It’s A Slam Dunk
by Elizabeth
STAFF WRITER*April Issue
This year’s MVMS basketball teams were full of confidence and outstanding players. The boys’ team made it to the playoff games while the girls’ team was in the championship round.
Although they
The Woman Behind the Scenes
by Elizabeth
STAFF WRITER*April Issue
MVMS Athletic Director Melissa Palmer is the person who makes it all happen, like the play-maker in basketball. She's been at MVMS for eight years, seen people come and go, grow in skills in large
MVMS Students Get Out the Vote for Their Favorite Books
by Emma
STAFF WRITER*April Issue
Every March, nominations from teachers, students, and librarians across the state flood into California Young Reader's Medal offices recommending books for the honor of the award.
Of these
Learning Through a Story May Beat Learning by the Book
by Humza
STAFF WRITER*April Issue
This year, the MVMS foreign language department is trying a new method of teaching foreign languages. It is called “Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling,” or TPRS for short. This
World Champions Rise to the Occasion
by Lauren
STAFF WRITER*April Issue
For the World Affairs team, Saturday, March 15 wasn't just any old day. It was a day when they would have to prove that their knowledge of geography, politics, and global health was one of the
Seventh Graders Perform Midsummer Night’s Dream
by Mohammed
STAFF WRITER*April Issue
Mr. Thomas’ classes rehearse a “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Thomas is one of the teachers whose two classes performed the play by Shakespeare. This play is a mix of fantasy, including mortals and
New Curriculum for Drug Education Gets Mixed Reviews
by Peter
STAFF WRITER*April Issue
Every year Physical Education classes have a unit students have come to call “drug education.” But this year’s classes were a little different from those in the past.
Drug Ed teaches