Student News for Horizon Honors Secondary School

The Horizon Sun

Student News for Horizon Honors Secondary School

The Horizon Sun

Student News for Horizon Honors Secondary School

The Horizon Sun

2023-2024 Staff

Carsten Oyer
Editor-in-Chief

Carsten Oyer

A senior at Horizon Honors, Carsten Oyer is entering his fifth year at the school and in Journalism and his third year as Editor-in-Chief of The Horizon Sun. Oyer is excited to spend his final year on the publication preparing...

Kalyn McLeod
Managing Editor

Kalyn McLeod

Kalyn McLeod is currently a junior at Horizon Honors. It is her fifth year in Journalism and third year as an editor. Other than writing, McLeod’s interests include painting, drawing, and swimming. McLeod has been swimming since ...

Addyson Gauer
Editor of Campus Life and Sports

Addyson Gauer

Addyson Gauer is a junior at Horizon Honors and the Editor of Campus Life and Sports for The Horizon Sun. This is her first year as both an editor and a member of Journalism, but involvement in school activities is nothing new ...

Amanda Mourelo
Editor of Student Opinion and Features and Extras

Amanda Mourelo

Amanda Mourelo is a sophomore at Horizon Honors. This is her second year in Journalism and her first year as an editor. Mourelo is fascinated with medicine and hopes to go into the medical field; she is currently a member of th...

Eli Geist
Columnist

Eli Geist

Eli Geist is a 12-year-old in the seventh grade, and is a journalist for The Horizon Sun. This is his first year in Journalism and his eighth year at Horizon Honors. Geist is fascinated by music, arts, and he is currently taking ...

Rowan Johnson
Columnist

Rowan Johnson

Rowan Johnson is in her first year in Journalism as a columnist for The Horizon Sun. Johnson and her family are originally from Los Angeles, California. She  enjoys going to Horizon Honors and looks forward to continuing going ...

Matthew Greco
Columnist

Matthew Greco

Matthew Greco is a 14-year-old in eighth grade. This is his second year as a columnist for The Horizon Sun. He enjoys playing video games, and he likes to switch which games he plays every once in a while. His favorite class is...

Ethan Fulton
Columnist

Ethan Fulton

Ethan Fulton is a senior at Horizon Honors, and is currently the Senior Vice President of Student Council. He is very kind, hardworking, and is very determined when it comes to setting goals for himself. Fulton ensures that he...

Sophia Sisson
Columnist

Sophia Sisson

Sophia Sisson is a seventh grader in her first year of Journalism. At school, Sisson participates in cross country, softball, and various clubs. Sisson loves playing with her dogs, Bella and Vader. Her favorite class is math and ...

Jet Taft
Columnist

Jet Taft

Jet Taft is a columnist for The Horizon Sun. This is his first year in this position and he plans to be in the class for many more years to improve his writing skills and write stories. Taft enjoys history and computer programm...

Tanusri Kumar
Columnist

Tanusri Kumar

Tanusri Kumar is a columnist for The Horizon Sun. This is her first year in Journalism. Kumar is happy about being an eighth grader at Horizon Honors, and looks forward to being a high schooler next year. At school, Kumar is ...

Dax Christian
Columnist

Dax Christian

Dax Christian is a freshman and a columnist for The Horizon Sun. This is his first year in Journalism and his first year at Horizon Honors. Christian plans to graduate from Horizon Honors. Christian is very musical, playing mu...

Mateo Olmos
Columnist

Mateo Olmos

Mateo Olmos is a second-year columnist for The Horizon Sun. He is 13-years-old and is in eighth grade. Olmos’s hobbies include playing video games, playing the guitar with his dad, wrestling with his brother, studying, and read...

Joey Miller
Columnist

Joey Miller

Joey Miller is a first-year columnist for The Horizon Sun. This is Miller’s 10th year at Horizon Honors, but his first year in the secondary school. Miller is very athletic and likes to exercise, and he is currently on a base...

Suhani Singla
Columnist

Suhani Singla

Suhani Singla is a first-year student in seventh grade at Horizon Honors Secondary School. Singla chose Journalism as her elective because she has an interest in reporting information, writing articles for The Horizon Sun, and being ...

Troy Smith
Columnist

Troy Smith

Troy Smith is in eighth grade and has been going to Horizon Honors for two years. Smith moved to Arizona from Virginia, but misses Virginia a lot. Smith enjoys hanging out with friends and family. Smith is very athletic and love...

Jaslene Galindo
Columnist

Jaslene Galindo

Jaslene Galindo is an eighth grader at Horizon Honors. When she’s not at school, she enjoys dancing. Galindo also likes to help teach the younger students at her dance studio. She loves to have her friends over and hangout wh...

Jordan Payan
Columnist

Jordan Payan

Jordan Payan is a senior at Horizon Honors and a columnist for The Horizon Sun. Payan likes to play volleyball and he is the captain of the Varsity Boys Volleyball team at Horizon Honors. Payan also enjoys watching movies, espe...

Ryder Cameron
Columnist

Ryder Cameron

Ryder Cameron is a columnist for The Horizon Sun. It is his first year in Journalism and his first year at Horizon Honors. He is a freshman, and is excited to meet new people this year. Cameron plays hockey for the Arizona Jr. Coyo...

Erin McGinty
Columnist

Erin McGinty

Erin McGinty is a 13-year-old eighth grader. This is her ninth year at Horizon Honors, but her first year as a columnist for The Horizon Sun. She loves to write both formal and short stories, so she joined Journalism to improve he...

Nevaeh Rocca
Columnist

Nevaeh Rocca

Nevaeh Rocca is a 15-year-old sophomore at Horizon Honors. This is her second year at this school and her first year in Journalism as a columnist. Rocca enjoys baking, swimming, and spending time with her family and friends. He...

Landon Guajardo
Columnist

Landon Guajardo

Landon Guajardo is a 14-year-old columnist for The Horizon Sun. Guajardo has been at Horizon Honors for eight years and is not planning on transferring schools. Guajardo is interested in video games and electronics, and he als...

Kate Henning
Columnist

Kate Henning

Kate Henning is a sophomore at Horizon Honors. It is Henning’s fifth year at Horizon Honors, but her second year writing for The Horizon Sun. Henning joined Journalism because she enjoys writing in her free time. Whenever she has ...

Rochelle Georges
Columnist

Rochelle Georges

Rochelle Georges is an eighth grader in her second year of being a columnist for The Horizon Sun.  George’s hobbies include gaming, drawing, making digital art, playing the piano, traveling, talking with her friends, and rea...

Brody Cheroke
Columnist

Brody Cheroke

Brody Cheroke is a 13-year-old eighth grader in his third year at Horizon Honors and his second year as a columnist for The Horizon Sun. Cheroke was born and raised in Arizona. Cheroke’s favorite subject in school is scienc...

Jameson Kowalski
Columnist

Jameson Kowalski

Jameson Kowalski is a 14-year-old columnist for The Horizon Sun. Kowalski is an eighth grader at Horizon Honors, and is in his 14th year at the school. The 2023-2024 school year marks Kowalski’s second year as a columnist. Kowa...

Maya Zappa
Columnist

Maya Zappa

Maya Zappa is a sophomore  at Horizon Honors. This is her second year as a columnist for The Horizon Sun.  She loves writing about the new, hot things in sports.  Zappa has been attending Horizon Honors for three years.  ...

Canon Grant
Political Analyst

Canon Grant

Canon Grant is a senior at Horizon Honors and a columnist for The Horizon Sun. Grant has lived in Ahwatukee Foothills Village for 11 years, and is passionate about local issues and the people of his community. He has a strong interest...