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...
Vanessa Schroeder, Contributing Writer
• April 19, 2023
As Mrs. Nicole Hodges leans towards a new adventure that was not in her plan at McHenry Upper Campus, she finds to love it. She learns that in all of her career choices she finds that this is the best...
As the final minutes of the period tick away, Miss Kayleigh Jensen mentality prepares for her next class. Knowing she’ll have to make the voyage from Freshman Campus to Upper Campus, she locates her...
Maddi Friedle, Contributing Writer
• March 24, 2023
As Mr. Cody Freund reminisces on his past experiences with McHenry Community High School, he revisits all the good memories that lie in the halls. While making his way to his classroom, he walks past a...
Braydon Huffar, Contributing Writer
• March 20, 2023
As Ryan Ellison teaches his unit on magnetism his classroom at McHenry Upper Campus fills with laughter. A volume that can only mean every student is at attention and involved. Attention is grabbed through...
Maddi Friedle, Contributing Writer
• March 3, 2023
As Mr. Ray Hagerty explores the halls of McHenry Community High School almost 18 years after he went there, he notices the bright blue colored walls and the sound of music echoing throughout the halls....
In 2022 the U.S. stock market has been on a sharp decline compared to 2021. There have been signs indicating that a recession is near and the early part of this year suggests this is the case.
The stock...
Brooke Gewalt, Contributing Writer
• April 8, 2022
Fifteen year old Kamila Valieva, Russia's figure skating sensation, assumed to take home the gold and unexpectedly took fourth at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic games. Controversially, Valieva was able...
As you frantically find your way to your English class through the Upper Campus halls, you find yourself looking around to notice something you haven’t noticed in any of your classes before, your class...
Sabrina Glosson, Contributing Writer
• March 23, 2022
Margaret Carhart stands in front of her 8th period English class. The fluorescent lights beam on her chattering students as they walk in fatigued and tired from the long day. Although the day has been...
Destiny Hileman, Contributing Writer
• March 22, 2022
Ushering her buzzing students onto the boarding plane, Mrs. Sarah Halvorson can't help but smile at the excitement they express to her. Traveling abroad with her students allows Halvorson to reach a deeper...
As a young Mr. Jordan Deener walks through the halls of West Campus to his next class, with not much time to spare, he contemplates the gray walls and rows upon rows of lockers, describing the sight as...