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The student news site of Western Albemarle High School - Crozet, VA

The Western Hemisphere

The student news site of Western Albemarle High School - Crozet, VA

The Western Hemisphere

The student news site of Western Albemarle High School - Crozet, VA

The Western Hemisphere

2025-2026 Staff

Ika Gottlieb
Editor-in-Chief

Ika Gottlieb

Ika is a senior and one of four Editors in Chief for the Western Hemisphere. In her third year of Journalism, she has written about many topics, mainly focusing on news. Outside of Journalism, she does creative writing, crocheting,...

Ike Noth
Editor-in-Chief

Ike Noth

Ike is a senior and one of four Editors in Chief for the Western Hemisphere. This is his fourth year in Journalism. He is also a class officer, avid video game player, and loves making new friends. His favorite superheros are...

Gray Tracey
Editor-in-Chief

Gray Tracey

Gray is a senior in their fourth year at the Hemisphere and one of four Editors-in-Chief. Outside of Journalism, they lead props and mic crews for drama and captain one of WAHS' club robotics teams. Outside of that, they enjoy...

Millie Wiegard
Editor-in-Chief

Millie Wiegard

Millie is a senior and one of four Editors-in-Chiefs for the Western Hempisphere. This is her 3rd year in journalism, and specializes in sports and social media! Outside of Journalism, Millie plays lacrosse and is a 2-time state...

Reid Keller
News Editor

Reid Keller

Reid is a senior and the News Editor for the Western Hemisphere. He is in his third year of Journalism, and has written a variety of stories for the paper during his time. Outside of class he plays on the Western tennis and track...

Olivia Moore
School Life Editor

Olivia Moore

Olivia is a senior and a School Life Editor for the Western Hemisphere. Outside of journalism, she enjoys volunteering, listening to music, and hiking. She is excited to be an editor with her sister, Isabella Stewart (who collects...

Isabella Stewart
School Life Editor

Isabella Stewart

Isabella Stewart is the School Life editor, superior in power to Olivia who is her much cooler, prettier sister. She collects labubus. Her favorite pastime is dropshipping.

Maddie Burnette
Sports Editor

Maddie Burnette

Maddie is a junior here at WAHS and is in her second year of Journalism. This year she is the sports editior. She is a member of the varsity volleyball team and future business leaders of america club. In her free time, Maddie...

Sam Rosenbaum
A&E Editor

Sam Rosenbaum

Sam Rosenbaum is a senior and the A&E editor for the Western Hemisphere. This is his second year of Journalism. He is also the Co-President of We the People and the Film Club. In his spare time he enjoys listening to hip-hop,...

Zeb Kendall
Photo Editor

Zeb Kendall

Zeb is a freshman at Western in his first year of journalism. He enjoys listening to music like Mac Demarco and Tyler, The Creator, hanging out with his friends, playing guitar, and watching movies. After school, he rides with...

Jasper Barry
Assistant Editor

Jasper Barry

Jasper Barry is a sophomore at WAHS, and in his second year of journalism. Jasper plays on the Western soccer team, participates in Model UN, and started the Model General Assembly club at WAHS. In his spare time he enjoys playing...

Hadley Cabell
Assistant Editor

Hadley Cabell

Hadley Cabell is a sophomore and a returning staff writer. This year Hadley is a class officer and participates in many clubs such as FBLA, Green New Deal, and possibly We The People. She also enjoys running for the cross contry...

Bo O'Connor
Assistant Editor

Bo O’Connor

Bo O'Connor is a sophomore here at WAHS. He is in his second year of Journalism. He is a veteran staff writer for the Western Hemisphere. He focuses mainly on sports when writing. He plays baseball and basketball here at Western.

Maddox Viele
Assistant Editor

Maddox Viele

Maddox Viele is a sophomore at WAHS, and is currently in her second year of journalism. In her spare time she enjoys reading, writing, listening to music, and playing D&D. She often volunteers at the local library, and spends...

