Homecoming Madness
Reese Woods, Multimedia Editor
October 9, 2020
Friday, Oct. 9 is the 2020 homecoming football game and ceremony that was originally scheduled for the coronation to begin at 6:30 and the football game against Olathe South to follow, but with the COVID-19 outbreak on the Olathe South football team, a crazy thirty minute stretch for players and nominees...
Online School Pods
Katie Hiebl, Asst. Editor-in-Chief
October 5, 2020
School, for the year of 2020 at least, has become anything but normal. With everything that has happened in the last six months, going back to school in the traditional way was inevitably impossible. This has caused people to go out and find another way. Most public schools are currently all online....
Sports Week Two In Review
Nathan Judd, Sports Editor
October 2, 2020
Soccer- South Soccer played Tuesday night and lost a close one to Olathe West. They were down by one goal and trying to come back, but fell behind after letting in another goal in the closing minutes. The Raiders played another good opponent, Olathe Northwest on Thursday, South’s senior night, and...
Coming To You Live From SMS
Annalie Polen, News & Opinions Editor
October 2, 2020
Friday nights here at South look a bit different than they did last year and every year before. Instead of a full stadium with football players and cheerleaders, filled with the sound of the band playing, you can find a quiet, empty stadium. Although it doesn't quite look the same, football and every...
Why Visiting a College is Crucial to Your Final Decision
Alma Harrison, Editor in Chief
October 23, 2019
On this year’s National Testing Day, I had the privilege of traveling to Fayetteville, Arkansas to visit the University of Arkansas. Not only did I fall in love with the campus, but I learned a lot about what to look for and expect from college visits. I had registered to take a guided tour through...
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...
Quite Frankly the Band
Nichole Thomas, Editor in Chief
September 4, 2019
Rain and wind did not stop the electric performance of Quite Frankly the band on August 24. With nearly 20 South students in attendance, the crowd was in for an entertaining night. All band members are under the age of 18; everyone was in for a surprise. On bass guitar was sophomore Scout Matthews an...
Adversity Score Aversion
Alma Harrison, Editor in Chief
August 28, 2019
Standardized tests, like the SAT, are used widely across the country in college admissions. They’re an easy baseline to analyze a student’s knowledge of common core academics. However, in May the College Board announced their new “Environmental Context Dashboard,” which is an adversity score...
Why You so Obsessed with Me?
Alma Harrison, Editor-in-Chief
August 28, 2019
It’s the summer of 2014. You’re bored, so you decide to try out this new app called Musical.ly. You set up an account and start scrolling through the “Featured” page. Eventually, you gain the courage to make your own lip-syncing video to “2 Phones” by Kevin Gates. You do this for a few mo...
Brian Brown enters Board of Education Race for South area representative
Ali Harrison, News Editor
March 22, 2019
The SMSD Board of Education election is coming up this November, and the race for South Area Representative has begun with Brian Brown announcing his candidacy on Twitter on Tuesday, March 19. He is running to replace Rep. Deb Zila who has held the seat for three consecutive terms since 2007. Brown, who graduated from Shawnee Mission West, has a son at Brookridge Elementary ...