Xpress Staff

February 1st, 2012

Editorial Board | Other Management | News Staff | Spotlight Staff | Sports Staff | Photography Staff | Freelance Staff | Former Staff Members

Editorial Board

 

Jeff Fleischman
Adviser
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In his 10th year in the profession, Mr. Jeff Fleischman is in his third year as the newspaper adviser for the Ralston Valley Xpress. He also serves as the adviser for the school’s yearbook, the Ralston Valley Stampede. Previously, Mr. Fleischman taught for four years at Silver Creek High School in Longmont, Colorado, and three years at Mountain Ridge High School in Glendale, Arizona. Prior to entering education, Mr. Fleischman was a sports reporter for the Longmont Daily Times-Call and the sports editor of the Buffalo Sports News. Mr. Fleischman is married and has two young sons. Outside of the school day, Mr. Fleischman enjoys running, hiking, biking and spending time with his wife and children.

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Rachel Brown
Managing Editor
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Currently serving her second year on the staff of the Xpress, junior Rachel Brown couldn’t be more excited for her role as Managing Editor. A former Spotlight reporter and author of the pseudo-column “Under $20”, she feels very confident in her ability as a journalist and ready for the responsibility of her new position. As far as her interests go, Rachel has always excelled at all things artsy, though she kindles a special love of writing, and can’t think of anything she likes better than the newspaper. She hopes that someday she’ll be good enough as a writer to be compared to the likes of her journalistic heroes, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, and as such strongly believes that the wonderful Xpress will help her on that journey.

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Other Management .

 

Marshall McStraw
News Editor
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Marshall is a senior writing for the RV Xpress for his second year, currently as the editor of the News section.  Outside of school he enjoys reading philosophy, especially that written by Aldous Huxley and Friedrich Nietzsche, as well as communing with nature through fishing and hiking.  After graduating from RVHS he hopes to attend the University of Colorado at Boulder while majoring in Psychology.

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Rachel Trujillo
Spotlight Editor
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Rachel is a junior at Ralston Valley and this is her second year on the newspaper staff. She is part of the Ralston Valley tennis team and runs cross country for the school. Her favorite city is New York City and hope to find a career and live there one day.

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Kyle Piersky
Sports Editor
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Kyle is a junior and in his second year on staff. He plays top level hockey both at the club and Ralston Valley level. He enjoys concerts, especially when running sound and lights. Some other interests are longboarding, and playing the guitar. Kyle hopes to major in sports medicine during college.

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Ashley Haramaki
Graphics and Design Editor
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Ashley is a sophomore at Ralston Valley High School. It is her first year on the Xpress news staff. Though she has only joined staff, she has already become ‘Photoshop Guru’. Outside of school, she draws constantly, including for a web site known as Anatheria.com. She hopes to earn a degree in 2d Animation or Illustration from Academy of Art University in San Francisco, an hour or two from her old home in California. Her favorite foods include yakisoba, vietnamese phơ noodle soup and curry.

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News Staff

 

Louisa Kennedy

News Reporter
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This is Louisa’s second year on the Xpress staff as a sophomore. She loves softball and she loves to run, and hang out with friends when she’s not writing or spending time with her family. She is very excited to be writing for the school newspaper. Her nickname is Lulu, she was born in Belgium, moved to Atlanta, Georgia, and has been living here for the past 10 years.  In August 2008, Lulu wrote a paper on leadership/politics and sent it into the DNC (Democratic National Convention) and was chosen to be a finalist and represent Kentucky. She also has a collie named Ginger, when she grows up she wants to travel the world and become a chef. She hopes you like her writing!

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Sami Roberts

News Reporter
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Sami is working on her second year in the RVHS newspaper staff, as a Sophomore, preparing herself for earning a degree in Journalism after high school, at Oxford University. Sami is from London, England and has lived in America for almost ten years.  In her free time she enjoys working on her ongoing hope-to-be novel, swimming, playing cards, and co-managing a fresh organization, The Messy Rooms Foundation, started in August of 2008, for the benefit of needy children and families.  With hopes of continuing RVHS Xpress throughout her high school years, Sami has an ambition of travelling all over the world and writing about it in the future.

