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Sophomore Ellie Brown does a leg hold while the JV dance team poses around her. Photo by Ellen Swanson

By Ellen Swanson

Posted August 22, 2017

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Freshmen met outside the main office to draw messa

Freshmen met outside the main office to draw messages for the seniors with chalk at the senior sidewalk send-off at 9:30 a.m. during seminar on Tuesday, May 6. Students wrote messages on the sidewalk that read “Good Luck” and “Congratulations” around the main circle drive to the seniors, ate popsicles and took pictures with their chalk designs. Freshman Connection, a SHARE community service program, organized the event as a way to celebrate the class of 2025. Students split up in teams of two to four to plan and create designs to send off the seniors, which were then judged by the SHARE execs. The event was open to all grades. The day after the event, the drawings were washed away after a rainstorm hit Prairie Village. This event was freshman connection’s last activity of the school year.

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At noon, a false Code Red Lockdown was allegedly t

At noon, a false Code Red Lockdown was allegedly triggered by a substitute teacher in team games, mistakenly calling for a Code Red instead of a first-responder lockdown protocol, according to SM East students.

The substitute was attempting to get first aid for a student who was reportedly hit in the head with a softball during the team games class, and accidentally triggered the Code Red protocol instead.

Red lights began to flash in every classroom, and an automated voice warned faculty and students of the Code Red.

“Lock the classroom door. Code Red turn out the lights, stay away from sight. Maintain silence. Code Red,” the automated voice said.

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The Varsity Girls Soccer team will play against La

The Varsity Girls Soccer team will play against Lawrence today at 7:00 P.M. at Lawrence High School.

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Fourteen seniors were honored on Wednesday, April

Fourteen seniors were honored on Wednesday, April 30 at the girls swim and dive senior night. SM East defeated SM South 262-171. The Lancers placed first in 11 events out of 12. After the 50 freestyle, there was a break to honor the seniors on senior night. Isabel Baldassaro, Emmy Barrett, Ingrid Blacketer, Maren Dickerson, Jordan Fuller, Francie Garrison, Faith Grecian, Paige Henderson, Addie Moore, Brie Murdoch, Anna Ravis, Poppy Root, Kate Rose and Georgia Wikoff are the seniors on the team. Senior Emmy Barrett qualified for state in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:13.34.

The junior varsity girls have JV sunflower league on Tuesday May, 6 at 3:30pm located in the Shawnee Mission Aquatic Center.

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The girls lacrosse team won 26-6 against Lee Summi

The girls lacrosse team won 26-6 against Lee Summit on senior night on April 28 at the Shawnee Mission District Soccer Complex. Senior Brynn Delaney led the varsity Shawnee Mission Girls Lacrosse team against Lee Summit, scoring seven goals.The team is undefeated this season, with a 9-0 record.

They are currently ranked third in their bracket and are waiting for the schedule to come out for the post season Kansas City Metro Girls Lacrosse Association Championship.

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Applications are due tonight at midnight. #promo

Applications are due tonight at midnight.

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A look into celebrating our Harbinger seniors. App

A look into celebrating our Harbinger seniors. Applications are due tomorrow.

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Starting 73 feet away, junior Cate Conrad ran full

Starting 73 feet away, junior Cate Conrad ran full speed at the 11’3” pole vaulting bar. After a warmup that felt mediocre, she didn’t expect much. She’d never cleared this height before.

Conrad ran 12 steps on the Blue Valley High School track, launched herself off the track with her left foot and hoisted herself up using the 13-foot pole vault. She flipped over in the air and her back hit the memory-foam-like mat.

She had just cleared a new height for the first time since last May.

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I’ve read 91 books in the past year, and only th

I’ve read 91 books in the past year, and only three have made me audibly gasp or set my drink down to process a plot point, but “Fearless,” by Lauren Roberts, was among the few that did. Alongside the shock, the book also left me in tears, staring at the wall after finishing the epilogue. Considering I’ve cried over three books in my life, this story is now one of my favorites.

“Fearless” is the last of the fantasy romance trilogy, “Powerless.” The main plot of these books is centered around a kingdom divided by the Ordinaries, who have no powers, and the Elites, who do.

I take my Goodreads account and ratings very seriously, so when I rated this a five out of five, those stars were earned. I found myself constantly taking pictures of pages to come back and dissect them — a tell-tale sign of a good book.

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