Skip to Main Content
McHenry High School's student-written and -edited newspaper

The McHenry Messenger

McHenry High School's student-written and -edited newspaper

The McHenry Messenger

McHenry High School's student-written and -edited newspaper

The McHenry Messenger

As more and more kids are being given “screen time,” people are able to see the effects of it as these children grow up having to rely on screens for everything

Digital playgrounds

Afton Ingraffia, Features Editor February 21, 2025

After a long day of work, a mom in McHenry expects to get some rest at home after finishing up household chores. “Mom! Mom! Mom, watch this!!” her toddler exclaims while tugging on her shirt. She...

The FVC transtioned to online tickets for certain sports. The fans of the teams are supposed to purchase the ticket when their team has an away game rather than paying in cash.

MCHS goes online with new FVC ticketing system

Lola Cassidy, Staff Writer September 15, 2023

MCHS students are paying for game tickets on a new online system beginning this year. Though students can still get into home games for free by showing their student ID, they will have to pay four dollars...

Students in Jim Nelson's Honors Drones class practice piloting drones in the hallways of the Center for Science, Technology and industry at the Upper Campus on February 2.

Gallery: Honors Drones and Unmanned Flights

Kennedy Tetour, Managing Editor February 8, 2022

Jim Nelson's Honors Drones and Unmanned Flights class spent their afternoons last week flying drones around the Upper Campus. Students flew their aircrafts around the Center for Science, Technology and...

As a social media platform, TikTok is feeds users whatever they are looking for, whether it's LGBTQ+ confessionals, iced coffee recipes, hilarious videos, or serious political commentary.

TikTok’s different faces

Kiera Loewe, Social Media Director November 11, 2020

Over the past 4 years, TikTok has been rising as one of the top social media platforms. This app is extremely popular with people of all ages. What makes this platform so addictive and fun? That’s the...

Leanna Anderson helps MCHS student at her IT help desk on January 7. She spends her time in the library solving student’s technology problems.

Keeping the machine running

Ciara Duncan, Staff Writer January 9, 2020

Running a school can be thought of as running a well-oiled machine. The machine is made up of many parts, some obvious, some not. But, if just one of those parts doesn’t work, the entire machine breaks...

Load More Stories