Natalie Ferry is the Editor-in-Chief of The General Journal and a senior at Heritage High School. She is extremely grateful to be working on "The Legacy" and the General Journal website during her final year of high school. Natalie attends Dalton State College for the majority of the day but stops by Heritage in the morning to hang out with her favorite people: the Journalism Class. Other than Journalism, s...

Tru Johnson is a junior joining her third year in Journalism. She is an all honors student striving for inclusion in NHS and recently joined Beta Club. Johnson is a football manager; she plans on doing it all throughout high school. She loves managing the team because of the friendships it has given her and the bonds she has been able to form. Her time is spent hanging out with her friends and family...

Kaylee Brown is a 15-year-old sophomore, and this is her second semester being a part of the Journalism staff. Kaylee loves to hangout with her friends and family. This being her second time with the Journalism team, she has been promoted to being the Social Media Editor and is excited for a great year. Kaylee has decided she wants to pursue cosmetology and be a part of the skin and hair work field...

Addie Kate Stafford is a 17-year-old junior at Heritage High School. She is returning for a third year in Journalism. She takes part in the Heritage Football Management team; she helps with all practices and games. She is part of Beta Club, Hosa, and Partners Club. She also takes a variety of honors and AP classes. She strives to maintain an ongoing streak of Straight A’s in all of her classes. In...

Caleb Peponis is 15-years-old and in his sophomore year at Heritage High School. When he is not busy with homework and clubs, he enjoys watching sitcoms like “The Office,” “Modern Family,” and “How I Met Your Mother.” He also reads whenever he has the time, enjoying books from a multitude of genres like mystery, thriller, dystopian, and fantasy. He enjoys listening to music, and he usual...

At 16-years-old, Alyx is a co-editor of the Heritage High School newspaper. They have been in Journalism since their freshman year. Now, as a junior, it is their third year in Journalism. They joined Journalism late in their freshman year, and have loved it ever since. Alyx strives to do their best in school, and they hope to learn as much as they can throughout their high school experience. Their f...

Cayden Arnold is a senior at Heritage High School. This is his first time taking Journalism. He plays a bunch of recreational soccer with his friends and is hoping to make the school soccer team this year. He spends his free time practicing soccer, playing "Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord," reading philosophy, or listening to music. He listens to artists such as Frank Sinatra and Maroon 5. If Cayden...

Kaya Bradford is a sophomore attending Heritage High School. This is her second year of Journalism. It has always been her favorite class to attend. Something that is very important to Kaya is her job, on a farm, where she works with horses, chickens, pigs, and goats. In Kaya’s spare time, she enjoys listening to (a LOT) of music, including Deftones, Modern Baseball, The Front Bottoms, McCafferty, Radiohead, B...

Bryanna Bryson is currently a junior in high school. This is her first time in Journalism, and she’s excited to be involved with the "Legacy" yearbook. In her free time, Bryanna likes hanging out with her friends and family, watching movies, or shopping. Her favorite movie is "Moana." She has two siblings, one brother who’s six years old, and a sister who just turned 11. After high school, Bryanna ...

Lorelai Canady is a 16-year-old junior at Heritage High School. Lorelai loves school for the social aspect and is very outgoing. She is excited to return to the Journalism staff and work on this year’s yearbook. Lorelai loves being involved when it comes to school activities and has participated in morning announcement crew, student government, class representing at Homecoming, Partners club, Beta...

Maddie Caryle is a 16-year-old junior at Heritage High school. This is her first year in Journalism, and she is excited to be involved in the making of "The Legacy." When she is not occupied with school she enjoys hanging out with friends, going shopping, capturing moments on social media, and listening to music. She spends time at the College and Career Academy taking the Education as a Profession c...

Molly Churchwell is a 16-year-old junior at Heritage High School. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her friends, reading books, watching movies, and playing travel softball. At school Molly studies hard to be successful in her classes; she is a part of SGA, and spends her afternoons being a football manager. She takes school seriously, applying herself to the best of her power. With a f...

Spencer Cordle is a returning Journalism staff member and a sophomore at Heritage High School. He is excited to enter the new year and see what this school year has to offer. Journalism is one of his favorite classes and led to the discovery of new passions such as photography and journalistic honesty. When he isn’t at school or in his room, he usually spends quality time with his loved ones and fr...

Landon Crews is a 15-year-old who goes to Heritage High School, and is a part of the Heritage High School Wrestling team. When Landon is not at wrestling practice he is at home playing video games or playing basketball outside. He enjoys weightlifting, and is very strong for his size. Landon also loves shoes and clothes. Landon also likes going swimming at the Ringgold City Pool during the summer wit...

Talan DeFoor is a multi-sport athlete going into his first semester in Journalism as a junior. He spends most of his free time catching up on shows and movies alongside a love for being outside. Talan is a huge outdoors buff, spending most of his time out there. He is always working on trying to be a better version of himself. Talan's favorite classes are history and weight training; he finds the l...

Yarili Delgado is a 15-year-old sophomore who attends Heritage High School. She is still looking for clubs that interest her and is looking forward to her first semester in Journalism. In her free time she enjoys spending time with friends outside of school. Although she enjoys writing and reading, she dreams of working in the medical field, more specifically, a labor and delivery travel nurse. Yari...

