Emma Malabanan is the Editor-in-Chief for The Wire News and this is her fourth year writing for this publication. She is currently a senior and is looking forward to a great year. In her free time, she enjoys reading mystery, horror, and paranormal novels. Emma is also President of the National Art Honor Society, Co-President of Mock Trial, Stage Manager for the Drama Club, and the Student Representative for Kids Changing the World. In addition, she is an active member of the National Honor Society, the Tri-M Music Honor Society, a LEAD Mentor, and part of the Audio-Visual Club. She is pursuing a distinction in art on her diploma this year as a Senior Art Major.
Becoming a Senior Art Major is a four-year journey for most of us, and it is not necessarily a walk in the park. As an art major, I do not regret my experience, but I would not recommend it to everyone.
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On Feb. 10, 2022, the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) club achieved success in their competition against schools from Orange, Putnam, Ulster, Duchess, and Sullivan counties.
“It’s a club...
Have you and your friends ever wanted to go out and do something but haven’t been able to think of anything new? There are plenty of things to do in the Monroe-Woodbury area. Here are a few ideas:
Find...
For the first time in almost two years, Monroe-Woodbury High School performed a fall drama, presenting War of the Worlds: A Panic Broadcast by Joe Landry. The performance took place on November 5 and 6,...
High School All-County auditions were held at Valley Central Middle School on Oct. 21. Several school districts participated in this competition, including Monroe-Woodbury, Middletown, Minisink, Valley...
Student board representative, an exceptional instrumentalist, and leader: Emily Wang is all of these, and more.
Wang is a senior at Monroe-Woodbury High School and was recently recognized by the school...
A new student club is trying to address bias and equity issues for marginalized student groups at Monroe-Woodbury.
The Social and Racial Justice Student Union is an activist club focused on learning the...
Clubs at Monroe-Woodbury High School partake in the Valentines for Seniors project in order to bring smiles to senior citizens’ faces.
New York Senator James Skoufis created the Valentine’s for...
Following its sixth annual Poetry Out Loud contest, two students were selected to represent Monroe-Woodbury High School at the regional level.
Poetry Out Loud is a national competition for reciting...
Monroe-Woodbury’s music department performances will carry on despite pandemic restrictions.
This winter, each of the high school’s musical ensembles will be holding a virtual concert, instead of...
Due to the closing of schools, the Monroe-Woodbury art show will become available virtually during the month of June 2020. The district art show is going to include art from all M-W buildings, displaying...
As of May 8, the total cases of coronavirus in the United States is 1,269,596, and the total deaths is 76,826. The number of cases in New York State are 338,485, and the number of deaths is 27,251. These...
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic that has swept the world, at least seventeen colleges are not requiring SAT or ACT scores for the graduating class of 2021 and those enrolling in the fall of 2022.
“The...
Kids Changing the World is a community service club at Monroe-Woodbury High School. This is the club's first year.
“Kids Changing the World was originally formed to help families within the Monroe-Woodbury...
The 19th Annual Science Research Symposium took place on May 16 at 6 p.m. at the high school.
During the symposium, hardworking sophomores, juniors, and seniors presented projects to other parents and...
North Main Elementary School recently won a contest held by Dannon Danimals, Project Fit America and ShopRite that awarded them $25,000 to build a new playground.
In order to win the contest, the district...
For middle school students, the robotics club was an opportunity to design and build robots and compete with each other. Although the high school does not have a robotics club, some students hope that...
On November 2 and 3 at 7 p.m., the high school’s fall production, Mutually Assured Destruction was performed.
“The play was about a series of 10 vignettes about brother and sister relationships...
Jessica Ader was chosen to be athlete of the week for the week of October 8. After playing in clinics since fourth grade and then moving onto the modified team in seventh grade, she is now captain of the...
