McHenry Community High School

When Dane Erbach looks back on his 18 years as an English teacher at McHenry Community High School, helping launch the student-run McHenry Messenger tops the list of special achie...

Application Notice: Our State of Illinois Certified Applicators will apply InTice 10 pesticide for control of ants around the external perimeter of Upper Campus. InTice is a granu...

Application Notice: Our State of Illinois Certified Applicators will apply T-Zone, Speed Zone, and Roundup Quick pro to various turf grass areas of Upper campus, Freshman campus a...

McHenry Community High School hosted the Division 1A Illinois High School Powerlifting State Championship meet on May 9 featuring 12 teams from around the area, and several MCHS p...

McHenry Community High School graduate Ryan Wildenhain shared a message about overcoming obstacles to 200 Class of 2026 members who have earned the Distinguished Warrior graduatio...

Aika Villa speaks all Spanish at home with her family. So when the McHenry Community High School student journalist went to work at the McHenry Messenger student newspaper, V...

Big changes are in the works for Freshman Campus, including new car and bus drop off and pick up areas that will make for a safer and more attractive back parking lot. Parking lo...

Application Notice: Our State of Illinois Certified Applicators will apply T-Zone, Speed Zone, and Roundup Quick pro to various turf grass areas of Upper Campus, Freshman Campus a...

With high school prom season in full swing, McHenry Moose Lodge 691 hosted a very special Hollywood Red Carpet Dance on April 22 for three McHenry County high school young adult tr...

MCHS Special Olympics athletes competed in the regional track and field meet April 25-26 at Hoffman Estates High School and several qualified for the state Special Olympics Summe...

Social science Instructor Kathryn Larson was honored along with about 450 teachers, staff, administrators and volunteers from throughout Illinois on April 18 during the 2026 Those...

On April 11, fifteen MCHS students competed in the IHSA Journalism Sectional virtually. They won fourth place. Many students placed in the top six and some are headed to sate o...

The 13th year of McHenry Community High School’s CPR and AED training for students brought all good things as the high school saw an increase in students learning the skills to sa...

With the addition of the student-made set, the recent McHenry Community High School production of “9 to 5: The Musical” was truly an all-student creation. The 2026 spring musica...

Students in McHenry Community High School’s Transition English class are using adventures through the Dungeons and Dragons tabletop fantasy game to improve their English language ...

McHenry Community High School hosted a IHSPLA Warrior Regional powerlifting meet March 11 and the MCHS combined team won first overall. The boys team also earned first place whil...

We had 25 students competing in the Illinois Design Educators Association regional competition at McHenry County College in eight different categories this past Friday. ...

McHenry Community High School is partnering with more than 30 community organizations to host a Transition Resource Fair on April 1 to help those with disabilities in their journe...

Ten MCHS students in the Business Professionals Association qualified for a national competition after competing in February at the State Leadership Conference. MCHS was represen...

With a theme of “Better Together,” McHenry High School’s 3rd annual Multicultural Fair in April promises to be an interactive exhibition of the many cultures represented throughou...