Serenity Ellard is 15 years old, and she is a freshman at Heritage High School. This is her first semester in Journalism, and she is excited to see where it will take her. She plays softball and basketball. Whenever she’s not practicing or playing she is hanging out with her family and friends. She is very outgoing and loves to meet new people. She is always looking for ways to be better in her sc...

Jasper Estus is a 15-year-old sophomore here at Heritage High School. This is his first semester in Journalism. He joined Journalism as a way to connect with his friends, create new ones, and have a community within the school. Journalism has always been a class he’s been interested in due to his friends being in the class and always raving about it. In his free time, Jasper’s either reading, list...

Sophia Estus is a 15-year-old sophomore at Heritage High School. This is her first year taking Journalism, and she is excited to be a part of the small community and to participate in all of the wonderful events. A few things about her is that she loves music (especially music), TV shows, cooking, animals, and her friends. More specifically, her current favorite music artist is Frank Ocean; if she is...

Aubrey Fitzpatrick is a 15-year-old sophomore at Heritage High School. She is very excited to be a returning Journalism student after taking a few semesters off. Outside of school, Aubrey loves hanging out with friends, meeting new people, and football managing with her friends. One of the main reasons Aubrey enjoys going to school is the social aspect of it. Aubrey wants to focus on getting a job...

Ellie Galloway is a 16-year-old sophomore at Heritage High School. This is her first time participating in this class, and can't wait for the semester ahead of her! She is a member of the spirit and competition cheer team here at Heritage, and has been cheering since she was 7 years old. As high school comes to an end, she wants to go to a two year college to be a licensed cosmetologist. If that doesn't ...

Ian Grant is a 15-year-old sophomore at Heritage High School; he’s in his second semester of Journalism. While Ian is honored to be working on “The Legacy” he’s also a proud member of SkillsUSA. For entertainment Ian enjoys watching professional wrestling, his favorite show “The Office,” and the trilogy of “Star Wars.” Ian loves playing basketball with his mom and board games with hi...

Hannah Karson is a senior attending Heritage High School. Hannah is originally from Connecticut and moved to the South four years prior. She’s really enjoying her time here at Heritage and is excited for her last year in Mr. Peace’s Journalism class. Language is Hannah’s favorite subject in school; she loves to write. Some of Hannah’s favorite books are usually books that encourage her to gro...

Kynsie King is a 14-year-old freshman at Heritage High School. This is her first semester in Journalism, but she was on the news team last year at the middle school. She is a student-athlete and spends plenty of time on the field or the court.  She played soccer for HMS the previous year and enjoys volleyball. Kynsie wants to be on the fishing team and is a member of FCA. She is striving for NHS an...

Brooke Kelly is a 16-year-old student at Heritage High School. She is a junior who likes taking law and writing classes. Her favorite things to do at school is participate in the labs for Mr. Edwards, the law and public safety teacher, and her ELA class. Brooke enjoys reading, running and working out. Her favorite books are "They Both Die at the End," “Hunger Games Series," "Maze Runner" and "Gir...

November Lansden is a 14-year-old freshman at Heritage High School. She is particularly excited about working for the Journalism program as a whole. She has a fond love for animals and wants to be a Zoologist when she gets older. Normally, you can catch her reading a book about history or a Stephen King novel, but sometimes she dwindles in a bit of romance/sci-fi. Her favorite music artists at the t...

Kayden Locke is a 15-year-old sophomore this year at Heritage High School. This is his first year in Journalism. Kayden also plays for the baseball team here at Heritage. In the summer he plays travel baseball for an organization named eXposure. When he is not at the baseball field or at school he likes to sleep. When he isn't sleeping he likes to spend time with his family and his friends. He also...

Lily Marshall is 16-year-old junior at Heritage High School. She is a member of the school’s swim team as well as a summer team that she volunteers for during June and July. She loves listening to music with her all time favorite artist being Lana Del Ray and her favorite song ¨Ultraviolence” by Lana. She loves to read in her free time. She mainly enjoys romance but does not exclude other genr...

Jossalyn McAlister is a 14-year-old freshman at Heritage High School. Jossalyn is excited to be a part of Journalism. In her free time she loves to spend time with her close friends and her family. Jossalyn loves to meet new people and make new friends. When she's not hanging out with friends she's listening to her favorite music or watching any new movies with her family. When she's older she wants to b...

Aubree McCarthy is a 14-year-old freshman at Heritage High. Aubree is excited to begin her journey here at Heritage, participating in as much as possible, and eager to start working alongside her classmates in Journalism. Aubree swims year-round at GPS, for the Heritage swim team during the winter, and the Fort-O Sharks during the summer. Aubree is originally from Florida and moved here three years prio...

Natalyn McCormack is a 10th grade student at HHS. This is her second semester in Journalism, and she is very eager to be a part of the staff. In her free time, Natalyn loves to listen to music, spend time with her best friends, and make crafts out of random stuff around her home. She has one older brother, two dogs, and one cat. Her phone is full of pictures and videos of her favorite dog, Jet. Natal...

