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...
Junior Elena Thompson and her family enjoy a festival, lay their comfy blankets on the grass, happily eat their snacks and wait for the dazzling fireworks to come. As the sounds start to boom, the sky...
In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
This phrase has been repeated many times in elementary school as students learned about the voyage Christopher Columbus made to reach America, but across the...
The auditorium lights faded into darkness and the crowd’s muffled rustling became magnified as the clock hit 7 p.m. Red lights flashed on stage and a group of girls began dancing to the popular tune...
Junior Grace Gregory will be participating in the Relay for life, a 12-hour event to raise money for cancer
Lindsay Bruns stood at the front of the Gregg Parker auditorium and waved at the right-hand...
Students went to Guatemala to work at a health clinic, and replace old water filters.
“When I first brought it up, I don’t think [my parents] knew I was serious. Then my mom was like,...
![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)
