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AHSneedle

The student news site of Atlantic High School

AHSneedle

The student news site of Atlantic High School

AHSneedle

2024-2025 Staff

Annabelle Meyer
Social Media Photographer

Annabelle Meyer

Annabelle Meyer is a junior at AHS and has been taking journalism since her sophomore year. She manages and creates posts on AHS Needle's Instagram page while also putting up the picture of the day. One of her favorite aspect...

Jersey Green
Podcast Producer

Jersey Green

Jersey Green, is a junior podcast editor for the AHS Needle. She has been in journalism for two years now. Green said that she does a bit of everything for journalism but mainly does the podcasting. Her favorite thing about journa...

Sophie Johnson
Senior Magazine Junior Editor

Sophie Johnson

Sophie Johnson is a junior editor of the Senior Magazine and takes photos of school events. Johnson has been involved in journalism for two years. Her proudest accomplishment is her "Cross Country Mentality" story on AHS Needle....

Lila Weiderstein
Yearbook Editor

Lila Wiederstein

Lila Wiederstien is a junior journalist here at Atlantic High School. She is an active member of the AHS journalism team with a focus on the yearbook. Wiederstien said, "It's fun to take pictures and put them all together." She...

Audrianna Bayona
Yearbook Editor

Audrianna Bayona

Audrianna Bayona is a Senior Yearbook Editor this year marking this as her second year of being on the journalism staff team. She initially wanted to write stories her sophomore year but it slowly progressed to yearbook editing...

Olivia Jensen
AHS Needle Junior Editor

Olivia Jensen

Olivia Jensen is a writer and junior editor for AHSneedle.com. Jensen said her favorite thing about journalism is "the friends that I have made and the relationships I've grown." She also said she enjoys that in class there are differen...

Gracie DeArment
Yearbook Editor

Gracie DeArment

Gracie Dearment is a junior yearbook editor in journalism. The parts she likes about journalism are the social aspect like meeting lots of new people and talking to everyone. She also likes that she gets a lot of freedom in jo...

Mabry Ohm
Yearbook Editor

Mabry Ohm

Senior Mabry Ohm is an editor for the yearbook and has been involved in journalism for one year. Ohm has always been interested in journalism even as a little kid and the newspapers have always "peaked" her interest. Ohm is m...

Makenna Schroeder
AHS Needle Junior Editor

Makenna Schroeder

Makenna Schroeder is a writer for AHS Needle and has been involved in Journalism for two years. Schroeder's favorite part of Journalism is the "diversity of people" in journalism and the "freedom it gives you." Schroeder also e...

Aliyah Williams
Social Media TikTok Producer

Ali Williams

Junior Aliyah Willams runs the social media TikTok page and has been in journalism for 2 years. William’s favorite part of journalism is promoting AHS Needle, and how “everyone is very friendly” and she enjoys that the kids ha...

Zoey Kirchhoff
Yearbook Editor

Zoey Kirchhoff

Zoey Kirchhoff is a junior yearbook editor. She has been a part of journalism since her Sophomore year. Her favorite part about journalism is, “the freedom, getting to work at your own pace,” Kirchhoff said. “Having indep...

Aunika Darrow
Yearbook Editor

Aunika Darrow

Aunika Darrow, 16, is a junior, and part of the yearbook editorial team at Atlantic High School. “This will be my second year in journalism.” Darrow said, “I believe that people should join journalism because it is such a...

Addison Freund
Broadcaster and Photographer

Addison Freund

Addison Freund, a junior at AHS, is an Eye of the Needle broadcaster and runs the AHS Gameday Instagram account. Freund started taking journalism two years ago because “Mrs. Berryhill was a fun teacher” and upperclassmen ta...

Ellie Butler
Yearbook Editor

Ellie Butler

“You learn a lot of new things and it helps you become more independent,” Is what journalist and podcaster Ellie Butler said about her role in the Needle. Butler, a junior at Atlantic High School, works with Jersey Green on the ...

Jayci Reed
Junior Business Manager

Jayci Reed

Jayci Reed is a junior organizer for the gold sponsors, she also helps social media management. Reed has been involved in journalism for 2 years. She currently isnt an inclass journalist, but still works hard and makes things hap...

Dean Cook
Junior Broadcasting Editor

Dean Cook

Junior Dean Cook is a junior broadcaster for Eye of the Needle. He originally joined journalism because of his love for photography. Broadcasting however intrigued him and he “found it fun,” and is responsible for everythi...

Olivia Olson
Junior Broadcasting Editor

Olivia Olson

Olivia Olson is a junior editor of the Eye of the Needle broadcasting team and photographer. Her proudest accomplishments from journalism have been coming up with great enjoyable, and funny ideas for EON, and “the way I have ...

Aydrie Coffman
Yearbook Editor

Aydrie Coffman

Aydrie Coffman is a junior at Atlantic High School. She is an active member of AHS journalism where her main focus is yearbook. When asked about why she enjoys journalism Coffman said, "I like the fun atmosphere and getting to h...

