Story by Preslie May, Messenger Staff Writer
• October 14, 2024
The Hillmen Messenger, Placer High’s online newspaper, welcomed the 2024 staff, mostly freshmen with only two returning members.
This year’s staff comprises 22 freshmen, two sophomores, and...
Major improvements to Placer High School’s air conditioning units were not completed over the summer resulting in uncomfortable temperatures in some classrooms. This raises the question of how hot...
Story by Gabby Zablotny, Messenger Staff Writer
• September 26, 2024
The increase in school shootings on high school campuses across the nation has affected the way some students feel regarding their safety.
Last year there were 346 school shootings in the United States...
Story by Everett Bertolino, Messenger Staff Writer
• October 20, 2023
Placer High School has installed 30 additional security cameras to improve school security and safety. Placer's campus will be monitored constantly throughout the school day. The cost of these cameras...
Story by Olivia Bergeron, Messenger Staff Writer
• September 21, 2023
If you asked a high school student what they know about “CBE learning”, they could probably tell you what it stands for - competency-based education, but not much else.
Although many teachers have...
Story by Quintin Daniels, Messenger Staff Writer
• September 20, 2023
One of the most noticeable changes on Placer’s campus this year has been the lack of parking. Improvements in the parking lot have been a work in progress since
late July with a projected completion...
Story by Marlie Buckingham, Messenger Staff Writer
• September 7, 2023
Placer High School welcomed its new principal, Jaime Jackson, as the first female principal in school history.
Jackson has served as an educator for over 20 years in teaching and leadership roles...
Story by Rex Stanley, Student/journalism student reporter
• March 2, 2023
There are plans in the making to build a new greenhouse on Placer´s campus and to renovate the current one. For quite a few years, the current greenhouse has not been maintained and has slowly been falling...
Story by Natalia Merck, Messenger Staff Writer
• February 22, 2023
Placer high schools announcement system seems to be lacking in quality according to students and teachers.
Lately, Placer’s announcements have been very bad quality. The distorted announcements have...
Story by Colin Garrett, Staff Writer
• February 9, 2023
General Knowledge about an AI used to write prompts and solve questions, has been spreading throughout the education system.
Teachers have been concerned about how this AI can be used for cheating....
Story by Marlie Buckingham, Messenger Staff Writer
• February 8, 2023
The new teachers at Placer High school have been making a very positive impact on Placer’s students.
Natalie Medeiros is the new ASL teacher at Placer. This is Medeiros’ first year of teaching....
Placer High School is hosting four exchange students this year, who come from different countries such as Belgium, Slovakia, Korea, and Germany. They are Lisa Infantino, Lucy Matysakova, Lydia Eunseo Choi,...
