Risha Chada | Managing Editor February 3 spelled disaster for the residents of East Palestine, Ohio. The industrial town became hazardous in a matter of seconds as a Norfolk Southern train spilled toxic chemicals and contaminated the water and air. Those who have lived in East Palestine for their entire lives were forced to relocate within days while officials tested […]
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Ali Sami | The Chronicle The Mason High School Academic team is heading to nationals for the first time in school history. The Mason academic team has been coached by English teacher Thurman Allen since 2007. It is a “team jeopardy” style quiz bowl game where up to four members at a time compete and answer questions in ten different […]
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Review by: Risha Chada Artist: Taylor Swift Rating: 4.5/5 Self-loathing, fantasizing about revenge, wondering what could have been, falling in love and falling apart. Through 13 beautifully crafted new songs, Taylor Swift’s new album, Midnights, delivered on every single one of these five emotions. The album created an array of sounds and feelings that encompass the idea of “midnight.” Three […]
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Risha Chada | The Chronicle We’ve all been there. Our tests get handed back, face-down with a big, red grade circled at the top of the paper. The people around you flip over their tests and face the music. You brace yourself because you know you did not have time to study for this last math, science, or English test. […]
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Risha Chada | The Chronicle Horseback riding is not just a sport for senior Clara Nemeth–it is family. Senior Clara Nemeth is a seventh-generation horse trainer who dedicates her life to horsemanship. Nemeth, who has been riding horses her entire life, comes from a family of horseback riders that traces back seven generations. Nemeth said that horseback riding and horsemanship […]
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Trade careers offer lifestyle that deviates from conventional four-year college Risha Chada | The Chronicle Aimee Liu | The Chronicle A national shortage of skilled workers has threatened the conventional post-graduation path. Despite what many high school students believe, going into a trade—a skilled job that often requires manual labor—can prove to be a resulting and lucrative career. Michael Giovinazza, […]
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Divy Bose | The Chronicle The Mason High School (MHS) Mock Trial team has made it to the State Championship after two years. A mock trial team is made up of students who practice law, public speaking and decision making. Members are responsible for arguing a different case, each one having occurred in history, for each competition that they attend. […]
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Risha Chada | The Chronicle Freshman Harshita Ganga has combined her passion for writing and autism awareness in her quest to become a published author. Freshman Harshita Ganga recently published her book “Hidden Secrets” on Amazon. After thinking about ways to increase autism awareness, Ganga decided to combine that desire with her passion for writing. Ganga said she wrote the […]
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Risha Chada | The Chronicle A passion for learning has pushed some students beyond the course catalog. After completing the courses for a certain subject, students can develop a course with a teacher to further research and learn about a certain field. Students at Mason High School take up independent studying to gain a deeper understanding of a subject matter […]
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Risha Chada | The Chronicle The annual flood of new students into Mason High School since 2001 has not ceased, and neither will administrative efforts to help students better adjust. Over the past 20 years, Mason High School (MHS) has been welcoming an average of 180 new students every year. With stress placed on the administrative department to accommodate the […]
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Teacher Timothy King spends tenure instilling kindness, environmental appreciation in MHS Risha Chada | The Chronicle Timothy King may be the longest-tenured teacher at Mason High School (MHS), but his compassion for his students has more than stood the test of time. While King has taught at the school for decades, MHS is not the same school it was when […]
Read moreRisha Chada | The Chronicle David Fulcher may be new to Mason High School, but he is not new to the meritorious task of changing the mindsets of adults and teenagers.Fulcher, a former Cincinnati Bengals player and current media aide, mentors high school students and devotes much of his free time to volunteering at prisons throughout the state of Ohio.Fulcher […]
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Risha Chada | Staff Writer From sunrise to sundown, Mason High School students fast for Ramadan, a yearly religious tradition of putting the greater good before one’s needs. The Islamic tradition of Ramadan is known as a season of spiritual reflection, self-improvement and heightened devotion and worship throughout the Muslim community. The holiday serves as a way to cleanse the […]
Read moreRisha Chada | Staff Writer Look out Bill Gates and all the business tycoons out there, some Mason High School (MHS) entrepreneurs are learning from you and hoping to use what they have learned to blaze their own paths in the business world. Some of these young business leaders are getting a head start through the MHS chapter of the […]
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Interview by Risha Chada Monaa Gopinath – Sophomore Tell us about yourself! What kinds of things do you like to do, Hobbies, Fun Facts, Etc? My name is Monaa and I’m a sophomore here at MHS. I am also a co-founder of Young Leaders in Public Health and Medicine (YLPHM). Some of my interests are playing the piano, camping, reading, collecting rocks […]
Read moreRisha Chada | Staff Writer It’s a sink or swim world. Or, at least, that’s how freshman year felt. Going from middle school, the peak time for coddling and complete unpreparedness for the real world, to high school, where you’re told colleges look at everything, is a huge transition, and one that I, as well as many others, were completely […]
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Interview by Risha Chada Tell us about yourself! What kinds of things do you like to do, hobbies, fun facts, etc? My name is Ashlyn, I’m a freshman and I love running, writing, and public speaking. Running is one of the things that I use to make me feel empowered and something to clear my mind especially during Covid. I enjoy writing […]
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Risha Chada | Staff Writer With the upcoming Advanced Placement (AP) tests in May, online AP teachers face the challenge of preparing their students virtually. Come May, students of a variety of advanced subjects will face a grueling test covering the information they have learned throughout the course of the entire year. The timed test consists of a multiple choice […]
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