by Kacey Morgan Several cheerleaders braved the cold waters of Shawnee Mission Lake on Jan. 28. Why? They were part of the Annual Polar Plunge to help support the Special Olympics.
The Polar Plunge is an event when people dip into a freezing body of water to raise money for the Special Olympics.
It started when a police officer from Merriam went to a conference up north and witnessed this happening. When the officer came home, he and seven other officers did this in Shawnee Mission Lake where it has been held ever since. Read More...
Don't let young love affect you
by Staff You hear about it all the time: a boyfriend
or girlfriend swings a person’s
opinion about where to go to college. The
person gets there, and ends up breaking
up and it become quite awkward because
now the person is somewhere he/she
didn’t really want to be.
Relationships in high school normally
don’t last long. Issues like commitment
and maturity, can strain a relationship.
Thus, people on the staff say that
high school relationships should not be
very serious. Teenagers should focus on
homework and their upcoming careers
and shouldn’t focus on other people and
their needs.
by Rachel Jenkins Most of the time, when people think of
dating, they think boy picks up girl, meets the
parents and pays for everything. According
to Tim Oberhelman, science teacher, dating
is “much different.”
For example, boys used to spend “a lot
more on girls,” according to Oberhelman.
When Oberhelman was a teen, he “always had to meet the parents and come
to the door.”
In the present, teenage dating is more
along the lines of meeting people, somewhere
with a group of friends. “You hang out with
them in a group first, then you start dating
them and then you go on one-on-one dates,” Nichole Sagar, senior, said.
by Tess Hart and Andie Beene The Golden Girls dance team finished their 2012 competition season with performances at the Miss Kansas and Kansas Spectacular competitions, hosted at Olathe South and Olathe East respectively.
At the end of the competition, the Golden Girls walked away with top awards.
“I was very pleased with how the girls danced,” Coach Gail Holder said. “In my opinion, they were one of the top teams at the competition, and all their performances were stellar.”
After the Kansas Spectacular, hosted by Olathe East, the Golden Girls received more prestigious awards.
Local diners in Olathe bring
variety to breakfast.
Downtown Diner on Santa
Fe was previously a Chinese
restaurant. The diner still features
the original tables with Chinese
calligraphy and Chinese sculptures.
Though there are Chinese pieces,
the restaurant also presents pictures
of old Olathe.
The menu of the restaurant
has classic diner items, such as
breakfast, assorted sandwiches and
burgers. None of the items at the
diner were unique or different. The
prices for the items were all around
$8-$10.
The Women Pay All Masquerade, a fundraiser for Olathe Relay for Life, was attended by approximately 500 students on Saturday, Feb. 11. The event raised $850 for cancer research. The WPA king and queen were Taylor Sheffield and Hannah Sundermeyer, seniors.
Forensics
A group of eight forensics members recently attended their first competition of the season at Shawnee Mission Northwest Jan. 27-28. Taylor Clemmons, sophomore, won first place in congress. The team will compete again at Lawrence on Feb. 17-18. Next tournament will be Free State on Feb 24-28.
Scholars Bowl
The Scholars Bowl team finished in fourth place in the state tournament last weekend. Marcelino Varona, Young Liu, Larry Hale, seniors, Vikram Lakhanpal, Sarah Hanvy, juniors, and Evan Eschliman, sophomore, all contributed to the run to state. One of there best performances was at the regional tournament where they had a 7-3 record.
NHS to Harvesters
Thirty-one National Honor Society members went Jan. 16 to the Harvester’s Food Bank, the largest one in the Kansas City area. On this trip, the members sorted lots of fresh produce and dry goods. They loaded everything into boxes to be directly taken to the elderly. Around 1,000 boxes were prepared for shipping.
Culture Club goes to JCCC
The Spanish Culture Club and Spanish students went to JCCC Thursday, Feb. 2, to watch a traditional Spanish dance from The Spanish Dance Co., a widely- known group from Spain. Students experienced the Spanish culture while watching the dance and also went on a tour of the campus.
