Lucy Stephens: The haters on social media are actually just messaging me By Lucy Stephens May 12, 2026
Conspiracy Theories: Students explain the conspiracy theories they believe in By Lucy Stephens April 14, 2026
Tastefully Earned: Senior Kim Morales won the SkillsUSA state baking competition By Lucy Stephens April 8, 2026
Community Clubs: Clubs at SM East allow students to connect with their community and learn about diverse perspectives By Lucy Stephens, Luciana Mendy, Alex Harden, and Bella Thompson April 2, 2026
Local Lancer: Every Wednesday senior Janie Hoskins decorates sticky notes and sticks them on students’ backs By Lucy Stephens March 26, 2026
A Time For Reflection: Take a look at hour some SM East students celebrate Ramadan By Lucy Stephens and Mya Smith March 23, 2026
Sharing the Torah: Jewish Student Union welcomes Jewish and non-Jewish students to celebrate Judaism By Lucy Stephens March 2, 2026
The Anonymous Drop: High school and college students should be aware of the intentions behind roofies By Lucy Stephens February 9, 2026
Shaping Tomorrow: How students are utilizing school resources to prepare for future careers By Luciana Mendy, Lucy Stephens, Alex Harden, and Katie Cook February 4, 2026
Giving the Basics: SMSD has renewed its partnership with the non-profit Giving the Basics By Lucy Stephens January 27, 2026
An Upside Down Ending: The “Stranger Things” season five is not worth the time By Lucy Stephens January 6, 2026
Local Lancer: Sheryl Kaplan is a influential figure in the SHARE community By Lucy Stephens December 27, 2025
Scouting The Holidays: Boy Scout Troop 199 raises money by selling Christmas trees By Lucy Stephens December 3, 2025
State Traditions: A look into the superstitions and traditions some of the sports teams have for state By Lucy Stephens November 14, 2025
Sit, Stay, Stretch: Recently opening in Kansas City, Puppies and Yoga offers the cutest new form of exercise By Lucy Stephens November 4, 2025
Leading The Pack: Three varsity football starters coach an elementary school flag football team By Lucy Stephens October 16, 2025
Sweepingly Positive: Custodian Chris Garrett serves as a valued staff member to the SM East community By Lucy Stephens September 29, 2025
Setbacks and Comebacks: Setbacks create love and appreciation for sports By Lucy Stephens September 24, 2025
A Harsh Transition: The Shawnee Mission School District is under federal investigation By Lucy Stephens September 4, 2025
Claire Rogers: Senior Claire Rogers is SM East’s first athlete to commit to college for acrobatics and tumbling By Lucy Stephens May 19, 2025
Raising The Bar: Junior Cate Conrad recently set a new pole vault personal record of 11’3” By Lucy Stephens May 13, 2025
The Art of Senior Year: An interactive map of the Class of 2025’s future plans By Lucy Stephens and Luciana Mendy May 13, 2025
Driven to Distraction: There should be more awareness around distracted driving By Lucy Stephens April 4, 2025
Finding Harmony: How students at East are expressing themselves with music By Lucy Stephens, Luciana Mendy, Ada Lillie Worthington, and Katie Cook April 3, 2025
The Depressing Truth: Students on SSRIs for mental health respond to an executive order threatening the accessibility of these medications for patients under 18 By Lucy Stephens March 10, 2025
Breaking News: Rockhurst High School has won the annual Coaches vs. Cancer Chick-fil-A Challenge By Lucy Stephens February 3, 2025
Yeah, Glo: A group of senior girls serve as Glo Tanning ambassadors who receive free services in exchange for posting on their Instagram By Lucy Stephens January 28, 2025
Just as Educated: Johnson County public schooling just as good if not better than private schooling and should not be looked down on By Lucy Stephens December 29, 2024
Reproductive Fears: With former president Donald Trump’s re-election, female students worry their rights to abortion and health care will be limited By Lucy Stephens December 4, 2024
Fieldhouse Renovations: A recap and introduction of all the renovations Allen Fieldhouse has undergone during the offseason to prepare for the 2024-25 basketball season, and how the East community is reacting to the changes By Lucy Stephens November 14, 2024
