Story by Quintin Daniels, Messenger Staff Writer
• September 20, 2023
One of the most noticeable changes on Placer’s campus this year has been the lack of parking. Improvements in the parking lot have been a work in progress since
late July with a projected completion...
Story by Marlie Buckingham, Messenger Staff Writer
• September 7, 2023
Placer High School welcomed its new principal, Jaime Jackson, as the first female principal in school history.
Jackson has served as an educator for over 20 years in teaching and leadership roles...
Story by Olivia Bergeron, Messenger Staff Writer
• September 6, 2023
If you asked a high school student what they know about “CBE learning”, they could probably tell you what it stands for – competency based education – but not much else.
Although many teachers...
Story by Rex Stanley, Student/journalism student reporter
• March 2, 2023
There are plans in the making to build a new greenhouse on Placer´s campus and to renovate the current one. For quite a few years, the current greenhouse has not been maintained and has slowly been falling...
Story by Natalia Merck, Messenger Staff Writer
• February 22, 2023
Placer high schools announcement system seems to be lacking in quality according to students and teachers.
Lately, Placer’s announcements have been very bad quality. The distorted announcements have...
Story by Colin Garrett, Staff Writer
• February 9, 2023
General Knowledge about an AI used to write prompts and solve questions, has been spreading throughout the education system.
Teachers have been concerned about how this AI can be used for cheating....
Story by Marlie Buckingham, Messenger Staff Writer
• February 8, 2023
The new teachers at Placer High school have been making a very positive impact on Placer’s students.
Natalie Medeiros is the new ASL teacher at Placer. This is Medeiros’ first year of teaching....
Placer High School is hosting four exchange students this year, who come from different countries such as Belgium, Slovakia, Korea, and Germany. They are Lisa Infantino, Lucy Matysakova, Lydia Eunseo Choi,...
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...
Story by Natalia Merck, Messenger Staff Writer
• January 27, 2023
Rock Creek Elementary is closing as of January 11th due to Auburn Union school district’s $3 million budget deficit.
Recently the Auburn Union School District had a meeting at town hall to decide...
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...
Story by Ava Conn, Feature's Editor
• May 25, 2022
With the 2021-2022 school year coming to an end, there is no better way to finish off the year than Placer High’s Palooza.
Palooza is a tradition at placer that has not been held since 2018, however,...
