Senior Shorts are finally here
Elizabeth Payton, Editor-in-chief
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, Editor-in-chief
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, Editor-in-chief
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, Editor-in-chief
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, Editor-in-chief
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, Editor-in-chief
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
Matthew Payton, Layout Editor
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 ...
Banding together
Andrea Simmons, Photo editor
October 14, 2017
Winnetonka Pride Band received 12th place out of all bands at the Park Hill High School Band competition on Oct. 14. “This year was our first year with a new director and color guard coach. We were rough but we’ll definitely get better,” band director Jennifer Rubin said.
Stepping into the national spotlight
Finn Payton, Staff Writer
October 11, 2017
Theater students are busy fundraising for their upcoming trip to Scotland, where they will perform at the International Fringe Festival on July 28 after the American Performing Arts International (APAI) ranked the program one of the top 12 in the nation. "On a personal level, this is like a dream...
Elizabeth Payton, Editor-in-chief
March 4, 2019
A newly-found club is making its debut with various awareness projects related to Black History Month. The club, RISE, was created to “stand up for the overlooked,”...
Recent News Stories
March 1, 2019
An impenetrable tension loomed over the building as students arrived to school on a late-December...
Senior Shorts are finally here
January 28, 2019
Weekend one of Shorts 2019 opens this week. Performances will be held on Thursday, Friday...
Senior Makayla Cambiano’s artwork chosen to represent the Senatorial District 17
January 28, 2019
For the second year in a row, a Winnetonka senior's artwork was selected to represent the Senatorial...
New Makerspace Open House on Thursday, Jan. 31 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
January 24, 2019
The Winnetonka library is hosting an open house on Thursday Jan. 31 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. to showcase...
Reports of gun fired in parking lot during dismissal, no one injured
December 14, 2018
Winnetonka High Schools' administration released this statement regarding reports of a student firing...
Elizabeth Payton and Kaylee Renno
March 1, 2019
An impenetrable tension loomed over the building as students arrived to school on a late-December morning, just three days after the first incident of its kind. Preceding...
Recent Feature Stories
November 5, 2018
Before you read, test your knowledge. It was a typical spring Friday in 2013: birds were chirping,...
November 1, 2018
Just last year North Kansas City Schools introduced the one-to-one initiative, allowing every one of...
May 14, 2018
A heart for medicine In a few seconds of silence, senior Rana Ekilah stands anxiously holding her mother’s...
May 14, 2018
Arfon Abdi Involved in: Gold Medallion, Key Club, Medical internships, Muslim Student Association By...
Bullock earns spot on 2018 All-State Journalism Team
May 4, 2018
Junior Katie Bullock was selected as one of 10 students to represent the state of Missouri on the...
