The Student News Site of Mission Hills High School

The Silvertip

The Student News Site of Mission Hills High School

The Silvertip

The Student News Site of Mission Hills High School

The Silvertip

2023-2024 Staff

Daniel Ashlock
Editor in Chief

Daniel Ashlock

(Any/all) Daniel Ashlock is a sophomore working in the Silvertip for a second year. Daniel believes that publishing news and spreading awareness in ONE for small causes will greatly improve the quality of life here at Mission...

Suhani Kamal
News Editor

Suhani Kamal

Suhani Kamal is in her first year of journalism as a freshman, and she is on the Silvertip leadership team as the news editor for this year. As part of holding this position, she is looking forward to learning more about the proc...

Simone Soricelli
Opinions Editor

Simone Soricelli

(She/her) A cross-country team member and journalism opinions editor, Simone Soricelli is a freshman at Mission Hills High School, she loves to read and write and has been running since 7th grade. She aspires to become a better...

Lucy Garrity
Sports Editor

Lucy Garrity

Lucy Garrity is a senior, and this is her first year in the Silvertip. Lucy is a part of many activities on campus, such as NHS, Link Crew, and I Am AP. She also participates in 2 sports on campus, volleyball and lacrosse. Lucy t...

Lizzy Aguilar
Arts & Entertainment Editor

Lizzy Aguilar

(She/her) Lizzy Aguilar is a senior who joined the Silvertip Staff in 2021 and rejoined for her 3rd and final year. Lizzy understands how important it is to share important news and take photos of important games for her fell...

Calee Leavitt
Photography Editor

Calee Leavitt

Calee Leavitt is a junior, and this is her first year of being in Silvertip. She would like to see the world in a different lens. This is her second year being a photographer for sports and many more events here at school. She...

Alyssa Wagner
Social Media Editor

Alyssa Wagner

Alyssa Wagner (she/her) is a freshman in high school and enjoys being creative and helping people she loves. Alyssa was a part of ASB in middle school and hopes to continue in high school. She loves being in a leadership position ...

Joel Ras
Staff Writer

Joel Ras

Joel Ras is a Senior who loves to run and hangout with his friends. He is the captain of the Cross-Country team along with being a captain on the Track and Field team. He is the League Champion in Cross-Country and took part ...

Andres Oritiz
Staff Writer

Andres Oritiz

(He,Him) Andres Ortiz is a senior here at missions hills high school. This is his first year being a part of the Silvertip and hopes to learn new things in the class. Andres believes that the Silvertip is a good way to connect studen...

Christopher Ornelas
Staff Writer

Christopher Ornelas

(he/him) Chris Ornelas is a Senior who had joined the staff due to external forces beyond his control. With no previous experiences within this field, he is hoping to learn more about the school and the life within it. Being t...

Dulce Nunez
Staff Writer

Dulce Nunez

Dulce Nunez is best described as a very creative and outgoing student at Mission Hills, and is looking forward to the bright future ahead of her. Her creativity has made her into the person she is today and will overcome any ...

Belinda Nunez
Staff Writer

Belinda Nunez

Jacob Lawrence
Staff Writer

Jacob Lawrence

(He/Him) Jacob is just a little guy who enjoys the little things in life. He is an avid fan of nerd culture who loves getting along with everyone out there. He’s more interested in personal stories and the complexities of each an...

Sophia Kothe
Staff Writer

Sophia Kothe

(She/Her) Sophia Kothe is a freshman at Mission Hills, and this is her first year on the Silvertip staff. She likes to play guitar and write music. She wanted to join journalism because she wanted to take a class that allowed he...

Jose Granados-Barrera
Staff Writer

Jose Granados-Barrera

Jose is a senior. He likes to read write and collect anything that is interesting to help him in the class because journalism is about reading stuff writting facts and interesting stuff that is head down and taking photos to ...

