Ashley Beffa Graduation Speech
May 11, 2017
Filed under News, People Of Staley
Family, friends, faculty, and distinguished guests, Do you remember your first day of kindergarten? I went to school with a neon pink Barbie back pack, my hair in pig tails, and my older sister by my side. My parents had no problem sending me to kindergarten, now as I look back and realize that they...
Hannah Mountz Graduation Speech
May 11, 2017
Filed under News, People Of Staley
So it’s finally here. The countdown on all of our phones reached zero and we get to walk across the stage to receive a sheet of paper that represents 13 years of our lives. Today marks our freedom. Freedom from sitting at a desk, listening to a teacher lecture for 90 minutes at a time, and do endless...
Hannah Long Graduation Speech
May 11, 2017
Filed under News, People Of Staley
Dear freshman self, This stinks. You don’t really know how to act, everything is so foreign and different, and you seem to be doing everything wrong. It seems like there’s this current pulling you deeper and deeper into this wide, vast, unknown ocean and you can’t stop it. All your teachers...
Young Journalists Learn Consequences of Field
Maddy Benda, Editor-in-Chief
March 29, 2017
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Students traveled to the University of Missouri campus in Columbia, Mo., for the 48th Annual Scholastic Journalism Day on March 29. Students arrived and entered Jesse Hall where they started their day by listening to the keynote speaker, John Beaudoin. &nb...
Text-A-Tip Takes New Form
March 17, 2017
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The Text-A-Tip line is coming to an end and being replaced by an app called P3 that follows the same format. This change comes as an effort to make the report line more accessible for students. “The concept is that kids are so used to using, and people in general anymore with smartphones, having...
School Start Times
March 17, 2017
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Whenever a person does not get enough sleep at night, they are as impaired as a person driving with a blood alcohol content of .08 percent, which is illegal in the state of Missouri, according to the National Sleep Foundation. Many students believe starting school later would increase the number of hours...
Ability Arts Festival
March 11, 2017
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The Ability Arts Festival was an opportunity for the Goals students to connect with kids from other schools and to show off their special skills. This annual event was held for students around the North Kansas City area. The festival was held at North Cross United Methodist Church, March 9 and was sponsored...
Upcoming AP Art Show
Emilie Kerr, Reporter
March 8, 2017
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With 20 more blocks to go, AP Studio Art students are working to complete their portfolios. Among several other art classes, AP Studio Art is the college level art class. “I would recommend it for artists that want to push themselves,” senior Valerie Chandler said. “Mrs. Cox pushes us on the...
Media Marathon Recap
Maddy Benda, Editor-in-Chief
March 7, 2017
STTV students spent their Saturday in school on a four-day weekend to raise money and bond as a staff. They began broadcasting live at noon on Feb. 18 and ended their broadcast at midnight. Sophomore Jacob Dyke worked the media marathon the full 12 hours. “It was fun at first, annoying in the...