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Shawnee Mission South's debate program won the largest national academic competition for high schoolers for the first time in program history. Two class of 2023 seniors, Clare Bradley and Brooklynn Hato, won the National Speech & Debate Association's 2023 National...

Two Johnson County high schoolers are the 2023 Kansas Bass Nation state champions. Maxwell Coughlin, a Shawnee Mission South senior, and Parker Welch, a Spring Hill senior, won the state title at La Cygne Lake, located in Linn County Park...

The Raiders’ debate team won the national championship — again. For the second consecutive year, Shawnee Mission South debate and speech brought home the National Champions title from the National Catholic Forensics League. Coach Carolyn Cook said the team’s back-to-back victories...

For years, the baseball field at Shawnee Mission South High School has been plagued by flooding. The infield sat naturally lower than the outfield, and there was no irrigation system in place, creating a “soup bowl” effect. The field, which...

By Jodi Fortino  Every Friday, nearly a dozen students sit in chairs circled around their classroom — no desks in sight — at Shawnee Mission South High School, watching a series of Arabic music videos. At the end of every week,...

Shawnee Mission South’s debate team won a national championship at the 2022 National Catholic Forensic League on Memorial Day weekend. Why it matters: Carolyn Cook, SM South’s debate and forensics sponsor, said this is potentially the first debate championship in...

There’s a new athletic director at Shawnee Mission South High School. Mark Mahoney, who is currently chair of physical education at Olathe Northwest, will replace John Johnson this summer as the Raiders’ athletic director. Mahoney said he’s worked to finish his...

John Johnson started out as a social studies teacher at Shawnee Mission South High School in 2001. Two decades later, Johnson is the longest tenured athletic director in the Sunflower League, which includes all the Shawnee Mission and Olathe high...

Shawnee Mission South High School officials and parents say the Kansas State High School Activities Association’s decision to add Unified Bowling to its roster of sports this year is paving the way for inclusion. Unified Sports, as defined by the...

Nearly 200 students at Shawnee Mission South High School have been quarantined from playing sports this week after at least three students tested positive for COVID-19. That prompted the school's athletic director to send an "urgent plea" Wednesday to students...

With Palestinian roots and a lifelong connection to Arab culture and language, Shawnee Mission South 2020 graduate Elias Henderson is planning a career that builds bridges between the United States and the Middle East. “I think there’s a disconnect between...

If you were among the millions of people tuning in to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade broadcast on Thursday, there's a chance you caught a glimpse of a Shawnee Mission resident among the performers. In February, Parrish Mock, now a...