Category: News

Ria Parikh | Staff Writer The current members on the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) robotics team, the Powerstackers, have competed on the world stage for three years in a row. From April 24 to April 27, the team was one of 160–which also included Quantum Leap, another Mason team– to go to the FTC World Championship (Worlds), held in Detroit, […]

Della Johnson | Staff Writer The Mason Hope Squad has made national news. NBC Nightly News came to the MHS on May 7 to take footage of the Hope Squad for a broadcast. They took footage in Lori Roth’s classroom, as well as interviews with administration and students alike. The purpose of the broadcast was to highlight mental health and […]

Evelina Gaivoronskaia | Staff Writer Although Earth Day has passed, Juniors Sara Naveh and Nick Flood are wasting no time when it comes to helping the environment. They organized the “Clean Up Mason” event, which took place on Saturday, April 27 and allowed the Mason community to come together and take care of their environment by cleaning up the areas […]

Henri Robbins | Staff Writer While students are focused on their grades, the school is focusing on the classes they take to get them.  In the most recent Community Conversation on April 2, 2019, Superintendent Jonathan Cooper announced his proposed changes to how Grade Point Average (GPA) is calculated in Mason Schools along with eliminating the valedictorian and salutatorian titles. […]

Riley Johansen | Staff Writer A dog may be a man’s best friend, but the Cooper family not only wants to find their son Myles a best friend, but a life-long companion as well.  On February 18, Mason City Schools Superintendent Jonathan Cooper announced on Twitter the beginning of his family’s journey towards training and placing a service dog in […]

Andrea Hefferan | Online Editor Politicians aren’t the only ones getting involved in world affairs. Mason’s Model United Nations (MUN) is a club where discussing and enacting foreign policy is turned into a competition. Students mimic the actual United Nations, and win awards for performing well in conferences. They can receive Honorable Delegate, Outstanding Delegate, and Best Delegate, which is […]

Ria Parikh | Staff Writer Twenty one have moved on, but only three will be chosen. On Friday, February 22 and Friday March 8, the 21 students who were selected by the administrative team will present their Ignite Your Vision ideas to an expert committee, with the hopes that their ideas will be executed. Ignite Your Vision is a movement […]

Kaelyn Rodrigues | Staff Writer The next time you read a book in class, it might be one written by your substitute teacher. Author and long term substitute teacher Tara Robinson, who publishes novels under the name Tara Tyler, is releasing a new novel. “Windy Hollow” is the third book in her series Beast World, which follows the story of […]

Henri Robbins | Staff Writer Mason High School’s newest dance is encouraging students to take pride in who they are. The Pride Night Dance, hosted by Mason’s Gender Sexuality Alliance (GSA), is on Saturday, March 9. The dance was created to show their support for the LGBT community and create awareness for the issues it faces. The dance is intended […]

Lily Geiser | Staff Writer Good news: The government is open for business. The longest government shutdown in history — lasting 35 days — is over. On February 16, just hours before the government was due to shut down again if a deal was not reached, President Trump signed a spending bill providing just $1.375 billion for a border wall, […]

Alex Lisa | Staff Writer Periods aren’t just the end of a sentence, they can be unpredictable and uncomfortable for young women at Mason High School. Members of MHS Hope Squad are trying to come to the rescue.  In the past, there were machines located in the bathrooms which would dispense feminine products for 50 cents, and in the case […]