Asia W.
Asia is a 17 year old girl who was born in New York but has lived in South Carolina for four years now. She is in the 12th grade this year. She likes to read and write about anything but finds joy in poetry and fantasy. Her favorite poetry book is Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur. She enjoys traveling and seeing new things with her family. She likes to watch CNN in her spare time. She has completed all her English classes and also took writing classes with Niagara University in New York when she was younger to further her skills in such subjects. Something she hopes she can contribute to The Eyrie is the knowledge on poetry and new column ideas. She hopes to write interesting news for The Eyrie that people enjoy reading.
Adrian P.L.
Ever since he's moved down south, Adrian PL. was nobody popular, but nobody lonely either, just an average individual with a thing for art. He was born in upstate New York, specifically, Brooklyn, having not a single clue for what was in store for him. Once living up north, he eventually moved out and resides in South Carolina now, undoubtedly missing his friends may he add. As a student at Airport high school, Adrian PL. is now sitting in the tenth grade, hopefully ready for what other subjects await him. However, he is currently unaware of whether or not he has taken part in any extracurricular activities. He tends to be clueless sometimes.
While hoping to pass the class with an acceptable grade somewhere in the 70s, Adrian PL. has already taken a variety of other courses to include Algebra l, which has definitely prepared him for life, as he totally did not fail the class within the first attempt and had to take it again. If at first you don't succeed, right? Another class that has prepared him was English ll, which was definitely one of the most complex classes he could have ever taken, and would have been a much worse experience had he not taken his time with the formats and the specific way his teacher, Dr. R, would expect her student´s essays to be presented. Algebra l and English ll were the two classes that prepared this kid for the rigors of Journalism.
Back when Adrian PL. was having the time of his life during the long social distancing life threatening event known as Quarantine was undergoing, completely unaware of his mothers slow and painful financial downfall, he would always watch the news with her, just to spend time with her, and see what's happening throughout the world, as Adrian PL. thought the deadly virus were a big group of little spheres with trumpets that could end someone's life in mere seconds. However, that is also when Adrian PL. found out that the news just likes to scare you. His own news related source is trying to scare him. If that's not situational irony, he'd never know what would be. Oh, Adrian PL. is a viewer of CNN by the way.
As stated before, he was not anyone well known, and still isn´t, but definitely loves to draw and make all kinds of art whenever he has some free time to himself. It can be on paper or on a device, he will not burn the house down, and will make a full course dinner. But of course, with good comes bad, and if there's one thing he has absolutely despised, it has and forever will be his little brother and sister constantly going back and forth over the most dumb things. He fears that they will never change their diapers, and hold grudges and fight until the end of time. Adrian PL. does more than draw of course, as other hobbies of his include typing scripts for potential stories, watching football games with his mom, redesigning certain areas within his house, cleaning (rarely) and hanging out with his loved ones whenever his mom isn't in need of him. Adrian PL. once a not so open person, has a very open personality now, and is willing to make as many friends as he feels he needs to.
Che'Niyah S.
Che’Niyah S. is a 14 year old freshman at Airport High School, born on August 28, 2010. She was born and raised in West Columbia, South Carolina. She says that when she was younger she wanted to be a teacher but as she got older it changed a lot now she wants to be a nurse. She doesn't participate in any extracurricular activities at the moment but she feels like she wants to do basketball cheer. She is a very outgoing person once you get to know her, but at first she seems shy and nonchalant. Che’Niyahs main hobbies are dancing,spending time with family and friends,and sleeping. Che’Niyah started writing stories when she was in the 5th grade ,she would write horror stories and other types of genre stories. When she was in 5th grade she was on the morning news as a script writer and a speaker. Some things she enjoys are dancing,watching her favorite movie bring it on all or nothing, and spending time with friends. She is in English 1 this year. We have asked her if she likes it and she said that she really doesn't like English 1. She enjoys only certain types of music like RnB and rap music. When Che’Niyah grows up she wants to be a nurse or do cosmetology. She likes those careers because she enjoys making others feel good and to make them happy. Her favorite types of food are wings,pizza,and her moms delicious mac and cheese.
