I Heart Kansas City

  The homecoming theme this year is “I Love Kansas City,” and to start off the spirit week, StuCo held a mock First Friday before school on Friday, Sept. 1. First Fridays are a widely-known Kansas City tradition where people from the surrounding area gather to view artwork, enjoy live music and sample food. Artwork from students and faculty members hung on the walls of the main ha...

The annual homecoming parade contained 16 floats consisting of sports, clubs and homecoming candidates on Wednesday, Sept. 6. Along with the floats, the parade featured a police escort, the band and color guard. Senior Abby Sutton is confident in the Silver Star’s float that she accompanied in the parade. “It was really fun,” Sutton said. “I feel like our float won. It was over th...

With homecoming week coming to a close, the seniors finished it off early Friday, Sept. 8 with the blue bomb. Every year, the Friday before homecoming, the senior class decorates the halls with blue streamers, balloons and a variety of decorations to celebrate the end of the homecoming spirit week. The senior class, like every other year in the past, tried to outdo the previous year. Accord...

  Celebrating the end of homecoming week, students overtook the main gym during seminar on Friday, Sept. 8 for a pep assembly. Senior Caroline Gambill prepared activities for the homecoming assembly during the summer with her fellow StuCo members. “We started to plan some of the games we would do at the assembly over the summer and how we would get the school hyped for homecoming,�...

On Friday, Sept. 8, the Jaguars won their homecoming game against the Blue Valley Northwest Huskies. After kickoff, the Jaguars started their first drive from the 15-yard line. Later on in the first quarter, junior defensive back Eli Midyett recovered a BVNW fumble caused by junior linebacker Sage Sieperda. Senior quarterback Brody Flaming then threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to senior wid...