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Construction Walkthrough

Katie Diaz, Kameren Prather, Videographers • January 18, 2019

Athletes balance practices, games, schoolwork

Juna Murao and Trenna Soderling • November 28, 2015

Freshman Emma Yackley has a full schedule of all advanced classes, including two math classes. Additionally, she’s a dedicated soccer player. In order to juggle school and sports, she often stays up...

Governor Sam Brownback introduces plan to cut school funding

Kenneth Palmer, Copy Editor • March 6, 2015

A MoveOn Petition to “Recall Sam Brownback” with upwards of 30,000 signatures from all over the country, a New York Times article questioning the state’s financial plan and plenty of other national...

February concert schedule

Juliana Hill, Reporter • February 12, 2015

Ariana Grande with Rixton Feb. 25 Independence Event Center Independence, MO Tickets start at $45 7:30 p.m. Ariana Grande, a pop singer of Nickelodeon fame, will begin her Honeymoon Tour in Independence,...

Team chemistry drives girls basketball team’s success

Ryan Liston, Online Editor in Chief • February 11, 2015

On the bus to an away game, members of the varsity girls basketball team listen to music and joke around with teammates of all grade levels, a scene which is a stark contrast to the attitude of last year’s...

Recent graduate fills open science position

Sydney Gard, Reporter • February 10, 2015

When science teacher Brad Simon passed away on Dec. 13, students and teachers wanted time to mourn. Finals, however, were only a week away, and Simon had AP Physics 1 and Chemistry classes scheduled for...

Clear reason exists for cloudy fountain water

Evan Frook, Reporter • February 9, 2015

Junior Hayley Boden listens to her chemistry teacher mention suspicious water coming from the drinking fountain, and, a short time later, she notices it herself. The water trickling out of the fountain...

Later School Start Times Prove Beneficial

Maria Carrasco, Managing Print Editor • November 15, 2014

It’s midnight and I’m writing a Common App essay, reading Hamlet, taking AP Government notes and studying for an AP Statistics test while brewing another cup of coffee. Because school starts at...

The Struggle of Stress

Libby Stanford, Reporter • October 13, 2014

Entering my junior year, adults and other high school students told me that this one is the hardest. They describe a year overflowing with mounds of homework, full of stressful exams and looming with the...

Red in a Sea of Blue

Maria Carrasco, Print Managing Editor • October 13, 2014

From serving as an intern for the State Capitol under Kansas Representative Connie O’brien, to being an assistant for Milton Wolf, the runner-up of the 2014 United States Senate primary, freshman Colton...

Summer jobs made students money, friends and life skills

Lauren Brittain and Hala Hamid • September 2, 2014

When she isn’t flipping chicken nuggets or taking orders at Wendy’s, junior Maame Britwuum tends to her least favorite part of work, cleaning the bathrooms. “You’ve never felt real pain until you have to clean the men’s bathroom after lunch rush with a bunch of construction workers,” Britwuum said...

Redistribution of Kansas school funding

hala hamid, reporter • April 17, 2014

Uneven funding of school districts in Kansas has prompted the Kansas Supreme Court to order lawmakers to ensure even funding, because the current situation violated the state constitution. After a former...

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