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The Griffin Gazette

News From the Students, For the Students

The Griffin Gazette

News From the Students, For the Students

The Griffin Gazette

2024-2025 Staff

Bella Kim
Editor-in-Chief | Co-anchor

Bella Kim

Bella Kim is a senior at Los Alamitos High School. This is her third year with the Griffin Gazette and second year as editor-in-chief. Bella has won two Best of SNO awards, for her articles "A Los Al senior’s podcast: ‘The S...

Reese Neiger
Editor

Reese Neiger

Reese Neiger is a sophomore at Los Alamitos High School. This is her second year in journalism. She enjoys writing about current events, especially activities and pop culture. She is in the Seal Beach Leos and the Red Cross Cl...

Amelia Gutierrez
Staff Writer

Amelia Gutierrez

Amelia is a junior at Los Alamitos High School, and this is her first year in journalism. She loves watching movies, hanging out with her friends, trying different foods, the color green and cold weather. Some of her favorite...

Ally Mendez
Staff Writer

Ally Mendez

Ally is a senior at Los Alamitos High School, this is her first year in journalism. She enjoys sewing and doing anything creative. She's always loved reading which fostered a love for writing early on and looks forward to being...

Alizabeth Martin
Staff Writer

Alizabeth Martin

Alizabeth Martin is a sophomore in journalism. She joined journalism because she loves to research, write about her opinions and learn about things that matter. In her free time, she enjoys reading romance, mystery and fantasy no...

Sofia Gonzalez
Staff Writer

Sofia Gonzalez

Sofia Gonzalez is a freshman at Los Alamitos High School. This is her first year in journalism, but she has always had a passion for writing. She loves sports and runs cross country and plays lacrosse. In her free time, she loves to ...

Kaiya Velasquez
Staff Writer

Kaiya Velasquez

Kaiya Velasquez is a sophomore in her first year of journalism at Los Alamitos High School. She enjoys reading various pieces of writing and literature, further becoming curious about writing and herself. She loves to capture...

Serena Barron
Staff Writer

Serena Barron

Serena Barron is a sophomore in her first year of journalism. She aspires to become an animal rehabilitation specialist because of her love of animals. She currently fosters kittens at the LBAC shelter near El Dorado Park. He...

Maleah Fennessey
Staff Writer

Maleah Fennessey

Maleah Fennessey is a senior at Los Alamitos High School. She discovered her passion for journalism in middle school and wants to pursue science journalism in the future. She is interested in writing about school news, opinion piec...

Esme Justice
Staff Writer

Esme Justice

Esme Justice is a freshman at Los Alamitos High School. She enjoys volunteer work, Chipotle, ALT and indie music. Esme has a twin brother named Dane. She chose to take journalism because she has always loved writing stories an...

Leah Oh
Staff Writer

Leah Oh

Leah Oh is a freshman at Los Alamitos High School and is in her first year of journalism. She is always open to improving her writing and editing skills. Leah wants to pursue a career in medicine in the future but plans to chan...

Isabella Adame Cordero
Staff Writer

Isabella Adame Cordero

Isabella Adame is a freshman at Los Alamitos High School. She enjoys singing and is in the LAHS choir program. Outside of school, she loves to read and write and hang out with her friends. Aside from that, she enjoys watching ...

Liz Frank
Staff Writer

Liz Frank

Liz is a senior this year and is new to journalism. In her free time, she loves listening to rock music, playing guitar and going on walks. She is a part of the Music Studio class and when she is not at school, she is working a...

Giulietta Morad
Staff Writer

Giulietta Morad

Giulietta Morad is a sophomore in journalism at Los Alamitos High School. She enjoys listening to music, watching movies, swimming and reading fantasy and dystopian novels. She’s a part of CSF, the LAHS dive team and wants to...

Brooklynn De Shazer
Staff Writer

Brooklynn De Shazer

Brooklynn De Shazer is a freshman at Los Alamitos High School. She is in her first year of journalism and is excited to learn more about creative writing this year. She enjoys reading fantasy books and going to the beach in her...

Alyssa Mathews
Staff Writer

Alyssa Mathews

Alyssa Mathews is a sophomore at Los Alamitos High School. This is her first year in journalism and she’s excited to write articles on topics that interest her. One of her favorite things to do is to go to the beach, and she ...

Lily Zimmerman
Staff Writer

Lily Zimmerman

Lily Zimmerman is a freshman at Los Alamitos High School. She has taken journalism classes since sixth grade and loves photography and writing. She looks forward to learning different writing styles and meeting new people through ...

Seren Danks
Staff Writer

Seren Danks

Seren Danks is a freshman at Los Alamitos High School. This is her first year in journalism, and she enjoys reading and watching murder mysteries. Outside of school, she swims for Seal Beach at the Joint Forces Base. She also...

Aiden Floyd
Staff Writer

Aiden Floyd

Aiden Floyd is a junior at Los Alamitos High School. He is interested in music, video games, history, geography and coding. He has experience in graphic design and is working on his writing skills. He enjoys running, soccer and t...

Jasmine Lee
Staff Writer l Audience Editor

Jasmine Lee

Jasmine Lee is a senior at Los Alamitos High School and this is her second year with the Griffin Gazette and her first year as an editor. She is a member of CSF and Literature Appreciation Club and acts as a co-student representative...

Jaya Eapen
Staff Writer l Audience Editor

Jaya Eapen

Jaya Eapen is a junior at Los Alamitos High School, and this is her second year at the Griffin Gazette. With her optimistic and creative personality, she is extremely excited to get back into writing and explore new topics. Jaya is...

Katie Arnoult
Managing Editor

Katie Arnoult

Katie Arnoult is a junior at Los Alamitos High School, and this is her third year in journalism. She currently works as an editorial intern for Spotlight Schools and a marketing intern for The Youth Center. This year, she is in th...

Sydney Forsyte
Editor I Executive Producer

Sydney Forsyte

Sydney Forsyte is a senior at Los Alamitos High School. This is her third year in journalism, and the summer before last, she participated in the New York Times Summer Institute. This year, she wants to focus on her role as a...

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