Heritage Assembly: A Recap

By: Jacqueline Brandano

On November 10th, teachers and students from all grades were bused over to the Eastern Avenue facility to listen to a presentation by Tom Birmingham. Topics of conversation included the importance of exercising citizenship and the history of charter schools.

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What is Youth and Government?

By: Abigail Sullivan

Photo courtesy of Ryan Stranz

I joined Youth and Government (also known as YaG) when Emily Daponta told me about a program that would allow me to get my photo taken and dress up nicely in the Statehouse. I had never heard of it before, but it sounded fun!

National History Day: Cram and Dias headline MV success in competition

By Abigail Sullivan

Photo Courtesy of Allison Wronski

I was able to interview sophomore Josh Cram about his National History Day project. He and fellow sophomore Grace Dias were able to move on to the Greater Boston district competition. They placed second in the group documentary category, qualifying them for the Massachusetts History Day documentary competition. Grace and Josh’s documentary was the first from Mystic Valley to qualify for the state competition.

d'Entremont: Women march for rights, in opposition to newly-elected President Trump

By Mary d’Entremont

The day after President Trump was inaugurated into the White House, millions of women gathered around the world in protest to March on Washington, and in many other cities such as Boston, Chicago, London, and many more cities nationwide.

Nguyen: Dissecting this fall's presidential debates

Trump and Clinton at the most recent third
presidential debate on the 20th.

Photo Courtesy of: cbsnews.com

By: Vivian Nguyen

After watching all three presidential debates, I felt as if I could see the personalities/morals of the candidate's’ supporters. Both candidates (Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump) also revealed their true colors during the debates, and affected opinions that many people had about the candidates’ characters. An iconic example of this would be Kenneth Bone, who made his debut in the second presidential debate as one of the undecided voters (who just also happened to look like a character from Toy Story 2). Bone mentioned in a phone interview that he was leaning towards Trump at first, but after participating in the debate, Hillary “really impressed me with her composure and some of her answers” and that he was “a little let down” by Trump’s personal attacks towards Hillary.

Decisions, decisions...: Sullivan outlines effective strategies for selecting a presidential candidates

The republican primary features a plethora of options, including (from left to right) New Jersey governor Chris Christie, Florida senator Marco Rubio, neurosurgeon Ben Carson, Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum, businessman Donald Trump, Florida governor Jeb Bush, Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, Texas senator Ted Cruz, Kentucky senator Rand Paul, and Ohio governor John Kasich.

Photo courtesy of forbes.com

By: Abigail Sullivan

In a primary election fraught with informational inconsistencies and occurring during a number of significant national and international events, it can be hard to maintain a level-headed view of the candidates.