May 9, 2013
Behind the curtain, only a few stage lights were visible. Everyone was nervous for this performance. The poms in their hands swished in the air, creating a rustling around the room. The months preparing for this have been brutal. This was the moment to shine. This was what everything was for. This... Read more »
AP Art
Delaney Bates
May 6, 2013
“It’s really hard to get those upper AP art grades,” art teacher Linda Blasdel said. “But this year, I think we will be seeing some high scores.” AP art is a junior and senior class. Students submit breadth and concentration art pieces throughout the year and ultimately create an AP portfolio... Read more »
Guatemalan Miracle
Rachel Ergovich, Reporter
April 29, 2013
Lisbeth Juarez-Lopez was three years old. She was playing on the balcony of her third floor house with a friend, when he accidentally pushed her off. Her mother rushed her to the hospital, but the doctors could not do anything to help her. Juarez-Lopez had sustained a crack in her skull, and the injury... Read more »
Just for Kicks
Georgia Thompson, Reporter
April 22, 2013
We all remember it. Running around on a seemingly giant grassy field with boys and girls from our kindergarten class. Back then, most of us tiny players didn’t know which direction our team was playing and spent most of the game picking at the weeds. Today, though the players are older and much more... Read more »
Conquering Cancer at Seven
Kathleen Watz, Intro to Journalism
April 17, 2013
The atmosphere at Children’s Mercy Hospital South waiting room was tense. The doctor, wearing his long, white lab coat, entered. It was late and the family gathered around him anxiously anticipating the diagnosis. It was not a polyp: it was cancer. Katarina Qamar, freshman, was in second grade when... Read more »
No Ordinary Memorial
Shannon Laird, Feature Editor
April 15, 2013
He wakes up to a bright, warm spring morning. It’s a typical school morning. He puts on his pants with a shirt and tie, and a sweater over the top. Everything is sized for a small five-year-old boy who suspects nothing of the dangers awaiting him outside. He steps onto the streets of Antwerp, Belgium,... Read more »
Fierce on the Field
Sophie Nedelco, Intro to Journalism
April 12, 2013
Screams and shouts all around, and a girl sprinting, sprinting like there’s something chasing her. Wisps of grass shoot out like darts from under her sharp-edged Nike cleats. Her vision zooms in on the object flying towards her. A few other girls are running after it also, but in a purple and white... Read more »
Faith Filled Mission to Haiti
Elizabeth Gianino, Web-Editor-in-Chief
April 4, 2013
It is never enough for seniors to apply to college, excel in sports as captains, and finish graduation requirements. In addition to these tasks, it is every senior’s job to go above and beyond and complete a form of service to those who are marginalized. Because the Sion motto is to expand hearts,... Read more »
Marching for Life
Meghan Lally, Reporter
March 17, 2013
Thousands of people, hundreds of signs and millions of prayers were all gathered in the capital of the country. Yet there was only one plea – the wish for the government to respect all life. On Jan. 25, juniors Moira Quinn and Allison Crank marched along the National Mall in Washington D.C.. Crank’s... Read more »
Making the Grade
Mary Kate Hense and Madison Hummel, Reporters
March 15, 2013
In the Beginning… Sitting in English III, students wait anxiously for the return of their Macbeth test. Conversations swirl around the room about how confident they were about their test performance. A student receives her test back with a 90 percent at the top of her paper and sighs, realizing... Read more »
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