The Jag By Laci Winship Reporter The Blue Springs South counseling department has expanded their staff for this upcoming school year. Kiona Grimes has accepted the counselor position for last names Q-Sti, and loves being a Jaguar.  “Blue Springs South intrigued me because of all...

The Jag By Nadia Kaztenberger Reporter At South, Erin Hunt joins us as a lawyer and social studies teacher.  Although this is Hunts first year at South, she previously taught at Valley View High School for two years. Hunt is loving her first year at South.  “I have been enjoying...

The Jag By Jadynne Brady Editor-in-Chief South’s English department now houses a new teacher. Whitney Awalt says she loves the variety of each day as a teacher. “I wanted to be a teacher because I like having every day be different, and I like helping people achieve their goals,” she says. Prior...

The Jag By Jadynne Brady Editor-in-Chief Most people become a teacher by going to college and pursuing a teaching degree, then getting the job. New business teacher Blake Sanderson had a different approach. Sanderson had helped coach girls track at South before he became a business teacher. “It...

The Jag By Nadia Katzenberger Reporter Rocchina Bruner didn’t always know what career she wanted, but once she found teaching, she knew it was right for her. Bruner has been teaching for 13 years. She worked multiple school districts including in Independence for three years, in Odessa for...

By Aizak Miller Sports Editor  The Blue Springs South Jaguars girls soccer team just wrapped up the regular season and is now onto the district tournament. So far this year the Jaguars are 18-2, which is the best record in school history. South has won the Surburban gold conference back-to-back...

Many students pay no heed to the people who often clean up after them. However, one of these custodians has written and illustrated her own books.   She is Becky Flood, and she is retiring from South after 6 years.   Flood has self-published many of her own books, some of them about her own kids.  “[For]...

You might have noticed the banner in the lunch area recently that says “HAPPY RETIREMENT" "The legend has retired.” That is for our food services worker Pamala Stratton, who is retiring from South after 12 years.   More than just the banner, in the kitchen area, some students had written notes...

By Aizak Miller Sports Editor  The Jag   Blue Spring South seniors Preston Lograsso, Sophia Son and Vincent Medina have been named National Merit semifinalists. To be named a national merit semifinalist a student must score in the top one percent of people who take the PSAT test.  Preston...

By Aizak Miller Sports Editor  Matthew Swanson is a retiring teacher at Blue Springs South. Why did you get into teaching?  Because I felt a calling to help people learn.  I have a deep commitment to continual learning and wanted to pass that on.  Where did you go to...