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The Battle of the Pennies 

The Battle of the Pennies 

Shannon Graf , Staff Writer December 6, 2024

Are you and the underclassmen still trying to prove yourself? This is your chance to show the Spartan community you have the best class. Here's how! Be the Kings and Queens of Penny Wars. What is Penny...

GOFA Food Sales are in Action! 

GOFA Food Sales are in Action! 

Chanmi Lee, Staff Writer December 6, 2024

It’s December and GOFA is making its yearly return at Mayo High School! This event holds many fun activities, but one of the most anticipated is the food! Aside from fellow students, some of your very...

Mayo High School supporting GOFA with a school game of Bingo!

Bode Young, Staff Writer December 6, 2024

Bingo has been a GOFA tradition for many years now! It has helped Mayo reach and over achieve our goal of beating the cross town schools on raising the most money for the Dorothy day house and women's...

Paranoia: Last one Standing

Paranoia: Last one Standing

Gregorio Cruz Martinez, Staff Writer December 6, 2024

Want to play a battle royale game but in real life? Well Paranoia is the game for you! Paranoia is taking place at Mayo High School and the game speaks for itself. Students will be assigned the name of...

Decorate, Design, and Donate for GOFA

Decorate, Design, and Donate for GOFA

Tim Sexton December 6, 2024

As the GOFA season begins, so do many activities and games, including three days of activities for the creative minds and art lovers of Rochester.  If you are looking for a way to donate a few dollars...

GOFA Dress Up Days are here again

GOFA Dress Up Days are here again

David Teng, Staff Writer December 5, 2024

Get ready to unleash your creativity and show off your school spirit, GOFA's dress up days are back! Every year, Mayo hosts “Dress up days” where the student body will dress up according to the theme...

Celebrate Black History Month through local events

Celebrate Black History Month through local events

Nikhil Patel, Staff Writer February 13, 2024

Celebrating Black History Month is an enriching and rewarding experience; it couldn't be easier if you know where to go and what to look for in the Rochester area. Starting early, the Rochester Branch...

The lasting impact of Willie O’Ree’s contribution to inclusiveness    

The lasting impact of Willie O’Ree’s contribution to inclusiveness    

Lincoln Madkour, Staff Writer April 1, 2023

An ex-professional ice hockey player from Canada named Willie O'Ree broke the color barrier in the National Hockey League (NHL). We honor him for having the courage to do so. Born in Fredericton,...

Mr. Civil Rights

Mr. Civil Rights

Connor Refsland, Staff Writer April 1, 2023

  As the first black Supreme Court justice, Thurgood Marshall took the fight for equality directly to the courtroom, standing against Jim Crow laws, segregation, and the racial prejudice that...

Freedom Summer Murders; The Dangers of Progression

Kellen Schneider, Staff Writer April 1, 2023

On June 21, 1964, three young men went missing; Andrew Goodman, James Earl Chaney, and Michael Henry Schwerner. All three worked for CORE: Congress Of Racial Equality and were among hundreds of college...

The Wonders of Art – Kara Walker 

Katelin Thach, Staff Writer April 1, 2023

Looking at works of art can leave viewers with many interpretations and impressions; American artist Kara Walker sent clear and obvious messages in her work, focusing on themes that emphasized the...

Zora Neale Hurston: Breaking Literary Norms

Zora Neale Hurston: Breaking Literary Norms

Lucille Erdmann, Staff Writer March 30, 2023

In a career that lasted 30 years, American author, folklorist, playwright and anthropologist, Zora Neale Hurston broke 1930’s literary norms. She published an autobiography, four novels, two books...

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