After a long summer, the MVS Theater Department is excitedly kicking off the 26-27 school year with the Upper School’s Neverland Project and the Middle School’s Finding Nemo Jr. However, this year the department will be going through major renovations that will change the way that MVS students will engage with theater as a whole. […]
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Want to design something on a 3D printer, laser-cut your own project, or make T-shirts for a class or club? With MVS’s new Innovation Suite now open, Associate Director of Innovation Dr. Shirley is ready to help students and teachers turn their ideas into real projects. Most importantly, students do not have to be enrolled […]
Continue ReadingAs the school year ends, one of the many things on our minds is saying goodbye to our beloved seniors. While an emotional, tearful goodbye is inevitable, what is important now is to reminisce on our shared past and celebrate their successes. This year, we celebrate Patience Peterson and Yuyan Liu, two students who have […]
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Every year in the month of May, the Miami Valley School holds the Aries Colloquium, an event in which seniors present their Aries Projects. With two years of work behind them, these projects cover an expansive field of topics ranging from culture studies like “How to win an Oscar for Dummies” (Giulia Boni) to complex […]
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Over the past few years, Mrs. Kat Smith Grieshop has taught 4th-12th grade vocal programs and Upper School music electives, led Elite Beats and the award-winning a cappella group “Ars Nova,” and directed the Upper School Musical. Originally from Pittsburgh, she arrived at MVS in 2021 and quickly found a home in our community. She […]
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The MVS Improv Club has just wrapped up its annual improv show for the 2025-2026 school year, and with that comes another year of jokes, ringing bells, and even more “yes-ands.” The Improv Club was founded in 2024 by Sean Gupta, a student with no prior experience. The goal of the Improv Club was to […]
Continue ReadingBy: Bani Chattopadhyay ’28 and Caleb Meeker ’27 As per the MVS tradition, every school year, the Upper School has a Fall play and a Spring musical. Besides the extra special addition of a student-directed play this year, the musical that’s been chosen for the Spring is Little Shop of Horrors! The story of Little […]
Continue ReadingMore than a year after the Truslow Commons closed, the new and improved Reddy Student Union is fully up and running. With all this time that has passed, expectations were high. Will the students get all the spaces that they promised? The Dining Hall, which opened this past August, brings a shiny new space for […]
Continue ReadingFor the first time in many years, there is a play being directed by a student in the Miami Valley School. This semester, Vex Niteros, a senior at the Miami Valley School, directs In the Forests of the Night, a short play with an exhilarating and mysterious plot. In the Forests of the Night follows […]
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