Olivia "Liv" Mock
Olivia was recently selected to be the Blue Devil Beats Junior Editor. She is taking AP Lang, Journalism, and Yearbook this year as a junior. She wants to become a journalist and pursue a job in writing or editing. Olivia also hopes to join the Community Club, Post-Prom Night Club, and Empowerment Club. Another goal is to become a Link Leader, and she is on track to be a part of the NHS next year. She loves writing debates or articles with other students and sharing similar ideas. She prefers to write on topics such as fashion or advice. Fashion is something Olivia has always been interested in, ever since she was little and created a mini “clothing line” with her younger sister, sewing together and designing pieces from their parents' old clothes. Olivia loves using her creativity and working with Mia Winkler, Gabriella Pilat, and Mrs. Lee. She wants to continue writing pieces that show others they should do what they love!
Mia Winkler
Mia Winkler is currently a senior at Kenmore West and is a full IB student. She is involved in Link Crew, Community Club, and the theater program, and she loves to read, draw, watch movies, and play bass guitar in her free time. She is active at school events and loves to volunteer any time she can. She believes in the importance of creativity and how art in any form is just as important as every other subject. She hopes that people feel they can express themselves in the newspaper (while still focusing on journalism). Mia wants to continue making the newspaper even better every month, and she is so excited to be working with people just as passionate as her about the world around her.
Sydney Crone
Sydney is a senior at Kenmore West. She spends most of her free time writing, hanging out with her friends, watching movies, and most importantly, she loves to read. Sydney is also in the Community Club and loves helping out with the school's holiday party. She mostly writes book recommendations for the Blue Devil Beat and likes to connect with others through her love for reading!
Emily Aronica
Emily is a senior at Ken-West. She is a full IB student and is involved in many different activities around her school, such as Student Council (Jr. President), Chorus Council (Librarian), Class Cabinet (Secretary), Varsity Volleyball, shows for Theatre West, and, of course, Newspaper Club (Treasurer). She's also part of many other clubs and cannot wait to be a website editor for the Blue Devil Beat this year!
Patrick Kinsella
Patrick is a senior at Kenmore West. He plays on the school varsity lacrosse team and is looking forward to becoming part of model UN and DECA in the 2025 - 2026 school year. He enjoys spending his time playing games, watching movies, and hanging out with friends. He typically writes about school sports and is excited to continue working on the Blue Devil Beat!
Madelyn Meckes
Maddie is a senior at Kenmore West High School. She is highly involved with Theatre West and has been in many shows, including the upcoming spring show! She is also an IB Diploma student. She can't wait to be more involved with the Blue Devil Beat this year!
Quinn Blair-Heim
Quinn is a sophomore at Kenmore West. They are involved in multiple different activities around the school, such as the Treasurer of Model UN, the Vice-President of French Club, Improv Club, Readers of West, Theatre, and GSA. They're both on the promotional team and a writer for the Blue Devil Beat. Quinn is very excited to continue working on the paper.
Owen Johnson
Owen Johnson is a senior, and he has been writing for the Blue Devil Beat for one year. He specializes in music journalism and also dabbles in photography! In his spare time, he enjoys biking, playing video games, writing and listening to music, and attending school events to take pictures. His work can be found on Instagram under @shot_by_owenn.
Dominic DiGiulio
Dominic is a senior at Ken West. He is a full IB diploma candidate and is involved in many different activities around our school. He serves on the Principal Leadership Council, the District Leadership Council, the school’s WiFi committee, District Naming, and Code of Conduct Committee. Dominic also serves as the Junior Treasurer for the Student Council and the President of our DECA chapter. He’s so excited to continue to be involved in writing for The Blue Devil Beat this year!
Thank you so much to our writers for contributing to the September edition of the Blue Devil Beat!
Quinn Blair-Heim
Analis Cirino
Sydney Crone
Andrew Digesare
Maisy Fleming
Jenna Ide
Owen Johnson
Patrick Kinsella
Peter Koudounas
Madelyn Meckes
Mr. Mendola
Oliva Mock
Madelyn Noble
Aislyn O'Malley
Nina Parker
Ahren PaVel
John Potter
Leocadia Rothschild
Metta Sagurney
Wes Sagurney
Jolene Swanekamp
Madison Waschensky
And a very big thank you to our club advisor, Mrs. Lee!