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The MVHS Library has historically provided a variety of inclusive texts.

Bans on bans

Taryn Lam, Brandon Wang, and Eric Zhou • January 27, 2024

When librarian Laura Utile’s children came home from Catholic class one day talking about how their teacher banned them from reading “The Golden Compass,” Utile responded with a simple question:...

Dream destinations

Dream destinations

Sarah Liu • January 25, 2024

The California Reparations Task Force hold a public hearing on Jan. 28, 2023, at San Diego State University. Photo by Ariana Drehsler, CalMatters | Used with permission

Road to reform

Ethan Kellogg, Taryn Lam, Liz Liu, Kalyani Puthenpurayil, Lindsey Tang, Brandon Wang, Brandon Xu, and Eric Zhou • December 10, 2023

From a petition to rename De Anza College due to a history of Spanish colonization to a California Reparations Plan addressing historic oppression of African Americans, efforts towards change happens throughout...

CAL Fires department utilizes its Grant Ranch Vegetation Management Project (VMP) for vegetation management and mitigation. Photo courtesy of Kara Capaldo | Used with Permission

Through the haze and the flames

Jason Chu and Shannon Yu • September 24, 2023

Several devastating wildfires unfolded in Maui, Hawaii on Aug. 8, burning thousands of acres and leaving at least 97 dead. In a lawsuit against Hawaiian Electric, Maui County officials attributed the tragedy...

Passing Proposition 28

Passing Proposition 28

Aidan Ruan and Sophia Ma • December 23, 2022

California Proposition 28, a measure designated to allocate funding for art programs across K-12 California public schools, was passed on Nov. 8 with 64.4% of voters in favor. Starting in 2023, the proposition...

According to the New York Times, the top destinations for Californians leaving were Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Washington and Oregon.

Leaving CA

Alan Tai • December 21, 2022
Exploring why some students want to leave the state they call home
Recapping the mask mandate throughout the pandemic

Recapping the mask mandate throughout the pandemic

Sophia Ma and Kalyani Puthenpurayil • March 16, 2022
The evolution of face coverings as Governor Gavin Newsom announces masks will not be required indoors at schools starting March 12
Examining the community reaction to different levels of theft in the state

Increasing theft in California prompts safety concerns and legal backlash

Melody Cui • February 12, 2022
Examining the community reaction to different levels of theft in the state
The 4 key themes of the Ethnic Studies curriculum are identity, history and movement, systems of power, and social movements and equity.

Ethnic Studies is required beginning 2025-26 school year

Diya Bahl • December 10, 2021
How the recent California requirement should be implemented at MVHS
An interactive graphic made with Flourish that displays sex and HIV education mandates in the U.S.

Expanding sex education

Shivani Madhan • September 3, 2021
Examining sex education at MVHS in comparison to schools nationwide
California voters don’t turn out in favor of supporting public schools

California voters don’t turn out in favor of supporting public schools

Ayah Ali-Ahmad • December 5, 2020
Proposition outcomes reflect differences of opinion among voters
This image from the NASA Earth Observatory demonstrates the extent of Californias 2020 wildfires and the burn scars left on the state. Used with permission | NASA

The California wildfires impact the FUHSD community

Oishee Misra • August 30, 2020
Students and staff receive evacuation notices due to spreading wildfires
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