DeAsia T.
De’Asia is a sophomore at Airport High School. She was born and raised here in South Carolina. Her birthday is February 15 and she is 15 years old. Her favorite things to do are listening to music and reading the Bible. What she enjoys the most is her conversations with God and the analogies and examples he gives her. Her favorite colors are pink and black and occasionally pink and white. She loves nature and going on walks. She loves to travel, preferably by car and with short stops so she can visit people and family who she doesn't see a lot.
De’Asia took English 2 Honors her freshman year of high school, as well as journaling throughout her years in elementary leading into her middle school years where she took creative writing in 7th and 8th grade. She isn’t a fan of writing; she finds that it's easier to record herself speaking about a situation than writing about it. It also helps her highlight the most important part of things. She also prefers typing over writing. De’Asia loves to free write, but is okay with writing with an objective. She wasn’t good at writing essays nor papers in English, however Journaling might be different.
De’Asia likes talking about controversial topics occasionally but most of the time she tries to avoid arguments so she doesn’t hurt others or say the wrong things. If needed and or she feels strongly about a topic she will state how she feels about it and why she feels or believes what she does.. She is currently working on hearing others out and representing her faith everywhere she goes. She hopes to lead by example. She isn’t fond of the word “Debating” but more of having insight on another person's opinion and beliefs while hearing them out, respectfully. And with everything within my heart I just want to say Jesus Loves you!.
Denise F.
Denise F is a freshman at Airport High School, and she is also an athlete for this school and is starting her second year playing soccer, in hopes she will make the varsity team one day but only God knows what the future brings. Denise was born on October 16, 2009 in Columbia, South Carolina. Denise is really good at art and playing guitar, with those two things being her main hobbies she does daily besides playing soccer.
One thing Denise has had on her mind for about a year now is writing. She's started having this thought ever since her 8th grade ELA teacher told her writing was good. She doesn't really think that her writing is good at all but maybe it is and she's just confused. So that's why she asked for this class to maybe help her writing and because she secretly enjoys it. Writing to her is starting to become a distraction from reality and she's been writing for the past month now in a journal she has, so she hopes this class will maybe help her have an idea on what she truly wants to do in her future life. If not then writing could just be a side hobby for her.
Faith T.
Faith T. is a senior at Airport High School. Faith was born on January 1, 2007. She currently lives in Columbia, South Carolina. Faith does not participate in any extracurricular activities. Faith has taken English 1, 2, 3 during her high school years. Taking those courses have prepared her for this assignment. Faith watches CNN News and Fox 5 News. Besides school, Faith likes to bake in her free time, Faith also loves R&B music Her favorite Music artist is Marvin Gaye and Her favorite song by Marvin is "I Want You”. Faith's interests are going on walks and reading the bible. Faith is a very kind hearted person , very easy going and patient but has the anger of something unimaginable. As you can see, Faith is a regular kid just like any other student at Airport High School. In terms of hobbies, Faith enjoys every type of music including rap but she mostly prefers R&B and old school. She may be able to contribute to the Eyrie by drawing and/or writing poetry for the Eyrie using the things she is learning in Journalism 1.
Jacob R.
Jacob is a 14 year old boy who goes to Airport High School. He was born in Wilmington, North Carolina and raised in West Columbia, South Carolina. He is in the 9th grade and is taking English I. He has experience in writing stories/articles. He was in the morning news in 8th grade and wrote the script and said it to the camera. In 7th grade he wrote a story that was 40 pages long, just for fun. Jacob has experience in journalism because his brother was in the class as well. And he did homework with his brother and has seen the standards that his brother had. If you asked Jacob to describe himself he would say he’s pretty outgoing and also energetic. He loves games, basketball, cooking and spending time with family and friends. He also takes a big interest in writing stories. Something about Jacob is he is shy at first but when he gets comfortable he talks a lot. Jacob does athletics such as Basketball, Men's volleyball. And Cross Country.
Jaylin T.
