A small group of four Shawnee Mission East students participated in the Poetry Slam last Sunday. None of them went on to the second round, and a lot of students were unable to participate because of conflicts with IB testing, finals or other events.
All schools in Kansas will be adopting the Common Core standards in their lesson plans. This policy that will “provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn” has been adopted by all 50 states except Nebraska, Texas, Virginia and Alaska.
The Shawnee Mission School District (SMSD) will be raising the prices of food in the cafeteria. Breakfast prices will change from $1.35 to $1.40 and lunch prices will go from $2.40 to $2.50.
Department Head Tom DeFeo and theatre teacher Brian Cappello announced the upcoming theatrical productions at the Theatre Banquet. Every year, the department produces a fall play, winter musical and spring play.
SM East was placed under lockdown for what the administrators cited as “safety concerns”. Movement around the school stopped from about 9:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. as administrators tended to the issue.
The forensics squad placed second in sweepstakes out of 29 schools in the 6A division at the state tournament this weekend at Olathe Northwest. Each school is allowed 16 entries at state. Of East’s 16 entries, 11 advanced to semi-finals and seven advanced to finals.
Following the last choir concert of the year, Choir Director Ken Foley posted the results for the 2012-2013 school year. The group of 24 has 12 females and 12 males.
In an effort to cut down on underage drinking and increase alcohol education and awareness, Principal Karl Krawitz is considering implementing a relatively new online program.
The SM East categories team doesn’t have code names, bro tanks or secret handshakes. What they do have are the bragging rights of winning the 2012 Categories Tournament, or “Nationals” as the students like to call it.
Produced and cast within the class, these shows are completely student driven, giving the student a directorial experience in preparation for the Frequent Fridays they will be directing next year in Advance Rep .
Students qualify for nationals as the forensics squad wins sweepstakes at the East Kansas NFL District tournament.
After winning Districts, the SM East Academic WorldQuest team will compete at nationals. Nationals will be held this Saturday at Georgetown University in Washington D.C.
