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SM South News

New Non-Discrimination Policy Creates Unease Throughout District

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...

Homecoming Court 2019

Homecoming Court 2019

Gini Horton and Alma Harrison 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...

Brookwood Beavers United

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...

Senior Taylor Burns interviewing students in parking lot.

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...

Counseling Conundrum

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,...

Proposed policy could restrict student journalists rights

Proposed policy could restrict student journalists’ rights

The Patriot Editorial Staff 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...

KC Scholars

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...

SMS student holds on to Mylan birth control. Researchers have studied different hormonal drugs with that singular purpose in mind.

Him: “Don’t worry I’m on the pill”

Catherine Gunnigle, Reporter April 8, 2019

A second trial of male birth control pills succeeded in preliminary testing last week and it suggested that a new form of contraception could eventually exist. The new “pill” works similarly to female...

Auburn Made History

Auburn Made History

Megan Smith, Sports Editor April 4, 2019

In true March Madness fashion, the 5-seed Auburn upset the 1-seed UNC with a 97-80 finish in Kansas City Mar. 29. The Tigers will be in the Elite Eight for the first time in over 30 years, and the Tar...

An example of bleached coral located in the American-Samoa taken with a 360 camera, XL Catlin Seaview.

The Death of a Species: Part 1

Brynn Taylor, Social Media Manager March 25, 2019

When a coral becomes bleached or turns a white color it's almost like a response. When the temperature spikes a little bit above their normal range, they will start to bleach. The bright white color comes...

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