Nyah McKinney (she/her), Co-Editor-in-Chief of The Pioneer, embodies the essence of a personable and diligent student-athlete journalist. She is a member of the Junior class as the Class of 2025 president. Nyah actively particip...

Isabella “Izzy” Ford-Valiente (she/her) is a junior at West Orange High School and is Co-Editor-in-Chief of The Pioneer. This is her second year writing for The Pioneer. She has had a passion for writing ever since she was little and hop...

Taylor Shimek (She/Her) is a student journalist for The Pioneer. She has written for the student newsite for almost two years and especially loves editorials. Her passion for writing began when she was young with made-up s...

Violet Kohlenstein is the 2023-24 Managing Editor of The Pioneer. A Sophomore at West Orange High School, this is her second year as a student journalist. Kohlenstein values her education, embracing her participation in the ...

Emily Rintzler is a sophomore at West Orange High School. She participates in the soccer, bowling, and lacrosse programs at school. She loves watching movies, her favorites being “Good Will Hunting” and “American Beauty”. Rece...

Aanya Ortiz (she/her) is a newly appointed staff member of the Pioneer. She is currently a sophomore at West Orange High School. Aanya was born and raised in Manhattan, New York, for her first six years and thereafter moved to W...

Madeleine Beetar (she/her) is a student journalist at the West Orange High School. Since elementary school, she has been writing short stories, creative passages, poems, informational texts, and screenwriting. Growing up wi...

Ruby Page (she/her), started with writing short stories as a kid and continues her passion as a writer for The Pioneer. Although she is in the Humanities program at West Orange High School, where she continues to work on her w...

Involved in journalism, broadcasting, and creative writing, Alicia Brown (she/her), junior at West Orange High School, is a new and optimistic In Our School/Town section editor of The Pioneer. She has prior experience with jour...

Steven Mulvihill (He/Him) is the Sports Editor and apart of the Marketing team for the 2023-2024 staff of The Pioneer. During his first year, he was the section editor for the entertainment section and a co-editor for the sport...

Parker “Park” Hawley (they/them), sophomore, is the Co-Editorials section editor at West Orange High School. Park has been an avid writer since they can remember, taking after their father who is also a writer and journalist. Park...