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The online newspaper of Notre Dame de Sion

Le Journal Live
The online newspaper of Notre Dame de Sion

Le Journal Live
Maggie McKinney

Maggie McKinney, Web Editor-in-Chief

  • Favorite Movie: Radio Rebel
  • Celebrity Idol: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
  • Guilty Pleasure: Watching bad Netflix movies with my mom
  • Favorite Place in the World: Washington D.C.
  • Favorite Quote: "Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings"- Salvador Dali
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Web Editor-in-Chief Maggie McKinney and Social Media Coordinator embrace during College Decision Day on May. 6.

Power To The Students: The College Episode

Maggie McKinney and Grace Hills
May 10, 2021
All the 2021 seniors jump chanting seniors rock the house one last time in the courtyard on May 6..

College Decision Day Photo Gallery

Sofia Aguayo and Maggie McKinney
May 6, 2021
Junior Grace Townsend finishes her warm up before the swim and dive meet against St. Teresas Academy at the Red Bridge YMCA on Jan. 26.

[Photo] Swim and Dive Beats St. Teresa’s

January 28, 2021
Senior Paxton Misemer goes for a dive during the swim and dive meet against St. Teresas Academy at the Red Bridge YMCA on Jan. 26.

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Senior Emma Grojean yells words of encouragement at her team mates during a race at the swim and dive meet against St. Teresas Academy at the Red Bridge YMCA on Jan. 26.

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Seniors Emma Grojean, Kate Vankeirsbilck and Elicia Baranowski chat during their warm ups before the swim and dive meet against St. Teresas Academy at the Red Bridge YMCA on Jan. 26.

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Protesters gather on the second day of pro-Trump events fueled by President Donald Trumps continued claims of election fraud in an effort to overturn the results before Congress finalizes them in a joint session of the 117th Congress on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Power To The Students: The Insurrection

Grace Hills and Maggie McKinney
January 13, 2021
Junior Elizabeth Nordhus studies for her finals in the journalism lab on Dec. 7.

[Photo] COVID-19 Causes Change in Final Exams Procedures

December 9, 2020
Stacey Abrams, former Georgia House Democratic Leader, speaks to attendees at the National Press Club Headliners Luncheon in Washington, D.C., on November 15, 2019. (Cheriss May/Sipa USA/TNS)

Power To The Students: Georgia Run Off

Maggie McKinney and Grace Hills
December 4, 2020
Senior Megan Aldacos recipe for pumpkin nut bread is a holiday favorite for her

Holiday Recipes

Maggie McKinney, Web Editor-In-Chief
December 4, 2020
The Swisher family prays before eating Thanksgiving dinner at a church shelter where they have been staying after losing their home in Paradise, Calif., in the Camp fire, on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018, in Chico, Calif. (Gina Ferazzi/Los AngelesTimes/TNS)

Give Thanks- But Not In Person

Maggie McKinney, Website Editor-In-Chief
November 16, 2020
The League of Women Voters registered students to vote Feb. 24 in the Grande Salle. This year marks the hundredth anniversary for womens suffrage with the ratification of the 19th amendment.

Power To The Students: Election Day

Maggie McKinney and Grace Hills
November 3, 2020
During Spirit Week, the newspaper staff had its first Distribution Day of the 2020-2021 school year.

Student Journalism Makes An Impact

Maggie McKinney, Web Editor-in-Chief
October 27, 2020
College Visits: Pandemic Edition

College Visits: Pandemic Edition

Maggie McKinney, Web Editor-in-Chief
October 11, 2020
Caroline Knopke 20 is crowned by her mother during the graduation ceremony at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts on Aug. 5.

Final Farewell for the Class of 2020

Maggie McKinney, Web Editor-in-Chief
August 6, 2020
Libby Slaymaker, Class of 20 flips through her yearbook from her car after receiving it in the parking lot on Aug. 5.

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Reilly Jackoboice and Lily Henkle, Class of 20 laugh at a picture of Jackoboice in the yearbook in the parking lot on Aug. 5.

