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2013-2014 Staff

Mia Baker

 Mia Baker is a senior this year on her second year of staff.  She spends her time marching with the band, randomly trying to speak spanish, and hours of tetris and Netflix  

Hannah Beckmann

Hannah Beckmann

Hannah Beckmann is a senior and staff reporter for the first time this year. She’s pretty awesome, and also has a blog. She spends more time than necessary on the internet, works at a library, and does that theatre thing too. I...

Olivia Biondo

Olivia is currently a junior on the Central Focus staff. She has been a member since last year and enjoys writing about sports, music, and events. Other than being on staff Olivia enjoys playing softball, reading, hanging out...

Morgan Brader

Morgan Brader is a returning staff member for the FHC Publications staff for her junior year. Aside from contributing to the school newspaper, she spends her time playing soccer at FHC in the spring or could be found in one of...

Alex Buhse

Alex Buhse

Alex is a senior this year and plans to take on the world by taking up the position of Sweat Editor for his first year on the publications staff. He participates in Cross Country during the fall, along with running in the varsi...

Devin Chen

Devin Chen

Devin Chen is a senior at FHC. Coffee shop revolutionary, history nerd, and gluttonous bookworm, he spends most of his free time exploring the world. Likes: coffee, computers, couches.

Tori Cooper

Tori is currently a staff reporter for the Central Focus. She made her way onto the staff halfway through her sophomore year. Tori enjoys writing reviews over new music, and stories about our sports program.  

Darby Copeland

Darby Copeland is a senior photographer for FHC Publications. She mostly takes pictures of football, but loves to shoot other sports also. She has been on the staff for three years now.  

Brayden Densmore

Brayden Densmore

This is senior Brayden Densmore’s first year on Newspaper. He enjoys wakeboarding, boxing, hockey and attending concerts. Brayden intends to go to college and study chemical engineering.  

Katie Evans

Katie Evans

Katie Evans is a senior, who’s a photographer in the publications classes. In her free time she rocks out to her music as she takes photos of whatever she can. Her dream school is The Art Institution of St. Louis. Katie's...

Nora Frank

Nora Frank

Nora Frank is a Junior photographer at Francis Howell Central High School. She is entering her second year of photography, and her first year on staff. Nora is in the schools Regiment (marching band), and has been in Regiment ...

Breanna Gajewski

Breanna Gajewski

Bre is a junior and new to the photography staff. She is a dancer on Sensations and is a part of NHS and Chem Club. She enjoys common white-girl things like going shopping and watching netflix. She likes taking pictures of her frien...

Dohen Gallagher

Dohen Gallagher

Dohen Gallagher is a Senior at FHC. She take photos and stuff for publications. Yep. It’s a charmed life. In her free time, she battles dragons and saves hobo’s (not to be confused with homo’s) from the evil clutches of ...

Zach Grau

Zach is senior this year. It’s his second on the publications team, and he is working as a photographer. Outside of school he likes to build and game on computers.  

Eden Gundersen

Eden Gundersen is very excited to be entering her second year with her second year of involvement in FHC Publications. She is ecstatic to learn new things and have new experiences in Room 139, a place where her intellectual juices can f...

Emily Herd

Emily Herd is the Print Executive Editor and a senior, this is her second year in publications. She loves music, writing, shopping, makeup and watching TV. Sherlock and The Walking Dead are her favorite TV shows, and Imagine...

Abbie Kaplan

Abbie Kaplan is a Senior at FHC and has been a part of publications since the beginning of sophomore year. She is Editor of Photography, and enjoys taking pictures for the website and newspaper. Abbie participates in many after...

Simran Kooner

Simran Kooner

Simran is a senior in high school who is involved in NHS, Student Council, and Newspaper. She doesn’t play any sports, but she’s obsessed with watching baseball. Her hobbies include traveling, shopping, and listening to music. &...

Rachel Large

Rachel Large

Rachel is a junior and this is her first year on the publications staff. She enjoys writing fiction stories and making anything that is considered art. She enjoys mythical creatures, anime and manga, ninjas and anything else related...

Francis Lunatto

Francis Lunatto is a returning staff photographer and videographer this year. He intends to have an enjoyable and productive senior year of high school by going above and beyond to deliver quality content to the FHC Publications...

Ashley Marlo

Ashley Marlo started her journey as a photographer freshman year in Mr. Schott’s Photojournalism class. She joined Publications her sophomore year and is now a senior and an editor for her second year in the Photo Productions...

Kennedy Meyer

Kennedy Meyer

Kennedy Meyer enjoys going to hockey games. She prefers winter over summer and believes she belongs in Colorado. She’s a major movie fanatic, “The Breakfast Club” is her favorite.  Listening to music and writing are her perf...

