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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

The Warrior yearbook staff captured the Class of 2025 at their first spirit rally in 2021. There aren’t many ninth grade campuses in school districts across the country, so MCHS’s Class of 2025 had a unique high school experience compared to other high school students in the U.S.

A first and a last

Eli Frommes, Staff Writer November 20, 2024

It's the end of middle school in 2021, and a student gets told that they will not be with all the other grades in  high school. They get told that their first year back from covid will be isolated at...

Sophomores Luis Adame, Jamison Shea and Jiji Thorne walk through the hallways of the Upper Campus. As sophomores, this is their first year in the building, which makes them feel like freshman for a second year in a row.

Freshman, freshman, junior, senior

Eli Frommes, Staff Writer September 27, 2022

A sophomore walks through the Upper Campus on the first day of school and can't find his class. With two minutes left in the passing period, he asks a teacher to point him in the right direction and is...

Ashley Nagel speaks to one of her freshman students during AIM on Mar. 18 in room 424 at the Freshman Campus.

Failure doesn’t define

Peyton Whelan, Contributing Writer March 18, 2022

The bell just rang and Ashley Nagel is sitting at her desk waiting for her Biology class to begin. As students make their way into the classroom she gazes over the class, seeing the familiar bright faces....

Freshmen can submit their writing assignments to Paper or get feedback from a trained tutor in any of their core classes. So why don't all upperclassmen get this oportunity as well?

Opinion: Upper Campus should have Paper too

Eli Frommes, Contributing Writer December 6, 2021

A junior student struggles on a math assignment. His freshman sister has access to the Paper tutoring app, so she says, “Hey, just use Paper.” The Upper Campus student says, “What's Paper?” so...

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