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Warren Tay
News Reporter
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Warren is a mix of different Asian races. He enjoys swimming, bowling and playing racquetball. He collects different types of swords and loves eating out. He loves eating Japanese food, Thai food, Singaporean food, some Chinese food, and TV dinners. He is a senior at RV this year and loves hanging out with friends.

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Abby O’Connor

Abby is a sophomore at RVHS. She loves to listen to new kinds of music, and read books. Her goal is to have a book written by the end of her senior year. She loves Spanish, and math. Her favorite movies are Grand Torino and Brothers. Abby likes to spend her free time writing, reading, listening to music and running. She hopes to have a good year on the Express Staff, and looks forward to more!

Zach Hambright
News Reporter
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Zach enjoys being with friends, he likes Lemon Heads and Doritos. His favorite animal is a baby seal, his favorite quote is “Where should I put this….uh I don’t know the trash…” This is his first year on the Newspaper staff, his department is news and he will be reporting on golf and wrestling.

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Spotlight Staff.

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Tayler Bunge
Tayler is a junior and this is her first year on the RVHS Xpress staff. This year, she will be writing for the Spotlight section of the paper, reporting primarily on the RVHS band. She aspires to attend New York University to pursue a career as either a filmmaker, an author, or a psychiatrist. Outside of school, Tayler plays piano and flute, in addition to having a passion for English, music, and watching as many movies as possible.
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Hannah Stodden
Hannah is a sophomore here at Ralston Valley, this is her second year on the Xpress staff. Writing and music is primarily her life besides friends, family, and school. She plans on writing for the paper for rest of her high school career and beyond that, becoming a journalist or musician after college.
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Alexa Tomasello
Alexa Tomasello is a senior new to the school from San Diego, California. This is her first year on the staff, and in the school, focusing on the spotlight section. She likes to go to concerts and cruise on her skateboard. She is learning is to play guitar and has a Washburn. She is a good student in AP classes and finished her junior year with a 4.3. She plans to go to cosmetology school-hoping for Paul Mitchell School or Aveda- as well as Denver University to study business: Marketing and Advertising. She also likes Psychology.
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Tiffany Jones
Tiffany Jones is sophomore here at RVHS. This will be her first year on newspaper staff, after a semester of journalism. She enjoys writing of all kinds, and also enjoys photography. Outside of school, she has danced for 10 years, and plans on continuing dance. Most of her time is spent with friends, doing service at ECLH, or at the racetrack. Tiffany would like to continue what she is doing now, and later would like to attend college, and get a degree in journalism.

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Sports Staff

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Dani Davies
Sports Reporter
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Dani Davies is a junior and is happy to be attending Ralston Valley. This is her first year with newpaper, and she’s excited to be a part of the sports section. She enjoys playing competitive hockey and soccer and hopes to play at least one of them when she goes to college. Right now she’s torn between pursuing journalism and psychology in college.

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Danny Gibbs
Sports Reporter
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Danny is in his first year writing for the Xpress, and is a junior at Ralston Valley.  Danny was born in Chicago, Illinois and has lived in Arvada for thirteen years.  He plays baseball and enjoys competing in the YMCA basketball league when not diligently studying his school work.

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Photography Staff

Tyler Salen
Photographer
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Tyler Salen is a Junior on the RVHS newspaper staff for the second year.  As one of the three main photographers on staff, Tyler is in charge of delivering the desired photos that he is assigned to. Tyler suffers from a neurological disorder known as Asperger Syndrom, (which is a form of Autism) from which he has a vast interest in history, artwork and music. Tyler also has a passion for ice hockey and is an absolute die hard fanatic of the Colorado Avalanche and many other favorite teams of his.

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Stevie Hemans
Photographer
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Stevie Hemans is a sophomore at RVHS; this is her year first year on the Xpress Staff.  She enjoys doing gymnastics, and is currently on the Arvada West High School gymnastics team.  When she gets to college her dream is to become a journalist. When she is not flipping around, she likes to take pictures of sports and nature.

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Former Staff Members

2009-2010 Staff

Michael Auslen
Former Editor-in-Chief
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Ashley Pajor
Former Managing Editor
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Mike DeGrace
Former Editor
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Joshua Nelson
Former Editor
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Shay Hicks
Former Editor
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2008-2009 Staff

Tony McKendry
Former Staff Writer
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Anna Patton
Former Editor-in-Chief
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Matt Schassburger
Former Staff Writer
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