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M ustang Pride Spreads

-Steve Van Buren-
From the very beginning, proud of their new mascot "th e mus-
Millard students had been making it tang," and wore blue, green, and sil-
all worthwhile. They learned to ver with pride at all sporting events.
cope with the problems of the split This kind of school spirit
school di stri ct. continued thro ughout the years.
Many fri ends who had gone Students still have that " Mustang
to the same school sin ce junior hi gh pride," but with a new twist. Bein g a
were fo rced to attend different Mustang no longer meant being a
schools. MN students also had to brand new school and being split up
cope with the ongoing constructi on from fri ends.
of the school. This made it di fficult Now it meant being part of
to get from pl ace to pl ace and to a school whose academic rating was
stu dy. among the hi ghest in the nati on. It
All students had to use th e meant being part of a school whose
same sid e of the building until the athleti c accomplishments included
middle of the school year when the several state championships and
new win g was openeO. However, countless Metro championships, and
students didn't dwell on the bad. They all thi s in onl y ten years.
learned to li ve with it and to look to This didrrt just happen by
the good. chance. It happened because stu-
They developed a school dents were committed to making it
spirit all their own. They became all worthwhile.