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The student news site of North Forsyth High School

The Raider Wire

The student news site of North Forsyth High School

The Raider Wire

The student news site of North Forsyth High School

The Raider Wire

2014-2015 Staff

Lacy Hamilton

Lacy Hamilton

Lacy Hamilton is a junior at North Forsyth High School. Although Lacy used to be an active member of her community, she now spends most of her time eating dark chocolate covered pomegranate seeds and openly crying at Disney movies....

Emma Franklin

Emma Franklin

Emma Franklin is an eclectic mess of science, sarcasm, and assorted geekery. Not much can faze after seeing half of the world before she was five. She can defy both the worlds of language and physics. Her life goal is to marry...

Raicheal Havins

Raicheal Havins

Raicheal Havins is shy with a creative streak a mile long. Her life revolves around the fine arts. Ballerina, author, poet and artist are as few of the titles she possesses. She has been published several times and won a few awards...

Natalie Wilson

Natalie Wilson

Natalie Wilson is quite easy-going, finding bliss through that impactful phrase in her latest spoken word or discovering the melodic flow she believes lies in each and every poem. Writing is her lifelong passion, and she hopes...

Hailey Yarbrough

Hailey Yarbrough

Hailey Yarbrough uses her pencil and lacrosse stick as weapons. She can write a powerful story in seconds and make a killer, MVP winning play to score a goal. University of Georgia awaits her application, so she can major in journalism...

Hannah Manikowski

Hannah Manikowski

Hannah Manikowski possesses a strong passion for theatre, for literature, and, perhaps most importantly, for tutus. She is an unrelenting feminist who does not shy away from the term “radical” and who aims to promote humanitarian...

Caitlin Shelby

Caitlin Shelby

Caitlin Shelby draws inspiration from her heritage, woven in the maternal mountains of Appalachia themselves. Lana del Rey and Taylor Swift frequent Caitlin’s ears, but she finds nothing more satisfying than driving through...

Caroline Duckworth

Caroline Duckworth

Caroline Duckworth is a coffee-addict, a history fanatic, and a lover of dandelions. Above all, however, she is a writer and a poet. Her life-long goals are to become a successful novelist and a world traveler, and she also has...

Savannah Keith

Savannah Keith

Savannah is just your friendly neighborhood witch; collecting gems, drinking coffee and always searching for oddities. She enjoys indulging in the beautiful arts of horror and poetry, as well as the “intricate” life-style...

Eden Dunford

Eden Dunford

Eden Dunford dabbles in as many creative endeavors as she can handle—or more. She constantly dances through hallways, always sings under her breath, and frequently ruins her jeans with paint splatters. She draws her inspiration...

Sam Perryman

Sam Perryman

Sam Perryman is a rascal. He’s the kind of guy who doesn’t take his shoes off when he walks in someone’s house. His mysterious demeanor causes some to call him a loner, while others just call him “sir”. His table manners...

Lea DiMatteo

Lea DiMatteo

Lea DiMatteo is a junior at North Forsyth High School. She is also a sloth - loving, avid tea drinker, who might love 90’s music a little too much. In her free time Lea watches a ton of Netflix, bakes lots of goodies, and makes...

Bim Peacock

Bim Peacock

Bim Peacock refuses to go down without a smile and a fight.  No matter what may stand in the way, an overdramatic ex or fanged journalism teacher, he’s always ready to leap into the next adventure with a smirk on his face. ...

Erin Dickman

Erin Dickman

Erin Dickman is a collection of loud noises, booger-picking, and blonde hair. Her greatest accomplishment is winning the 7th grade health award- you can say she is a prodigy of her family lineage. Erin likes to play tricks on ...

Cameron Conner

Cameron Conner

Cameron Conner identifies himself as a pseudo high-functioning sociopath whose sole act of charity is leasing the hair on his head as a makeshift home for rodents. He one day hopes to make a living driving to and from various...

Austin McIntosh

Austin McIntosh

Austin McIntosh is a freshman at North Forsyth High School. Austin’s goal as a writer is to get a laugh or a grossed out face from his readers. He is more public about his passion for sports and weight lifting than he is about...

Grace Hanks

Grace Hanks

Grace Hanks is a quirky girl that spends the majority of her free time off in her own world like the space cadet she is. She tends to talk with her hands, using wild gestures and improvised names for commonplace objects. Half of her time is spent scramblin...

Austin Gray

Austin Gray

Austin Gray Staff Biography

Jade Flack

Jade Flack

Jade Flack spends more time daydreaming than anything else. One of her main goals is to make as many people smile as she can. Besides soccer, writing is her passion, and she plans on continuing journalism into college. For now,...

Jack Kern

Jack Kern

Jack Kern is a creative dude with a passion for music and writing. He is a wicked guitarist and photographer. Trying to keep him away from his camera or notebook when he is inspired is like stabbing him in the chest. His love...

JoAnn Ahn

JoAnn Ahn

JoAnn Ahn loves making people smile. Her number one priority in life is to spread the love of Christ whenever possible. She is a perfectionist, so it's pretty hard for her to finish her tasks on time. A few of her favorite hobbies...

Morgan Champion

Morgan Champion

Morgan Champion spends most of her days wandering around North Forsyth High School, studying, enduring physical therapy, and on occasions, writing the piece of fiction that two-hundred strangers know she's the author of.  She...

Gracen Martin

Gracen Martin

Gracen Martin enjoys creative writing, softball and being around people that can make her laugh. She has had a passion for creative writing since her earliest years in elementary school and hopes to one day become a published...

Rhiannon Martin

Rhiannon Martin

Rhiannon Martin is an athletic, energetic and beatific individual. She participates in volleyball both inside and outside of school. She strives to excel in everything she does which tends to be a challenge due to her sport activities,...