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Munachi Okuagu, Class of 20 flips through her yearbook in her car after receiving her copy of the book in the parking lot on Aug. 5. The yearbook is amazing, everyone who worked on it did an outstanding job, Okuagu said. My favorite thing about it is the theme Get This. It really suits the times we are living in right now.

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Lily Henkle, Nina Trouvé and

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Sophia Angrisano, Class of 20 receives her copy of the yearbook from her car in the parking lot on Aug. 5. The theme of the yearbook is Get This.

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Three protesters hold an American flag being used as a protest sign and raise fists during the Black Lives Matter demonstration at the J.C. Nichols Memorial Fountain on May 30. A raised fist is a symbol commonly used to represent solidarity among oppressed peoples.

Kansas City Protests Police Brutality

Maggie McKinney, Editorial Editor
June 1, 2020
A protester wearing a mask holds up a sign reading Silence Is Violence at the Black Lives Matter protest at the Country Club Plaza on May 30. Attendees were strongly encouraged to wear face masks and follow social distance guidelines during the protest in order to limit the spread of COVID-19.

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A protester holds up a sign saying Black Lives Matter in front of the J.C. Nichols Memorial Fountain during the protest against police brutality on May 30.

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A protester holds up her fist in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement during the protest against police brutality at the Country Club Plaza on May 30.

[Photo] Closing the Curtain on Performative Activism

September 16, 2020
A line of Kansas City Police officers stand in a line near the Black Lives Matter protest at the Country Club Plaza on May 30.

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Two protestors argue with two Kansas City Police officers overseeing the Black Lives Matter protest at the Country Club Plaza on May 30. There was a heavy police presence accompanying the protests throughout the weekend.

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A police officer faces a crowd of people protesting police brutality and advocating for the Black Lives Matter movement in front of the J.C. Nichols Memorial Fountain on May 30. The protest was organized in response to the murders of two unarmed black citizens, George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, by the police.

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Senior Reilly Jackoboice greets her teachers from her car during the graduation parade that took place in the parking lot on May 21.

Socially Distant Graduation Celebration

Maggie McKinney, Editorial Editor
May 22, 2020
Senior Emily Rine laughs with her teachers from her car while celebrating the end of her senior year during the graduation parade in the parking lot on May 21.

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Senior Rose Orrick waves to her teachers during the graduation parade in the parking lot on May 21.

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Director of Campus Ministry Stephanie Pino-Dressman waves to the seniors driving through the graduation parade in the parking lot on May 21.

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Director of Athletics Kate Pilgreen chats with other teachers while getting ready for the graduation parade in the parking lot on May 21.

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Senior Nina Trouvé waves to her teachers from her car during the graduation parade in the parking lot on May 21.

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Assistant Principal for Student Life Fran Koehler watches the graduation parade and holds a sign in the parking lot on May 21.

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Senior Maya Bair cries as she drives past her teachers during the graduation parade in the parking lot on May 21. It was really exciting to see everyone, but I think I was the most excited to see Mrs. Mulkey, Bair said. She was and always is so pure.

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Social Studies Department Chair Jenny Brown-Howerton celebrates while wearing her graduation cap and gown during the graduation parade in the parking lot on May 21. Teachers and faculty wore graduation gowns in support of the seniors during the parade.

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Senior Sophia Angrisano waves and greets her teachers from her car during the graduation parade in the parking lot on May 21.

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Senior Caroline Ehren drives through the graduation parade while being celebrated by her teachers in the parking lot on May 21.

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Theology teacher Bonnie Haghirian watches the graduation parade with her dog Tucker in the parking lot on May 21. Teachers gathered in the parking lot celebrate the Class of 2020 and to wish the seniors farewell.

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Senior Brie Bowes waves to her teachers during the graduation parade in the parking lot on May 21.

