On March 7th, the RPS School Board and Superintendent Dr. Kent Pekel discussed extending the School Resource Officer (SRO) contract but also spoke about possible alternatives to the program. They plan...

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...

Amelia Earhart was a courageous woman who dared to reach new heights in the aviation field; she changed the way people perceived women flying at this period in time. For this reason, we honor her during...

“Born January 6th, 2003 in Stockholm, Sweden,” Greta Thunberg was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, commonly referred to as ASD. Dealing with it her entire life, the young activist recently...

    With the 2022-2023 Mayo Girls' Gymnastics season at its end, the unity and hard work helped the team earn a victory over the Century Panthers and J.M. Rockets one last time. With a...

2021-2022 Mayo Spartan Varsity Baseball Team - Photo courtesy of Don Paulson For many people, the month of March means spring break and warmer weather, but for a group of boys at Mayo High School, it...

The Mayo High School 2023 wrestling season is definitely one for the history books. Coach Trimble has been building these wrestlers into who he wants them to be since they were little. This year showed...

Next week, Mayo High School will host its first "Period Drive," which is an effort designed to increase the amount of feminine products available in the student bathrooms. These products include pads,...

“The First Lady of Song," Ella Fitzgerald was a very talented jazz musician from Yonkers, New York, renowned across the world for her incredible vocal range and clear tone. She was the first Black...

Who is Emmett Till you may ask? He was a 14 year old black boy from Chicago, Illinois, who was visiting his relatives in Money, Mississippi on August 28, 1955 when he was accused of winking at a white...

Dorothy Height was an African-American woman who believed in equal rights for women and African-Americans. In 1994 she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and ten years later, the Congressional...

At six years old, and all alone, Ruby Bridges was the first black child to go to an all-white school in Louisiana, the first anywhere in the United States. She calmly walked past hordes of angry racist...