Jaylin T. is a 14 year old freshman at Airport High School, born on December 3, 2009. She lives in West Columbia, South Carolina with her mom, stepdad, and two sisters. At her dads house she lives with her dad,stepmom, two brothers, and one sister. She doesn't currently do any extracurricular activities but wants to soon. Jaylin has no prior experience with journalism but has taken English classes as well as creative writing classes at Pine Ridge Middle School. She doesn't watch the news, as she’d rather get her information from Google or Instagram. Jaylin enjoys drawing, watching movies/shows, playing the keyboard, shopping, and spending time with her friends and family. She has three instruments that she owns and is learning to play, those include the keyboard, kalimba, and ukulele. She's very quiet but kind and always puts everyone before herself. Jaylin's favorite foods are wings, pasta, and salads and some foods that she hates are mashed potatoes, pretzels, and jello. When Jaylin grows up she wants to be a cosmetologist or an ultrasound technician. She likes those careers because she loves making people happy.
Kameron B.
Kameron B. is a fourteen year old freshman at Airport High School. He was born and raised in Columbia, South Carolina. Kameron makes decent grades in order to pass his classes. Sometimes he slips but he makes his way up. Kameron also wanted to go to the military when he grows up, so right now he is in JROTC. Kameron has 2 sisters named Khalia and Kelsey. Khalia is twelve about to turn thirteen and Kelsey is nine. Kameron was born on May 24, 2010.
Kameron has been to many schools such as Caughman Road Elementary when he was in pre k to first grade, Mill Creek Elementary when he was second grade to third grade, Cayce Elementary when he was in fourth to fifth grade, Busbee Middle School when he was in sixth grade, Pine Ridge Middle School when he was in seventh to half of eighth grade, and Fulmer Middle School when he was in the other half of eighth grade. His favorite school is Cayce Elementary because of the nostalgia.
Kameron's future career is to be a welder because it’s satisfying and they make a lot of money. He prays that he will love his job and it won’t be too difficult for him. Kameron doesn’t know anything about journalism but he does know a little bit about the media and writing. Kameron prays he makes it through the years.
Kayla P.
Kayla is a 15 year old girl who was born in South Carolina on February 17 of 2009. She is a Freshman in Airport High School . She loves her family and Friends and also enjoys the color Purple. She currently has a male and Female cat that happens to have had a lil kitten named Iris. Kayla's favorite things are going to Church, reading the Bible, Eating, Facetiming , Listening to Music, and going shopping. She has done sports like Cheer, Soccer , and dance in 7th grade and more. Kayla was on Varsity Cheer in 2020-2021 which then her season ended and took a break for a while.
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In 2022- 2023, Kayla started Soccer which ended in April of 2024 and is now starting cheer Once again for her 9th grade year. In her quiet time she loves talking to God, going on social Media or simply Watching her Favorite shows. Her Favorite Youtubers and Berleezy And CoryxKenshin and many others.
Kayla enjoys writing but it isn't her favorite thing. She enjoys sharing things with others and is great at making new friends quickly. Her writing has improved so much throughout her years of writing and prays that this class makes her better at it. When Kayla grows up she wants to be a veterinarian so she can help the poor and animals who don't have a home , get the perfect family they deserve. She works really great with animals and is praying she can go to USC to make her dreams come true.
Kendall W.
Kendall W. is a 16 year old female that goes to Airport High School. She was born September 6, 2007, In Augusta, Georgia. She is the middle child with 5 older brothers, 1 younger sister, and 2 more younger brothers. Kendall lives in West Columbia, South Carolina. She plays basketball year round, which includes school ball, AAU, and fall ball. She says, “Basketball is my motivation to go hard in School.” which is great because she doesn't like School that much. Kendall is a September Virgo, and I promise you she will let you know that it is the best zodiac sign. Kendall is funny and has a very goofy personality, and has the most loving soul you can find. Nothing nobody knows about her is that she loves writing, but more of emotional writing. She loves for whoever reading her work to feel the tone through words. She only hangs out with one person which is her past teammate that graduated from Airport High School in 2024. Which is also one who is like a big sister to her. Kendall also works at Moe’s Southwest Grill in West Columbia, South Carolina. If she's not at work or at some type of basketball workout and/or practice she is in her bed. Kendall W. decided to take this course because she has a secret love for writing that she finally wants to show, and hopes to also get better at writing and winding her vocabulary.
