Philip Rotondo is a senior in his fourth year of journalism. When he's not in school or working on The Highlander, he loves hiking, coaching youth basketball and live music.
Elise Walker is a sophomore at McLean Highschool and is a second year journalism student. Outside of journalism, some of her hobbies include reading, playing softball, cooking, and spending time with friends and family....
Ivy Olson is a Features Editor and a junior at McLean High School. This is her third year in Journalism. She enjoys playing field hockey along with listening to music and hanging out with her friends.
Madie Turley is a senior at McLean High School in her third year of journalism. For fun, she enjoys swimming, hiking, and spending time with her dog, friends, and family.
Josephine is a senior at McLean High School. She is the Marketing Manager and Online Opinions Editor and has been on The Highlander since her sophomore year. She is apart of multiple clubs and plays lacrosse for McLean High School....
Graham Courey is sophomore at Mclean High School. This is his second year as a reporter in Journalism. In his free time, he enjoys playing and watching sports.
Madelyn is a senior at McLean and a fourth year journalism student. She is the sports editor for the Highlander newsmagazine. In her free time, she enjoys playing volleyball, reading, and hanging out with her younger siblings.
Isabella DiPatri is a senior at McLean High School. She is in her third year of journalism, working as one of the managing editors and social media managers. She loves playing on McLean's Varsity field hockey team, as well as...
Farah Eljazzar is a senior at McLean High School in her second year of journalism. She enjoys writing opinion articles about pressing social justice issues in the community. In her free time, she enjoys playing volleyball, going...
Tara Pandey is a senior in her second year of journalism. In her free time she loves to listen to music, cook, try new food, thrift, and play with her dog.
Khushi Rana is a junior in her third year of journalism at McLean high school, but has been learning about it for five years as she began her journalism career through classes in middle school. Other than being a journalist, she...
Liz Nedelescu is a senior in her second year of journalism and primarily works on cartooning and illustration for The Highlander. She enjoys traveling, teaching younger students, and organizing the school art gallery. Liz enjoys...
Dania Reza is a senior at McLean High School in her fourth year of journalism. In her free time, she enjoys drawing, traveling, and spending time with family and friends.
Madeleine Stigall is a junior at McLean High School in her third year of journalism. In her free time, she enjoys reading, traveling and spending time with family and friends.
Omar Kayali is a senior at McLean High School in his third year of journalism at McLean. He moved from Oklahoma to Virginia as a sophomore, which is when he joined the Highlander staff. Outside of journalism, he enjoys debate,...
Ariana Elahi is a senior taking Journalism 4. She enjoys being involved with her community and tries to push herself out of her comfort zone. In her free time, she likes to read, write, and hang out with friends.
Sandra Cheng is a senior in her third year of journalism at McLean High School. In her free time she enjoys shopping, getting food, making smoothies, and hanging out with friends. She loves to travel and spend time with her family...
Melissa Allegretti is a junior in her second year of journalism. She has plenty of experience in international cultures, had lived abroad, and written since childhood.
James Murray is a senior at McLean High School. This is his first year of Journalism. He is on the wrestling team and enjoys reading about current events, both local and international.
Conaire Horgan is a junior at McLean High. This is his third year of journalism. Conaire swims, is incredible at fantasy football, and enjoys watching baseball. He is a sports editor.
Zachary Ammar is a senior in his second year of being part of the Highlander. He greatly enjoys lifting and spending time with his family. He also likes listening to music throughout most of the day. He is a reporter for the...
As a former Broadcast Journalism student, Vanessa Popescu specializes in graphics and video-making. She's in her 10th grade year, taking her first Journalism class. She's also the Activities Officer of the school's Japanese club...
Ivy Olson is a Features Editor and a junior at McLean High School. This is her third year in Journalism. She enjoys playing field hockey along with listening to music and hanging out with her friends.
Dario Sutera is a Reporter and a sophomore at McLean High school. Although being the youngest student in his classes, that hasn't stopped him from striving for greatness. His routine outside of school is just as important, as...