Kayla Salemi

Kayla Salemi

Though, many know Kayla Salemi as that crazy black girl around school. only a few know her as that girl with a passion for writing. Kayla has an amazing sense of humor, and as ready to crack a joke in the middle of class. (This so...

Maddy James

Maddy James

Maddy James is constantly on the move. Whether she’s moving from college to high school, moving from one end of the track to the other, or moving her pen as fast as she can across a page, Maddy never seems to stop. She is cons...

Ben Bramblett

Ben Bramblett

Ben Bramblett is known for various well known discoveries. From bear fighting, to lion taming Ben has benefited the human race for many years. Ben’s discoveries include the invention of canned bread, the peanut butter sandwich,...

Alex Rodgers

Alex Rodgers

Alex Rodgers is a creative, albeit slightly scatter-brained person who works hard for what she wants. She is currently a sophomore at North Forsyth High School and juggling between school tasks as well as her social life and...

Seth Anderson

Seth Anderson

Seth was born on May 15, 2000 in Evansville, Indiana with a cleft palette. Due to this palette, he’s been through four surgeries, and will soon have to have a fifth. When he was two years old, the family moved to Omaha, Nebraska...

Jack Dalmolin

Jack Dalmolin

If you were to see Jack Dalmolin in public, you might recognize him as the student who was on the winning Tug-of-War team at the 5th grade field day. If not, you surely must have witnessed the incident when he was runner up i...

Jacob Blodgett

Jacob Blodgett

  Jacob Blodgett loves writing worlds for others to read and explore. He is a 2nd time staff member and is ready to start another exciting year. When he graduates, he wants to become an author and inspire his readers to...

Jessica Prouty

Jessica Prouty

Striving for the perfect balance, Jessica attempts to combat everyday life with one of a unique and less defined existence. She thrives off of the smiles of those she holds dear and finds comfort in the contents of her iTunes...

Perri Rabbitt

Perri Rabbitt

Perri Valentine Rabbitt often eats Trix because she is a kid. She lives her life centered around Jesus Christ and strives to be more like Him each and every moment. This giggly mess has a deep love and passion for people and hopes...

Danielle Stone

Danielle Stone

Danielle Stone is a severely irregular entity who spends an overwhelming majority of her time absorbed within her own world. As a rather unfortunate result, she loses track of reality, thus causing constant socially awkward encounters....

Brandon Moss

Brandon Moss

The facets of music, writing, and game-making do not stop Brandon’s search for life’s greatest features. Between listening, writing, and playing instruments to numerous genres of music to writing fictitious stories of fantastic...

Daniel Snodgrass

Daniel Snodgrass

Daniel Snodgrass writes with a tone of indubitable thrill; he has a particular fondness to journalistic and Christian fiction writing. Along with writing, Daniel also enjoys playing basketball, reading, playing outside, talking...

Rayne Crivelli

Rayne Crivelli

Rayne Crivelli has finally reached her senior year and is thrilled to be spending it with the Raider Wire staff. She is a proud radical feminist and is the president of the Gay-Straight Alliance. In the past, she has particip...

Colin Bergen

Colin Bergen

  Colin Bergen is someone who flies through two altitudes at once: his head above the clouds and the rest of him below…often leaving him to stumble absent-mindedly about the day. Colin, or whatever bit of him is still awake ...

Tiffany Lovell

Tiffany Lovell

Tiffany Lovell a huge ball of gas who has strong feelings for cats and horror movies. She is incredibly weird to a point where she will wear a costume to school. In fact, she’s wearing one today. Tiffany particularly enjoys...

Ethan Simmons

Ethan Simmons

Ethan is a pretty rad guy. He lives to adventure, go new places try things. He can build and fix just about anything, it might not look the best but hey it won't quit on ya. Funny thing is he has no idea what he's doing half the...

Matthew McFadden

Matthew McFadden

Matthew McFadden can be summed up in three words: camping, writing, and saxophoning.  He joined Scouts in 2nd grade, and he’s been camping ever since.  His spark of interest in writing continues to grow every day.  When he’...

Ashton Bruce

Ashton Bruce

Ashton Bruce can be described, in a word, as analytical. Analytical isn’t the best word for a creative writer, but in her writing, she strives to make you feel—whether it be sadness, annoyance, anger, or joy. She strives for...

Megan Hoffman

Megan Hoffman

Megan Hoffman is an artistic, feministic, and optimistic writer. Her wild fiery hair matches her wild fiery passion for the arts. Whether it’s painting, writing, dancing, playing an instrument, singing, or theatre, she’s involv...

Noelle Walker

Noelle Walker

Noelle Walker is a junior who reads way too much to be healthy. She reads all the time, but she makes herself stop by – if possible – 11:30 on a school night. When other people’s words aren’t filling her head, she writes...

Jack Scott

Jack Scott

John Charles “Jack” Scott of the Milky Way Galaxy, Sol System, Earth, Western Hemisphere, North America, United States of America, Southeast, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, Forsyth County, Cumming, North Forsyth High...

Rachel McCord

Rachel McCord

Rachel McCord is a quiet but thoughtful girl. She loves to express herself in her writing and hopes to help and inspire others through her work. She enjoys cooking and loves to play around with new recipes. She loves to serve ot...

Amanda Lewsader

Amanda Lewsader

Amanda Lewsader is currently a Freshie at NFHS. In the future she hopes to major in journalism and become a Marine Biologist. Coming from Liberty Middle School, she didn’t know a lot of people. Amanda is hoping to make a lot...

Maddy James

Maddy James is constantly on the move. Whether she’s moving from college to high school, moving from one end of the track to the other, or moving her pen as fast as she can across a page, Maddy never seems to stop. She is cons...