Linda I.
Linda is currently a senior at Airport High School. She just turned 17 years old and was born in West Columbia, South Carolina. Linda has always moved around a lot but after coming from Mexico during Covid, Linda and her family finally settled down back where she was from. She has been going to Airport High since freshman year but still has yet to really figure out who she is. Linda does have interests of doing things outside of school such as going skating or going to the beach with friends, and she also enjoys babysitting. When Linda finishes school she plans on visiting her family back in Mexico and traveling around. Linda has never really been the type to play sports or join in after school activities and that has affected her in knowing who she wants to be after high school and making many friends; however, she is grateful for the ones she does have. Since she doesn't participate in any activities she just focuses on getting school out the way and passing her classes. There are many things that Linda likes and dislikes about school. For example, Linda enjoys hanging out with friends when she gets a chance and she also enjoys doing work but only if she understands it. An example of something she doesn’t like is all the drama that happens. She has never had an interest in journalism because writing isn't her strong suit but she is willing to give that class a chance. She will have to write at least three articles for The Eyrie, after all, as stated in the syllabus. She is really nervous but has decided that she will like to write about the 2024 election.
Londyn B.
Londyn is a 14 year old freshman who attends West Columbia’s Airport High School. She was born in Lexington, South Carolina. Londyn lives in West Columbia with her parents, her two younger brothers, and her dog. Londyn participated in gymnastics outside of school for eight years. She was a member of her middle school’s volleyball team but has not decided which extracurricular activities she will participate in during her years of high school. Later on in life she plans to be an ICU nurse who works with children.
As a freshman, Londyn has not had many classes or opportunities to prepare her for journalism, but she has always 3excelled in reading and writing. She took English I in eighth grade and creative writing classes throughout sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. Londyn is confident and ready to learn all about journalism and what it means to be a journalist.
Outside of school, Londyn enjoys alone time. She loves her friends and family, but prefers to stay to herself. Londyn takes pleasure in reading, writing, and science. In her free time, she enjoys drawing and listening to music. She also enjoys rainy days because she likes the sound of the raindrops falling and the nice warm and cozy feeling it brings.
Lucy C.
Lucy presently in her senior year of high school. Lucy was born and raised and lives in South Carolina, West Columbia. Lucy's extracurricular activities she participates in is editing tv shows she loves in her own spare time and posting them on social media.
Lucy took courses that helped her be prepared for this class such as taking English I,II, and III and took an innovation course called “Digital Multimedia” which teaches topics of the news and recording and writing scripts. The experience that Lucy has for journalism is having and completing English classes and taking digital multimedia class. The pre-existing in news and media that Lucy has is making news for the innovation center such as talking with a mic in front of a camera about daily news that is happening at the innovation center and writing scripts for the news and finding sources that can attract an audience. Lucy sometimes watches ABC news.
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Lucy’s likes are editing, writing, and playing online games with friends and siblings. Lucy’s dislikes are people who chew gum loudly and people who take others' work and do not ask or provide credit to the original creator. Lucy edits her favorite tv shows and posts them on social media in her spare time. Lucy’s interests are tv shows such as jujitsu kaisen, the legend of korra, and avatar the last air bender. She loves editing her favorite shows and sharing with others her passion for editing. Lucy hopes that she is able to write some of her interests in the eyrie. Lucy would love to add contributions such as editing and photography.
Miracle O.
Miracle O. is a sophomore at Airport High School. She is 15 years old and was born in Hampton, South Carolina. She is currently a part of a volleyball team and a cheerleading team. She is a very shy person at first but when you get to know her she is a very down to earth person. Miracle has taken English 1, 2, and 3 Honors. So far this is her first time taking Dr. Rasmussen's classes and journalism. Since this is her first year in journalism she is very excited to see what she learns. In her free time she likes to spend time with her family and friends, go shopping, and sleep. Music is like therapy for Miracle. She listens to it every time she is stressed and having a bad day. Her favorite show is Grown-ish and her favorite movie is Lovely Bones. When she grows up she wants to be a therapist to help people through all of their problems.
