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FFA is still going strong after all these years

FFA is still going strong after all these years

Story by Reagan Browning, Messenger Staff Writer September 19, 2023

So what exactly is FFA?  That has been an ongoing question at Placer High School for decades. It seems staff and students alike have wondered without conclusiveness. In interviewing several people around...

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...

Brushing the Path to Creativity: A Look into the Journey of Tim Red Johnson

Brushing the Path to Creativity: A Look into the Journey of Tim “Red” Johnson

Story by Marlie Buckingham, Messenger Staff Writer May 4, 2023

One of Placer High School's greatest strengths is the amazing staff. Specifically, Tim Johnson, otherwise known as Red is one of Placer’s fine arts teachers. Red’s interest in Art came at an early...

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...

Class of 2024.

Sophomores face effects of starting high school during Covid.

Story by Ava Conn, Features Editor April 22, 2022

     With Covid affecting every possible aspect of students' lives, the sophomore graduating class of 2024 was the first class to start their high school years in full swing of distance learning. Even...

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Protect trans kids

Story by Eliana Merck, Editor in Chief March 28, 2022

In fifteen U.S. states, it has been made or considered to be made illegal to provide transgender youth with gender-affirming surgeries and other treatments, even with parental consent. For example,...

What is queer?

What is queer?

Story by Eliana Merck, Editor in Chief March 17, 2022

What is queer? By Google’s definition, it simply means “homosexual”. But what does it actually mean? From my experience, the word queer is used as an umbrella term for people who don’t identify...

Black History Month begins with knowing those that have contributed

Story by Addie Buckingham, Messenger Staff Writer February 10, 2022

Every year, Black History Month is celebrated in the month of February. It is used to commemorate African-American history and achievements, and to recognize their impact on the U.S. itself and it's history....

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...

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...

Photography gains new feel as new teacher takes over

Story by Katelyn Folk December 18, 2018

As may not be known by some students and parents, Jason Long is the new teacher for Placer’s Photography class. Photography could be an interesting new learning experience for many students at Placer....

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