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Shawnee Mission North is undergoing a year of change. Not only is there a new mascot, there’s a new principal running the district’s oldest high school. With former principal Jeremy Higgins leaving to become the district's director of secondary human resources,...
Shawnee Mission North is now the Home of the Bison, but students, families and district patrons shouldn't be surprised to see the school's former Indians mascot pop up from time to time this school year. Officials at Shawnee Mission’s oldest...
Shawnee Mission North is now the home of the Bison. After a group of SM North alumni started a petition in July 2020 to drop the long-time Indian mascot, Shawnee Mission's oldest high school has a new mascot. The announcement...
The process for finding a new Shawnee Mission North mascot is nearing an end. Earlier this month, SM North students voted on three proposed finalists – Coyotes, Buffalos or Bison — Principal Jeremy Higgins confirmed to the Shawnee Mission Post. Those...
Hananeel Morinville, a Shawnee Mission North High School senior, has been named a 2021 Coca Cola Scholar. Morinville is among 150 high school seniors nationwide to be a Coca Cola Scholar, out of more than 230,000 students who applied for...
Samantha Morinville and Ore Oni, two Shawnee Mission North juniors, are helping middle school students across the district prepare for high school — and even college. “High school will be an amazing experience, if you prepare for the future today,”...
Shawnee Mission North High School has outlined a process for selecting a new mascot by the end of this school year. The nearly 100-year-old high school needs to retire its Indian mascot after the SMSD school board on Monday approved...
After five years in existence, Jackie Madrigal’s United States Latino literature class has been approved for a required language arts credit. The board unanimously approved the class for language arts credit earlier this month. Prior to the approval, which came...
Shawnee Mission students have had to get creative during COVID-19 to try and have a semblance of normalcy — as evidenced by a virtual homecoming event last month at SM North High School. The most recent example was this...
After months of community efforts to change Shawnee Mission North's Indian mascot, including an online petition that has roughly 3,300 signatures, the Shawnee Mission School District Board of Education this week announced its policy committee will review language from...
Five years ago, students stepped into Jackie Madrigal’s United States Latino literature class for the first time. Now, the Shawnee Mission North English Language Learners teacher is preparing for the next step: getting the course approved for a language...
The coronavirus pandemic put a damper on a number of spring events for high schoolers, but Shawnee Mission North students weren’t ready to give up on all of their fall events that easily. Student leaders decided to create a virtual...