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Fresh Faces

Taylor Gale, Staff October 31, 2021

Garfield's courses are constantly in flux, and with the yearly change of classes comes a change in teachers. From electives like theater to core classes like math, several new teachers have moved into...

Meet the Messenger Artists

Ben Fleishman, Staff October 31, 2021

Most of the writers, artists, and photographers who work on The Messenger are enrolled in Mr. Zimmermann’s 5th period Journalism class. While this class is the main space used to write, edit, and format...

By Nike Adejumobi

Reduce, Reuse, Resell?

Taylor Gale, Staff October 20, 2021

Throughout the past year, there has been a huge rise in the popularity of thrifting. What was once stigmatized and seen as shameful is now a rewarding and trendy activity. With the rise in thrifting, we’ve...

By Evelyn Bartlett

Tucked Away Treasures

Evelyn Bartlett, Staff October 20, 2021

There are over 800 Cafes in the Seattle area, and over 200 of those are Starbucks. However, there are still hundreds of cafes that are hidden away behind trees and tucked into different streets. So I searched...

By Eva Hightower

20 Years Later

Gunvor Langhout, Staff October 20, 2021

The events of  9/11, which often pops up in your Social Studies class in September, serves as one of the most important and terrifying events in U.S. history. Today, it can feel like a product of history,...

Photo by Lakelle Bridges

Defang Spang

S. Avalon Leonard May 8, 2021

When you ask someone what they first think of when recalling their Garfield experience, they may have a couple different answers.  They might think of the many sports and clubs that Garfield exceeds...

Art by Izzy Wang

The Internalized Divide

Izzy Lamola May 8, 2021

Ask yourself: what is your classroom really like? Is it a welcoming environment that encourages peer support and vulnerability? Or is it full of judgment and hostility towards making mistakes? For students...

Illustrated by Molly Chapin

Back to 400 23rd Ave

Lizzie Carroll, Audrey Abrahams, and Nhu Tat May 6, 2021

Beginning April 19th, all Washington schools were required to offer a hybrid learning schedule to K-12 students. The sudden transition from fully online to partially in-person classes brings definite pros...

Cringe-Worthy Chronicles

Liana Moore April 9, 2021

Kikicrazypants “There was this one time when I participated in a local nonprofit group within walking distance of my house. I've been going there for almost my whole life and now I help them with...

Leasing

Changing Blocks

Nhu Tat March 18, 2021

Just a thirty-minute bus ride from Garfield sits a group of neighborhoods that are becoming unrecognizable. South Seattle, or, the Southend, is a historically diverse area with a rich culture, welcoming...

Art by Molly Chapin

The Year of Covid

During lunch on March 11th, 2020, news started to spread through Garfield’s hallways that school had been canceled for two weeks to prevent an outbreak of COVID-19. The two weeks soon became a month,...

Black Excellence

February 26, 2021

  Nadia Caty Junior What things are you passionate about and why? What groups/organizations and projects do you work with? “I am passionate about a lot of things, it is hard to pinpoint...

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