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Sion Student Media

Allie Dierks

Allie Dierks, Arts & Entertainment Editor

Favorite Show: Grey’s Anatomy

Spirit Animal: Emma Chamberlain

Guilty Pleasure: Chocolate chip cookies

Pet Peeve: When people break on hills

Favorite Place to Visit: Florida

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Junior Rose Orrick warms up before the soccer game versus Lafayette High School.

Springing into Freshman Year

Allie Dierks, A&E Editor Apr 21, 2019

The Class of 2023 met at the soccer game versus Lafayette High School April 15 to buy uniforms, check out the Sion Shoppe, meet with their advisors to get their schedules, and meet their new classmates “I...

Senior Kendall Rogers throws shot put at the Bishop Miege Invitational April 5. (Photo by Allie Dierks)

Track Takes the Victory at the Bishop Miege Invitational

Allie Dierks, A&E Editor Apr 9, 2019

The track and field team won the Bishop Miege Invitational April 5 to start the varsity meet season. The team took the overall first place standing for all runners and throwers out of the 11 other teams...

Junior Olivia Townsend watches the final round of blindfolded musical chairs during Sion Olympics March 7. Junior Peyton Wiewel won the game for the juniors.

School Spirit Shines at Sion Olympics

Emma Hutchin, Reporter Mar 8, 2019

Junior Olivia Townsend watches the final round of blindfolded musical chairs during Sion Olympics March 7. Junior Peyton Wiewel won the game for the juniors.

Co-captain senior Megan Broomfield leaps during Dance Team’s pom performance at State Feb. 23. The team won first for their pom performance and first overall for the tenth consecutive year.

Dance Team Makes it a Decade of Dubs

Allie Dierks, A&E Editor Feb 26, 2019

  The Dance Team took home the Division 3A Overall State Championship at the Missouri State Dance Team Championships in St. Charles, Missouri Feb. 23. After winning first in both pom and...

All over the country, students dread taking the ACT or SAT, but it is necessary to get into almost every college.

The Tedious Tests Are Necessary.

Allie Dierks, A&E Editor Feb 8, 2019

When asked if SAT scores define intelligence, Brian Greene, a theoretical physicist told Deborah Solomon of New York Times Magazine, “No, they define the capacity to answer questions on an SAT test.”...

Feast Day Celebration Recap

Allie Dierks, A&E Editor Jan 16, 2019

Senior Kelsey Wilcoxson and her mother Kris Wilcoxson bring up the gifts at the Mass Dec. 5.

Mother Daughter Mass Gives Thanks for Mothers and Grandmothers

Allie Dierks, A&E Editor Dec 7, 2018

The annual Mother-Daughter Mass took place Wed. Dec. 5 at 8 a.m. in the gym. All important women in students’ lives were invited to attend including mothers, grandmothers, aunts and friends. It is the...

Sophomores Maeve Hogg and Elizabeth Finn laugh and dance to Crank That by Soulja Boy during last years Winter Formal, Dec. 2, 2017.

Times Change for Winter Formal

Allie Dierks, A&E Editor Nov 20, 2018

The Winter Formal times, held Dec. 1, have officially been changed to 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m, after students voted in class meetings. “Students approached us about the time change,”...

While walking through an "honor guard" of field hockey sticks, senior Grace Watkins is recognized at her last field hockey home game Oct. 16 with her mom Heidi Peter.

Senior Night Honors Five Field Hockey Seniors

Allie Dierks, A&E Editor Oct 20, 2018

  The field hockey team honored five seniors, Maggie Carr, Kathleen McDaniel, Taylor Pitzl, Keely Roudebush, and Grace Watkins, Tuesday, Oct. 16 their last home match against the Raiders of Pembroke...

The drum line plays at the Kansas State School for the Blind during their track meet Sept. 21.

Follow the Drums

Allie Dierks, A&E Editor Oct 4, 2018

The cheer team and drumline performed for the students at the Kansas State School for the Blind in Kansas City, KS, Friday, Sept. 21 at their KC Blind All-Stars Walk and Student Track Meet for their annual...

Seniors Mary Kelly Shevlin, Gwyn Powell, Grace Hopewell, Savannah Childress, Caroline Hunter and Rachel Bennett pose for a picture in the Grande Salle Sept. 17. The spirit week theme of the day was Sion School for Boys.

Spirit Week Day One: Sion School for Boys

Sep 17, 2018

Seniors Mary Kelly Shevlin, Gwyn Powell, Grace Hopewell, Savannah Childress, Caroline Hunter and Rachel Bennett pose for a picture in the Grande Salle Sept. 17. The spirit week theme of the day was Sion...

During a performance at the Jingle Ball in Philadelphia in 2014, Trainor dances to her first hits. (Photo by Wiki Commons)

There’s NO EXCUSE not to listen to Meghan Trainor’s rockin’ new album

Allie Dierks, Reporter Sep 5, 2018

With worldwide hits like “All About that Bass” and “Lips are Moving” taking over radio stations like Mix 93.3 for the past four years, singer Meghan Trainor has made herself a household...

Grojean poses for a picture with siblings Dylan Grojean, Tyler Grojean and Ava Grojean during a swim meet this summer.

Psyched to Swim

Allie Dierks, Intro to Journalism Nov 29, 2017

She secured the blue Speedo goggles to her face, taking them off, feeling the suction, and pushing them back on, even tighter than before. They made the end of the pool visible. The goal she needed to...

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