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SM South News

South hosts Future Focus Fiesta Monday

South hosts Future Focus Fiesta Monday

Addie Soyski, Copy Editoe October 13, 2017

With college on the horizon for many students, South is hosting a College and Career Ready Night to help with kid's worries. Future Focus Fiesta will be Monday, Oct. 16, so that students have a resource...

Administrator Nicholas Platko stands next to the new TV screens added to the front hall over the summer. There has been talk of plans to add more screens in different places throughout the school in the future. 
Photo By Cassandra Awad

Platko’s Pride and Joy: South’s New Screens

Miah Clark and Pablo Jimenez September 12, 2017

Students expecting the same old sight of the same old trophy case were most likely shocked on their first day, as the longstanding trophy case was replaced by three television sets during renovations....

As of August, 23, theatre lobby construction is still underway. Besides receiving a new coat of paint, the entrance was also getting new bathrooms.

Construction continues on theatre

Addie Soyski, Brett Conner, and Lily Wagner August 23, 2017

New screens. New paint. And most popular of all, a new coffee shop. But away from the bustling lobby and library, more renovations are being done to the theatre. For the first time in years, the theatre...

New Library Offers More Options

New Library Offers More Options

Sophia Belshe, DJ Gill, Weston Glendenling, Abby Cox, Staff writers and photographers August 22, 2017

This year, major changes to the space formerly known as the library were unveiled. The new Learning Commons features more space for students and a new coffee shop set up. Beyond the surface changes...

With the custodians now picking up recycling in classrooms, staff is hoping recycling wont build up each month. Recycling is now being picked up on Saturdays to prevent build up.

Recycle changes

Blake Atkinson, Parrish Mock, and Jillian McClelland August 21, 2017

Over the last two years the school has seen some changes with its recycling policy. For years, Environmental Education II students gathered the recycling. However, with the start of the new school year...

Debate teacher Natalie King teaches debate basics to novices.

Spotlight On: Debate

With two of last year’s leading seniors gone, the debate team is preparing the new class of freshmen for competition season. Whether they joined with aspirations of becoming a lawyer, or simply to...

Renovations Coming to the Library

Renovations Coming to the Library

Yanelis Perez, 21st Century Journalist May 5, 2017

Get ready Shawnee Mission South students because there’s going to be some changes. Librarian Debi O’Brien said that the changes in the library should be done by the beginning of the next school year....

Breaking: Superintendent Jim Hinson to Retire

Sophia Belshe, Assistant Editor-in-Chief, Opinion Editor April 19, 2017

After 34 years in public education, superintendent Jim Hinson will retire at the end of the school year, he announced in a statement Wednesday. Hinson took over as Shawnee Mission's superintendent in...

Administrators Immplement Tardy Round Up

Administrators Immplement Tardy Round Up

Addie Soyski, Staff Writer April 10, 2017

Shawnee Mission South is attempting to remedy its growing number of first hour tardies with the newly instated "Tardy Round Up." The new policy comes after increased concern about the number of students...

StuCo Volunteers at Adelante Thrift

Madison Holloway, Ads Editor, Writer March 14, 2017

Student Council is not just about what goes on inside the school, another important aspect is reaching out into the community to help effect positive change. On Saturday, March 4, 17 members of StuCo...

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