After the new Mustang Hour’s first successful pilot day, students and staff await the announcement of the tentative second pilot day on April 22. Though students have little news of what is to come from...
A panel of eight women at the top of their fields empowered students, especially girls, to work hard and push themselves March 24 in the large forum room. Speakers included women in business, education,...
I think it’s time that some of you notice the prefix “extra” in the word “extracurricular.”
I also think that, by looking at your baggy eyes and unwashed hair, and your tweets about your above...
Metea Valley’s BPA program sent over fifty students to the Illinois State Leadership conference in Oak Brook, Illinois. Fifteen students qualified to attend the National Leadership Conference, and as...
The Metea Valley community is remembering social studies teacher Debra Roerig, who lost her battle with a prolonged illness on Feb. 23. Roerig is remembered as a kind, dedicated teacher committed to...
With issues such as insomnia and the stress of school work, it has become extremely hard for high school students to get a good nights sleep. Though, there are many remedies to help get a solid eight hours...
All for one, and one for all! For the second time in Metea Valley history an orchesis dance made it to state. After an exciting audition at Buffalo Grove High School on Feb. 21, the dance, “Run Boy Run”,...
The boys’ basketball team knocked off top-seeded Lyons Township in the Proviso West 4A regional championship Friday night to send the program back to the sectional tournament for the first time since...
Last night, with the record-high, frigid February temperatures drifting in for this Thursday morning, school districts across Illinois made the decision to close schools due to wind chills dropping temperatures...
Tragedy struck the University of North Carolina, Feb. 10, when three young students, all of the Muslim faith, were brutally murdered at the hand of their neighbor, a Caucasian atheist.
Investigation...
Social media and the music world exploded Thursday, Feb. 12th, at the release of Drake’s newest album, If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late. With seventeen songs and an artsy title, Drake did what...
Vince Gilligan gave “Breaking Bad” fans everywhere another taste of the hit series Sunday night with the premiere of spin-off and prequel “Better Call Saul”.
“Better Call Saul” stars James...
As our generation explores the use of technology and communication, we are exposed to others’ opinions and beliefs. We learn the new studies of sexes, genders, and identities. As we come into experience...
From January 29th to February 1st, the 2014-2015 Illinois Music Education Association [ILMEA] All-State conference took place. This event brought together many of the most musically talented individuals from...
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The following letter is in response to, Double Standards Within Society Prevent Success of Turnabout by Drew Danko
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The name strikes fear into...
It seems that almost months before Homecoming guys are bombarded with the pressures of what should be a fun, semi-formal dance.
First, we have to propose to our date in a creative way; A Homecoming proposal...
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“It's impossible to appreciate the sacrifice soldiers make by simply watching a movie, but it does pay a great tribute to members of all the armed services,” Army cadet at the United States Military...
How would you label yourself? Choose five labels from the listed finalists, which have been created by your peers. The top choices will be printed on bracelets for the school to select and wear....
The annual blood drive organized by the Business Professionals of America (BPA) was held on Wednesday, January 14 in the dance room to celebrate blood donation awareness month. Students age 16 with permission...
The Special Olympics and varsity girls' basketball team came together Wednesday night to host the second annual "Pack the Stands" Special Olympics basketball game.
The Mustang Gold team won by a score...
For those who don’t follow professional basketball, the National Basketball Association and Chicago Bulls’ fans everywhere have been witnesses to one of the most controversial and captivating players:...
Voices of Democracy is a competition for high school students that is founded by Veterans of Foreign Wars. The competition is a way for students to express their ideas and principles when it comes to our...
On Dec. 4 and Dec. 5, Metea hosted the annual Collage concert. The audience was promised great music, holiday cheer, and an overall wonderful show.
As usual, the concert delivered and then some.
Students...
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“Do More Metea Valley,” also known as DMMV, demonstrated their dedication to service within our community by helping out at the Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry on Nov.20.
DMMV began as a tribute to Rachel’s...
A few hours after the “all-American” thanksgiving feast, bank-accounts are drained, tents are propped, and shopping carts become racecars. It’s Black Friday.
Thanksgiving and Black Friday make...
Netflix was founded in 1997, emerging with less than a thousand titles available for rent. Today, it offers hundreds of thousands of movies and television shows and serves as a fierce competitor for cable...
At least one time in our four years of high school, students hear something about community service. The biggest event that Metea holds is the Kicking Hunger with Robby Gould Food Drive. It is always encouraged...
