Summer school 2024 was when MCHS was starting to experiment with the phone ban. When my summer school teacher said to us that no phones were allowed in class, even when we finished our work, I got really...

A student wakes up on a dreaded Monday morning and decides they're too tired to go to school. They tell their parents and promptly go back to sleep. That same student wakes up to police cars outside talking...

Chautauqua is an event held by honors american studies teachers and students simulating a conference between prominent historical and pop culture figures discussing present world issues from the healthcare...

A student walks into their math class feeling anxious for their test. Even though they studied and tried different methods to prepare, they start to feel as if they are not going to pass. Once the teacher...

Wearing bandanas is becoming a trend with the rise of "street wear" in the mainstream media. It is a fun way to style yourself if you don't want to wear a hat but also don't want your hair in your face,...

Dressed as their character for Chautauqua, junior Onyx Haak enters the Upper Campus auditorium. They take their seat in the dimly lit space, anticipating the speeches and skits they will see today. The...

Not all Thanksgiving meals are what you would call “traditional.” Many people these days follow special diets, and therefore, Thanksgiving dinner is not what you would expect. Many people of different...

MCHS grievance and loss group planted a tree in October by the North Entrance to honor loved ones who have passed. The grievance and loss group is mainly student led but is supervised by Upper Campus...

As a student enters the school, they walk up to the security guard with their ID in their pocket. Only after they get it out and hold it toward the guard to scan, do they wonder why the school even scans...

McHenry has recently brought to light the news of a confirmed case of pertussis, or better known as the dreaded whooping cough earlier this week. Whooping cough is a highly contagious respiratory tract...

Seven Snelten sits backstage, waiting for the lights to dim and the show to start. Through the nerves of performing, and with this play being so different from others they’ve performed in, Seven is at...

MCHS student Alex Donahue gets an email from Upper Campus principal Jeff Prickett about helping to organize a Peer Tutoring Program here at our school to help the math and science departments with the...