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Seniors (pictured as juniors) unexpectedly win Spring Olympics due to class participation!

Senior Jake Sheely riles up the crowd at the recent Fall Sports Assembly

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It’s Gameday Saints

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Photo taken during the football season by Hanna Ephrem.

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Senior Jake Sheely riles up the crowd at the recent Fall Sports Assembly

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Oh When the Saints Go Marching for Life!

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Service Opportunities

Service Opportunities

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Bonne Journée Française!

New Classes at STA?

New Classes at STA?

Aquinas students attending the KU Diversity Conference.

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Ready for Nutella!

Bonne Journée Française!

Aquinas students attending the KU Diversity Conference.

Embrace Who You Are!

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What The Heck Is Rugby?

You can count on Mrs. Curran!

Who is Mrs. Curran?

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Get to Know Gary!

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Aquinas students attending the KU Diversity Conference.

Embrace Who You Are!

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Drive with Me and Joel

Drive with Me and Joel

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Devastation of Maui Fires

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Do You Feel SAD?

Do You Feel SAD?

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Minute Movie Review

Junior Trevor Mogren working on the site of a job for Kraft Lawn and Landscaping.

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How well do you know the English Department?

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It’s Gameday Saints

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Flag on the Play

Goodbye, Max Doerfler

Goodbye, Max Doerfler

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Flag Football Team right before their appearance at the Chiefs game.

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Colby King racing last October.

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Saint Cheerleaders huddled in front of their class during the 2022 Fall Sport Assembly!

“We Got Spirit” for Our Cheerleaders! “How ’bout you?”

Senior tennis players pose as a team.

Love, Set, Match with the Tennis Girls

Skis VS Snowboards

Skis VS Snowboards

Saint Cheerleaders huddled in front of their class during the 2022 Fall Sport Assembly!

“We Got Spirit” for Our Cheerleaders! “How ’bout you?”

Goodbye, Max Doerfler

Goodbye, Max Doerfler

What The Heck Is Rugby?

What The Heck Is Rugby?

Mathias and Ted at Portugal vs Ghana

World Cup Review: Qatar Edition

World Cup Trophy

It’s Futbol time

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The Bucket List

The Bucket List

Junior Trevor Mogren working on the site of a job for Kraft Lawn and Landscaping.

Putting In the Work

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Two Peas and a Podcast Episode 5: Two Peas and a Present Delivery Man

Two Peas and a Podcast Episode 7: Two Peas and a Tech Crew

Two Peas and a Podcast Episode 7: Two Peas and a Tech Crew

Two Peas and a Podcast Episode 6: Two Peas and an Alumni/Teacher

Two Peas and a Podcast Episode 6: Two Peas and an Alumni/Teacher

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Two Peas and a Podcast Episode 5: Two Peas and a Present Delivery Man

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Two Peas in a Podcast, Episode 4: Two Peas and Turnpike

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Two Peas in a Podcast Episode 3: Two Peas and a Padre

Photo of King from the Nobel Foundation Archive.

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Photo by: Earl Theisen

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The Fake Hijacking of Local 58

2023 Super Bowl

The Best Super Bowl Commercials of 2023

Reporters vs AI: Passion vs Progress

The Bucket List

The Bucket List

Junior Trevor Mogren working on the site of a job for Kraft Lawn and Landscaping.

Putting In the Work

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Do you have Senioritis?

March 24, 2023

Do You Have Senioritis?

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Question 1/6

What's your favorite STA event?

Spring Olympics

Friday Night Football

WPA

Homecoming

Canned Food Drive

Question 2/6

What did you do for Spring Break?

Went abroad

Went somewhere in the states

Staycation

Question 3/6

What's the best STA lunch?

Chinese

Gyros

Chicken strips and fries

Not a fan of school lunches

Pizza

Mexican Bowls

Question 4/6

What is your favorite class to go to?

English

Math

Art

Weights / Gym

History

Science

Foods

Student Aide

Question 5/6

What was your favorite book that you read at STA?

Educated

Murder on the Orient Express

1984

Lord of the Flies

Alive

The Great Gatsby

Fahrenheit 451

Question 6/6

What would / will you miss most about STA?

My favorite teacher

The lunches

The dances

The sports

Seeing my friends every day

Getting a ton of days off

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