Neaisia H.
Neaisia H. is a junior at Airport High School. She is from Orangeburg, SC. She is 16 years old, born on December 10, 2007. She has two younger sisters that are 12 and 14. Before she started going to Airport High School she played basketball for Bethune Bowman High School her 9th grade year. She is taking a journalism 1 class and is learning how to write her first article. She lost someone she looked up to, which was her grandma, on Aug 10,2024. She also lost her father when she was 12 years old. Some things she loves to do is talk to her sisters and be with her family.
Nene P.
Nene is a freshman student in West Columbia, South Carolina at Airport High School. She was born on September 20, 2010 and is from a small town located in Boston. In her free time she does nails, hair and makes vlogs. In her middle school years at Pine Ridge and Fulmer, she would participate in extracurricular activities such as dance & cheerleading for basketball and volleyball along with other sports events.
As well as being a 9th grader, Nene has many interests and is very talented in things like art and music. Nene took two year long classes her 8th grade year which were Art 2 and Chorus. Nene is continuing with her art as she is confident in that, unlike chorus which she will no longer be participating in. Nene claims it was a fun experience just not for her. As far as middle school with Nene's art and music she was also in classes called orchestra and piano.
While being in school nene plans on continuing and focusing on her already assigned classes and is most likely going to do extra stuff and curricular activities for her future after her freshman year. Speaking on Nene's classes and focusing on school, she is ready for this new school year and her classes such as Journalism.
Niechelle
Niechelle is a 14 year old girl that lives in Gaston, South Carolina. She was born in Las Vegas . In her free time she loves to play football ,basketball or do hair. She is a starting freshman at airport high school. She played basketball for Pine Ridge Middle School in the 8th grade. Some of her likes are music,eating ,playing football,going to the beach ,buying shoes,watching movies.Some her dislikes are spiders ,yelling ,getting dirty and getting yelled at.She loves hanging out with her closest friends. Her favorite classes or science and English.
As well as being a 9th grader Niechelle is interested in art mostly. She is mysterious and finding things. Niechelle is not really interested in college right now she wants to just continue doing hair.
Preston C.
Preston C. is currently, at the time of writing this, a junior at Airport High School. He is 16 years old and will be 17 come September. He’s a Columbia-born citizen and currently takes residence in the small town of South Congaree. He comes from a home of three other residents, his mother , father , and nephew , with an abundance of feline friends. Outside of school Preston works. He considers himself blue collar working in manual labor laying foundations for sheds and tiny homes. Prior to Journalism he took three English classes. His interest in journalism stems from his interest in retrospectives and critical opinions voiced by those of journalists and likeminded reviewers of media. Aside from this, Preston is an avid modeler , a railway modeler to be exact. He enjoys painting scale trains , cars , and buildings, even making the occasional scene or diorama. He has interests in cars and trucks as well doing mechanic work with his father every now and then. One of Preston's favorite places is the beach. He claims to not go often making every venture one worth his while. He enjoys listening to music of times long past artists like The Beatles , Paul McCartney and George Harrison come to mind. He claims his favorite food to be something of beef origin, probably steak.
Reagan S.
Reagan S. is a Sophomore at Airport High School. She is 15 years old and was born October 1, 2008. She lives in South Congaree with her mom, dad, and brother who attend Fulmer Middle School. This is her second year writing for The Eyrie and she is looking forward to it. She does not participate in any extracurricular activities at Airport, but she wants to join the art club and is searching for an after-school job.
Reagan's qualifications for The Eyrie are previous English classes she’s taken over the years and writing in her free time. Her goal for the Eyrie is to show students concerns and interests by publishing articles. She enjoys writing essays and journaling. She wants to graduate high school with her cosmetology license. Her plans for after graduation are going to college to become an esthetician and eventually own her own business.
