Braden Friedle, contributing writer
• March 10, 2025
MCHS Security Guard, Asusena Gonzalez, walks by the second floor bathroom and smells an unusual scent of cotton candy. Gonzalez walks in to check if everything is up to par, but finds smoke spewing out...
An MCHS student returns to school after winter break. They open up their email to see a message from the superintendent. The email says that PowerSchool has been hacked and some students' information was...
Since the beginning of the school year, bad behavior in bathrooms has continued to plague the campus. Students across McHenry High School face the consequences of closed bathrooms and lost privileges....
The third-floor bathroom at the Upper Campus reopened last week with a security desk moved in front of the entrance.
According to administration, the bathrooms were shut down at the beginning of February...
With 40 school shootings in ten months, 2022 has become the most devastating year for schools in recent history. Ensuring safety and preventing tragedy has become a priority more than ever for schools.
This...
The members of McHenry High School’s security team work hard to ensure the safety of the students who attend. This year, many new security guards have been hired, including the new Director of Security,...
Hunter Blake, Contributing Writer
• November 15, 2021
A student walks down the hallway during their study hall period and goes into the bathroom, he makes sure no one is in the room before he looks at himself in the mirror and pulls his phone out to record...
Grace Hunt, Contributing Writer
• October 20, 2021
Kenny Maier sits behind his desk interrogating the student who stole the very chair he sits in. Maier knows this student is guilty, but asks the student anyways. The student denies it and stays quiet....