Club pictures will be taken in the cafeteria from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. February 22, 2012 at 8:30 am
Leadership will host a Spirit Morning at Tropical Smoothie. February 22, 2012 at 8:29 am
The AMC Math Test will be held during Collaboration Day. February 22, 2012 at 8:28 am
Today is Collaboration Day. February 22, 2012 at 8:27 am
Today is a White Day. February 22, 2012 at 8:26 am
Priya Adhikary is a photographer for The A-Blast. She takes pictures and writes stories with Olivia Lafferty, another photographer. This is her first year on staff.
Yesenia Blount is a staff writer that just joined the A-blast. Yesenia has content online and has done multiple Story of the Day. Yesenia has written stories about, graphing calculators, homecoming nominations, senior panoramic pictures, and the Theatre without Borders Shakespeare play. Yesenia has also produced slideshows about football and IB Biology presentations. Being on the staff has prepare for when she pursues her career in writing. Yesenia hopes to be on the staff until she graduates.
Junior Stephanie Allshouse is one of the Photo editors for the A-blast. She was a staff writer last year and hopes to continue as an editor her senior year. Stephanie participates in swim, field hockey and soccer. She is also a part of the FBLA. She also enjoys skiing at Wintergreen and playing in the ocean at Emerald Isle.
Carola Rojas is currently the Weekend Editor along with Rebecca Malzahn. She has been in A-Blast since 2010 and started off as a staff writer. Some of her biggest interests are music and books along with some Starbucks. In her spare time she enjoys hanging out with her family and close friends doing whatever comes to mind.
Leah is one of the staff writers for The A-Blast. She joined the team her sophomore year. She enjoys the interaction and connection to her school that goes along with being apart of the staff. In her limited spare time she enjoys hobbies such as horseback riding, going on walks, and movie nights with her close friends and family.
A.J. McCafferty started his A-Blast career after serving as a guest photographer his sophomore year. He later joined the A-Blast staff his junior year and continues to serve as a top photographer for print and online. He plans to major in commercial photography at Ohio University in the fall of 2012.
To see some of A.J.’s work, visit www.arthurjayphotography.com
Haben is a videographer. It is his second year on staff. In his free time Haben likes to make underclassmen feel awkward by petting them. Haben has been hospitalized for lumbar problems due to carrying the team on his back. Haben loves flannels, leather jackets, Donald Glover, and his girlfriend.
Jennifer has joined the A-blast staff as a Junior and is a photographer. She enjoys working with others and participating in a team. She enjoys style and fashion blogs, sports and music. She regularly covers events that have to do with them. She is also involved in many extracurricular activities including track, Spanish Honor Society, Hispanic Leadership Club, and Key club.
Nadia is a staff writer for The A-Blast. This is her second year on staff. She loves learning about the the diversity and different cultures that encompass Annandale High School. She is also a member of the STAND and the MSA. In her spare time she enjoys sailing, yoga, and filming.
Abby Converse is a sophomore at AHS and this is her first year on staff, not including Journalism 1. Besides the newspaper, she is also on the Filament and runs on the Track team. When she is not writing for The A-Blast or busy with homework, she enjoys reading novels, hanging out with her friends, and watching old movies on Netflix.
Dana is a staff writer for the A-Blast this year. She is a junior and is looking forward to continue working on the newspaper into her senior year. She is an IB Diploma candidate and participates in multiple clubs and other extracurricular activities. In her free time, she enjoys sitting outside and writing fictional stories and songs.
Bellal Hussain became a first-year member of the A-Blast staff his senior year as a videographer. He directed the “AVID” video, the “AHS Questionnaire” video, and also participated in the creation of
other videos. If you want to pitch him any video ideas hit him up in the hallways.
Nikki became involved in A-Blast her freshman year while being enrolled in journalism 1. After working as a staff-writer her sophmore year, she went on to become the Academics editor for the 2010-2011 school year. Nikki is now the Managing Editor for The A-Blast and works to organize the staff, prepare events, and make sure The A-Blast staff is running smooth, while maintaing a healthy connection between the parents, students, and the Washington Post. In the future, she hopes to pursue a career as an executive producer.
If you have any questions/concerns about The A-Blast, please e-mail her at nikki.contrino@gmail.com
Olivia Lafferty is a photographer for the newspaper. This is her first year on staff. She often takes pictures and writes stories with Priya Adhikary. She is also a member of the Key Club and in her free time, she listens to music and hangs out with her friends.
Annie Curran is the Co-Editor in Chief of The A-Blast for 2011-2012. Before serving as Co-Editor in Chief, she was International Editor from 2009-2010 and News Editor from 2010-2011. She has covered issues such as boundary redistricting, bullying, the installation of security cameras, and how AHS fairs on SOL’s. Her passion in journalism led her to participate in a week-long journalism conference at Georgetown University. She also travelled to China in the summer of 2011 to participate in a week-long journalism camp. Next year, Curran will attend the College of William and Mary. She wants to pursue a career in broadcast journalism.
