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After a school board meeting held on May 14, 2024, all schools across Kansas, specifically, classes of 2028, are now required to obtain their credits by new essential courses. These requirements were originally created by KSDE’s Graduation Task Force to encourage students to get financial aid for future education plans.  With these changes now implicated, students could […]

The school board has implemented new school start times that started at the beginning of this year to solve issues with the lack of bus drivers. This has been put into effect in all Olathe schools and has affected not only students, but teachers and administration too.  “It was actually two full school years of

What is it? In recent years, both school shootings and school shooting threats have gone through the roof, aided by the spread of social media. These school shooting threats affect everyone involved, from students to administration to families, and I think we need to be more better educated on the prevention and awareness of these

Student naturalist teacher Joan Radakovich and her students have brought eight baby chickens into their classroom. “We got four of our chicks this year from Tractor Supply and four more were donated by a student,” Radakovich said. Radakovich teaches students how to take care of the chicks as well as maintain them in the classroom.

For the seventh time in U.S. history, there will be a rematch in the U.S. presidential election. The last rematch happened in 1956 when Dwight D. Eisenhower defeated Adlai Stevenson to win a second term. Everyone loves a good rematch whether it’s the super bowl or to beat Bobby Flay. This time, both main party

An Olathe Northwest student was arrested after a loaded gun was found in their backpack and students were put under lockdown after police were called to a nearby neighborhood for a suspected murder-suicide, making gun violence even closer to home. On Feb. 23, administrators at Olathe Northwest took action after a report was made. “Immediately

The longest actor strike in Hollywood history is over. After many proposals for fair pay and money from the media have been denied for the SAG-AFTRA members they have finally gotten a deal.  On November 9th the SAG-AFTRA members unanimously approved a tentative agreement with the AMPTP. The members of SAG-AFTRA won the fight for

Israel has declared war on the militant group Hamas in Palestine after an attack on Saturday, October 7. They carried out an unannounced attack by air, sea, and land.  “The large-scale surprise assault has left more than 1,200 dead in Israel, according to Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus said in an update

Variants EG.5 and BA.2.86 are the two new variants scientists say are now beginning to grow throughout the country.  In August, EG.5 became the most dominant variant in the US. EG.5 was identified in February of this year in China, but it was first detected in April. EG.5 also known as Eris doesn’t have new

Newt Bulger, junior, was confronted by a hall monitor after buying a snack from the vending machines. Bulger had a dentist appointment that morning and wasn’t able to eat before arriving at school.  “I had come in to get a snack from the vending machine because the cart thing in the Falcons nest was closed