This week and last week the P.E. Teachers at the Freshmen Campus hosted the annual NitroBall Tournament for students who wanted to play for a reward.
NitroBall is considered to be an "inverted" volleyball...
Leah Pietraszewski walks into her first period class, but doesn’t know where to sit. Having just started a new public high school after going to private school for years, she doesn’t know many of the...
DeAnna Traharne, Contributing Writer
• April 4, 2025
MCHS students are getting ready for Battle of the Bands this Friday.
The bands are practicing and preparing for the battle. Working on setlists, and jamming out in the garages.
“We finalized a...
Ffion Curtain, Online Managing Editor
• March 18, 2025
On Monday, the Board of Education approved for Freshman Campus principal Gregory Eiserman to serve as the Upper Campus principal for the 2025-26 school year.
Eiserman has served the school community...
An MCHS student walks in the halls. As they near the new wing on the third floor, they head into Sean Sterner's old office as a force of habit. When they enter the dark room, they remember he has moved...
Alberto Martinez arrives at McHenry’s freshman campus to begin his last day of the first semester. He is a greatly valued staff member and knows how big of an impact he can make on these students' lives....
Ffion Curtain, Online Managing Editor
• January 22, 2025
As students walk through the snowy weather into freshman campus, they see the hallways leading to the gym full of decorations for this year's winter formal. There will be many fun incentives for students...
When freshman Ivy Taylor balances on the wooden beam below her feet, her Pride Camp experience has just begun. AIM classmates help guide her to the other end, careful not to touch the cold, concrete just...
Built in 1925, known at the time as East Campus, Freshman Campus as an old building is shrouded in mystery of the pressing question; is the school haunted? Reports of supposed hauntings spark curiosity...
Freshmen attended an Upper Campus Sneak Peek for their upcoming sophomore year on Friday. Senior leaders toured their freshmen around Upper Campus and showed them the hang of getting around and what their...
A freshman student sits in their AIM, head down and trying to fall back asleep. The announcements turn on, and the voice of Freshman Campus Principal, Greg Eiserman, blares through the speakers. He shares...
Students at the Freshman Campus are getting ready for the next step. Going from middle school to high school was hard, but being a new kid in a second new high school is just as nerve wracking. A year...
