Commute Complications
Annabelle Frockt
December 18, 2019
On November 5th, Washington voters passed Initiative 976 — a ballot measure which cut car tab fees to a flat $30 per car. However, the alluring $30 car tabs may have unintended consequences for a group that has no control over their imple- mentation: high school students. The initiative...
Native-American History Month Seattle
Tova Gaster
November 27, 2019
This is a graphically-heavy piece. For the full experience, read this article in the flipbook at garfieldmessenger.org Urban Native Education Alliance (currently based at North Seattle College) Interview with UNEA cofounder Sarah Sense-Wilson: “We are a grassroots volunteer-based 501c3 nonprofit...
Acorn Overlord
Nat Beaumon
November 27, 2019
The College Board plays a huge role here at Garfield as the educational organization behind AP classes, AP testing, and the SAT. But is it purely a force for good? The answer is a bit more complicated. Garfield undeniably has an “AP Culture,” a fact that was agreed upon by all the Garfield faculty...
Jazz Up Jackson Street
Matt Lord
November 27, 2019
On October 10th, student and alumni musicians of Garfield High School and Washington Middle School came together at Seattle City Hall to engage with the community in a benefit concert named Jazz Up Jackson Street. Over $45,000 were raised to go towards making Central District school music programs more...
The Counseling Divide
Dominic Sullivan, Staff
November 27, 2019
Earlier this year, news broke that at least fifty people had been a part of a ring of college admissions cheating, ranging from falsified varsity sport records all the way to fraudulent SAT and ACT tests. While this was a shock to everyone, what isn’t a shock is that the most privileged in our nation,...
The Problem With Personal Statements
Corinna Singer, Staff
November 27, 2019
Why are students fixated on trauma in their college apps?
News Briefs
Irya Bland
November 27, 2019
Seattle Sounders Monumental Win Seattle Sounders fans came from across the state to watch them play against Toronto FC in the MLS Cup final. On Sunday November 10, over 69,000 fans attended the match at CenturyLink Field, which is more than the amount of fans that attend a typical Seahawks game. W...
Ark Lodge Cinemas
Molly Chapin
November 27, 2019
With your first steps off the streets of Columbia City and into Ark Lodge Cinemas, you will be engulfed by the smell of perfectly buttery popcorn, and the sense that there’s something special about this theater. The old historical building that houses the cinema, which has been a staple of the Columbia...
Noises Off
Khassim Diakhate
November 27, 2019
Every fall, the Garfield theater department puts on a play for the community, and this year's show, Noises Off, has been entertaining audiences with its compelling plot and hilarious gags. This year is excitingly different, with this being the first show with Isiah Anderson as the new theater director....
Top Dawg: Posy Vogt
Irya Bland
November 27, 2019
Posy Vogt’s extraordinary skill and the supportive welcoming, welcoming nature of the team is what keeps her coming back to cross-country every year. A senior on the varsity team, Vogt initially joined the summer before her freshman year after her sister, a former Garfield runner, encouraged her to...
Winter Sports Preview
Audrey Abrahams and Liam Hyde
November 27, 2019
Wrestling: Garfield’s Wrestling team has been doing pre-season practices since the beginning of the year and, according to team leader Mia Carlson, Garfield wrestlers are fired up for the super exciting season ahead of them. Carlson started wrestling during her freshman year at Garfield and ...
Letter to Denise Juneau
Editors of the Garfield Messenger
November 27, 2019
Dear Superintendent Juneau, In the past months, you have made it your mission to make the district more equitable by ending the Highly Capable Cohort (HCC). We know from firsthand experience that the HCC program has its flaws, and we appreciate that you want to make it equitable for all. However,...