2020-2021 Staff
Edria Brummer
Staff Writer
Edria Brummer is a staff writer for AHS Needle. Throughout high school she has been involved in cross country, Chamber choir, Premier show choir, musical, dance team, AHS Fuel, Student Council, soccer, band, and managing girl...
McKenna Nelson
Staff Writer
McKenna Nelson is the daughter of Elvis and Alisha Hass. She has 3 siblings, Josh Hass, Braxton Hass, and Braeleigh Hass. Nelson is a sophomore and in her time here at AHS she’s been involved in volleyball, boys basketball ...
Isaiha Imhoff
Staff Writer
Sophomore Isaiha Imhoff is an opinionated staff writer for the AHS needle. He decided to get involved in journalism because of his passion for expressing his feelings and views about the world. Imhoff said that writing opinio...
Kadin Stutzman
Staff Writer
Kadin Stutzman, junior at AHS, is a staff writer for the journalism production. Stutzman is in wrestling and has been on varsity ever since he was a freshman. His freshman year he wrestled at 145, his sophomore year he wrestled ...
Chloe Mullenix
Staff Writer
Sophomore Chloe Mullenix is a staff writer for AHS Journalism. Mullenix decided to join journalism because she thought “it seems fun.” She found out that taking pictures is her thing. She enjoys taking pictures because she lik...
Brooke Thompson
Staff Writer
Sophomore Brooke Thompson is a staff writer in Journalism Production. She’s done a number of stories, but her favorite was her senior story about Steele McClaren. “I like senior stories ‘cause it’s like getting the to know...
Jada Jensen
Staff Writer
Sophomore Jada Jensen is always on the go. During high school Jensen has been involved in basketball, soccer, volleyball, softball, and AHS Fuel. When Jensen does have free time, she enjoys spending it with her friends and family ...
Josie Colton
Staff Writer
Josie Colton, a sophomore at Atlantic High School, is a staff editor for AHSneedle.com and the journalism team. Colton can be described as a very creative, laid-back, and social student. She is also a valued member of Atlantic’s...
Eleanor McCalla
Staff Writer
Eleanor McCalla, a sophomore at Atlantic High School, is a staff writer in Journalism Production. McCalla enjoys writing, specifically writing senior stories. As soon as McCalla has a role in journalism, she wants to write stories for ...
Nina Welter
Staff Writer
Sophomore Nina Welter is a staff member of the journalism team. She has written some stories for AHSneedle.com. Her interests in journalism are writing different types of stories and taking photos. “It’s fun for me,” she said....
Aubrey Guyer
Staff Writer
Sophomore Aubrey Guyer can be described as a free-spirited, loving, and social girl. Guyer is a staff writer in Journalism Production and especially interested in writing for the AHSNeedle website. She enjoyed writing her final o...
Claire Wiederstein
Staff Writer
Sophomore Claire Wiederstein is a staff writer for Journalism Production. Wiederstein enjoys writing opinion pieces more than news stories. Wiederstein said her favorite thing about journalism is how she can share her opinions w...
Payton Fewson
Staff Writer
Staff writer Payton Fewson is a senior at AHS. Fewson’s favorite thing to do in journalism is broadcasting. He is returning after one semester of journalism during his sophomore year. Fewson's favorite assignment during Intr...
Tanner O’Brien
Staff Writer
Staff writer Tanner O’Brien has a very active part in Atlantic High School sports and academics. O’Brien is a sophomore in his second semester of journalism after taking intro to journalism first semester this year. His f...
Caden Andersen
Staff Writer
Sophomore Caden Andersen is a staff writer in the Journalism Production class. Andersen decided to take Journalism to learn more about writing, and he was interested in sports writing. One of his favorite things he did was make...
Madison Huddleson
Staff Writer
Sophomore Madison Huddleson is a staff writer in the Journalism Production class. Huddleson said, “I wanted to take journalism because I had a lot of interest in photography.” Huddleson’s favorite project so far in jour...
Kylie Pulido
Staff Writer
Sophomore Kylie Pulido is a staff writer in Journalism Production at the Atlantic High School. She is involved in dance at Villa Dance, journalism, speech and debate, show choir, and choir. She loves choir and all things to d...
