Seniors Christian Wiles and Louis Ridgway have been named national merit scholar semifinalists by the U.S. Department of Education. They are two of the 500 semifinalists chosen this year based on SAT scores.
On Jan. 26, Governor Sam Brownback proposed to the state Senate a bill that aims to completely rework the way state education is funded. When the recession hit in 2007, the state tightened its belt and started making cuts, and the amount of money allocated for Kansas education plummeted. Districts statewide have felt the effects of the decrease in funds, and the Shawnee Mission School District is no exception.
Sophomores Sydney Lowe and Melissa Ator win JV Drill Team competition and performed their winning choreographed piece at Friday’s game.
American History AP and sociology teacher, Vicki Arndt-Helgeson, was voted East teacher of the year by the nearly 100 National Honor Society student members.
The Nelson is celebrating the Chinese New Year this week.
Sophomore Sarah Medina was last seen Jan. 4 around 7 p.m. at home with her mother, Kim Medina. After three weeks, the 16-year-old has still not been found.
Is sacrificing a social life and free time for school more beneficial than exploring interests?
Many art classes will merge to form eight classes compared to the fourteen there are now. The decision was made as apart of a district wide effort to align curriculums better.
This year Indian Hills Middle School has started a renovation project that will last until fall of 2013. The new renovations will make the school larger and add newer features as well as new fields for East athletic teams to practice on.
