Heidie Dunn comes to school one morning excited to teach her students, and her students are just as excited to learn from one of their favorite teachers. Students enter the class room and settle at their...
The eighth period bell has rung, and an MCHS student is walking to the south entrance. After a long, stressful day they're ready to go home. But, before they can walk out the door, they see a bright smiling...
A student sits in their classroom with work piling up and no motivation to do any work so they just sit on their phone and push the problem to another day. As their GPA rises and their willingness to go...
Braden Friedle, contributing writer
• March 10, 2025
MCHS Security Guard, Asusena Gonzalez, walks by the second floor bathroom and smells an unusual scent of cotton candy. Gonzalez walks in to check if everything is up to par, but finds smoke spewing out...
An MCHS student has recently been evicted from their house. With nowhere else to turn, the student has to stay with a friend. The student walks home to their friend's house, embarrassed to ask the school...
Dane Erbach sits down at a desk while his newspaper students come up with a question they have about their stories. Erbach continues to push his students in the right direction without directly giving...
After a long day of work, a mom in McHenry expects to get some rest at home after finishing up household chores.
“Mom! Mom! Mom, watch this!!” her toddler exclaims while tugging on her shirt. She...
As the season for standardized and state testing approaches, both students and teachers are dealing with the new-ness of the ACT, with many of them approaching it in different ways.
The ACT is new to...
A student walking down a busy hallway during the passing period scrolls through social media and sees a video that catches their attention. The video covers something that happened in the news. It states...
Valentine's Day was Friday, and students at MCHS celebrate in unique ways.
In years past, MCHS has done various ways of celebrating Valentine's Day. At Freshman Campus, students could purchase “Crush”...
An MCHS student walks in the halls. As they near the new wing on the third floor, they head into Sean Sterner's old office as a force of habit. When they enter the dark room, they remember he has moved...
Households spending 90% of their income on necessities can be considered paycheck-to-paycheck. By this measure, roughly 30% of Americans are categorized as such. 26% of these households spend an extra...