Alex Garcia
Staff Writer
Sophomore Alex Garcia is a staff writer in Journalism Productions. They joined Journalism because they love taking pictures and wanted to learn more about the backside of the yearbook, AHS Needle, and Eye of the Needle. “I’v...
Alexis Peterson
Staff Writer
Sophomore staff writer Alexis Peterson enjoys writing opinion pieces because she has lots of opinions and she likes to express them. Peterson’s favorite subject is English because “the environment is laid back and there are grea...
Dakota Oswalt
Staff Writer
Dakota Oswalt is a staff writer for AHS Journalism. Oswalt wanted to get into journalism because she enjoys her time writing and getting to know new people she interviews for her stories. Oswalt plans on becoming a writer in t...
Abigail Smith
Staff Writer
Loving, free spirited, and social is how her friend Jada Jensen described Abigail Smith. Smith is thankful for her family, friends, and her dogs because they have all impacted her life positively. Smith’s family consists of he...
Lexi Noelck
Staff Writer
Lexi Noelck is a sophomore at Atlantic High School. In Journalism Production, she’s a staff writer. She enjoys writing stories and delivering news to the students at AHS. Her favorite story she’s written this year is ...
Katie Birge
Staff Writer
Sophomore Katie Birge is a staff writer for AHS Journalism Production. Birge became involved in Journalism because she “loves writing," and "journalism is just one way I can express myself through my thoughts and words.” Birge...
Laney Brosam
Staff Writer
Sophomore Laney Brosam is a staff writer for AHSneedle in Journalism Production. She originally joined journalism because she “heard upperclassmen and [her] cousin talking about it… and thought it sounded fun,” but she soon...
Jeanna Kramer
Yearbook Editor
Junior Jeanna Kramer is a yearbooker, staff writer, and photographer for AHS journalism. She originally took journalism because for an English credit, but she soon discovered she enjoys taking pictures. In fact, her favorite part abou...
Becca Folds
Yearbook Editor
Senior Rebecca Folds has been in journalism since her junior year. Her main role is yearbook editing. She said, “I enjoy taking pictures of students' lives and seeing what everyone is up to.” Folds beliees that everyone has...
Troy Roach
Yearbook Editor
Senior Troy Roach has been involved in journalism for three years at Atlantic High School. He works in the yearbook department, which means you can find him taking pictures, writing captions, and designing the pages for the Jav...
Jayden Ford
Broadcasting Ad Team
Junior Jayden Ford has been involved in journalism since his sophomore year. Ford creates most of the ads for the Eye of the Needle and said, “I didn’t want to join journalism at first, but I ended up really liking it”....
Chaylei Carey
Broadcast Anchor
Junior Chaylei Carey is a fine arts broadcaster for Eye of the Needle. Carey helps take pictures, videos, and extra clips of many AHS activities to use for the weekly news shows. Carey said, “I joined journalism because I hea...
Eleanor Greving
AHS Needle Editor
Eleanor Greving is a junior at AHS. As an editor, she spends most of her time writing stories for AHSneedle.com and profiling people for the senior magazine. Grieving has been involved in journalism for two years and loves it. She...
Trista Flathers
Yearbook Editor
Senior Trista Flathers is a yearbook editor for the Javeline. She chose to do yearbook because the work is “kind of your own choice. Like you can create something on your own, but the whole school gets to see it too. I think it...
Dreyah Rutherford
Yearbook Editor
Dreyah Rutherford is a junior at AHS and has been a part of the journalism department for two years. She currently is a yearbook editor. One of her main hobbies is painting. “It’s like a therapeutic thing for me,” Rutherford sai...
Drew Engler
Broadcast Anchor
Broadcast Editor Drew Engler is a busy guy. He’s involved in swimming, cross country, track and field, and student council, alongside his big role in the journalism department. You can see him spending time on the Eye of the...
