Great news for the MHS debate team! This year, at the Iroquois Districts Speech and Debate Tournament, all members of the MHS debate team who attended qualified for the National Speech and Debate Tournament in one or more categories. While MHS has historically done quite well at Districts, with at least one MHS team qualifying in Public Forum debate every year for the past four years, this year has gone uniquely well. Read More.
By Noam Hessler
While many MHS students have likely met our new art teacher, Mx. Colleen Flanagan in class with her or through her posts on the MHS art class Instagram, the staff here at the Solon Spectrum thought it would be interesting to sit down with Mx. Flanagan (Flan or Flannie for short) and talk to her about art, what brought her to MHS, and what it’s like teaching during a global pandemic. Read More.
By Noam Hessler
Many students may be wondering how they will access all of the wonderful books our library has to offer. I was given the opportunity this past week to ask our librarian, Sue Monmaney, and answer all of your questions about online library resources. Read more.
By Sophia Jerome
“It’s inspiring yet frustrating that young people have to spend their days instead of hanging out with their friends or going to school or going skiing or spending time with their families… at the State House asking people to take this urgent issue, [climate change], as seriously as it is warranted,” says Johanna (Joey) Miller, Energy and Climate Program Director at VNRC. Read More.
By Sophia Jerome
Q: How did you feel about the turnout of students during the audition process?
“Awesome. I felt awesome about it. It was so cool to see so many new faces, some returning faces from people that I worked with more in eighth grade that I hadn’t seen since and it’s been about two years and here they are coming back again. Read More.
By Sophia Jerome
"I highly suggest communities, families, students and people to see theater. Theater is a representation of society and it sparks discussion, it has people relating to each other and experiencing something. It’s a great shared experience to go see a production and then talk about it. As well as supporting the program, we use the money to continually fund other shows.” Read More.
By Lorenza Fechter
Recently, Earth Group has been meeting regularly and discussing what they can do to improve the sustainability of MHS and the Montpelier community. Read More.
By Sophia Jerome
By Sophia Jerome
Savard has many teacher role models that she admires, both from past jobs and from when she was a student herself. One of her goals for this school year is to go around the building and meet other teachers to experience their teaching styles and gain wisdom and techniques that she previously was not accustomed to. As far as teaching philosophy goes, she had this to say: “I hope that I follow a philosophy where it is engaging and challenging. Finding that balance.” Read More.
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