Maddie Donlon
Staff Writer

Maddie Donlon

Maddie Donlon is a junior at Mission Hills High; she enjoys surfing, going to the gym, and hanging out with friends. Maddie likes lacrosse and hopes to major in psychology or child development. Maddie hopes to stay close to g...

Presley
Staff Writer

Presley Delgado

(He/Him) Presley is a Junior at Mission Hills who joined the Silvertip staff in 2023.Presley has joined Journalism to create better photography and interviewing skills.Presley believes that he can help produce a good and reliabl...

Alyiah Cervantes
Staff Writer

Alyiah Cervantes

Alyiah Cervantes is a freshman silvertip staff who sees and is inspired by the beauty in everything. Alyiah is very passionate when it comes to photography, she enjoys taking videos and photos of many topics but the one she enj...

Zaera Beltran
Staff Writer

Zaera Beltran

(She/her) Zaera is a junior with an aspiring dream to become a published author in her first year of Journalism. She has been working on two works for the last two years, and hopes to finish her first one and publish it by the...

Kaiya Barris
Staff Writer

Kaiya Barris

(She/her) Kaiya Barris is a freshman here at Mission Hills, and this is her first year as part of the Silvertip. She joined journalism because she thought it would be a great opportunity to expand her writing and photography ski...

Payton Aleksandrian
Staff Writer

Payton Aleksandrian

(She/Her) Payton Aleksandrian is a Freshman at Mission Hills High School who loves rollerblading and hanging out with friends. She chose Journalism because her friends were doing it, and thought it would be a fun class. She is...

Lola Sisler
Staff Writer

Lola Sisler

(She/Her) Lola Sisler is a freshman who joined the Silvertip staff this year. Lola won the Mentorship award at her 8th-grade promotion and loves to read and write. She also volunteers at a local family-run elderly facility, so...

Staff Writer

Talia Roberts

(She/Her) Talia Roberts is a freshman who loves to write about her personal life and give opinions when it comes to journalism. When it comes to middle school, she got mostly A’s a few B’s, and took honors English in 8th ...

Staff Writer

Carla Ramirez

(She/Her) Carla Ramirez is a Junior in Mission Hills Highschool who just joined the silvertip journalism staff of this year, 2023-2024. She is hoping to find many new techniques or to be able to learn new skils in the class. S...

Lindsay Miller
Staff Writer

Lindsay Miller

(She/Her) Lindsay Miller is a freshman at Mission Hills this year. She loves to read and hopes that one day, she will become a published author. She hopes that journalism will help her become a better and more successful writ...

Simeon Mandrapa
Staff Writer

Simeon Mandrapa

Simeon is a junior who joined the Silvertip staff in 2023 and believes that he can be a better writer and a photographer in journalism. He is a strong supporter who will support anyone. Simeon wants to contribute by being a writer...

Ericka Lony
Staff Writer

Ericka Lony

(she/her) Ericka Lony is a sophomore here at Mission Hills High School. This first year joining the Journalism staff and she is super excited to be a part of it. Ericka is a huge animal person, she has three dogs and a turtle...

Emma Kallstrand
Staff Writer

Emma Kallstrand

(she/her) Emma Kallstrand is a freshman who enjoys writing, reading, and photography. She is an athlete who competes in rock climbing. In 2021, she made it to nationals competing with climbers across the country, representing her t...

Bryen Hoops
Staff Writer

Bryen Hoops

(He/Him) Bryen Hoops joined the Silvertip staff in 2023 for his journalism class. He likes art, such as drawing or creating stories. He also likes to play video games in his free time.

Vanessa Gomez
Staff Writer

Vanessa Gomez

(she, her) Vanessa is a freshman, and this is her first year on the Mission Hills Campus and Silvertip. She is playing a big role on campus by being on JV as a freshman and also doing academically well. In middle school, she was...

Remy Escobar Ruiz
Staff Writer

Remy Escobar Ruiz

(He/Him) Remy Escobar is a Senior at Mission Hills High School who decided to take Journalism as an elective. In journalism, Remy hopes to learn how to write proper stories and learn interviewing skills. With this knowledge, Re...

