Since her freshman year, senior Alondra Haack has wanted to see herself on court. Since then, she’s become involved with so much — dance team, theatre, French National Honors Society, NHS, Link Crew...
The bus ride to Shawnee Mission North Stadium is nearly silent.
On Oct. 4, the varsity football team, dressed in black, barely says a word. With hoods up, and headphones on, they listen to music, stare...
She can always say ‘no.’
That’s what Senior Megan Chidlow thought as she approached her mom.
This wasn’t in regards to throwing a small party, skipping school or spending the night at a...
Senior Kim Mpeck wanders the cafeteria. Cheese pizza, canned pineapple, ketchup packets and chocolate milk puddles litter the lunch tables. Cougar pride posters are everywhere. The loud chatter mixed with...
Junior Jonathan Rothfuchs didn’t think he wanted to be an exchange student. For years and years, he watched older classmates leave their village of Lutterloh, Germany for destinations all around the...
August 26, 2024
The day of his best friend’s funeral, sophomore Issac Gregory had a lab in chemistry, but he barely participated.
He had a lesson in honors algebra two, but didn’t take notes...
December, 2023.
Junior Lily Peters was reaching a tipping point. There was too much at stake.
She had to be at school on time, and from there spend every moment studying, memorizing and reviewing...
Senior Elise Russell swiped on berry red lipstick in front of the school bathroom mirror. She’s dressed in her orange and black tank top and leggings, her hair tied back into a blonde ponytail at the...
Freshman Grace Bengfort enters the hot, sweaty gym giddy. But mostly ready to show everyone what she could do.
Bengfort walks through the athletic entrance with her sister, Claire Bengfort, in tow....
In her favorite pair of jeans, and a babydoll sweater from Hollister, senior Abby Livingston and her friends huddled together. It was chilly, and around 11:00 pm. They waited as French teacher William...
Italy was a dream come true for junior Alan Guzmán.
A dream that was formed over years of hearing it from someone else; a big brother who, years before, had been on the same trip. Adrian Guzmán Franco...
Sophomore Jillian Thimesch’s alarm blares on her bedside table.
She hits snooze once, then again and again until she realizes it’s an hour to noon and school started at 7:40 a.m.
But at this...
![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)
![Posing for a photo, seniors Cecilia Chen, Reese Irwin and Sahira Bhakta hug Oct. 4 at the SM North District Stadium. Chen and Bhakta celebrated after Irwin was crowned the 2024 Homecoming Queen. “I think I [was] going into shock,” Irwin said. “I’m really grateful and really happy.”](https://smnw.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/FBedell-10.4.24-HocoQueenCrowning-10-864x1200.jpg)
