Introducing 2026-2027 Journalism Students: Seniors

Aeron S. is a senior at MRHS taking his first (and unfortunately only) year of Journalism currently. Aeron has enjoyed reading and writing almost his whole life. Beyond academics, Aeron is an avid language learner who spends much of his free time learning languages such as German, Ukrainian, and Russian. Aeron participates in gaming in the form of realistic, accuracy-focused games. While at MRHS, Aeron has taken a wide range of courses, from Business all the way to Astronomy. His favorite reading genre is Sci-Fi/Dystopian, written by authors such as Neal Shusterman, Pierce Brown, Joelle Charbonneau, and Veronica Roth. His favorite series is Brown’s Red Rising series. Aeron has learned about history from most time periods, including ancient history all the way up to the early 2000s. Aeron has also joined the Navy’s Delayed Entry Program (DEP), and will be shipping out in July of 2027. 

Isaiah T. was born in New Mexico but raised in Denver Colorado. He is currently a senior at Mountain Range High school. He wanted to take Journalism because he thought it would be a very interesting class. Some activities he does outside of school is being an Actor at the Colorado school of Acting. What Isaiah likes to do in his free time is go to the gym and loves to watch movies with family and friends. Some of his favorite movies are La La Land, and Marvel movies. He enjoys traveling to some of the most notable places he has been to: New York and California. He wants to travel more when he is out of high school. Some of his favorite books he reads are The Perks of being a wallflower and Project Hail Mary. Some of his favorite bookgenres are Sci fi and history. After high school he plans to attend College for Filmmaking. He plans to stay in Colorado for college as well. So past experiences he has had in high school is that he did marching band and track for 1 year. Isaiah is always willing to try new things such as any new activity. You can connect with Isaiah through his instagram @Isaiah_t24.

Lea G. is a senior at Mountain Range High School dedicated to filling her final year with lots of laughs and love. She looks forward to keeping up with stories on the Range involving student activities, clubs, media fads, and event traditions. A recent endeavor Lea accounts is of her time with an up and coming Theatre company named Stage Left Productions. She worked the spotlight on the company's first performance of the Starkid’s original musical, Nerdy Prudes Must Die, for the enjoyment of a sold out audience. She assisted in lighting design as well as sound production with skills she has curated through her time in high school theater. She plans to put out engaging stories on the many “happenings” of the Range and holds out hope to hear back on student opinion. She is an active fan of indie, alternative, and somewhat strange media. Lea is currently watching Fiona and Cake, an animated story of hope in a world of distant powerful lands, as well as Severance, the accounts of four colleges who dig through turmoil, distrust, and bloodshed to reconnect their life on the “severed” floor with the rest of their consciousness. Outside of school, and when her packed schedule allows, she also goes out with friends exploring local coffee shops, bakeries, and artist events all around Colorado. 

Justin B. is a dedicated senior at MRHS,  

Justin, loves Jesus Christ, the outdoors (fishing/hunting/hiking/biking/other) and

stories (Books, Movies, History, comics, tv

shows). Justin aspires to be a Missionary and

a pastor, he wants to get a masters in divinity

and he feels a calling to go on adventures all

around the world. He specifically wants to go to India, because he believes that they are really cool people and he wants to meet them and bring them to Jesus. In India Justin hopes to ride an elephant

and see a Bangalore tiger. He also really hopes to learn some of the nations

history. Justin took Journalism class because he thought that it would be an interesting way to express himself and share Jesus in a new way. He enjoys

writing about the bible, specifically essays on history and what things mean in

the bible. Justin knows how to tear a passage apart to understand it and it

requires historical research, grammatical stuff. He loves to write about stories

about movies and books and about all kinds of historical adventures

specifically about the knights and the romans and big ships. Justin's favorite

subject is history because he enjoys learning about all the things people have

done. It's the most interesting thing to him. One of Justin's favorite quotes

about history is from this old spanish dude named “George Santayana” who

said that,”Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat

it.”. Justin has put hours into studying the bible and knows some of the history

around it he loves looking at arguments against the bible and finding

answers. Justin also loves talking to people about what they believe he has

seen a large amount of interesting belief systems.

Sam G. Is a very passionate senior student at MRHS and loves to be involved with

friends and family and to be involved with sports and anything he can do he was born and

raised in Colorado. He loves to be around his friends and be

active with people around him. He loves to listen to music. Sam loves to watch sports and has gone to many nuggets games with family he loves to listen to R&B like chris brown and the weeknd his favorite song by the

weeknd is “ Take me back to LA”. His favorite movie is Spider- man brand new day His favorite  book is Mexican white boy . He took journalism so he can be around what he loves to do and document what he sees from the athletes around him and the many experiences he goes through. When you can’t find Sam you can most likely find him either Top Golf with his friends or hanging out with them. Sam has goals to go to college and get a degree in forensic science, Sam is very compassionate and is very outgoing anf loves to be around people. He is a very social person and loves to make memories with people. His favorite memory is when all of his friends came to his birthday and hung out and slept over and had fun all day all night. His bestfriends are Josh Trujillo, Ivan, Connor, Zach, Logan, and Isaiah. He met them in the middle of Junior year and has always been with them since. He also went to prom with all of them and made many found memories he also plans of doing track for senior year and also wants to be involved with many of the senior events that will happen along the way to make sure he makes a lot of memories.

