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Placer Girls Flag Football Inaugural season

Placer Girls’ Flag Football Inaugural season

Story by Lydia La Barbera, Editor-n-Chief December 18, 2023

Our own Placer High School Girls' Flag Football team just completed their historical inaugural season for PHS, here's an overview of how our girls feel. The flag football girls have worked hard and...

Izadora (Izzie) Delmue, owner of Delmues Delightful Goods

Delmue’s Delightful Goods, a Placer Born Delicacy

Story by Reagan Browning, Messenger Staff Writer December 1, 2023

How to order: With a weekly menu, Delmues Delightful Goods has a good variety of treats ranging from 3$ to 11$ based on what you get.  You can order off of the instagram page bio @delmuesdelightfulgoods...

Friendly domestic cat visits Placer students

Friendly domestic cat visits Placer students

Story by Colin Garrett, Staff Writer November 9, 2023

Students have seen a gray domesticated cat roaming around campus, wandering into classes with open doors. Although students are still working hard on schoolwork, this development has made classroom life...

Recent Rocklin school board policy has transgender students concerned about their safety

Recent Rocklin school board policy has transgender students concerned about their safety

Story by Colin Garrett, Staff Writer October 6, 2023

Rocklin Unified School District has passed a new policy that could risk the safety of transgender students. This policy will require teachers to report directly to parents if a student requests a name...

Class of 2023 living the “Senior” experience

Story by Natalia Merck, Messenger Staff Writer May 10, 2023

Every student thinks differently of their senior year and has had extremely different experiences. For some, their senior year has lived up to their expectations, for others not so much. “... I think...

Are students spending too much time on social media app “TikTok”?

Story by Lydia La Barbera, Editor and Chief April 20, 2023

      TikTok has been one of the most popular social media apps for a few years and has been one of the biggest time wasters for students. TikTok is an app where you can watch up to 3-minute...

Revving Up: A Look at the Coolest Cars in the Placer Parking Lot

Story by Rex Stanley, Messenger Staff Writer March 20, 2023

Placer High School is packed with interesting and diverse cars.  Placer senior Jack O’Connor decided he wanted to buy a car that could be reliable but also fast, so he chose a Nissan 350z, also known...

PHS freshmen express the ups and downs of being on a varsity team.

March 16, 2023

Freshmen athletes at Placer High School are playing for varsity teams, explaining both the ups and downs of this feat. Jeremiah Rethi, a freshman on the varsity basketball and football teams at...

Issues with Placer bathrooms need to be resolved

Story by Lydia La Barbera, Messenger Staff Writer February 17, 2023

  Bathrooms on Placer High School campus are being mistreated by students. The bathrooms on the PHS campus have been used as more of a place to skip class - or hang out - than being used for...

Intervention at Placer High School: Is it helpful or waste of time?

Story by Lydia La Barbera, Messenger Staff Writer February 3, 2023

   Intervention at Placer High School is useful to some, but other students and staff despise the idea.    Many of the faculty members at Placer believe that intervention is imperative for students...

A bus parked on the corner of Bell Road and Bowman Road advertise a need for local bus drivers.

Lack of busses affects students’ lives

Story by Lydia La Barbera, Messenger Staff Writer January 20, 2023

Students at Placer High School no longer have the option to take the bus to and/or from school.   The cause behind this matter has been unknown to the majority of students at our school.  “It...

Recomended places to shop for prom and formal attire

Story by Addie Buckingham, Messenger Staff Writer April 22, 2022

Senior ball and Junior prom are approaching for PHS students. One of the most memorable parts of these school dances is the outfits and attire. However, deciding what to wear and where to get it from can...

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