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...
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...