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The Pioneer

The Pioneer

2022-2023 Staff

Emily Rintzler

Emily Rintzler

Emily Rintzler is a newly appointed member of the Pioneer. She is currently a Junior at the West Orange High School. Emily is joining the Newspaper this year because she took journalism last year and was heavily persuaded to join the Newspaper ...

Ms. Jen Dahl

Ms. Jen Dahl

Ms. Jennifer Dahl began teaching at West Orange High School in 2006. Since her teaching debut 23 years ago in the Bronx, she has taught English at four different schools in The New York-New Jersey area. At each, her support for ...

Nathaniel Thomas

Nathaniel Thomas

Nathaniel Thomas (he/him) is a senior and a student journalist for The Pioneer. The Pioneer. He joined last year due to his previous experience with newspaper clubs and his interest in writing. Since then, he has become the ed...

Ruby Page

Ruby Page

Simply put, Ruby Page, our Copy Editor and Marketing Coordinator, can be described as nice, caring, and funny. However, there is so much more to her. In her free time, Ruby can run miles upon miles as a way to clear her mind....

Taylor Shimek

Taylor Shimek

Taylor is a hardworking, passionate journalist with a solid foundation in academics and a continual quest for self-discovery. Family has played a crucial role in shaping who Taylor is today. As an only child, she has received...

Steven Mulvihill

Steven Mulvihill

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...

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 is a junior this year and proud editor of the “In Our School/In Our Town” section of The Pioneer. Writing has always been Violet’s passion. From a young age, she has been enthralled by words and storytell...

Parker "Park" Hawley

Parker “Park” Hawley

Parker Hawley (they/them), also known as Park, is currently a junior involved with the Newspaper Club and GSA. They start by sharing their hobbies, stating that they are “either writing, going for a run, or just playing vide...

Isabella Ford-Valiente

Isabella Ford-Valiente

Izzy Ford-Valiente is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of The Pioneer. Passionate about what she does, Izzy always puts 100% into her work. This year, she hopes to increase focus on the Pioneer Podcast, publish an influx of articles, and...

Azari Howard

Azari Howard

Azari Howard (she/her) is a junior at West Orange High School and a student journalist for The Pioneer. This is her third year writing for The Pioneer. Azari has been interested in writing since Pampers and loves sharing her ...

Nyah McKinney

Nyah McKinney

Nyah McKinney is a senior and your Co-Editor-in-Chief for the WOHS student newspaper, The Pioneer. This is her third year in the newspaper and her second year as the Co-Editor-in-Chief. Currently, she is one of the varsity cheerleading...

Charley Dvorin

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 ...

Camille Bugayong

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 ...