Dist. 204 school name, colors to be chosen

[doctorwho]

gatordog said:

casey said:

Does anyone else find it premature that the SD is having students vote on school colors/mascots? Right now it doesn't seem likely that we'll have the 3rd HS finished on time but we move ahead with business as ususal? Will the kids voting on these decisions really be there? quote]
Welcome, casey!
Nope, I dont find it premature. The vote is for fun, good for the kids, good for their spirits. Dont look at this as a legalistic, strict voting rights issue. I dont think anybody is gonna worry about hanging chad in this vote. In the very very worst case and 7th grdrs (half the vote) stick in their original HS....I'll consider them casting their votes as "youth community representatives", not as future grads. In fact, WV and NV students helped with color, mascot ideas and suggestion. I take them as serving as fun, district wide representives in this process. Remember, its the entire district building this school.

I'm not ready to say "doestn see likely" schedule holds. If the land is aquired in spring, the orig schedule stands. If its summer after a trial....I'm guessing the schedule can be compressed, slight scope adjustment. (not a construction expert)

School could be ready even if it starts in the fall, just might not have items like football field etc. done was the last I heard, but classes would be able to start. Again worst case scenario if it took until end of summer- early fall. Again assuming the schedule couldn't be expedited

[gatordog]

gatordog said:

So we'll go to MVHS vs. NVHS games, look for the Navy Blue and Gold cheering section, or the Black and Gold cheering section...get ourselves all mixed up, not know where to sit...NV people next to MV people...

WAIT this must be secret administration initiative to address unity issues in the district! ;D

...there is more to this plan.
Next step is to morph WV green into the Philadelphia Eagles "Midnight Green" shade. Gotta get the WV crowd mixed in as well!

[EagleDad]

casey said:

Does anyone else find it premature that the SD is having students vote on school colors/mascots? Right now it doesn't seem likely that we'll have the 3rd HS finished on time but we move ahead with business as ususal? Will the kids voting on these decisions really be there?

I have serious reservations that this school will open 2009. Any one else?

What's the back-up plan B?

lacy said:

I agree, Casey. Seems like they're putting the cart before the horse.

I get the feeling they are just toying with the students.

What is the back -up?

Lacy and casey, let me state this very clearly. This thread is about the new HS colors and mascot selection. Do not hijaack it by spreading FUD-N-Nutter.

[mom24now]

I am new at this. I keep reading various captions and see these hijacking comments. Personally I want to know what people have to say about any and all topics regardless of where they are placed. I would hate to think that this site is "sensored" in any way. Friends have told me that this is a great site to become knowledgeable on 204 happenings.

[EagleDad]

You may want to see it, but around here we try to keep thing on track so that the discussion is productive for all and not diverted at every turn by those with and agenda.

Regardless, this thread is about the MVHS names and colors, and the fun the kids are having picking them, there's plenty of other threads (and feel free to start your own) for people to float their doom and gloom theories.

[gatordog]

My middleschooler told me "there was a announcement (last week) about the outcomes, and they mentioned that if u wanted to vote on the mascot, u could go to the office."

Lets see... 11-13 yr olds voluntarily going to the office, speaking with adults...

I think this vote may fall into the traditional American-democratic election pattern for a local issues election and get maybe a quarter of the eligible voters casting a ballot.

[doctorwho]

just for accuracy - something that seems to be lacking from both the papers and some SB candidate sites -- Watts is the Wolverines - not Mustangs


Mascot search down to 2 finalists
Future Metea Valley students campaign for their favorites

March 4, 2007
By BRITT CARSON Staff Writer
The Metea Valley High School Mustangs or Wolverines?

The fate of the new high school mascot lies in the hands of students from Hill, Scullen and Still middle schools who will vote for their favorite choice this Friday.

A group of 30 students from the three middle schools met at the District 204 Education Center on Friday to develop a marketing campaign for both sides.


» Click to enlarge image

Still Middle School students Carrie Rafley, left, and Afreen Ziauddin work together to design one of two school mascots, the Wolverines, for the future Metea Valley High School.
Gregory Morley / Special to The Sun
"I really think (the mascot) should be the Mustang because Metea and Mustangs go together," said Sahana Srivatsan, a sixth-grader from Scullen. "I don't even know what a Wolverine is."
The Wolverine supporters went to work surfing the Internet for pictures of their small but fierce animal.

"I think we should keep with the W's," said Brian Shinn, a seventh-grader at Hill. "We already have the Waubonsie Warriors and Neuqua Wildcats, so it should be the Metea Wolverines."

Kathy Birkett, assistant superintendent of secondary education, said students submitted ideas for mascots several weeks ago. The Wolverine and Mustang received the most votes, so she decided to have a run-off.

The participating students will be attending Metea Valley, which will open in 2009 with freshmen and sophomores. The school is slated to be built on 80 acres of land along 75th Street and the future extension of Commons Drive in Aurora. The district has filed a condemnation lawsuit for the 55 acres adjacent to the 25 it already owns.

The school colors will be black and gold, keeping with the theme of each high school having gold as one of its school colors.

Birkett said it is important to get the students involved with the new school as much as possible.

"The students are building an identity with the building," Birkett said.

A ballot box will be placed in each of the three schools and on Friday during lunch periods. Each school has a list of students who will attend Metea Valley and those students will get to vote. An equal number of Mustang and Wolverine supporters will be manning the tables at each school. Birkett said the intention was to make the process as fair for each side as possible.

The students will display their posters and start distributing their fliers on Monday.

