Running up and down the fields, passing the ball back and forth from your teammates. Suddenly your teammate attempts the winning goal of the game. Silence went down on the crowd as everyone watched the...
Lola Cassidy, Online Managing Editor
• December 15, 2023
As MCHS students and staff countdown to winter break, we head into finals week with some school spirit events. The spirit days consist of a Goose Chase, dress up days, and a spirit rally to close out the...
The ball is snapped and set into play. The sound of gym shoes swoosh on the turf. The flapping of the flags in the wind can be heard for miles. The Powder Puff players dash across 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...
Gabe Santos, Arts and Entertainment Editor
• May 22, 2023
On May 16 and 17, MCHS's choirs performed their annual Pops Concert at the Upper Campus auditorium.
The cadet and concert choirs, along with Surround Sound and guitar classes, performed interpretations...
Seniors regularly have to juggle their student life and after-school jobs daily, not to mention everything else they have going on in their personal lives. With everything going on in a student's life,...
Gabe Santos, Arts and Entertainment Editor
• May 15, 2023
With graduation approaching, The McHenry Messenger sent out a survey to the senior class, asking for the music that acted as a soundtrack to their high school career. We compiled them on this Spotify...
Wednesday in the Upper Campus gym, select seniors were invited to the Upper Campus main gym for Senior Honors Night, an event where they were presented with medals, certificates, and scholarships for...
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...
