2018-2019 Staff
Olivia Janicek
CEO
Olivia is a junior at Arapahoe HS, and is on her third year for the ArapahoeXtra/Spear staff. She's extremely thrilled to be a co-CEO (with Nathan Holmes) this year! As a columnist, she adores writing journalistic and opinion pieces. This year, she hopes...
Maggie Foa
Herald Copy Editor
Maggie Foa is a senior at Arapahoe and this is her second year on the journalism staff. When not in the J-room, she enjoys being outside, especially skiing, mountain biking, and backpacking. She also like hula hooping, bagels, and banana laffy-taffys.
Sheila Stern
Herald Copy Editor
Sheila is a junior at Arapahoe High School and she can not believe that this is already her third year. This is her second year on The Herald Staff and she is excited to be one of the copy editors! Outside of school, Sheila loves to ski, travel, play with...
Quinn Rowlison
Hearld Section Editor
Quinn is a sophomore this year. This is his second year as a journalist for the Herald and for Xtra. He is on the Ultimate Frisbee team and is looking forward to all of what high school throws at him. In his free time, he likes to watch movies, talk ...
Grace Adamson
Herald Section Editor
Grace Adamson is a junior at Arapahoe High School. This is her third year on the Herald staff and her first year on the Spear/Xtra staff. This year she is looking forward to learning about video production as well as just growing as a journalist. In her...
Declan Palmer
Herald Section Editor
Declan is a senior this year at Arapahoe. This is his first year on the Herald staff and his fourth on the yearbook staff. Declan is also a member of the Arapahoe cross country and track teams. In his free time, Declan likes photography, going on long...
TyCee Green
Journalist
TyCee is a sophomore at Arapahoe and is in her second year in The Spear/ Xtra staff. She creates video content for ArapahoeXtra. She likes long walks on the Beaches Colorado provides and reading.
Maggie Coan
Journalist
Maggie is a senior at Arapahoe and this is her first year being on journalism staff. Maggie is the president of DECA and plays field hockey. After she graduates, Maggie plans on attending the University of Oklahoma to study sports marketing. She is looking...
Alli Zier
Journalist
Alli is a freshman at Arapahoe High School and this is her (obviously) first year on the staff of Spear and ArapahoeXtra. She is a JV Tom and a part-time Student Council member. Other than that, she enjoys baseball, music, film of all kinds, and ice cream....
Eva Loring
Journalist
Eva is a senior at Arapahoe, and this is her first year on journalism staff. Eva participates in Deca and FBLA. In her spare time, she enjoys leading a group of middle school girls, volunteering at her church, traveling, water color painting and roller...
Leanna Marcus
Journalist
Leanna is a freshmen and a new addition to the The Spear/Xtra staff. She has many interests, but is passionate about Grey’s Anatomy and a good burrito bowl from Chipotle.
Grace Cadorette
Journalist
This is Grace's first year on the journalism staff. Grace is also a DECA officer and plays Varsity soccer and basketball. Outside of school, Grace finds herself in the mountains hiking and snowboarding, spending time with her dog, or obsessing over Harry...
Parker Anderson
Journalist
Parker is a junior at Arapahoe High School. This is Parker's second year on Varsity Spear. His interests are videography, photography, and of course, sports broadcasting. He is extremely excited to see the products of his hard work this year. Parker's...
Alex Guadnola
Reporter
Alex is a freshman at Arapahoe High School. He is on the freshman football team and loves to watch and play football, hockey, and volleyball.
Matt Luci
Reporter
Matt Luci is a junior at Arapahoe High School. This is his first year participating in SPEAR. He enjoys playing all sports especially basketball and also watching sports in his free time. He also enjoys spending time with his friends and his family. He...
John Park
Reporter
John is a Sophomore at Arapahoe and this is his first year on the SPEAR staff. John plays basketball for Arapahoe. Outside of school John enjoys the outdoors, skiing and mountain biking. He also enjoys hanging out with family and friends. He is really...
Hannah Larsen
Reporter
Hannah is sophomore at Arapahoe high school. She is a cheerleader and it is her second year of being a reporter on the Herald staff. She is obsessed with gum, talking, and blobfishes. Hannah hopes to pursue a career in government and journalism.
Jake Sheldon
Reporter
Jake is a Junior at Arapahoe High School. At Arapahoe Jake is a part of the football team and the lacrosse team. In his freetime Jake likes to participate in outdoor activities including fishing, hiking, and camping. Jake is an avid fortnite player and...
Will Franzen
Reporter
Will is a junior this year at Arapahoe, and this is his first year on the Spear/Xtra staff. Outside of school he enjoys playing football and basketball for Arapahoe, hanging with friends, and rippin some nite with the boys. He also really enjoys watching...
