The Jag After 18 months of construction, Blue Spring’s new water park Blue Surf Bay is finally complete and is set to open on May 24. It is part of the Fieldhouse on 425 NE Mock Ave. Justin Stuart, the director of Parks and Recreation, says that they made the park because residents wanted a...

After 31 years of teaching, math teacher Kathy Wilbers is ready to spend time with her grandchildren. “31 years is, I think that's enough. And I'm ready to travel. I've had cancer twice during COVID. And it was just kind of a hey, it's about ready to travel and do some fun things and get to hang out...

In the earlier periods of the morning, many students can usually hear a melody coming from the band room. That’s where newly named South teacher of the year Ken Hansen directs music.  Hansen is humbled to be chosen as South’s Teacher of the Year this year. “I was pretty overwhelmed, you know,...

By Dahlia Taylor The Jag Geoffrey Gran is a retiring woodshop teacher from South. This is his 23rd year teaching but his 19th year at South. The other 4 years he taught at Fort Osage High School. Before he taught, he was a manufacturer engineer. He didn’t want to always be a woodshop teacher, though. “I...

By Dahlia Taylor The Jag Come travel the world with Freaya Stumple. Freaya Stumple is one of the foreign exchange students. She's from Slovakia, Slovakia is in the middle of Europe near Poland, Ukraine and Hungary. This isn't her first time being an exchange student before coming to the United States...