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The Pioneer

The Student News Site of West Orange High School

The Pioneer

The Pioneer

2022-2023 Staff

Camille Bugayong
Co Editor-in-Chief

Camille Bugayong

Camille Bugayong (She/Her) is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of The Pioneer. Hoping to one day be worthy of writing for popular newspapers and magazines, Camille has been writing articles since the seventh grade. Beginning with front ...

Steven Mulvihill
Sports & Entertainment Editor

Steven Mulvihill

Steven Mulvihill (He/Him) is a sophomore staff member of WOHS’s student newspaper The Pioneer. He is a huge sports guy, playing baseball almost his whole life, as well a being part of the freshman team played for the WOHS bo...

Sophia Vargas

Sophia Vargas

Sophia Vargas (She/Her) is a freshman at West Orange High School. Sophia has always been an active writer and wanted to try the newspaper club out to see if journalism is a future career path for her. She has also always found ...

Violet Kohlenstein

Violet Kohlenstein

Violet Kohlenstein (She/Her) is writer for The Pioneer, and an aspiring journalist. Violet has been captivated by storytelling, poetry, and all forms of writing since even before she could read. Currently a freshman, Violet is a membe...

Parker Park Hawley

Parker “Park” Hawley

Parker “Park” Hawley (They/Them) is a student journalist for The Pioneer. Park has been writing since they can remember. Whether it was stories from their imagination or documenting what was around them, Park always put ev...

Izzy Ford-Valiente

Izzy Ford-Valiente

Isabella (Izzy) Ford-Valiente (She/Her) is a Pioneer staff member. She is currently a sophomore. This is her first year writing for the Pioneer. She has always had a passion for writing. When she is not writing an article, you ...

Azari Howard
Marketing Coordinator

Azari Howard

Azari Howard is the marking coordinator and student writer for The Pioneer. She joined the newspaper club freshman year and has stuck with it since then. Azari was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Flatbush for a couple...

Nyah McKinney
In Our School/Editorials Editor

Nyah McKinney

Nyah McKinney (She/Her) is the In Our School/Editorials Section Editor for The Pioneer.    Since elementary school, Nyah knew she loved to write when book series such as “Shatter Me” inspired her to write her ow...

Charley Dvorin
Co-Editor in Chief

Charley Dvorin

Charley Dvorin (She/Her) is the Co-Editor in Chief of The Pioneer. Ever since she was little, writing has been one of her strongest passions. She has kept a journal since she was 6 years old and doesn’t plan on stopping any ...