The student news site of Bernards High School

The Crimson

The student news site of Bernards High School

The Crimson

The student news site of Bernards High School

The Crimson

2023-2024 Staff

Matt Mariani
Editor-In-Chief

Matt Mariani

Matt is a fourth year journalism student. He enjoys writing about sports, especially football and basketball. He enjoys playing sports and hanging out with friends during his free time. He plays for the high school basketball...

Ava Highland
Editor-In-Chief

Ava Highland

Ava is a Senior at BHS, and in her fourth year of Journalism! Ava is one of this years Editors in Chief and runs the Crimson Instagram account! Ava enjoys playing tennis for the school team, and is the chair of the advertising...

Kilian Schlager
News Editor

Kilian Schlager

Kilian is a junior at BHS and a news editor. He enjoys surfing and skiing in his free time, as well as hanging out with his friends. Kilian has lived in 6 different countries, and speaks three different languages. He enjoys writing...

Rose Costello
Opinions Editor

Rose Costello

Rose is a senior at BHS and it's her second year doing journalism. She looks forward to being an opinion editor. In college she wants to pursue journalism and communications. She's been doing dance for around 15 years.

Rajan Gandhi
Opinions Editor

Rajan Gandhi

Rajan is a second year journalism student. He plays basketball and tennis. He wants to go to Yale for college to become a lawyer.

Andrew Tropp
Sports Editor

Andrew Tropp

Andrew Tropp is a sophmore who is in his first year fully with the journalism program. In school, Andrew enjoys woodworking and history. He has an older brother, who is currently in college, along with an older sister, who is...

Julian Bonk
Sports Editor

Julian Bonk

Julian Bonk is a sophmore and a second-year journalism student at Bernards. He runs cross-country in the fall, track during the winter, and plays tennis in the spring. During the summer, he enjoys sailing with his family. In school,...

Finn Vaccaro
Sports Editor

Finn Vaccaro

Finn is a junior, in his second of being on the staff. He plays lacrosse and soccer, and participates in both Key Club and Investment Club. He is looking forward to writing for The Crimson to continue improving upon his writing...

Ari Rosen
Sports Editor

Ari Rosen

Ari Rosen is a junior at Bernards High School in his second year of journalism. Ari is a big sports fan, enjoying baseball, football, basketball, and golf. He enjoys photography. He is the producer of the school podcast The Cri...

Emma Swope
Entertainment Editor

Emma Swope

Emma is a senior at BHS in her second year doing journalism and she is an Entertainment Editor. She does soccer and track, and is involved in many different clubs. English is her favorite subject since she loves reading and writing,...

Claire Taylor
Entertainment Editor

Claire Taylor

Claire is a junior at Bernards High School and it is her second year writing for the Crimson. She enjoys creative writing and writing in any style. In her free time, she plays tennis for the school team, does filmmaking, and hangs...

Juliette Maro
Features Editor

Juliette Maro

Juliette is a sophomore at BHS and a features editor! She plays field hockey, runs track in the spring, and enjoys shopping and snowboarding. Her favorite subject in school is history because she likes to write. This is also the...

Gianna Galesi
Features Editor

Gianna Galesi

Gianna is a third year Journalism student and section editor. She is a senior who loves to write and spends her free time reading and drawing. Psychology is the most interesting subject to Gianna in school. She believes that journalistic...

Mei Salemi
Features Editor

Mei Salemi

Mei loves to hang out with family and friends, learn, read, and run! She loves journalism and her favorite subject is science. She has two dogs, Tucker and Jasper, that her family adopted during quarantine during covid-19

Ella Patel
Opinions Editor

Ella Patel

Ella is currently a Sophomore in Bernards High School and in her second year of journalism. She went to Bedminster Middle school. Ella does fencing at BHS. She has 2 younger siblings and 4 dogs. she loves to read and write and...

Staff Writer

Jack Martin

Jack Martin is a freshman at BHS. Jack is very involved in sports at BHS, playing both basketball and baseball and out-of-school golf, and even and he even runs his own sports podcast with his friends! Jack is interested in writing f...

Olivia Highland
Staff Writer

Olivia Highland

Olivia is a freshman at BHS and plays tennis on the JV team. She enjoys baking desserts, as well as art and reading. Her favorite musician is Taylor Swift, and her favorite album of which is Red. She decided to take Journalism...

Talia Kooch
Staff Writer

Talia Kooch

Talia is a senior and is in her first year of journalism. She hopes to venture into the entertainment section during her time with the Crimson. Talia is also a member of the art club and dances outside of school. She enjoys fashion...

Caden Kirst
Staff Writer

Caden Kirst

Caden Kirst is a Senior at BHS in his first year with the Crimson Newspaper. Caden is committed to Rutgers to play Lacrosse, following his parents, and two of his four older brother's footsteps in going to Rutgers. He is a big...