Jaden Cottorone
Reporter
Jaden is a sophomore at AHS and this is her first year on the Herald staff! She’s passionate about understanding the world around her and is glad to be doing so through journalism this school year. In addition to writing, her hobbies include computer sc...
Ashley Mowle
Reporter
Ashley is a Sophomore at Arapahoe, and this is her second year on the Spear/Xtra team. Ashley is also a member of the Drama Club and is Publicity Officer of the Speech and Debate team here at Arapahoe. In her spare time, Ashley enjoys watching hockey g...
Nathan Holmes
Spear CEO
Nathan is a junior on the Varsity Spear. He is in the midst of his 3rd year with the Spear and his first year as a Spear Co-CEO (With Olivia Janicek) and is excited for the future of the SPEAR and Xtra.
Hayden Peirce
Editor in Chief
Hayden is a senior at Arapahoe High School and is the Editor in Chief of the Herald and also works with the Spear Broadcast. This is his fourth year on staff and fifth year in journalism. In addition to being on the Herald staff, Hayden runs cross coun...
Lauren David
Photo Editor
Lauren is a junior this year, and has been apart the Arapahoe Herald staff for three years. This is also her second year as Photo Editor, and really she enjoys her position! When she isn't dedicating her life to the Herald, Lauren is either making a difference...
Asher Hyre
Spear Reporter
Asher is a junior at Arapahoe and this is his first year on the Spear staff. He enjoys playing basketball and playing video games outside of school. Asher plans on broadcasting sports games and writing articles for Arapahoe sports. He also enjoys watching...
Ashleigh Huntley
Herald Reporter
Ashleigh is a sophomore at Arapahoe and this is her first year on staff. She took Journalistic Writing freshman year and is excited to be a part of the Herald. She is also on the swim team here at Arapahoe, and in her free time she watches 2000s teen mov...
Jack DuFauchard
Herald Reporter
Jack DuFauchard is a junior at Arapahoe High School and this is his first year on the Herald Newsmagazine staff. Jack lives in Denver, Colorado, a place for the freezing and ideal for running. In the future, Jack wants to specialize in vigorous medic...
Grace Witcher
Herald Reporter
Grace is a freshman at Arapahoe this year. Her interests include that of traveling, horseback riding, reading, writing, skiing, and anything chocolate. In her spare time she likes to listen to music, sleep, and play her favorite video games! She is very...
Amelia Davis
Herald Reporter
Amelia is a sophomore at Arapahoe High School. She’s been an avid reader of the Herald and this will be her first year on staff. Outside of school she loves to play volleyball and is on the Junior Varsity volleyball team. Her favorite book is the Myster...
Lesliann Ramirez
Herald Reporter
Lesliann is a sophomore at Arapahoe High School. This is her first year on the Herald Newsmagazine staff. She is part of the Ultimate Frisbee team for Arapahoe. You can often find her on long distance runs. There isn't a day she goes by without liste...
Constance Rathsack
Web Editor
Constance is a sophomore at Arapahoe, and this is her second year on the Herald and first year as Web Editor. Constance enjoys hiking, reading, and spending time with her dog. You may see her walking down the hall with her sister but, don't worry you...
Megan Nguyen
Herald Managing Editor
Megan is a junior at Arapahoe High School and she is super excited to start her third year on staff as managing editor. When Megan is not devoting her time to the Herald, she plays the piano and runs for the Arapahoe Cross Country team. Other hobbies i...
Isabella Mohren
Herald Reporter
Bella is a sophomore at Arapahoe and is new to the Herald staff. She is an Arapahoe Tom on JV and is so excited for the football season. Go Seahawks! In her free time she enjoys skiing, dancing, and spending time with her family and friends. Nothing top...
Ella Cinalli
Herald Reporter
Ella is a sophomore at Arapahoe High School and this is her first year on the Herald Staff. She was on yearbook in 8th grade and loved it. In her free time, she likes to read, watch Netflix, eat popcorn, and hang out with her neighbor’s dog. Inclu...
Lillian Stinton
Herald Reporter
Lily Stinton is a freshman on The Herald newsmagazine staff. This is, of course, her first year on staff. In her spare time, Lily enjoys watching hockey and she plans to be apart on Arapahoe's soccer team come Spring season :)
Kristin Avery
Herald Reporter
Kristin is a sophomore at Arapahoe, and this is her first year on the Herald staff! She’s super excited to join the Herald team, and can’t wait to grow and have fun with the rest of the crew. Her passion is writing, and she aims to make that passi...