“I started playing [tennis] when I was around seven,” said senior Erin O’Neal. “I played with my dad because he played in high school, and he's also a coach. He cares about it a lot. It's probably...
The field is silent.
The 300 track athletes, coaches and parents notice the boy on the ground.
His eyes are rolling into the back of his head, his body is convulsing. None of it seems right.
Minutes...
By the time junior Gina Duarte walked through the doors of Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, she knew she was lost.
Students moved confidently through crowded hallways while she stared at room...
Dr. LaTisha Williams starts her day at five in the morning with a workout, but rather than go to a class at the YMCA in Atchison like she did for 20 years, she’s in her garage in Shawnee, with a YouTube...
Principal Dr. Lisa Gruman carefully sounded out the words of her speech, gently leaning back against her black desk chair, her hazel eyes flitting back and forth between lines. She wanted each word to...
Every odd block day, senior Mallory O’Neal is greeted by a chorus of excited voices the moment she walks into Ms. Zimmerman's classroom at Benninghoven Elementary.
“Mallorys here!” they shout.
Not...
Anyone who knows senior Sang Son — Homecoming King, co-founder of Asian Student Union, major contributor in robotics club, NHS and Math NHS member, cross country runner and tennis player — would never...
In third or fourth grade, Sara Tewelde, seven years old, comes home from school to tons of people crammed into her tiny home in Ethiopia, partying and celebrating.
They’d finally gotten their papers,...
Senior Jacob Stirling lies on a bed in room 11 of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) of Children’s Mercy, blankly. Machines lay all around, continuously beeping, keeping his vitals on their screens. ...
On a long walk, then 13 year old, senior Gabriel Larkin, grabs his mom’s Canon T13 out. He takes pictures of the flowers. The trees. The bugs crawling on the pavement beneath him. This nature walk was...
Finding a good balance with food can be incredibly hard in a society built on diet culture and glorified binge eating, telling you to be a part of said extremes. Here are some tips to make it easier
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Everyday senior Kelli Adams wakes up and sees a display of sticky notes, marking each day until her 75 days of following a strict regimen would be over.
The trending “mental toughness” program,...
![Juniors Tad Lambert and Lily Reiff watch swim footage Jan. 19 in Room 153. Lambert and Reiff were editing their swim recap for Cougar Roundup. “[KUGR] is such a great environment for creativity but also to form amazing friends,” Lambert said. “KUGR has become like a home for me and I feel like I’ve gotten super close with so many other members.”](https://smnw.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ejohnson_KUGR_7-900x600.jpg)
