A student falls behind on their homework and they say, “I'll do it later.” Then they start to say that on every assignment or they tell their parents that they finished it. When the parent checks in...
A student sits refreshing the grades tab on her Schoology page. She awaits the input of her latest assignment, hoping to receive a good score. She refreshes a final time and sees that her grade was input...
Lilyonna Kribley, Contributing Writer
• October 17, 2022
Loud cheering can be heard, filling the sky just like the sunset. Ryan Cabildo guides his marching band out in front of the stands of McCracken Field. In front of hundreds of people, Cabildo starts guiding...
Before Leah Pelletier was a biomedical science teacher, she was an aspiring pediatrician.
That is, until all eight medical schools she applied to rejected her. Or maybe it was seven — one got lost...
The McHenry Messenger · The Scraps: Golden Apple, the Queen and food trucks (Episode One)
The Scraps is a podcast that spotlights past pitches that weren't picked up. To listen to the...
Ty Linker
Many students have taken on different roles to help school run smoothly, but also to help the community. One of these students is senior Ty Linker.
Linker believes in standing up for others...
Ali Casey, Freshman Correspondant
• February 11, 2022
After getting a last minute call, a substitute teacher hustles into a classroom, only to see all the students on their phones, not doing their assignments. Unable to grab the class's attention, the substitute...
Teachers go home, bag slung over a shoulder and head pounding with everything that went on through the day. Kids misbehaving, school work not being turned in, essays that need to be graded — all of it...
Madelyn Roush, Contributing Writer
• October 12, 2021
Enthusiastically, a young Mr. Jon Niemic participates in a conversation with his high school football coach at Crystal Lake South High School. He listens to his coach intently, wanting to better himself...
Sitting at her desk, Cara Vandermyde talks with one of her students who has been struggling. While she has much on her plate being an English teacher and activities director, she's always there to help...
September 11, 2001 was a turning point in history, and continues to be a day of remembrance, mourning, and loss for many. Every year, the U.S. honors the memory of the 2,977 people who died that day by...
An East teacher gets an email from administration that she is moving her classroom to West, and that her classes will be held at the Upper Campus the following school year. She is nervous but excited all...
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