The Holiday I’ll Never Forget
Maritza Cosano Gomez, Editor-in-Chief
December 20, 2011
I’ll never forget the girl with the red scarf. She was eleven, as was I, but where my legs were short and skinny, hers seemed to go on forever, all the way up to her underarms—unusual for a Spanish girl from Madrid, Spain, but not as much as her pale skin and curly, red hair. We shouldn’t have... Read more »
Editor’s Note: An Epic Generation
Maritza Cosano Gomez, Editor-in-Chief
November 2, 2011
The next generation is one we think we know. The things we know about them will be common icons twenty years later: like their smart phones with extended texting keyboards, skinny jeans, Vans and Converse brands, Facebook, YouTube videos, and plastic rubber bands shaped as animals (AKA—Silly Bands),... Read more »
Rating Riot
Heather Wroth, Staff Writer
September 8, 2011
Recently a few friends and I went to see a “PG-13” movie in theatres, but ended up walking out before the movie even hit the halfway mark. We were amazed that a movie with violence, profanity, and nudity in almost every scene didn’t get an “R” rating. I left the theatre wondering, “Can I... Read more »
WRITING A BRAVE NEW FUTURE
Erick Brown
July 18, 2011
“Class of 2011!” is a phrase ringing in the ears of all soon-to-be high school graduates. As seniors finish what has been noted as “Chapter One” of their lives and disperse throughout the country to various colleges and opportunities, how will they write Chapter Two, and how will the world’s... Read more »
Editorial
Aileen Alegre
July 14, 2011
What comes racing to your mind when you think of summer? Is it the sound of the waves crashing against the shore, or is it the image of sun, flip flops, and tanning by the beach shore? Is it the late summer night hangouts in the back yard eating corn on the cob on the grill and delicious marshmallows?... Read more »
Editor’s Note
Maritza Cosano Gomez
July 14, 2011
Summer is here, and with it the end of the 2010-2011 school year. The Messenger staff will be taking a summer break and will resume production in the fall, with some new student journalists joining our team. We sadly but proudly say goodbye to our managing editor, Aileen Alegre who will be part of the... Read more »
Not Just Another Year
Aileen Alegre
April 8, 2011
Your parents advise you about high school, while your friends get you excited for it. “Everything you’ve done up to now has been preparing you for this next step…get ready!” they say. High School. For freshmen, it is a new chapter in life filled with higher learning, course outlines, timetables,... Read more »
Editor’s Note
Editor's Note by Maritza Cosano Gomez
April 8, 2011
Introducing Mesenger’s New Editorial Staff No editor-in-chief worth her salt needs to be reminded that in every successful newsroom there is a veritable mountain of good editors that help to add flavor to the mix—that creative blend of writers, designers, and photographers. The editor-in-chief knows—oh,... Read more »
Turn your talents into a journey
Maritza Cosano Gomez
January 6, 2011
There comes a point in a person’s life when you begin to ask yourself, “What are my talents, REALLY?” Sometimes your doubts cause you to question whether you have any gifts at all. Others may tell you what they think they are, or maybe you find something that you like to do and think,... Read more »
Be Tomorrow’s Great Communicators—Today
Maritza Cosano Gomez, Editor-in-Chief
November 3, 2010
Sometimes change is the only thing that seems constant. And that can very well be said of this publication, The Messenger, your high school news magazine. In the winter of 2008, it began as an online newspaper and while the publishing industry has seen national and local papers going the opposite way... Read more »