Aleena Gul is a fourth-year journalist and an Editor-in-Chief for The Highlander. Inspired by the positive impact of journalism, she loves to highlight the voices of the community through her writing and hopes to pursue it in ...
Saehee Perez is a senior at McLean High School in Journalism 4. Apart from journalism, Saehee is interested in languages, politics, and art. Her favorite part of Journalism is the environment and room for flexibility.
Andrew Christofferson is a senior at McLean High School. This is his second year in journalism and he absolutely loves it. Andrew enjoys swimming, playing the piano, and hanging out with friends in his free time. He hopes to make...
Hanna Boughanem is a senior at McLean High School, and this is her second year in journalism. She is a swimmer and enjoys practicing with her teammates. She also loves dogs, music, and reading. In the future, she hopes to continue...
Polina Zubarev is a senior at McLean and in her third year of Journalism. She enjoys playing ice hockey, traveling, recording the podcast, and reading.
Jayne Ogilvie-Russell is a senior at McLean High School, and the head cartoonist for The Highlander magazine. Jayne has been working at their design skills in order to help contribute to the magazine in both art and page design....
Taylor Olson is a Designer and junior in her fourth year of journalism. She loves art, skating, watching movies, and her friends. Her favorite color is gray.
Arnav Gupta is a senior in Journalism 4. He likes playing basketball and enjoys hanging out with friends. He also likes playing video games and listening to music.
Christiana Ketema is a senior at McLean High School. She is in her third and final year of journalism, enjoying the time she has left. For fun, Christiana likes to hang out with friends, read books, and listen to music.
Akash Balenalli is a senior in Journalism 3. He enjoys photography, playing the cello, computer programming, drawing, reading and learning about the world. Akash is also a substitute section editor, designer and social media manager...
Nyla Marcott is a senior at McLean High School. This is her fourth year in Journalism. She enjoys traveling throughout the United States and abroad, vegetable gardening, and cooking foods from around the world. ...
Mackenzie Chen is a senior at McLean High School and works for The Highlander as an online managing editor for The Highlander website. She is in her third year of journalism, but she is continuing to enhance her skills as a rep...
Sydney Gleason is a sophomore at McLean. She enjoys playing soccer and basketball with her teammates. Sydney's favorite class this year is journalism and she is excited to see the years to come with this class.
Belen Ballard is a Features Editor and a senior at McLean high school. This is her third year in journalism. Belen enjoys swimming, listening to music, and hanging out with friends and family.
Makda Bekele is a senior at Mclean High school in her fourth year of journalism. She enjoys drawing, watching Teen Titans and CN shows, and being apart of The Highlander.
Scott Shields is a junior at McLean High School in journalism 3. He likes to play sports and video games as well as spending time with his friends. In his 3rd year of journalism he hopes to continue to improve his writing and...
Andy Chung is a senior taking Journalism 4. Andy enjoys hanging out with friends and he is also the class president. Andy is excited to finish his journalism career strong.
Ana Paula Ibarraran is a senior taking her fourth year of journalism. Her favorite color is grey. In her free time she enjoys reading and spending time with friends and family.
Maya Amman is a senior at McLean high school and is in her fourth year of journalism. Journalism is one of her many passions. She can't wait to see what changes come to The Highlander this school year.
Paarth Soni is a Senior at McLean High school who is now in his fourth year of journalism. Paarth has reported on over 25 articles for the online and paper magazine over his time on the Highlander staff. During his free time,...
Emily Friedman is an Opinions Editor and senior in her fourth year of journalism. She enjoys swimming, playing volleyball, and spending time with her friends and family.
This is Kaan Kocabal’s fourth year at Mclean high school and his fourth time taking journalism. He is a soccer player and likes to enjoy spending time with his friends.
Noah Barnes is a senior in his fourth year of journalism at McLean High School, and an A&E editor for The Highlander. He plays on the Varsity soccer team, and enjoys sports of all kinds. Outside of school, he enjoys keeping upd...
