Category: News

Andrea Hefferan | Staff Writer It is not every day you find the author of the number one book on the Teens’ Top Ten list, but this year, look no further than room A202. English teacher Kurt Dinan published his first book, ‘Don’t Get Caught’, in April 2016. This year, teenagers from all over the country voted it number one […]

Jacob Brase | Staff Writer This time, if you lose, there is no reset button. Students at Mason High School have begun purchasing real stocks with real money. The MHS Investment Club is a place for students to learn how the stock market works, discuss strategy, and simulate trading stocks. The club uses a simulation game where students compete to […]

Lauren Thomas | Staff Writer Books, groceries and space travel at your fingertips. With Amazon’s growing repertoire of products ranging from the traditional books to now an in-home delivery service, everyone is feeling the effect. The Amazon Umbrella now emcompasses several companies operating under it including The Washington Post, Whole Foods, and IMDB. An empire expanding on the daily requires […]

Nathalie Schickendantz | Staff Writer Officer Nick Fantini is reporting for duty. Fantini is replacing Officer Karli Dyer and taking over as Mason High School’s new School Resource Officer and said he is ready to help students grow. “I want to try to make a difference in their lives in any way, shape, or form,” Fantini said. “I’m here to […]

Alekya Raghavan | Staff Writer Mason’s got talent. The popular reality-competition show, America’s Got Talent, will be going into its 13 season on NBC in May 2018, and with the new season comes a new group of contestants. Among those auditioning are several Mason students. Fans of the show are familiar with its four round system: ‘Auditions,’ Judge Cuts,’ ‘Quarterfinals, […]

Alexandra Lisa | Staff Writer In preparation for the school board election on November 7, Rho Kappa National Social Studies Honor Society hosted a Mason School Board Candidate Town Hall oriented around a question and answer format for students. The four running candidates were on the panel in the Harvard Room this past Monday, October 23. These included Noha Eyada, […]

Students were given the opportunity to have journalistic discussions with OU faculty during breakout sessions.   Luke Hutchinson | Online Editor On October 23, Dr. Robert Stewart — the Director of Ohio University’s Scripps School of Journalism — came to the high school alongside other OU faculty and Mason alumni for Scripps Day at MHS. The event opened in the Harvard […]

MBC Reporter Rawley White uncovers why art classes remain popular for students. Lauren Serge | Staff Writer Discussion is brought together through art, the language that everyone speaks. During second and third bell on Mondays, A Brush of Hope serves as a safe location where girls engage in an open conversation, then try a medium of art that relates to […]

Andrea Hefferan | Staff Writer Mason students are putting their hands together to help all kinds of creatures. Animal Shelter Alliance (ASA) is a new club dedicated to providing resources to animals in need. Every other Friday, nearly 100 members, from middle schoolers to seniors, meet up to make much-needed supplies. Senior Amanda Cheng, co-president, had the idea for the […]

Luke Hutchinson | Online Editor Ready, set, code. Mason Hack club will host their first Hack-a-thon at the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and Applied Sciences on November 4. A hack-a-thon is a 24-hour overnight competition in which students interested in computer programming (CP) pair up into small teams, brainstorm a potential CP project and then build it through […]

Asia Porter | Editor-in-Chief Three seats are up for grabs in the school board election on November 7. With only two incumbents in the race, current President Matthew Steele and member Connie Yingling, at least one newcomer will earn a seat come November. Attorney Charles Galvin is hoping to be that one. With the 2018 renovation projects on the horizon, […]

Jacob Brase | Staff Writer A new, yet all too familiar, audience has joined Twitter, creating concern among students at Mason High School. On August 8 and 9, over 900 educators from Mason and surrounding districts gathered to discuss learning techniques at the second annual Mason Learning Series (MLS). The Learning Series was a combination of conferences, speeches and classes, […]

Rahul Parikh | Staff Writer The “Power of the Pen” is now possessed by high school and middle school students alike. English teacher Patricia George is the advisor for the new Pen OHIO team, a high school competitive writing team, stemming from the Power of the Pen program at the middle school.  Other schools around the area, such as Indian […]