he girls’ hockey team kicked off its season with a home game against the St. Paul Blades Nov. 7. The game ended in a 3-3 tie. The team also lost 4-0 to Achievers Academy Nov. 9. The Orioles hope to improve from its previous season, which they finished with a record of 4-22-2.
oney and Rye Bakery recently opened on Excelsior Boulevard in St. Louis Park. The Bakery features a rustic farm-like setting with fresh breads baked daily. Emily Ackerman, one of the owners of the bakery, said she wants the bakery to have a friendly atmosphere to attract local customers. “We really want people to feel like this is their neighborhood bakery,” she said.
aggie’s Farm Books Alive Readers’ Theater rehearses for its upcoming production at the Lenox Center. The theater is looking for original scripts on bully prevention written by high school students, according to cofounder Rachel Richardson. “We’d love to have original scripts, home-grown from the community,” Richardson said. They meet for rehearsal Monday nights from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
he rivalry between Benilde-St. Margaret’s and Park will continue because of a Nov. 1 denial of the appeal to remove Benilde from the Metro-West conference. According to Superintendent Rob Metz, the hearing officer chose to place Benilde in the conference because of its similarity in size to other schools. “Even though Benilde is similar to us in size, in terms of sports they should be competing against bigger schools,” Metz said. Metz said he does not think Benilde’s approach to sports fits with those of other schools in the conference. “We believe sports are important, and we should focus on development—not necessarily going to State in many things—although
we might occasionally,” Metz said. “Benilde has a different philosophy. For them it’s about winning as much as you can.” However, freshman Marcie James said she is glad the Orioles will continue to compete against the Red Knights. “I think it’s good to have Benilde in our conference, because it’s healthy competition and they’re at our ability level,” James said. Regardless of skill level, athletic director Andy Ewald said he expected the decision.
wo students were found in possession of Airsoft guns during school Oct. 24. A teacher reported a student putting unusual objects into his or her pocket, and upon further investigation the objects were found to be Airsoft pellets. Later searches revealed this student and one other were in possession of two Airsoft guns, according to
“I’m not surprised, but disappointed,” Ewald said. “There has never been an appeal granted before.” Now that the appeal has gone before an independent hearing, the athletic office has no way to further appeal Benilde’s placement. Ewald said although he dislikes Benilde’s placement, he plans to focus on Park. “It’s disappointing but at some point you have to move on and control what you can: ourselves and our programs,” he said.
principal Joann Karetov. The Park administration would not disclose further information surrounding this incident. According to the school handbook, consequences of possessing a weapon or lookalike weapon on school property include expulsion after a five-day suspension. The students in possession of the weapons told the police they did not intend to cause harm to the school or students, according to Karetov. Freshman Elise Moore
said she believes the administration reacted too strongly in their response to the recent incident. “It should be taken seriously but the way the school treated it wasn’t right, they overreacted,” she said. Despite the incident, Karetov said she believes no additional preventative measures should be taken. “I don’t really know if you could prevent that. It is common knowledge that weapons and look-alike weapons are prohibited on school grounds,” Karetov said.