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Marquette Messenger
The news site of Marquette High School

Marquette Messenger
The news site of Marquette High School

Marquette Messenger
Morgan Siegel

Morgan Siegel, Co-Editor in Chief

Morgan Siegel, senior, is the co-editor in chief for the Marquette Messenger. This is her third year on staff. Morgan works at Bounce U, and in her free time she likes to spend time with friends and watch reality TV shows.

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Dave Peeters, Kaitlyn Peeters's, senior, dad, finishes setting up the clowns in his garage. Every year, the Peeters set up decorations and animatronics around their house to create different scenes.

Tricks, Treats & Traditions: MHS celebrates Halloween

Morgan Siegel, Editor in Chief
October 31, 2025
Superintendent Dr. Curtis Cain speaks with Tammy Rhomberg, Vice President of the community members during a coffee with Dr. Cain meeting on Oct. 3. Dr. Cain hosted four of these informational meetings to spread awareness about Prop S and answer any questions people may have.

Community Continues Prop S Talks

Samantha Perz and Morgan Siegel
6 days ago
Dominic Lund, senior, plays pickleball at Holloway Park on Wednesday, Sept. 17. Pickleball club is new to MHS, and they meet every other Wednesday to play with one another.

Popular Pickleball Club Searches For Practice Courts

Morgan Siegel, Editor in Chief
October 15, 2025
Patrick Schrappen, science teacher, works with Alita Kiron, sophomore, during Ac Lab on Wednesday, Sept. 17. If passed, funds from Proposition S (Prop S) would go to increasing teacher and staff salaries.

Community to Vote on Teacher Salary Increases

Samantha Perz and Morgan Siegel
October 8, 2025
Avery James, junior, grins as she hugs Lily Politte, junior when she reunites with her after the flag football game on Tuesday, Sept. 30. During the week leading up to homecoming, the senior and junior women compete against each other in an annual flag football game.

Senior Women Win Annual Flag Football Game

Morgan Siegel and Gwyn Mathus
October 1, 2025
Dogs and puppies rescued from a dog hoarder in Christian County, Missouri by the Humane Society of Missouri have now recovered, and are being adopted by welcoming families.

[Photo] HSMO Rescued Dogs Now Up For Adoption

Siya Taneja, A&E Editor
September 10, 2025
Russell Gottlieb, math teacher, uses a Google IPad to write on his new SMART Board. Around 75 new SMART Boards have been installed at MHS since June 2025. These boards allow for teachers to be more mobile in their classrooms as the boards don't have to be connected to a computer to work, Bob Deneau, Chief Information Officer, said.

Rockwood Installs New SMART Boards

Morgan Siegel and Lillian Brine
September 8, 2025
Shelly Justin, language arts teacher, pushes literacy in her classroom through reading books. However, this year, literacy is being emphasized throughout all curriculums in the district.

[Photo] Admin Continue Literacy Focus for 2025-2026 School Year

Annanya Sethi and Lucy Gillian
August 29, 2025
Kindergartners from MHS's feeder elementary schools ring bells during graduation practice on Friday, May 9. These bells are used to symbolize the final bell for seniors, Carol Logue, English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) teacher, said.

Kindergartners Ring Seniors Final Bell

Morgan Siegel, A&E Editor
May 19, 2025
124 Chesterfield Commons E Dr, Chesterfield

[Photo] Try It

May 14, 2025
On average, teens get 7 to 7.5 hours of sleep per night, but experts say they should actually be sleeping as much as 10 to 12 hours.

Catching Zzzzs

Morgan Siegel and Zoey Srote
May 14, 2025
Emily Thompson, French teacher, goes over a writing test with Addison Risenhoover, junior. Thompson said she tries to incorporate fun elements into her lessons by inviting guests and other teachers to do activities with her students.

Staff Awarded Second Annual MHS Community Awards

Samantha Perz and Morgan Siegel
May 12, 2025
Grace Bonczek, senior, used a vinyl record as her canvas for a piece that was on display at the district art show on Saturday, April 26.

[Photo] Designing Disks

Siddharth Sawant, Business Manager
May 12, 2025
Kaushik Palavayi, sophomore, enters a version of the pigeon pose. Palavayi teaches yoga sessions every Sunday in his neighborhood.

