![Students from MCHSs Key Club splash into the water at the Crystal Lake Beach on March 4 to raise money for Special Olympics.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Plunge-900x600.jpg)
Key Club helps raise over $3000 for Special Olympics in annual Polar Plunge
Tati Rubi, Staff Writer
• March 17, 2023
![Editorial Cartoon: Why replace the magic?](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2023_02_24_0oj_Kleki.png)
Editorial Cartoon: Why replace the magic?
Rachel Kaminski, Contributing Illustrator
• February 27, 2023
![Though there was barely any snow on the ground in McHenry on Wednesday afternoon, MCHS cancelled the second day of finals on Thursday due to inclement weather predictions.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG_9315-900x675.jpeg)
MCHS closed tomorrow due to inclement weather, finals rescheduled
Vanessa Moreno, News Editor
• December 21, 2022
![Students pose in their band tee-shirts during winter spirit week at the Upper Campus on Dec. 13.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG_5277-900x600.jpg)
Real Warriors: Winter spirit week
Preston Boysen, Staff Writer
• December 16, 2022
![Next week, MCHS will celebrate the end of the semester and the holiday season with a spirit week culminating in a spirit rally. Next semester, StuCo plans to introduce new winter events.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/spirit-week-900x600.jpg)
StuCo plans new school spirit activities this winter
Lydia Lawrence, Business Director
• December 8, 2022
![Kamila Valieva of Team ROC falls during the womens free skate during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on Feb. 17, 2022, in Beijing.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ENTER-TV-OLY-NBC-RATINGS-GET-900x600.jpg)
Olympic-sized scandal
Brooke Gewalt, Contributing Writer
• April 8, 2022
![Each year, a handful of MCHS students choose to graduate a semester early. This year, 34 will end their high school careers as December graduates.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/evan-mach-bv0Qs8eh1I0-unsplash-900x600.jpg)
Send off
Ella Trimingham, Copy Editor
• December 17, 2021
![The first film in The Chronicles of Narnia series is adventurous, fun, and will give viewers a nearly two hour escape from the real world.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/showtime_svod-3414998-Full-Image_GalleryBackground-en-US-1554268584284._SX1080_-900x507.jpg)
“The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”
December 22, 2020
![Elle is MCHSs advice columnist. Email her at mchs.ask.elle@gmail.com.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Elle-Grey-900x541.jpg)
Ask Elle: Winter blues
Elle Smith, Advice Colummnist
• December 3, 2019
![A snow plow clears a snowy thoroughfare in McHenry this winter.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/snowstorm.png)
Superintendent consults weather service, colleagues in decision to cancel school
Aleece Black, Staff Reporter
• February 27, 2019
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