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Pre ACT takes place Wednesday at MCHS
October 15, 2024
Michalina Sotka, Print managing editor
MCHS students will be taking the Practice ACT next Wednesday. Illinois has made the switch from the SAT to the ACT as of this year, and students will be taking the preliminary tests digitally. Seniors will not be in attendance, and freshmen, sophomores and juniors will be in attendance to take...
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Gallery | Homecoming parade
October 15, 2024
Lily Adams, Editor-in-Chief
The Sunday before Homecoming, MCHS celebrated a spirit-filled week with the annual parade down Green St. on October 6. MCHS new parade route started at Veterans Acres and ended at Miller Point for Pack the Point, a new event intended to invite the community to celebrate Homecoming festivities. At...
Playlists
Playlist | Dancing for a century
October 11, 2024
Gabe Santos, Staff Writer
Every year when HOCO comes around‭, ‬students at MCHS find some way to complain about the music‭. ‬If every high school dance DJ tried to play every song that every kid wanted to hear we’d be in for a long night or couple nights come Oct‭. ‬12‭. ‬ However‭, ‬The McHenry Messenger...
Features
We are the fighting Warriors
October 10, 2024
Lily Adams, Editor in Chief
Freshman Ivy Taylor balances on the wooden beam below her feet, her Pride Camp experience has just begun. AIM classmates help guide her to the other end, careful not to touch the cold, concrete just below. Her senior AIM Leaders cheer her on as she safely makes it to the other end of the beam. Beginning...
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Marching along Green Street
October 10, 2024
Ffion Curtain, Online Managing Editor
As Homecoming rolls around so comes the annual Homecoming Parade‭, ‬one of the biggest traditions that MCHS brings each year‭. ‬ The parade honors Homecoming Court‭, ‬clubs at MCHS and all fall sports that are playing this season‭.‬ The parade will take place on Sunday‭, ‬Oct‭....

News
Pre ACT takes place Wednesday at MCHS
Most MCHS students will be participating in standardized testing on Oct. 16
October 15, 2024
Michalina Sotka, Print managing editor
Galleries
Gallery | Homecoming parade
On Sunday Oct. 6, MCHS celebrated the 100th annual Homecoming parade with floats filled with MCHS sports and clubs.
October 15, 2024
Lily Adams, Editor-in-Chief
Playlists
Playlist | Dancing for a century
As MCHS prepares for its centennial Homecoming, we’ve put together a list of songs that will help make this year’s dance memorable
October 11, 2024
Gabe Santos, Staff Writer
Puzzles
Puzzles | Crossword Puzzle, Oct. 11, 2024
For today's puzzle, try to tackle our special Homecoming crossword
October 11, 2024
Dominic Burnett, Staff Writer
Features
We are the fighting Warriors
Adding another year on to the decades long tradition, students from the Freshman Campus attended Pride Camp with their Senior Leaders on the 23 of Sept.
October 10, 2024
Lily Adams, Editor in Chief

This coming Wednesday, MCHS underclassmen will be taking the ACT opposed to the SAT. Seniors will not be in attendance.

Michalina Sotka, Print managing editor • October 15, 2024

MCHS students will be taking the Practice ACT next Wednesday. Illinois has made the switch from the SAT to the ACT as of this year, and students will be taking the preliminary tests digitally. Seniors will not be in attendance, and freshmen, sophomores and juniors will be in attendance to take the P-ACT. Students without accommodations will...