Students Use Yoga to Exercise, Relax

Morgan Siegel, A&E Editor
May 7, 2025

Mustang Mashup April 23 – 30

Avery Ehrhart, Angel DiSalvo, Samantha Perz, and Morgan Siegel
April 23, 2025
Students participate in the March 4 Hunger event, where they walked along Clarkson and Kehrs Mill Roads on Saturday, March 8. The event took place along this route to ensure they were seen by more people in the community.

STUCO Organizes March 4 Hunger

Morgan Siegel and Zoey Srote
April 9, 2025
Samvida Batchu, sophomore, performs Bollywood dancing with her friends in the Commons for the Festival of Nations.

Third Annual Culture Fest to Showcase Community Thursday Night

Morgan Siegel and Zoey Srote
April 2, 2025
Tegan Merritte sells Girl Scout Cookies to neighbors in her community. Participating in activities such as selling cookies is one way Girl Scouts can get involved and uplift the community.

Girl Scouts Empowers Leadership, Creates Change

Morgan Siegel, A&E Editor
April 2, 2025
Teachers attend the Board of Education meeting on Thursday, Feb. 6, in Eureka. Many teachers in attendance wore red shirts to express their support for the ongoing teacher pay negotiations.

BREAKING NEWS: District, teachers reach negotiation agreement

Samantha Perz, Morgan Siegel, and David Moss
March 12, 2025
On the morning of Friday, Feb. 21. teachers positioned themselves at the front entrance of MHS to spread their message regarding teacher salary. Around 24 teachers participated in this event.

Teacher Contract Negotiations at Impasse; Educators React

Samantha Perz and Morgan Siegel
February 26, 2025
Freeze dried candy is popular today after they became a trend online. This candy is a powdery version of the original. Some versions include freeze dried Skittles, Jolly Ranchers and gummy worms.

[Photo] Freeze Dried Frenzy:

Tiona Merritte and Siddharth Sawant
February 27, 2025
Last week Principal Dr. Tracey Waeckerle sent a message to students banning the use of personal laptops on campus for academic use. "Good morning Marquette students, This is a reminder that as a student at Marquette, you are required to use Rockwood-issued Chromebooks during school hours for your coursework. Rockwood Chromebooks are monitored and protected by our district content filter. Students are not allowed to use personal computers during the school day. Your teachers received information from Marquette administration explaining this expectation as well. This is our rule, not theirs. If you have any questions, please speak with your grade-level principal."

Admin Block Use of Personal Laptops on Campus

Morgan Siegel and Siya Taneja
January 23, 2025
Sophomores Ernesto Torres and Jason Krogen warm up during their band practice. They are a part of Reverb, one of five bands that plays after school most Tuesdays each week.

[Photo] Rock On

Justin Small and Lydia Lange
December 19, 2024

Coffee Culture

Stephan Bosnjak, Morgan Siegel, and Emily Chien
December 13, 2024
Kristi Rutsch, wrestling coach, gives pointers to Malaysia Hunt, junior, and Honesty Smallwood, freshman, at an after school practice on Tuesday, Dec. 3. Rutsch is one of the new wrestling coaches during this year's season.

Wrestling Team Starts Season With New Coaches

Morgan Siegel, A&E Editor
December 11, 2024
Ethan George, junior, works under a fume hood in the science lab. George represented Missouri at the Global Youth Institute where he learned about food security, agriculture and sustainability.

[Photo] Junior Dedicates Research Project to Food Security

Samantha Perz, Copy Editor
November 12, 2024
Nicole Powell, reused decorations from a previous Spiderman-themed birthday party to create her trunk.

Trunk or Treat

Morgan Siegel, A&E Editor
October 31, 2024
Jelly Cat

[Photo] Once Upon a Time

October 28, 2024
Pre-schoolers Benny Bartoe and Alex Sturges play with their stuffed animals, a dog named Puppy Blue and cats, Binks (gray), Jenny (rainbow) and Bell (pink).

Fuzzy Friends

Morgan Siegel, A&E Editor
October 25, 2024
Jessica Brown, language arts teacher, shows her support for Red Ribbon Week by wearing red. Red Ribbon Week encourages a drug-free lifestyle for students.

[Photo] MHS Celebrates Red Ribbon Week

Caleb Monzyk and Sam Perz
October 23, 2024
Corinne Rashman, junior, moves Dallas Cowboys' quarter back Dak Prescott to her bench since he's on BYE this week. BYE weeks occur for players who's teams aren't playing that week.

