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Marquette Messenger
The news site of Marquette High School

Marquette Messenger
The news site of Marquette High School

Marquette Messenger
Justin Small

Justin Small, News Editor

Justin Small, senior, is the news editor for the Marquette Messenger. This will be his third year on staff. Outside of newspaper, he participates in the Marquette Academic and Cultural Club and is preparing for college.

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Navin Ramamoorthy prepares for an after-school HOSA meeting.

STEM Night Promotes Interest in Science Fields

David Moss and Justin Small
November 11, 2024
Students stream into the building before the starting bell rings at 8:28 a.m. To accommodate the return of teacher professional development during the school year, the 2025-26 school year will see classes start 7 minutes earlier.

School To Start Earlier Next School Year

Justin Small, News Editor
November 6, 2024
Junior Carter Walton, bass clarinet, performs with the rest of the Marching Band on Friday, Sept. 27. The band's show is called Illuminations.

Marching Band Places First in Division at Greater St. Louis Marching Festival

Justin Small, News Editor
October 9, 2024
Kasey Mills, hall monitor, watches students as they go to third lunch. Hall monitors are among the many people and resources at MHS dedicated to ensuring the safety of students, Junior Principal Kyle Devine said.

District Cracks Down on Hoax Threats

Justin Small and Anvi Talyan
October 2, 2024
A.J. Hirang, senior, waits to have his blood collected in the small gym. Students who wanted to donate blood required parental consent.

Community Service Class Hosts Annual Blood Drive

Justin Small, News Editor
September 16, 2024
Students in Katie Denney’s 10th Grade Language Arts class read in the library. As part of the school’s efforts to focus on literature, the library is reserving time slots for Language Arts classes to visit the library to read and check out books.

MHS Community Focuses on New Literacy Goal

Justin Small and Zoey Srote
August 26, 2024
The parking lot is divided into senior parking and junior parking with senior parking being closest to the entrance. With seniors gone for the last two weeks of school, sophomores were able to purchase the use of a spot for the remainder of the year for $10.

Sophomores Buy Senior Parking Spots for Remainder of Year

Justin Small, In-Depth Editor
May 21, 2024
Cristal Strate, FBLA sponsor, announces the club members who will be going to nationals for the Prepared Project competition. Freshmen Miridul Soupramanien, Harshith Akurati and Vibhav Chinta competed in the Intros to Programming project.

FBLA Students Go to Nationals

Justin Small, In-Depth Editor
May 10, 2024
Danner attempts to break her Marquette javelin record of 37.2 meters at the conference meet on Friday. Photograph by Jackie Danner

Senior Breaks Girls Javelin Record

Aiden Burkhardt and Justin Small
May 6, 2024

Tennis Team, Admin Honor Teacher Diagnosed with Cancer

Annabelle Miller, Justin Small, Harris Ellington, and Rhianna Li
May 6, 2024
Yan Zhao, assistant ESOL teacher, helps an ESOL student. The program uses various strategies, such as modifying phrases, to assist these students in understanding English assignments.

ESOL Program Supports Non-Native English Speakers

Luke Graves and Justin Small
May 3, 2024
Aaron Akin, junior, pitches against Northwest on Friday, March 29. Akin threw a no-hitter, a game in which the pitcher does not give up a single hit. (Media By Jennifer Akin)

Junior Throws Fourth No-Hitter in MHS History

Annabelle Miller and Justin Small
April 3, 2024
Nathan Frankenberger, computer science teacher, educates students during a Cybersecurity class, a new course offered this year.

Student Starts Cybersecurity Club

Justin Small, In-Depth Editor
March 15, 2024
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[Photo] In-Depth: Outsmarting Opioids

Annabelle Miller, Willem Hummel, and Hailey Neuner
March 15, 2024
Attendees interact with booths based on different countries, where they were provided with food and information unique to each represented culture.

MHS Hosts Second Annual Festival of Nations

Justin Small, In-Depth Editor
March 6, 2024
Student audience members perform a short step routine. The routine was taught to them during the workshop. The participants engaged in a friendly competition against the Step team that was judged by the volume of the audience’s cheers.

MHS Celebrates Black History Month

Justin Small, Angel DiSalvo, and Jack Favazza
February 21, 2024
Grace Dai, sophomore, works on homework in the library. After overexerting herself to prepare for tennis tryouts, Dai said she now tries to use stress as a motivator to get things done.

In-Depth: Stressed for Success

Samantha Perz and Justin Small
February 14, 2024
Black students face a major achievement gap in regard to advanced placement courses, as a result of racial biases and curriculum-based limitations that negatively impact their academic performance.

Opinion: Racial Bias Affects Academic Performance

Justin Small, Page Designer
January 25, 2024

Students, Staff Share Study Habits

Justin Small, Rhianna Li, and Gwyn Mathus
January 10, 2024

Geography Club Organizes Festival of Holidays

Justin Small and Jack Favazza
December 20, 2023

MTC Adds New Show: ‘Footloose’

Justin Small and Aiden Burkhardt
November 21, 2023
The recycling cans at lunch will feature an infographic of what can be recycled.

S.A.F.E. Club Re-introduces Recycling At Lunch

Elliott Jorgensen and Justin Small
November 15, 2023
Jackson Warden, junior, shows off his Nike Blazers.

Students Participate in Shoe Culture

Justin Small, Staff Reporter
October 31, 2023

Freedom to Read Week Celebrates First Amendment Rights

Justin Small and Harris Ellington
October 4, 2023
A recent visit to Harris-Stowe brought to light the prevalence of mental health struggles among Black youth.

Opinion: Stop Ignoring Black Mental Health

Justin Small, Staff Reporter
September 22, 2023
Students flip bottles as Dr. Regina commentates in today's competition.

Regina Hosts Games During Lunch to Prepare for Hoco

Justin Small and Aiden Burkhardt
September 20, 2023
Students interact with teachers and students at the Marquette Talent Show table.

MHS Hosts Activities Fair

Justin Small, Staff Reporter
September 3, 2023
Omoye Ehimare, Anna Hill-Jones, and Isabella Olivia received National Recognition Programs.

Scholars Earn National Recognition

Justin Small and David Moss
June 1, 2023
Frau Kimberly Hotze teaches students in a combined class of German 2 and 3. This will be Hotze’s last year teaching, as she is retiring to pursue other passions. She has taught German at MHS for 31 years.

MHS’ Last Original Teacher Retires

Justin Small and Claire Lowder
May 22, 2023
Running with the ball, Ava Talley, junior, scored one goal against Parkway West. Talley has 4 points this year and has scored 2 game-winning goals.

Girls Soccer Team Goes Undefeated At Conference

Emily Chien and Justin Small
May 10, 2023

MHS Raises Awareness by Re-enacting Car Crash During Ac Lab

Justin Small and Harris Ellington
May 1, 2023
Singer Nikko Smith and his band performed for free at MHS on Monday, Feb. 27 as a Black History Month event organized by Shelly Justin, language arts teacher, and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.Justin said she finds music to be unifying and peaceful, and hoped students would feel the same. “I don’t know anyone who doesn’t like music in some way,” Justin said. “I think it just reminds us that we’re all human.”

Singer Visits MHS for Black History Month

Justin Small, Staff Reporter
March 7, 2023

Local Author Visits During Black History Month

Shyam Punnachalil, Justin Small, and Chloe Schmitt
February 21, 2023
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