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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...

When it comes to Placer, appreciate what you have before its taken away

Story by Harley Carbone', Messenger staff November 6, 2023

Going into Placer High and leaving just eleven weeks in as a ninth grader is not the typical expectation of a new student. But that was my reality, once again. Being an eighth grader coming into high...

Administration at Placer now have a view of every part of campus.

Despite recent events, students still feel safe at Placer

Story by Olivia Bergeron and Reagan Browning October 19, 2023

The lock down on September 26 brought security to the minds of many students. While Placer’s proximity to the Auburn Police Department makes it comparatively safer than other campuses, the open-campus...

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...

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...

Photoshopped project by Eliana Merck

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...

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