The Student News Site of North Polk High School

The Orbit

The Student News Site of North Polk High School

The Orbit

The Student News Site of North Polk High School

The Orbit

2023-2024 Staff

Zoe Marquez
Newspaper Editor

Zoe Marquez

Junior, Zoe Marquez is the newspaper editor for “The Orbit.” She explained, “I decided to join the newspaper because it seemed really interesting as well as it builds connections.” She plans to gain writing and editing exp...

Brodie Figgins
Broadcast Editor

Brodie Figgins

Broadie Figgins is a returning member of the Broadcast team in his second semester of his senior year after taking a break during the first semester. He is involved with the North Polk Football Team as well as the Track Team....

Jacey Rugg
Broadcast Editor

Jacey Rugg

Jacey Rugg is first time Broadcast member joining during the Spring semester of her senior year. She explained that the reason for joining the team is because of her two friends, broadcast member Ali Lundgren and former member ...

Jess Phillips
Broadcast Editor

Jess Phillips

Senior Jess Phillips is one of the newest recruits that joined the North Polk Broadcast. In regards to why he joined the class Phillips stated that he wanted to spend more time with his friends and he wanted to experience a d...

Ava Ferguson- Sampson
Broadcast Editor

Ava Ferguson- Sampson

Senior Ava Ferguson- Sampson joined the Broadcast team in her last semester of high school. Ferguson- Sampson expressed that she wished to try something new and it sounded like “a good time.” Throughout her high school career she has be...

Broadcast Editor

Ryan Johnson

Ryan Johnson is one of the senior Broadcast editors for the 2023-2024 school year. "I joined this class because I like the atmosphere and the people," expressed Johnson. Johnson plays football and tennis throughout the school year an...

Hannah Drent
Broadcast Editor

Hannah Drent

Senior Hannah Drent is one of the new editors for the Broadcast and also plans on helping with the Yearbook. Drent decided to join the Broadcast after being a fan of the Broadcast’s Youtube channel and wanting to be part of the b...

Aidan Trier
Broadcast Editor

Aidan Trier

Aidan Trier is a sophomore Broadcast editor after his freshman year getting familiar with the Journalism department in Intro to Journalism and Journalism Productions.  “I joined this class to experience many aspects of this school...

Wyatt Massoth
Broadcast Editor

Wyatt Massoth

Wyatt Massoth is in his Senior year at North Polk and has taken on the role of a Broadcast editor. “I joined this class because I had fun video ideas and wanted to do them with my friends,” expressed Massoth. In school...

Eli Boatman
Broadcast Editor

Eli Boatman

Senior, Eli Boatman is just starting out on the Galaxy News broadcast team and has found his niche, creating the “Boatman on the Block” segment. Boatman shared that “In Mrs. Trier’s tenth grade English, I found that I h...

Lucas Bakken
Broadcast Editor

Lucas Bakken

Lucas Bakken is currently in his Junior year as a North Polk student participating in the journalism program. His experience in journalism extends to last year (2021-22) as well. His role on the journalism team includes record...

Ali Lundgren
Broadcast Editor

Ali Lundgren

Junior, Ali Lundgren is an editor and an organizer for the Broadcast team. Lundgren said, “Honestly, at first, I didn’t know what I wanted to do yet so I just kind of experimented, but as I got more into it I realized tha...

Isabella Bella Brandi
Broadcast Editor

Isabella “Bella” Brandi

Junior Bella Brandi is on the Broadcasting team. Brandi initially joined the journalism team because the subject has always piqued her interest. Now that she is a part of the team, her role is mainly editing, camera work, productio...

Isabell Lowe
Yearbook Editor

Isabell Lowe

Isabell (Izzy) Lowe is a senior in the journalism department and is currently involved in Yearbook. Though she initially wanted to join the newspaper, her schedule prevented it and so she decided to go for the yearbook due to h...