Aletha Reynolds
Staff Writer

Aletha Reynolds

Aletha is a Sophomore at BHS. She plays Basketball, volleyball, and lacrosse. Aletha's favorite class is chemistry. She has 2 younger siblings and a dog named Ollie. After high school, Aletha plans on spending some time abroad...

Colin Caggiano
Staff Writer

Colin Caggiano

Colin Caggiano is a current freshman at BHS. He is taking journalism because he wants to improve his writing skills. Colin also plays golf. His favorite subject in school is history.

Lyla Carey
Staff Writer

Lyla Carey

Lyla Carey is a sophomore. She plays field hockey and basketball, but basketball is her favorite. What she is looking forward too in journalism writing articles she's interested in. A fun fact about Lyla is that she has a cockapoo...

Neve Meiner
Staff Writer

Neve Meiner

Neve is a sophomore. She dosent play any sports here at BHS, but she participates in art and key club! A fun fact about her is that she is left handed. What she is looking forward to in journalism is voicing her opinion on topics...

Emma Licht
Staff Writer

Emma Licht

Emma is a freshman at BHS and it is her first year working for the Crimson. Emma's favorite subject is English. Emma enjoys playing tennis, going to the mall, hanging out with friends, going to the beach, and relaxing at home....

Will Simpson
Staff Writer

Will Simpson

Will Simpson is a current freshman. This is his first year ever taking a journalism course and he is taking the course because his older sister took it. He plays soccer, basketball, and lacrosse. Out of the three, basketball is...

Emma Chrapowicki
Staff Writer

Emma Chrapowicki

Emma is a Sophomore in Bernards High School and this is he first year of journalism.  Emma enjoys reading and writing in her free time and is in the school book club. Emma chose Journalism as an elective because she is interested...

Ava DeMarco
Staff Writer

Ava DeMarco

Ava is a senior at BHS in her first year as a journalism student. She plays tennis and softball for the school. Ava currently works as a receptionist at a hair salon but aspires to be an English teacher later on.

Ava Jean
Staff Writer

Ava Jean

Ava is a freshman at Bernards High School. She chose journalism because she likes to write and is interested in writing opinion pieces. She likes to play softball and watch baseball. When she grows up, she wants to be a doctor or...

Alex Vascellaro
Staff Writer

Alex Vascellaro

Alex Vascellaro is a Junior at BHS and it is her first year working for the Crimson. Alex has two sisters, and is inspired by her family. She is involved in lots of activities, including lacrosse and now Journalism. She also en...

JP Walsh
Staff Writer

JP Walsh

JP is a Junior and 17 years old. His favorite color is Magenta. He is playing football and Golf this year. His favorite Sports team is the New York Giants. He works at Grain Feed in town. Jp is one hundred percent Irish and his...

Alex Vaccaro
Staff Writer

Alex Vaccaro

Alex Vaccaro is a junior at BHS in his second year of being a staff writer. Alex has played lacrosse his whole life and just started playing soccer during his freshman year. Outside of sports, his favorite subject is English and...

Morgan Sikes
Staff Writer

Morgan Sikes

Morgan Sikes is a senior at Bernards High School and this is her third year being a staff writer! Morgan has been doing dance for 13 years and enjoys doing several styles, such as ballet, jazz, and pointe. She is also a member...

Leah Simpson
Intro Writer

Leah Simpson

Leah is currentlya freshman here at BHS. She plays Field Hockey, Basketball, and plans to play lacrosse in the spring. Leah has a dog named moxy who is 6 years old. She is in Key Club and Girl Club. Her favorite subject is English...

Nolan Baker
Contributing Writer

Nolan Baker

Nolan Baker is the sophomore class president. He plays soccer, basketball, and baseball, and plays the alto saxophone in the Bernards High School Jazz Band. Nolan is a passionate Boston sports fan who cheers year in and year out...

Charlie Quinn
Contributing Writer

Charlie Quinn

Charlie is a freshman at BHS, and this is his first year in journalism. He really likes to learn about new things, talk and write about various topics, and hang out with his friends. He is on the tennis team and in the Jazz Band!

Jessica Fu
Contributing Writer

Jessica Fu

Jessica Fu is a Sophomore in her second year working for the Crimson. She is a member of the Girls Field Hockey and Lacrosse teams, as well as a participant in Key Club, Book Club, Girl Up, Yearbook, Peer Leaders, Class Officers (as ...

Madison Ferruggia
News and In-Depth Editor

Madison Ferruggia

Madison Ferruggia is a Senior in her third year in Journalism. She's written and edited for the News section every year. Madison is a member of both the winter and spring track teams at BHS. Her favorite part of working on the...