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The West Press

2024-2025 The West Press Staff

Thomas Price

Thomas Price is a third-year student in Journalism who has been heavily involved in The West Press since first joining, acting as the Website Manager and Editor-in-Chief. He participates in many of Lakota’s extra-curricular ...

Jordan Otabil

Jordan is a very outgoing and warm person! She is a senior and this will be her final year in Journalism. She is a part of Hope & Strength, is President of Student Government, and loves to help others. She enjoys tutoring at ...

Andrew Odle

Andrew is a junior in Journalism II at Lakota West High School. He loves sports, he loves to write about certain topics in sports. His favorite sport is basketball and he enjoys playing with friends. He is also a member of the Lako...

Nikos Stollenwerk

Nikos is a junior in Journalism 2. He loves sports and hopes to go into sports journalism as a profession, but is currently working just to make some extra cash. He is in Lakota West Broadcasting and is heavily involved. In his...

Ethan McDonald

Ethan is a Senior at Lakota West and is a third-year journalism student. He has a massive amount of knowledge in soccer, with his best region being North and Central America. He is also a member of the Lakota West Broadcast Cl...

Lma Abdoh

Lma is a sophomore at Lakota West High School. This is Lma’s first year in journalism. Lma is a very outgoing, loud, and social person. Lma is half Jordanian, half Palestinian. Lma would like to write about politics, philos...

Luis Alvarado

Luis Alvarado is a Junior taking journalism for the first time ever while being here at Lakota.  If you're ever interested in reading a story about the current politics of our nation, or if you just want to hear about the lat...

Josh Perkins

Josh is 18 years old and is a Journalism 1 student at Lakota West. After high school, he wants to go into real estate and ministry. Josh is interested in writing about world affairs and money/finances. He enjoys going on mission trip...

Philip Lee

Philip Lee is a 12th grader in Journalism I. Born in Chicago and moved to Cincinnati, he grew up in the Lakota district. Philip is excited to participate in Journalism and write articles; he joined to become a better writer and t...

Myliyah Pertuset

Myliyah is a junior at Lakota West, taking her second year of Journalism. She loves sports and athletic training and does gymnastics. She is also on the West Varsity Gymnastics team. She wants to attend college for sports medicine....

Ruby Hutchison

Ruby is a Sophomore in her first year of Journalism and with the West Press. Outside of the school walls, she is a drummer for School of Rock, enjoys reading, and watching movies. Ruby also loves traveling with her family over ...

Alex Dufek

Alex is a writer in Journalism 1. He is from the great town of Butler County, OH. His interests include sports, local events, nature, and world news. He joined Journalism to show people how sports let people embrace their true s...

Kayleigh Simpson

Kayleigh is a senior in Journalism 1. She enjoys learning and talking about sports. She plays soccer in her free time, and her biggest fear is being late.

Juliana Wilkes

Juliana is a sophomore at West and this is her first year in journalism. She has danced for 12 years now, and 10 years at her current studio, Z Company Arts. She hopes to go to college for dance after high school too. She love...

Lizzy Meyer

Lizzy is a senior at Lakota West in journalism one. She loves to play sports and hopes to go into nursing or physical therapy. She is currently trying to save her money and working much as possible. She is in a club called Student...

Jamie Fasig

Jamie is a senior at Lakota West High School. She loves to read and write, and her hobbies include softball going to the gym, and shopping. Jamie is a third-year journalism student and is excited for her last year. Jamie wants ...

Yury Roblero

Yury is a 17-year-old student in her first year of journalism. Yury has been in Lakota since kindergarten. After high school, she would like to study either music therapy or psychology. She is interested in writing about culture and op...

Will Widner

Will is a sophomore taking Journalism 1 at Lakota West. He’s been living in West Chester since he was born,  and has always found the idea of being a news journalist appealing. He’s willing to write from a logical perspec...

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Jozzlyn DeLeon is a senior in her second year of journalism. She mainly writes about arts and entertainment for the west press. She's thinking about writing some crime articles too. In her free time, she likes to read books, ...

Noah Grayson

Meet Noah! Noah Grayson is a senior in his second year of Journalism. He enjoys being a part of the West Press because it allows him to explore his capabilities as a writer and researcher. Noah plans on continuing his music a...

Ysabel McCreadie

This is Ysabel (Ysa for short). She's a senior at LWHS. It's her second year in journalism but after high school, she plans on going into the Air Force as a broadcast journalist. Ysa likes to write about events in media, entertai...

Shahed Al Ali

Shahed Al Ali is a Junior taking Journalism II, this also being her second year in the Lakota district. Her goal is to learn English very well, get good marks in all of her subjects, and be a polite and kind person. She likes to w...

Kota Taylor

Kota is a Senior at West Class of 25’. She is very nice and understanding, and she CAN/WILL be brutally honest if necessary. This is Kota’s 3rd year in Journalism. Being in Journalism class for the past 3 years has helped...

Benjamin Nguyen

Ben is a Senior at Lakota West High School, Class of 2025.  He plays for the Lakota West boy's Tennis team during the spring season.  This is his third year of Journalism and he usually writes his passions and interests for ...