Ben Morrison

Ben Morrison

Ben Morrison is an ambiguous editor, managing both the technical side of the web and the Be Heard section in both the web and the paper. He is currently a senior, which makes this his third year on staff, though that’s really on a ...

Jessica Mugler

Jessica Mugler

Jessica Mugler is a senior on staff this year. This is her third year as a newspaper staff member and second year as an editor. She is also involved in cross country, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, FBLA, and other clubs. &nbs...

Madelyn Newton

Madelyn Newton

Madelyn Newton is a fun-loving editor on the newspaper staff this year. She loves spending time with her friends and family. She is very involved in her youth group and loves to share her opinion....

Erika Paar

Erika Paar

Erika Paar is currently a sophomore at FHC, and a staff reporter for the Central Focus, and FHCtoday.com. She started newspaper halfway through her freshmen year, and absolutely loves it. Her favorite section to write in is The Sc...

Claire Richardson

Claire Richardson

Claire Richardson is a senior, and this will be her second year on staff. She is the editor of The Scene and enjoys all things pseudo-hipster, especially scarves and Starbucks. In her free-time, she loves to dance with the Sen...

Courtney Riportella

Courtney Riportella

Courtney Riportella is a senior who has been a part of the photography class for four years now. She enjoys taking pictures for the school, and on her spare time she takes even more outside of school. Shes a big country girl and lov...

Erin Rowland

Erin Rowland is a senior and is honored to be returning to staff as Web Executive Editor this year. Most of her time is devoted to newspaper work, homework, and her job at Hope Lutheran Church Preschool. She spends most of her ...

Caitlyn Sanders

Caitlyn Sanders is a senior at FHC and she is the video editor for FHC Publications. When she isn’t busy editing, Caitlyn is secretary of Student Council, and a member of Breakdown FHC and NHS. She hopes to attend the University...

Mr. Matthew Schott

Mr. Matthew Schott

Mr. Schott is in his tenth year as the publications adviser, where he currently oversees FHCtoday.com, the Central Focus, the Odyssey yearbook and The Perihelion literary magazine. Mr. Schott formerly worked as a journalist w...

Erin Schroeder

Erin Schroeder

Erin Schroeder is a senior member of the FHC publications staff, and has been on staff for a year. She was the Delve editor for the 12-13 school year and is now the Print Executive Editor. She intends to attend Indiana University n...

Kortney Sheahan

Kortney Sheahan

Kortney Sheahan is a photo editor, that enjoys spending her time on the sidelines capturing all the great moments of her senior year. During her days at FHC she has been elected Class President, participated in FCA, FCCLA, Arete...

Kayla Schoenig

Kayla Schoenig is a junior photographer and videographer at Francis Howell Central. Kayla enjoys to take pictures of sports. She found her passion in photography when she started taking pictures of her brother’s baseball tea...

Chloe Siebels

Chloe is a Senior, and this is her second year on the publications staff as a photographer. She enjoys cooking and loves playing soccer. When she graduates, she wants to go to school to get a business degree.  

Joseph Silver

Joseph Silver is a senior and is a returning member to the FHC Publications staff. He is the Move editor this year. Silver plays ultimate frisbee for the school and he enjoys watching Premier League soccer and hanging out with...

Erica Swanson

Erica Swanson

Erica is a senior here at FHC and this is her first year in publications. She enjoys playing basketball and running in her free time and is very involved in school. After graduation, she plans on pursuing the field of medicine....

Tyler Tran

Tyler Tran is a senior and a returning member of the publications squad. He enjoys fine art, NPR, pizza rolls, TotalFratMove.com. He has a deathly fear of bears and Hilary Clinton. He’s pre-pre-med and hopes to become the asian...

Taylor Stone

Taylor Stone

Taylor Stone is a senior on FHC Publications, but considers it just a temporary commitment until he relocates with his gorgeous girlfriend, Taylor Swift, to the beautiful city of Nashville. Instead of engaging in the numerous...

Katelyn Viola

Katelyn Viola

Katelyn Viola is a senior. This is her first year in Newspaper. She is also in Theatre, FCA, NHS, FCCLA, DECA, and Student Council. She plans to attend Truman State University next fall.

Madison Viola

Madison Viola

Madison Viola is a senior and this is her first year as a newspaper kid. She also participates in theatre, NHS, DECA, FCA, StuCo, and more. She plans on attending Truman State University in the fall and hopes to work with kids on...

Alexis Waters

Alexis Waters

Alexis Waters is a senior here at Francis Howell Central. You may have seen her on the school’s website, reporting for iFocus. Alexis takes pride in what she does here at Francis Howell, and is thankful for this experience. ...

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