Gloria Namgung is a third-year staffer and a second-year Editor-in-chief for Smoky Now. She is a current student in the IB program and is involved with clubs like IB Council and National Honor Society. On the weekends, you can see her volunteering at her local church with younger kids and helping teach at a Korean school or working a part-time job at a clothing store. Her goal for the 2023-24 school...

Darrius Stewart is a freshman at Smoky Hill High School. He is currently an actor in the Colorado community and is planning to join multiple clubs and activities including Fashion & Design, Speech and Debate, and Student Government as the year progresses at Smoky. During the weekends, you’ll probably see him walking around or singing karaoke. He plans to travel the world and look good doing i...

Sam Kristjanson is a class of 2026 student and is new to doing journalism for Smoky Hill. Sam does cross country, track and field, and golf sports and is hoping to go to either CU Boulder or MSU University. Sam is a social person and loves to talk to people and meet new people. His hobbies are skiing, mountain biking, running, and hiking. Some of Sam's interests are cars and rock climbing. Sam wan...

Miranda Velasquez is a freshman and in her first year on the newspaper staff, she was born in February. She is interested in world languages such as Spanish. In her first year on the newspaper staff, Miranda hopes to develop her writing skills and social skills. She hopes to create a bond with the Smoky Hill community by reporting on issues and inequities prevalent in the community and society. Mira...

Lily Gibson is 14-year old freshman at Smoky Hill Highschool, this is also her first year in Newspaper. She joined Newspaper for her love of writing and photography. She was born in April, and was born in Colorado. Outside of school, Lily loves watching shows on Netflix, playing volleyball, and baking for her family and holidays. She doesn't like messy, unorganized things, and distractions while working....

Rainey is a junior, on her second year at Smoky Hill Highschool. Balancing work and school has been her main focus recently. From school to work, Rainey likes to spend time with her family, her dad and brother. To relieve stress, she enjoys practicing nails on herself. Rainey is also currently attending CCIC for Intro to Physical and Occupational Therapy. Her big goal in life is to be a trainer or ...

Freshmen Simone Van de Sande is a first year staffer at Smoky Now. Van de Sande is thinking to get involved in many things, such as playing on the fall volleyball team which she is doing currently, and will  also be joining the swim team in winter. In the spring, she hopes to join the lacrosse team as well as having a variety of sports throughout the year. Along with that Van de Sande is thinking o...

Junior Sofiia Znakharenko is a third-year staffer on the SmokyNow team. Along with their ardent commitment to the newspaper they are also heavily involved in student leadership and philanthropy at Smoky Hill through organizations such as Student Government. A large portion of Znakharenko’s interest in the pursuit of news stems from their deep fervor for literature and writing, beginning at an early...