Megan Dyke is a junior and is in her first year of newspaper. She joined the newspaper because of her love of writing and getting to the truth in a story. She is currently a general reporter. Outside of school she enjoys going to c...

Molly Jasman is a junior and this is her first year in the newspaper. She joined the class because she likes to write stories and get to interview people and hear their sides of the story. She also likes to interact with people a...

Madeline Sweeney is a freshman in her first year being a member of the Occidentalist staff. She joined the newspaper class because she loves to write, draw, and be creative, she wanted to improve her social skills, and she thou...

Ellie Maniaci is a sophomore and this is her first year being a member of the Occidentalist staff. She joined the newspaper due to her love of writing, desire to learn about the many aspects of journalism, and to improve her ...

Kallie Jaquish is a senior in her first year of newspaper being a part of the Occidentalist staff. She joined the newspaper to write stories and to improve her socialization skills. She is a photographer this year since she has photogr...

Madeline Gartland is a freshman and this is her first year as a member on the Occidentalist staff. She joined newspaper because she enjoys writing and wants to improve her skills. Currently, she is a section editor, podcast as...

Abby Comeaux is a junior and in her first year of working within the staff of the Occidentalist Newspaper. She joined the newspaper in hopes of developing better writing skills, and potentially pursing a career within journal...

Ava Hickman is  a junior and in her first year of working for the Occidentalist newspaper. She joined the team to be able to make more connections with her peers. Ava is on the social media team, and hopes to be in charge of it...

is in her second year of working in the Occidentalist staff. She joined newspaper because she wanted a challenge and to build new friendships in all different grades. Riley is one of the social media managers and a reporter. ...

Audrey Kohler is a Senior in her second year as a member of the Occidentalist staff. She decided to take the class to get a change of pace and try new things. Audrey is the co-editor-in-chief along with her best friend, Sole Demeuse....

Sydney Flemming  is a sophomore and has been in the newspaper the last two years. She is a photo editor, and page designer. She is taking the newspaper because it is a good community, and she enjoys writing. Outside of school,...

Lainie Rintala is a sophomore, has been in newspaper for two years, and is the podcast coordinator. She is taking newspaper because she loves writing, being creative, and has made a lot of friends in the class. In her free time,...

Ashlyn Cummings is a Junior in her second year of newspaper. She chose the class to expand her writing abilities and try something new. Ashlyn is currently a reporter in the newspaper. Outside of school, she enjoys playing soft...

Jayden Thomason is a senior in their second semester of newspaper.  Jayden is currently a reporter for the newspaper. Outside of school, Jayden enjoys drawing, playing video games, and spending time with their cat.

Brody Weston is a junior in his second year as a part of the Occidentalist staff. He joined newspaper to improve his writing skills and explore opportunities for extracurriculars. He was a reporter and business manager last year ...

Sole Demeuse is a senior in her second year as a member of the Occidentialist staff. She decided to take the class to pursue her passion for journalism and gain more experience in the field. Sole is the co-editor-in-chief along...

Alexa Bageris is a senior in her second year as a member of the Occidentalist staff. She joined the newspaper because she thought it could be a fun opportunity to get to be involved with her school community, and she has stayed i...

Harry Gapinski is a senior who has been part of the Newspaper class since the beginning of the second semester of 2025. He has been in the class before, but wasn’t able to rejoin due to his class arrangements, but they finally...

Tess Tarchak-Hiss is a junior and in her third year of newspaper. She joined the newspaper freshman year to hone her writing skills and talk to people from different walks of life. Currently, she is lead page designer and and A...

Aubrey Lawless is a junior in her third year as a member of the Occidentalist staff. She originally joined newspaper because she thought it would be fun to try a different style of class, and has remained in it ever since becau...

Koa Sheppard is a Senior here at West and this is his forth year in newspaper. Koa took this class because he is skilled at editing stories and looking for typos.