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Shawnee Mission South High School Newspaper 📰 #NothingGreaterThanARaider smsouthnews.com Overland Park, Kansas Joined July 2011-
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Got to spend the week with @SMSPatriot @smsheritage and @tlovejournalism. The students learned a lot of great things to bring back to South. Special shout out to our award winners Ren, Madi, Molly, Leila, Maggie, Avery, and Miles! #CultureWins
The Patriot apologizes for technical problems in this month's crossword. Some answers may not align correctly.
The journalism crew set out to San Francisco for the NSPA convention last weekend. Congratulations to Noel Mohamed for winning First Place in Features Pages Design and Ren Park for Honorable Mention in Column Writing in the 2023 Quill & Scroll contests! 💚💛
Hey @Chiefs social media & graphics departments, check out the graphics my 16yo created for @SMSPatriot How about an internship? (Drawn freehand looking at pics then Adobe & Illustrator work) #KCChiefs #ChiefsKingdom #Chiefs
Congratulations to our talented staff members! 🎉🎉
Spotify introduces new AI "DJ" feature. Learn more here ➡️ smsouthnews.com/15468/news/spo…
Student-run math tutoring program helps students across Shawnee Mission. Read this online story here ➡️ smsouthnews.com/15462/news/bac…
🚨Due to inclement weather forecasts, Thursday, December 22 and Friday, December 23, 2022 will be Plan A days. All Shawnee Mission School District schools and facilities will be closed including YMCA and JCPRD daycare. All practices for athletic teams are canceled.
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issuu.com/fales/docs/fro… Issue 4 is finally here! Our final online issue of the year... Can’t wait to get a print issue in your hands here in late May, but in the meantime, enjoy this last online issue!
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Calling all vaccinated students and staff — we want to feature you in an upcoming story. DM us your vaccination selfies if you'd like to be included in the next issue of The Patriot!
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Dr. Todd Dain @SMSouthTDain
4K Followers 821 Following Principal, Shawnee Mission South High School, Overland Park, Kansas. “Nothin' Greater than a Raider!”#RaiderPride🔰 #CultureWinsSM South Raiders Bask.. @SMSRaiderHoops
2K Followers 70 Following The Official X account of the Raiders Boys Basketball program at Shawnee Mission South High School. State Champs : 1990 & 2013 #NothingGreaterThanARaiderMark Mahoney @SMSRaidersAD
2K Followers 462 Following The official Twitter account of Shawnee Mission South Athletics. Instagram SMSAD_RaidersTravis Gatewood @gwoodEDU
878 Followers 419 Following Dad / Teacher of AP Lang and AP Capstone / Adjunct Professor of Education / Doctor of Education / Finisher of Ironman 70.3 / Ambassador for Fuji BikesSM School District @theSMSD
19K Followers 1K Following The third largest school district in Kansas serving students in Pre-K through 12th grade. #OneShawneeMission 🎙Check out our podcast! Link ⬇️SMS Raider Football @SMSRaiderFB
2K Followers 311 Following The official twitter account of Shawnee Mission South Football #BelieveDr. Justin Bogart @APBogart
754 Followers 346 Following Principal, Eudora High School. Tweets are my own, especially when they’re about my family.Molly Fast @sofastm
693 Followers 396 Following Algebra 2/Pre-Calc H! Razorback & SMS Raider for life 💚💛 Mom to Veronica, Harlow & Styx🐾Caroline Ewing @soccer_sms
1K Followers 449 Following Proud Coach of the Shawnee Mission South Raiders ⚽️ team. Proud sponsor of the KSMS media team 🎥.Annie Hasan استا�.. @ustathaannie
738 Followers 2K Following Arabic Teacher 🕊 International club, Arabic club, and AHS sponsor 🥙 Home of the oldest public HS Arabic program in the 🇺🇸 31yrs!SMS Speech & Debate @smsdebate
671 Followers 275 Following Our squad is Family first: we respect one another, value discourse, and work together to build engaged citizens, reflective academics, & competitive excellence.South KSMS @southksms
2K Followers 144 Following The Mouth of Shawnee Mission South. Check out the Gram: @southksmsMs. Baird @smsadviser
