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The Garfield Messenger

The student news source of Garfield High School

The Garfield Messenger

The student news source of Garfield High School

The Garfield Messenger

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Pressed Prez- On Friday November 8, 2024, a group of Seattle community members and parents filed a petition to recall current Seattle School Board President Liza Rankin. Amidst the displeasure of school...

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Lifelong Learning at UW

Ibrahim Coker (He/Him) November 22, 2024

From October to May, the University of Washington hosts a series of lectures open to the community. These free seminars deliver insights into a broad range of topics otherwise inaccessible to the general...

It’s Gonna Be Huuuge.

It’s Gonna Be Huuuge.

Al Feigin, Romy Steen (she/her), and Hannah Muse November 22, 2024

Project 2025: When Trump takes office in January, sexual and reproductive rights will face threats at the federal level. Guided by Project 2025, the Trump-Vance administration’s ideas of blocking...

Shh... Keep It Down!

Shh… Keep It Down!

Dahlia Huang (She/Her) and Gabryella Sanchez November 22, 2024

Seattle Public Library (SPL) branches throughout Seattle are cornerstones for art and education. Recently SPL has expanded with new locations, a bigger catalog, all while overcoming challenges.   This...

People’s Pop-Up Pantry Provides Positivity

Seán Kelleher (He/Him) November 22, 2024

People’s Pop-Up Pantry has been running a food bank outside the Garfield Community Center every Tuesday for two and a half years. 40 to 50 families are served each week, most of whom are regulars who...

Litter-ally on a Mission

Keegan Averill November 22, 2024

Founded in the spring of 2024 by Junior Brandon Teh, Sea Garbage is a group of Garfield students that collects garbage around the city and posts it to the instagram account @theseagarbage. Teh said that...

International Dispatch

Minhie Fulton (she/her) November 8, 2024

As of late October, tensions between Canada and India have escalated following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations that India was involved in the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar,...

Negating a National Republican Sweep

Kian Naeemi (he/him), Business Editor November 8, 2024

Tuesday, November 5, in consequential races for Garfield, progressives delivered a blowout to moderates in Seattle, and Democrats defeated Republicans and their initiatives statewide. These results signaled...

School Levies

School Levies

Seán Kelleher (He/Him) November 8, 2024

This February, Seattle voters will decide whether to reapprove two of the three education levies that provide critical funding to Seattle Public Schools. These levies are property taxes that will raise...

Quincy Jones; Remembering a Legend

Unity Jirkovsky-Gual (she/her) November 8, 2024

On Sunday November 3, 2024 legendary music producer and Garfield alumni Quincy Jones passed away in Bel-Air, Los Angeles. He was 91 years old. Jones was a revolutionary producer, songwriter, composer...

I Take My Coffee Black

I Take My Coffee Black

Hannah Muse November 8, 2024

On July 31, 2022, the Starbucks on Jackson, a Central District staple, closed permanently in response to “safety concerns” as gun violence and violent crime spiked in the neighborhood. Nearly three...

Rage Against The Machine

Ibrahim Coker (He/Him) October 28, 2024

A minute after midnight on September 13, the International Association of Machinists, or IAM, voted to go on strike. The unionists make up about 20% of Boeing’s workforce and stretches from Seattle to...

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