Bella Miller is a 16-year-old junior at Heritage High School. It is Bella's first year in Journalism, and she is very excited to see the opportunities that this class brings her. In Bella’s free time she likes to babysit at Rock Bridge and tan. Bella was born in Costa Rica and moved to Chicago when she was a toddler, but about five years ago she decided to move to Georgia. She is loving it here....

Joshua Nestor is a 17 year-old senior classman of Heritage High School and a new addition to the Journalism staff. Joshua is new to this kind of class, but he is invested in trying something new and exciting. Having previously lived outside of New Orleans in Covington, Louisiana, his family currently happily resides in Rock Springs, Georgia. Joshua lives in a house of four with his mom, dad, and bro...

Rori Pepper is a 16-year- old junior at Heritage High School. She is very excited to participate in Journalism this semester. Outside of school, Rori works at Ruby Falls as a tour guide and a cashier in the gift shop. When Rori is not working she is either with her friends or bed rotting on her phone watching Netflix. Rori's name is based off of “Gilmore Girls," so of course she loves watching �...

Ava Phillips is a 16-year-old junior at Heritage High School. This is Ava’s first year in Journalism, and she’s excited to be here. She works at Marshall’s and is a member of SGA’s executive council, FBLA, and stage crew for theater productions. In her free time, Ava likes to talk to her friends, go shopping for clothes and shoes, listen to music, and take her daily naps. There is nothing in...

Alyanna Quintana is a 16-year-old sophomore at Heritage High School, and she couldn't be more excited to dive into her Journalism class this semester. Over the past five years, Alyanna has experienced quite the journey; she had moved from her home state of New Mexico to Tennessee for three years and is now residing in Georgia for the past year and a half. Alyanna has a passion for music and takes p...

Micah Sherman is a 17- year-old junior attending Heritage High School and helping out in Journalism this year. Micah enjoys hanging out with his friends literally every day, working, and rotting in bed. He works in the mall at Palmetto Moon and has been there since July 2024. He also enjoys taking pictures of everything and going shopping when he isn’t working. Micah has horrible spending habits an...

Taelor Snyder is a 16-year-old sophomore at Heritage High School. She is very excited to be taking Journalism this semester. Outside of school, Taelor’s favorite thing to do is taking naps. When she’s not taking naps she’s either hanging out with her friends or watching TV. Taelor enjoys watching “Good Luck Charlie,” “Zoey 101,” and “Victorious.” She watches these shows because that’s...

Landon Smith is a senior at Heritage High School. He’s taking a few classes online through Georgia Northwestern Technical College to get some credits for college. After high school he plans to either teach history to high schoolers or work on cars as a mechanic. This is his first semester in Journalism, in which he’s very eager to learn all that they have to offer. In his free time he listens to ...

Kyla Smith is a 15-year-old sophomore at Heritage High School. This is her second year of Journalism, and she loves it. Outside of school, Kyla loves to spend time with her friends, go to concerts, read books, and shop. Kyla wants to focus on getting a job in the medical field; she hopes to be an ultrasound technician or a pediatric nurse. She wants to go to either UGA or UTC to get a bachelor’s de...

Nery Taboada is a 15-year-old sophomore at Heritage High School. This is Nery’s first year in Journalism. He is also on the soccer team at HHS and is vice president of the class of 2027. When Nery doesn’t have soccer games or practices, Nery likes to hangout with his family, his close friends doing whatever comes to mind (like going to eat, going to someone's house to chill, or going to a store t...

Kaidence Thompson is a 15-year-old sophomore at Heritage High school, and this is her first year in Journalism. When Kaidence isn’t in school, she enjoys listening to all kinds of music, running track, or even watching TV. Kaidence's favorite shows are “Greys Anatomy” and “Amazing World of Gumball." Kaidence likes english, science, and social studies, but hates math. Although she doesn’t kn...

Taylor Wade is a senior at Heritage High School, and this is her first year in Journalism. When Taylor is not occupied with school, she enjoys spending time with her friends, reading, drawing, listening to music, and playing recreational soccer. When the rec league season is over, Taylor can’t wait for the Lady Generals soccer season to start back up. She has played the game since she was three ye...

Bailey Wiggins is a senior at Heritage High School and is looking forward to her final semester. She is the president of the Swiftie Society and is involved in the Astronomy Club, Mock Trial, and is a manager for the boys soccer team. After high school she plans to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in Hospitality Management that will lead her to a career as an event manager. In her free time Bailey enjoys ...

Shalaya Williams is a current senior at Heritage High School. This is her second semester in Journalism, and she is really looking forward to this year and what it has to bring. After high school Shalaya is looking forward to starting her journey in tattooing. Drawing has always been a huge part in her life, and she wants to take that into a career with her. When Shalaya is not drawing or painting she ...

Ana Garcia is a junior joining her first year in Journalism at Heritage High School. She played flag football during the fall. Now, she is really excited, because she joined the girls soccer team, and can’t wait to play with all her friends. She loves music. Her favorite artists are Bruno Mars, Coldplay and Drake. Ana also loves to play sports. In Spain, where she’s from, she did track, swimming c...