Scarlette Baynes
Staff Writer

Scarlette Baynes

Scarlette Baynes is a freshman at WAHS, and is in her first year of journalism. in her freetime she enjoys baking, hanging out with friends, listening to music and reading. She's looking forward to her first year in journalism!

Barrett Bundonis
Staff Writer

Barrett Bundonis

Barrett Bundonis is a freshman at WAHS and is in her first year of journalism. She enjoys listening to all kinds of music, and watching Formula 1. She also plays volleyball for the freshman team at Western.

Lily Cayce-Luckett
Staff Writer

Lily Cayce-Luckett

Lily Cayce-Luckett is a sophomore and in her first year of Journalism. Outside of school Lily runs on the cross country team and and participates in the fall play and spring musical at WAHS. She enjoys writing about a variety...

Hayden Dodson
Staff Writer

Hayden Dodson

Hayden Dodson is a freshman of Western Albemarle and in her first year of journalism.

Forest Grizzle
Staff Writer

Forest Grizzle

Forest Grizzle is a freshman at WAHS, and this is his first year of journalism. In his free time he enjoys kayaking, skiing, hunting, camping. He also mountain bikes for WAHS.

Dilan Hoagland
Staff Writer

Dilan Hoagland

Dilan Hoagland is a freshman at WAHS, and this is her first year of journalism. In her free time, she is a varsity member of Western crew, plays guitar, and loves being in her neighborhood with her friends. Her favorite things...

Alex Hodgson
Staff Writer

Alex Hodgson

Alex is a first year journalism student in 9th grade at WAHS. She is excited to start writing for the newspaper and website. Outside of school she runs for the cross country team. She enjoys spending time with her pets as well...

Jack Klobuchar
Staff Writer

Jack Klobuchar

Jack Klobuchar is a sophomore at Western and in his first year of journalism. He likes to write about sports.

Gigi Lane
Staff Writer

Gigi Lane

Gigi Lane is a sophomore at WAHS and she is currently in her second year of journalism. Outside of class, Gigi enjoys playing tennis and golf. She often sticks to writing in the sports section of our newspaper.

Chelsea Larson
Staff Writer

Chelsea Larson

Chelsea Larson is a freshman at WAHS and is in her first year of journalism. In her free time she likes running and baking

Ivy McGrane
Staff Writer

Ivy McGrane

Ivy McGrane is a freshman at WAHS and in her first year of journalism. In her free time, she enjoys playing with her pets (2 dogs, 3 cats, and a snake!), listening to music, playing bass, doing crafts and hanging out with her...

Edith Moak
Staff Writer

Edith Moak

Edith is a sophomore and this is her first year in journalism. Edith plays basketball and soccer, and she is a member of FBLA at WAHS. In her free time, she enjoys baking, music, and hanging out with friends.

Austin Perpetua
Staff Writer

Austin Perpetua

Austin Perpetua is a freshman at WAHS. He is excited to help produce the newspaper for Western. He plays football and basketball for Western and he also skis outside of school. He enjoys playing sports with his friends, skiing,...

Francesca Reedy
Staff Writer

Francesca Reedy

Francesca Reedy is a freshman at WAHS, and this is her first year of journalism. In her free time, she enjoys listening to and playing music, exploring, watching movies, and hanging out with friends.

Ava Rogers
Staff Writer

Ava Rogers

Ava Rogers is a freshman at WAHS and is in her first year of journalism. She enjoys music, writing, reading, painting, and drawing. She is flexible in many areas of writing and hopes to join as many clubs as she can to contribute...

Nora Rosenbaum
Staff Writer

Nora Rosenbaum

Nora Rosenbaum is a sophomore at WAHS, and she is currently in her second year of journalism. In her free time she enjoys watching movies, shopping, listening to music, and being with her friends as much as possible. She also...

Ava Stubbs
Staff Writer

Ava Stubbs

Ava Stubbs is a sophomore at WAHS. This is her first year in journalism at Western. In her free time, she enjoys baking, listening to music, and reading. She also plays field hockey at WAHS. Ava likes to write about many different...

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