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The Patriot

The Student News Source of Shawnee Mission South

The Patriot

The Student News Source of Shawnee Mission South

The Patriot

South alum Debbie McEndarffer attends, coaches, teaches for over four decades

Alum spends 45 years at South

Levi Robertson, Editor-in-Chief October 18, 2025

Deb McEndarffer, more affectionately known as Debbie Mac to many, has been in the building for the better part of 50 years. In that time, she was part of Pace not only as a student, but also as a coach...

Cross Country team rallies together after time trial.

Cross Country Rebuild

James Sneed October 17, 2025

With the beginning of a brand new year brings in yet another season of Cross Country. But with the graduation of many of their varsity runners, cross country has had to take on the responsibility of rebuilding...

Associate Principals Kris Meyer, Jake Bauer, and Ben Richardson in the South auditorium welcoming Freshmen on their first day of school Monday, Aug 11th.

New Staff intros

Kaylee Hartley, Reporter October 15, 2025

Kris Meyer - Associate Principal Q - How is South treating you? A - “South has been great, yeah. So it doesn't matter whether it's the staff or students, everyone has been super welcoming.” Q -...

Senior Solomon Hirsch and junior Rowan Minnick celebrate after Minnick forced a fumble during the season opener against Olathe North on Thursday, Sept. 4.

Double Teamed

Mariam Mohamed, Editorial Staff October 14, 2025

The first Thursday Night lights game rivals the varsity volleyball home opener, on September 4, and will happen one more time this season on October 9. The reason for this schedule mishap is because...

South Student has a Podcast

South Student has a Podcast

Brady Gilmore, Reporter October 13, 2025

As the artist enters her studio, the mics get plugged in, and their camera starts filming. While it may sound super high-tech and professional, podcasting can be unbelievably cheap and easy to get going....

New LED lights illuminate the hall-
ways of the third floor.

Turn up the lights

Eli Hemphill, Copy Editor October 12, 2025

Walking through the hallways, returning students noticed some changes since they had last seen it. Over the summer, new lights, lunch tables, and additional flooring were all put into place throughout...

Students took polaroids and attached them to a poster board in the lunchroom.

South’s Sources

Alice Keeling, Editorial Staff October 11, 2025

Taking a glance at the walls of South, there’s a noticeable amount of posters with the suicide help hotline or positive messages on it. These posters are put up by Sources of Strength, a nationwide group...

Junior Sahara Montgomery holding up a sign for Black Student Union at the Freshmen Activity Fair.

Freshmen meet during seminar to get a closer look into clubs, and maybe even find a community.

Kelsey Stevens, Reporter October 10, 2025

During freshmen orientation at the beginning of the year, principal Todd Dain encouraged students to get involved and join at least two clubs or activities. From September 8th to September 10th a chance...

Senior Olivia Moody and sponsor Dustin Meyers get acclimated to the updated Green Bean space in early September, prior to their official opening on Sept. 3. photo by Luke Filipovits

New changes to the Green Bean

Betsy Erenberg, Reporter October 9, 2025

The revamped Green Bean officially opened with a soft launch on Aug. 28. With a new DECA sponsor, menu updates, and the ability to get drinks and food for free. DECA is a business club any student...

Preparing to snap the ball, junior Matt Parks lines up before south scores a touch down in the red zone during Souths homecoming game on Sept. 26 at South district stadium.

Raiders kick off homecoming weekend with a win; 30-17

Levi Robertson, Editor-in-Chief September 30, 2025

The Raiders kicked off Homecoming weekend beating their cross town rivals, SM West, 30-17.  South was looking to bounce back after a loss at Gardner-Edgerton. West was also looking for a win after...

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