2018-2019 Staff
Ian Prescott
Broadcast Editor-in-Chief
Ian Prescott is going to be a senior this year, and it will be his third year on staff. This year Ian will be the Broadcast EIC, responsible for managing all the videographers and their shenanigans.
Kara Wagenknecht
Online Editor-in-Chief, Co-Sports Editor
Kara is a senior at West and this will be her third year on staff. She is the Online Editor-in-Chief and Co-Sports Editor this year. When Kara isn't covering a sporting event, she can be found playing...
Deniz Ince
Print Editor-in-Chief, Co-Sports Editor
Deniz Ince is a senior in her third year on the West Side Story staff as the Print Editor-in-Chief and Co-Sports Editor. In her free time, Deniz likes going on runs, spending time with her dog and rewatching...
Grace Christopher
Broadcast Managing Editor
Grace Christopher is a senior at West High and this is her third year on staff. This year Grace is Managing Editor for Broadcast. When she is not getting footage for hype videos you can usually find her...
Sophie Stephens
Online Managing Editor
Sophie Stephens is a senior at West; this is her second year on staff and her second year as an editor. She is the managing editor for the website and a print reporter. When she isn't in the newsroom,...
Harry Westergaard
Arts Editor, Co-Copy Editor
Harry Westergaard is a senior at West High and this is his third year on staff. He does a little bit of everything on staff, working primarily as the Arts Editor and Co-copy editor. When he isn't passionately...
Lily Meng
Online Co-Copy Editor
Lily Meng is a senior at West High. It is her first year on staff and she is Online Co-Copy Editor. In her free time, she likes to play violin, write and drink bubble tea.
Anna Brown
Print Co-Copy Editor
Anna Brown is a senior at West High. This is her second year on staff and she is the Co-Copy Editor for print. When she isn't working on WSS, Anna enjoys jamming out to K-pop, binge-watching videos on...
Anjali Huynh
Print Managing Editor, Co-Copy Editor
Anjali is a senior and third-year staffer on West Side Story. She is the Print Managing Editor and Co-Copy Editor. When she's not complaining about Oxford comma usage, you can find her taking photos, biking,...
Will Conrad
Assistant Sports Editor
Will Conrad is a reporter, anchor, and Assistant Sports Editor for Print. This is his third year on staff. In his free time he enjoys running, being outdoors, and hanging out with friends.
Fatima Kammona
News Editor
Fatima Kammona is a senior at West High. This is her second year on staff and works for the online and print publication as the news editor. When she isn't at school or extracurricular activities, she...
Lucy Polyak
Columns Editor
Lucy Polyak is a senior at West High and this is her second year on staff. She is a reporter and the columns editor for both web and print publications. Lucy spends most of her time onstage in choir, show...
Thomas Duong
Business Editor
Thomas Duong is a senior at West High. It is his second year on staff and he is Business Editor and Designer. In his free time, Thomas enjoys playing percussion, running, biking, and hanging out with friends.
Jenna Wang
Editorial Editor
Jenna Wang is a junior at West High. It is her second year on staff and she is the Editorial Editor and a reporter for the print publication. When she isn't busy with articles and homework, Jenna enjoys...
Allie Schmitt-Morris
Social Media Editor
This is Allie's third and final year on staff. This is her second year being the Social Media Editor. When Allie is not doing newspaper she enjoys doing Theatre, West High School Dance Marathon, and hanging...
Frances Dai
Art Editor
Frances Dai is a senior at West High. She is the Art Editor and a Designer on staff due to an addiction for aesthetically pleasing things. While she's not drawing and designing things that make her eyes...
Maddi Shinall
Photo Editor
Maddi is a senior, this is her second year on staff and she is the Photo Editor. If she's not taking photos, she is probably engaging in a lively political debate whilst drinking an iced chai latte.
Jessica Doyle
Podcast Editor
Jessica is a senior at West High and is enjoying her third year on staff. Though not a baller, she truly excels when it comes to taking the mic at karaoke night, familiarizing herself with the latest teen...
Natalie Dunlap
Online Feature Editor
Natalie Dunlap is a junior and the Online Feature Editor. This is her second year on staff. Outside of the newsroom Natalie enjoys trips to the Java House, wearing fuzzy sweaters and pretending she knows...
Natalie Katz
Print Feature Editor
Natalie Katz is a junior at West High. It is her second year on staff and she is Print Feature Editor and reporter. When not chasing down the latest news story, you can find her running, eating peanut...
Kristina Rosebrook
Online and Broadcast Entertainment Editor
Kristina Rosebrook is a senior at West High and this is her third year on staff. She is the Online and Broadcast Entertainment Editor. If she isn't busy with WSS, then she's chilling with friends or watching...
Jenna Zeng
Print Entertainment Editor
Jenna Zeng is a senior at West and this is her third year on staff. She is a designer and Print Entertainment Editor. In her free time, Jenna likes to eat, make new recipes, shop, and hang out with friends.
Jessica Moonjely
Print Profiles Editor
Jessica Moonjely is a junior at West High. It is her second year on staff and first year as the Print Profiles Editor. Jessica is also a member of the tennis team, show choir, and student government. She...
Lydia Guo
Co-Design Editor
Lydia Guo is a senior at West High and Co-Design Editor. This is her second year on staff. When she isn't struggling with inDesign, Lydia loves oil painting, listening to music, and quenching her thirst...
Crystal Kim
Co-Design Editor
Crystal is a senior at West High. This is her third year on staff and she is a Co-Design Editor on the print section. In her free time, Crystal is either reading or at the Bread Garden enjoying their $5...
