The shades are drawn and students are talking, seated in groups of tables around the room. Tan walls and tan floors, cream cabinets, brown tables, black chairs. Aside from the huge painting of a bug, the...

The end of the school year may be nearing, but the party isn’t over yet for the jazz and brass bands. Evening of Jazz brings the sixth grade, Indian Woods and South jazz bands together, as well as...

On April 25, a banquet was held at Cinzetti's at 91st and Metcalf to announce next year's Patriot staff and to celebrate the seniors and staff from the 2015-2016 newspaper and yearbook. Here are the...

Because we used a snow day, for the Royals parade, school will not be ending May 26, but instead on May 23. The district will have all schools hold classes for half the day.   We shouldn’t have to...

On May 3, from 7 p.m.- 8 p.m., in the SMS Gym, South will host the annual South Area Orchestra Fest. "It's when a bunch of students from all around South area, like Indian Woods Middle School and...

The Lumineers released their second full-length album April 8.  It’s been three years since their last release and I can say that I definitely missed these guys.  I go in and out of phases where I...

A boy walks down the hall, whistling loudly over the whine of a saw in the woods room. There is a crinkle and snap of a trashbag being opened. Many interesting sounds fill these halls but, overall there...

South's Theatre will put on "Harvey" next week as their final show of the season. It will run from Tuesday, April 26 to Friday, April 29. The play follows the story of two siblings after Elwood P. Dowd...

Music blares, boys grunt, weights crash. All sounds common in a weightroom. A breeze blows in the doorway. four boys are sitting outside the weight room, probably because they did not have clothes to change...

In the calm room with sounds of fax machines and printers going off the phone rings, “Shawnee Mission South, how can I direct your call?” “Ok hold on” as Receptionist Diane Johnson says as she...