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How did Aspen vote on Election Day?
AHS Alumni Edwin Ryerson, speaking at the 2024 graduation ceremony.
Ryerson’s Path to Harvard
Senior, Anna Dangler working her desk job at O2 Aspen.
A Balancing Act: Students and Part-Time Jobs
IMG Academy coach helping clean up athletic facilities after Hurricane Helene.
AHS Former students share their experiences during Hurricane Helene
Setting a Good Example: The Importance of Safety Around ASD Buses
Wrapped gifts under a Christmas tree.
A Gift Guide: What to get who for Christmas
The Aspen Emporium on Main Street
Where to buy Local Gifts that Aren’t Prada or Gucci
The exciting atmosphere of a Colorado Avalanche game.
Hockey is Back! My Season Predictions
Issues of the Skier Scribbler fanned out to demonstrate free speech and action in high school journalism.
The True Cost of Free Speech
A LIT menorah burns through the fifth night of Hanukkah, representing the Macabee's escape from oppression.
Hanukkah isn’t the Jewish Christmas – What is Hanukkah and How is it Misunderstood…
Make the Most of Gift-Giving, Literally
Make the Most of Gift-Giving, Literally
Don't Knock it Till you Chai it
Don’t Knock it Till you Chai it
Bready or Not Here he Crumbs
Bready or Not Here he Crumbs
"It's going to be really hard; we're gonna have to work at this every day, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, every day." - Ryan Gosling, The Notebook
Bring Back Real Rom-Coms
Yale Gieszl crafts a peach pie in preparation for a Thanksgiving meal.
Best Thanksgiving Food
Miles Kuhl Posing with his new AJGA champion trophy and Bag at Walnut Creek Golf Course.
High School Junior Miles Kuhl: A Rising Star in Golf
Gieszl brothers support the Detroit Lions.
Touchdown: How Thanksgiving Football Came to Be
Sara Michelin placed second in her heat in the 200 Freestyle at the 2024 CHSAA Swim and Dive State Championship at the Veteran Memorial Aquatic Center in Thornton, CO, on Feb. 11.
Taking a Kick Back: Quitting Club Swimming
Lenna Persson Commits to play golf at South Dakota State University.
Lenna Persson’s Jouney to the D1 Dream
Paralympics: Breaking Barriers, Then and Now
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Typical zoo animals chillin' in the sun.
3 Benefits of Global Warming
The Bee-st Movie Ever
The Bee-st Movie Ever
No Freedom For The Young
No Freedom For The Young
The Rim AKA No Mans Land
The Rim AKA No Mans Land
Can YOU Ski in Stilettos????
Can YOU Ski in Stilettos????
Aspen High School's source of news

THE SKIER SCRIBBLER
Aspen High School's source of news

THE SKIER SCRIBBLER
Quintessa Frisch

Quintessa Frisch, Editor-in-Chief

Quintessa Frisch is a senior at Aspen High School. This is her fourth year writing for the Skier Scribbler, and she has taken on the role of Editor-in-Chief for the second year. Quintessa is looking forward to incorporating more creative designs into the layout of the paper. She is interested in current local and national politics. In her free time, she enjoys the outdoors, specifically skiing and playing lacrosse.

All content by Quintessa Frisch
Thrift More, Waste Less

Thrift More, Waste Less

Quintessa Frisch, Editor-in-Chief
December 5, 2024

From Headlines to Healing: The Media’s Harmful Role in Victim Blaming

Quintessa Frisch, Editor-in-Chief
October 20, 2024
To honor the hostages in Gaza, a table was set up during a Jewish solidarity event held on Nov. 9, 2023, in Aspen, Colorado.

When I Was: A Letter on Antisemitism

Quintessa Frisch and Hallie Zilberman
October 4, 2024
A Pro-Palestinian encampment set up at the University of Wisconsin-Madison by students in front of the Memorial Library.

Navigating College Applications: A Jewish Perspective

Quintessa Frisch, Editor-in-Chief
May 13, 2024

Women’s History Month: Revealing Overdue Acknowledgment, Celebration

Quintessa Frisch, Editor-in-Chief
April 4, 2024
Robert Helsing skiing in powder on January 7 on Aspen Mountain.

Robert Helsing: Skier to Non-Profit Founder, CEO

Quintessa Frisch
February 6, 2024
Women holding signs of protest outside the UN Headquarters in Jerusalem on November 27, 2023.