Ayden Brown
Broadcasting Ad Team
Junior Ayden Brown makes ads for Eye of the Needle. He works in a team of two to make ads of businesses around town and funny videos. Brown joined journalism because he was told it was a fun and easy class. Brown’s favorite ...
Reagan Leonard
Yearbook Editor
Junior Reagan Leonard is a part of the yearbook staff. Her role in journalism is to take pictures, write captions, and put it all together to create pages for the yearbook. “My favorite part of being a journalist is taking pi...
Taliya James
AHS Needle Editor
Taliya James is a junior at Atlantic High School. She is a member of the AHSneedle.com journalism team. James writes stories, completes interviews, does research, and takes pictures. James loves the environment in journalism a...
Haley Rasmussen
Yearbook Editor
Haley Rasmussen, a senior at Atlantic High School, has been involved in journalism since her junior year. Rasmussen helps take pictures, create captions, and design different pages in the yearbook. She says her favorite part of j...
Kenzie Hoffman
AHS Needle Editor
Kenzie Hoffman, a junior at Atlantic High School, is an editor for AHSneedle.com and senior magazine. As an editor she writes stories for the paper, edits papers for other students at her high school, and interviews people for the s...
Da’Jai Wesson
AHS Needle Editor in Chief
Senior Da’Jai Wesson is a lead editor for the AHSneedle.com and writes a wide variety of news stories. Wesson’s road to being a journalist started when she took an English class with Allison Berryhill. “I liked her as a ...
Caroline Pellett
Yearbook Editor in Chief
Senior Caroline Pellet is a lead editor for the yearbook. Pellet chose to join Journalism because she “thought it looked like a lot of fun and a good way to get to know more students throughout the school”. Pellet says she ...
Kennedy Goergen
Yearbook Editor in Chief
Senior Kennedy Goergen is one of the yearbook lead editors. As a yearbook lead editor, Goergen said, “We basically create and design the yearbook. Which means picking colors and designs and then I work on pages.” She said he...
Haylie Handel
Video Editor
Senior Haylie Handel began journalism as a yearbook editor, eventually becoming the sole video editor for Eye of the Needle after finding an interest in making videos. She was originally drawn to journalism by her older sister,...
Colin Mullenix
Yearbook Editor
Journalism editor Colin Mullenix is a senior at AHS. Mullenix is helping to create the 2020/21 yearbook. At first Colin only took Journalism to get English credits, but he says it has grown on him. His favorite thing to do in jou...
Grace Barkley
Yearbook Editor
Grace Barkley, a senior at Atlantic High School, is enjoying being an editor for the yearbook for the first time in her high school career. “It’s a good way to get involved,” she said. She was a sports anchor for Eye of ...
Mia Trotter
Broadcasting Editor in Chief
Senior Mia Trotter is the producer of Eye of the Needle. This means she helps come up with ideas and answers any of the anchor or editors’ questions. Trotter is involved in volleyball, cheer, journalism, track, National Hon...
Shayla Luke
Yearbook Editor in Chief
Senior Shayla Luke is one of the lead editors for Yearbook. This means her responsibilities are deciding fonts, colors, writing captions, picking layouts, and browsing over other editors’ pages. Her favorite part of journalism...
Dani Mathisen
Senior Magazine Lead Editor
Senior Dani Mathisen is the lead editor of the senior magazine. She is also a writer for AHSneedle.com. Mathisen said some of her favorite stories to read are “basically anything that Ariel writes because she brings a certain se...
Molly McFadden
AHS Needle Editor in Chief
Senior Molly McFadden loves everything she does. That's why she does it all. McFadden is involved in choir, show choir, fall musical, spring play, football and wrestling cheerleading, tennis, NHS, MVP mentoring, speech and debat...
Ariel Clark
AHS Needle Editor
Fingers speedily race across a keyboard. Words being put onto a document at a rate that allows comfort to the speaker while also providing insight as to what’s being said. A simple “thank you” and “have a good day...
Camryn Church
AHS Needle Editor
Senior Camryn Church is an editor for AHSneedle.com. “I really enjoyed having Berryhill as an English teacher, and she recommended joining journalism because I liked writing a lot,” Church said. Church is involved in a number of different ...