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Salette Corpuz assembles kits as the Costume Designers Guild rushes to make face masks on April 3, 2020, in Burbank, Calif. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Masking the Spread of Coronavirus

Maggie McKinney, Editorial Editor
April 17, 2020
Report Maggie McKinneys virtual learning workspace was situated on her bed throughout the first week. McKinney always kept her laptop, her AirPods, a scrunchie, writing utensils and her notebooks close by so she wouldnt have to get up during class.

A Virtually New Normal

Maggie McKinney, Editorial Editor
March 28, 2020
South Korean medical workers wearing protective gear carry samples as they visit a residence of people with suspected symptoms of the COVID-19 coronavirus, near the Daegu branch of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus in Daegu on Feb. 27.

An Economic Epidemic

Maggie McKinney, Editorial Editor
March 2, 2020
Seniors Bridget Schumm and Peyton Wiewel dance together during the annual Father-Daughter dance Saturday, Feb. 9 at the Sheraton in Overland Park, KS. This years theme was Pink Ladies.

The Father-Daughter Sockhop

Maggie McKinney, Editorial Editor
February 11, 2020
Senior Kyleigh Smith records the senior fathers performance during the annual Father Daughter dance Feb. 9. Senior fathers performed a rendition of “My Girl” by The Temptations and “We Are The Champions” by Queen.

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Senior Helen Willis dances to I Wanna Dance With Somebody by Whitney Houston at the Father Daughter dance at the Sheraton in Overland Park, KS Feb. 9.

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Seniors Kyleigh Smith, Phoebe Fridkin and Olivia Townsend read lyrics off their phones and sing Take Me Home Country Roads by John Denver to their fathers during the annual Father-Daughter dance Feb. 9.

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Senior Brie Bowes dances after dinner at the Father Daughter Dance on Feb. 9.

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Junior Anna McQueeny has a conversation with her father at the annual Father Daughter dance Feb. 9. This years Father-Daughter dance was held at the Sheraton in Overland Park, KS.

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Sophomores Audrey Wohletz and Anna Baklanov pose for the photo booth picture during the annual Father Daughter dance on Feb. 9.

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Sophomore Maddie Haukap dances during the annual Father-Daughter dance Saturday, Feb. 9 at the Sheraton in Overland Park, KS.

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Seniors Sophia Angrisano and Maeve Hogg laugh while they dance during the annual Father-Daughter dance Saturday, Feb. 9.

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Sophomores Emily Joice, Kate McCarthy and Lauren Shaw pose for a selfie during the annual Father Daughter dance Feb. 9. Coinciding with this years Pink Ladies theme, burger sliders, mac and cheese and potato chips were served for dinner with chocolate chip cookies and a milkshake bar for dessert.

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Freshmen Shelby Beck, Gabel Whittaker and Katie Kasper pose with props for the photo booth during the annual Father-Daughter dance Feb. 9. This years theme was Pink Ladies.

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Seniors Olivia Townsend and Reilly Jackoboice laugh at a joke during the annual Father Daughter dance on Feb. 9.

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Seniors Caroline Ehren and Munachi Okuagu dance after dinner during the annual Father-Daughter dance Feb. 9.

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Seniors Dana Kalt, Anna Breckinridge, Caroline Boessen, Brooke McKee, Stephanie Vince and Meg Wilkerson pose for a selfie during the annual Father Daughter dance Feb. 9 at the Sheraton in Overland Park, KS. This years theme was Pink Ladies.

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Senior Maya Bair dances with her father at the annual Father Daughter dance Saturday, Feb. 9.

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Senior Lilly Denney laughs at her father while he sings We Are the Champions by Queen during the annual Father-Daughter dance on Feb. 9. As tradition, fathers of seniors students serenade their daughter and senior students serenade their fathers.

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Senior Maya Bair sings along to a song during the annual Father Daughter dance on Feb. 9.

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Junior Kennedy Ruark dances with her father during the annual Father Daughter dance Saturday, Feb. 9 at the Sheraton in Overland Park, KS.

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Reverend Sharon Cantrell talks to the students at her table on Jan. 29 at the annual Women in Ministry Luncheon.

[Photo] Women in Ministry Luncheon Inspires

January 30, 2020
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