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Mill Valley News

The student news site of Mill Valley High School

Mill Valley News

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Mill Valley News

Students skip Homecoming dance to attend Chappell Roan concert

Students skip Homecoming dance to attend Chappell Roan concert

Kansas City was one of three stops on singer Chappell Roan's Visions of Damsels and Other Dangerous Things tour
Maddie Martin, Mill Valley News editor-in-chief and JagWire editor-in-chief October 11, 2025

Over Homecoming weekend, many students chose to skip the dance in order to attend the Chappell Roan concert on Saturday, Oct. 3. Sophomore Riley Baggett was originally planning on attending the Homecoming...

Vital Voices formed this year for students who want to work in the medical field

Vital Voices formed this year for students who want to work in the medical field

Vital Voices provides hands-on and volunteer opportunities while giving a space for students to learn more about working in healthcare
Kennedy Botkin, JagWire copy editor October 2, 2025

Vital Voices is a new club at the school that educates students who want to go into the healthcare field and provides them with opportunities to get more hands on work and volunteer experience.  Senior...

Themed games allow students to get more involved in the student section

Themed games allow students to get more involved in the student section

Dressing up for themes such as western and Hawaiian encourage students to attend games
Maddie Martin, Mill Valley News editor-in-chief and JagWire editor-in-chief September 26, 2025

The roar of the student section echoes through the entire football stadium and every student is on their feet, cheering and chanting together. The energy in the crowd is amplified by the fact that every...

I Am Mill Valley: Beau Peterson wins MLB High School Home Run Derby

I Am Mill Valley: Beau Peterson wins MLB High School Home Run Derby

In July senior beau Peterson competed in the High School Home Run Derby and won with nine home runs
Ryan Bloomer, JagWire reporter/photographer September 24, 2025

In July, senior Beau Peterson won the National Home Run Derby at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia. He won with nine home runs. Each batter gets two and a half minutes to hit as many home runs as possible...

Different car modifications are popular with students

Different car modifications are popular with students

Students enhance the power and aesthetic of their vehicles by modifying them
Ryan Bloomer and Evan LeRoy September 23, 2025

Everybody has their own way of relaxing at the end of a long day. For some, it's resting and doing no physical work. For others, it’s spending a lot of time getting their hands dirty and modifying their...

Looking down, Charlotte Hill O'Neal strums her instrument for the class.

AP African American Studies class hosts the co-director of the United African Alliance Community Center

Charlotte Hill O’Neal talks to the AP African American Studies class about her journey from being involved in the Kansas City Black Panther Party to her life now in Tanzania Thursday, Sept. 11
Madelyn Mulryan September 22, 2025

The AP African American Studies class invited Charlotte Hill O’Neal (known as Mama C) to speak with them during class Thursday, Sept. 11.  Mama C grew up in Kansas City and was involved in the...

School welcomes six new staff members for the 2025-2026 school year

School welcomes six new staff members for the 2025-2026 school year

New staff members are excited to join the Mill Valley community and help support students
September 16, 2025

I Am Mill Valley: A recap of all the best moments from the senior classes four years

I Am Mill Valley: A recap of all the best moments from the senior classes four years

From football state to freshman year Homecoming the class of 2025 has had many memorable moments
Evan LeRoy, Mill Valley News editor-in-chief and Mill Valley News social media manager May 20, 2025

Seniors Alonnah Gage, Brooklyn Markovich, Laura Hickman, Maggie Wieland, Seville Skinner, Charlotte Caldwell, Callie Cahoy, Isabel 
Cherrito, Meg McAfee, and Calista Marx stand in front of Mill Valley to get senior photos taken together.

Senior friend group forced to split up for college

Friends who have stuck it out through high school together come to the realization they will be seeing each other off to different colleges soon
Evan LeRoy, Mill Valley News editor-in-chief and Mill Valley News social media manager May 19, 2025

On May 1, seniors officially made their college decisions. Afterwards, many large friend groups had a startling realization. These friend groups that have survived much of high school together are suddenly...

Donna Riss and Travis Keal to retire at end of year

Donna Riss and Travis Keal to retire at end of year

After 18 and 28 years in the district, respectively, the two are ready for retirement
Quin Peters, JagWire editor-in-chief May 18, 2025

Donna Riss Eighteen years after she first began teaching at Mill Valley, biology teacher Donna Riss will retire at the end of the school year. Her career started in 1984, and looking back, Riss is grateful...

The school has been open 25 years and the original teachers talk about what has changed in the school

The school has been open 25 years and the original teachers talk about what has changed in the school

The 25th year of the school being open has come and there are six teachers that have been here since the beginning that have seen the school grow and change
Mya Franco and Hailey Gussio May 17, 2025

The school has been open for 25 years, and there are six teachers that have been here since the beginning. They have seen the school grow and change; they’ve seen traditions come and go, and the school...

Senior superlatives voted by the class of 2025

Senior superlatives voted by the class of 2025

Senior class votes for who of their peers matches certain superlatives
Madelyn Mulryan and Mya Franco May 17, 2025

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