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Student views on Lake news

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Student views on Lake news

Valhalla

2024-2025 Staff

Lane Bird (he/him)
Web Designer

Lane Bird (he/him)

Lane Bird is a senior at Lake Stevens High School (LSHS).  He is taking classes and programs to certify him to become a fiber optic technician and/or an electrician.  Lane is a huge hockey fan and is playing his first hockey...

Joseph Neale (he/him)
Web Designer

Joseph Neale (he/him)

Joey Neale is a senior at LSHS. He loves playing video games after school and is a member of the E-Sports club, with a strong interest in competitive fighting games such as Street Fighter 6 and Guilty Gear. His love for fighting ...

Vibol Huy (he/him)
Photographer

Vibol Huy (he/him)

Junior Vibol Huy has many interests. He enjoys listening to guitar music and playing games. Some of his favorite indoor games include Uno and Trouble. When he is outside, Vibol likes to play football and catch. When he as an opport...

Kimmie Rios (she/her)
Photographer

Kimmie Rios (she/her)

Kimmie Rios loves to color. She is never without her coloring book and colored pencils. When she is away from school, she enjoys singing at church. And like most people who saw Inside Out, it’s her favorite movie. Kimmie will be taking photos...

Lola Touchette (she/her)
Photographer

Lola Touchette (she/her)

Lola Touchette enjoys listening to music, and some of her favorite artists are Katy Perry and Kelly Clarkson. Lola is an athlete. She has participated in the Special Olympics in swimming and is a member of the LSHS Unified So...

Nadine Jaraysa (she/her)
Staff Reporter

Nadine Jaraysa (she/her)

Nadine Jaraysa is in 12th grade and she was born in Palestine. Her favorite color is lilac purple, and her favorite thing to do is shop. After high school she plans to go to Western to become a kindergarten teacher. ...

Adama Jaw (she/her)
Staff Reporter

Adama Jaw (she/her)

Adama Jaw is an aspiring junior journalist. In her free time, she watches her little brother while doing chores and homework. Adama decided she wants to go into the education field after school, preferably Early Childhood Educ...

Douglas Keju (he/him)
Staff Reporter

Douglas Keju (he/him)

Douglas Keju is a senior at Lake Stevens High School who doesn’t play any sports, but enjoys cooking and playing basketball in his spare time outside of school. He is looking forward to graduating this year with his friends that...

Eliza Cardoza (she/her)
Staff Reporter

Eliza Cardoza (she/her)

Eliza is a senior at Lake Stevens High School. Eliza mainly likes to hangout with her friends at the mall, or even watch movies with them. Eliza right now wants to focus on getting a full-time job, maybe at some warehouse somewhe...

Daniella Wells (she/her)
Staff Reporter

Daniella Wells (she/her)

Meet Daniella Cabrera-Wells. She likes music and likes watching TV. She is not involved in any sports or school activities. She plans on going to college after graduating in June.

Aylin Miandoab (she/her)
Staff Reporter

Aylin Miandoab (she/her)

Senior Aylin Miandoab spends most of her time working at Contos. After Aylin graduates from high school, she wants to spend two years at EVCC, then get into a school with a good teaching program. Aylin cares about racism in thi...

Quin Fisher (he/him)
Staff Reporter

Quin Fisher (he/him)

Quin is a senior at Lake Stevens High School. He rides dirtbikes, snowboards, and is interested in cars. He is concerned about moving out because everything is so expensive. He doesn't have any future plans of participating i...

Sophie Mato (she/her)
Staff Reporter

Sophie Mato (she/her)

Sophie Mato is a patriot, who also loves video games, most importantly Skyrim. Sophie has played lacrosse for nine years and was an all-American. She plans to attend the United States Coast Guard Academy after graduating this y...

Hailey Pilon (she/her)
Staff Reporter

Hailey Pilon (she/her)

Hailey is a senior who likes to play the flute and study medical terms with her dad, who is an EMT, specifically a paramedic. She aspires to be an EMT herself, hoping to work for Granite Falls. She is also in the school band ...

Kalani Capelle (he/him)
Staff Reporter

Kalani Capelle (he/him)

Kalani is a senior in Lake Stevens High School and enjoys playing the bass guitar. He is considering attending college, possibly through a military route or scholarship. He is undecided about his future career, but leaning towa...

Tyler Bowers (he/him)
Staff Reporter

Tyler Bowers (he/him)

Tyler Bowers will graduate with the Class of 2025. He appreciates his classes since he got the classes he asked for and he's got friends and his girlfriend in a lot of them. As for the first week of school he described his seni...

Izaak Gonzalez (he/him)
Staff Reporter

Izaak Gonzalez (he/him)

Izaak Gabriel Gonzalez is a senior journalist. He really enjoys playing video games. He also likes to read fictional books. Some future plans Isaak has is to upload some videos and become a YouTuber. 

Kayla Cha (she/her)
Staff Reporter

Kayla Cha (she/her)

Kayla Cha is a senior at Lake Stevens High School. Kayla is involved with the school after hours, being a manager for the boy's basketball team since freshman year. Working and aiding the team to better succeed and keeping trac...

