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The student news site of Maize Career Academy in Maize, Kansas.

Fusion by OneMaize Media
The student news site of Maize Career Academy in Maize, Kansas.

Fusion by OneMaize Media
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2022-2023 start and end times proposal.
District announces new start and end times for 2022-2023
May 20, 2022

Starting at the beginning of 2022-2023 school year, time changes, specifically start and end times, will...

On a late Wednesday night, a Maize High friend group gathers together to experience a rollercoaster of emotions while watching Stranger Things.
Teens feel excitement with upcoming release of Stranger Things 4
May 19, 2022
The forklift reaches the roof giving materials for construction site workers. It carries up various power tools to get started on the sheet metal for the new overhang.
Renovating our future
May 18, 2022
Johnson recently made the top 11 quarterbacks of the 2023 class. The Elite 11 finals will bring together top performers to recieve advanced, one-on-one quarterback instruction in a highly competitive setting in Los Angeles in late June.
Star-quarterback Avery Johnson will commit to football program in late June
May 18, 2022
Sports
After the team huddle, senior Marshall Gilstrap takes time by himself to gather himself in the final moments of his senior baseball season.
Gallery: Maize South falls to Valley Center in the second game of regionals
May 20, 2022

Senior Landon Helm prepares for the pitch. Helm finished the game 1-3 with a single in the 6th inning.
Gallery: Maize High falls to Goddard 6-2 in Wednesday night baseball
May 12, 2022
Cohoon crosses the finish line to win first place in the 200 meter at the Campus meet.
Record breaking, state title chasing
May 4, 2022
Sophomore Lilly Mitchell gets under the bar to get in some squat reps during a 3rd Block weightlifting sessions at Maize South.
Sophomore female powerlifter breaks the masculine stereotype of the team
May 2, 2022
Features
My body, my choice, is a phrase often used by pro-choice people. Abortions is a right for women protected by the Constitution. A woman should get the right to choose what to do with their body, no matter the viewpoint of others. (Illustration by Madalyn Rhoads)
An outside perspective
May 24, 2022

‘Just give it up for adoption.’ ‘Why didn’t you just keep it?’ ‘Abortion is murder’ No...

Junior Jonathan Feldman Lizarraga now visits the doctor yearly to make sure his results for cancer are still negative. Hes been cancer-free for ten years and even does jiu-jitsu weekly at a gym.
Pushing through leukemia
May 23, 2022
Miah Schumacher has been around butchering since she was 2-years-old and now works for her familys butcher shop. Schumacher hopes that the business will someday be her own. “I think it will be beneficial for handing down and on top of everything that’s going on in the U.S. because there are some shortages with some things and prices are really high right now,” Schumacher said.
Maize freshman has an unusual summer job
May 22, 2022
Across the US
Across the US
May 22, 2022
Multimedia
Abortion rights are at stake leading up to the August ballot. A majority consensus of yes votes will allow Kansas abortions laws to become more strict. A majority of no votes will keep abortion legal in the state. (Illustration by Madalyn Rhoads)
A teen's perspective
Bridget Johnson, Fusion Editor • May 24, 2022

I was 13 when I got my first period.  I was in eighth grade at that time. I didn’t really think much of that fact until my mom sat down...

Junior Jonathan Feldman Lizarraga now visits the doctor yearly to make sure his results for cancer are still negative. Hes been cancer-free for ten years and even does jiu-jitsu weekly at a gym.
Pushing through leukemia
May 23, 2022
This graphic shows the front of the new parent pick-up line at Pray-Woodman Elementary. The route is designed to reduce stopped cars on Academy Avenue and maximize efficiency in picking up PWS students after school.
Pray-Woodman student pick-up plan
May 19, 2022
Filming locations for the music video include the Maize South gym, library, music room, front entrance and playground. Around 20 elementary schoolers participated in the music video over three shooting days.
"Leaders of the Pack" MSE music video
May 18, 2022
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This graphic shows the front of the new parent pick-up line at Pray-Woodman Elementary. The route is designed to reduce stopped cars on Academy Avenue and maximize efficiency in picking up PWS students after school.
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Pray-Woodman student pick-up plan
May 19, 2022

Filming locations for the music video include the Maize South gym, library, music room, front entrance and playground. Around 20 elementary schoolers participated in the music video over three shooting days.
OneMaize Promotional Productions
"Leaders of the Pack" MSE music video
May 18, 2022

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