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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

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...

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Staff Writer

Maile Evans

Maile is a sophomore at Los Alamitos High School and new to journalism. She is on the varsity lacrosse team and is looking forward to writing about the athletic programs on campus. She joined journalism because she enjoys reading and ...

Staff Writer

Ryan Lee

Ryan Lee is a sophomore at Los Alamitos High School. This is his first year of taking journalism, and he is excited to learn more about interviews, writing and working for a newspaper. At school, he regularly spends time partic...

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Staff Writer

Christopher Dorian Pagán

Christopher Dorian Pagán is a sophomore in his first year of journalism at Los Alamitos High School. He is an optimistic journalist willing to investigate and find evidence for the truth. He has joined journalism to learn to b...

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Staff Writer

Joshua Lopez Hernandez

Joshua is a sophomore at Los Alamitos High School in his first year of journalism. “Wonder” is one of his absolute favorite movies. He has always aspired to be an automotive journalist. His passion for cars is only growin...

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Staff Writer

Olivia Garber

Olivia is a junior at Los Alamitos High School in her first year of journalism. In her free time, she enjoys going to the beach and hanging out with her friends at the mall. Her favorite artist is Lana del Rey, and she hopes to...

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Staff Writer

Emma Hirotsu

Emma Hirotsu is a freshman at Los Alamitos High School. This is her first year in journalism, and she looks forward to writing in a new style. Outside of school, Emma likes to play the drums, listen to music, pet her dog and parti...

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Staff Writer

Zoey Kurz

Zoey Kurz is a freshman who recently transferred to Los Alamitos High School. This is her first experience with journalism, and she joined because she enjoys telling stories.  Zoey is excited about the possibilities that come wit...

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Staff Writer

Jaslene Jones

Jaslene Jones is a freshman at Los Alamitos High School. This is her first year of journalism, and she is determined to listen, learn and use journalism as guidance in the real world. Jaslene spends most of her time listening to m...

Staff Writer

Amar Gill

Amar Gill is a senior at Los Alamitos High School, and this is his first year in journalism. He enjoys listening to music, and in his free time, he goes to the gym and plays Fortnite. Amar is interested in writing articles about music...

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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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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Staff Writer

Ella Suos

Ella Suos is a junior at Los Alamitos High School. Ella is in her second year of journalism and aspires to work in Vogue. She spends her leisure time running, listening to music, and going to the beach with friends. She is a ru...

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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Editor-in-Chief

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 four Best of SNO awards, most recently for her article "Girls assumed to be Ti...

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