Madison Clauson (she/her)
Staff Reporter

Madison Clauson (she/her)

Maddy is a senior at Lake Stevens High School. Her interests are playing volleyball, and she plans to keep playing after high school. She wants to go to a community college first and change to a university to major in biology ...

Elly Waters (she/her)
Staff Reporter

Elly Waters (she/her)

Elly is a senior on staff with the Valhalla. Her future plans after high school are to be an esthetician. She wants to attend Grand Canyon University and major in business administration. Elly’s hobbies are organizing, cooking...

Cecily Hull (she/her)
Staff Reporter

Cecily Hull (she/her)

Cecily is a senior on staff with The Valhalla. She plans to be an English or art major at the University of Washington. Her favorite restaurant is Olive Garden. In her free time, she loves to read, draw and sleep. Cecily's fa...

Sinai Barajas (she/her)
Staff Reporter

Sinai Barajas (she/her)

Sinai is a junior at Lake Stevens High School. Some things that she is interested in are musical instruments, reading and dancing. She knows how to play the bass and a piano and was taught by her brother. After high school, Sin...

Asher Heist (he/him)
Staff Reporter

Asher Heist (he/him)

Asher is a senior this year at Lake Stevens High School. He is on the Varsity Wrestling team in the 190lb weight class. Besides wrestling, he enjoys weightlifting and playing video games, as well as playing with his dog, Penny....

Santos Carmona Gijon (he/him) 
Staff Reporter

Santos Carmona Gijon (he/him) 

Santos is a senior at Lake Stevens High School and is not currently part of any sport or club, but if given the opportunity to start a new club, Santos said he would like to start a sports club like soccer appreciation. Addit...

Katelyn Macoleni (she/her)
Staff Reporter

Katelyn Macoleni (she/her)

Katelyn Malcolen works at a daycare, but only during the summer. Katelyn’s plan after high school is to go to trade school to become mainly self-sufficient. Her main responsibility at home is taking care of her 12 pets....

Aiden Mills (he/him)
Staff Reporter

Aiden Mills (he/him)

Aiden is currently a senior at LSHS. So far his year has been okay, but it feels different and weird because it's his last year of school. Although he is a little excited for what's to hold after high school, he doesn't know what's...

Alicia Sparks (she/her)
Staff Reporter

Alicia Sparks (she/her)

Alicia Sparks is a senior with a wide array of interests including crochet, reading, sketching and theater. She has been a part of the Drama Club since joining the high school and is president of the Dance Club. After high school,...

Samuel Thurman (he/him)

Samuel Thurman (he/him)

Sam is a senior this year, and he is currently in the Video Game Club and is looking forward to participating in the OverWatch 2 Esports for the high school. This year, in journalism he wants to cover sports and activities and...

Izzy Swanson (she/her)

Izzy Swanson (she/her)

Izzy Swanson is a senior and her favorite animal is a bear because it's brown, fluffy and big. Her favorite class is Psychology because it is very interesting to see how things work. She is currently not in a school club, but she e...

Virginia Abbott(she/her)

Virginia Abbott(she/her)

Virginia is attending Sno isle for her second year of Animation. After graduating, she plans to attend AIE for Tech and Animation. Virginia enjoys drawing, doing makeup, listening to music, and spending time with her friends....

Haylie Thomas (she/her)

Haylie Thomas (she/her)

Haylie is an LSHS senior. She plans to be a physical therapist in the future, and she’s already involved in sports medicine at the high school. Haylie enjoys sports, doing both track and soccer. For soccer, Haylie is on the LS...

Photographer

Sylva Johnson (she/her)

Sylva is a junior in high school affiliated with the Video Game Club, Tabletop Games Club, Gender & Sexuality Alliance (GSA). She plans to be a video game developer in her future.

Naman Verma (he/him)
Head Photographer

Naman Verma (he/him)

Naman is a junior here at Lake Stevens High School. He is an athlete and competes on our Lake Stevens wrestling team at 138 pounds.  Naman spends most of his time over at the skate park with his scooter and is known for his in...

Treyten Pester (he/him)
Sports Editor

Treyten Pester (he/him)

Treyten Pester is a senior who plays football and runs track for Lake Stevens High School. He plans to go to college and in the future become a firefighter. His favorite hobbies include playing basketball and pickleball. In h...

Mark Nazari (he/him)
Business Manager

Mark Nazari (he/him)

Mark is a senior and is planning on becoming an entrepreneur after high school and continuing his business that he’s working on now. He enjoys playing baseball and guitar, but has taken a break to focus on his future. He beli...

Josh LaSalle (he/him)
Business Manager

Josh LaSalle (he/him)

Josh LaSalle is running in his 3rd year of high school as a junior with his beliefs and morals, which are based in his faith in Christianity. Josh plans on majoring in Mechanical Engineering, but as in a career, Josh describes ...

Azelle Botelho (she/her)
A&E Editor

Azelle Botelho (she/her)

Azelle Botelho is a senior at Lake Stevens High School this year. Azelle does not currently participate in any clubs or school activities. She used to play volleyball and did cheerleading for a little bit. Azelle has a lot of...