Fantasy Football Provides Interactive Way to Connect

Morgan Siegel, A&E Editor
October 16, 2024
Hurricane Milton made landfall in Florida around 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday evening near Siesta Key in Sarasota County. Currently, an estimated 3 million people that were in the path of the hurricane are without power according to The New York Times. This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, taken or made as part of an employee's official duties.

Hurricane Milton Affects MHS Community

Morgan Siegel and Zoey Srote
October 10, 2024
Jennifer Leigh Gillian, MPO volunteer, helps Jackson Warden, senior, with completing his credit card transaction for purchasing food from the school store. When using a credit card for payment, students are required to spend a minimum of $5. Gillian is one of many parents who volunteers in the school store.

Parents Support Education Through Volunteering

Kate Jesperson and Morgan Siegel
September 9, 2024
New athletic event expectations have been created to crack down on issues like supervision for students younger than high school age. “You’ve got 4,000 people here, 6 principals and a couple of police officers,” Devine said. “I think by having the adults there, it’s going to hold them accountable.”

New Fan Guidelines Created for Football Games and Other Events

Kaylie Horstmann and Morgan Siegel
August 28, 2024
Sophomores, Omar Elbeshbeshy (right) and Ramy Elbeshbeshy (left) with their older brother in Egypt.

Students, Staff Vacation Over the Summer for Long Periods

Morgan Siegel, Staff Reporter
May 24, 2024
Katy Drissell, American Sign Language teacher, leads her ASL 1 in signing about the weather on Wednesday, May 15.

District Adds American Sign Language 3 to Course Offerings

Morgan Siegel, Staff Reporter
May 15, 2024
Seniors Kiley Markley, Kara Miller and Sydney Barkley add a layer of black outline paint to the pencil sketch they drew on the wall outside of the music wing. The mural was commissioned by Christian Pierce, band director.

New Art Class Adds Mural to Music Wing

Morgan Siegel, Staff Reporter
May 14, 2024
Goggles, water gun, and floaties are all used to eliminate students and remain safe while playing Senior Assassin

Seniors Compete in Senior Assassin to Win a Cash Prize

Morgan Siegel, Staff Reporter
April 26, 2024
Linguistics club plays Blooket to learn Haitian Creole.

Linguistics Club Studies Languages not Available at MHS

Morgan Siegel, Staff Reporter
April 15, 2024
After Spring Break, mirrors in MHS bathrooms were moved or removed. This is a way to protect students' privacy since bathroom doors are now being propped open, Freshman Principal Kyle Devine said.

Bathroom Mirror Removal Frustrates Students

Morgan Siegel and Samantha Perz
April 11, 2024
Zoya Shah, junior, shares a meal with her family at Black Salt in Chesterfield during Ramadan Wednesday, March 13.

Students Celebrate Ramadan

Morgan Siegel, Staff Reporter
March 15, 2024
Rockwood has 135 buses and 12 early childhood buses, making it the largest district in the St. Louis area. “As the EPA meets the geographic areas marked as priority, we will eventually become eligible,” Heyman said.

[Photo] Missouri Districts Receive Grant for Electric Buses

Aubrey Lacavich, Sports Editor
March 15, 2024
Juniors Zoya Shah (left) and Maira Waqar (middle) and Skyla Barlow, public health coordinator, (right) gave a presentation on opioids during Ac Lab.

HOSA Hosts Opioid Awareness Presentation During Ac Lab

Morgan Siegel and Samantha Perz
March 6, 2024
Abigail Lechy, sophomore, reads during her 10th Accelerated Language Arts class.

Librarians Lead Initiatives to Inspire Student Reading Habits

Morgan Siegel, Staff Reporter
March 4, 2024
Most students have very busy schedules which can make time management a big struggle. By keeping a planner it can make it easier to visualize your tasks and can help in remembering what you need to get done.

Opinion: Students Should have Part Time Jobs

Morgan Siegel, Staff Reporter
March 4, 2024
The rainbow pride flag debuted in 1978 designed by Gilbert Baker, a queer artist. The original flag had eight colors, including hot pink and turquoise, but the more recent flag features six colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet. 

Gender & Sexuality Alliance Club Seeks to Create Safe Space

Morgan Siegel, Staff Reporter
February 12, 2024
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