Thespians Induct New Members
On Thursday, May 17, the Mount Vernon High School Theatre Department held its annual induction ceremony and awards night in the District Auditorium. Nineteen students were inducted into the theatre honor society, the International Thespians. The requirements of induction are 10 points, or roughly 100 hours of service, in speech and drama participation. These new [...]
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The Mustang Moon Journalists Win Awards
The Iowa High School Press Association has sent awards for the Spring Newspaper Contest. The Mustang Moon won 11 individual awards, competing in a division with other schools who print as a page in their local newspaper. Editor Haleigh Ehmsen, a senior, won a total of five awards: first place news story, second place news [...]
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Prom Slideshow
Prom 2012 took place at the African American Museum in Cedar Rapids with the theme “Midnight in Paris.” Post Prom was held in the middle school gym and included games and a hypnotist. Check out a slideshow from the night.
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Is This a Marathon or Girls Soccer?
By Karissa Benter- After two overtimes and two rounds of shootouts, the Mount Vernon-Lisbon soccer girls came out with a win against Dewitt Sabers Thursday, May 3 at DeWitt. The Mustangs,with four injured starters sitting on the bench, struggled. With the score still 0-0 after the second overtime, it came down to five kickers against [...]
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Spotlight
Spotlight on Maggie Howell
By Drake Kroeger- Have you ever wondered what it would be like to run a family owned business or restaurant? Even working with your family every day of the week? Well junior Maggie Mae Howell does both at a family-owned restaurant in Sutliff, Iowa. Sutliff is a little town in Iowa between Solon and Lisbon. [...]
Activities
Robotics Teams Compete Well at Worlds
The two Mount Vernon Robotics teams and their robots performed well at the FIRST Technical Challenge (FTC) World Championships April 25 – April 28. Out of 128 FTC teams competing in two FTC divisions, Mount Vernon’sTeam 3549 went 5 -3 in qualification matches and finished in 19th place. They were also one of 3 teams [...]
Opinion
Fiction is meant to entertain
By Haleigh Ehmsen- “The Hunger Games”, the first book in the trilogy by Suzanne Collins, has been the number one movie for two weeks in a row. But for some reason this fictional book, now movie, has upset adults. In a column, published by the NY Times, Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite describes the plot of the [...]
Video
Musical Slideshow and Video
Check out some photos from rehearsal for Seussical. Be sure to attend the show April 19-21 at 7 p.m. Video: Slideshow:
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Thespians Induct New Members
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The Mustang Moon Journalists Win Awards
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Prom Slideshow
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Is This a Marathon or Girls Soccer?
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Boys Soccer Team Loses in DeWitt
May 4, 2012 14:05
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The Mustang Moon admin:
Great story!
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Thespians Induct New Members
On Thursday, May 17, the Mount Vernon High School Theatre Department held its annual induction ceremony and awards night in the District Auditorium. Nineteen students were inducted into the theatre honor society, the International Thespians. The requirements of induction are 10 points, or roughly 100 hours of service, in speech and drama participation. These new [...]
The Mustang Moon Journalists Win Awards
The Iowa High School Press Association has sent awards for the Spring Newspaper Contest. The Mustang Moon won 11 individual awards, competing in a division with other schools who print as a page in their local newspaper. Editor Haleigh Ehmsen, a senior, won a total of five awards: first place news story, second place news [...]
Prom Slideshow
Prom 2012 took place at the African American Museum in Cedar Rapids with the theme “Midnight in Paris.” Post Prom was held in the middle school gym and included games and a hypnotist. Check out a slideshow from the night.
Is This a Marathon or Girls Soccer?
By Karissa Benter- After two overtimes and two rounds of shootouts, the Mount Vernon-Lisbon soccer girls came out with a win against Dewitt Sabers Thursday, May 3 at DeWitt. The Mustangs,with four injured starters sitting on the bench, struggled. With the score still 0-0 after the second overtime, it came down to five kickers against [...]
Boys Soccer Team Loses in DeWitt
By Karissa Benter-The Mount Vernon-Lisbon boys soccer team played hard against DeWitt Thursday, taking many shots but no shots were going in. In the first half, Colby Azinger, of Dewitt scored a goal leaving the score 1-0. With thirty-five minutes left to go of the second half, the refs called the game to a pause [...]
Archery Club Earns 18 Individual Honors
The Mount Vernon Archery Club attended the Anamosa NASP Shoot on Saturday. Eighteen Mount Vernon archers from the club received individual honors. The seven from the high school who placed are: 9th grade girls: 1st Place Kari Tanberg 9th grade boys: 2nd Place Everett T. 10th grade girls: 1st Place Cheyenne Yerkes, 2nd Place Sam [...]
Robotics Teams Compete Well at Worlds
The two Mount Vernon Robotics teams and their robots performed well at the FIRST Technical Challenge (FTC) World Championships April 25 – April 28. Out of 128 FTC teams competing in two FTC divisions, Mount Vernon’sTeam 3549 went 5 -3 in qualification matches and finished in 19th place. They were also one of 3 teams [...]
UPDATE-The Men’s Quartet Won the Iowa Games Contest
UPDATE May 2, 2012- The MVHS Men’s Quartet won s contest to perform the National Anthem at the Iowa Games opening ceremony July 13 in Ames and at an Iowa Cubs game on July 16. The members of the quartet are Zak Moran, Brandon Douglas, Micah Russell, and Seamus Taylor. The voting among five finalists [...]
Spotlight on Maggie Howell
By Drake Kroeger- Have you ever wondered what it would be like to run a family owned business or restaurant? Even working with your family every day of the week? Well junior Maggie Mae Howell does both at a family-owned restaurant in Sutliff, Iowa. Sutliff is a little town in Iowa between Solon and Lisbon. [...]
Electric Vehicle Club Earns Second Place in North Carolina
Congratulations to our Electric Vehicle Team on their 2nd place finish in the EV Challenge last weekend in North Carolina. The team placed first in the Range event, driving the vehicle over 60 miles on a single charge. In addition, they earned 2nd place finishes in the Jeopardy, Acceleration, Design, and Autocross events. Check out [...]
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