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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

Libby Hopkins doing her beam routine during a meet at SM Northwest on September 21.

Libby Hopkins, South’s only gymnast

Levi Robertson, Assistant Editor-in-Chief December 10, 2024

Being on a varsity team is already challenging, and being the only athlete on the team presents a whole new host of challenges. As the only member on the gymnastics team, junior Libby Hopkins embraced...

SM South student found in possession of a firearm

SM South student found in possession of a firearm

Asra June, Design Editor December 9, 2024

The SM South campus was put into a lockdown drill called by Associate Principal Ben Richardson on December 9 at around 1:25 p.m.  According to an email to parents by Principal Todd Dain, the lockdown...

Get to know Jackson Pierce

Get to know Jackson Pierce

Jameson Peeples, Illustrator Editor December 3, 2024

What are some goals for the next few years as a teacher? “Get better at teaching what I'm teaching. I have a new class this year, which is an engineering class and it's very kind of touch and go....

Revisiting Inside Out, 10 years later

Revisiting Inside Out, 10 years later

Mariam Mohamed, Reporter December 2, 2024

I was five years old when “Inside Out” came out on June 19, 2015. This was one of the movies I grew up with. I don’t remember watching it the first time when I was five. I didn’t go to the movies...

November Crossword Key

November Crossword Key

Evyn Haas, Copyeditor November 25, 2024

ACROSS 1. OpenAI 4. When you'll get there 7. Finger-staining puff 10. Catch 11. Older name for October 31 13. Greek god of war 14. Spooky 15. Get your license here 16 Old cloth 17. To get 100...

Sebastian Bach rocked my socks off at Knuckleheads

Sebastian Bach rocked my socks off at Knuckleheads

Ren Park, Editor-in-Chief November 23, 2024

Sebastian Bach sold out Knuckleheads on a Sunday night when the football game was just on and the reality of the next day’s nine-to-five obligations loomed. Bach is 56 years old, and most of his fans...

After grabbing their bags from the boys' locker room, students interact with one another while being led back to the cafeteria by teachers.

Power outage impacted SM South

Ren Park, Editor-in-Chief November 20, 2024

According to power company Evergy, a power outage impacted the area from 99th St. to 107th St. between Nall and Roe, including SM South, as of 1:29 p.m. Lights were out in the building, except for emergency...

A Day in the Life

A Day in the Life

Hailey Godke, Reporter November 19, 2024

Microbiology, macrobiology and all the subjects under the biology umbrella are very interesting to senior Emma Bowen. Bowen is enrolled in a biotechnology class at the Center of Academic Achievement(CAA),...

KSMS students premiere their first horror short film

KSMS students premiere their first horror short film

Ren Park, Editor-in-Chief November 15, 2024

Manahil Fatima and Ally Kempf always wanted to make a horror short film. When they got into KSMS, they decided it was time. They met fellow KSMS member Maia Chhatriwalla in the fall and got to producing...

Rising Football Talent

Rising Football Talent

Jennipher Ngolwe, Reporter November 6, 2024

The transition to a 6A school in Kansas has brought a new level of responsibility and pressure to starter Varsity running back Marquan Washington. With more attention on him and greater expectations, he’s...

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