Harrisonville hosts show choir competition

Victoria Bostic, News Editor
February 15, 2012

This past Saturday the Harrisonville music department hosted the Harrisonville Show Choir Invitational.  Students from Music Makers and Forefront, along with concert choir students and staff members, worked as hosts for part of, or for the whole day. Their responsibilities consisted of hosting the... Read more »

HHS to host financial aid night

Sasha Gubina, Copy Editor
January 15, 2012

On Wednesday, January 18, HHS will be hosting a Financial Aid Night for seniors and their parents; however, juniors are also welcome to attend. The event will begin at 6 p.m., in the library. According to www.harrisonvilleschools.org, the night will beginning with a scholarship fair. According to counselor,... Read more »

Music Makers places first in competition

Kayt Dahn, Editor-In-Chief
January 10, 2012

This past weekend Music Makers placed first in the mid-size school division, during their competition at the State Fair Community College “Showfest” in Sedelia, Mo. Music Makers director Kip Mathew, feels that the show went well. “I think we did a good job. I haven’t had the chance to go through... Read more »

Drama attends international conference

Hannah Franz, Staff Writer
January 10, 2012

Fourteen HHS members of the International Thespian Troupe 1341, left Wednesday, January 4 for the International Thespian Society Missouri State Conference. The conference was held at Missouri State University in Springfield, and lasted from Wednesday to Saturday. Junior Hannah May attended the conference... Read more »

School organizations contribute to Head Start program

Hannah Franz, Staff Writer
December 19, 2011

On Thursday, December 15, student council visited Head Start to deliver “presents from Santa”. Student council collected donations from various HHS organizations in order to buy the gifts. Harrisonville’s Head Start is a preschool program which serves 47 lower-income families. The children at Head... Read more »

FFA attends Christmas in the Park

Sasha Gubina, Copy Editor
December 12, 2011

On Saturday, December 10, FFA attended Christmas in the Park, at Longview Lake, in the Jackson County Park. According to junior and FFA reporter, Emily Hix, this is an annual activity which FFA attends. The members take a bus to the Texas Roadhouse restaurant to enjoy a meal together, and then drive... Read more »

Class rings delivered with defects

Nick Campbell, Staff Writer
December 8, 2011

Jostens, the company who has supplied HHS with class rings, has had problems in the past years with the quality of their rings. Juniors Grace Hamilton and Ariel Hunt are a few students that have had to send their rings back for repairs. “Over the summer i went swimming with my ring and the ring tarnished... Read more »

Drexel car accident demonstrates the devastating effects of reckless driving

Hannah Franz, Staff Writer
December 5, 2011

On the morning of Saturday October 15, 2011, sophomore Chris Moles and junior Trevor Cooley, both students at Drexel high school, borrowed a Corvette from a family friend. They decided to go for a drive before they boarded the bus to go to their football game. Neither of the boys were wearing seat belts. Chris... Read more »