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
Molara Fashola founded the BLACK club in hopes to create a more inclusive and supportive school community. All students are welcomed into the club as long as they are willing to listen, learn and denounce racism.

Including the excluded

Kyla Henige, Features Editor • March 24, 2022

A new pilot club, the BLACK Club was formed by sophomore Oluwaseyi “Molara” Fashola as a way to spread unity and diversity through the MCHS. Pilot clubs are clubs that are in the process of becoming...

Compared to the peaceful Black Lives Matter protests during the summer of 2020, the Capitol riots resulted in far fewer arrests, reaffirming to the American public that a racial divide still exists in the country.

Editorial: The Capitol riots made America’s divisions clear

Editorial Board • January 15, 2021

A Black Lives Matter supporter watches the horrors of the Capitol riots from their phone last Wednesday. As Trump-supporting extremists burst in, they destroy government property, and take pictures joking...

Donning masks, MCHS students protest the death of George Floyd at the hands of a white Minneapolis cop during a Black Lives Matter protest at Veterans Memorial Park in McHenry. Floyd's death has sparked several protests in McHenry County, all of them peaceful.

No justice, no peace

Stacy Correra, Copy Editor • June 4, 2020

A McHenry teenager lays a blank poster board on their table, thinking of the right words to say in a situation where there are no words that can express how they feel. Today, they make a picket sign to...

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