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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

2016-2017 Staff

Mrs. Smith

Mrs. Smith

Mrs. Smith is the adviser for the journalism program at North Forsyth High School. In addition to journalism, she also teaches 10th grade literature and Advanced Composition. Her passions include cats, anything sweet, and binge-ing...

Natalie Wilson

Natalie Wilson

Natalie Wilson is a senior at North Forsyth High School and a fourth-year journalism student. Though she is eager to depart on her own life adventure, she strives to leave a mark on The Raider Wire and lead the staff to its...

Hailey Yarbrough

Hailey Yarbrough

Hailey Yarbrough is ready to take on her final year of high school and take on college and future life. She's excited to jump into journalism and fulfill her final year of editing and creating pieces for the Raider Wire, but some...

JoAnn Ahn

JoAnn Ahn

JoAnn [joh-an] Ahn [awn] is currently a junior that cannot believe she is already a junior. She loves playing musical instruments & creating art in any way or form. If you watch her from a distance, she is most likely...

Leilani Gibbons

Leilani Gibbons

Leilani Gibbons is a second-year journalism student and your average local vegan. She is currently a junior at NFHS and she can often be found in various locations around the school laughing with friends. Some of Leilani's favorite...

Noah Smith

Noah Smith

Noah is currently a junior at North. He is a part of leadership for the club Simple Charity and is also a member of the Beta Club. His favorite show is still Parks and Rec, however Stranger Things is a close second. He loves spending...

Kristin Iler

Kristin Iler

Kristin Iler is probably the most unique person that you'll ever meet. If she's not working, then you'll find her writing about nature or DIY's, hunting, or making anything imaginable. She's fun, spirited, outspoken, and pleased...

Morgan Champion

Morgan Champion

Morgan Champion is the definition of a fangirl. She loves(no, obsesses over) multiple singers, bands, and actors today’s entertainment business. To put it lightly, her life is basically devoted to British/Irish boy-band One...

Emily Stocksdale

Emily Stocksdale

Emily Stocksdale is currently a sophomore at North Forsyth High School.  Emily was born on the planet Vulcan, but traveled to Earth in order to study the sentient life forms her people discovered there nearly two decades ago....

Diana Rodgers

Diana Rodgers

Diana is a senior at North this year and plans on going to Georgia State University next year. She has big goals in life and is not afraid to do what it takes to accomplish them.Diana is also president of North’s GSA. She is wit...

Jack Scott

Jack Scott

John Charles “Jack” Scott is a senior at North Forsyth High School in Cumming, Forsyth County, Georgia, United States, North America, Northern Hemisphere, Earth, Solar System, Local Interstellar Cloud, Local Bubble, Orion...

Seth Anderson

Seth Anderson

Seth Anderson is a junior at NFHS. He was born in Evansville, Indiana and has also lived in Omaha, Nebraska (home of the college baseball world series.) His hobbies include Video Games, Writing, and creating Youtube content. He live...

Rachel Lee

Rachel Lee

Rachel Lee, otherwise known as Greg, is a spunky 11th grader who plays soccer and is an organization freak. She makes jokes all day long and she can still keep it together long enough to get the work she needs done overwith. If...

Ashton Bruce

Ashton Bruce

Ashton Bruce is a junior at North Forysth High School who loves going to thrift stores to find Renaissance-age art and quirky mugs for ninety-nine cents. She considers her junior year to be the prime year of her high school career...

Kayla Salemi

Kayla Salemi

Kayla is your above average black woman due to the fact that she is a crazy bundle of excitement, sassy, and all anythings hyper. She enjoys talking, and most of the time she is found talking, even if there is no one around. She...

Emma Ray

Emma Ray

Emma is a junior at North Forsyth High School and is new to the journalism staff. She has an immense love for writing, music, and all things art.She may always appear quiet but don't let that fool you because she is extremely...

Lauryn Almand

Lauryn Almand

Lauryn is new to the Journalism staff, and has an immense love for music, travelling and pursuing a constant and deep relationship with Jesus Christ. She is currently a Junior at North Forsyth High School, and although she...

Daniel Snodgrass

Daniel Snodgrass

Daniel Snodgrass is a junior and is entering his third year of journalism. He enjoys learning German, playing basketball, cycling, weight training and reading (only some books). He plans to attend college and major in ma...

Michelle Learmouth

Michelle Learmouth

Michelle Learmouth is a sophomore at North Forsyth High school. She is a member of Journalism because she enjoys writing, she also loves watching anime in her free time but she prefers to do that in solitude. Michelle never...

Bella Angell

Bella Angell

Bella Angell's hobbies include: fangirling, reading, stalking various authors on social media, and creating shelves dedicated to a specific book or author. She is a hardcore bibliophile and will most likely say something to...

Andrew Willings

Andrew Willings

Andrew Willings is a junior at North Forsyth High School, who doesn’t know how to write a bio. The most intense dilemma in his life is probably figuring out how to best divide his focus on reading, playing video games, watching...

Marissa Dintino

Marissa Dintino

Marissa Dintino may seem shy from afar, but once she gets to know you, she can be extremely peppy and energetic. Despite being constantly exhausted, she always tries her best to be positive and encouraging. She participates in...

Lany Campbell

Lany Campbell

Lany Campbell is a spunky sophomore entering her second year of journalism. Her passions include music, reading, writing, drawing, and annoying her friends whenever she can. At any point in time, her calm demeanor can instantly ...

Ramya Raja

Ramya Raja

Ramya is a quirky, random, often confused, sophomore who loves writing and is devoted to anything she does. Her love for chocolate comes in close second, right behind her extensive love for her family and friends. TV shows, like Te...

Abby Marks

Abby Marks

Abby is a freshman and is thrilled to be a part of the writing staff for journalism in the 2016-2017 school year. She loves journalism and writing with a passion and plans to make it her career. Her dream job is to be a traveling...

Sydney Martin

Sydney Martin

Sydney Martin is a fourth year Gryffindor who has a passion for music, dogs, and memes. In her free time, she likes to play video games, play monopoly, and read the same book series over and over again; she also volunteers...

Claire Canada

Claire Canada

Claire Canada is rebellious, ambitious, and fergalicious. She listens to music every chance she gets, especially when inspired, and enjoys watching many television series such as Game of Thrones and Orange Is The New Black. Ever...

Kenya Espinoza

Kenya Espinoza

Kenya Espinoza is a freshman at North Forsyth High School. She enjoys reading, binge watching How To Get Away with Murder, and of course writing. When she's not doing one of the above she's hopping around the kitchen baking brownies...

Melina Vergilis

Melina Vergilis

Melina Vergilis is a quirky yet responsible girl who loves putting her feelings on paper. In her free time you'll find her hanging out at the barn with her friends and her horse. She is a mature, motivated, and spunky person who...

Anna Anglin

Anna Anglin

Anna Anglin is a freshie at North Forsyth High School and the epitome of a fangirl. You can sometimes hear her making the occasional poop joke or screaming over band members. She also likes to keep herself socially aware and finds...

Jennifer Arena

Jennifer Arena

Jennifer is actually a clone, but she's cooler than the original so people let her be. She promises she's actually really nice just very sarcastic. She could definitely be classified as a cat person, and her cat's name is Apollo...

Grace Wood

Grace Wood

Grace is smart, quiet, kind and fun person to be around. She enjoys reading books with adventure like Percy Jackson, Black Hearts, Harry Potter, and many more. Not only that Grace loves to watch her favorite Youtubers Rhett ...