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Mill Valley News

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Mill Valley News

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Mill Valley News

Staff Editorial: Graduating seniors should be adaptable to the change their future will bring them

Staff Editorial: Graduating seniors should be adaptable to the change their future will bring them

Change should be viewed as an opportunity to improve and grow instead of being regarded as a problem
JagWire staff May 20, 2025

Walking across the stage at graduation and grabbing the high school diploma is the event that marks the end of childhood for many seniors. It is akin to closing the chapter of childhood and beginning adulthood....

Senior Opinion: You don't have to have everything figured out in high school

Senior Opinion: You don’t have to have everything figured out in high school

JagWire editor-in-chief Hailey Gussio believes high school is a time to figure out what you want to do and graduating without that final decision is okay
Hailey Gussio, JagWire editor-in-chief May 19, 2025

Throughout high school,  especially in my junior and senior years, I’ve been asked what I plan to do with my life a lot. It’s a reasonable and expected question. However I haven’t given a single...

Senior Opinion: Comparing yourselves to others only makes you feel worse about your achievements

Senior Opinion: Comparing yourselves to others only makes you feel worse about your achievements

Mill Valley News editor-in-chief Ian Chern believes that instead of comparing everything you do to your peers, stay focused on your own accomplishments
Ian Chern, Mill Valley News editor-in-chief May 19, 2025

After taking a test or quiz during my time in high school, one of the first things I would do is ask my peers what grade they got on the test. Many times, I would use their score to make me feel better...

Opinion: The deportation system fails to show justice towards undocumented immigrants

Opinion: The deportation system fails to show justice towards undocumented immigrants

Jagwire reporter Natalia Castillejos Ramírez discusses how deportation is harmful due to the crucial contributions immigrants make to the U.S.
Natalia Castillejos-Ramirez, JagWire reporter/photographer May 14, 2025

Earlier this year, Multiple changes have been made in our government, one of which was mass deportation. Deportation itself is harmful to our country because immigrants contribute significantly to the...

Review: Mayhem by Lady Gaga

Review: Mayhem by Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga's newest album is filled with nostalgia for her older music.
Oliver Feiring, JagWire reporter/photographer May 12, 2025

Since her debut in 2008, Lady Gaga’s success has spanned from her breakthrough album, The Fame, all the way to her most recent album. Throughout her career, Gaga has been known for her artistic, modern...

Every family dynamic is different and provides positive impacts

Every family dynamic is different and provides positive impacts

Four JagWire reporters share the story of their unique family dynamic and the ways it has impacted them

Generational Home When I moved to the U.S. at three with my mom and brother, we didn’t have a lot of money so we moved in with my grandparents and aunts. It was a wonderful childhood being surrounded...

Staff Editorial: Family should be defined by the people that provide love and support

Staff Editorial: Family should be defined by the people that provide love and support

Family dynamics do not matter as long as somebody has a supportive family that cares for them
JagWire staff April 11, 2025

The nuclear family, a household with two parents and their children, has been  the most common type of family in America. However, according to the Pew Research Center, the percentage of married couples...

Review: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs remake was better than expected

Review: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs remake was better than expected

Mill Valley News editor-in-chief Evan LeRoy finds the recent Disney remake to be better than expected
Evan LeRoy, Mill Valley News editor-in-chief and Mill Valley News Social Media Manager April 7, 2025

Walking into the theater for the 2025 Snow White remake starring Rachel Zegler as the title character and Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen, my expectations weren't high. Like many people, I had seen all the...

Opinion: Mill Valley’s lack of adaptability hurts transfer students' experience

Opinion: Mill Valley’s lack of adaptability hurts transfer students’ experience

JAG yearbook staff member Gracie Pollicita thinks that Mill Valley needs to adjust its system to better the experience of students.
Gracie Pollicita, JAG photographer/reporter March 14, 2025

Mill Valley is not adaptable for transfer students. With the biggest freshman class since the opening of the school, an additional 55 transfer students to the freshman class alone, and an average of 70...

Album Review: The Weeknd's Hurry Up Tomorrow

Album Review: The Weeknd’s Hurry Up Tomorrow

JagWire reporter Abby Stidham-Ebberts shares her opinion on each song on The Weeknd's new album
Abby Stidham-Ebberts, JagWire reporter/photographer March 13, 2025

On Friday January 31 at midnight, Abel Tesfaye, also known as The Weeknd, released his new album “Hurry Up Tomorrow”, marking his sixth and final studio album. It includes 22 songs and features many...

Opinion: Enjoy being young while you still are

Opinion: Enjoy being young while you still are

Jagwire Reporter Natalia Castillejos- Ramírez shares how playing Rebecca Gibbs has taught her about enjoying her youth
Natalia Castillejos-Ramirez, JagWire reporter/photographer March 9, 2025

Earlier this year, I was cast in our Spring Play as Rebecca Gibbs from “Our Town”. When I first auditioned for the show, I was not interested in playing Rebecca. However, after being cast in the role,...

Opinion: Disney has gotten lazy by remaking old movies and their newer movies lack effort

Opinion: Disney has gotten lazy by remaking old movies and their newer movies lack effort

JagWire editor-in-chief Madelyn Mulryan believes newer Disney movies aren't made as well as older ones and that their remakes of old films are bad
Madelyn Mulryan February 22, 2025

Disney has been a classic family movie company, with movies like “Toy Story” and “Beauty and the Beast.” The brand definitely has rewatchable films, with IMDB stating that “Snow White and the...

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