Aubrey Winford
Yearbook Editor

Aubrey Winford

Aubrey Winford is an AHS Junior and part of the social media department in journalism. Winford has been a part of the journalism team for two years. Winford posts on social media every day for the AHS Needle Instagram account an...

Matalynn Harter
Senior Magazine Lead Editor

Matalynn Harter

Matalynn Harter is a dedicated journalist and has been for 3 years. During this time Harter has been a yearbook editor her junior year and lead Senior Magazine editor her senior year. Her favorite part of journalism is, “getti...

Ella Meyer
Co-Lead Podcast Producer

Ella Meyer

Senior Ella Meyer is a co-lead podcast editor/producer and has been involved in journalism for 3 years. Meyer's favorite thing about journalism is how close the community is.“It's more like a family.” Meyer attended Media...

Kaden Lensch
Senior Broadcasting Editor

Kaden Lensch

Kaden Lensch is a senior editor of the broadcasting department for the Eye of the Needle. Lensch has been involved in journalism since his sophomore year, and ever since he could, Lensch has been a huge part of the broadcasting...

Emma Rose
Senior Magazine Co-Lead

Emma Rose

Emma Rose is a Senior Co-Lead Editor of the AHS Senior Magazine. She hopes that the magazine will be finished in “tip-top shape” in record time this year. Rose has been involved in journalism since her sophomore year, influ...

Jersey Phippen
Yearbook Editor

Jersey Phippen

Jersey Phippen has been a proud journalist for three years and has been a lead editor for the yearbook her junior and senior year. Phippen’s proudest accomplishment from journalism was her “Leaving a Mark” story written with Jo...

Kate Nichols
Co-Lead Podcast Producer

Kate Nichols

Katherine Nichols is a senior co-podcast producer, and she also is a TA for Berryhill's English 9H. The Atlantic High School's podcast is named "The Point” and her co-podcast producer is Ella Meyer. The junior producers are...

Aubrey Welsh
Senior Magazine Co-Lead

Aubrey Welsh

  Aubrey Welsh, a senior, is in Senior Magazine for journalism. She joined Intro to Journalism in her sophomore year and worked on the yearbook as a junior. Welsh's favorite part of journalism is the teacher, Allison Berryhi...

Isabelle Symonds
Journalism Business Manager

Isabelle Symonds

A kind, funny, and independent leader. Senior Isabelle Symonds fits this mold perfectly as AHS Journalism’s lead Business Manager. Even though she started journalism with an interest in social media management, she soon realized...

Alix Nath
AHS Needle & Broadcasting Editor

Alix Nath

Alix Nath is a senior at Atlantic High School and is involved in various activities including AHS journalism, Quill and Scroll, National Honor Society, and Speech and Debate. Nath is a senior editor for AHS Needle, they also take ...

Kaydee Pedersen
Co-Lead Yearbook Editor

Kaydee Pedersen

Senior Kaydee Pedersen is a lead editor for the Javelin. Pedersen has been a part of journalism since sophomore year. Her favorite part of journalism is “helping create voices for people who may not feel seen or heard through...

Molly Harris
Editorial Cartoonist

Molly Harris

Senior Molly Harris has been in journalism since her sophomore year. She works as the newly appointed Editorial Cartoonist―a position co-founded by journalism adviser Allison Berryhill and Harris―making her love for art a fundamental ...

J. Molina
Broadcaster & AHS Needle Lead Editor

J. Molina

Senior J. Molina is the Co-Lead Editor of the Newspaper Division and has been involved in journalism for 4 years. A moment Molina is proud of is when they quickly produced a story about the AHS Speech Team’s evacuation from a bomb ...

Kylie Templeton
Social Media Leader

Kylie Templeton

Kylie Templeton: journalist, friend, and daughter. Templeton joined journalism in her sophomore year and has stayed in it through her senior year.  She's attended the Media Now journalism camp at Drake University for the pas...

Emma Winford
Co-Lead Yearbook Editor

Emma Winford

Junior Emma Winford is an editor for the yearbook and has been involved in journalism for two years. Winford’s favorite part of journalism is learning to use “new technology” and to see how everything “comes together.�...

Jaylen "JJ" McDaniel
Senior Broadcasting Editor

Jaylen “JJ” McDaniel

Jaylen McDaniel is a senior at Atlantic High School. He is a Senior Producer for the Eye Of The Needle and a photographer. McDaniel has been taking photos since the second semester of his junior year. McDaniel said, “I'm pro...

Anna Potts
AHS Needle Co-Lead

Anna Potts

Senior Anna Potts is an AHS senior lead editor and marketer. Potts's favorite part of being involved in journalism is "All the different personalities of people." She mentioned that she loves to see everyone's personalities co...

Alison Berryhill
Adviser

Allison Berryhill

Allison Berryhill, the advisor of the journalism program and an English teacher here at AHS has been teaching for 26 years and has been advising the journalism program for 14 years. Berryhill said, “ My favorite memory is when ...