Gallery: West possessed by the Halloween spirit

Students parade the halls in groups and as individuals donning scary and silly Halloween costumes

Dressed as a scarecrow, senior Natasha Rivera stalks the halls of West Campus on Halloween. WARNING: The images in this gallery portray realistic and disturbing depictions of illness and injury.

Messenger Staff
October 31, 2019

MCHS students celebrated Halloween on Halloween 31 by dressing up in a wide variety of costumes. Though district rules limited what kind of costumes they could wear—for example, students were to allowed to wear masks or reveal too much skin—students at both East and West found creative ways to celebrate the spooky holiday.

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Michelene Havard, Staff Writer

Michelene Havard is a senior at McHenry High School's West Campus. She enjoys creative writing, photography, and kayaking, and she is a member of West's Key Club. Michelene loves her family, friends and pets.

Kennedy Tetour, Managing Editor

Kennedy Tetour is a veteran of the McHenry Messenger and in her first year as a part of the Warrior Weekly. She enjoys music, writing, and is the Messenger's resident movie fanatic. Kennedy is looking forward to her senior year and can't wait to change and grow along with the newspaper and it's staff this year.

Recognition:

“MCHS celebrates Homecoming 2022” (IJEA)

“Groovy Movies: Summer recap” (IJEA)

IJEA All-State Journalism Team (2023)

NSPA Leadership Award in Student Journalism (2023)

2023 IHSA Sectionals (fifth in Review Writing, sixth in Headline Writing)

IJEA Fall Journalism Convention Write-Offs (first in Feature Writing)

“Gallery: Honors Drones and Unmanned Flights” (IJEA)

2022 IHSA Sectionals (fourth in Review Writing)

"12 days of movies" (IJEA)

"Spring musical tech week" (IJEA)

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