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Lancer Dancer Spring Show Will Feature a Men’s Number

Lancer Dancer Spring Show Will Feature a Men’s Number

Every spring, the Junior Varsity and Varsity Lancer Dancers put together a final show consisting of a range of dances, from jazz and hip-hop dances to ones such as the ‘class dances’. For $5, everyone from family to friends are welcome, and this Tuesday, the auditorium may be even more crowded than usual.

 

SMSD Has Its First-Ever StuCo Ball

SMSD Has Its First-Ever StuCo Ball

On Friday East hosted the first-ever StuCo Ball for all students participating in student council in the Shawnee Mission School District. The dance was planned to be similar to drill team and cheerleading’s dance held in the early winter, but be set as a more casual atmosphere.

 

Sophomore Cares for Sister Surviving with Trisomy 18

Sophomore Cares for Sister Surviving with Trisomy 18

Corinne Stratton is molded as a person and is closer to her family because of her sister with Trisomy 18, Brady, who’s beating all expectations regarding her lifespan.

 

Volleyball Coach Resigns After Two Years

Volleyball Coach Resigns After Two Years

Coach Roscarla Salanoa announced her resignation.

 

New Athletic Trainer Brings Experience

New Athletic Trainer Brings Experience

From training professional sports teams to college level athletes, and back around to high school, East’s new athletic trainer Ron Wollenhaupt has dealt with everything from bone contusions, to seizures, to patellar tendinitis. Now, Wollenhaupt has a new home in East’s training room, helping athletes of every sport with their [...]

 

Junior Acclimates to Starting at Quarterback

Junior Acclimates to Starting at Quarterback

After an injury to the starting quarterback, Nick Pirotte gets his chance at starting.

 

Volleyball — Week 1

Volleyball — Week 1

Staffer discusses the week in volleyball.

 

Debate and Forensics Students Compete in Nationals

Debate and Forensics Students Compete in Nationals

Members of the debate and forensics teams discuss the upcoming competition in Washington, D.C.

 

Possible Cheerleading Cuts Announced

Possible Cheerleading Cuts Announced

East sophomore cheerleading squad will likely be cut next school year.

 

Freshman Strives to Live as a Normal Teenager After a Childhood Accident Left her with Epilepsy

Freshman Strives to Live as a Normal Teenager After a Childhood Accident Left her with Epilepsy

As Jenna Miller pedals down the sidewalk on Mission Road, the hot July sun glares down on her blue bike, making it sparkle. Jenna, nine at the time, is riding with her brother Jacob and his two friends, headed to the Corinth Library in hopes of finding something to do. [...]

 

Freshmen Partake in Various Shows Outside of East’s Plays and Musical

“Social life? What’s that?” Freshman Bridgette Beasley, Madison Stottle, Maddie Roberts and Georgia Dubois don’t exactly have what most people would call a normal social life. While most girls would be at the movies or hanging at someone’s house on a Friday night, these girls don’t have that kind of [...]

 

East Families Attend Culver’s Night to Benefit PTA

East Families Attend Culver’s Night to Benefit PTA

SM East students and parents eat at Culver’s to raise money for the PTA.