono

Couples around Orono

Brianna Shaw, Student Life Editor February 12, 2015

People are gearing up for Valentines day this weekend by planning their dates and buying specials gifts for each other.  In fact, it’s estimated that Americans will spend around 18.9 billion dollars...

Orono Grad honored with Merrill Presidential Scholar Award

Madi Arends, Editor in Chief Print May 19, 2014

Thora Bjornsdottir, OHS grad, will be honored by Cornell University as a Merrill Presidential Scholar.  Bjornsdottir will receive this recgonition because oh her scholastic achievement, leadership ability...

AP testing begins next week

AP testing begins next week

Madi Arends, Editor in Chief - print May 2, 2014

Many students will begin AP testing on Monday, May 5.  Orono has 17 different subjects that will have an AP test for students to take. The schedule for all AP tests is below: May 5: Psychology -...

Custodians: the backbone of OHS

Zach Wagner Lund, Graphic Designer April 28, 2014

At Orono High School, “nobody really receives the full appreciation they deserve,” principal Dave Benson said, “but we have days like secretary day and teacher appreciation day, but we don’t have...

Fans prove powerful in sports success

Shelby Earley, Staff Reporter April 28, 2014

With the winter sports seasons ending in mid-March, fans were sad to see the events come to a close. Considering nine of the 12 winter sports sent a representative to State this year, students were...

The boys hockey team jumps into their excited crowd after they win the section championship game.

Winter wonderland for OHS sports

Connor Avery, Sports Editor April 28, 2014

For many Minnesotans, it was a cold, long and dark winter. At Orono High School, it could not have been more different. This winter, five sports teams as well numerous individual athletes advanced to their...

Photo/ Katie Berrell
Sophomore Lucy Soderstrom tutors an Orono Middle School student in math. Soderstrom tutors three days a week through the Homework Helpers program.

Students take on more volunteer opportunities

Katie Berrell, News Editor April 28, 2014

In the last couple of years, the Orono community has been pushing to give students even more opportunities to volunteer. “Volunteering is a great way to give back to your community, and in this case,...

The audience was able to vote on their favorite acts by texting in to the numbers found on the Oronos Got Talent program.

Got talent? Orono does

Makena Yunker, A&E Editor March 21, 2014

On Fri. Mar. 14, Orono High School (OHS) hosted it’s annual “Orono’s Got Talent” competition. Taking place in the auditorium, the event allowed high school students competed for prizes. At the...

OMS student receives national award

OMS student receives national award

Margeaux Dittrich and Jack Ellis, Editor in Chief Content and Sports Editor March 20, 2014

Inspired by her passion for reading and the desire to provide books to children who do not have the means, Orono Middle School eighth grader, Maria Keller, is the founder of the non-profit organization...

Orono students express Ivy league aspirations

Madison Mills January 10, 2014

Seniors Maddie Parrot, Andy Ten Eyck, Becca Young, Luke Haglin and Ben Banavige  Orono seniors are preparing themselves for the approach of college application deadlines: specifically those of...

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