National Testing Day
Nathan Judd, Reporter
October 18, 2019
National testing day is on Wednesday October 16th. Freshmen are taking the pre ACT, Sophomores are taking the PSAT, and juniors are either taking the practice ACT or the PSAT to qualify for National Merit Scholarship. “I would recommend that they get a good night's sleep and that they eat breakfast...
Preview of October 14th Board Meeting
Evan Shibel, Asst. Editor-in-Chief, Sports Editor
October 14, 2019
With an extremely significant board meeting on the horizon this evening, October 14th, 2019, here is what you need to know. With teachers’ first pay period that is supposed to be under the new contract negations ending this past Friday at the end of quarter and contract negotiations still under scr...
African Government Officials Shadow French Students
Gini Horton and Elias Henderson
September 25, 2019
Walking at a quick pace, students led African government officials through the school. The government officials were anybody from lawyers to law enforcement.There were 25 in all, including four interpreters. Students led four groups on tours of the school, to sit in and watch a government class, a...
New Non-Discrimination Policy Creates Unease Throughout District
Evan Shibel, Assistant Editor-in-Chief
September 18, 2019
On Monday, September 16th, the SMSD Board of Education revised their non discrimination policy to include the LGBTQ+ community. This is an incredibly controversial topic and brought out many protests to the stand. The board passed the new policy 7-0 despite many opponents using strong language to speak...
Homecoming Court 2019
September 12, 2019
All nominees are named from left to right. Homecoming King Nominees Julian Duff is a head section leader in marching band, a member of Student Council and a member of the tennis team. Sam Aldeguer is the president of National Honor Society, a Varsity swim and dive captain and a member of In...
Brookwood Beavers United
Ansley Chambers and Alma Harrison
September 11, 2019
Brookwood Elementary students entered school through the back the morning of Wed., Sep. 11. They walked over wet grass to meet with their friends while parents stood by, listening to students from Shawnee Mission South’s pep band playing upbeat music like the fight song and “September” by Earth, W...
Construction Chaos
Sarah Oldhe, Reporter
August 30, 2019
Construction over summer tore up the old parking lot and workers paved a new one. The new lot layout has brought major changes to the way traffic flows. There are separate circle drives for buses and parents picking up their students. The goal is to minimize congestion and help students get...
Counseling Conundrum
Gini Horton, Web Editor
August 28, 2019
The summer started with chaos as students got their schedules and rushed to get them changed through a Google form sent out by the counseling center before the August 2 deadline. Some had incomplete schedules, some had classes they weren’t supposed to be in and some just didn’t like their schedule. “The...
Proposed policy could restrict student journalists’ rights
June 24, 2019
The first reading of a new district policy was done at the Shawnee Mission School District board meeting on Monday, June 24. The proposal would give the school and district the opportunity to restrict student publication, including the printing of controversial subjects – an important aspect of jour...
KC Scholars
Annalie Polen, Reporter
May 2, 2019
On May first, a few hard working students received very big news concerning their future at a ceremony accepting them into the KC Scholars program. KC Scholars is an organization formed from the Kauffman Foundation that gives college scholarships that create life- changing opportunities to improve the fu...