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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

STEMINISM | Hanna Taylor

STEMINISM | Hanna Taylor

Michalina Sotka, Editor-in-Chief October 23, 2025

Hanna Taylor, an Environmental Sustainability Coordinator for the city of Fredericksburg, Virginia, walks into work, ready to work on her latest project. As part of her mission to make Fredericksburg a...

Cars drive past a section of forest cut down along Route 31 in McHenry. Plans have been in the works to widen the road since 2018, but the effects to nearby wildlife have never been more apparent.

Opinion | Widening Route 31 has hurt wildlife

Hailey Magliochetti, Contributing Writer May 15, 2025

After a long shift at work, a driver is on their way home as they pass by the miserable scene of hundreds of chopped trees lying to the sides, with its dead leaves and split sticks creating gloom in the...

As time passes along so does teaching, books are now being turned online.

Opinion | Reimagine education

Eliot Raymond, Staff Writer January 31, 2025

The American public education system as we know it, has been around for well over 200 years. However, the traditional schooling model has remained unchanged, with around 20 to 30 students packed into a...

MCHS tested the fountains at the Upper Campus over spring break and found the water safe to drink and free of E. coli and coliform bacteria. This follows a scare in March when AP Environmental Science students testing the water found evidence of fecal material in their samples.

Drinking water deemed ‘satisfactory’ for coliform bacteria

Evanel Gonzalez, Contributing Writer April 10, 2023

After testing MCHS’s drinking water, official results show the samples were deemed ‘satisfactory’ for coliform bacteria and that the school’s drinking water did not have significant amounts of...

Smoke rises from a derailed cargo train in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 4, 2023.

Ohio train derailment leads to environmental concerns

Henry Fitzgerald, Freshman Correspondant March 9, 2023

Just before 9 p.m., on Feb. 20, the Northfolk Southern train derailed causing radioactive chemicals to spread throughout the nearby area. Although no people have died as of yet, a predicted 43,700 animals...

Freshman Daniel Thomas stands outside of West Campus with his Greentastic climate agreement. Thomas penned the agreement with environmental club in an attempt to make a positive change at MCHS.

Making the world a greener place

Kaitlyn Wenzel and Ciara Duncan April 29, 2021

It is common knowledge that our world’s climate is drastically changing. People all over the planet have been trying to negate this, including MCHS freshman Daniel Thomas. As the head of the Environmental...

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