372 Followers 154 Following College Adviser at Shawnee Mission South | Kansas State College Advising Corps | Contact me: [email protected]Kurt Hodge @KHodge0124
476 Followers 118 Following Dad of twins plus one. Teacher. Coach. Go Cardinals! ILL-INIKaren Wagner @Klw_Wagner
357 Followers 796 Following Mom | Sports Fan | KC Enthusiast | Political BeingcounselingSMS @counselingSMS
808 Followers 731 Following Come see us anytime you have any questions or concerns!Hank Salsbury @Hanka_Ta_Planka
407 Followers 854 Following Soccer, KC Sports, Creighton Athletics. SKC lover, Khiry Shelton hater. Big East elitist, Big 12 purist. Big Blue Crew guy.Becky Thiessen @APThiessen
281 Followers 140 Following Associate Principal at Shawnee Mission South High SchoolSMS Pep Club @SouthPep
1K Followers 96 Following We've got spirit! Yes we do! We've got spirit! How about you?! Follow us for updates of events around SMS!|| AOL Tarun || @tarundsnaol
1K Followers 6K Following कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन । मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भुर्मा ते संगोऽस्त्वकर्मणि ॥ https://t.co/ibBIXJ8bEeFastball_ @Fastbal81478505
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0 Followers 8 FollowingGreta Waller @greta_1238
23 Followers 68 Following Oxford Comma enthusiast I tweet too much about sportsDeborah Rushing @OfficerRushing
2 Followers 33 Following District Resource Officer, currently assigned to Shawnee Mission South. Mom of two, fitness junkie, avid reader, lover of travel and being on the beach.KMI South Asia @Kmi_SouthAsia
87 Followers 423 Followingsmsbroadcaster @smsbroadcaster_
9 Followers 283 Following technology Broadcaster SMS engine that working with ALL 4G/LTE Frequencies (Band1, Band3, Band5, Band8, Band34, Band39, Band40, and Band41)Trina Thomas, Ed.D. @TrinaThomasEdD
153 Followers 261 Following Doctor of Education #RCJH 🌻💙❤️ | 6th Grade Teacher @OPC_512 @theSMSD #ONEShawneeMission ✨Levi @Levi_3507
107 Followers 360 Following God fearing ‘26 pitcher Btl baseball Shawnee mission south high schoolJamie Reasons @JamieReasons7
11 Followers 49 FollowingMegan WALTON @mkwalton26
1 Followers 18 Following[email protected] @9Lilang
0 Followers 29 FollowingMichelle Martin @Michell48827917
4 Followers 22 FollowingDonna Thomas @DonnaJThomas73
24 Followers 124 FollowingKatelyn Jane Logan @KatelynJLogan
16 Followers 186 FollowingMagsRN🌻 @mbradleyrn
2K Followers 5K Following 🇺🇦🌻Wife/Mom/Sister/Old beat up Nurse👩🏻⚕️Married to cutest Irish fella☘️ever. UNC-CH ‘87 #BidenHarris #BLM #allyRebecca Best @RebeccaBestIR
1K Followers 1K Following Assoc prof @umkcpolisci; researching female veterans, women in peace processes, and terror proscription regimes. Find me in blue place @RebeccaBestIR.Colleen Myers @Colleenmyers17
10 Followers 10 FollowingBeMe: Youth Mental He.. @bemehealthcare
588 Followers 1K Following 🤳🏼 • Top youth wellness app! 🎧 • #BeingMePodcast 😎 • Students in ALL 50 states! 📱 • FREE teen support, from humans, not 🤖 👇 • Download & feel better NOWJeff Weinberg @k_garret
392 Followers 5K Following1984 Jawas ⚡️CHAR.. @1984jawas
6 Followers 38 Following official account for the Shawnee Mission South robotics team. account ran by @FinalSmash01JoCo Delegation @JoCoDelegation
155 Followers 245 Following 36 Kansas State Senators and Representatives serve Johnson County and make up the JoCo Delegation. Follow for #ksleg updates.Casey Wieder @KCWieds
1K Followers 3K Following Assistant Athletic Director @WilliamWoodsU. Opinions are my own. @OttawaU alum 817 ✈️ 573. https://t.co/9mljdsb4YHSMESL @smesl_smsd
98 Followers 53 Following The Shawnee Mission Environmental Science Lab (SMESL) Est. 1969 The Green Heart of Overland ParkBeMe: Teen Mental Hea.. @BeMeHQ
131 Followers 370 Following BeMe is a mobile wellness community for teens. Join us! 👉🏼 App avail on iOS & Android. 👉🏼 Listen to our teen mental health podcast, #BeingMe, on @Spotify.Monique @Asia🇲🇾.. @Andrewklaus10
57 Followers 169 Following I'm optimistic and easy going simple alwaysMark DeBaun @DeBaun33
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399 Followers 1K Following curious as to the nature of everything, data engineer, reader of non-fiction, framing this all as if it’s a Christopher Guest movie.Eli Swanson @EliSwan69774152
