The contrast in my sports
November 24, 2019
I walked onto the stage, my ankles heavy with brass bells. I could feel my heart ready to explode from stage fright, even though I had practiced my routine a million times. The music started and I robotically performed the choreography with an emotionless smile plastered on my face. “You did suc...
Comparing Costs
October 23, 2019
Running: $65* Junior Rohan Agrawal explains that the cost of participating in both cross country and track and field isn’t too high, and he says it’s worth it. Agrawal adds that although the cost is technically a donation, paying for uniforms and apparel wouldn’t be possible without it. ...
Being Priscilla
Alyssa Hui and Anish Vasudevan
October 23, 2019
Delving into junior Priscilla Tom’s dance career
Homecoming 2019: Behind the scenes
Robert Liu, Shivani Gupta, Alyssa Hui, Anish Vasudevan, Shreshta Ranganathan, Leanna Sun, and Vivian Jiang
October 22, 2019
Homecoming week is an annual celebration filled with school spirit, class performances and an assortment of rally games. The lively skits performed by each class are the painstakingly percolated results of weeks of rehearsal and work — work that involved collaboration between students, staff and even...
Eat, pray, jam
Swara Tewari, Stuti Upadhyay, Justine Ha, Kamyar Moradi, Anjali Singh, and Collin Qian
October 17, 2019
Exploring how different members of the MVHS athletic community prepare for games and practices
Imposter Syndrome: Exploring the Nuances
Lakshanyaa Ganesh, Oishee Misra, Emily Xia, and Neysa Singh
October 16, 2019
You're a fraud. You're a fake, an imposter, undeserving of the accomplishments you have. We all have this voice in our head. The one that convinces us that our accomplishments never measure up to what we actually deserve. Especially at MVHS, this phenomenon of people feeling inadequate amidst their ac...
Reactions to Good Morning America host Lara Spencer’s comment on boys in dance
September 26, 2019
Male dancers at MVHS share how they started dancing and their experiences
Next in the Spotlight
May 22, 2019
s sophomore Naomi Yin filed into the black box theater along with her fellow drama students during tutorial on May 10, her jaw dropped in surprise when she was met not only by their long-term substitute teacher Jeffrey Adams, but also by Principal Ben Clausnitzer and her World Literature teacher Hannah...
Best of 2018-2019
May 22, 2019
From music to films to memes, this past school year has been filled with a variety of new content that have had a profound influence on the lives of those at MVHS. Here are the results from a survey of 300 students.
The Raas seniors say their final goodbyes
Stuti Upadhyay, Kamyar Moradi, and Alyssa Hui
May 19, 2019
Six seniors reflect on their Raas experience as the year comes to a close
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