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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

Crack Down in the Cafeteria

Seán Kelleher (He/Him) April 4, 2025

After months of pushing, shoving, and shouting, in the lunch lines, Admin is cracking down. Students will now be required to create an account on the MySchoolLunch app where they can customize their lunch...

History Written by the Winkers

Samrawit Newton, Staff April 4, 2025

Last week, I had the rather unique experience of interviewing Mr. Smith, the incoming history teacher for the 2025-2026 school year. I conducted this interview to help students who might find themselves...

Hannah Hates

Hannah Muse April 4, 2025

Semicolons This one seems self-explanatory for the most part; who do you think you are? There’s absolutely nothing more pretentious than someone who uses semicolons in their writing, especially casually;...

Trump

Sunshine Teplitsky (she/her) April 4, 2025

To simultaneously profess his undying love for Elon Musk while also attempting to stop the evil Left and their coalition of UFOs & unicorns with their pronouns; Trump has banned the use of any and...

Afrofuturism

Afrofuturism

Kelan Sato (he/him) March 21, 2025

Afrofuturism. “Art that envisioned a more joyful, liberated future for black people and all people,” Rachel Edleman, a 10th grade Language Arts teacher at Garfield, defined. It’s “reimagining either...

Hole Foods

Hole Foods

Seattle and New York are both cities known for their amazing food scene. While we have the Seattle dog, New York has bagels and schmears*. Instead of catching a 6 hour plane ride, The Messenger  headed...

Who runs the world?

Ruby Heffter (she/her) March 21, 2025

Women in the pop world have always used their music to uplift womens’ voices and change the face of the music industry. In 2024, many pop stars seemed to shoot to stardom almost overnight. However,...

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Playoff Payoff

Mabel Dunham (she/her), Staff March 21, 2025

Twenty-five times since their inaugural 1985-86 season, the Seattle Thunderbirds have qualified for the Western Hockey League (WHL) playoffs—and they’ve done it again in 2025. Seattle’s rough-and-tough...

Top 100 Shutout

Ibrahim Coker (He/Him) March 21, 2025

Recapping 2024, Sportico, a sports news publisher released their list of the year’s top 100 highest-paid athletes. The list included competitors across eight different sports including but not limited...

Bruce Harrell Situation is Crazy!

Seán Kelleher (He/Him) March 21, 2025

Just months ago, Mayor Bruce Harrell appeared to be on an easy path to reelection. Now he faces low approval ratings, and multiple scandals. The first sign of trouble came in January, when a poll showed...

High School Without Borders

High School Without Borders

Meredith Johnson (she/her), Staff March 21, 2025

Studying abroad in high school is an experience like no other. It is a journey full of ups and downs, a few (sometimes embarrassing) mistakes, and exploration of a culture completely different from your...

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