Taranye Alleyne

Taranye Alleyne’s favorite vacation was to Jacksonville, Florida. It was the longest car ride she has been on when she was 12. She went to Florida with her church family on a 10 hour car ride. “It felt like they were going forever and as if they were in the car for a year” said Taranye about the car ride there.  The reason they went there was for her church to go to a big church meeting with a bunch of churches and the meeting was in Florida because it’s said to be very pretty and warm there.  On the way there they stopped in just about every state because of all the people needing to use the bathroom at different times.

            Taranye is the older sister of her little brother who is 8 years old therefore she has to be the best role model she can because her little brother looks up to her and acts like her. She has been to about 4 other schools before hidden valley high school but the one she is at right now is her favorite of them all. She was very scared heading into high school because she thought she was too young and there would be many new faces but when she got here she already knew just about everybody because most of them where the people from her school last year.

                                                                                                                        By Isaac Nichols

Olivia Sodre

When Olivia Sodre was three she was walking and tripped on a piece of concrete and hit her face. When she hit her face her skin was hanging off. Strangely she but wasn’t crying but bouncing up and down in joy. In her words,” It was a situation I wasn’t aware of, so how could I be upset?”

            Olivia a freshman at Hidden Valley High School. Her family is from Brazil and moved  here before she was born.  Her favorite sport is soccer because it is a game that she and her family can agree on. She is an all position player.  Olivia is usually a positive person, except if you disappoint her you might here Portuguese. By the way she is bilingual and speaks three languages including English, Portuguese and Spanish  

                                                                        By Nathanial Kent

Nate Kent

Nate Kent Is a well know student. His friends, of course, are quite enthusiastic about him. Last year during football practice, Kent took a blow and suffered a severe concussion. In his words,” When I first woke up, all I saw was the color green, and all I felt was pain.” He says it almost completely erased his memory, for when I tried to ask him about his past (before the concussion) he didn’t know the answer to most of the questions.

                        Kent is jersey number 4 this year on the Hidden Valley School’s JV Football team. He seems like an outspoken goof, but is quite humble once you get past the macho sportsman exterior. He’s been playing football since he was six years old, from family and friends to Rec. It was a pleasure to write this.

                                                                                           By Olivia Sodre

Midajah Davis

Midajah Davis loves to play basketball. She has been playing basketball for three years. Midajah played basketball for the middle school team. The position she plays is shooting guard.  “The best thing about basketball is crossing people up, breaking ankles, shooting, and winning,” said Davis. Midajah’s biggest accomplishment was when she shot a half-court shot at the park.

Midajah Davis sometimes referred to as Miday was born on April 9, 2001. She lived in Queens, New York before she moved to Roanoke, Virginia. Before coming to Hidden Valley High School she went to Hidden Valley Middle School where she played on the girls basketball team. She lives with her mom, Sharndell Davis, in Roanoke, Virginia who is a Brookedale house keeper.

                                                                                    By Lizzie Hunt

Mason Orfield

           Mason Orfield wants to be a nurse with all her heart. She has desired to be a nurse since she was 11 years old. When I was conducting this interview she hesitated with her answers on almost all of the questions except this one.

            “It would be such an amazing experience for me to help others in the community get back to their full health,” she exclaims as she nearly jumps up in joy.

            Mason was born on November 29, 2000. As she has spent her 14 years in Roanoke, VA, she went to Oak Grove Elementary and Hidden Valley Middle School. If Mason ever feels pressured then she has her dog, Maple, to help cheer her up. Mason is also a very talented cheerleader that loves to cheer because, “She is good at it”.

By David Tompkins

Macy Schmeling

            Macy Schmeling is the only person I know that like Mine Shaft. Mine Shaft is a restaurant in Wisconsin that is known for its pizza. “The food is great”, said Schmleing when I asked her what her why she liked Mine Shaft.

            Macy Schmeling was born on November 14^th, 2000 in WI, Wisconsin. She has five siblings Ty who is 4, Jobie who is 5, Maleigh who is 8, Lily who is 18, and Jake who is 23. Macy’s mom, Jennifer, is a nurse and her father, Mike, stays home to take care of Macy’s younger siblings. Macy moved to Roanoke, VA when she was in 6^th grade, and the reason was to be closer to her family here.

Jacob Carter

Lyric Harris

Lyric sometimes called Larry or Miah already knows what she wants to do when she gets older. Lyric Harris would like to graduate college into the medical field as a doctor. The college she would like to graduate from Berkeley College. “It’s because I can help people, you know” said Harris.