Forces In Motion: A feature on two of the six AP Physics 2 students — Reagan Solenberger and John Kislal By Lucy Stephens October 28, 2024
Light The Night: The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society hosted its 25th annual Light the Night walk on Oct. 5 By Lucy Stephens October 16, 2024
Bound for Greatness: Junior Paige Stanfield committed to play Division 1 softball at the University of Alabama only seven days after NCAA D1 coaches could start talking to her By Lucy Stephens October 3, 2024
CONcerts: It’s unreasonably difficult to attend any music concert nowadays because of skyrocketing ticket prices By Lucy Stephens September 18, 2024
Teach-Tok: Science teacher Joshua Parker has a viral TikTok account, which helps him stay current with high school trends and understand his students By Lucy Stephens September 9, 2024
Lessons Learned: advice and recommendations for high school from the class of 2024 By Lucy Stephens May 9, 2024
Calculating Retirement: math teacher Jennifer Horn is retiring East after 26 years By Lucy Stephens April 22, 2024
Down and Derby: Freshman Clementine Gogol plays on the junior roller derby team for Kansas City Roller Warriors By Lucy Stephens April 12, 2024
Oli-Flop: A new soda OLIPOP is not worth the hype it has received and doesn’t replicate the taste of traditional soda By Lucy Stephens March 20, 2024
A Spin on the Game: The NCAA approved double contacts in volleyball this year which could affect how high school games are played By Lucy Stephens March 12, 2024
Picking Up the Whistle: Due to her recent ACL tear, senior Claire Schudy will be the Shawnee Mission Girls Lacrosse team’s goalie coach and defensive coordinator By Lucy Stephens March 8, 2024
Winning Streak: The girl’s C-team basketball team currently stands undefeated with a record of 17-0 By Lucy Stephens February 17, 2024
Rowing Towards Success: Sophomores Nithmi Walpitage and Sage Lickteig spend their time competitively rowing for Kansas City Rowing Club By Lucy Stephens February 9, 2024
Once Upon A Musical: The musical “Once Upon A Mattress” will be performed by the Shawnee Mission East theater on Feb. 8-10 By Lucy Stephens February 5, 2024
Healthy Addition: Corinth Square has many new changes including the recent addition of the franchise Modern Market Eatery By Lucy Stephens January 20, 2024
Best Songs of 2023: Staffer and student opinions on what the best songs released in 2023 were By Maggie Kissick, Greyson Imm, Emmerson Winfrey, David Allegri, and Lucy Stephens December 27, 2023
Relighting the Menorah: After the East chapter of the Jewish Student Union began encouraging more non-Jewish members to join, members have benefited from increased program attendance and diversity By Lucy Stephens December 21, 2023
Over-Curricular: Students shouldn’t focus on doing tons of different extracurriculars and instead do the things they enjoy By Lucy Stephens November 28, 2023
Recipe For Success: The senior class hosted their second annual chili cook-off to raise money for the Johnson County Christmas Bureau By Lucy Stephens November 16, 2023
Worthless Comeback: Meg Ryan’s comeback in “What Happens Later” is not worth the watch By Lucy Stephens November 8, 2023
Expanding Interests: Juniors Anna Ravis and Mae Bledsoe have started an after-school math club to encourage students to have fun while learning math By Lucy Stephens November 3, 2023
Sibling Goals: Junior Lukas Lowry has continued his family’s legacy as the third Lowry brother to play as starting varsity goalie By Lucy Stephens November 2, 2023
Lancer Debates (Episode 2): Staffers Luciana Mendy, Lyla Weeks and Lucy Stephens debate the ranks of social media platforms By Luciana Mendy, Lucy Stephens, and Lyla Weeks October 13, 2023
Travis and Tay: Yay or Nay: Staffer believes Chiefs player Travis Kelce and singer Taylor Swift are the best new couple By Lucy Stephens October 3, 2023
Managed to a Tea: Sophomore Shubra Durgavathi owns and manages her own boba shop called Tea-Rex By Lucy Stephens October 3, 2023
A Lifelong Dream: Exchange student Marta Goldoni is pursuing her dream of studying abroad in America By Lucy Stephens September 16, 2023
Meet The New Clubs: Take a look at three underclassman-run clubs that are making an appearance at East this year By Lucy Stephens September 8, 2023
