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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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King Fire influences fire awareness

October 30, 2014

By Finn Thomas Messenger Staff Writer The King Fire only affected the air quality in Auburn, but it could have caused local neighborhoods to be evacuated.  People may have not been prepared to escape...

Students Ditching Class

October 30, 2014

By Danielle Eich Messenger Staff Writer Ditching class seems like a fun thing to do with your friends, but is it worth your future? Some kids have confessed their story of where they go when they...

New Hotel In Auburn

October 29, 2014

By Jonathan Chess Messenger Staff Writer Back in 2008, a 7.5 acre piece of land was targeted for a 142 room Hotel with a 50 vehicle underground garage near the Bowman area. In fact it would be 900...

An inside look at ISIS activities

October 24, 2014

  By: Aaron Hulkkonen On September 2, 2014 the terrorist group ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), released their 2nd video of them publicly beheading an American journalist. ISIS the terrorist...

ASB Cards increased

September 25, 2014

By Brianna West Messenger Staff Writer   ASB cards at Placer high school last year were twenty-five dollars, this year they’re fifty (ASB stands for Associated Student Body),  These cards...

It is not uncommon for Placer students to take risks by walking along railways.

Students walking local railways are putting themselves at risk

September 25, 2014

By Lacie McArdle Hillmen Messanger Staff Writer   Recent transportation of crude oil has increased worry of railroad danger. According to some, trespassing on the tracks is an even greater...

 Starting bottom left to right: Hayley Summers, Dallan Trentman, Emma Mckay, Chandler Conway, Holden Rountree, and Chris Slade Working in Mrs. Lee’s class

New Chromebooks distributed to sophomores again

September 25, 2014

By Jonathan Chess Messenger Staff Writer   Chromebooks were introduced to last years sophomore class and they are back again, but with improvements. The Chromebooks introduced to last...

“ShakeAlert” system ready to save lives

September 25, 2014

Cody Hitchcock and Noah Gray Messenger Staff Writer   The newly created ShakeAlert device, predicted the 6.0 earthquake in Napa, CA, 10 seconds before it hit. The large earthquake hit...

Fire in the Placer Art Hall

Story by Madison LaRue, Editor in Chief April 25, 2014

Recently a fire struck the art building at Placer High School.  Kaija Perkins-Uno’s classroom caught on fire in the back room during second period.  No one knows what started the fire.  Perkins-Uno...

School Stabbing in Pittsburgh

Story by Madison LaRue, Editor in Chief April 25, 2014

A sixteen year old sophomore went on a stabbing rampage with two knifes at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, a town near Pittsburgh.  The attack occurred before school started in the hallways...

How Does the Drought Affect Us?

Story by Taylor Jacobs March 13, 2014

Due to the lack amount of rain, we are in a drought.  Not many people know how a drought can affect us.  A drought is a long period of time without rain and a lack of water whether underground or surface...

Typhoon Yolanda

Story by Ali Pierson, Messenger Staff writer December 20, 2013

In the Philippines, a super typhoon cause horrific tragic, and was the cause of 10,000 deaths. Typhoon Yolanda is strongest storm ever recorded.  A typhoon known as Super Typhoon Yolanda. At least 86,000...

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