Cate Taggart, Co-copy editor
February 28, 2019
There have been several questions recently about whether or not the district will need to adjust the calendar due to of the number of snow days we have had this school year. In Shawnee Mission, we built four snow make-up days...
Cate Taggart, co-copy editor
December 4, 2018
Animal testing has been an alternative to human science experiments since Greek scientist Aristotle first took record of these studies. In the past few decades, scientists and cosmetologists have experimented with different che...
December 3, 2018
Cate Taggart, co-copy editor
December 2, 2018
Monday Dec. 3, is the fourth #CougarCore day of the year and is an early release day. Those who have the permission slip form signed by their parents and have met the Cougar Core standards, have permission to leave when announ...
Cate Taggart, co-copy editor
November 6, 2018
The Shawnee Mission School District has recently issued two new requirements for the following contagious infectious/diseases: Influenza and Mumps.
Influenza or what is called the flu by most people, is a respiratory illness cau...
October 26, 2018
cate taggart, co-copy editor
October 8, 2018
The NW band is hosting a concert tonight at 7pm in the auditorium. The concert is free of charge and anyone may attend.
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Jake Ditto and Elizabeth Kuffour
September 27, 2018
49 years ago the Supreme Court decided that students maintained their First Amendment rights upon entering the school building in the monumental court case Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District. Yet, the Shawn...
Cate Taggart, staff writer
March 29, 2018
Varsity baseball players stepped up to the plate on Wednesday, March 21 against Blue Valley Southwest for their first game of the season, and lost 5-4. In order to prepare for the season, they have been training and making sure t...
Cate Taggart, Staff Writer
March 8, 2018
When my mom was first diagnosed with cancer, my whole family sat at a booth in Applebee’s, prepared for a normal dinner. This dinner was anything but normal. My mom began to cry and told us she had breast cancer. She assured ...
January 25, 2018
November 15, 2017