1 Followers 14 FollowingTonya Cossairt @TonyaJthjtmc
54 Followers 164 FollowingJennifer Reynolds @seehound
13 Followers 308 FollowingCaelynd @CaelyndB
13 Followers 57 Following she/they — SMS💚💛— Band/Choir/Debate — Jewish — Marxist — Palestine will be free🍉matty @blssdvrgnmtty
157 Followers 1K Following /ˈbīō/ combining form prefix: bio- relating to life. "biosynthesis" biological; relating to biology. "biohazard" of living beings. "biogenesis" relating to orsms_chat&view @smschatview
28 Followers 16 Following Official twitter of Shawnee Mission South’s Chat & View! We meet on mondays in Room 372 right after school! We post weekly updates incase you miss a meeting🫶Laura Breckenridge @laura_brecklb
44 Followers 129 FollowingDre Carnegie @CableDre
2K Followers 5K Following Christian | Consultant | Educator| Life Coach | Fitness & Personal Trainer | Speaker | DEIB Trainer | 3DCoach | 2018 FCA Eric Driskell Coach of Year | 🐶 DaddyIan Freeman @ThePhilosophian
160 Followers 392 Following The soul purpose of life - is to enjoy it. 🏈Chiefs 🎓K-State ⚾️ Cardinals 💿Music 🧠PhilosophyOneMaize Media @OneMaizeMedia
1K Followers 1K Following We are OneMaize Media — the student voice of USD 266 Maize and Maize South schools and our Maize community. 2023 SNO Distinguished website-Fusion Online.Amy @amyliz76
28 Followers 232 FollowingLaura Ross-Crozier @laurar92165
62 Followers 223 Followingsofia @sof_pb7
8 Followers 37 FollowingDr. Todd Dain @SMSouthTDain
4K Followers 821 Following Principal, Shawnee Mission South High School, Overland Park, Kansas. “Nothin' Greater than a Raider!”#RaiderPride🔰 #CultureWinsSM South Raiders Bask.. @SMSRaiderHoops
2K Followers 70 Following The Official X account of the Raiders Boys Basketball program at Shawnee Mission South High School. State Champs : 1990 & 2013 #NothingGreaterThanARaiderMark Mahoney @SMSRaidersAD
2K Followers 462 Following The official Twitter account of Shawnee Mission South Athletics. Instagram SMSAD_RaidersTravis Gatewood @gwoodEDU
878 Followers 419 Following Dad / Teacher of AP Lang and AP Capstone / Adjunct Professor of Education / Doctor of Education / Finisher of Ironman 70.3 / Ambassador for Fuji BikesScott Hirons @SMSMrHirons
891 Followers 635 FollowingSM School District @theSMSD
19K Followers 1K Following The third largest school district in Kansas serving students in Pre-K through 12th grade. #OneShawneeMission 🎙Check out our podcast! Link ⬇️SMS Raider Football @SMSRaiderFB
2K Followers 311 Following The official twitter account of Shawnee Mission South Football #BelieveDr. Justin Bogart @APBogart
754 Followers 346 Following Principal, Eudora High School. Tweets are my own, especially when they’re about my family.Molly Fast @sofastm
693 Followers 396 Following Algebra 2/Pre-Calc H! Razorback & SMS Raider for life 💚💛 Mom to Veronica, Harlow & Styx🐾Caroline Ewing @soccer_sms
1K Followers 449 Following Proud Coach of the Shawnee Mission South Raiders ⚽️ team. Proud sponsor of the KSMS media team 🎥.Annie Hasan استا�.. @ustathaannie
738 Followers 2K Following Arabic Teacher 🕊 International club, Arabic club, and AHS sponsor 🥙 Home of the oldest public HS Arabic program in the 🇺🇸 31yrs!SMS Speech & Debate @smsdebate
671 Followers 275 Following Our squad is Family first: we respect one another, value discourse, and work together to build engaged citizens, reflective academics, & competitive excellence.South KSMS @southksms
2K Followers 144 Following The Mouth of Shawnee Mission South. Check out the Gram: @southksmsMs. Baird @smsadviser
372 Followers 154 Following College Adviser at Shawnee Mission South | Kansas State College Advising Corps | Contact me: [email protected]Kurt Hodge @KHodge0124
476 Followers 118 Following Dad of twins plus one. Teacher. Coach. Go Cardinals! ILL-INIKaren Wagner @Klw_Wagner
357 Followers 796 Following Mom | Sports Fan | KC Enthusiast | Political BeingcounselingSMS @counselingSMS
808 Followers 731 Following Come see us anytime you have any questions or concerns!SMS Pep Club @SouthPep
1K Followers 96 Following We've got spirit! Yes we do! We've got spirit! How about you?! Follow us for updates of events around SMS!Jon Duncan @SMSChoirDuncan
