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Avery Anderson: Journalism and its trials have helped shape who I’ve become the past four years
Breaking News: SM East’s Theater program announced its 2025-26 season
Honoring Carlie Foutch: Carlie Foutch, class of 2025, passed away last year
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Honoring Carlie Foutch: Carlie Foutch, class of 2025, passed away last year
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Grace Pei
Claire Rogers: Senior Claire Rogers is SM East’s first athlete to commit to college for acrobatics and tumbling
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Lucy Stephens
Sisters Evan and Lilah Platz will both graduate this year, despite being 18 months apart in age
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Addy Newman
Martina Bernardi: Martina Bernardi is moving back to her home country of Italy after studying in Kansas as part of a foreign exchange program
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Alex Harden
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Girls gymnastics district-wide will have its final
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Breaking News: SM East’s Theater program announced its 2025-26 season
Breaking News: SM East’s Theater program announced its 2025-26 season
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Lucy Stephens
Final Dismount: The girls gymnastics program in SMSD will have its final season next year
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Michael Yi
Fifth & Emery: Yogurtini is changing its name to Fifth & Emery to honor the KC franchisee’s children
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Alex Harden
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Avery Anderson: Journalism and its trials have helped shape who I’ve become the past four years
Avery Anderson: Journalism and its trials have helped shape who I’ve become the past four years
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Avery Anderson
Larkin Brundige: Harbinger rekindled my passion for storytelling and to pursue journalism as a career
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Caroline Martucci and Clara Peters: We have grown closer and found success by embracing our own photography styles
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Michael Winter: Senior Michael Winter will continue his academic and pitching career at Dartmouth College while majoring in mechanical engineering
Michael Winter: Senior Michael Winter will continue his academic and pitching career at Dartmouth College while majoring in mechanical engineering
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Michael Yi
Photo Story: Never Grad It So Good
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Will Griffith
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Caroline Martucci
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Molly Scott
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Zac Russell
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Honoring Carlie Foutch: Carlie Foutch, class of 2025, passed away last year
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Grace Pei
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Final Dismount: The girls gymnastics program in SMSD will have its final season next year
Raising The Bar: Junior Cate Conrad recently set a new pole vault personal record of 11’3”
Gallery: Girls C Team Falls to St. Teresa’s Academy 1-0
Gallery: D-Team Baseball Defeats SM South 13-0
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Local Lancer: Junior Clara Breneman is preparing to join the United States Naval Academy by participating in a multitude of extracurriculars and training intensely to potentially swim in college
Local Lancer: Junior Makena Pruitt shares her experience working at Mission Chateau
SUPERfans: Pep Club introduced the SuperFan app in order to increase student involvement at events
Local Lancer: Senior Tyler Strongman pursues his passion of sports video editing though his social media
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Thunderous* Applause: Marvel’s “Thunderbolts*” has everything viewers could want in a superhero movie, and more
Video: Wii Love Sports – Students organize a Wii-Sports tournament
An Elite Read: “Fearless” was an incredibly satisfying ending to the “Powerless” book series
One Uni in a Million: The genre-blending film “Death of a Unicorn” is a bloody mess of a good time
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