Nursing In Training: Senior Maddie McGrath from the PCA program practiced carefully emptying a patient’s urinary drainage bag into a measuring container in the hospital lab. Wearing gloves and using proper technique, she learned how to measure and record output accurately. This hands-on training helped prepare students for real-world healthcare situations. The activity took place in the nursing lab, which was designed to simulate a hospital environment. McGrath said, “Some key features and benefits of the nursing program included hands-on patient/clinical experience.” Through experiences like this, students gained the confidence and skills needed to care for future patients. Photo by Renna Petrides

Future Caregivers in Training

October 22, 2025
Future Caregivers in Training by Chloe Strong The nursing program was designed to give students both knowledge and experience that prepared them for a successful career in he...
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Caption: Attendance Office Star: Ms. Granholm Shines. Ms. Granholm plays a vital role in keeping Melbourne High’s front office running smoothly. Her friendly attitude and calm presence make her a trusted and familiar face to students, staff, and families alike. Every day, she manages countless behind-the-scenes tasks that keep our school organized and on track. No matter how busy things get, she approaches every situation with patience, professionalism, and a smile. Her positive energy helps create a welcoming environment for everyone who walks through our doors. We’re so proud to recognize her hard work, dedication, and the warmth she brings to our school community. When asked about receiving this recognition, Ms. Granholm shared, “I was totally surprised. I felt really honored and excited.” Photo by Jen Williams

Employee of the Year - Kristie Granholm by Samiyah Evans

October 22, 2025
Employee of the Year - Kristie Granholm by Samiyah Evans This month, Melbourne High School proudly recognized Ms. Kristie Granholm as our Employee of the Year. From the moment t...
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Tyquez Harris stands on the field during a JV matchup, focused under the bright Thursday night lights as his team battles for a win. Behind the action, hours of practices and preparation have led him to this moment. Clearly, his determination and consistency are key to his performance on the field. Determination keeps him pushing forward, even when the season demands long practices and late nights. Harris says, “It takes a lot of determination and fails to get to this point, never give up on something you love.” Questions remain about how far the team will go this season, but Harris’s drive is already leaving its mark. Photo by Anabella Mulligan

How The JV Season Went Down; An Inside View

October 21, 2025
How The JV Season Went Down; An Inside View by Anabella Mulligan Thursday night games bring excitement, bright lights, cheering crowds, and big plays, but what fans don't...
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LINKED TOGETHER: While at Melbourne High School’s chorus Rehearsathon on Saturday the 27th, chorus students passed a ball of yarn with a compliment to go along with it to each other. This was to create a bond of friendship between the students in chorus, and to help everyone be a bit more comfortable around each other. Mrs. Taylor said “I want to be able to to make music every day and connect with people” Pictured is Mrs. Natalie Taylor, the director of chorus and the Rehearsathon. Photo by: Brooke Johnson

Mel High Chorus Comes Together for Rehearsathon by Brooke Johnson

October 19, 2025
On Saturday, September 27, Melbourne High School’s chorus had a special practice where every level of chorus got together in one place. It was the first time all the groups practi...
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Melbourne High Welcomes A New Teacher by Miyah Evans

Melbourne High Welcomes A New Teacher by Miyah Evans

October 18, 2025
A new face has arrived in the Social Studies department at Melbourne High, and she's already making new waves. Ms. Terry the school's new government teacher has arrived with a fre...
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Been There, Dug That: Vivian Atchison, a junior at Melbourne High School, shows her experience and composure during varsity volleyball game. With five years of dedication to the sport, she positioned herself with focus and readiness, prepared to handle the next serve. Her presence on the court reflected both her skill and leadership, qualities that have made her a reliable member of the team. Atchison said her advice to jv players is”try your hardest and everything is possible”.Her words and example continue to inspire young athletes who looked up to her both on and off the court. Photo By Hunter Paige

Anticipating the Play

October 17, 2025
Anticipating the Play by Hunter Paige The Melbourne High School varsity Volleyball team get another win on their record, Vivian Atchison, a junior, played a key role on the va...
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Morgan Ostroff smiles for a photo for newspaper. “I’ve always cherished and loved yearbook and it’s something I’d like to continue in the future.” Photo by Braelyn Arenella-White

New Student in Yearbook

October 16, 2025
New Student in Yearbook by Braelyn Arnella-White Morgan Ostroff is a new student at Melbourne High School. She transferred here from Satellite High School where she has been doi...
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Issy Perez is running for Homecoming 9th Grade Princess and is putting up posters in the school hallway to promote her campaign. She is running against three other girls. Perez said, "If I don't win, I hope Quinn Stigall does." photo by Ereny Elrayis

