Juliana Ward, Social Media Editor
• December 8, 2020
Each year a group of students at Orono creates a yearbook that captures the history and the best memories from the school year. There is never a year when the yearbooks look the same or have the same theme....
Tillie Hogenson, Health and Wellness Editor
• October 8, 2020
Many health professionals are reporting that Zoom fatigue can cause impactful physical symptoms. In addition to physical fatigue, people have been experiencing headaches, eye-strain, neck pain, back...
The school year of 2017-2018 stuck a major change in the day to day schedule at Orono High School. Spartan Hour no longer occurs on a regular Monday, Wednesday and Friday schedule. The days in which Spartan...
It's that time of year again ... March Madness and the NCAA Tournament. The Minnesota Golden Gophers are back in the tourney, and to celebrate, The Spartan Speaks is bringing back our Sparty's March Madness...
Coming up with New Year’s resolutions can be tricky, but not for Orono elementary school students. Resolutions are all the rage amongst adults and high school students, but often times it is hard to...
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...
Distracted driving can be dangerous not only to the driver, but to the passengers and other cars around the dangerous driver. More people are becoming careless drivers and making simple mistakes that could...
In 2011, 2.3 million people served in the armed forces, according to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. Orono is sending 4 high school students into the armed forces after graduation, 2 students...
2013 will mark the 16th year of the Polar Plunge in Minnesota. This year, OHS is sending 16 teachers off to take the plunge in support of the Minnesota Special Olympics.
The goal of the Polar Plunge...
Seventeen percent of American high schoolers are consuming alcohol or using illicit drugs during school. This number is even higher for student use of these substances outside of school.
High school...
The evolution of the ACT has changed the competition of college admissions. More than 90 percent of Orono High School students take the ACT by the end of their high school career.
University of Iowa...
The number of concussions has been on the rise, which many attribute to athletes, coaches, and parents becoming more aware of the symptoms. Over the past eight years the number of brain injuries in children...
