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Eagle's Cry

The student news site of West Anchorage High School

Eagle's Cry

The student news site of West Anchorage High School

Eagle's Cry

2018-2019 Staff

Annika Morris

Annika Morris is in West Anchorage High School’s class of 2021. She was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska, and though she has only ever lived in Anchorage, she often travels to other states and countries. Traveling is a large part of Morris’s life, for...

Charlie Van

Charlie Van is a senior at West who likes to hang out with friends and watch movies. In the summer Van likes to go camping and fishing in Kenai with family and friends. Sometimes Van goes to California to go visit family in the summe...

Dmytro Maloroshvylo, West Anchorage High School

Dmytro Maloroshvylo

Dmytro Maloroshvylo came to West High School as an exchange student for the 2018-2019 school year. He was born in the North-East of Ukraine; and travelling to Alaska was his first trip abroad. Maloroshvylo is a senior of 2019,...

Esat Saiti

Esat Saiti is a senior at West Anchorage High who’s driven by the hustle and motivated by hard earned cash. He lives with his parents and his older sister, Esma. Saiti’s family all moved to Alaska when Saiti was only two ...

Daniel Jimenez

An automotive enthusiast, Daniel Jimenez attends West Anchorage High School as a senior and is excited to begin his life as an auto mechanic. Jimenez has a huge fascination with cars and plans on pursuing his goals by working at Continental Sub...

Matthew Salazar

Matthew Anton Buitizon Salazar is a freshmen and the only freshman in Broadcast Journalism 2. Matthew has only one sister named Monica and is the youngest sibling, but is the tallest person in their family and their family is from...

Treyvon Guidry

Treyvon Joseph Charles Guidry is a senior Journalist at West High School. For the last three years he has been going to West, but for his freshman year he went to East high school. He said that East and West are very similar ...

Will Simpson

Will Simpson is a junior at West and will be graduating in 2020. Will was born in Alaska and has lived there his whole life. He enjoys playing hockey and hanging with the boys. His hobbies include skateboarding and finger paint...

Afton Cy

Afton Milliman is a 17 year-old and a Senior at West Anchorage High School. She is the middle child with one older sister named Nia who is 22 and in college and a younger sister, Eloise who is 12 and in 8th grade. Her parents n...

Zion Mendoza

Zion Mendoza is a junior at west high school and spends his time doing athletic activities such as football, baseball, and lifting. Mendoza is a quarterback for the varsity football team and plays outfield and pitcher for the We...

Lilyana Bailey

Lilyana Bailey enjoys running with her dog Kodiak and snowmachining and skiing during the winter. Bailey’s dog is 4 years old and a black lhasa poo that her and her family rescued from the pound when he was 9 months old. He...

Theodore Bahr

Theodore Bahr is a Senior at West High School, who became involved in journalism to improve his writing and learn more about what was going on in his school. Theodore is a Varsity Tennis player (state champ baby!) is on the s...

Kayla Tyree

Kayla Tyree was born February 6, 2003, and is a Sophomore at West High. She has lived in Alaska her whole life and is excited for the day she can move to a new place that she can explore. Kayla is not sure what type of job she wants in the future however she is sure that she ...

Stephen Sereyko

Stephen Sereyko is a sophomore who one day wants to move out of Alaska and explore as much as he can. Sereyko is a very active person and has done over eight different types of sports. Currently the sport he has done the longe...

Colleen De Leon

Colleen De Leon

Colleen De Leon is a sixteen year-old  junior this year at West Anchorage High School. Her interests consist of editing videos or compilations of different shows/movies that she enjoys and taking part in the DanceWest Program. ...

Ms. Stephl

Ms. Stephl

Rachel Stephl is the Broadcast Journalism I and II teacher at West High. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Journalism degree from University of Colorado Boulder in 2006. Stephl teaches in Room C153. Visit her or email st...