Latin Students View Rare Collection At The Nelson-Atkins Museum
September 21, 2016
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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 silver objects from the Romans. The objects were discovered in a farm field in France and kept b...
Watermelon Scrimmage Unites Football Program
September 13, 2016
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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 friendly scrimmage dubbed the "watermelon scrimmage" to assess the team and have some fun. &nbs...
Seniority Rules: Open Lunch Remains for Seniors
Mark Holland and Hannah Underwood
September 6, 2016
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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, they earn the privilege of open lunch. Last year, juniors were unsure if they would receive the...
South Security System Up and Running
Miah Clark, Keeli Ward, and Jill Propst
September 1, 2016
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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 including the Raptor system and new cameras is finally complete. There are now cameras at each doo...
New Rocky Art in Front Hall
August 31, 2016
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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,” junior Grace Reiman said. The finished project, a collage of small canvases used to cr...
Composting Program Introduced to Cafeteria
Amelia Holcomb, Mitch Brock, and Mara Baine
August 26, 2016
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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 program as an initiative to reduce the amount of trash that enters the landfill. Joan Leavens, Coordinator...
Deadline for schedule changes helps the school year get started
Avery Woods, Maxie Crimm, and Amgela Machado
August 23, 2016
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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 of school, most students have switched out of their original classes and are just starting to get settled. This scene is...
Nothing but excuses for Senior Skip Day
Leanna Farney, 21st Century journalist
May 16, 2016
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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 tradition for ages. Students know when it is, teachers know when it is, even administators know tha...
Band Brings A Jazzy End To The School Year
Lily Wagner, Staff Writer
May 4, 2016
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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 the new Southland Brass Band for a night of fun. “We turn the cafeteria into a nightclub atmos...
2016-2017 Patriot Staff Announced
Maxie Crimm, Photographer
May 4, 2016
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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 2016-2017 staff editors for The Patriot: Editor in Chief & Features editor: Amelia Holcomb ...