Katalina Yang is a creative student who incorporates her artistic ability into everything she makes. She is a proud senior of Mountain Range High School and a big lover of psychology. She has been on honor roll for 3 years in a row for her excellent academic performance and attention to detail. And somehow, against all odds, she has earned an art award for her dragon eye sculpture back in middle school. To this day she still boasts about it when achievements are brought up in conversation. Aside from art, Katalina enjoys writing and reading about fictional slice-of-life stories. She signed up for Journalism in hopes of challenging herself in writing educational and opinion-based works. She hopes to create captivating and entertaining works for readers in The Range to read. Katalina can be found hanging out with her friends or huddled in a corner listening to music through her headphones. 

Liam Hudson was born and raised in Colorado and has lived there his whole life. Liam loves playing sports and watching sports like basketball, football, baseball, and golf. Liam runs track at Mountain Range and competes in high jump and the 200 meter dash. He’s loved playing and watching sports ever since he was little. When he's not working at McDonald’s, school, or playing sports he’d be at home playing video games with his friends. Liam lives in Westminster with his mom and his dog Juice. Liam enjoys hanging out with others, opening Pokemon or sports cards, and enjoys going to the movies.

Orlando B. is a senior student at MRHS who likes music, sports, and Biogeography. He spends the majority of his time pondering life after school , and doesn't know what to do for the rest of his life. Orlando enjoys traveling and gaining knowledge on the world around him, and is the inspiration for his writing. He’s not particularly passionate about anything and joined a journalism class to introduce himself to a potential passion, setting him up to be an unbiased and informed writer. He played football at the high school level, but had to give it up after a devastating injury. He also ventured into content creation and music, but ultimately lost the motivation to continue. Orlando’s a man of many failed and abandoned endeavors, but will never stop looking for the right one. You can reach him through his instagram: @ob..__.

Alynae G. is a dedicated student at MRHS. She is passionate about music, her family and helping people. Alynae was put into Journalism and has loved it so far. Alynae is currently taking CNA and is excited to graduate and start her life in the medical field so she can finally help people and care for them. She has never done any sports at Mountain Range but she loves going to the games and supporting her school. Alynae loves spending time with her boyfriend, best friend and her family. She loves going out and doing fun things with them or even just driving around and talking and when she is not doing things with them she is working at her job making drinks and selling donuts. Alynae is looking forward to her senior year and all the new things coming in her life, she wants to succeed in the medical field to follow her parents footsteps. Alynae is always willing to try new things and meet new people. If you're interested to know more you can follow her on tiktok and instagram @alynae.2.drippy.  

Isla Kline is a driven Senior Journalism MRHS student. She was born in Thornton, CO and raised in Westminster, Colorado. In her free time Isla enjoys playing tennis, snowboarding, and spending time with her friends. Isla lives with her parents Avery and Suzie Kline, as well as her dog Vinny. Activities Isla likes to do with her family are traveling and being outdoors. She has been on the Varsity MRHS Girl’s Tennis team since freshman year and started holding the title of #2 singles player in her junior year. She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and enjoys being involved in the Chinese community in and outside of school. Writing has always been one of her strengths and she views it as not only a way to demonstrate her learning but also express herself and bring new perspectives to light. She is excited to share her ideas and educate the community this year on The Range! 

Ali can tell you exactly when a trend peaked, and she probably has the vogue archive to prove It. Aliah P, better known as Ali, is a high school senior at Mountain Range High School with genuine interest in fashion, politics, and the culture that connects them. She’s drawn to fashion for its ability  to reflect personality, trends and social change, whether that means analyzing runway collections or noticing how quickly a certain trend takes over everyone's closest. Her interest in politics comes from a similar curiosity. Ali likes understanding the stories behind current events, the people influencing them, and the conversations happening around them. She’s especially interested in how politics and pop culture intersects and how those conversations shape the way people see the world. Through journalism, Ali hopes to turn those interests into stories that are current, engaging, and actually worth reading, She wants to develop her own voice while covering topics that feel relevant to her generation.

When she's not writing, Ali can usually be found looking for something new to add to her

wardrobe, scrolling through fashion content or getting invested in political conversations she

definitely did not plan on having. She’s curious, opinionated, and always looking for the next

story. You can engage with her further on instagram @xo.4ali