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In a surprise announcement, two beginning educators in the Shawnee Mission School District (SMSD) recently learned they are Horizon Award nominees. The Horizon Award recognizes first-year Kansas teachers “who perform in a way that distinguishes them as outstanding.” The SMSD’s...

A Grandview, Mo., man faces six felony counts in Johnson County in connection to the death of a Shawnee Mission East High School senior nearly two years ago. Counts relate to 2021 death of SM East student The Johnson County District...

Grant Wahl, 49, died last week doing what he loved, covering a soccer match at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and he left a lasting legacy as a local standout and Shawnee Mission East alum. And three decades after...

Shawnee Mission East’s Unified Bowling team is the first-ever Shawnee Mission squad to win a state title in the relatively new sport. Catch up quick: The Lancers brought home the Kansas Class 6A Unified Bowling title on Nov. 14, racking...

Any Lancer knows the first home football game of the season is a special one, for one big reason: Lancer Day. Hundreds of Shawnee Mission East community members lined Mission Road in Prairie Village on Friday afternoon to watch current...

This week the Shawnee Mission Education Foundation kicked off the annual Scholarship Shawnee Mission Program by surprising more than 1900 seniors in the Shawnee Mission School District with scholarship offers. “It makes me feel so good to know I have...

As a third-generation Lancer, the halls of Shawnee Mission East are a connector between 2020 graduate Ben Henschel, his mother and his grandmother. The second semester of his sophomore year, Henschel joined the student newspaper, The Harbinger. His mother was...

The SM East Class of 1962 has led an effort to restore and display an arrangement of hand-painted ceramic tiles they gave as a class gift nearly 60 years ago. The newly restored design was installed Aug. 21 just inside...

Two young chefs — a Shawnee Mission Northwest student and 2017 Shawnee Mission East grad — both took home first place in their division at this year’s SkillsUSA national championships. SM Northwest junior Reis Miller and SM East grad Nora...

From a very young age, it was apparent that Natalie Nitsch had ample gifts. The graduating senior from Shawnee Mission East was a fast learner, so slacking off was sometimes a temptation. But her parents pushed her to reach her...

The University of Kansas has nominated two students — both graduates of Shawnee Mission East — for Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, based on their undergraduate experience and interest in STEM-related fields. Pierce Giffin, a junior from Leawood studying mathematics and...

SM East's class of 2019 has raised $6,000 to purchase food and put together 18,000 meals in the fight against global hunger. The SM East seniors partnered with Rise Against Hunger, a hunger relief organization fighting global hunger, for their...