Squirrels burying acorns Geese heading south Bears hibernating in caves   Colors changing from green to gold to brown Trees shedding their leaves Lakes freezing over   Winter jackets blocking the breeze Daylight shortening Wearing hats, gloves, and scarves ...

  I’m lying still. In a field of flowers. I’m running fast. Never getting anywhere. So I lie still in a field of flowers. What’s so wrong with giving up?   I’ll tell you.   You will never see the world through your eyes. You will never touch th...

Have you ever been dress coded? Well, I’m surprised it doesn't happen more because of the extensive dress code policies. I doubt most students have even read the dress code policies; before I wrote this article, I never had. The exact dress code policy states: “School is a place of work. Maintaining the proper l...

Valley Middle School’s play The Neverending Story is now into its performance week, and the entire cast and crew are as busy as ever. All those involved are important, but there is one crew in particular that is especially vital to the success of the play: Tech Crew.  Tech Crew is responsible...

Mrs. Debby is very important to many of the VMSS students who go to the Community Center. They go to hang out and play sports with their friends, or use the playground out front. Whatever they do there, they've seen Mrs. Debby.  Mrs. Debby does not care about what people think of her. When Mrs. Debby wa...