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.
May 11, 2012 8:57 am / no comments
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.
May 11, 2012 8:55 am / no comments
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.
May 11, 2012 8:54 am / no comments
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.
May 11, 2012 8:50 am / no comments
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.
May 10, 2012 10:43 am / no comments
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.
May 8, 2012 10:41 am / no comments
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.
May 3, 2012 10:55 pm / no comments
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.
May 3, 2012 11:43 am / no comments
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.
April 24, 2012 9:46 pm / no comments
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 .
April 23, 2012 10:11 pm / no comments
Students qualify for nationals as the forensics squad wins sweepstakes at the East Kansas NFL District tournament.
April 23, 2012 5:27 pm / no comments
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.
April 20, 2012 3:17 pm / 1 comment