Teacher contract negotiations restart at fact finding process
Anna Miesner, Writer and Ad's Editor
January 8, 2020
Tomorrow, the Shawnee Mission School District and its teachers will meet for the fact finding process surrounding the 2020 teachers’ contract which has not been settled for the 2019-2020 school year. Both sides are negotiating over subjects such as a raise in salary, working hours and teacher inv...
All about enrollment
December 18, 2019
With schedule changes coming up soon, students have a few choices to make regarding their classes next year. Here is an inside look on how the process will work. The enrollment process will start with a presentation to each grade level about how it will go and when students will be getting their enr...
SM North Annual Trunk-Or-Treat
Abbey Scott, Editorial Editor
October 31, 2019
SM North once again held its annual ‘Trunk-or-Treat’ in the auxiliary gym on Oct. 29 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. It was set up and run by StuCo executives, and was open to all children from all different Shawnee Mission School District feeder schools. “It gets very busy,” senior and StuCo secretary...
Students Can Bring Canned Food for Chance to win AirPods
Wyatt Boyd, Writer
October 31, 2019
It’s not too late to win AirPods! There’s still time to turn in canned food items for the StuCo canned food drive. The last day to donate is Nov. 1 According to Miles Duvanel, the drive's organizer, students can bring in cans in two places- one barrel by the auxiliary gym and fieldhouse doors, and ano...
Shawnee Mission College Clinic
Abbey Scott, Editorial Editor
October 15, 2019
For more than 50 years, the Shawnee Mission College Clinic has helped high school students and their parents by giving them the chance to speak with college representatives across the country. This helps students in all grades get a better look on what pathway they will be able to take when it comes...
District board meeting recap June 24
Grace Altenhofen, Guest Contributor
June 25, 2019
The following is a summary of the June 24 SMSD Board of Education meeting. Adoption of agenda; approval of minutes from May 29 regular meeting and June 17 special meeting Superintendent’s Report Summer enrichment programs are happening within the district SMEF is holding its annual le...
District special board meeting recap June 17
Grace Altenhofen, Guest Contributor
June 17, 2019
The following is a summary of the June 15 SMSD Board of Education special meeting. Adoption of agenda Update on several construction projects in SMSD being worked on over the summer Approval of consent agenda, including the hiring of in-house legal counsel Rachel Engl...
District board meeting recap May 29
Grace Altenhofen, Guest Contributor
May 29, 2019
The following is a summary of the May 29 SMSD Board of Education meeting. Adoption of agenda; approval of minutes from May 13 regular meeting Report by Superintendent Michael Fulton A group of Hocker Grove eighth graders placed first at the JAGK competition Two S...
District board meeting recap May 13
Grace Altenhofen, Editor-in-Chief
May 13, 2019
The following is a summary of the May 13 SMSD Board of Education meeting. Adoption of agenda; approval of minutes from April 22 regular meeting Report by Superintendent Michael Fulton Many SMSD students won awards at the annual R&D Forum The new Brookwood Eleme...
Seniors attend elementary school class reunions
Rilee Morrow, Sports Editor
May 9, 2019
As the school year comes to a close, seniors often look back on their elementary school experiences with nostalgia. Several North area elementary schools are having reunions for their seniors to come back and see their old school, friends and teachers. Gathel Giesbrecht, who attended Bluejacket-Flint E...
SM North adapts after CPR becomes required part of high school curriculum
Grace Altenhofen, Editor-in-Chief
May 9, 2019
This has been the first year that CPR is required for all Kansas high school students, following a unanimous decision by the Kansas State Board of Education in December 2017. According to medical science and health teacher Robert Oliver, SMSD made the decision to fulfill this requirement by adding CPR ...
Remembering Nipsey Hussle, his music, his message and his legacy
Mystika Allison-Barnes, Opinions Editor
April 25, 2019
What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘rapper’? Maybe it’s the lifestyle: expensive clothes, flashy cars, gold, diamonds, sex, money. Or maybe it’s the violence: guns, drugs, gangs, thugs. Then there’s Nipsey Hussle. Born in the Crenshaw neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, member of the...