Letter From The Editor

Long time, no see! Welcome to the 2020-21 Courier, and I am so excited to announce that I, Kelsie Hildebrand, am the Editor-in-Chief during this peculiar school year. We lost some talented staff members to the wonders of adulthood, but you may recognize that the remaining staff is back and better than ever from last year’s abrupt end. Our new editorial staff consists of Scout Hurley, Aspen Jewkes, McCartney Fix and Ryan Ulrich who are full of passion, and our general reporters include Daden Dolajak, Leah Emineth and Nathan Stramer all with tremendous hope for this year and the next. This year we hope to shed some light during the pandemic and wildfires by creating pieces that are fun and exciting to read while also discussing the issues that have made this year one for the books. Our priority is giving the student body a clean, well-rounded paper to read. This issue includes our sex education curriculum, microplastics and the war against drugs. The staff and I worked hard to prepare an outstanding first issue, and I am ecstatic for eveyone to read it. As Alfredo Linguini from Ratatouille would say, let’s do this thing!

Table Of Contents Page 2........................Letter From The Editor Page 3...................................Social Injustices Page 4..................................................Sex Ed Page 5...........................Pros Of Social Media Page 6.......................................2020 Election Page 7......................The Microplastics Issues Page 8-9..............2020 Environmental Recap Page 10.....................The Anti-Narcotics War Page 11.............................................Calendar Page 12..............................................Flipside Page 13....................................Club Spotlight Page 14.............The Future of MHS Students Page 15-17.................COVID-19 Breakdown Page 18-19........................Successful Alumni Page 20.........................Legalizing Marijuana Page 21.................................Sports Spotlight Page 22-23............................Sports Roundup Page 24........................Athlete Of The Month

Senior Taylor Dean poses in order to represent what our society is like nowadays. Take a look on Pages 15-17 to find out the true benefits of wearing masks.

Kelsie Hildebrand, Editor-In-Chief

Courier Staff and Editorial

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Kelsie Hildebrand...........................................Editor-In-Chief Scout Hurley....................................Assistant Editor-In-Chief Feature Editor Aspen Jewkes..................................................Opinion Editor McCartney Fix.............................................Co-Sports Editor Co-News Editor Ryan Ulrich..................................................Co-Sports Editor Co-News Editor Daden Dolajak.............................................General Reporter Leah Emineth................................................General Reporter Nathan Stramer.............................................General Reporter

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