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Class of 2018 recalls good times at old campus (story, photos, video)

April 5, 2018

This story is also published on Best of SNO. “When we stepped off the bus at the Harding Building, an immediate feeling of nostalgia came over me. It was like I was a freshman all over again. It was a very joyous moment,” dance student Katherine Serna said as she got off the bus at the old bui...

Regina Renteria is a freshman at VMT in creative writing.

Freshman almost didn’t attend VMT because her mom did

April 12, 2017

Second in a series Freshman Regina Renteria said, that at first, she didn’t want to attend VMT because her mother attended. Renteria, who is a creative writing student, said she really didn’t know why she choose creative writing as her fine art but she likes the idea that she gets to wr...

Bruno Rendon poses with the late Superintendent Vidal M. Trevino and his art teacher Armando Flores after receiving a national award for his metalwork in the mid-1990s.

Old campus memories

January 27, 2017

First in a series. Freshman Melissa Rendon said the students at VMT are the best thing about the school. “I like the people here. They’re into their own things; It’s different from Nixon, it’s just better,” Rendon said. Rendon, who is a journalism student, said she has enjoyed taking ...

Taken outside Harding Building when I was a freshman, with my friends Selena Borjas and Jessica Castillo, who were also journalism students.

#VMThrowback: Rebekah Rodriguez, Class of 2013

May 24, 2015

What is your name? Rebekah Rodriguez What years were you at VMT? August 2009 to June 2013 Fine arts or communication area: Journalism Who was your fine arts/communication teacher(s)? Mark Webber 1. Has your fine arts or communication area helped you as an adult? Please explain. Well, I’...

#VMThrowback: Participate in the end of the downtown campus (PSA in Spanish)

May 23, 2015

VMT students and alumni: Contact themagnettribune@gmail.com to participate in #VMThrowback.

Looking back at our ‘home’ of 22 years brings back lots of memories

Mark Webber, Adviser

April 27, 2015

I've had the good fortune to spend 22 years at our school "home." Our school's first year, 1993-1994, saw us spend much time as nomads, first at the school board room and other nearby locations, then the Civic Center, then back to the board room. Eventually we got to move into our remodeled buildings. Our journalism classroom was ready to move in two days before the grand opening! The journalism rooms in our little building were not always like they are now. Originally the far back room, the one we use as a studio,...

Seniors, Juniors: Here are your #VMThrowback questions

February 11, 2015

Click on the appropriate link below, download, answer the questions and email to themagnettribune@gmail.com or mwebber004@laredoisd.org VMThrowback junior questions1 VMThrowback senior questions.

Teachers, staff: Here are your #VMThrowback questions

February 11, 2015

Teachers and staff, click on the links below to get your #VMThrowback questions. Simply download, answer and email to themagnettribune@gmail.com or to mwebber004@laredoisd.org. VMThrowback teacher questions1 VMThrowback staff questions1