On Wednesday, February 28, several 8th-grade classes from the surrounding middle schools visited Mark Keppel High School to get a grasp of the environment they might be entering as they enter high school next school year. Keppel’s students came out during their 4th period to represent their individual clubs and teams and persuade the incoming high schoolers to join. Among the clubs and teams were Cheer, Football, Speech & Debate, Newspaper, Speak Now All Poets (SNAP), and more.
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8th Grade Orientation
March 5, 2024
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About the Contributors
Maryam Barro Tall, President/Editor-In-Chief / Opinion Editor
Maryam is a 17 year old senior in her second and last year on the newspaper as the President, Opinion Editor & Editor in Chief. Maryam is the youngest of 3 girls, the oldest entering her senior year of college, and the second one entering college this year. Maryam is the daughter of immigrants, with her parents moving from their home country of Senegal in West Africa to the United States in 2001, a year before the birth of their first daughter. Maryam was born and raised as a Muslim, and this is the thing in her life she is most proud of being. Maryam's favorite subject is by far English, and she loves writing, reading, and everything contributing to the subject. Maryam is also a poet, having competed on the MKHS SNAP (Speak Now All Poets) slam poetry team this previous school year for the first time where the team not only made it to the finals of the Classic Slam where they completed against hundreds of young poets from all over California, but they won, being one of the few teams in the competition's history to win back to back. Maryam has always loved writing stories, poems, songs, articles, and so much more and hopes to become an author one day. Maryam's favorite books have to include The Hunger Games series, the A Series Of Unfortunate Events series, the A Good Girl's Guide To Murder series, The Fault In Our Stars, and so much more.
Audrey Segura, President/Editor-in-Chief/Arts & Entertainment Co-Editor
Audrey Segura is a senior at Mark Keppel High School and is the Editor-in-Chief of The Aztec News. She is the publicity chair of Link Crew and she's also a part of the Vocal Ensemble at Keppel. She regularly hangs out with her friends and goes on long drives. Some of her other pastimes are listening to music, playing the guitar, and singing. If you give her a bagel with an iced matcha latte, she'll love you forever. If you see her in the hallways, don't be afraid to say hi! ⋆₊˚⊹♡
Pierce Del Rio, Digital Media Coordinator
Pierce Del Rio is currently a Senior at Mark Keppel High School and this is his second year participating in the Aztec News. Pierce is excited in pursuing a future in investment banking as well as finance and wants to attend a four year university program in hopes of earning a bachelor's degree. Additionally, he holds the position of Fundraising Coordinator in ASB and Treasurer in STEMsters, Gardening, MESA, PLUS, and Soccer. In his free time Pierce likes to play brawl stars with Jordan Trang, eat chipotle burritos with extra sour cream, frolic in the melancholic solitude of his backyard, and build legos with his girlfriend. His favorite shows are Regular Show and Adventure Time but he's open to watching whatever's on.