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 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...
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,...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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....
Since September is already beyond its halfway point at the time of writing this column, I would like to articulate some of the reasons I am super stoked to FALL into the best time of the year.
First...
Hey guys!
We're working on constructing a "Throwback Gallery" of pictures and videos of Placer students throughout our years as a Hillman. If you have any photos or videos you'd like to share to be...
Not to sound like a worn, cliché teenager; but alongside all the youthful, unparalleled people out there that are obsessed with music, I prioritize music as one of the most important aspects of my life....
Authenticity is difficult to accomplish. Even if we attempt it, as a society, we are molded by our surroundings, makings true authenticity beyond difficult to accomplish. Few people have remained genuine...
