Skip to Main Content
The Student News Source of Shawnee Mission South

The Patriot

The Student News Source of Shawnee Mission South

The Patriot

The Student News Source of Shawnee Mission South

The Patriot

Latin Students View Rare Collection At The Nelson-Atkins Museum

Latin Students View Rare Collection At The Nelson-Atkins Museum

Lily Wagner September 21, 2016

Forty students from all levels of Latin will be visiting the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art  Sept. 22. They will be viewing the “Luxury: Treasures of the Roman Empire” exhibit, which features gold and...

Watermelon Scrimmage Unites Football Program

Watermelon Scrimmage Unites Football Program

September 13, 2016

For the past two weeks, the football team has been working diligently to improve. On August 25th, the team had a chance to show how their hard work has been paying off. The football team gathered for a...

Seniors on their way back to school from open lunch.
photo by Cassandra Awad

Seniority Rules: Open Lunch Remains for Seniors

Mark Holland and Hannah Underwood September 6, 2016

The bell rings, and students rush out of their classes, anxiously awaiting their lunch. For underclassmen and juniors, lunch normally comes on a tray or in a lunchbox. However, once a student is a senior,...

During fifth hour, security guard Greg Merchant monitors activity on campus. photo by Miah Clark

South Security System Up and Running

Miah Clark, Keeli Ward, and Jill Propst September 1, 2016

     After nearly a year of technological perfecting, Shawnee Mission South’s security system is finally complete.  As of the November of last year, the installation of technology...

The new Rocky art in the front hall.

New Rocky Art in Front Hall

Tess Conley and Sophia Belshe August 31, 2016

The students had wanted to do something to celebrate the 50th anniversary of South, and decided to collaborate on a Rocky collage. “I think it's a good addition, and brings it [the front hall] together,”...

A student tosses his leftovers in the compost bin. South is recognized as the highest composting school in the district. photo by Kice Mansi

Composting Program Introduced to Cafeteria

Amelia Holcomb, Mitch Brock, and Mara Baine August 26, 2016

With worries about the waste consumption, changes are being made in the district to control it. High schools, middle schools and eventually elementary schools are or will be enforcing a new composting...

Deadline for schedule changes helps the school year get started

Avery Woods, Maxie Crimm, and Amgela Machado August 23, 2016

A line of almost a hundred people stretches from the door to the counseling office down the hallway. Teachers cross students off their roster who had switched out of their classes. By the second week...

Nothing but excuses for Senior Skip Day

Nothing but excuses for Senior Skip Day

Leanna Farney, 21st Century journalist May 16, 2016

Ferris Bueller is a spectacular role model when it comes to spending a day away from school including the glorious Senior Skip Day. A day all seniors look forward to. The day of skipping has been an American...

Band Brings A Jazzy End To The School Year

Band Brings A Jazzy End To The School Year

Lily Wagner, Staff Writer May 4, 2016

The end of the school year may be nearing, but the party isn’t over yet for the jazz and brass bands. Evening of Jazz brings the sixth grade, Indian Woods and South jazz bands together, as well as...

2016-2017 Patriot Staff Announced

2016-2017 Patriot Staff Announced

Maxie Crimm, Photographer May 4, 2016

On April 25, a banquet was held at Cinzetti's at 91st and Metcalf to announce next year's Patriot staff and to celebrate the seniors and staff from the 2015-2016 newspaper and yearbook. Here are the...

Load More Stories