Achievement on the ACT
May 21, 2019
It is not every day that someone earns a perfect score on the ACT. Only 0.195% of all test takers earn a composite score of 36 on the ACT in 2017, according to ACT. To put that in perspective, that was just 3,741 students. Therefore, achieving a perfect score on the ACT is rare. Junior Nicholas Kanatzer...
Special Olympics
May 17, 2019
The Special Olympics is an international organization founded in 1968 that provides opportunity for disabled athletes 9 years old and up to participate in sports that are adapted to their needs. Students and adults without disabilities are able to play beside them, giving all the athletes a ch...
Reduce, Reuse, Reimagine
May 13, 2019
In the early morning hours of April 28th, eight members from Staley Art Club met up to begin work on a new initiative project to make the campus cleaner. The project was headed by art teacher Manabu Takahashi, who also runs the art club that met every Thursday. He said he was inspir...
Bringing the Green
May 13, 2019
In the 2019-2020 school year many new clubs are arising like an environmental club run by sophomore Olivia Hutchcraft. The environmental club is more of an awareness club and how to take steps to make the earth a better place. This club isn’t confirmed for the next year. “I want people to learn about why being ...
Advancements in Adaptive P.E.
May 13, 2019
The Adaptive Physical Education program got a new addition to their equipment. It’s a tricycle, but it’s not like the ones that may come to mind. This blue machine was classified as an “adult tricycle,” which is fitting because paraprofessional Joey Quigley tested it once it was built. ...
Girls in Code
May 3, 2019
In honor of Computer Science Education Week, organization Code.org created an “Hour of Code” event that was hosted by KC Stem Alliance, in partnership with Cerner and other sponsors. Girls all across the city participated in a Girls in Coding workshop Dec. 5 at Commerce Bank downtown. Eighteen...
FCCLA Stars of STAR
Kayla Pospisil, Staff
March 8, 2019
For Family Career and Community Leaders of America students, one of the most exciting days of the year was the FCCLA “STAR” events competition that took place at Woods Chapel Church on Tuesday, January 22. Projects from interior design, chapter service project display and fashion construction were...
To Test Or Not To Test
Jack Warner, Staff
February 27, 2019
Is random drug testing enough of a deterrent to prevent students from using drugs? The Smithville School District thinks it could be. On July 18, 2018, a presentation at a Smithville Board of Education meeting proposed the idea of allowing random drug testing within the district. At the meeting, tomo Drug Testing employee Jo...
Sorry, We’re Closed
February 27, 2019
The United States just went through the longest government shutdown in American history, and another shutdown may happen in the near future. The shutdown started Dec. 22 when President Donald Trump made the decision to partially close the government in an attempt to gain the funding needed to build a...
Dishing Out New Eats
Lonyae Coulter, Staff
January 25, 2019
Prostart has been making all kinds of new foods lately. They’re trying out new dishes and preparing for upcoming competitions, all while dealing with a lack of hot water in the classroom. “They will be making bronco fajitas which is a chicken fajita that has sliced peppers and onions and pumpkin...