The General Journal

The student news site of Heritage High School

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The General Journal

The General Journal

2023-2024 Staff

Natalie Ferry
Editor-in-Chief

Natalie Ferry

Natalie Ferry is the Editor of The General Journal and a junior at Heritage High School. She has been, and will continue to be, excited about working on "The Legacy" and the General Journal website. 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, she enjoys being a ...

Allie Boyd
Yearbook Editor

Allie Boyd

Allie Boyd is a current senior at Heritage High School. She is a returning student of Journalism and has been co-editor of the HHS Yearbook now for a year, going on her second year. Allie is also a member of the Heritage Girls Soccer team, along with being a part of Tech Team for the musicals, Beta Club, National Honor Society, and one of her class's Pep Rally Coordinators. Allie is very involved in her s...

Briley Simpson
Yearbook Editor

Briley Simpson

Briley Simpson is entering her fourth year as a staff member of the HHS General Journal. She enjoys reading all the articles that get published and loves coming up with new ideas of things to cover. As this is her senior year, she is excited to once again help with the yearbook "The Legacy." She and staff member Allie Boyd are Co-Editors of the book. Briley also occupies her time by participating in cl...

Alyx Quist
Editor

Alyx Quist

Alyx Quist is a 15-year-old sophomore who is in the Heritage Class of 2026. Their favorite things to do include reading, writing, listening to music, and hanging out with their close friends. Usually, they read sci-fi books, but they do enjoy the occasional romance or suspense book. Some music artists that Alyx likes are The Goo Goo Dolls, Mitski, Queen, Gorillaz, Childish Gambino, The Weeknd, and The Br...

Kaya Bradford
Staff Writer

Kaya Bradford

Kaya Bradford is a freshmen student attending Heritage High School. This is her first year of Journalism, and so far it has been her favorite class to attend. In Kaya’s spare time, she enjoys listening to (a LOT) of music, including Tokio Hotel, Radiohead, Baby Keem, She Wants Revenge, Kendrick Lamar, and many other artists from varying genres. She also enjoys reading, writing, drawing, and some othe...

Kaylee Brown
Staff Writer

Kaylee Brown

Kaylee is a 14-year-old freshman, and this is her first time being a part of the Journalism staff. Kaylee loves to hangout with her close friends and family. Kaylee is excited to be a part of the staff and is eager to see what it has to offer. She doesn’t have her future job decided yet, but she has thought about being a marine biologist or an esthetician. Kaylee is a member of the Heritage High S...

Emmah Carpenter
Staff Writer

Emmah Carpenter

Emmah Carpenter is a 14-year -old freshman at Heritage High School this year. This is Emmah’s first time in Journalism. She is kind of nervous but happy to be in Journalism. In Emmah’s free time, she likes to draw, play video games, and hang out with her friends after school. She also has two pet cats named Venus and Bastet, whom she named herself. Her cat Venus is a small "Tuxedo Cat" that is...

Kinsley Cheatham
Staff Writer

Kinsley Cheatham

Kinsley Cheatham is a freshman this year at Heritage High School. At school Kinsley is involved in the Tech Team for the musical and a member of the Creative Writing Club, in addition to being on the Journalism staff. When she isn’t doing any of that, you can most likely find her listening to music and creating some sort of art piece. Her favorite music artists consist of Janis Joplin, Melanie Martin...

Molly Churchwell
Staff Writer

Molly Churchwell

Molly Churchwell is a 15-year-old sophomore 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 takes school seriously, applying herself to the best of her power. With a fascination for all types of sciences, she plans to take challenging c...

Miles Clark
Staff Writer

Miles Clark

Miles Clark is an 18-year-old senior member of the Journalism staff. This is his fourth year of being a Journalism staff member. Miles also plays Center for the football team at Heritage. His favorite thing to do over the summer was to go to the Soddy-Daisy Blue Hole and go cliff jumping with his friends. If you ever happen to go to Michael’s in Fort Oglethorpe, you may see Miles working there. Fe...

Spencer Cordle
Staff Writer

Spencer Cordle

Spencer Cordle is a 14-year-old student at Heritage High School. He is a part of the General Journal staff but is looking for new clubs to join. He loves all things related to art, music, and cooking. He can always be found listening to music, drawing, or hanging out with his friends. His current favorite band is Insane Clown Posse, but he also loves early 2000s pop. He listens to music all the tim...

Hailey Drafahl
Staff Writer

Hailey Drafahl

Hailey Drafahl is a 17-year-old senior attending Heritage High School. She is returning to the Journalism staff this year because she really enjoyed taking the class her Junior year. Hailey is excited for what this year of Journalism will bring. She enjoys taking challenging courses and is on a dual-enrollment schedule for her entire senior year so that she can obtain both high school and college cr...

Aubrey Fitzpatrick
Staff Writer

Aubrey Fitzpatrick

  Aubrey Fitzpatrick is a 14-year-old freshman at Heritage High School. She is very excited to be a new Journalism student. Outside of school, Aubrey loves hanging out with friends, meeting new people, and socializing. One of the main reasons Aubrey enjoys going to school is the social aspect of it. Aubrey wants to focus on getting a job in the medical field; she hopes to be an anesthesiologis...

Ian Grant
Staff Writer

Ian Grant

Ian Grant is a 14-year-old freshman at Heritage High School. Ian is very ambitious and loves the fact that he’s part of working on "The Legacy." Ian loves to spend time with his family and friends outside of school. He enjoys hiking, playing golf, and getting attacked by his cat, Survivor. He’s very passionate about sports: he especially loves the Atlanta Falcons a lot. He’s always watching p...