Trent McGee (he/gim)
Photographer

Trent McGee (he/gim)

Trent McGee is a senior at Lake Stevens High School. Trent is an avid video game player and a member of the Lake Stevens Video Game Club. He is still figuring out what he hopes to do after graduation.

Jayden Solorio-Valdovino(he/him)
Photographer

Jayden Solorio-Valdovino(he/him)

Jayden is a bright student who looks forward to graduating high school and growing old with a dog and a fish. He has many interests outside of school such as airplanes and DECA. He’s a very interactive person who loves getting to kno...

Aurianna Olmos (she/her)
Viking Gallery Editor

Aurianna Olmos (she/her)

Aurianna is a senior on staff at the Valhalla, who is an aspiring salon owner. She likes to perform cosmetic services such as lash extensions, nail extensions and brow laminations. She is passionate about naps and cooking. ...

Yadira Reyes-Cisneros(she/her)
Photographer

Yadira Reyes-Cisneros(she/her)

Yadira is a good student with a lot of potential, but in school she doesn't do many activities. Her passion lies outside of school  with her nail company. She strives to get her license after high school and become a professiona...

Ethan Anderson (he/him)
Business Manager

Ethan Anderson (he/him)

Ethan is a junior at LSHS, and he plays a lot of sports for the school like tennis, swimming, and track. Ethan also loves spending time with his friends and family playing board games, going outside to ride bikes and being active....

Kira Butler (she/her)
Head Photographer

Kira Butler (she/her)

Kira Butler is a big contributor to Lake Stevens High School’s Viking Television and the IT Department, having taken Video Production 2 for both her junior and senior years. In her free time, she enjoys playing VR sandbox g...

Axten Steinmetz (she/her)
Editor-in-Chief

Axten Steinmetz (she/her)

Axten, a senior at Lake Stevens High School wrestles and loves to write and draw. In the future, she wants to be a teacher in political science, educating young minds about politics and civics. ...

Kasey Edens (she/her)
Opinion Editor

Kasey Edens (she/her)

Kasey is a senior at Lake Stevens High School. One interesting fact about Kasey is that her dad is a teacher at LSHS and taught one of her classes. Outside of school, Kasey is interested in the lives of celebrities. After gra...

Zak Leduc (he/him)
Photographer

Zak Leduc (he/him)

Zak is a senior at Lake Stevens High School. In his free time, he likes to play the guitar. Zak competes for the Lake Stevens High School wrestling team and plans to wrestle at 157 pounds this upcoming season. He is going to Sno-Isle...

Jayci Scrivens (she/her)
Social Media Editor

Jayci Scrivens (she/her)

Jayci Scrivens is a senior at Lake Stevens High School. She is on the varsity volleyball team and is a captain. Last year, she helped the team work their way to fourth place in the state tournament. Jayci loves spending time with ...

Emily Perez (she/her)
Photographer

Emily Perez (she/her)

Emily is a senior and  is interested in video games, Video Game Club, and eSports. She is planning on taking one or two gap years before finding her career. Her favorite class in high school is Video Production....

Mia Turner (she/her)
Features Editors

Mia Turner (she/her)

Mia Turner is a senior reporter at Lake Stevens High School. Mia is very passionate about history and would love to be a history teacher.  As an avid reader, Mia loves  books, especially romance books. After high school, Mia p...

Winter Tregoning (she/her)
Editor-in-Chief

Winter Tregoning (she/her)

Winter is a very approachable senior, who is strongly interested in animation and is passionate about animator pay. Winter works at Game Plus sorting cards.

Mara Sivley (she/her)
Social Media Editor

Mara Sivley (she/her)

Mara moved to Lake Stevens from Florida in 6th grade. She’s been playing on the softball team here ever since. She is now committed to play at Upper Iowa University where not only will she pursue athletics, but also a degree in...

Julianna Smith (she/her)
Photographer

Julianna Smith (she/her)

Julianna is currently a senior at Lake Stevens High School. Julianna is not part of any clubs or sports in school. One of her hobbies includes playing video games such as Fortnite and doing homework from time to time. Other interests incl...

Fatou Kaddy Sarr (she/her)
Photographer

Fatou Kaddy Sarr (she/her)

Fatou is a senior at Lake Stevens High School. After high school, she plans to go to Everett Community College and then to a university. After university, she wants to pursue a career in the medical field. She enjoys sleeping and ...

Seylin Camacho (she/her)
Photographer

Seylin Camacho (she/her)

Seylin Camacho is a senior at Lake Stevens High School. She is involved in some school clubs such as Mecha, DECA, and she works at The Cove. Outside of school, she spends her time making flower arrangements and doing acrylic ...

Jayleen Perez Guerrero (she/her)
Photographer

Jayleen Perez Guerrero (she/her)

Jayleen is in her senior year. Her hobbies and interests include walking around when she listens to music, spending time with family/pets, and looking at the sunsets with her dogs. She has two dogs: one named Gucci, who is mixed a...