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The Harbinger is the exclusive student-run newspaper of Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village. Staffed by approximately 70 dedicated super-students and overseen by adviser C.

The boys varsity football team will play Rockhurst at SM North at 7:00 p.m.
09/10/2026

The boys varsity football team will play Rockhurst at SM North at 7:00 p.m.


A new display in the library highlights the work of Charles Gay, a 1961 SM East graduate who went on to play a key role ...
09/10/2026

A new display in the library highlights the work of Charles Gay, a 1961 SM East graduate who went on to play a key role in NASA’s Apollo missions. The display captures photos, posters, artifacts and diagrams from when he was a NASA computer technician.

After leaving East, Gay joined one of NASA’s ocean‑based tracking ships that were responsible for maintaining communication with astronauts when their spacecraft passed over the oceans. At this time, there were no radar systems that allowed over-ocean communication between Earth and astronauts.

“You think about somebody that went to school here, and then he’s out in the ocean on this big ship and he’s communicating with the people that are in space,” said librarian Jennifer Robinson.

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“You aren’t as smart as Haque.”“Get better grades.”“Be more like Haque.The words stuck.After living in Dhaka, Bangladesh...
09/09/2026

“You aren’t as smart as Haque.”

“Get better grades.”

“Be more like Haque.

The words stuck.

After living in Dhaka, Bangladesh for 24 years, Asia Haque moved to the U.S. in 2017 to pursue engineering after earning her bachelor’s degree in physics at the University of Dhaka.

When she became frustrated with the physics department at the University of Dhaka, Haque decided to switch fields to biomedical engineering. She eventually attended the University of Massachusetts and later switched to mathematics.

To read more, click the link in bio.

09/09/2026

For years, customers at French Market, the Shops of Prairie Village’s Prairie Village Shops staple, have squeezed through the cafe’s turquoise wooden doors, with long lines and limited seating time.

Now, the restaurant is making room for more.

They recently expanded into the former Pride Cleaners space next door, closing the restaurant from Aug. 24-26. And, opened the newly renovated restaurant for customers on Aug. 27, according to their website.

To read more, click the link in bio.





I’m in the back of the J-room working on my computer and I need to ask for help on a story I’m writing. All the lights a...
09/09/2026

I’m in the back of the J-room working on my computer and I need to ask for help on a story I’m writing. All the lights are off and I start wandering around like an old person, squinting. I’m staring at every one of the 20 people in that room, each for a solid 10 seconds, trying to make out who it is. 

All of this to say, I’ve come to an awakening that I hate dark classrooms. 

One, as demonstrated in my real-life scenario, I can’t see anyone or anything. Mind you, I also have close to 20/20 vision, so my eyes aren’t the issue here.

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Play this week’s Wordle at smeharbinger.net
09/08/2026

Play this week’s Wordle at smeharbinger.net

Students at SM East share their opinion on their song and artists of their summer
09/08/2026

Students at SM East share their opinion on their song and artists of their summer



09/08/2026

“Rulber’s Restaurant Mas Cantina” is now open as of July 2026 in the Meadowbrook shopping center.

“Tony” starts out with a black screen and a written quote:“I was – to be frank – a spoiled, miserable, narcissistic, sel...
09/08/2026

“Tony” starts out with a black screen and a written quote:

“I was – to be frank – a spoiled, miserable, narcissistic, self-destructive and thoughtless young lout, badly in need of a good a*s kicking.” – Anthony Bourdain.

The quote comes from the early pages of Bourdain’s book, “Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly” and demonstrates to the audience that the movie won’t sugarcoat Tony’s distasteful personality.


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