362 Followers 243 Following Teacher, Singer, Choral Musician, Pokémon trainer, teller of dad jokes. 🏳️🌈The First Amendment @USConst_Amend_I
131K Followers 497 Following I am the First Amendment. I love to tweet about myself. Take advantage of me but please don't violate me. (Parody, obvs.)JoCo Delegation @JoCoDelegation
155 Followers 245 Following 36 Kansas State Senators and Representatives serve Johnson County and make up the JoCo Delegation. Follow for #ksleg updates.Johnson County Post @JohnsonCntyPost
10K Followers 491 Following Johnson County's only truly local, independent news source. Covering Johnson County communities since 2010.SMS Student Council @smsouth_stuco
291 Followers 85 Following Striving for a Stronger South through Student Leadership 🔰 #CultureWinskate herrmann @katefherm
133 Followers 131 Following a little bit asian with a lot of white privilegeSMS National Honor So.. @southserves
325 Followers 80 FollowingStudent Press Law Cen.. @SPLC
17K Followers 3K Following Free legal help & info for student journalists. First Amendment champion. Find us elsewhere as studentpresslawcenter. Not Southern Poverty Law Center @SPLCenterSMS Lady Raiders @LadyRaidersSMS
475 Followers 11 Following The Official Twitter of Shawnee Mission South Girls Hoops🏀Nothin Greater than a Raider~Back to Back Sunflower League Champs~State Champs 1995, 2024SMS NHS @nhs_sms
111 Followers 31 FollowingSMS Social Workers @ejfreden
112 Followers 89 FollowingSara Dziadosz @saradziadosz
38 Followers 50 Following Special Education Teacher specializing in EDBD and ASD for Shawnee Mission School District USD #512SMSMrsRoss @LisaRosslisam
48 Followers 73 FollowingSMS IGNiTE @SMSIGNiTE
60 Followers 113 Following Raising awareness for teen dating violence. Wednesdays, Rm 373, Karina Siegrist, Cinthia Romo & Lauren Bass. Counts for service hours!Joseph Laurenzo @SMSMrLaurenzo
154 Followers 125 Following Teacher: World Regional Studies Honors, Modern World HistoryJulie McCormic @SMSMcCormic
24 Followers 26 FollowingKibby @ckibby
332 Followers 314 Following Proud Dad. High School Football Coach. Special Education Teacher. #foeSMS Raider Wrestling @RaiderWraslin
256 Followers 67 Following The official Shawnee Mission South Raider Wrestling Twitter account.APStylebook @APStylebook
356K Followers 26K Following A full suite of products to help you stay in style, whether on your desktop, laptop, smartphone or tabletSMS AcaDec @smsacadec
88 Followers 128 Following Official Page of the Shawnee Mission South Academic Decathlon team! 💚💛 State champs 23/25 years 🏆Shelley Hinckley @shelleyhinckley
182 Followers 86 FollowingSMSPLS @SMSouthPLS
257 Followers 181 Following The official Twitter account for SMSPLS at Shawnee Mission South! #StudentsMentoringStudents #SMSUnifiedAthleticsSM South Library @SMSouthLibrary
206 Followers 127 Following Stop by the Library/Learning Commons for reading, research and community.Coach Henry @CoachHenry42
150 Followers 98 Following#ZeroReasonsWhy @zeroreasonswhy_
1K Followers 311 Following A teen-led storytelling and community mobilization campaign to destigmatize #mentalhealth and prevent teen suicide. #ZeroReasonsWhy #SuicidePreventionWhittney Hays MAT, LA.. @Raider_AT
95 Followers 213 Following Helping SMS athletes be the best they can be! Certified Athletic Trainer for University of Kansas Health System-Youth Sports Medicine.SMS CHOIR @sms_choirs
132 Followers 375 Following This is the official Shawnee Mission South Choir Twitter Page! Follow us to stay posted on the latest choir info!Heather Sheppard @ShepAtSouth
125 Followers 121 Following Teacher of: AP Psych, Psych I, and World History. Lover of: my family, Chiefs, Royals, Jayhawks, music, food, and life.Josie Herrera @JosieHerrera_3
236 Followers 134 Following James Elementary Principal in KCPS Former Administrator in SMSD & KCKPS, friend to the environment, horse lover, mom to 3 great young men & Mr Herrera’s wifeRachel Bravence @SMSbravence
223 Followers 183 Following Shawnee Mission South Family & Consumer Science Teacher and Assistant Swim CoachDoug Weaver @VarsityLCDoug
134 Followers 200 FollowingErin Burvee @SMSMrsBurvee
