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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...

NOT An Oil Portrait Of Dr. Hart

Can’t Escape Just Yet!

Ibrahim Coker (He/Him) April 4, 2025

After thorough and heavy consultation with the student body, the Washington State Board of Education has announced a new set of graduation requirements exclusively for Garfield High School’s. Dr. Angela...

Hi, My Name Is!

Nor Luloff (she/her) April 4, 2025

As college admissions season begins, the class of 2029 has begun the gruesome process of making friends the oldest way known: the internet. Preparing Instagram captions for the class of 2029 accounts of...

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...

Justice Beyond Juvie

Nor Luloff (she/her) March 21, 2025

As more research emerges surrounding the ramifications of youth incarceration, the search for alternatives has become increasingly relevant. Last August, the King County Council unanimously voted to keep...

News Briefs

Samrawit Newton and Hannah Muse March 21, 2025

“Trump Gaza is finally here!” Moments before midnight on February 25, President Trump uploaded an AI generated video to Truth Social and Instagram advertising the concept of “Trump Gaza”- A...

Cuts on the Horizon

Lusa Wilder (she/her), Staff March 21, 2025

Facing the revision of the 2025-26 budget, the Seattle Public Schools Administration has estimated that 5.8 teaching positions will be cut. Each year, the school’s budget is determined based on the projected...

Phones are the New Sex

Morgan Watters March 7, 2025

Teenagers today are having significantly less sex compared to past generations. Despite having  more open attitudes towards intimacy, pleasure and consent, Gen Z is failing to connect. In a growing collection...

Women in Male-dominated Fields

Meriyem Roba March 7, 2025

From heartbroken lover to viral sensation, Onijah Robinson – known as the American lady in Pakistan – is a hot topic . The 33-year-old New Yorker arrived in Karachi, Pakistan, last October after falling...

Europhobia

Europhobia

Ibrahim Coker (He/Him) March 7, 2025

On February 23, Germany held their parliamentary, or Bundestag, elections. In the Bundestag, the two main political parties are the progressive Social Democratic Party (SPD), who currently control the...

Unclear Regulations

Kian Naeemi (he/him), Business Editor March 7, 2025

This year, doing club finances properly through ASB has been convoluted, leading many clubs to mishandle their funds, and possibly participate in embezzlement. Due to slow form processing and a lack of...

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