STATE RESULTS The girls wrestling team tied for 4th in the whole state, while the boys team tied for 16th place. For the boys and girls team combined, this broke a record for the most medalists in school...

Every year StuCo executive board members come together to decide the theme of the dance. “The theme is Candyland, and we’re still developing final decor,” StuCo sponsor Tori Ramsey said. “Using...

On Tuesday, Feb. 4, DECA students won many awards and qualified most members for state competition, which will be held March 22-24 in Kansas City.  Senior Simon Fernandez and sophomore Jonni Rayburn...

Gone is the pen and paper AIP system as of the beginning of this second semester. Instead, the passes have been replaced with a fully-digital, ever-changing master spreadsheet where teachers request mandatory...

Even though most people don’t like to talk about menstruation, Missouri lawmakers are now discussing it.  Missouri House Bill 1954 is one of the two new bills that are coming up in the legislation....

From Jan. 30 - Feb. 1, the girls varsity basketball team took a trip to Lebanon, Missouri, for a tournament. They played a total of three games, lost all three, but the girls seem to have improved much...

On Jan. 8, theater students from SCHS went to the Missouri State Thespian Conference that was held in Kansas City. The Missouri State Thespian Conference (ThesCon) is a convention held in Kansas City for...

As of this year, the government has passed a Tobacco 21 law that is raising every state’s legal tobacco purchasing age to 21 instead of 18. Their reasoning behind it is to stop teenagers from smoking...

Student bathrooms are sometimes closed, causing them to be crowded with loitering students like flies around garbage on a hot day. According to Principal Jeff Walker, the bathrooms are closing mainly because...

The school district introduced SafeDefend boxes in late 2019 to be used in cases of emergency. Shortly after the boxes were installed, teachers were asked to begin keeping their classroom doors locked...

The issue of women being ignored in film awards ceremonies has attracted a much-needed spotlight recently, but it seems the Academy might’ve learned a thing or two, as 2019's greatest movie was recently...