Samir is one of the sports editors for the A-blast, along with his boy Parker Gillcash. This is Samir’s third year on staff, and he has served as videographer and staff writer in past years. Samir is on the executive board of the Student Government Association, and runs track and cross country (co-captain, nbd). He enjoys geekin with Haben Berihun and the rest of the team, and loves Selena Gomez and Emma Watson. Make love to the night, yolo.
Follow Samir on twitter @Swagshah.
Pat McCann has been on staff for a memorable four years. He is a videographer who got his humble start in his freshman year in Journalism 1. He owes a great deal of his success to his friend and mentor Greg Nielsen who taught him everything he knows about Final Cut Express, his choice editing software.
Troy is a Veteran Videographer. Troy is an up-and-coming student filmmaker, most interested in post production film work (i.e., Editing, Special Effects) and hopes to begin creating more professional work in the near future. This is Troy’s first year on A-Blast.
Marwa transferred to Annandale High School in the middle of her sophomore year from Stuart High School and finished the school year off as a staff writer. In her junior year, she became the Copy Editor of the A-Blast in order to learn how to perfect her writing, and then took on the challenge of becoming News Editor in her senior year.
Joe Sehrer is a first year staff writer for the A-Blast. He often works on the International page alongside Chloe Loving, Omnia Saed, and Destiny Gammon. He also contributes to online stories and surveys. Joe participates in Key Club and is a member of National Honors Society. In his free time, he enjoys listening to a variety of music, especially country and going to Redskins games.
Carina is the circulation manager. This is her second year on The A-Blast. She is a member of Key Club, Math Honor Society, and French Honor Society. In her spare time, she enjoys baking, frozen yogurt, and spending with her family and her dog. When she is not managing subscriptions, she watches the Food Network and hangs out with Ad Manager, Abby, and Copy Editor, Christine.
K.L. is one of the current Academics editors. He joined the staff two years ago as a sophomore and wrote various investigative and ruminative articles as a staff writer. He later became one of the Indepth editors along with Tricia O’Neill to analyze the food industry and its sinister background one issue. After a mysterious absence over the summer and the beginning of the 2011 school year, he joined the Academics page along with Brekhnaa Gull to further the scrutiny of academic related matters like in the story, “Is information the same as truth?”. K.L. also enjoys to write analytically about other controversial issues like cannabis prohibition. He is often noted as a loving hippie and spends his time thinking, reading, writing, and exploring the wilderness. He is probably a reincarnation of Confucius or some boddhisattva.
Christine followed in her older brother’s footsteps and became one of the two copy editors here at The A-Blast. Though she enjoys proofreading stories, she is also known to write news articles. When she is not in the publication lab, she enjoys playing golf, ultimate frisbee and hanging out with the circulation and ad managers.
Omnia is the International page co-editor. This is her second year on The A-Blast. She loves learning about the the diversity and different cultures that encompass Annandale High School. She is also a member of the National Honor Society, The Just World Club, MSA and is a LearnServe fellow. In her limited spare time she enjoys listening to music and watching Netflix reruns.
Junior Rowan Shartel is one of the Lifestyles editors for the A-blast. She was a staff writer last year. Rowan participates in track and field hockey. In her spare time, she enjoys drinking soy chai lattes and eating tofu.
Senior Becca Hendrickson is one of the People Editors of the A-blast. She was a staff writer last year. Hendrickson enjoys serving on the Leadership team for AHS and wearing her sequined TOMS.
Megan Flynn is a junior and is one of the People editors for the A-blast. She joined the A-blast staff her sophomore year, as a staff writer. She plays field hockey and soccer for AHS and hopes to continue being a part of the A-blast staff next year.
Shamaim is a photographer for The A-Blast 2011-2012 year. This is her first year on staff excluding Journalism 1. She does multimedia works and takes photos for both online and print edition. Shamaim loves taking pictures as a hobby and enjoys going to the movies with her friends. Also if you want her to love you buy her some Starbucks!
Follow her on Twitter @ItsShamaim
This is Destiny’s second year on The A-Blast as the International Page editor, along with co-editor Omnia Saed. She participates in Varisty Softball, NHS, STAND, and Just World after- school. While also working as a part- time daycare teacher, she enjoys watching TV, especially College Football! Destiny hopes to pursue a journalism major at Virginia Tech. Follow her on Twitter at @whitedestiny17!
Colleen Adenan is one of the Sports X-tra editors. She is a junior and has been on A-blast for three years now. She was a staff writer last year. She plays field hockey and manages swim team. In her limited free time, she enjoys following sports, especially college football. She also enjoys long walks on the beach with Sarah Bergen. Follow her on twitter at @cadenan8!
Rebecca Malzahn joined The A-Blast her sophomore year as a staff writer. She continued on staff her junior year as a News Editor, and is currently a Weekend Editor as a senior. She enjoys being a part of a program that allows students to stay “in-the-know”.
