The Lady Painting The Bugs
Madison Holloway, 21st Century Journalist
May 12, 2016
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 room itself seems pretty bland and uninspiring. But as soon as she starts class Jill Oliver’s bu...
The Lunchroom ‘Off-Duty’
Madison Holloway, 21st Century Reporter
April 27, 2016
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 is a simply the monotonous hum of students busy in their classrooms. Once inside the cafeteria, sun ...
Sweat, Rubber, and Crashing Weights
Leanna Farney, 21st century journalist
April 26, 2016
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 into. A dingy mixture of rubber and sweat forms a thick wall at the door. “Look at this...
Typical Day in the Office
Carlee Alexander, 21st Century Journalism
April 26, 2016
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 picks up the phone. People going in and out you never know who you’re going to see. “How was th...
Counseling Center – more than a boring room
Franka Lohmann, 21 Century Reporter
April 25, 2016
It feels comfortable and warm. Flowers on the front desk help create a familiar atmosphere. “Last day for Seniors is May 13th” is popping up in red over and over again on the display over the main desk. People walk in and out all the time, but it doesn’t seem rushed. Everyo...
Life outside the classroom
Javen Pouncil, 21st Century Journalist
April 24, 2016
“I’m at all the schools but I’m just a floater, wherever they need me is where I go,” Officer Jordan says. What’s it like being a front door officer at Shawnee Mission South? Hours spent sitting in a seat located in a quiet, cold floored room, continuous listening to the sound of the d...
The Brothers Bear
Max Holmes, Staff Writer
April 19, 2016
Jordan and Drew Baranowski (better known as Little Bear and Big Bear) discuss what having a sibling in the same workplace is like and what drew them to teaching English. BLACK: Jordan BLUE: Drew What’s it like working at the same place as your brother? It’s nice. Quite nice. Really nice. It is. Because we’re...
Student by Day, Dancer by Night
Sylvia Shapiro, Writer
April 1, 2016
Turn, leap, jump, dance. Freshman Mia Neaderhiser has been at Miller Marley dance studio six out of seven days a week for four to five hours a day. She has been on her tip toes for 10 years and counting. Though she has been doing dance for so long, she still enjoys it to this day. “I love learning ...
15 Questions with Steele Schimming
Carlee Alexander, 21st Century Journalism
March 22, 2016
While most students in high school are working retail or waiting tables at a restaurant, junior Steele Schimming is modeling for an agency about 48 hours a week. Schimming has been working on her modeling career ever since she was little. What life events lead up to the decision to pursue modeling?...
A Day In The Life Of The School Nurse
Madison Holloway, 21st Century Reporter
March 8, 2016
The nurse’s office is a quiet, safe place for all students. It’s walls are lined with cabinets filled with anything from bandages and ice bags to prescription meds and insulin. A basket of snacks for the breakfast-forgetters and a bottle of lotion for students to moisturize sit on nurse Angie York’s cou...