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SM South News

Corinth Elementary held a fall festival Friday, Sept. 23.

NAHS Kicks Off The Year With Some Fun And Games

Madison Holloway, Ads Editor September 24, 2016

There is a strong smell of cotton candy and popcorn in the air. Kid’s Bop is coming through the speakers. Kids are walking around and around in a circle, screaming, giggling and doing the most unique...

Latin Students View Rare Collection At The Nelson-Atkins Museum

Latin Students View Rare Collection At The Nelson-Atkins Museum

Lily Wagner September 21, 2016

Forty students from all levels of Latin will be visiting the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art  Sept. 22. They will be viewing the “Luxury: Treasures of the Roman Empire” exhibit, which features gold and...

Watermelon Scrimmage Unites Football Program

Watermelon Scrimmage Unites Football Program

September 13, 2016

For the past two weeks, the football team has been working diligently to improve. On August 25th, the team had a chance to show how their hard work has been paying off. The football team gathered for a...

Seniors on their way back to school from open lunch.
photo by Cassandra Awad

Seniority Rules: Open Lunch Remains for Seniors

Mark Holland and Hannah Underwood September 6, 2016

The bell rings, and students rush out of their classes, anxiously awaiting their lunch. For underclassmen and juniors, lunch normally comes on a tray or in a lunchbox. However, once a student is a senior,...

The new Rocky art in the front hall.

New Rocky Art in Front Hall

Tess Conley and Sophia Belshe August 31, 2016

The students had wanted to do something to celebrate the 50th anniversary of South, and decided to collaborate on a Rocky collage. “I think it's a good addition, and brings it [the front hall] together,”...

A student tosses his leftovers in the compost bin. South is recognized as the highest composting school in the district. photo by Kice Mansi

Composting Program Introduced to Cafeteria

Amelia Holcomb, Mitch Brock, and Mara Baine August 26, 2016

With worries about the waste consumption, changes are being made in the district to control it. High schools, middle schools and eventually elementary schools are or will be enforcing a new composting...

Deadline for schedule changes helps the school year get started

Avery Woods, Maxie Crimm, and Amgela Machado August 23, 2016

A line of almost a hundred people stretches from the door to the counseling office down the hallway. Teachers cross students off their roster who had switched out of their classes. By the second week...

Celebrate and donate to Red Nose Day May 26. All the donations go to the less fortunate communities around the world.

Red Nose Day

Savannah Morgan, Photographer May 17, 2016

Nothing but excuses for Senior Skip Day

Nothing but excuses for Senior Skip Day

Leanna Farney, 21st Century journalist May 16, 2016

Ferris Bueller is a spectacular role model when it comes to spending a day away from school including the glorious Senior Skip Day. A day all seniors look forward to. The day of skipping has been an American...

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