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The School Newspaper of Placer High School

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The School Newspaper of Placer High School

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Local businesses share thoughts on student behavior at lunch

Story by Allyson Mickel, Editor-in-Chief January 28, 2022

Every day at Placer, students get released for open campus lunch. Students go around downtown and old town Auburn looking for a local business to eat lunch and relax. Teenagers in this time and age have...

Placer FFA competing in annual speech competitions

Placer FFA competing in annual speech competitions

Story by Keara Chorn, Messenger Staff Writer January 28, 2022

Some students in the Placer FFA will be competing in various speaking competitions between January 25th to January 29th. The FFA, which stands for Future Farmers of America, is the largest student or...

Placer’s closed campus lunch rumors put to rest

Story by Ava Conn, Messenger Staff Writer January 25, 2022

    With the opening of the Learning Commons/Cafeteria, several rumors and concerns have circulated around Placer High School’s campus questioning whether or not it would remain open.     Mr....

PE is a struggle this year online and in-person students.

Physical education online a challenge for students and teachers

Story by Lianess Williams, Staff Writer February 18, 2021

Covid-19 has drastically changed physical education in schools. With physical education online teachers can’t monitor their students like they could during in person school. Covid has caused schools...

Placer Junior Wyatt Hamilton sets world record mark

Story by Delaney Stetka, Staff Writer February 18, 2021

Placer High School is the home of a new world record holder. In December, Wyatt Hamilton ran 100 miles in under 23 hours, a world r ecord for anyone his age. The 17-year-old junior has been running...

Covid 19 athletic restrictions eased allowing some high school sports to begin

Covid 19 athletic restrictions eased allowing some high school sports to begin

Story by Rachel Edwards, Staff Writer February 15, 2021

After nearly a year of Covid-related high school sports cancellations, Placer High School started select practices last month. High school sports schedules were disrupted in 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions....

Placer's updated cafeteria projected completion date in early 2022

Placer’s updated cafeteria projected completion date in early 2022

Story by Sierra Delp, Editor-In-Chief February 9, 2021

The updated Learning Commons- or cafeteria- will become a new and important feature on Placer’s campus despite the distant projected completion date. Placer Union High School District assistant...

"Notes of Hope" offers support

“Notes of Hope” offers support

Story by Alayna Fraser November 1, 2018

Many leaders in our community have stepped up to help post notes of hope on the Foresthill Bridge between Auburn and Foresthill. Since the bridge’s construction in 1973, there have been 87 deaths by...

Is Placer missing the 'green' in green and gold?

Is Placer missing the ‘green’ in green and gold?

September 25, 2018

Emmalee Dann Messenger Staff writer   There are many ways to be environmentally friendly in a school setting. With some minor changes to Placer campus, the school can contribute to a cleaner...

RV on Placer’s Campus: Where is it Now?

September 21, 2018

Ethan Rodrigues Editor-in-chief   What began as the case of an abandoned recreational vehicle grew into a lasting eyesore for Placer High School and the surrounding area. Not only was...

Students jokingly show morning fatigue.

Bill to push back school start time vetoed by governor Brown

September 19, 2018

Alayna Fraser Messenger Staff Writer   Have you ever felt your eyelids drooping during your first period class? Have you nodded off and almost fell out of your desk? Maybe you have even waken...

Placer students can view Del Oro students (above), and Colfax students in distant learning classes.

Students share mixed feelings on distant learning classes

September 11, 2017

In recent years at Placer High, the foreign language department, more specifically, French 3, has offered distance learning to Students in Del Oro who do not have access to the class on their campus. This...

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