Connor Li is a Junior at McLean High School. In his free time, he enjoys swimming, watching sports, traveling and cooking. He also enjoys reading and watching movies.

Olivia Wood is a junior at McLean High School in her third year of journalism. In her free time, she participates in Varsity golf and swim at McLean, and enjoys spending time with friends and family.

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.

Sophia Weil is a senior at McLean in her third year of journalism. She enjoys reading, crocheting, dancing, and listening to music.

Zakareya Hamed serves as Editor-in-Chief at McLean's The Highlander. When he's not editing articles and leading the journalism staff, Hamed enjoys reading up on the latest in education policy, learning about new things an...

Sarah Soltani is a junior in her second year of journalism at McLean High School. She runs the McLean UNICEF Club and works as a tutor. In her free time, she also enjoys listening to music, reading, and hanging out with friends. ...

Aileen is a sophomore at McLean in her first year of journalism. In her free time she likes to read, listen to music, and spend time with family and friends.

Alexa Sribar is a sophomore at McLean High School and is taking her second year of journalism. She is a varsity volleyball player and likes to hang out with her friends in her free time.

Jessica is a junior at McLean in her third year of journalism. In her free time, she enjoys reading and listening to music.

Kate Burke is a senior at McLean in her first year of print journalism and fourth year of broadcast journalism. Outside of class, Kate helps run McLean's Girls' Leadership Committee and spends a lot of her time working at Wegmans....

Brooke Thomas is a senior at McLean High School. She is a varsity basketball player and loves playing many instruments.

Minsong Ha is a senior and a fourth year journalism student. Outside of journalism, she enjoys watching Netflix, scrapbooking and napping.

Bella Caracappa is a junior at Mclean High School in her first year of journalism. For fun she enjoys reading, binging Netflix TV shows, and spending time with her dog.

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....

Liyat Amman is a sophomore at McLean High School, This is her second year in journalism. She enjoys baking, hanging out with her friends and diving.

Ty is a Senior who is excited to join The Highlander team. He loves board games, dogs and football. He also coaches McLean Youth Basketball and loves a chance to compete with anyone in any way.

Sabrina Boughanem is a senior in her third year of journalism at McLean. She is a swimmer and enjoys reading in her spare time. She loves traveling, music, dogs and spending time with friends. In the future, she hopes to contin...

Ingrid Shumway is a junior at McLean High School. She is a distance runner on the McLean cross country and track teams. She enjoys doing ceramics and listening to music in her spare time. In the future, she hopes to go to coll...

Aaron Stark is a senior at Mclean High School. In his free time, he plays chess and spends time with friends and family.

Haley is a senior. This is her second year in Journalism. She spends her free time hanging out with friends, coaching volleyball, and babysitting. Additionally she is the vice president of McLean's Best Buddies chapter!

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....

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.

Natalie is a senior in her forth year of journalism. She enjoys playing the piano, traveling, and spending time with her friends and 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,...

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...

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...

Tanner Coerr is a senior in his fourth year of journalism at McLean High School. He is one of The Highlander's Editors-In-Chief.

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.

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. ...

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.