Lyric was born in Honesfeid, Germany on April 25, 2001. She lived in Honesfeid for four to five years until she and her family moved to Roanoke, VA. Lyric has one older brother named Tyraq, two younger brothers named Amir and Joe. The worst day of Lyric’s life is when she and her brother were done with painting and they were cleaning off their hands with gasoline. Her brother then shakes off his hands and then gets gasoline into Lyric’s eyes. She then had to go to the E.R. that same day.

By: Jeremiah Carter

Lizzie Hunt

Lizzie like to play softball for fun and playing for school was more competitive. Lizzie’s dad Mr. Hunt is her softball coach who teaches at HV. Lizzie plays ever since she was 5years old and she plays 1^st base and 3^rd base. “The reason why she like to play softball is because she likes to catch a line drive and making double plays.” said Hunt. She didn’t play for middle school anymore after 7^th grade she quit so she can do rec softball.

Elizabeth Ann Hunt people call her “lizzie”. Her birthday is February 22^nd 2001. Before Hidden Valley High school she went to Hidden Valley Middle school. She was born in Wichita, Kansas. She lived in Wichita, North Carolina, Missouri. When she grows up she wants to be an Event Planner. The collage she wants to go to is “BYU” Brigham Young University. She has 2 sisters and 2 brothers’ sister Tara 21, brother Ammon 17, sister Ali 11, brother Aaron 16. Her parents name are Nathan Hunt and Becky Hunt. She has no pet.

                                                                                                                                      By Midajah Davis

Leah Chapin

Leah Chapin, 14, loves horseback riding. So much so that she wants to be a veterinarian. She goes to Steadfast Stables every week or so to ride. She first started horseback riding six years ago, at the age of nine. When asked about her feelings on the subject, she said “I love horseback riding, but when I ride it feels like I am floating.”

Chapin is fourteen years old. She has lived in Roanoke, Virginia her whole life. She has a brother, sister, mother and father, Matthew, Abby, Cheryle and Doug respectively. She has two dogs, both rescues. Her elementary schools were Faith Christian and Cavespring Elementary. Her middle school was Hidden Valley.

By Hunter Taylor

Lauren Getz

                                    Lauren Getz is very interested and enthusiastic about fashion, modeling, and clothing style. Lauren hopes to become a fashion stylist after she graduates high school or college. “It’d be a dream come true” said Getz.

Lauren was born in Roanoke, Virginia. She is also 14 years old. Lauren has attended school at Oak Grove Elementary, Hidden Valley Middle, and now Hidden Valley High. She plans on moving to New York after she finishes High School or College, and wants to work for a magazine as a stylist for a future career. Her father works as a Lawyer and she looks up to her father very much. She plans to attend NYU or FIT after high school, and hopes to take style and fashion photos for a popular magazine franchise. She also claims she would like to be a vogue to show off fashion ideas and etcetera.

                                                                                                  By Nick

Josh Towler

Josh Towler is a more keep to yourself kind of person more than you think. He normally stays quiet and listens closely to the teacher. He doesn’t like to be called out in class a lot. Normally when you just meet him he doesn’t tend to speak a lot, but when you start to talk to him a lot and get on his comfort side he will speak to you more. “I don’t like being out in the open and be the one everyone is looking at me.”, says Towler. 

            His name is Josh Towler. He is 14 years old and his birthday is January 4, 2001. Others school he has been to are HVMS, Oak Grove Elementary, and Fenly Farms Elementary. He used to live in Phoenix Arizona. When he grows up he want to be in Engineering. He lives with his mom, dad, and older brother. His mom’s name is Marley, his dads name is Robert. His older brother is John Towler and he is 17 years old. He has two dogs, their names are Brady and Molly.

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Jeremiah Carter

 Jeremiah Anderson Carter was born May/3/2000 at Roanoke memorial. 9 minutes after his twin brother Jacob Carter. His parents’ names are Barbara and Denis Carter He has a toy poodle name Oreo.  He lived in Roanoke Virginia. He went to Cave Spring Elementary School and for middle school he went to Hidden Valley Middle School. Since that day Carter has grew to love many sports but the one that sticks out the most in his mind was Wrestling. He played Wrestling for Hidden Valley Middle School and Hidden Valley High School.             When Carter grows up he wants to become a computer engineer. Carter’s most traumatic experience is his grandfather gave him a habanero pepper. ‘’ It burned so bad, I started crying and drinking gallons of milk.” Said Carter. If Carter could change one about himself it would be so he could look even more like identical twin brother Jacob Carter. “I want to confuse even more people.” Said Carter. Carters favorite food is sweet egg sushi from Ichcibon.

                                                                                                By: Lyric harris

Jacob Jernigan

            Jacob liked trains ever since he was a child. He found it as a hobby by collecting and talking about them. Today he finds them as a career interest like a train engineer while he would still collect them.  “When I was about 2-3 I liked them because of the design, and now I admire how they work,” said Jernigan.

