Sound system unifies Placer High School campus
October 11, 2011 • Zak Liske, Editor-in-Chief
New sound systems are now located in every classroom as part of many new additions and changes to the Placer High School campus for the Fall 2011 semester. “It [sound system] has been in the plans for over four years now, to update the existing system and to coordinate so that the entire school would...
Placer takes the field at Bear River for rivalry game
October 11, 2011 • Kerry McCullough, News Editor
Placer’s football team is scheduled to face off against the Bear River Bruins Friday night. The Hillmen have been preparing for the rivalry game and are ready to take the field at Lake of the Pines. Although the PVL rivalry is split between three schools-Colfax, Bear River, and Placer, tonight’s...
Construction affects students
September 28, 2011 • Amy Browning, Messenger Staff Writer
Many students here at Placer High school have become annoyed with the ongoing construction taking place in front of the cafeteria. “Yeah, it annoys me,” Freshman Maddy Rose stated. “It blocks my access to classes and bathrooms and if it weren’t there, I probably could get to them much faster.” The...
Hillmen sqeeze into overcrowded buses
September 28, 2011 • Samantha Kollross
Although students are facing larger class sizes this year, many students are discovering that the overcrowding on buses to and from school are an even bigger problem. Some Mid-Placer Transportation bus routes have had a large increase in the number of student’s riding the afternoon bus home. An estimated...
Auburn remembers flamboyant man-of-the-town
September 27, 2011 • Jessie Mello, Messenger staff writer
Gilbert Ortega also known as “Gill” peacefully joined the lord on Friday the first of September at age 82, after suffering from bad health. For about twelve years now Gill along with his bicycle and loud horns have been known to put a smile on the faces of Auburn locals. Many Auburnites know Gilbert...
S.T.A.R. Testing Preview Day
May 27, 2011 • Bryce Page, Messenger staff writer
Once again Placer High School will be having a preview day this year for the STAR Test leaving many students with mixed emotions. Initially there was no plan to have a preview day at Placer High School yet after a staff meeting some teachers felt like having a preview day would permit students to do...
Senior “Hand-me-downs” form now available for seniors.
May 11, 2011
Seniors can now submit their “hand-me-downs” to be published in the final edition of the Hillmen Messenger. Seniors can pass down their most valued possessions to some lucky underclassmen. Click here to go to form. Read More →
Senior Superlatives (Vote Now)
May 10, 2011
The annual Senior Superlatives section of the Hillmen Messenger will be released on May 27th, 2011! Seniors can now vote online. Deadline to vote for your fellow classmates is Wednesday, May 18th. Click Here to Vote Read More →
Cost of gas soars beyond the norm
April 5, 2011 • Kirstin Schauble, Messenger Staff
The price of gas lately has taken a turn for the worse, and has been creating problems for many families throughout America. As of Monday the 14th, the national price of a gallon of gas was $3.55. The price of gas has increased 43 cents per gallon the past month and 82 cents per gallon the past year....
Washington Journalist Fired
April 5, 2011 • Dane Skinner, Messenger Staff Writer
The Washington Post suspended one of its veteran reporters Wednesday, March 16 after editors concluded that their journalist had plagiarized two “substantial” sections of recently printed articles. Sari Horwitz, a weathered investigative reporter for the Washington D.C. Post, was suspended for three...
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