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Telling Holyoke High's Story Since 1898

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Telling Holyoke High's Story Since 1898

The Herald

Telling Holyoke High's Story Since 1898

The Herald

2016-2017 Staff

Sara Morin
Editor-in-Chief

Sara Morin

Sara is in her senior year at Holyoke High School. She has been promoted from her last year's role as News Editor to Editor-in-Chief this year. She is a member of the varsity field hockey team and a captain...

Owen Lavelle
Staff Reporter

Owen Lavelle

Owen J. Lavelle is a junior at Holyoke High School, and this is his first year as a part of the Herald. He enjoys baseball, football, wrestling, lifting heavy objects, remembering the dead homies, physics,...

Nolan Keane
Staff Reporter

Nolan Keane

Nolan is a junior at Holyoke High School, and this is his first year as a Herald staff member. He is on the football team and captain of the wrestling team. He is a ginger but he hates it when you call...

Julissa Roldan
Staff Reporter

Julissa Roldan

Julissa Roldan is a Junior at Holyoke High school. This is her first year on The Herald staff. Apart from being a writer on The Herald she is also a Student Council member in Student Government for her...

Feroze Sibdhanny
Staff Reporter

Feroze Sibdhanny

Feroze Johnny Sibdhanny is a junior at Holyoke High and it is his second year as a Herald member. Feroze is an honor student that has been enrolled in the Holyoke school district for 13 years. He gradua...

Megan McGuinness
Staff Reporter

Megan McGuinness

Megan McGuinness is currently a sophomore at Holyoke High School. She participates in cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track, is a member of the business club, and is on high honor roll. When not...

Jack Moriarty
Staff Reporter

Jack Moriarty

Jack Moriarty is a Senior at Holyoke High School and this is his first year on the Herald. Jack enjoys the simple things in life, like breakfast and Chinese food. He is also going onto his fourth year...

Cameron Lachapelle
Staff Reporter

Cameron Lachapelle

His name is Cameron Lachapelle but can be referred to as Cam, Clam, Lach, or Goose. He is a senior at Holyoke High School and he is a varsity soccer player for his second year in a row. This is also his...

Tessa Moriarty
Staff Reporter

Tessa Moriarty

Tessa Moriarty is part of the great school newspaper The Herald. Tessa also takes part in Student Goverment, Buisness Club, soccer,basketball, and track. Tessa is a sophomore at Holyoke High. Before Holyoke...

Sadie Pecia
Staff Reporter

Sadie Pecia

Sadie Eleanor Pecia is a sophomore at Holyoke High School. This is her first year writing as a Herald staff member. She is an honor student and before attending Holyoke High she went to Mater Dolorosa...

Yarijel Melendez
Staff Reporter

Yarijel Melendez

Yarijel Melendez is a senior at Holyoke High School and this is her second year as part of the Herald. She enjoys reading, writing, and taking photos as well as listening to Korean pop music, watching Marvel...

Ryan Costello
Staff Reporter

Ryan Costello

Ryan Costello is a senior at Holyoke High School. This is his third year being a part of the Herald staff. Ryan is also a part of the football team, in student government, and in the business club. Ry...

Brendan Leahy
Staff Reporter

Brendan Leahy

Brendan Leahy is a sophomore at Holyoke high school, this is his first year in the herald. He participates in many activities in Holyoke high such as the  football team, baseball team, business club and...

Lauren Ryan
Staff Reporter

Lauren Ryan

Lauren Nicole Ryan is a sophomore at Holyoke High school. This is her first year as a Herald member. Lauren also takes part in many other extracurricular activities such as soccer, basketball, business...

Kassidy Lawrence
Staff Reporter

Kassidy Lawrence

Kassidy Lawrence is a junior at Holyoke high school. She is very into sports; she is a captain on the Holyoke high field hockey team, plays indoor track, cheer, and outdoor track. She also is involved...

Isabella Courchesne
Staff Reporter

Isabella Courchesne

Isabella Courchesne is in her junior year at Holyoke High School, and this is her first year as an HHS Herald Staff Member. She is one of the captains of the Holyoke High School Field Hockey team, and...

Liza Keane
Staff Reporter

Liza Keane

Liza Keane is currently a sophomore at Holyoke high school. This is her first year to join the Holyoke High Herald staff and she is very excited to write all kinds of different articles about anything...

Emily McGuinness
Staff Reporter

Emily McGuinness

Emily McGuinness is a junior at Holyoke High School. This will be her second year as a member of The Herald staff. She plays tennis for Holyoke High and is also a member of the Business Club. In her fr...

Maggie McAndrew
Staff Reporter

Maggie McAndrew

Maggie McAndrew is a Junior at Holyoke high school. This is her second year as a member of the herald staff. She is involved in Cross country, indoor and outdoor track and Holyoke high. She is very excited...

Manon Nadeau
Staff Reporter

Manon Nadeau

Manon Nadeau is a senior at Holyoke High School and a new member of The Herald staff! She is very excited to begin contributing her own work. When she isn’t focusing on The Herald, she is working as...

Katie Keane
Staff Reporter

Katie Keane

Katie Keane is a second year Herald staff member. She is a junior at Holyoke High School. And will be helping with the Herald social media this year. She is also on the varsity field hockey team, and she...

Julia Swinehart
Staff Photographer

Julia Swinehart

Julia Swinehart is currently a senior enjoying her second year on the Herald staff as a photographer. When she is not taking pictures for the herald she is swimming for the YMCA national team. Julia is...

Josie Moriarty
News Editor

Josie Moriarty

Josie Moriarty is a senior at Holyoke High School. This will be her second year with The Herald and she will be taking on the role of news editor. She is a melva award winner for her article “2015-2016...

Nick Elkins
Head Photographer

Nick Elkins

Nick Elkins is a senior at Holyoke high school who is on the swim team and on varsity soccer, he wants to join the Navy when he gets out of high school and wants to become a sonar technician in the Navy....

Marty Keane
Sports Editor

Marty Keane

Marty is a junior at Holyoke High and is in his second year at the Herald. After a historic rookie campaign, his achievements were crowned with an unprecedented Melva award. In an epic turn around, he...

Nicole Lussier
Features Editor

Nicole Lussier

Nicole Lussier is currently in her senior year at Holyoke High School and is a second year Herald staff member. She is excited to continue writing articles for the Herald throughout the year and serve as ...

Catherine Pater
Art Director

Catherine Pater

Catherine Pater is a senior entering her second year with The Herald. Catherine is the new art director for The Herald and the 2015 MVP Melva award winner. She's also the one responsible for our ever changing...

Siobhan Brennan
Public Relations

Siobhan Brennan

Siobhan Brennan is a junior at Holyoke high. This is her second year being a member of the herald. This year Siobhan is taking over as calendar manager and is excited to do so! Besides the Herald, Siobhan...

Maeghan Desmarais
Public Relations

Maeghan Desmarais

Maeghan Desmarais is in her senior year at Holyoke high school. This is her second year as part of the Herald staff. She plays for the high school’s varsity soccer and basketball teams, and is a captain...