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Tipping her mortarboard on graduation day, senior Geneva Sabatini prepares to walk down to the field.

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NEWS: Back To Mac
Ebi Hegeman, Yearbook Managing Editor • August 18, 2025

After two years of iPads as the primary device, the USD 497 School Board announced that the two high schools would be returning to updated MacBook...

Digital illustration by Ava Talbott
NEWS: Summer Lunch Program Reduction
August 18, 2025
The Forensics State team poses with the state championship trophy. Photo collected by Eli Roust
NEWS: Six Tournaments of Success
May 19, 2025
Sitting together, Frankie and his nurse, Julie Govier, smile for the camera.
NEWS: Medicaid Cuts Impact Local Family
May 19, 2025
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FEATURE: On The Road
Meredith Shryock, News Copy Editor • August 18, 2025

As the last bell rang and signaled the start of summer break, many seniors set out to explore new cities, states and countries as one last...

Arm in arm, the Varsity Baseball team celebrates their win at 6A Kansas State Championship. They won 7-1 against Shawnee Mission West on Friday, May 30.
SPORTS: Firebird Glory
August 18, 2025
Digital illustration by Rakshan Ossen
FEATURE: Digital Detox
August 18, 2025
Displayed in the window sill, senior Evie Chancy's polaroids from Jayhawk Media Workshop stay in her dorm.
FEATURE: Birds To Hawks
June 30, 2025
Sports
Arm in arm, the Varsity Baseball team celebrates their win at 6A Kansas State Championship. They won 7-1 against Shawnee Mission West on Friday, May 30.
SPORTS: Firebird Glory
Rakshan Ossen and Griffin McDonnell • August 18, 2025

On May 30, the Firebird varsity baseball team capped off a historic campaign with a state championship victory by defeating tournament underdogs,...

Getting ready to launch, sophomore Sadie Reynolds participates in discus for Free State Track and Field.
SPORTS: Breaking Discus Barriers
May 21, 2025
Standing in her starting blocks, sophomore Aiyanna Moss looks ahead in preparation for her relay.
SPORTS: Birds at Kansas Relays
May 19, 2025
A football rests atop a pile of belts and flags, provided by the KC Chiefs for the flag football clinic on April 9, 2025
SPORTS: Girls Grit
May 19, 2025
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Baila Love, Online Editor-in-Chief • August 18, 2025

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May 20, 2025
Standing together, the 2025-2026 news editor staff, Nathan Kramer, Maria Mosconi, Phoebe Morris, Rakshan Ossen, Evie Chancy, Lauren Jackson, Cecilia Bennett, Lucas Smith, Julia Velasco, and Meredith Shryock, welcome you to their first issue.
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