MHS building not due for upgrade until 2018- frustrates school community

Taylor Bushey, Round Table Reporter
May 15, 2013
Filed under Local news, News, Opinion

Years have passed since Middletown High School last received full renovations to the school system, and now these are needed more than ever.  MHS isn’t scheduled for full renovations until the year 2018, but as Frederick county Public School budget allows, MHS can start making some more desperately... Read more »

A piece of senior advice…

Ally Caho, Round Table Reporter
May 15, 2013
Filed under Columns, Opinion

What do you usually do during the summer? Go on a week-long family vacation. Go to summer camp. Start training for fall sports. But for the most part you lay around not doing anything. Instead, choose to do something productive this summer and start thinking about your future. Juniors, this one is... Read more »

Plan a not-so pricey prom

Ally Caho, Round Table Reporter
April 29, 2013
Filed under Opinion

Girls are getting asked, groups are forming, and reservations are being made. Everyone is for-going studying for their AP Exams and are instead choosing to obsess about that one special night. That’s right, you guessed it: Prom. You might be thinking that Prom seems a bit overrated for the cost. Well... Read more »

The plight of school vending machines

Anna Ramsey, Round Table Reporter
April 25, 2013
Filed under Columns, Opinion

Middletown High School students are always looking for an early morning or afternoon snack during the school day and vending machines are key for these needs; but students can’t get any snacks from the vending machines because they don’t work until 2:16. The clocks inside the snack-filled machines... Read more »

America: home of the brave, and the resilient

Ashlyn Miller, Round Table Newsletter Editor-in-Chief
April 17, 2013
Filed under Columns, Opinion

Search the internet for footage of the Boston Marathon, and dozens of results will appear. A common thread runs throughout them all - people scrambling, terrified at the surprising explosion, officers rushing in to help as runners lay sprawled across the streets.  But one stands out from all of the... Read more »

A piece of senior advice…

Ally Caho, Round Table Reporter
April 16, 2013
Filed under Columns, Opinion

A college choice should be special, individual, a perfect fit for you. You’re looking for a school that fits your needs, one with the perfect program for you, a gorgeous campus, and that is just the right distance from home. Everything will fall into place and you’ll find that perfect school just... Read more »

Trophy cases cloud MHS victories

Anna Ramsey, Round Table Reporter
April 11, 2013
Filed under Opinion, Opinion Archives

 Middletown High School has earned a lot of trophies over the years and we display them in non-uniform cases that are chipping and dented. It is time that moved them all to one spot and show how proud we are of our trophies.  For our trophies we should get a case either right in front of a wall or... Read more »

More parking spaces- that’s the ticket

Johanna Yee, Executive Editor
April 10, 2013
Filed under Columns, Opinion

I circle the front parking lot three times before moving to the back lot.  I now have seven minutes to find a spot and make it to class on time.  As I scour each row of student parking, I continue to come up empty.  The seven minutes has turned into three, and every student parking spot is already... Read more »

Beauty is in the eye of the media

Johanna Yee, Executive Editor
April 10, 2013
Filed under Columns, Opinion

It’s on the shampoo commercial that interrupts my favorite TV show.  It’s on the billboards that I pass on my way to work.  It’s on the magazine covers that I glance over as I wait in line at the grocery store.  Everywhere I turn, the mass media is promoting the idealistic image of a woman’s... Read more »

A piece of senior advice…

Ally Caho, Round Table Reporter
April 10, 2013
Filed under Columns, Opinion

As a senior, you’ll obviously be looking forward to college and the independence that comes with it. No more mommy and daddy nagging about homework and cleaning behind your ears; the dream life. You’ll be on your own and free to do as you please. Pass or fail, it’s all on you.  But what you... Read more »