Esra Gokturk became a scintillating member of the A-Blast staff her sophomore year as a staff writer. Her junior year she worked on staff
as the renowned Sports X-tra Editor and is now the current Senior Health Editor. She participates in varsity field hockey and lacrosse at AHS, and had a brief winter track season freshmen year.
For more fun facts and adventures follow her on twitter at @Esra1224 !!!
Gwen is one of two Arts Editors on The A-Blast and has been part of the paper since her freshman year at AHS. Besides from editing and constructing her page, Gwen has made many videos for the multimedia section of The A-Blast online. Gwen enjoys being part of such a well-rounded staff and paper. In her free time, Gwen is part of the Social Studies National Honors Society, STAND Club, and has played major roles in the AHS theater department’s productions. Gwen is an avid performer on the AHS scene and in singer/songwriter showcases as part of the Songwriter’s Association of Washington (SAW), and posting her songs/videos to YouTube. Gwen has performed at such venues as Jammin’ Java, Bangkok Blues, and Ebenezer’s Coffeehouse and hopes to pursue a career in either film, journalism, or theater.
Emily is a staff writer for The A-Blast. This is her first year on the paper and she loves being on staff and working with her classmates. Emily enjoys writing story of the days and taking pictures for various pages. In her free time, Emily loves hanging out with her friends, watching football (Go Ravens!), and taking pictures. Emily is an avid member of the STAND Club where she serves as treasurer and is part of Women’s Ensemble.
The name’s Condezo, Elvis Condezo. This is Elvis’ first year in The A-Blast and is a part of the Videographer crew who has been a part of many big times films such as Basketball Outlook Video, End of First Quarter Video, and the Security Camera Video. In addition, Elvis has helped with many other videos such as the Eazy D Artist Spotlight video.
Follow Elvis on Twitter @BonQuiQui13
Rachel Wilson joined the A-blast web-staff her junior year and helps to maintain the different pages and posts on the website. She originally joined to work with photoshop and photo editing but has since taken on the position of Web Editor. Next year she hopes to continue her work with the A-blast website as the Web Master.
Alex is currently working as a videographer for The 2011-2012 A Blast staff, following his staff writer position held during the 2010-2011 school year. Alex has directed videos such as “Annandale Toga’s”, and “Artist Spotlight: Eazy-D”
Have an idea for a video? Email him at alexbrown1337@gmail.com
Welcome to Ryan’s profile. He is a videographer that has been apart of ground-breaking videos such as AHS Spirit Week: Toga’s, Senior’s Applying to Colleges, and Student Eating Habits: Soda’s. He is very pleased with the work he has done and looks to continue progressing.
Follow his everyday activities on Twitter @Beamsauce
Michael became a member of the A-Blast staff this year as a videographer. He co-anchors the renowned video series, A-Blast All Access, with fellow videographer, Patrick McCann.
Sarah Bergen became a member of the A-Blast staff her sophomore year as a photographer. She is now the Photo Editor and hopes to continue as an editor her senior year. Sarah participates in field hockey, swim team, and lacrosse. She is also a part of the Leadership team. She enjoys photographing concerts and taking long walks on the beach with Colleen Adenan.
Kate Grandchamp is Copy Editor for The A-Blast and checks for grammar and formatting mistakes for every publication. This is her third year on staff and she maintains the Editorials column, “Kate’s Debates,” which enables her to share her perspective on the world based on her life experiences.
This is Ngan’s second year on staff after first joining The A-Blast as a staff writer her sophomore year. She is now a Sports X-tra editor who hopes to continue her participation with the publication for the rest of her stay in high school. She is a member of Math Honors Society and holds officer positions in French Honors Society, Key Club, and Green Atoms. Follow her on twitter @xngan.
Noah Fitzgerel is Editorials Editor for The A-Blast. He also writes for his opinion column, “Noah’s Notes,” and has been on staff since his freshman year. Noah serves as class president of Annandale’s Class of 2013, and is an active officer on Annandale’s Key Club and his youth group board, among other extracurricular activities in which he enjoys participating. He also writes as a featured blogger for The Huffington Post. Noah is an IB Diploma candidate, and an avid follower of politics, especially concerning the separation of church and state; a cause for which he has worked and written in Washington, D.C.
Comments, questions, ideas, or concerns regarding the Editorials section of The A-Blast can be sent to ablast.editorials@gmail.com
Elizabeth became involved in The A-Blast after her brother was the webmaster from 07-09. She actually joined to be a writer, but ended up taking the job as webmaster to continue the family tradition. As Webmaster her junior year, she worked to continue moving the program from a paper-oriented process to one with a greater emphasis on the web. Senior year, she became co-editor of the In-Depth page and has covered issues ranging from the Occupy D.C. movement to the disabilities program at AHS.
Video Recap of the 4th Annual STAND Benefit Concert that was held on January 20th, 2012. By the end of the night, $1,175 had been raised for STAND. Made By Troy Callahan, Videographer
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