May Watts Elementary School has the Mustangs and Kendall Elementary School has the Wolverines as its mascot. However, no area high school has either of those as its mascot.

Birkett said since Metea will be in the Upstate Eight Conference, the school can't have the same mascot as any of the teams already in the conference.

"I really like being a part of this," said Kavya Pai, a seventh grader from Still and a Mustang supporter.

Contact Britt Carson at [e-mail] or 630-416-5269.

[warriorpride]

doctorwho said:

just for accuracy - something that seems to be lacking from both the papers and some SB candidate sites -- Watts is the Wolverines - not Mustangs


Mascot search down to 2 finalists
Future Metea Valley students campaign for their favorites

March 4, 2007
By BRITT CARSON Staff Writer
The Metea Valley High School Mustangs or Wolverines?

The fate of the new high school mascot lies in the hands of students from Hill, Scullen and Still middle schools who will vote for their favorite choice this Friday.

A group of 30 students from the three middle schools met at the District 204 Education Center on Friday to develop a marketing campaign for both sides.


» Click to enlarge image

Still Middle School students Carrie Rafley, left, and Afreen Ziauddin work together to design one of two school mascots, the Wolverines, for the future Metea Valley High School.
Gregory Morley / Special to The Sun
"I really think (the mascot) should be the Mustang because Metea and Mustangs go together," said Sahana Srivatsan, a sixth-grader from Scullen. "I don't even know what a Wolverine is."
The Wolverine supporters went to work surfing the Internet for pictures of their small but fierce animal.

"I think we should keep with the W's," said Brian Shinn, a seventh-grader at Hill. "We already have the Waubonsie Warriors and Neuqua Wildcats, so it should be the Metea Wolverines."

Kathy Birkett, assistant superintendent of secondary education, said students submitted ideas for mascots several weeks ago. The Wolverine and Mustang received the most votes, so she decided to have a run-off.

The participating students will be attending Metea Valley, which will open in 2009 with freshmen and sophomores. The school is slated to be built on 80 acres of land along 75th Street and the future extension of Commons Drive in Aurora. The district has filed a condemnation lawsuit for the 55 acres adjacent to the 25 it already owns.

The school colors will be black and gold, keeping with the theme of each high school having gold as one of its school colors.

Birkett said it is important to get the students involved with the new school as much as possible.

"The students are building an identity with the building," Birkett said.

A ballot box will be placed in each of the three schools and on Friday during lunch periods. Each school has a list of students who will attend Metea Valley and those students will get to vote. An equal number of Mustang and Wolverine supporters will be manning the tables at each school. Birkett said the intention was to make the process as fair for each side as possible.

The students will display their posters and start distributing their fliers on Monday.

May Watts Elementary School has the Mustangs and Kendall Elementary School has the Wolverines as its mascot. However, no area high school has either of those as its mascot.

Birkett said since Metea will be in the Upstate Eight Conference, the school can't have the same mascot as any of the teams already in the conference.

"I really like being a part of this," said Kavya Pai, a seventh grader from Still and a Mustang supporter.

Contact Britt Carson at [e-mail] or 630-416-5269.

McCarty is the Mustangs

[proschool]

I guess the McCarty grads will be pulling for Mustangs but they won't be at Metea.

[gatordog]

Here is how the election will work (per Still MS announcement). Sounds like it will be fun.

-Attention 6th & 7th Grade Students Who Will Be Attending Metea Valley
High School...

On Friday, March 9th during lunch periods, we will be casting a run-off
vote for the mascot of Metea Valley High School. If you will be
attending Metea Valley, please come up to the voting table during your
lunch period on Friday and cast your vote for the Mustangs or the
Wolverines.

[gatormom]

District 204 decides on Mustangs for new Metea Valley nickname
By Sara Hooker
Daily Herald Staff Writer
Posted Tuesday, March 13, 2007

The students have spoken. A recent vote determined they’ll be the Metea Valley Mustangs, Indian Prairie officials said Monday evening.

Future students of Unit District 204’s planned 3,000-student, $124.7 million high school recently chose black and gold as the school colors.

But those students, who currently attend Hill, Still and Scullen middle schools, split on the mascot. Some favored the Mustangs and others the Wolverines.

About 1,400 to 1,600 students took a second vote last week and Assistant Superintendent for Secondary Education Kathryn Birkett announced the Metea Mustangs at a board meeting Monday evening.

“(The vote) wasn’t as close as we though it would be,” Birkett said.

Last week, 30 student representatives met at the District Education Center to create campaign materials including fliers and posters in support of their favorite mascot.

The district does not yet own the land in Aurora where they plan to build the school off Route 59 near 75th Street and Commons Drive.

Officials said they expect to open the school in fall 2009, although the entire building may not be finished.

“Metea Mustangs. It actually has a very nice ring to it,” board member Bruce Glawe said. “I like that.”

[wvhsparent]

GM - you really need to get some sleep!!! 3:55am?

[gatordog]

Congratulations to all the future Mustangs!

[gatordog]

And to our Downer's Grove South HS neighbors (also the Mustangs)...
I say Chief Metea was ranging over our region's lands on his Mustang way before their school got their nickname!

[gatormom]

wvhsparent said:

GM - you really need to get some sleep!!! 3:55am?

Not that early, the time hasn't been changed on the boards, it was really 4:55 a.m. and I slept in.

By the way, it will be full circle for this gator family. My son started in 204 at McCarty as a Mustang in K and my daughter will finish 204 as a Mustang as a senior.