MVHS YouTubers during shelter-in-place
Jasmine Lee, Staff writer
May 20, 2020
With the start of remote learning, many MVHS students have used their extra time at home creatively. Some are learning new instruments such as the ukulele and guitar, while others are dedicating time to creating online content. Junior Elizabeth Lee delved into her passion for filming and editing by star...
Football coach Cody Owens takes position as Athletic Director at Homestead HS
May 1, 2020
Owens will no longer coach MVHS football as he takes on his new role
Color Guard during quarantine
April 2, 2020
Freshman Naomi Baba never knew that March 9 was going to be the last time that she practiced with her teammates for this school year. The release of the FUHSD’s remote learning order caused many of MVHS Color Guard’s originally planned competitions and performances to be cancelled, including their...
Dear seniors
April 1, 2020
It’s OK to be upset right now. The CA state governor Gavin Newsom formally announced on March 17 that schools are highly likely to be closed for the rest of the school year, jeopardizing academics and activities like sports and club events for nearly 6.1 million students throughout the state. Addit...
Bridging cultures
March 11, 2020
A freshman reached out to guidance counselor Jessica Coscia about her concerns for her future career; while the student's parents are both engineers, she is interested in psychology. Coscia provided the student with different resources and then talked to her mother, who explained that being an enginee...
Positivity Podcast Ep. 4: Not so positive edition
Lakshanyaa Ganesh and Oishee Misra
February 14, 2020
As the repercussions of January continue into February, Oishee and Lakshanyaa discuss the implications of toxic positivity amid the tragedies of the month. With topics like the coronovirus, Kobe Bryant's death, and more, they discuss the importance of journalism and shedding light on all aspects of the w...
Boys Basketball: The Matadors lose against Wilcox HS 44-53
February 10, 2020
MVHS comes up short against first place Wilcox HS
High school probably isn’t going to be the best four years of your life, and that’s OK
February 7, 2020
e’ve all seen those movies — the ones with wistful scenes of young love and late night adventures. The teenagers in all these movies seem to live their lives with reckless abandon, forming a collection of memories painted with laughter and intense joy, paired with artfully crafted scenes of somewha...
MVHS community members unpack veganism’s negative stereotypes
February 6, 2020
mid the chicken sandwich debates that emerged between popular fast food restaurants Chick-fil-A and Popeyes, an unlikely contender remained engraved in our minds — the Impossible Burger. Founded in 2011, Impossible Inc. wanted to create vegan burger patties that tasted and looked like ground beef. Th...
Expanding definitions of intelligence
January 12, 2020
Critiquing the MVHS community’s focus on solely academic intelligence
Students participate in annual Stanford Blood Drive
Anushka De, Rachel Jiang, and Andie Liu
January 11, 2020
Stanford Blood Center addresses the low number of donors in the past few years
Dear football,
December 2, 2019
Dear Football, Thank you for teaching me about teamwork by showing me what happens when there’s a lack of it. Without the efforts of all 11 players on the field, our team would crumble. But, you showed me that when everyone played selflessly, the results were outstanding. Thank you for showing m...