In Reagan’s spare time she enjoys reading, listening to music, and spending time with her friends and family. She loves coffee, the color blue, astrology, and painting. Reagan dislikes science, waking up early, and olives. Reagan is helpful, accountable, kind, encouraging, and loves to laugh. She plans to contribute fun and entertaining pieces to the Eyrie.w
Savannah C.
Savannah C. is 17 years old and was born on March 6th, 2007. She is a senior at Airport High School. She was born and raised in West Columbia, South Carolina. She participates in multiple extracurricular activities such as reading, writing, hanging out with her best friends, working, and playing sports. Savannah has been a part of the Airport Soccer Program since her 7th grade year, and this will be her second year on the varsity team.
Savannah has been a part of The Eyrie for two years. She has taken English 1 Honors at Fulmer Middle School, English 2 and 3 at Airport High School, and English 101 with Midlands Technical College through Dual Enrollment, and she will be taking AP Literature and Composition in the Spring. Prior experience Savannah has had in journalism was participating in The Eyrie her junior year, and an interest in reading and writing. She also attended The Washington Journalism and Media Conference over the past summer as a representative for South Carolina and Airport High School. Savannah has gained an interest in news and current events. She reads online articles on topics that interest her.
This year in The Eyrie, Savannah would like to write and bring the spotlight to the changes we are experiencing as a school. She would also like to document her senior year, and what advice she can give to her younger friends and classmates. Contributions to The Eyrie she would like to give would be photography, and more poetry.
When Savannah is not at school, she enjoys spending time with her friends and family, driving around town, listening to music, playing soccer, writing letters to her best friend while she is in Basic Training, reading poetry books, and taking pictures. To describe Savannah and her personality, not much has changed. I would say she is kind, friendly, bubbly, and encouraging. In the next year, Savannah would like to attend either College of Charleston or University of South Carolina to major in Journalism and Mass communications, with a focus on sports journalism. Savannah is also interested in joining the Air Force. Through writing for The Eyrie this year, she wants to make her voice heard, and let everyone have a chance to speak about what they are passionate about.
Taylor P.-H.
Born on September 14, 2006, Taylor is a 17 year-old student attending Airport High School and was born and raised in West Columbia, South Carolina. He’s a big sports lover, primarily basketball, with his favorite NBA player being Kyrie Irving and his favorite sports team being the Chicago Bulls. He would like to think he’s quite funny and loves to make others laugh, despite being somewhat shy himself. Overall, if you were to ask him to describe himself he’d probably say that he is someone who enjoys every day of his life to the fullest and tries to make the most out of any opportunity that is thrown his way.
One thing that he is extremely passionate about is writing. He loves telling stories and writing about anything that comes to his mind and strives to get better at writing everyday. But, if you were to ask if there was anything he liked more than English or writing, he’d probably say listening to music. He’s a big lover of music and likes to listen to all kinds of genres.
Taylor is a very open-minded person who sees the creative side in everything, whether it’s writing articles or taking photos. Mentioning taking photos, Taylor also has a love for photography. He wouldn’t say that he’s the best at taking pictures, but he thinks that he’s pretty good at it. His favorite kinds of photos to take would have to be the sky, or nature in general. He would tell you that he had thousands of sky pictures in his phone, of both good and bad quality.
He hopes to contribute greatly this year writing for The Eyrie, allowing him to let others know about various current events and topics and keep them updated throughout the semester while also entertaining them with his articles.
Tyrianna
Tyrianna is a 14 year old girl that goes to Airport High School in West Columbia, South Carolina. The day Tyrianna was born was on March 12, 2010 in the state of South Carolina. Tyrianna was a basketball and volleyball player at Pine Ridge Middle School and won MVP for basketball 7th grade and 8th grade.
Her favorite food is pasta, anything that has pasta in it she will eat and she loves a cookie and cream hershey bar she can eat about 2 or 3 a day. She also loves just to lay down in her bed under the covers and just being on her phone watching tik tok and instagram.
She has four siblings and they are two sets of twins. The first set are two boys and the second set are a boy and girl. The first set goes to pine ridge middle school they are 13 years old, and the second set goes to Wood Elementary School; they are 9 years old.