Alex Cruz Chavez
Staff Writer

Alex Cruz Chavez

(He/Him) Alex Cruz Is currently a Junior at Mission Hills, he joined journalism this 2023, and so far his goal for 2023-2024 is to make many good friends and pass all his classes. During school hours, he loves to hang out wit...

Staff Writer

Leyla Avila

(she/her) Leyla Avila is a junior and it's her first year being a Silvertip staff member and is excited to see what journalism class has for her. She's excited to finish high school and see what exciting things the future has ...

Gianna Gabbour
Staff Writer

Gianna Gabbour

(She/Her) Gianna is a freshman on the Silvertip staff. She enjoys writing and informing others about what is going on in the school and in the world. She came from Woodland Park Middle School and chose Journalism so she could l...

Belen Novelo
Staff Writer

Belen Novelo

(She/her) Belen Novelo is a freshman at MHHS. She is a trumpet player for the Cardinal Alliance and a “study-oriented individual”. She’s a proud Slytherin and has a passion for reading and writing. She excels in Honors E...

Gabriela Partida Lopez
Staff Writer

Gabriela Partida Lopez

(she/her) As a person who takes their time while working on something, I like how my writing skills will be able to improve during this year. I do not have any big awards for my writing, but a personal award would be that my writing ...

Sammy Francisco
Staff Writer

Sammy Francisco

(He/Him) Sammy is a sophomore who joined Silvertip this year. Sammy believes that the Silvertip is a fun and entertaining thing to be a part of. He does Jiu-Jitsu at SDBJJ and does wrestling for the school. He has four 1st pla...

Jude Poyuzina
Staff Writer

Jude Poyuzina

(He/Him) Jude Poyuzina joined the Silvertip as a freshman. He wants to learn how to take good photos and interview people better. He’s excited for what this year has in store.

Dane Hanlon
Staff Writer

Dane Hanlon

(He/Him) Dane Hanlon is a freshman at Mission Hills. He enjoys mountain biking, weight lifting, and hanging out with friends. He wants to get straight A’s this year.

Cole Khayat
Staff Writer

Cole Khayat

(he/him) Cole Khayat is currently a senior attending Mission Hills. Cole joined the Silvertip staff in 2023 because he wanted to expand his writing and photography skills. Cole enjoys playing guitar and spending time with his fami...

Jason Faulkner
Staff Writer

Jason Faulkner

Blake Montgomery
Staff Writer

Blake Montgomery

(He/Him) Blake Montgomery is a freshman at Mission Hills and this is his first year as a member of the Silvertip staff. He enjoys spending time with his friends and listening to music. Blake believes that Silvertip is a great place...

Brenda Hernandez
Staff Writer

Brenda Hernandez

(she/her) Brenda is a junior, and this is her first year in Silvertip. She believes that silvertip is a good way to get better at writing and that it also provides new opportunities. She also believes that the Silvertup is a good wa...

Sherlyn Azpeitia
Staff Writer

Sherlyn Azpeitia

(She/her) Sherlyn Azpeitia is a freshman who joined the Silvertip in 2023.

Clara Byrne
Staff Writer

Clara Byrne

(She/her) Clara Byrne is a freshman who is enjoying her first year on the Silvertip staff. She has maintained good grades for her entire school career, and enjoys writing, reading, and learning about film. This school year in...

Charlotte Clarke
Staff Writer

Charlotte Clarke

Charlotte is a theater-oriented junior who loves to write. She has been in shows like Sweeney Todd and Mamma Mia and is an author trying to get published. In the past, they have frequently received honor roll awards for good grad...

Camille Fischer
Business Manager/Editor

Camille Fischer

(she/her) Camille Fischer is a freshman, new to the world of journalism. She is the Business Manager for the 2024 Silvertip leadership team. By being a part of this group, she hopes to improve her communication skills and inspire...