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View ArticleSenior Profile: Chloë Kerwin
Dressed in an oversized top hat, then 5-year-old and current senior Chloe Kerwin walked out onto the Mission Theater stage, making her acting debut as the ringmaster of the circus-themed show. As she...
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Hope Dunn returns to KC
Photo by Kaitlyn Stratman The Dunn family packed cardboard boxes stuffed with their belongings in the back of their Acura MDX then drove down the road as their home grew smaller and smaller in the...
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East Music Talent Among Alumni, Students, Staff
ALUMNUS | TY NANOS Under the warm amber lighting and gleaming wood accents of Harlowe Bar in Hollywood, guitarist Ty Nanos looked with satisfaction over the packed house. Given, most attendees are the...
View ArticleGymnastics Team Possibly Getting Cut
The district announced at a meeting on Sep. 26 that the girls’ gymnastics program will likely be cut from Shawnee Mission and surrounding districts next year. The meeting, held in the South auditorium,...
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Wild & Scenic Film Festival Review
The Wild & Scenic Film Festival premiered last Wednesday at the Glenwood Arts Theater in Leawood. The festival was put on by senior Devon Dietrich and showcased a myriad of short films showing how...
View ArticleRestart the Music Concert Tonight
The second annual Restart the MusiKC charity concert will be taking place tonight at the Country Club Christian Church on Ward Parkway, featuring a variety of local high school singers and bands....
View ArticleCan Drive Competition Winners Announced
STUCO’s annual can drive competition has come to a close. The winners of the most recent can drive competitions are cheer and Harbinger, which were announced via the @SMEClassof2017 Twitter account on...
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Broadmoor Named to Top Ten Farm-to-Table Restaurants
Photo by Haley Bell Broadmoor Bistro, the restaurant of SMSD’s culinary school, was named by USA Today 10Best as one of the top farm-to-table restaurants in the nation that is “sustainable and...
View ArticleNews Briefs: Week of 2/6
School Cases of the influenza virus are on the rise not only at East, but throughout the nation according to the Center for Disease Control. East nurse Susan Varner has noticed more students coming...
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Color Run Registration Opens
Registration for Student Council’s third annual Color Run opened last Tuesday. The Color Run is a five kilometer fundraiser in which participants are doused in brightly colored powder along the...
View ArticleCheer Tryout Results
Cheer tryout results for next year’s squads were released at 3 p.m. today. The teams were posted after yesterday’s tryouts, which consisted of performing a routine, chant and jumps. “I was so happy to...
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Boa Buds: Jaye Fire & Her Snakes
Sophomore Jaye Fire sits cross-legged on the floor of her loft with two glass snake tanks behind her, each with a pool of water and a small dome. Dharma, Fire’s four-and-a-half-foot long boa...
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Homecoming Candidates Announced
Homecoming season has rolled around once again, as twenty candidates were woken up this morning by student council members with the banging of pots and pans and blaring music over a speaker. The...
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Revisiting Lancer Day
Hundreds of Shawnee Mission East students walk along a stretch of Mission Rd. from East to Prairie Village Shopping Center. Music from speakers and the drum line is blasting, along with the...
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Turning the Tide
Turning the Tide is here to raise awareness. That although Hurricanes Irma and Harvey have passed, the homelessness and devastation caused will be present for years to come. That 10 hurricanes have...
View ArticleHorror Movie Review: Annabelle Creation and It
ANNABELLE: CREATION Demonic creatures crawling out of wells, crucifixes turning upside down and the possession of small children — what else would you expect from the prequel to “Annabelle?” The movie,...
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Luger’s on Par
Then-8th grader Thomas Luger stood in the brisk winter air at Kansas City Country Club. Bundled in layers and a beanie, a golf club was frozen to his hands as he perfected his chipping. A week earlier,...
View ArticleBachelor Buds: S2 E1
The Bachelor Buds are back! On this season premiere episode, we discuss our thoughts on Arie’s batch of women, the villain of the season and who got the boot from the mansion. Will you accept this...
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