Essential Voices is a documentary about a podcast by teens in Lee’s Summit. This was done as a contest in AVT.…
How West Students Work to Support the Black Lives Matter Movement
Anna Long and Hayden Peters
Senior Mohamed Haji said that seeing the footage of George Floyd’s murder caused him to tear up. “It could have easily been anyone I know or it could have been me too. I think that …
Planet Fitness Opens Doors for Teens
Jenna Tiedemann and Brecklynn Martin look into the brand new Planet Fitness summer program, which allows teenagers to workout for free until September 1st.…
Sexual Revolution Effects Teens
Four seniors discuss the new Netflix documentary “Liberated” and how it effects kids their age.
Skin Struggles: Acne targets teens
Sydney Poppe and Trent Brink
As young people begin their teenage years, they enter an era full of firsts: first car, first girlfriend or boyfriend, first taste of independence. Yet, there’s a certain “first” nearly all teens face that isn’t …
Taking on stress in high school: how teens deal with the workload
Sophie Berning and Anna Eulinger
New reports and research such as that done by the American Psychological Association, found that high school students continue to report higher levels of stress than adults — levels that would be considered unhealthy and …
Library Kicks Off Summer Reading
The Lee’s Summit Mid-Continent Library begins their annual summer reading program geared towards teens.…