Birthday Parties Seem Pretty Satanic to Me
Taylor Jones, Staff Writer
February 25, 2020
Hey Marauders! Welcome back to another “Taylor Talk” where I pick a topic to talk about or you picked by sending it to me via the MV Current’s instagram page @mvcurrentnewspaper. This month’s topic is how birthday parties are weird. There has been some speculations on Tumblr that birthdays r...
Flu Season Approaching
Zyaria Hatcher, Staff Writer
February 24, 2020
It is finally that time of the year where a large number of the flu cases start popping up. The United States might be headed towards the worst flu in recent history. Already more than 19 million cases of the flu have been reported in the United States. Flu activity was low in late December, but n...
“The Sun and Her Flowers” Book Review
Sophie DeWael, Staff Writer
February 24, 2020
“The Sun and Her Flowers” is a collection of poetry that was published in 2017 and was written by Raupi Kaur, who also wrote the best-selling poetry collection “Milk and Honey.” Both books include an assortment of poems along with illustrations. Raupi Kaur makes both the poems and the pictures...
No Study Island
Graci Watson, Staff Writer
February 21, 2020
Study Island is being used during SRT to help sophomores prepare for ISTEP. With the extra practice from Study Island the students are able to ask for help with something they do not understand. “Students are doing Study Island because we are trying to get them to do more math so that they are rea...
Exchange Program
Katelynn Hexamer, Staff Photographer/Writer
January 21, 2020
Mt Vernon has had an international student exchange program for years. The current program started in the 2016-17 school year. As part of this program, international students come to the United States, for as little as months and as long as two years. Current students are from Spain, Vietnam, German...
Unified Champions Game
Katelynn Hexamer, Staff Photographer/Writer
January 17, 2020
On December 12, 2019, Mt Vernon Middle School hosted a Unified Champions basketball game. Many people showed up to the game to cheer the teams on. Students from the middle and high school Essential Skills classes as well as members of the 8th grade boys' basketball team and the 7th and 8th grade cheer...
Decorating for Christmas
Graci Watson, Staff Writer
January 15, 2020
Many people who celebrate the holidays decorate. Some decorate by just putting a christmas tree up. Others go all out and cover the whole house with Christmas lights. Despite this, even people who don't decorate often have opinions about the best time to start decorating. “ I don’t think it’s...
Shrek the Musical
Madalyn Cottrell, Staff Writer
January 10, 2020
The cast of Shrek the Musical took their final bows on Sunday, November 24th. For the last 4 months, the crew, cast, and creative team have been working to put on an unforgettable performance. Shrek received a lot of positive feedback from several audiences, and was nearly sold out for the last three perform...
