The Lunar Show was hosted in the MHS theater for the first time in three years, Chinese Club President Naomi Gong said. COVID prevented the show from happening for the past three years, Gong said. “In my sophomore year, we went online, so we didn’t have a Lunar Show,” GongContinue Reading
MHS students have been taking some required courses over the summer at community colleges in order to not have to take the courses at MHS, resulting in smaller class sizes, social studies teacher Ben Ravey said. Taking summer courses not only reduces class sizes but also causes problems for teachers,Continue Reading
A biology textbook for the freshman course was approved by the MUSD Board of Education and the Curriculum Policy Council (CPC) on Dec. 13, 2022, according to science teacher Rita Burmanroy. The new textbook, “Miller and Levine (2020), Experience Biology,” was carefully evaluated and selected by the science department’s professionalContinue Reading
Sophomore Alena Kononenko can still remember the moment she knew her life would never be the same, she said. She felt awful, sitting in a silent car in a mall parking lot with her mom and sister, freshman Uliana Kononenko, she said. The Kononenko sisters are half-Russian and half-Ukrainian immigrants.Continue Reading
Former MHS principal Charles “Chuck” Gary Jr. returned to serve as the interim principal from Nov.1 through the remainder of the 2022-23 school year, according to a ParentSquare message from the office of the Superintendent Cheryl Jordan. Gary, who was principal from 1988-2008, will lead and support administration and staffContinue Reading
The annual Jack Emery Drive is back this year but has seen a decline in the amount of cans and goods donated by students, according to Associated Student Body (ASB) president and MUSD Jack Emery Drive coordinator, senior Victoria Ly. ASB has continued to encourage students to donate change, cansContinue Reading
The daily wage rate of substitute teachers in special education classrooms will increase for the remainder of the 2022-2023 school year, Superintendent Cheryl Jordan announced at the MUSD Board of Education meeting on Nov. 15. The policy has been implemented on an effort to reduce substitute teacher shortages for specialContinue Reading
MUSD plans to partner with the California Colleges organization to provide students with free resources and ease the college application process by combining multiple application platforms into a single website starting next year, said counselor Cory Nakamoto. MHS counselors attended a California Colleges counselor conference, where they were provided withContinue Reading
The MUSD School Board unanimously passed a policy on Nov. 15 to make one Career Technical Education (CTE) or world language course an alternative to visual or performing arts for graduation requirements. On Sep. 27, the Legislature signed AB 185, which restored the authorization of CTE to serve as anContinue Reading
The newest addition to the MUSD school board, Anu Nakka, will be sworn in as a trustee at the board meeting on Dec. 13, Nakka said in a Zoom interview. Although it was Nakka’s first time campaigning for a position, she has been involved in the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) andContinue Reading
There were drops in post-pandemic English Language Arts (ELA) and math California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) scores among student subgroups in secondary grades, including African Americans, English learners, and low-income students, Executive Director of Learning and Innovation Priti Johari said. The test score results were presented byContinue Reading