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Julianne Enas is one of the many seniors graduating this year. 

Photo credit of Julianne Enas

Farewell Friday: Julianne Enas

Paige Friedlander
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 University of Illinois at Urbana...

A selection of Mold-A-Ramas colorful wax menagerie from the authors personal collection.

Automatic Miniature Plastic Factory: How Mold-A-Rama Inc. survives and thrives amidst pandemic

Ursula Sturgeon, Perspectives Reporter
March 4, 2021

Brookfield Zoo reopened to the public after two months of closure due to COVID-19 related lockdowns on March 1. In the weeks prior, similar places like museums and aquariums across Chicagoland were opening...

JoJo Siwa came out and people were not happy about it.

JoJo Siwa’s coming out hopes to bring change to children’s television

Emily Veenstra
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 base consisting of mainly children,...

Students can watch district board meetings to gain points for the project.

The Civic Engagement Project is a Way to stay involved in the community

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 which students are encouraged...

8995E teaches Zoom classes about designing, programming, and engineering for middle schoolers.

Robotics team 8995E steers to victory with their robotics boot camp

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 Parikh, Vikram Rao, Debarya...

Goldfish Swim school is one business fighting to recover from the lasting effects of the pandemic.

Recovering Businesses: Goldfish Swim School

Emily Veenstra
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. Activities and gyms have...

Teachers and students follow classroom procedures in order to keep each other safe.

Students and staff continue to adjust to hybrid learning

Cache Merriweather
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 last Monday. With the change...

Ranked-choice voting is a different method of voting in which candidates are chosen in order of preference.

Ranked-choice Voting is a new direction for the electoral voting system

Cache Merriweather
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 on who will run the country....

As the American people and the Biden administration opens a new chapter, the call for unity and progress continues.

From insurrection to inauguration, Mustangs share thoughts on state of democracy 

Iman Hamid, News Reporter
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 by the press during the insurrection...

Even with the new environment of working remotely and the obstacles they face through that, the staff of the mane constantly produces excellent content.

Mane staff continues to roll despite remote learning

Gray Corkey and Cache Merriweather
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 staff of the Mane has been working...

Speech teams category DEC during one of their virtual practices.

Speech team gives inside look at this year’s season

Michelle Serna
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 difficulty in communication this...

Winter Sports athletes begin to adjust to online practices while athletics are still on hold.

Athletes find ways to bond after winter sports postponed

Emily Veenstra
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 mitigations that went into effect...

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