After performing in a show at the University of Kansas during his freshman year, senior Tripp Star met his modeling agent who was in the audience of the show. The agent approached Star after the show and…

Social pressures to ‘look pretty’ are part of the problem

With constant pressure to look a certain way from advertisers perpetuating the myth of a “perfect body”, it is no wonder that many students…

Though many STEM classes and extracurriculars have more males than females, junior Courtney Mahugu helped start the Society of Women Engineers while also being a member of the robotics team.

Women in…

Sophomore Derik Bandad has a passion for music and has been playing it nearly his entire life
Since the age of four, when he received his first guitar, sophomore Derik Bandad has had an undeniable love…

Four students in Engineering Design and Development began their year-long project Friday, Nov. 15. Students in this class are required to choose a problem in the world that interests them and find…

By day, paraprofessional Robin Roberts helps students with special needs do their classwork. By night, when many other professionals head home for the night, Roberts works her second job at Embellish Boutique,…

Mill Valley, along with the rest of the nation, faces a mental health crisis of massive proportions. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, one in six children between six and 17 experience…

The USD 232 school district was among the first across the nation to take such public and decisive action against e-cigarettes as its lawsuit against Juul Labs, Inc. However, the district’s objectives…

One July evening, while sitting in De Soto senior Chase Culver’s living room, senior Maddie Valencia and Culver discussed creating a public Instagram account to provide an outlet for people in the community…

After Olathe Public Schools filed a lawsuit against JUUL Labs, Inc. on Monday, Oct. 7, USD 232 followed in their footsteps. The USD 232 Board of Education authorized legal counsel to file a lawsuit against…

Walt Disney once said, “We keep moving forward, opening new doors and doing new things because we’re curious, and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” While this mindset was the driving force…

A classroom right before passing period can reveal a lot about the treatment of LGBTQ students at the school. Pro-LGBTQ stickers cover the laptops and water bottles of some students, while simultaneously…

The Kansas State Board of Education is discussing a proposition to replace the current Kansas-developed high school assessments with a required ACT and an ACT WorkKey exam for all juniors across the state.

The…

On Sept. 30, the California legislature passed a law that allows student-athletes to get paid for play. Finally, some steps toward improvement. This has been something that has needed to happen for years….

The Silver Stars dance team capitalized on the popularity of stickers by ordering Mill Valley stickers and selling them back to students for their fall fundraiser. Assistant coach Nicole Porter…

At around the age of seven, junior Jaden Ravnsborg was introduced to the sport of volleyball. After three years of playing recreationally, Ravnsborg has continued her passion for volleyball by playing…

Released on Friday, May 31, the Netflix Original “When They See Us” rattled the nation in its portrayal of the Central Park Five. The film enraptured its audience as the stories of five black men,…

On Saturday, Sept. 14,  sophomore Logan Pfeister medaled for the cross country C team with a 26:12 race time. Two and a half months ago, on Tuesday, July 2, she had open heart surgery. She practiced this…

Every Mill Valley student left enrollment with something a bit more interesting than just a schedule and parking pass this year: a personal, district-issued MacBook Air. The district’s new one-to-one…