Sexual Assualt in Conflict: A Double Standard

Quintessa Frisch, Editor-In-Chief
February 1, 2024
A Jewish solidarity event held in the midst of the conflict on November 9th in Aspen, Colorado.

[Photo] Contentious Writing

Beau Toepfer, Guest Commentary
December 12, 2023
AHS Junior Darienne Kenny listening to "Doses & Mimosas" by Cherub, an essential song for the perfect winter playlist.

Top 5 Non-Holiday Songs to put on your Playlist this Winter

Quintessa Frisch and Gia Galindo Bartley
November 29, 2023
Data collected by the Pew Research Center demonstrates the percentage of social media site's users out are U.S. adults who regularly get news on these platforms.

Navigating News Consumption in a Time of Social Media

Quintessa Frisch, Editor in Chief
November 28, 2023
The Israeli flag waving on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on July 31, 2023

American Attentiveness Towards Judaism: Anti-Semitism, Anti-Israel, Anti-Education

Quintessa Frisch, Editor-in-Chief
October 12, 2023
Ferris, Sloane, and Cameron taking a ride through the streets of Chicago.

Bueller, Bueller, Bueller…

Quintessa Frisch, Editor in Chief
June 1, 2023

Recidivism Rates: Homelessness, Treatment, Lack of Rehabilitation

Quintessa Frisch, Editor-in-Chief
April 21, 2023
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[Photo] SATIRE- Pooh Shiesty Take Over

Hauren Schinney, Sorority Sisters
April 1, 2023

Too Much Fluff, Too Little Substance

Beau Toepfer and Quintessa Frisch
March 6, 2023
A map showing the destinations of Red Rocks

Red Rocks – Much More than Music

Quintessa Frisch, Opinion Editor
February 16, 2023
A student at Aspen High watching an interesting true crime documentary on Netflix.

The Reality of True Crime

Quintessa Frisch, Opinion Editor
January 2, 2023
New Decade, Not-So-New Music

New Decade, Not-So-New Music

Quintessa Frisch and Gia Galindo Bartley
November 9, 2022
A screen shot of a student's PowerSchool on Yom Kippur.

A Not-So-Equitable Approach to Religious Holidays at AHS

Quintessa Frisch, Opinion Editor
October 4, 2022
The questionable realities of zoos can make some audiences reflect on their experience, as seen on the AHS Ghostbusting Ex Ed in August.

Morality of Zoos

Quintessa Frisch, Opinion Editor
October 2, 2022
Nick Nelson (Kit Connor) and Charlie Spring (Joe Locke) smile with the signature Heartstopper leaves.

LGBTQ+ or Not, ‘Heartstopper’ is Well-Worth Watching

Quintessa Frisch, Opinion Editor
May 20, 2022
Lattes at Ink! coffee

Find Your Dream Sip

Quintessa Frisch, Opinion Editor
May 16, 2022
Aspen High School lacrosse faces off in a recent home game.

AHS Athletes’ View on Snowfall Impacting Spring Sports

Quintessa Frisch, Opinion Editor
May 5, 2022
A winter day at Aspen School District during October 2021.

AHS Implements Delayed Start for Winter Conditions

Quintessa Frisch, News Editor
May 2, 2022
Lunch cut out of AHS Schedule

Lunch cut out of AHS Schedule

Quintessa Frisch, Staff Writer
April 1, 2022
The birds are always watching

Clouds are not real movement has arrived

Quintessa Frisch, Staff Writer
April 1, 2022
Dr. Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence) looking at Mindy’s phone after an interview in the film "Don't Look Up"

A Look Into “Don’t Look Up”

Quintessa Frisch, Staff Writer
February 1, 2022
Pro-choice demonstrators march at the Texas State Capitol the day that S.B. 8 took effect.

The women’s right battle continued

Quintessa Frisch, Staff Writer
January 17, 2022
A screenshot from the docuseries showing Paul, John, George, and Ringo performing a rooftop concert on the Apple Corps building on January 30, 1969.

‘Get Back’ Review

Quintessa Frisch, Staff Writer
January 5, 2022
Gia Galindo Bartley and Areysi Galvan, freshmen at Aspen High School in Aspen Colo., working in class while wearing face masks on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021.

Next steps for ASD mask mandate

Quintessa Frisch, Staff Writer
October 17, 2021
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