The new generation of voters used their political and social knowledge to make their impact on the polls this year. The republicans lead the election with a 5% increase over the democrats, putting Bruce...
Division I athletes sign their letters of intent on NCAA early signing day.
Matt Salerno, University of Arizona Swimming
Jordan O'Brien, University of Missouri Swimming
Kenan Carter, Old Dominion...
After the Veteran's Day assembly, news editor Nirmal Mulaikal interviewed Four-Star General Darren McDew.
1. Of all your assignments and tasks, what has been the most meaningful and how has that experience...
It’s safe to say that Taylor Swift has come a long way from being the girl riding shotgun with her hair undone in the front seat of his car. Swift’s newest and first pop album “1989” went on sale...
Disapproval of prejudice is seen in all forms of media everywhere around us students. We hear the hate towards prejudice from celebrities, classes, and in the conversations of surrounding people. So what...
On Sat. Nov. 2, the varsity football team faced off against the Waubonsie Valley Warriors in their first ever IHSA play-off football game, taking home a tough loss, but a win in terms of school pride.
Most...
As the first “Disney generation” begins to grow from their child star image to the adaptation of today’s pop-culture, the standards for men and woman contrast immensely.
The popular Disney show...
With a 5-4 record, and the varsity football team's first ever playoff eligible season, the Mustangs gathered as a team Saturday night at Metea to await the class 8A IHSA playoff pairings announcement....
June 6th, 2014 - Metea Valley lost one of their own - beloved teacher and coach, Michael Wegrzyn. “He was a positive role model, and (he) was always smiling when I saw him in the hallways,” junior,...
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News of the Ebola virus has recently struck the United States and sent the population into a downward frenzy. With media making puns regarding...
The junior team "Beauty and the Blitz" won Metea's first annual junior versus senior powderpuff football game Oct. 8, at Mustang Stadium. Though tensions were high with competition among all teams, the...
The most important thing that high schools should provide are great learning environments. School settings should encourage independent thinking and student achievement, and in order to reach this atmosphere,...
The dresses, the proposals, the spray tans, the corsages, and the pictures. Homecoming is near.
The American Tradition was mainly originated in 1910 at Baylor University. The school invited all alumni...
On Sep. 27, the eighth annual Kyra’s Idea Angie’s Hope fundraiser took place. The event raised over $35,000 in the effort to find a cure for the disease, spinal muscular atrophy, more commonly known...
Guest speaker, Juan Ortiz, a successful businessman, husband, and father, made his message clear as he spoke at the Hispanic Heritage Assembly on Sept. 25. “If you have a dream, a mentor, goals, and...
With the large attendances at last week's Friday Flyover, and the football games this season, it is clear that school spirit around Metea has grown significantly throughout the school's history.
BG Stampede...
On Sept. 12, hoards of students gathered at dawn on the Metea Valley football field for the ABC 7 News Flyover. Students marched into multiple formations choreographed by the Metea Valley Band, spelling...
The increasing popularity of electronic cigarettes, more commonly known as “e-cigs”, among teens has resulted in a new emphasis of Metea’s drug tolerance policy this year.
Dean’s visited each...
With recent news of Robin William’s self inflicted death and many other celebrity suicide attempts, the thought is put into question - can money really buy happiness?
His suffocated body was found in...
As of the start of the school year, seniors have been doing a great job at maintaining their privilege of locker bank access. Locker bank access was given back to just the class of 2015 as a last minute...
The 2014 MTV VMAs were busy with designer-clad celebrities, absurd performances, and corny introductions. From Nicki’s “Anaconda” routine to the Robin Williams' tribute, the awards show was packed...
How do you like being a Mustang?
I really enjoy it, it’s been super so far. The students have treated me really great! A lot of students from the old Hill days see me in the hallways and remember...
Weather delays couldn't stop Metea Valley football from bringing the thunder. Last Friday night, Metea football started the season with a 45-28 win against Plainfield North. Although the game was rescheduled,...
On Thursday, August 23rd the Metea Valley Mustangs varsity girls volleyball team fell to the St. Charles East Saints in two hard-fought sets but are looking to regain some momentum from last year’s winning...
Hi, I’m Alex Garcia and I was nominated to do the ALS ice bucket challenge. The ice water challenge is a dare to dump ice water on your head and post the video on social media in order to nominate...
Reportedly started last week by a high school student in Louisville, Kentucky, rumor of a real-life ‘purge’ has begun to circulate through social media across the country causing feeling of insecurity...
