McHenry High School's student-written and -edited newspaper

The McHenry Messenger
McHenry High School's student-written and -edited newspaper

The McHenry Messenger
McHenry High School's student-written and -edited newspaper

The McHenry Messenger
Freedom Tomasello

Freedom Tomasello, Opinion Editor

Freedom Tomasello is a senior at McHenry High School's Upper Campus. She enjoys spending time with friends and traveling around town. She is the current social media manager of activism club and wants to become a paleontologist after college. This is Freedom’s second year on the Messenger’s staff.

Recognition:

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

All content by Freedom Tomasello
Overwatch 2 was met with both excitement and controversy as players experienced bugs and issues such as long player queues.

Battlepass or battle pass?

November 29, 2022
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Last year, the Warrior Warehouse connected to the cafeteria housed the Hidden Pearl coffeehouse before it was forced to relocate. This fall, Rusty Malts will move into the spot in this most recent partnership with the school and local businesses.

Rusty Malts coffee shop partners with the Upper Campus

November 7, 2022
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Mark Curran, the longest-serving sheriff of Lake County, is a Republican running for a spot on the Illinois Supreme Court during the 2022 midterm elections.

Meet Mark Curran, the Republican running for Illinois Supreme Court

November 2, 2022
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Judge Elizabeth Rochford, a Democrat running for a seat on state Supreme Court, has been a Lake County Circuit Court Judge for a decade.

Meet Elizabeth Rochford, the Democrat running for Illinois Supreme Court

October 26, 2022
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While juniors will take the PSAT next week, other grades levels will learn test taking strategies or take time off. During early release days, teachers will host parent-teacher conferences.

What to know ahead of fall PSAT testing week

October 21, 2022
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Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle on July 17, 2020, in Windsor, England. Barbados, which has long prided itself on being the most English of Britains former colonies in the Caribbean, announced it will be taking steps to drop Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state and to become a republic by next year, when it marks its 55th anniversary of independence from British rule.

Britain’s longest ruling monarch dead at 96

September 9, 2022
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This years graduation ceremony was slated to take place at McCracken Field to accommodate a new combined class of seniors formerly from East and West.

Graduation moved indoors due to inclement weather

May 19, 2022
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For $25, students visit Six Flags Great America on Saturday at a reduced rate, which includes transportation and tickets to the Battle of the Bands later that day.

StuCo hosts trip to Six Flags Great America

May 12, 2022
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Speakers tell stories about their own experiences during a Title IX presentation during held on May 3 in the Upper Campus Auditorium.

MCHS celebrates 50 years of Title IX

May 9, 2022
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Trends from the 1980s and 90s have become popular again this year — including some trends that have been deemed unfashionable for decades, like mullets and socks with sandals.

Back in style

May 6, 2022
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Blended classes have become both a blessing and a curse, causing class cuts and confusion among staff and students. The youngest blenders, sophomores, may not be ready for the responsibility that blended learning demands.

Opinion: Not all students are ready to blend

April 12, 2022
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The total numbers of behavior incidents between semester one at East Campus in 2019 and semester one the Freshman Campus in 2022 are comparable, which is notable because the school housed twice as many students before the pandemic.

Missed behavior

April 7, 2022
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Though movies like The Hunger Games can be thrilling rides, Suzanne Collinss book uses slower pacing to develop stronger characters and deeper emotions.

Opinion: Don’t judge a book by its movie

April 6, 2022
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Since the end of January, students have been asked to remain in class during the first five minutes of AIM at the Upper Campus, which administrators call a “No Fly Zone,” in an effort to crack down on class cuts.

New AIM rules cause confusion and frustration

February 28, 2022
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Review: Devoting your heart

Review: Devoting your heart

February 10, 2022
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Encanto helps to spread the love with a deep familial connection and an understanding that all members of a family are important.

Review: We don’t talk about Bruno

January 24, 2022
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