I'm Jake Pfeiffer, a senior at Naperville Central High School and the Editor-in-Chief of my school newspaper, the Central Times.

I joined the Central Times three years ago because I wanted to write. It was that simple, really. I liked writing, I was enrolled in a journalism class, and so I decided to join our newspaper so I could write more and put those journalism lessons to a use. Rather immediately, I was hooked. I loved telling the story of my school, be it by reporting on club meetings or district funding issues. At the end of my first year, I enrolled in the curricular class for students to work on the paper, and became our News Editor.  With daily class time to devote to CT, I was able to do more: I wrote as much as I possibly could, in every section of the paper I could. I designed pages, took photos, edited any copy I could find, all because I loved what we did and wanted to contribute in any way I could. At the end of the year, I applied to be our Editor-in-Chief, and I got it. Since, I've been running every element of our paper, from our website to the production of our monthly print issues.

I'm deeply proud to lead our publication's staff of skilled and dedicated reporters, writers, photographers and artists. Our newspaper office is my home, our staff my family. I've dedicated countless hours to making our publication better in every small way I can, and to pushing us to best serve our community.