
Michelle Serna, Spotlight Reporter
March 5, 2021

Ursula Sturgeon, Perspectives Reporter
March 4, 2021
February 24, 2021
Celebrities can have a big impact on their fans. They become giant billboards, asking followers to buy their merchandise or other sponsored items. For celebrities with a fan...
Cache Merriweather and Paige Friedlander
February 18, 2021
U.S. Government is a required class to take in order to graduate at Metea Valley. In this class, there is a semester-long project known as the Civic Engagement project in...
Gray Corkey, Longform Editor
February 15, 2021
As hope for a normal season faded, the Metea robotics team 8995E got their gears turning to find another way to victory. The freshman team, which includes Ian Corkey, Sheel...
Recovering Businesses: Goldfish Swim School
February 12, 2021
Since the first lockdown, restaurants have been forced to become delivery and takeout-only businesses. Social distancing has limited the number of people allowed in buildings....
Students and staff continue to adjust to hybrid learning
February 3, 2021
After being pushed back multiple times due to the rising numbers of COVID-19 cases in DuPage County, District 204 schools opened their doors to welcome back their students...
Ranked-choice Voting is a new direction for the electoral voting system
January 28, 2021
Since the 1700s, the United States has had a voting system built around the idea of democracy. It is a system that gives people of the country the right to make a decision...
From insurrection to inauguration, Mustangs share thoughts on state of democracy
January 22, 2021
The Confederate flag waving through the Senate chambers. An officer crushed between a door frame and rioters. A fist was thrown in the air. These were all pictures publicized...
Mane staff continues to roll despite remote learning
January 14, 2021
From school cafeterias to home kitchens, the staff of Broadcast Journalism and Production proceeds to put hours of work into each episode as they post once a month. The...
Speech team gives inside look at this year’s season
December 17, 2020
Students are encouraged by teachers and their peers to join in an after school activity, like a club or a sport. One of those is the Metea Valley Speech Team. Despite the...
Athletes find ways to bond after winter sports postponed
December 14, 2020
The IHSA announced a pause to all winter sports on Nov. 19. The winter season, which was supposed to begin on Nov. 16, came to a pause as Governor Pritzker implemented new...
Elliot Page inspires transgender youth to be their true selves
December 10, 2020
*Two of the interviewees in the article chose to remain anonymous. They will be referred to as T. and K. Queer celebrities are huge inspirations to young genderqueer...
December 9, 2020
Teens see it all the time. Charts of COVID-19 rates bombarding their timeline, raw footage of protestors marching through streets, and candidates demeaning each other on Twitter....
The process of obtaining a 504 plan in high school
November 30, 2020
A 504 plan is a document that is used in order to level the playing field for students who are in need of accommodations ranging from a broken arm to a learning disability....
The Stampede teaser: The PE department implements new mental health lessons for online learning
November 12, 2020
Students that once used the safe space of Metea Valley classrooms now lose that by being in their own homes. Almost everyone is struggling in one way or another during online...
Teachers continue to struggle with new challenges of remote learning
November 10, 2020
A year ago, teachers excitedly greeted their students each time they walked into class. Now, there are no more side conversations, no more noticing when a student is visibly...
Fresh Connect program experiences hardships during remote learning
November 6, 2020
Fresh Connect is a leadership program in which upperclassmen teach and guide a group of freshmen. The upperclassmen serve as mentors who assist and help the freshmen with...
Safety measures expected to be taken for school’s new hybrid plan
October 15, 2020
IPSD held a virtual meeting discussing the district's plans to return back to school on Oct. 5. This plan involves students coming back to an in-person environment in patterns...
March 5, 2021
What are your plans for after high school? After high school, I plan on going to college. Vanderbilt is my top choice if I get in, and if not, then I plan on going to the...
Max Berglind, Sports Reporter
February 24, 2021
Andrew Bradshaw is a senior going into his fourth year in the Metea Baseball program. I was able to ask him a few questions regarding his baseball career. What made you...
January 22, 2021
Finding something positive in a negative situation is never easy to do. Discovering the positive moments during a pandemic is even harder. Junior Mary Kate Farmer, founder...
Metea alumna Myra Bajwa gives insight on her experience with a COVID-19 vaccine trial
January 14, 2021
December 11, 2020
Humans of Metea: Perceive Happiness
November 20, 2020