![Parents debate “critical race theory” at a meeting of the Placentia-Yorba Linda school board in 2021. Since COVID, parents have insisted on more rights over their childrens public education, and school board meeting have been the battleground.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/OPED-SCHOOLBOARDS-EDITORIAL-LA-900x600.jpg)
Opinion: ‘Parents’ rights’ may threaten students’ rights
Freedom Tomasello, Opinions Editor
• March 23, 2023
![Communicating important information is a tough job for a high school, who has to keep students, staff, and parents in the loop of every major event and decision. Still, many stakeholders at MCHS wish communication from the district was clearer.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/cover-07-1-900x600.jpg)
Partial disclosure
Kennedy Tetour, Managing Editor
• March 20, 2023
![Speaker Dr. Ferney Ramirez Hernandez talks to Spanish-speaking families during a special presentation about how to improve family relationships at the Upper Campus auditorium on Jan. 31.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20230131_195721-900x675.jpg)
MCHS hosts presentation for Spanish-speaking community members
Krystal Zamudio, Staff Writer
• February 9, 2023
![When parents have access to grades, they can help students stay on track. But constant conversations about grades can also add pressure to students who are doing their best and struggling to keep their grades up.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/unnamed-900x600.jpg)
Full access
Eli Frommes, Staff Writer
• December 19, 2022
![Community stakeholders — including students, parents and teachers — have been invited to complete the Portrait of a Graduate survey in order to define the sort of student who graduates from MCHS.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/unnamed-2-900x675.jpg)
MCHS develops Portrait of a Graduate
Grace Hunt, Freshman Campus Bureau Chief
• May 10, 2022
![A woman leaves a stuffed animal at a memorial at an entrance to Oxford High School on Dec. 1, following an active shooter situation at Oxford High School that left four students dead and multiple others with injuries.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/US-NEWS-MICH-SCHOOLSHOOTING-TICKTOCK-3-DE-900x600.jpg)
Parents of Michigan shooter face involuntary manslaughter charges
Vanessa Moreno, Staff Writer
• December 7, 2021
![There are many reasons why it is good for parents to have access to their students grades and progress. But watching too closely doesnt provide students with opportunities to learn from their mistakes before consequences are handed down.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2021_11_15_0cm_Kleki.png)
Opinion: Daily grade reminders to parents cause unnecessary stress
Nikki Sisson, Marketing Manager
• November 23, 2021
![Being a teenager is already stressful enough, and the pressure added by the pandemic has made it so much worse. When parents add to this stress by being too pushy, research shows that it can have a particularly negative effect for a teenager.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/0-2-900x675.jpeg)
Opinion: Parents just don’t understand
Kyla Henige, Managing Editor
• January 26, 2021
![Elle is MCHS’s advice columnist. Email her at mchs.ask.elle@gmail.com.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Ask-Elle-900x676.jpg)
Ask Elle: Coming out concerned
Elle Smith, Staff Writer
• January 13, 2021
![Its easy to get excited about all the food served during Thanksgiving, but some foods at the feast are better than others. Take cranberry sauce and sweet potatoes, which are the seasons best.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Untitled492_20201118181056-900x814.jpg)
Opinion: Don’t forget the cranberry sauce and sweet potatoes
Kaitlyn Wenzel, Staff Reporter
• November 24, 2020
![Author Stephen Chbosky wrote the novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower based on his own childhood in 1998. Chbosky wrote the screenplay and directed the 2012, which strikes the perfect tone as the world eases into the holidays.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/unnamed-1-1-900x519.jpg)
Groovy Movies: You’re a wallflower
Kennedy Tetour, Arts and Entertainment Editor
• November 13, 2020
![Signs for local Illinois elections advertise candidates for senate, county board, and other national causes. First time voters around the country cast their ballots in this historical election on November 3.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG-4971-900x675.jpg)
Voting first, voting historically
Kaitlyn Wenzel, Staff Reporter
• November 12, 2020
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