Before wrapping presents for Christmas, MV will wrap up its first semester of the 2019-2020 school year. As students prepare to enter a new semester, and a new decade, they reflect upon the one that is concluding. “First semester was good and I think it’s been my best semesters yet,” said Danielle Payne, ‘22.  “First semester was pretty good. It kinda kicked my butt a little bit but...

Dr. John Patrick Garrett, former superintendent of MVTHS, passed away on Saturday, December 14, 2019.  Garrett was born on May 5, 1942, in Aurora, IL to parents John and Twila Garret. Prior to his career at MV, Garrett served in the Vietnam war from 1966 to 1970 as a lieutenant of the USS Washburn.   Proceeding his service in the military, Garrett attended SIUC and earned his PhD educational...