Principal Todd Dain Makes National News Over Viral Video
Ali Harison, News editor
February 7, 2019
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All of 2019 has been very cold, snowy and especially icy - as Principal Todd Dain found out firsthand on Wednesday, Feb. 6. After stepping out of his truck, Dain's feet hit the icey ground and he wiped out - "unsuccesfully tested the ice melt in the parking lot" as he said on Twitter - losing all of...
Three South Area Schools on Lockdown Following Car Chase
Ali Harrison, Ads Editor, Asst. News Editor
December 6, 2018
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Three schools - Shawnee Mission South High School, Indian Woods Middle School and John Diemer Elementary School - in the 103rd and Nall area were put on lockdown following a car chase with the Kansas Highway Patrol on Thursday morning. According to KMBC, the two suspects ditched their car at the “...
Students Celebrate “Mole Day” on October 23
Ali Harrison, Ads Editor
October 26, 2018
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To most, Oct. 23 is just another day. But to chemistry students, it’s much more than that - it’s mole day. A mole is a SI unit that measures the number of particles in a substance used in chemistry equations, and it’s measured by Avogadro's number, 6.02 x 1023. Therefore, on Oct. 23 - 10/23 - ...
Stringing into Kansas
McKenna Pickering, Reporter
September 13, 2018
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Orchestra students housed German exchange students for a week.
Smoke causes fire scare in first week of school
Ali Harrison, Ads Editor
August 15, 2018
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Raiders sat in their classrooms when it began to smell of smoke. Teachers nor students knew why, but no one looked very concerned. Slowly, the rooms began to look hazy. Secretary Diane Johnson came on the intercom to tell everyone not to worry and that though the fire alarm would go off, everyone sh...
Fire Breaks out at SMS 8/15/2018
August 15, 2018
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12:20 pm: Fire breaks out at SMS. Students are rallied into the gym while Dr. Johnson plays disco music to calm the nerves. He is currently awaiting a call to see how we should proceed. 12:30 pm: Students are to be released from school ASAP. All sports activities will start at 3 as scheduled....
Fire at SMS leads students to gym to wait for all clear.
August 15, 2018
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‘Shrek’ Movie Night Promotes Suicide Awareness
Avery Woods, Assistant Editor in Chief, Sports Editor
April 23, 2018
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At 7 p.m. on a Wednesday night, students filed into the Learning Commons with their pillows, blankets and tickets in hand, ready for a night of watching "Shrek". The night was sponsored by StuCo and was created to sponsor suicide awareness. The organization that sponsored it is SPEAK UP For Suicide ...
Kendrick Lamar Wins Pulitzer Prize for ‘DAMN’
Megan Smith, Reporter
April 18, 2018
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Kendrick Lamar, a rapper from Compton, CA, may have lost the Grammy for Album of the Year in January, but April 16, took home an even bigger prize. His album, 'DAMN', won the Pulitzer Prize for music. Since its introduction in 1943, Lamar is not only the first rapper to win the award but also the first...
March For Our Lives
Jenica Kolbeck, photographer
April 10, 2018
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On March 24th students lead marches across the country to call for an end to gun violence. The march is in response to the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting on February 14 in Parkland, Florida. These are a few photos from the march in Kansas City's Theis Park.