THS NEWS & INFORMATION
Charley's Aunt Takes Stageby THS Media Jazzmin Matchette
Feb. 25-27, Truman High School put on the production “Charley’s Aunt,” a story about two Oxford men, Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney, who want to propose to two young women, Amy and Kitty. Charley’s Aunt is expected to arrive to chaperone the girls, but when she doesn’t, the boys blackmail their friend Babbs Babberly into trying on a girl's outfit in order to trick the girls into staying. The comedic show drew a large crowd of students, friends, parents and teachers each night of the showing.
|
Another day, Another Signingby THS Media Kevin Losch
Six athletes from Truman High School signed National Letters of Intent to participate in athletics at the college level on Feb. 3. Senior athletes are looking to forward to push their boundaries further and grow as an athlete and as a student in college.
|
Stand by Meby THS Media Bri Savidge
Dancing with her friends to thumping music in the Truman cafeteria, sophomore Grace Laffoon enjoyed THS’s annual Courtwarming dance Saturday, Jan. 30.
“The dance was awesome,” Laffoon said, “The decorations were beautiful and I had such a good time with everyone there.” The theme for the dance was “Stand by Me” by Ben E. King, which was chosen by juniors in student council. Senior Andrew Huber was crowned courtwarming king at the dance, while Teala Sadler was coronated Courtwarming Queen at halftime of the boy’s basketball game the night before. |
Glow fo' Shoby THS Media Bri Savidge
Truman’s annual Pack the House Dance was held Friday, Dec. 11. Before the dance, students attended the Truman Wrestling Tournament to cheer on their Patriot wrestlers as they took on schools from across the Kansas City metro area.
Truman ended up finishing third out of twelve teams with Kane Kaiser and Jonathan Gosserand leading the way for the Pats. “I’m really proud of the guys,” wrestling coach Brad Jones said. “Especially for the seniors in the bunch. It’s a good way to go out.” |
StuCo Host School Wide Bingoby THS Media Gregory Miranda
Jan. 6 was the day that Independence School District students returned back to school, and what better way to ease students back in the groove of second semester then a School Wide Bingo game.
With the influence coming from administrators and the support from Student Council (Stuco), teachers were given a stack of blank Bingo playing cards to hand out to students during fifth block period. Students could play with as many cards as they liked to increase their chances of winning a free beverage from Sonic and THS’s own Patriot Cup. |
Picking a Future Pathby THS Media Gregory Miranda
Truman implemented Freshman Academies in 2015 but on Jan. 20 it was the first time THS hosted a fully dedicated jamboree in efforts to help underclassman narrow down their options and focus on a career pathway for the next three years.
In order to take any further courses students will have to take a introduction class as a prerequisite in whichever academy group they choose. The jamboree itself lasted all day and took up the last 20 minutes of class time each class period. |
Dodging for Dollarsby THS Media Kane Mobley
When money is raised for those in need of it most, it gives a satisfying feeling. When money is raised while having a fun time, it’s even better.
Dec. 8, THS had it’s annual Dodging For Dollars dodgeball tournament. The money given by teams to play is donated to local families in need for the holiday season. The tournament was a success, a good amount of money was raised, and the teams that came to play had a lot of fun. |