SM North varsity football defeats Turner 48-0 in season opener
Gage Chapman, Writer/Photographer
September 23, 2020
In their first game of the delayed 2020 season, the SM North football team defeated Turner 48-0. This was the first time North’s varsity football team had won since the end of the 2018 season, and it was the first win for new head coach Andrew Walter. “I’m happy we won,” Walter said, “bu...
Shawnee Mission North School Supply Pick-up
Abby Schiller, Writer
September 21, 2020
On Tuesday. Sept. 22 from 4-6 p.m, students can go to SM North to pick their Indian Lore creative writing magazine from last year, a graphing calculator if they’ve filled out the correct forms, and/or an art kit if their art teacher has communicated that to them. All other supplies wil...
Shawnee Mission Schools set to proceed with fall sports and performing arts activities
Olivia Robinson, Writer
September 21, 2020
After a special board meeting on Sept. 9 at 4 p.m the Shawnee Mission Board of Education concluded that Shawnee Mission schools are free to continue with fall sports and activities. During the meeting, Dr. Mike Fulton read from a written update provided by Johnson County Department of Health and E...
Behind The Mask: BTS Album Review
Abbey Scott, Editorial Editor
March 2, 2020
After debuting as a seven member K-Pop group in 2013 with their album “Skool Luv Affair” in Seoul, South Korea, BTS have broken many records such as most viewed video in 24 hours, first K-Pop act to present at the Grammy Awards, first K-Pop group to be nominated for a Billboard Music Award, ...
SM North students walk out in protest of teacher contract negotiation results
Anna Miesner, Writer and Ad's Editor
February 1, 2020
On Jan. 31. at 12:40 p.m. nearly a hundred students at SM North walked out in protest of the results of the teacher contract negotiations. The district and NEA have been going back and forth for months negotiating the teacher contract. Due to the lack of agreement on topics such as teac...
A Final Goodbye: Review of Mac Miller’s “Circles”
Abbey Scott, Editorial Editor
January 29, 2020
Malcolm James McCormick, known by his stage name Mac Miller, stepped onto the rap scene back in 2007 with his first mixtape ‘But My Mackin' Ain't Easy’ at the age of 15. Since the mixtapes release 13 years ago, Miller has released six studio albums, two extended plays, two live albums, 13 mix...
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...