Mill Valley News

Graduation ceremony celebrates 325 graduates

On the football field on Saturday May 17, the class of 2025 officially graduated in first evening ceremony in school history

Evan LeRoy, Mill Valley News editor-in-chief and Mill Valley News Social Media Manager • May 20, 2025

As the sun sets in the distance, the class of 2025 celebrates the end of their time in high school. This year's ceremony started at 6:30 pm instead of 10 am as it was in years past. History teacher...

Senior breakfast and awards ceremony showcases the accomplishments of the class of 2025

The breakfast and award ceremony was held on Friday, May 16, the seniors also participated in the annual senior walk through the halls

Madelyn Mahoney and Caitlin Pham • May 20, 2025

How President Donald Trump’s executive orders are affecting students

How the Trump Administration is changing clubs and the environment at school

Evan LeRoy, Mya Franco, and Madelyn Mulryan • May 6, 2025

Postponing Refugee Support Since the Trump administration has made its way back into office, there have been changes not only to the country but also to the school. The club, Youth for Refugees has been...

Assistant principal Dr. Heath Wilson to leave at the end of the year

Wilson will take the position of athletic director at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School next year

Ian Chern, Mill Valley News editor-in-chief • April 23, 2025

Assistant principal Dr. Heath Wilson will leave Mill Valley at the end of the school year to take on a new role as assistant principal and athletic director at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School next...

28 AP exams going fully digital or hybrid

12 of the 28 exams will be hybrid digital while the remaining 16 exams will be fully digital

Ian Chern, Mill Valley News editor-in-chief • April 15, 2025

Starting this year, the College Board is implementing a significant change to the AP exam format, with exams for 28 classes transitioning to either fully digital or hybrid. According to the College Board,...

Special education funding gets substantial withdrawal for 2025-2026 school year

The state government implemented a four-year plan to add $74 million a year to the special education budget, but this year it is reevaluating the budget

Mya Franco and Madelyn Mulryan • April 12, 2025

A budget plan approved by both the Kansas Senate and House involving special education funding could cause changes in the district’s budget for both special and general education. The budget would fully...

Theater department presents “Our Town”

Thornton Wilder's play ran from Monday, April 7-Friday, April 11

Alex Powell and Myah Ronning • April 9, 2025

Singing and Sweets choir event features choir state soloists

The annual event on Thursday, March 27 allowed soloists to perform their pieces in front of an audience for the first time

Mya Franco, JagWire reporter/photographer • April 3, 2025

Singing and Sweets has been a choir department annual tradition for years and it continued Thursday, March 27. Choir president senior Blake Gray, who sang Vittoria, mio core by Giacomo Carissimi,...

School district purchases new vans for schools to use

At the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year, the district approved the purchase of four new vans for the schools to use

Evan LeRoy, Mill Valley News editor-in-chief and Mill Valley News Social Media Manager • February 25, 2025

Recently, the school district decided to replace the old school vans with a newer model. The district purchased four 2025 Ford Transit T350 models to help transport students. Director of Safety...

Overcrowded school parking lot causes issues for students and staff

Unlike last year, students are no longer allowed to park in the front lot

Ian Chern and Mya Franco • February 24, 2025

For students and staff, the overcrowded school parking lot has made parking at school an issue, leading to tardiness and frustration. According to school resource officer Darion Hillman, the overcrowded...

New implemented TORCH award winners talk about what it was like to win

The TORCH awards are a new district initiative to recognize overachieving teachers

Mya Franco, JagWire reporter/photographer • February 24, 2025

The school district has newly implemented a program called TORCH to recognize teachers. The district communications specialist, Casey Rooman Smith, shines a light on how the acronym TORCH came to be. “When...

TikTok ban causes confusion amongst students and staff about the future of the app

TikTok was banned for about 14 hours and now have been given 75 days to find a buyer or the app is gone again

Evan LeRoy, Mill Valley News editor-in-chief and Mill Valley News Social Media Manager • January 24, 2025

On Jan. 18 students who went to open the TikTok app were met with a pop-up stating “Sorry, TikTok isn't available right now,” proving many people's fears to be true. TikTok was suspended for all American...