As the 2026 seniors step onto McCracken Field for their last time as high schoolers, they take in the moment. The sun is shining, and the spirits are high. Principal Gregory Eiserman begins his speech....
A MCHS senior is sprawled out on the floor scrolling on their phone for pictures of some of their last events as MCHS students. They are surrounded by some of their friends who decided to come together...
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” Charles Dickens wrote at the beginning of "A Tale of Two Cities." While this quote was originally intended to describe the French Revolution,...
On Saturday, MCHS seniors graduated during a commencement ceremony at McCracken Field. Graduates started at Freshman Campus and made the walk to the field to graduate in front of friends and family. The...
On May 10, MCHS Students marched through Hilltop, Duker, Valley View, Landmark, Harrison,Riverwood and Edgebrook Elementary School wearing their graduation regalia and were greeted by their former teachers.
“I...
A preschool student stands up at their graduation. She received her diploma with a big smile on their face. Looking around she sees her family and her teachers clapping and cheering for her. This is a...
MCHS will host several celebratory events before the seniors' graduation on May 18.
Seniors’ final day of class is on May 10 this year, so there will be a multitude of events occurring to mark the...
Daisy Lomeli walks up to the mic knowing she has the weight of the graduation speech on her hands. Wiping her palms she takes the microphone and gets ready to say one last goodbye to the people she's grown...
Gabe Santos, Arts and Entertainment Editor
• May 23, 2023
The class of 2023 has been described as the “torch bearers.” The class that carried every group, every club, and every sport through the pandemic. This final year has been their only normal, uninhibited...
McHenry High School will hold its first outside graduation ceremony with all seniors at McCracken Field, weather permitting, on May 20 at 11 a.m. Otherwise, graduation will move to the Upper Campus main...
Four years ago, the McHenry Messenger was a student publication that needed help. For decades, MCHS did not have a student newspaper and, during its first semester, the publication struggled to launch.
Four...
Eager seniors walk through the doors of MCHS ready to finish off the year on May 12. As the seniors arrive to their first period class of the day, they come to find out that it is no longer their last...