            Jacob was born on January 17, 2001 in Roanoke, Virginia. His family consists of:  his mom (Brooke), his dad (Christopher), and his siblings:  Melonie (25), Brandon (21), Jason (17), Sabrina (11), & Adrianna (10). He also has several pets:  Opie, Baxter, Wally, Charlie, Sugar Cube, Miley, Camy, Piney, & Ozy. Finally, when Jacob gets older he wants work as a train engineer.

By, Troy Smith

Jacob Carter

When he was about 7 Jacob Carter won a Contest. This contest took place at 6-11 Stake House and was for drawing of a train. When he won they gave him a scooter. “It was pretty cool” said Carter.

He was born, May 30, 2000, and raised in Roanoke, VA. Carter started school at Cave Spring Elementary with his twin brother, Jeremiah, and later went to Hidden Valley Middle. He has two brothers, one age 14, Jeremiah, and the other, 21, named Zack. His mother, Barbara, works at AEP, and his father, Dennis, runs his own business. They also have a toy poodle named Oreo. When he grows up he wants to either become a chef or become and business owner, and wants to study at VMI.

                                                                                                           

                                                                                                By: Macy Schmeling

Hunter Taylor

South Carolina, Wisconsin, Florida, Boston, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, these are just some places Taylor has been. Even though he was homeschooled and it was hard to make friends it didn’t stop him from enjoying Boston the architecture and rustic look was his favorite.  When I asked Taylor if he liked traveling he responded, “I wish I had more social experience.”

            Hunter Griffin Taylor is fifteen and was born May 26, 2000 in Greenville, SC. He has a twin brother, Jared fifteen, and a sister, Megan eighteen. Taylor lives with his father and mother, David and Kristie, his mom being an open heart scrub nurse. He has had four dogs lily, Frejah, Freaki, and Izzy being the only dog not rescued.

By: Leah Chapin

Emma Oertle

       Emma Oertle moved Utah to Virginia and then started horseback riding a few years later. She has been doing it for about 4 years now coming quickly onto 5 years. She got her first lesson from a teacher named Ms. Hurley. “I like horseback riding because control the bigger animal.” Said Emma.

            She also has an 11 year old brother named Andrew and 2 step-sisters named Emilie and Hannah. She would also want to meet a TV show character called Goku from Dragonball Z. Her parents Stephanie and Josh both have respectable jobs. Stephanie his a CPA or in other words a Certified Public Accountant while her dad, Josh is in the reserve in the army and works at Allstate.

By: Anthony M.

Emma Coe

“I love to draw, listen to music, watch anime and play with computers”. Emma is really good at drawing anime characters. Emma watches anime when she can. Emma likes to listen to any type of music.

Emma lives with her mom and her brother. Emma is 15 years old and her birthday is on august 23, 2000. Emma has a younger brother named James. Emma has two cats and their names are Boozie and Basil

                                                                                                -Josh Towler

David Thompkins

                   David  wants  to  be  an astroaunt .  He  loves planets.  He  wanted  to be an  astronunt  all his  life.  He  feels  enthusiastic  about  seeing  aliens.

                    David  was  born  in  Roanoke  Virgina  and  he  hasn’t  lived  anywhere  else.  He  has  two siblings one who is sixteen  and  one  who  is  twenty  three  ,  thire  names  are  Nathan  and Kameko.  His  best  memory  was  the  runner  up   in  the  spelling  bee.  Davids favorite  sport  is soccer  because  he  thinks  it is fun.  The worst  thing  that  has  ever  happened to  David was  he  broke  his  pinky finger.  He  went  to  two  schools  before  hidden valley  high  school,  he went  to  Green Valley  Elementary  School  and Hidden Valley  Middle  School.  His favorite  college  if  university  of  Florida.

                                                 

                                                                                                                  By  Mason  Orfield

Anothny Murdock

Anthony used to live in New York and likes to play soccer. He plays mid-field, and has been playing for about 5 years. He was about eight when he moved out of New York, and moved into Virginia. Anthony has been living in the VA ever since. “The best part about soccer, is the adrenaline when the ball is in front of the goal.” Murdock said.

Anthony Matthew Murdock, sometimes called Tony, was born on November 7^th, 2000. He has went to a few other schools, before he came to HVHS, including HVMS, Cave Spring elementary, and Green Valley elementary. When he grows up and gets a job, he wants to be an architect. He has a sister named Jennifer, whom lives in Illinois and is 25. Anthony’s mother, Kim, is a nurse and his dad is a lab worker at a clinic. Anthony also has a dog named Max and a cat named Lucky.

                                                                                                            By: Emma Oertle