Jami Bechard | Staff Writer This year’s Homecoming game at Mason will be short of one popular tradition: the fireworks. With all of the additions to Mason’s campus, the fireworks have become a safety hazard and an insurance issue, according to Lorri Fox-Allen, Mason’s student activities director. So, the fireworks have been canceled for the 2009 Homecoming game. Student Government […]
Read moreEllen Duffer | Associate Editor Students will be able to earn high school credit outside of the classroom through alternate and innovative methods by the beginning of next school year. Due to the implementation of Ohio’s Senate Bill 311, which altered graduation requirements and provisions for earning course credit, Mason City Schools is in the process of designing a plan […]
Read moreJulia Halpin | Staff Writer With former Associate Principal Mindy McCarty-Stewart now as Principal, buildings and staff changes mark the advent of her promotion.
Read moreRachel Schowalter | Staff Writer American swine flu concerns have resurfaced as flu season begins, prompting Mason City Schools to seek guidelines for preventing widespread infection amongst students.
Read moreJessica Kantor | Staff Writer Kris Ogungbemi | Staff Writer Eight candidates vie for three open positions this Election Day (Tuesday, November 3) on the Mason City Schools Board of Education. The recently quarrelsome board camaraderie, according to theCincinnati Enquirer, will pose a new challenge for candidates as they attempt to secure votes.
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Read moreJoe Spencer | Staff Writer For seniors working to be the best player on the team their entire high school careers, there comes a time to hang up the shoes. This is what most of the senior athletes at Mason High School are going through currently at the end of third trimester. While graduation means the end of high school […]
Read moreIan Howard | Staff Writer With its student-led humanitarian efforts, Grace Chapel in Mason is unafraid to incorporate science into church, according to Senior Pastor Jeff Greer.
Read moreJulia Halpin | Staff Writer Senior Tyler Walton led a discussion about sexual orientation and gender identity with the Mason High School staff on April 20. Through a question-and-answer session, Walton, who said he identifies himself as bisexual, shared his story of coming out, along with advice helping students who may be in the closet.
Read moreRebekah Barnes | Staff Writer Mason City Schools’ Board of Education has begun listening to community input through community forums as it searches for the next superintendent. The board is looking towards implementing more outlets for Mason community members to voice opinions in the future, according to Mason City Schools’ Board of Education President Debbie Delp.
Read moreJanica Kaneshiro | Staff Writer Former English Language Learners teacher Shahrazad Kablan picked up and moved to Doha, Qatar in March to begin her job as a host of a freedom broadcast show, defending her native country of Libya in the midst of the revolution. Kablan brought her daughter, Miriam Bugazia, a former sophomore at Mason High School, with her […]
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