268 Followers 411 Following Social Worker at SM South, providing a safe space for our teens/families and their mental wellness journey/Inclusivity/helping people find their voiceNational Scholastic P.. @NSPA
7K Followers 2K Following Celebrating a century of service, NSPA connects, supports and honors the top student media in the country. Home of the Pacemaker Awards.Tucker Love @tlovejournalism
451 Followers 319 Following Just a journalism teacher and media adviser in KC. I’m probably drinking coffee. he/himStephanie Clayton @SSCJoCoKs
10K Followers 826 Following State Representative, 19th District, #ksleg. House Minority Whip #JoCo @KansasDems Pd for by Stephanie Sawyer Clayton for State Rep, Jon Corbin, Treasurer.Got to spend the week with @SMSPatriot @smsheritage and @tlovejournalism. The students learned a lot of great things to bring back to South. Special shout out to our award winners Ren, Madi, Molly, Leila, Maggie, Avery, and Miles! #CultureWins
We want to recognize our schools who were awarded an NSPA Best of Show over the weekend! Congratulations on a well-deserved honor! #Walsworth #Yearbooks
Hey @Chiefs social media & graphics departments, check out the graphics my 16yo created for @SMSPatriot How about an internship? (Drawn freehand looking at pics then Adobe & Illustrator work) #KCChiefs #ChiefsKingdom #Chiefs
Five women who say they were denied abortions even when pregnancy endangered their lives are suing Texas over its abortion ban saying the law is creating confusion among doctors. bit.ly/3IXrWQz
Congratulations to our KSPA journalism state qualifiers! @smsheritage @SMSPatriot @SMSouthTDain
Attended my first swim meet at the SMAC today. What a beautiful facility! It’s so rewarding to see students outside of the classroom setting. Added bonus: it was Senior Night! jcprd.com/1271/Shawnee-M… @SMSouthTDain @LisaLauschke
Raiders-tonight’s girls and boys basketball games can be streamed for FREE on YouTube. Go to the Spring Hill Sports Live YouTube page to watch the games and cheer on the Raiders from home! Snap a photo of yourself watching the game and tag SouthPep. Go Raiders!
Both Boys & Girls 🏀 are back in action tonight vs Spring Hill @LadyRaidersSMS @SMSRaiderHoops 🆚Spring Hill 🕠6:00pm; 7:30pm 📍Spring Hill High School ⚠️2 spectators allowed 😷 required #RaiderStrong🔰#CultureWins
So I’ve been coaching my little brother’s basketball team for three years now and it has given me great perspective into the game of basketball from that side of the court and just another reason for me to love the game as much as I do. @southserves #mythingcampaign
#GAMEDAY 🆚 Spring Hill Broncos 📍 The Hill - SHHS 🕰 JV - 4:30▪️Varsity - 7:30 Fr A - 6:00▪️No Soph/Fr B Games 🎟 Approved Parents Only🦠 🖥 YouTube : Spring Hill Sports Live 📲 Follow @SMSRaidersAD & @SMSouthTDain for updates! #RaidersNation🔰#Southside
Check out our very own Jake Foil’s gameday preview as well as some incredible drone shots from Jack Wagner. smsouthnews.com/14780/uncatego…
Hand-eye coordination and Balance are key for goalie training but I bet @soccer_sms never thought of this drill. @nataliepayne07
I am so proud of @ItsJustKoko, @SMS_BSU, and our amazing South families who came out tonight! #StrongerTogether 💪🏿💪🏽💪🏻 #RaiderPride🔰 #CultureWins
BLACK LIVES MATTER
Blessed to receive my first Division 1 offer from South Dakota!
Next week on @GreysABC you'll be introduced to a doctor named Winston, who kinda looks a lot like me. And uh... things escalate! 😅 I hope everyone is staying safe out there. If you can spare some time, ya might as well catch up on #GreysAnatomy! #ShondaLand #ABC #TGIT
First COVID-19 death in Kansas was also first case of community spread kctv5.com/coronavirus/fi…
One day you’re postponing tests, and the next day you’re on the cover of @SMSPatriot. Coincidence? My mom @paashaaw1 gives this cover 10/10. Thanks for including me in this awesome issue!
Can’t wait to see all those SMS teachers dancing at Extravaganza!
Congratulations to our boys basketball team for a great Sub-State win tonight against SMNW!
I don’t understand why KU scheduled an unranked team with a losing record. Weird. I hope this doesn’t hurt our RPI