Taco Cat multiplies thrice for 2019-20 school year
Elizabeth Payton, Staff Writer
September 11, 2019
Since his arrival, Taco Cat has become the poster child for the band department, greeting students with his mesmerizingly-yellow shell every time they enter the music room. In the past, Taco Cat has expanded his influence by multiplying his physical self, which has led to new forms such as him b...
Art students recreate 1900’s painting at annual Chalk and Walk on Sept.7-8
Elizabeth Payton, Staff Writer
September 10, 2019
Art students painted up Crown Center for the annual Chalk and Walk on Sept. 7-8, recreating an "old" painting with a modern twist. Winnetonka chose to adapt "The Kiss" by Gustav Klimt, painting the characters as two women instead of a heterosexual couple. They also included a ring on one woman's finger...
Senior Shorts are finally here
Elizabeth Payton, Staff Writer
January 28, 2019
Weekend one of Shorts 2019 opens this week. Performances will be held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Little Theatre. Admission is $5 per person....
Senior Makayla Cambiano’s artwork chosen to represent the Senatorial District 17
Elizabeth Payton, Staff Writer
January 28, 2019
For the second year in a row, a Winnetonka senior's artwork was selected to represent the Senatorial District 17 and hang in the Capitol building in Jefferson City. Succeeding 2018 graduate Harper Ross' induction, Makayla Cambiano's work, which portrays one half of a girl's face made up of var...
Comedy & Cookies fundraiser Dec. 6 at 7-9:30 p.m.
Elizabeth Payton, Staff Writer
December 3, 2018
This Thursday night from 7-9:30 p.m., the Winnetonka art department is hosting the Comedy & Cookies fundraiser. Tickets are $5 per person. Baked goods and drinks will be sold during the intermission time. The event will be hosted by English teacher Andrea Caspari with 48th Street Players coach...
Shorts 2019 auditions after school on Monday Dec. 3, Tuesday Dec. 4
Elizabeth Payton, Staff Writer
December 2, 2018
Auditions for this upcoming year's Shorts will be held in the little theatre after school on Monday and Tuesday. On Monday Dec. 3, students will perform a monologue they picked themselves or one provided at the general audition. Each audition will be limited to around 45 seconds. The callbacks...
Several band students audition for state, two selected
Elizabeth Payton, Staff Writer
November 6, 2018
This weekend, several students auditioned for the KC Metro All District Band at Liberty High School: Hanaa Hale, alto sax Gavin Jones, alto sax Shannon Birlingmair, flute Mackenzie Brenneman, flute Maryanne Mathis, clarinet Bella Middaugh, clarinet Zachary Heathman, trumpet Of these stu...
Raising up the stars
Elizabeth Payton, Staff Writer
October 25, 2018
Two Winnetonka graduates returned to Kansas City to help the school’s cast of the musical, Chicago, after making a name for themselves in the world of theatre. Broadway actress and Winnetonka alumna Amra-Faye Wright, who graduated in the 1970s, performed the Broadway version of Chicago at the S...
Kansas City’s Chalk and Walk
Marshall Payton, Staff Writer
October 19, 2018
Adding color to Crown Center Square, Winnetonka’s Art Department attended Kansas City’s Chalk and Walk festival. Students who attended this event spent Sept. 8 and 9 painting the sidewalk at Crown Center. Among the students was sophomore Sadie Waggerman, who had also attended the festival last y...
Figuring it out
Gage Rabideaux, Staff Writer
January 9, 2018
An artist must be bold when preparing for figure drawing. When tracing the form of another human on a piece of paper, the line cannot be shaky, it cannot show hesitation. Instead it must be confident. Not only are these strokes daring and poised, but so are the artists behind each drawing. Whi...
All or nothing
Katie Bullock, Editor-in-chief
November 8, 2017
After months of preparation, eight students earned a seat in the Kansas City Metro All-District Orchestra and All-District Band ensembles following auditions at Liberty High School on Nov. 4. Senior Dillon Osborn, who has been playing tuba for seven years and bass trombone for four years,...
The piano man
Andrea Simmons, Photo editor
November 3, 2017
Serene music rings through the halls after school, reaching the ears of janitors securing the building, teachers grading papers and students practicing the latest musical. The music comes from a piano next to the Little Theater, the sound of mixed emotions. In March of 2016, junior Jacob Gustin ...
September 20, 2019
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