Sofiia Haidar
Staff Writer

Sofiia Haidar

Sofiia Haidar is a current sophomore at Heritage High School. She is from Ukraine and only got here six months ago at the beginning of the school year. Sofiia is really outgoing, sociable and loves to meet new people. She can speak three languages, which are Russian, Ukrainian and English, so it gives her an opportunity to talk to different people all around the world. In her free time she loves to g...

Brooklynn Henson
Staff Writer

Brooklynn Henson

Brooklynn Henson is a 17-year-old senior attending Heritage High School. This is her second semester in Journalism. She is taking Dual Enrollment courses online at Shorter University. She enjoys taking challenging  Science courses. Her favorite subject is Science, and her favorite Science class was Honors Chemistry. A new hobby of hers is going to the gym and reading. In her spare time she enjoys re...

Tru Johnson
Staff Writer

Tru Johnson

Tru Johnson is a sophomore joining her second year in Journalism. She is an all Honors student striving for inclusion in NHS and Beta Club during her next two years. 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 f...

Hannah Karson
Staff Writer

Hannah Karson

Hannah Karson is a junior attending Heritage High School. Hannah is originally from Connecticut and moved south three years prior. She’s really enjoying her time at Heritage. Language is Hannah’s favorite subject in school; she loves to write. Some of Hannah’s favorite books are “LIVE” & “A Walk to Remember." In her free time she loves hanging out with her friends, writing, cooking, ...

Rayce Mackey
Staff Writer

Rayce Mackey

Rayce Mackey is a 14-year-old freshman. He has just recently joined Journalism, and this semester will be his first. Rayce is 5’10, and he lives with his parents and three younger brothers. He also lives with his dog, Tito. His favorite food is a footlong from Subway. The footlong he prefers is made of Italian herb and cheese bread, ham, cucumbers, salt, pepper, and mayonnaise. Rayce is one of the...

Natalyn McCormack
Staff Writer

Natalyn McCormack

Natalyn McCormack is a 9th grade student at HHS. This is her first 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 and two dogs. Her phone is full of pictures and videos of her favorite dog, Jet. Natalyn has many inte...

Lily Marshall
Staff Writer

Lily Marshall

Lily Marshall is an current sophomore at Heritage High School. Lily is a manger for the school football team, which takes up most of her free time in the first semester. She is also an member of the school swim team as well as an summer team that she volunteers from during June and July. She loves listening to music with her all time favorite artist being Lana Del Ray and her favorite song ¨Ultravi...

Abigail Maynor
Staff Writer

Abigail Maynor

Abigail Maynor is a 15-year-old student at Heritage High School. This year, she is a sophomore. In her free time, Abigail loves to hang out with her mom, dad, Lexi (her sister), and her best friends. She has a dog named Brutus and a bearded dragon named Bowser. Brutus is a Boxer-Collie mix and the sweetest dog in the world. Abigail enjoys listening to country music and having fun. She has always want...

Benae Pederson
Staff Writer

Benae Pederson

Benae Pederson is a 17-year-old junior at Heritage High School. This is Benae’s first time in Journalism, and she is excited about the rest of the year. Her favorite things include working out, drawing, singing, cheer, and hanging out with friends. Benae moved here from Ringgold this year, and before that she was from Nebraska. She would be on the cheer team if it was permitted after transferrin...

Caleb Peponis
Staff Writer

Caleb Peponis

Caleb Peponis is a freshman at Heritage High School, and this is his first year in Journalism. When Caleb isn’t in school or doing homework, he enjoys listening to all types of music (mostly pop and country) and reading books. He mostly reads dystopian books and some  mystery/thrillers. He also enjoys watching TV and spending time with his family and pets. Some of his favorite shows to watch are...

Thomas Scherzer
Staff Writer

Thomas Scherzer

Thomas Scherzer is a sophomore this year at Heritage High School. Thomas Scherzer involves himself in many activities both inside and outside of school. Thomas always tries to make sure he betters himself on whatever he is doing and becomes a better person. Thomas Scherzer enjoys playing soccer and reading, but throughout all of his free time he usually is working out. He really likes going to the gy...

Kyla Smith
Staff Writer

Kyla Smith

Kyla Smith is a 14-year old freshman at Heritage High School. This is her first year of Journalism, and so far 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 a diagnostic medical sonographer. She wants to go to either UGA or UTC to get a bachelor’s degree in...

Taelor Snyder
Staff Writer

Taelor Snyder

Taelor Snyder is a 15-year-old freshman 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 "Big Time Rush," "Sam & Cat," and "Victorious." She watches these shows because that's what she g...

Addie Kate Stafford
Staff Writer

Addie Kate Stafford

Addie Kate Stafford is a 16-year-old sophomore at Heritage High School. She is returning for a second year in Journalism. She also takes part in the Heritage football management team: she helps with all practices and games. She is taking two Honors classes, English and History. She also maintains a streak of Straight A’s in all of her classes. In her time at Heritage, she has made many valuable frie...

Maryetta Williams
Staff Writer

Maryetta Williams

Maryetta Williams is a 15-year-old sophomore attending Heritage High School. She tries to be involved a lot in the Heritage community. This is Maryetta’s second semester in Journalism, and she is an all-Honors student. Maryetta plays club volleyball during the fall/winter/spring. She is in HOSA and will soon complete the Health Occupations pathway. She works very hard to have good grades, so she can...

Shalaya Williams
Staff Writer

Shalaya Williams

Shalaya Williams is a 16-year-old junior new to Heritage High School and the Journalism staff. She is looking forward to trying new things this year. Shalaya was a part of the Adairsville High School Basketball Cheerleading squad and the Theater department helping design sets of plays. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, listening to music, drawing, and hanging out with friends. Some of her favor...