Emma Hall
Artist
Emma is a sophomore and it's her first year on staff. She is an artist on staff who loves to draw and read.
Rain Richards
Designer
Rain Richards is a senior at West and this is his first year on staff. He is a designer for both Online and Print. In his spare time, he plays retro and indie video games.
Maddy Ephraim
Designer
Maddy Ephraim is a sophomore at West High school. This is her first year on staff where she is a designer for print. Maddy enjoys reading, procrastinating, and spending time with her dogs.
Simon Jones
Designer
Simon Jones is senior at West High. This will be his first and only year on staff as a designer. When he's not being crushed by school, you can find him working at the movie theaters, colorizing black...
Selina Hua
Designer
Selina Hua is a junior and this is her second year as a designer on the West Side Story staff. She enjoys the rain, music, grapes, sightseeing, and lots of art supplies. When not spending time on the internet,...
Sidney Kiersch
Online Graphic Designer
Sidney Kiersch is a senior and this is her first year on staff as an online graphic designer. Sidney is involved in choir, show choir and theater at West High. Sidney is a gal who immensely appreciates...
Mary Vander Weg
Online Graphic Designer
Mary Vander Weg is a senior at West High, and this is her third year with the West Side Story. In her free time, she can be found writing - whether it be for the website or just for fun, watching satirical...
Marta Leira
Reporter
Marta Leira is a sophomore at West High. This marks her first year on staff as a reporter for print. When she's not at school, you can probably find her showing other people pictures of her dog, Chispa.
Annabel Hendrickson
Reporter
Annabel Hendrickson is a sophomore in her first year on staff as a reporter for print. In her free time, she enjoys reading books by Stephen King, hanging out with her cat, and re-watching The Office for...
Alex Carlon
Reporter
Alex Carlon is a sophomore at West High and a first-time reporter for the web publication. When she's not writing, she enjoys playing in the band, taking part in BPA and Student Senate and spending time...
Edward Keen
Reporter
Edward Keen is a junior at West and this is his first year on staff as a reporter. When he isn't writing for WSS, he enjoys reading fantasy novels and watching movies. Contact him at [email protected]
Luke Krchak
Reporter
Luke Krchak a sophomore and is a first year staff reporter. Luke also loves to watch football.
Bess Frerichs
Reporter
Bess Frerichs is a Sophomore and she is starting her first year on staff as a reporter. Outside of West Side Story, she enjoys reading and playing the harp.
Ken Wilbur
Reporter
Ken Wilbur is a junior at West and a second-year staffer on West Side Story. While not interviewing sources or writing articles, Ken can be found running along trails and through parks or spending time...
Carmela Cohen Suarez
Reporter
Carmela Cohen Suarez is a junior and this is her second year on staff. She is a reporter for the online publication and is looking forward to a year filled with reading, writing, swimming, friends, family,...
Ting Gao
Reporter
Ting Gao is a senior at West High, working as a reporter for the online section of the West Side Story. This is her second year on staff. When she isn't doing homework or working on articles, she enjoys...
Jillian Prescott
Videographer
Jillian Prescott is a sophomore at West High School. This is her first year on staff, and she is a videographer. In Jillian's free time she enjoys spending time with her dog, and doing art.
Nicu Curtu
Videographer
Nicu Curtu is a senior at West. It is his first year on staff, and he is a videographer. When Nicu isn’t playing tennis, he is reading about history, or current events.
Aditi Borde
Photographer
Aditi Borde is a sophomore at West High. She is a photographer, and this is her first year on staff. In her free time, Aditi enjoys biking, volunteering and spending time outside.
Mohammedhilal Al-Ani
Photographer
Mohammedhilal Al-Ani is a Sophomore at West this is his first year in staff. He is a photographer.
Alyssa Skala
Photographer
Alyssa Skala is a sophomore at West High and she is a first year photographer on staff. In her free time she likes to play volleyball and is involved in a lot of clubs.
Gwen Watson
Photographer
Gwen Watson is a sophomore and this will be their first year on staff as a photographer. In their free time they enjoy most things music related and being with friends.
Sean Brown
Photographer
Sean Brown is a photographer on staff and a senior at West. When he isn't microwaving hot pockets or looking through the five hundred pictures he took last night, you can find him scrolling through the...
Holden Logan
Podcaster
Holden Logan is a sophomore at West High. It's his first year on staff and is a podcaster. Holden's hobbies are playing video games for longer than he cares to admit, binge-watching entire shows on Netflix...
Noah Krchak
Podcaster
Noah is a Senior and a first year on staff and is a Podcaster. When he is not podcasting he is catching up on anime and playing Video Games such as Destiny 2 and Overwatch.
Amy Liao
Designer, Artist
Amy Liao is a sophomore at West High and new to the WSS staff. She is a designer, artist, and freelance videographer. During her free time, Amy enjoys scrolling through Instagram memes and catching up o...
Brenda Gao
Designer, Artist
Brenda Gao is a sophomore at West and this will be her first year on staff as a designer and artist. She likes using excessive amounts of the various heart emojis and telling bad jokes.
Vivien Ho
Designer, Artist, Videographer
Vivien Ho is a sophomore and first year staffer. She will be a designer, artist and videographer. In her free time, Vivien accidentally falls asleep with her contacts on, spends time with friends and goes...
George Liu
Videographer, Anchor
George is on his third year on WSS as a senior. He is interested in video production, livestreaming and anchoring as a member of broadcast staff. He eats, completes homework and exercises when he's not...
Joe Goodman
Sports Editor
Joe Goodman is a junior at West. This is his first year on staff working for the online publication as a sports reporter. In addition to playing basketball and running track, he enjoys bike riding and...