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Students choose to pause social media usage
Laurel Wang | The Chronicle Mason High School (MHS) students are unplugging to recharge. From Schoology assignments to pre-bedtime scrolling, the digital age has permeated almost all aspects of students’ lives. A 2022 report from Pew Research Center found that 95% of teenagers use at least one social media platform and 46% report being online almost constantly. However, some MHS […]
Read moreTransplant brings new perspective on organ donation
Aimee Liu | The Chronicle Organ donation is not just a checkbox at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV). Organ donation is the process of surgically removing a healthy organ from a donor for transplantation to another person. Donors can be alive or deceased and can donate internal organs such as hearts, livers, kidneys, lungs, and more. The process of […]
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Celebrating with Community
Megan Lee | The Chronicle With the first semester of the 2022-23 school year coming to a close, students at Mason High School are looking forward to how they are going to spend their winter break. The Chronicle staff asked some students what their winter traditions are, and how it brings them joy. Senior Maria Habra Each Christmas Eve, the […]
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Read moreStudents with multi-religion households define their own identity
Khusbu Patel | The Chronicle Religions like Hinduism, Islam, Christianity and Judaism may seem incompatible at first glance, but MHS students are thriving through the mix. MHS senior Tanya Marla has a Hindu father and a Muslim mother. Marla said that growing up, she learned to appreciate both cultures and enjoys celebrating the holidays and traditions of both religions. Marla […]
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Meaning in the Music: Students learn culture-specific instruments to connect with their identities
Aditya Thiyag | The Chronicle Classical music has extended beyond the confines of band and orchestra rooms, helping Indian students connect with their roots. Carnatic music is an older form of classical music that originated in the southern region of the Indian subcontinent. Having existed for centuries, the art form is based in ancient South Indian culture, and most songs […]
Read moreStudents skip prerequisites to advanced language courses
Tanya Keskar | The Chronicle Mason students have taken initiative of their learning by immersing themselves into additional language courses, some having no prior prerequisites. By plunging themselves into the realm of foreign language courses with little prior knowledge of the inner-workings of a language is allowing driven students to discover the facets of speech. Mason High School (MHS) senior […]
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Students with multiple nationalities seek to find cultural connection
Aimee Liu | The Chronicle Students with a background in multiple countries are grappling with their cultural identities. A dual citizen is a person that is concurrently regarded as a citizen of two different countries and therefore shares rights and responsibilities to both. Dual citizens can live, work, vote and access public benefits in both of their countries while also […]
Read moreBREWING A BUSINESS
Student entrepreneurs have high hopes for potential MHS cafe Tanya Keskar | The Chronicle A team of Mason High School (MHS) students are brewing plans for an in-school cafe, currently set to launch during the 2022-23 school year. The cafe will be a student-run business selling coffee, tea and other drinks in the mornings and after school. It will be […]
Read moreAstrology’s emerging popularity promotes student introspection
Aditya Thiyag | The Chronicle Instead of checking Snapchat or Instagram when they first wake up, some kids are reading their fate as foretold by planetary positions on astrology apps and websites. Horoscopes are predictions of one’s future and personality based on the position of planets and stars during one’s birth. While the origins of astrological diagrams appear to date […]
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