Summer is a time when kids catch up on their sleep or go on vacations with their families.

Students at Northtown do all of these things and more. Some students participate in sports that have practices over the summer.

Other students participate in fine art programs like Harmonaires and Band, which have practices over the summer as well.

Summer is a busy time for many Northtown students.

Senior Shelby Bowman went to Las Vegas for part of her summer. She traveled there with her dad, her step-mom and her older brother, Andy.

Once they were in Las Vegas, Bowman and her family walked the Vegas strip and went shopping.

Bowman said, “It was really fun! Everyone was so friendly and drunk.”

Another student who traveled over the summer was senior Evan Kinney. Evan traveled to St. Louis, Missouri and Los Angeles, California. In St. Louis, Kinney went to see a Cardinals game and also went to The Arch to watch fireworks. When he went to Los Angeles, Evan visited Disneyland, Venice Beach and Hollywood.

Kinney said, “It was really fun, but I missed my best friends the entire time I was gone.”

Senior Sydney Cope was very busy over the summer here in Kansas City. For one month of her summer, Cope participated in the Kansas City Cello Society, improving her cello skills.

Cope also re-did her entire bedroom and she said it’s “really awesome.”

Toward the end of her summer, Cope participated in Band Camp.

Cope said her summer was “really fun and it was pumpkin butter.”

Junior Shannan Henderson stayed home for most of her summer.

Henderson had Pom practice almost every morning this summer and when she didn’t have Pom, she had Harmonaires camp.

Henderson did do a little bit of traveling at the end of her summer when she went to Branson with the Harmonaires.

The Harmonaires had three days of their camp in Branson for a change of scenery.

“Branson was fun,” she said.

All in all, the students at Northtown had eventful summers.

Summer is a time for fun and the students at Northtown definitely took advantage of every opportunity to have some fun this summer.