Running for Royalty

October 16, 2025
Running for Royalty by Ereny Elrayis Issy Perez ran for 9th Grade Homecoming Princess with a strong message of unity and school spirit. Throughout the campaign, she worked ha...
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MONEY MANAGED: An informational Personal Finance class taught by Mr. Thomas, here at Melbourne High. With a passion for passing down knowledge, Mr. Thomas has spread useful information to all of his students. In class students learn all the ways that they incorporate Personal Finance into their everyday lives, and important topics that they will take with them in the real world. This class helps prepare students for the future, it even helps them think about all the possibilities. Personal Finance is important because it teaches students about Financial security, ways to build wealth, and avoid debt, as well as other important topics.  Mr. Thomas said “I think knowing where money goes says a lot about where we are going.” Personal Finance is helpful because, “Not only with jobs that are financed based, it’ll help with college expenses. There are countless ways that it can help in the real world. Ideally, students should learn how to be mindful when making money decisions.” 

Purpose of Personal Finance

October 14, 2025
Purpose of Personal Finance by Princess Islam Here at Melbourne High, Personal Finance is not just a regular class; It is a form of informational opportunity. An important c...
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Shaping minds and Sharing the Love of Music. In the band room at Melbourne High School, Andrew Cannella guides students through rehearsals, fostering teamwork and love for music. Band director Andrew Cannella works with students during class in the band room. He leads all grades ranges from freshman, sophomore, junior, and seniors, along with the other band director at Melbourne High School and focuses on building teamwork and musicianship. Canella enjoys seeing students improve each day.Canella said “I love when kids show they appreciate the process and keep working hard.” he said. Photo By: Paige Allen

New Band Teacher brings Passion to Music Students

October 14, 2025
New Band Teacher brings Passion to Music Students by Paige Allen Andrew Canella, the new band teacher at Melbourne High School brought four years of teaching experience and ...
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On the Line: With much dedication and perseverance, JV coaches gives the Melbourne School JV players a pep talk before they go into the game. Melbourne High School has had an undefeated season ending with 6-0. With two extended lightning delay, Melbourne JV conquered many touchdown and sacks against Heritage. “Our game was energetic and excited” McClain said. Photo by Kinley Caradinal

JV Football's Final Touchdown

October 13, 2025
JV Football's Final Touchdown by Jayda Blanc Melbourne High JV Football Team makes history this year with an undefeated season, dominating the field from the first kickoff to...
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TEACHING TALENT:Ms. Irene Lopez moved around the classroom and actively helped her students understand during her 6th period class. The students had learned about alternate and interior angles in geometry last Thursday, October 2nd. During 6th period, Ms. Lopez used her iPad, connected to the Promethean Board, to walk through the questions the class had missed. She explained how to solve them and called on students to participate. Her teaching style was captured to a T: “A modern approach—technology-oriented, but also showing the work,” stated Ms. Lopez in her interview that morning. Photo by Issy Perez.

Mel-High Gets a New Teacher: Ms. Lopez

October 12, 2025
Mel-High Gets a New Teacher: Ms. Lopez by Issy Perez Melbourne High School welcomed Ms. Irene Lopez as its new Geometry teacher for the 2025–2026 academic year. She brought e...
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Another Chapter: Mrs. Carrie Friday celebrates her birthday with students and staff at Melbourne High School. She’s been part of the school for three years and has worked hard to make the library feel welcoming, adding sofas, painting the walls, and filling it with more books. She shared a fun fact that she can actually write with her toes, and reminded students to check out Sora, the online library with way more books than the shelves hold. Thinking about her special day, Mrs. Friday said, “It is better to spend my birthday here at school than to spend it at Disney World.” Photo by Lily Majors

Mrs. Friday Turns Another Page

October 11, 2025
Mrs. Friday Turns Another Page by Lily Majors Mrs. Carrie Friday, the librarian at Melbourne High School, celebrated her birthday this week surrounded by students and staff. ...
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IN THE CLASSROOM: Ms. Ivyanna Rosa teaches the forensics and anatomy and physiology classes this school year in building 10. Ms. Rosa joined the Mel High staff this year. In class, students learned about the subject through PowerPoints and Ms. Rosa explaining. She wanted to remind the students to “believe in yourself and don't let anyone make you feel like your goals are unattainable.” Photo by Ayaana Gupta

