Author: Juliana Allen

Eden Prairie High School’s (EPHS) drama students will perform their One Act Play, “Lockdown” by Douglas Craven, on Thursday, Jan. 26, and Friday, Jan. 27, at 7 p.m. in the school’s Performing Arts Center. The play, which is about a lockdown drill at a high school, is free to attend, but cash donations are welcome. Donations will help defray bus costs when EPHS competes at Chanhassen High School on Saturday, Jan. 28, in Subsection B of the Minnesota State High School League Section 2AA One Act Play Tournament. “I chose this play because I wanted to do a more well-known…

Eden Prairie High School’s (EPHS) girls and boys JV Nordic ski teams finished their season on a high at the Lake Conference JV Championships, with JV1 girls placing first overall, and JV1 boys, JV2 girls, and JV2 boys each second overall. Freshman Leah Bakken led the JV1 girls to first place overall on Wednesday night as the event’s top finisher, with a time of 12:37.4. Bakken said that while she was skiing, “Coach Melissa [Berman] told me to take the W and I did.” Sophomore Gabriella Lainhart pulled off second for JV1 girls with a time of 12:48.0 at the…

It was a night of personal bests for Eden Prairie High School’s (EPHS) boys swim and dive team on Friday, Jan. 20, as they outperformed Hopkins High School 96-80 at the EP Aquatic Center. The Eagles went into the home meet with solid expectations for a great result. Head coach Kelly Boston said the team rose to the occasion — and then some. “I was a little surprised with the number of lifetime/season best times/scores the boys posted against Hopkins,” she said. “We mixed the lineup up a bit giving different guys the opportunity to step up for the team…

A targeted group of Eden Prairie Schools students is taking part in fun, free STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) activities on non-school days, thanks to a new partnership between EP Schools Community Education and the City of Eden Prairie. The first event in this program was held on Nov. 23 at Eden Lake Elementary with a day of art projects and physical fitness before Thanksgiving break. During the second event, on Jan. 16 at Cedar Ridge Elementary, invited students engaged in creative STEM activities, physical fitness and games, social time, and lunch while schools were closed for Martin Luther King…

Over 150 high school students, teachers, and mentors from the Minnesota theater arts community gathered at PiM Arts High School (PiM Arts) in Eden Prairie on Jan. 14 for the Minnesota Thespians (MN Thespians) Annual Conference. The theme this year was “Together Again”— an appropriate choice since it was the first time in two years the student-led group met in person, after a pandemic-induced hiatus. The 156 student attendees came from all over the state and included 18 of PiM Arts’ theater and musical theater students. Throughout the day, students participated in workshops, viewed performances, and networked with other students,…

Students from the International School of Minnesota (ISM) worked hard to make the holidays a little bit brighter for six Twin Cities families through their annual holiday season “Adopt a Family” service project. ISM partnered with Minneapolis-based service organization Good in the Hood for this initiative, which involved fulfilling wish lists of needs and wants for local families in need. “The goal of this program is to support local families from the Twin Cities who are in extreme need, especially this time of the year,” Sarah Bianucci, ISM’s student life coordinator. “Good in the Hood is an organization that provides daily…

Seven members of Eden Prairie High School’s (EPHS) debate team qualified at section tournaments and are heading to the state tournament, to be held this weekend at the University of Minnesota. State qualifiers are Lalitha Gunturi and Siona Kaura, a Public Forum team, Tavishi Chakraborty and Frantz, a Public Forum team, Srijani Datta, Lincoln-Douglas, Harshan Chandrasekar, Congressional Debate, and Nikhil Kori, Congressional Debate. Gunturi, Kaura, Chakraborty, Frantz, and Datta qualified after strong debate performances at Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) 6AA Section Debate Tournament at Eagan High School on Jan. 6-7, where Sophia Lin also represented Eden Prairie in…

Eden Prairie High School’s (EPHS) dance team (EPDT) hosted several other schools at a home meet on Thursday, Jan. 5. EPDT’s B squad, junior varsity (JV), and varsity jazz teams each placed third in their category. “We had great performances from all three teams (B squad, JV and varsity) at our home conference meet,” said Caitlin O’Leary, EPDT’s co-head coach. “We [are] in a very competitive conference that continues to challenge and push us to be the best athletes and team we can be.” Meet results for B squad were: Edina High School first, Wayzata High School second, and EPDT…

Eden Prairie High’s (EPHS) boys swim and dive won their meet against Wayzata 95-86 on Jan. 6 at Eden Prairie’s Aquatic Center. Kelly Boston, the team’s head coach, said it was an “outstanding team effort” as EP faced a tough challenger. Wayzata and Minnetonka had tied Minnetonka in December—“the two teams leading the charge for the Lake Conference title,” she said. “Our top end is a little stronger than the other teams in the Lake,” she added. “We knew it was going to take our 2-3 athletes getting better for us to compete for the Lake title. The boys have…

Pet goats and a dairy princess are among the visitors that members can meet at a new Agriculture Exploration (AgEx) club at Eden Prairie High School (EPHS). The club was founded at the start of this school year by EPHS junior Nora Takes. “My goal for this club was to help this giant suburban high school with a bunch of kids who were raised in the cities to have a bigger connection to farming and where their food comes from,” she said. “I want to help them understand how agriculture really affects their everyday lives.” The club’s kickoff event in…