Following the death of the Academy Award winning actor and comedian Robin Williams on August 11, the world mourned all over social media sites. Pictures and tributes to Williams continued to grow as the...
Guest article courtesy of MV YearbookLast week, The Metea Valley Softball team hosted their annual “Strike Out Cancer Game” against Waubonsie Valley. Both teams decided to use the funds earned by...
Action movies became synonymous with “over-stuffed money machines”. The action of Captain America is constant, but it's bred from actual meaning. In a post-9/11 and post-NSA scandal America, the word...
How he met the mother is the question that millions of people around the world have been waiting almost a decade to know the answer to. Instead of How I Met Your Mother, a better name would have been...
As seniors, there’s not much we look forward to other than prom and graduation, but Metea’s third annual Senior Road Trip gave the class of 2014 a sentimental farewell.
“At first, no one was really...
Emotionally toxic relationships typically go under the radar, as they’re not easily defined, proven, or seen – not even at Metea.
A survey asked a sample of Metea students about emotional and...
With a new year comes a lot of changes for the girls’ water polo team. The team has new head coach Wyatt Jansen, also new junior varsity coach Alyssa Walters. On top of the change of a new coaching staff,...
Metea's G.I. poses with Principal Schmid before leaving to perform their version of "Despicable Me" at their state competition on Friday.
Photo courtesy of Ryan Doherty
Over the last week, Metea students participated in the “Free The Children - Clean Water Project”, an initiative that supports the construction of new sources of clean water in rural villages in under...
This just in: Metea Valley teachers lead lives outside of school. Metea’s very own Mr. Fontanetta hit a home run with the role of die-hard Cubs fan Greg in “Bleacher Bums”, a play about a group of...
Metea’s student body practices their motto -foster positive relationships- as they participate in the Spread the Word to End the Word campaign throughout the week of March 3 in the hopes to stop the...
Are you interested in possibly being a Speaker at Graduation?
Seniors, join us for an Informational Meeting on Thursday March 27, 2014 at 2:30pm in the Room A133.
Feel like making a difference? Here are some ways you can take action...
Join a discussion group today during lunch: sign up with your 3rd period teacher; report to the College & Career Center...
John Hill, Ben Larmer, and Andrew Betbadal buy tickets to the State Championship Hockey game against Glenbard HS hosted at the United Center.
Photo by Andrea Lin
I have a feeling we’re not in Naperville anymore, Toto. Stepping off the bus, what one first notices about Camp Henry Horner is that it is absolutely surrounded by woods.
Operation Snowball is a program...
The 2013-2014 school year has been an interesting one for Metea Valley High School. During this time, Metea has begun to emerge as an athletically gifted school. In the Winter season for 2013-2014, both...
As children, most of us are taught to accept others and to understand we all live different lives. Year by year, we experience different aspects of life, whether it be playing at recess or cheering at...
On Feb. 21, excitement, nervousness, and focus all culminated into a strong showcase for the girls’ varsity bowling team at the IHSA Girls’ State Bowling Invitational. The girls were eager to perform...
With the commencement of the 2014 Sochi Olympics, traveling journalists have humorously highlighted the subpar hotel conditions. Tweets showing yellow tap water, toilets stalls with missing walls, and...
As the end of February approaches and the last of the Valentine's Day candy is being pulled off the shelves by lonely girls and avid candy enthusiasts, both couples and single pringles find themselves...
A child’s play time is a rare glimpse into the immense amount of imagination impressively stored within such small, undeveloped brains. “The Lego Movie” gives the general public a more complete grasp...
Since the rise of the “hipster” fashion era, the students of Metea Valley can be seen strutting the halls wearing their leather boots, oversized sweaters, and signature wide-framed glasses. When you...
Students focused their attention on four lucky teachers on Jan. 31 as students taped them to the lunchroom wall for the third annual Duct-Tape-A-Teacher event. The Future Educators Association created...
For some time now, students have been asking for the ability to leave campus during their lunch hour in order to buy food from outside restaurants. While not letting us leave campus, the administration,...
Lightspeed Systems is an internet filtration system used at Metea that prevents students from accessing inappropriate information while at school. Lightspeed Systems bans the usual, basically anything...
With recent public focus on privacy, partially prompted by the NSA’s recent advances, several parties have risen to protect the rights of the public, as can be seen with the group Anonymous, who actively...
Administrators can now request that students share their passwords to social media sites, according to a new law passed in Illinois that took effect Jan. 1. All school administrators need to gain this...
