Alexa Paterno – The Crimson

Alexa Paterno, Features Editor

Alexa is a sophomore at Bernards High School and is a second-year journalism student. Alexa took this class because her mom encouraged her to, and she is excited to conduct interviews and write opinion and sports articles. Alexa’s favorite subjects in school are biology and english. She also plays three sports- soccer, lacrosse, and basketball. Her favorite sport is soccer as she enjoyed winning the conference in her high-school season and spending time with her teammates. Outside of sports, Alexa likes to hang out with friends and take her dog Gus on walks.

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Girls lacrosse approaching state and county tournaments

Alexa Paterno, Features Editor
May 12, 2023

With the county and state tournaments coming up, the girls lacrosse team is performing at a high quality and are getting ready to hopefully advance in both tournaments. The girls have a record of 11-2...

New fungus is discovered by scientists

Alexa Paterno, Features Editor
April 3, 2023

Over the past couple of weeks, a new deadly and highly contagious infection has been spreading rapidly in hospitals and other healthcare facilities. The infection is called “Candida auris” and it is...

Girls soccer takes on Redbull stadium

Alexa Paterno, Features Editor
March 9, 2023

The rivalry between Bernards and Ridge is one that many people are aware of. Whenever the two schools meet each other, competition is always present; especially in athletics. When teams from each school...

Students take advantage of new technology

Alexa Paterno, Features Editor
March 3, 2023

In the past months, a new website called Chat GPT has sparked lots of talk between many people. Chat GPT is a chatbot developed by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, and was released in November 2022. Since...

[Photo] Behind the scenes of the Crimson

Ella Patel, Editor-in-Chief
January 23, 2023

Members of the journalism classes working

Senior Spotlight: Matthew Chen and Sophia Malleo

Alexa Paterno, Features Editor
December 19, 2022

Meet Matthew Chen Q: What is your role in the robotics club? A: I am President of the Tech Club and Captain of the BHS Robotics Team. Q: How long have you been involved in the club? A: I have been...

Senior Spotlight: Adi Raj and Nina Robles

Alexa Paterno, Features Editor
November 22, 2022

Interview with Nina Robles Q: What is your role in the play? A: I play Siobhan, Christopher’s teacher. Q: Have you been involved in the play in previous years? A: I have been inolved with the play...

Senior Spotlights: Leia Norton and Gabe McKinlay

Alexa Paterno, Features Editor
November 3, 2022

Gabe McKinlays Interview - What is your favorite part about being class president? My favorite part of being class president is that I am able to speak for the class and be able to do a lot of different...

Senior Spotlight: Lexi Shafer and Max Lukes

Alexa Paterno, Features Editor
October 6, 2022

Interview with Lexi Shafer Why did you want to run for president? “I wanted to run for President because I wanted to boost spirit at Bernards! We are working on multiple events which should be...

The New York Times censors a controversial Wordle

Alexa Paterno, Features Editor
May 14, 2022

Wordle is the newly famous game that has enough word puzzles to last years without repeating a word. The word is not picked day by day, rather the list of words has been set up for at least a year. However,...

Boys Tennis spring season mid-way review

Alexa Paterno, Features Editor
May 6, 2022

The boys tennis team is off to a strong beginning of their season with a record of 6-3 and a 3-0 record in the Skyland Valley Division. In their most recent match on April 21 against Philipsburg the team...

New town podcast promotes small businesses

Alexa Paterno, Features Editor
April 8, 2022

As the COVID-19 pandemic has not only affected people, but businesses in Bernardsville too, there have been drastically affected companies as a result of the pandemic.Now, these small businesses...

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