Meghan Dincler | Online Editor Art has the ability to inspire– to teach people something about themselves and about those around them. Now, that art is beginning to make its way into Mason through an up-and-coming student-run project. A Presentation of Minds is a project led by Audrey Galloway, a junior who started it as a way to raise awareness […]
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Della Johnson | Staff Writer Real-time broadcasting has found its way into the daily routine of high schoolers. Live streaming – -specifically video game streaming — has quickly become the entertainment of choice among teenagers. Platforms such as YouTube Live and Amazon’s Twitch provide extensive spaces for creators to cast video directly to their audience at the exact time they […]
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Lexi Brown | Staff Writer and Designer City of Mason police officer Karli Dyer is moving up the ladder from officer to sergeant after 10 long and rewarding years as the Resource Officer at Mason High School. Starting Tuesday, January 19 Sergeant Dyer will be in charge of her own crew of officers and move to third shift for the […]
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Meghan Dincler | Online Editor Two hundred and seventy six days since March 13. 276 days since the announcement of the first quarantine. Now, Mason High School is slowly becoming more and more equipped to combat the Coronavirus. As the country receives more information on COVID, the quarantine options fluctuate. Now, Mason City Schools is giving students three different quarantine […]
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Ally Guo | Staff Writer No matter the distance between them and their audience, the music of the students at Mason High School (MHS) will be heard. Music is an art, and with any form of art, creativity is vital. This year, the music department at MHS had to think creatively in a different direction when developing new ways to […]
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Rilee Malloy | Staff Writer Students in the biomed program are taking their passion for medicine worldwide. Through the biomed program at MHS, Junior Siddarth Varman was introduced to the Leadership Initiative, an internship that allowed him to pick an international area and a problem within that area and work to develop a solution. He was quickly joined by fellow […]
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Abby Waechter | Staff Writer Dominance is the name of the game. Since entering the Greater Miami Conference (GMC) in 2007, Mason has captured the All Sports Championship trophy every year. This trophy is awarded to the school that displayed the best year in athletics. Each school receives points from every sport, depending on how well their team did. For […]
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Evan Ponstingle | Staff Writer Senior David Shuppert has put his art into action and it’s going viral. Shuppert has maintained a YouTube channel under the alias “TNTSquirrel” where he posts his animated creations. His most recent video, “Enderman in Smash–Animation,” racked up over 1.7 million views in the span of one month. While Shuppert only created his YouTube channel […]
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Raghav Raj | Staff Writer On December 4th, with a bevy of COVID-19 precautions in place, the Mason High School Drama Club will return to theaters for their upcoming annual fall production. The show, an adaptation of Frank Capra’s timeless 1946 Christmas film ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’, has a decidedly unique twist: it’s being told in the format of an […]
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As 2020 finally nears its end, the Chronicle Staff is taking a look back at all of the truly fantastic music that was released over the past year. Without further ado, here are a few staff picks for the best songs of the year. “Key West (Philosopher’s Pirate)” by Bob Dylan By Raghav Raj The penultimate track from Bob Dylan’s […]
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Meghan Dincler | Online Editor It might have been their most satisfying performance of the year, but it was only witnessed by a handful of parents and 67,000 empty seats. That was the reality for the Mason Marching Band’s final performance at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on October 24. Due to their inability to perform at competitions this season […]
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Rilee Malloy | Staff Writer Comets in Action members are mourning the loss of after school adventures as the club is put on hold due to COVID-19. Every third Thursday of the month, the members of the Comets in Action club spend their afternoons on a bus on the way to their next adventure. From going to a pumpkin patch […]
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Evan Ponstingle | Staff Writer Mason, Ohio, 1901. A small farming village is rocked by the brutal murder of reclusive resdient Rebecca McClung. The town has their suspects–but the murder is never solved. Mason, Ohio, 2020. A high school junior in the growing city becomes obsessed and begins a search for the truth: who really murdered Rebecca McClung? Junior Katie […]
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Alana Amaya | Staff Writer Riley Johansen | Editor-in-Chief Junior Bella Nelson has found a sense of community by engaging with one that has been isolated since March. Since her sophomore year, Nelson has put a lot of dedication and time into her job as a housekeeper at the Mason Christian Village (MCV), an elderly community built to nurse and […]
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Alana Amaya | Staff Writer The Mason Comets continued their winning streak with a nail biting victory on Senior Night. In the “Battle of the Skies” Mason defeated Sycamore 21-13, which put the Comets at 4-0. The game got off to a slow start with both teams struggling to move the ball offensively resutling in a scoreless first quarter. The […]
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Matthew Smith | Chronicle Sports Editor The Mason Comets continued a hot start to their 2020 season, defeating Oak Hills 27-12 in blowout fashion, improving to 3-0 on the year. Although they got the win, the Comets came out sluggish, throwing an interception that quickly led to an Oak Hills touchdown. A blocked extra point kept the score at 6-0, […]
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Ally Guo | Staff Writer Flags spinning, horns blaring, the marching band surges onward in spite of a pandemic. On July 14, Mason High School’s marching band began its summer practice. Numerous health and safety precautions had been put in place to ensure the safety of the band members, based on guidelines provided by the Centers for Disease Control and […]
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Cody Allgor | Staff Writer No fans, no problem. On August 28th, the Mason Comets faced off against the Fairfield Indians for their first game of a pandemic shortened 2020 Greater Miami Conference season. Trailing by a baseball-like score of 5-3 midway through the third quarter, the Comets went on a 21-0 run to knock off the Indians 24-12 led […]
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