A New Face in Science

October 10, 2025
A New Face in Science by Ayaana Gupta Students and staff welcomed Ms. Ivyanna Rosa as the New Forensic Science and Anatomy and Physiology teacher this year. She brought a st...
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Planning Ahead: Seniors Joy Weng and Chloe Martinez fill out the culture fest interest form. Every other Friday during 5th and 6th period, students from across the IB program and ESOL classes met in the library to discuss their plans for culture fest. On the interest form, students chose what countries they wanted to represent and what committees they wanted to be a part of. Weng signed up to be in the group for China and the talent show committee. “The talent show is my favorite part of culture fest, so I want to be part of organizing it,” said Weng. Photo by Kyra Chang

Bringing the World to School

October 9, 2025
Bringing the World to School by Kyra Chang Every year, the IB program hosts the Culture Festival in December. At this festival, students share the culture of countries from al...
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POWER PLAY. This image demonstrates the robot made for last season and it shows the robot competing in a showdown competition. Last Saturday, on September 27, the robotics club went to Fran T. Forester recreation Center to test last year’s robot, which was about cleaning the ocean reefs. This was mainly to give new robotics participants an idea on what the game is like, and to experiment with playing in the games. “It was very fun seeing the other robots and how they performed on the field”, Anna Agarie said. The new students in robotics are looking forward to this season and their ready to perform their best in the games, with unwavering dedication and newfound enthusiasm.Photo by Daniella Fassman.

Team Voltage

October 8, 2025
Team Voltage by Melissa Lima Amaro The robotics club, Team Voltage, has existed for twenty-five years, giving students opportunities to design, build, and compete at a high ...
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Marching With Madness; Melbourne High School’s Marching Band is performing during The Halftime Performance at Senior Night and 8th grade night on Friday. After weeks of practice, they got to show their hard work and discipline off. Trombone player, Olivia Griffin said, “Nobody recognizes the amount of effort and dedication we put into everything we do.” Every step and note that they played showed dedication and enthusiasm. Photo by NeAsia Taylor

Melbourne High Marching Band Hits The Right Note

October 7, 2025
Melbourne High Marching Band Hits The Right Note by Ne'Asia Taylor-Torres Melbourne High School Marching Band isn't just about halftime performances — it brought energy, tea...
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Everything Has A Place: Junior Kerollen Mendes Ferreira Dos Santos packs away glassware in the new culinary storage closet. The new closet was one of the items added to the culinary lab during the summer renovation, and with metal shelving and new LED lights, students could easily retrieve items from the storage room. “[The closet] feels more like a real kitchen now, so it makes us take it more seriously,” said Mendes Ferreira Dos Santos. Previously, the culinary lab had cabinets to store equipment and glassware in, which made working difficult. “With the new and redesigned classroom/dining room floor plan and dedicated storage area, we are better organized and able to practice and operate with the same standards as the food-service industry,” Chef Michael Ferguson said. Photo by Kyle McLaren

More Room for Activities

October 6, 2025
More Room for Activities by Kyle McLaren Building 5 was home to the culinary lab, which over the summer, received a long-awaited renovation. The building was constructed in t...
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Finally time for Financial Planning: Mr. Ryan Thomas works on his computer after a long day in his classroom 125, in building 10. During period 7, Mr. Thomas entered his planning period to prepare for tomorrow and the rest of the week on how he’ll educate his students on personal finance. “The way I teach isn’t that ‘this is the way to go,’ it's that I want to be questioned in what I’m doing—I want the students to question me, I want them to do their own research.” said Mr. Thomas when it comes to his methods of teaching. Photo by Tyler Ferreira Alves Hill.

Now Introducing: Mr. Thomas from Building 10, Room 125

October 5, 2025
Now Introducing: Mr. Thomas from Building 10, Room 125 by Tyler Ferreira Alves Hill Did you know that, recently, a Florida Law now requires high schooler to take a course in P...
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Teacher Workshop Tuesday: New teachers participate in teacher workshop to learn about Melbourne high school and plan what they want to accomplish with their students. Teacher workshop was aimed to help new teachers learn about the school, organize their lessons, and interact with others. Kimya Louis had been teaching for 21 years, but started her first year at Melbourne high school and had a positive experience at the workshop. She mostly liked being able to bounce ideas off other teachers and get organized. “It forced me to sit down and write down what it is I want my students to accomplish,” Louis said. Photo by Nicole Blackmon.

Teacher Workshop Helps New Teachers Prepare for the Year

October 4, 2025
Teacher Workshop Helps New Teachers Prepare for the Year by Lily Hock Teachers could learn new things too! Teacher workshop was an opportunity for new teachers to learn more a...
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