The Student News Site of Skyline High School

The Skyline Horizon

The Student News Site of Skyline High School

The Skyline Horizon

The Student News Site of Skyline High School

The Skyline Horizon

2023-2024 Staff

Lily Guthrie
Feature Editor

Lily Guthrie

Lily is a Senior, and has been in journalism for 3 years now. She has been the manager for the Skyline Horizon social media accounts for over a year, and is currently the Feature editor. Her favorite articles to write are Arts and ...

Opinion Editor

Amanda Chanhmany

Amanda Chanhmany is a Sophomore at Skyline High School. She has some experience with published articles, and has contributed to publications such as the Wasatch Jr High newspaper. Amanda hopes that she can improve and refine her ...

Opinion Editor

Erika Kruckenberg

Erika is a 4 year journalism staff member, with 2 years of experience being the Opinion editor. Her interests lie in books, astronomy and the experience of living life to the fullest. She’s currently interested in writing about day...

Contributor

Xavier Bacon

Xavier is in ninth grade, with many years of writing experience. He is excited to learn about journalism this year. He likes to listen to music and play sports. 

Contributor

Claire Tanner

Claire Tanner is a Junior at Skyline High School who loves to write. She is an experienced writer who has contributed to her past school’s newspaper multiple times. Claire also enjoys being the Highlites president, a member o...

Contributor

Jacqui Blanchard

Jacqui Blanchard is a Freshman at Skyline High School. In middle school she took a journalism class and absolutely loved it. Ever since, she has loved writing and hopes to continue her drive for keeping people informed through...

Contributor

Elizabeth DeBirk

Elizabeth DeBirk is a Freshman at Skyline High School, and has enjoyed reading and writing since she was very young. Her favorite pastime has always been creating short stories, and she is looking forward to improving her writin...

Contributor

Auzeen Tashnizi

Auzeen Tashnizi is a Freshman starting off her first year in journalism. She has a deep appreciation for arts, culture and media; especially film and cinema. She has been writing stories and scripts since she could form sentences....

Contributor

Paul Webb

Paul Webb is entering his first year of Skyline High School. He enjoys watching and playing many sports like football, basketball, and soccer. He also likes listening to music and hanging out with his friends....

Sophia Colby
Contributor

Sophia Colby

Sophia Colby is a senior at Skyline High School. She enjoys reading, Disney movies, the color blue, and being with family in her free time. Sophia is looking to learn more writing techniques and improve her writing skills....

Contributor

Carlee Child

Carlee Child is a Freshman at Skyline High School and she wanted to try writing for the Horizon because she has always loved writing. Her favorite things to write about are short stories and paragraphs for English class. Carlee also ...

Anibel Erickson
News Editor

Anibel Erickson

Anibel Erickson is a senior at Skyline High School. Writing is her favorite subject, and she is also interested in becoming educated in news, government, history, and different perspectives and opinions. Besides being a write...

Contributor

Camila Perez Carcano

Camila Perez Carcano is a 10th grader at Skyline High School. She is on the Skyline Women's soccer team, and is very enthusiastic and joyful around her peers, and always happy to learn about new things. Camila is new to the jo...

Contributor

Isabella Hays

Isabella Hays is a Junior at Skyline High School, and she is someone who loves to read at any chance she can get. She is a volleyball player at Skyline and also has a job at Menchies. Isabella also has a huge family which is the ...

Contributor

Andrew Rowe

Andrew is new to journalism this year. He is excited to learn more about writing this year. He likes skiing, climbing, hiking, and anything outdoors!

Contributor

Areti Golesis

Areti Golesis is a Sophomore at Skyline High School. Areti is very mindful of her peers and open to learning about new things. She is interested in learning new topics in a variety of categories and expanding others knowledge ...

Contributor

Avy McKinnon

Avy McKinnon is a Senior at Skyline who has fostered a love of writing and hopes to write useful pieces in her first year of journalism. She was previously an editor at the Skyline Satorian literary magazine, analyzing both visual...

Sports and Feature Editor

Baylee Burbidge

Baylee Burbidge is a Sophomore at Skyline High School and is excited to improve her writing skills through the Horizon. Baylee has enjoyed writing her whole life and has won many writing competitions in elementary and middle school...

Contributor

Jamerson Kent

Jamerson Kent is a Senior year Skyline student and one of the newest journalists for the Skyline Horizon. Jamerson strives to leave some sort of legacy in his final months here at Skyline, by pushing the limits of high school journ...

Contributor

Jay Stembridge

Jay Stembridge has happily found themselves taking up journalism in their free time along with attending poetry slams, crocheting ugly hats, attending to anything green—primarily plants, all while inspiring to be a beekeeper. Th...

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Mia Zander

Mia is a Senior and has only been at Skyline since last November. This is her first year in journalism, and she is excited to learn more about the school. She likes to spend time outdoors and with her family and friends....

Ployanda Mahapong
Contributor

Ployanda Mahapong

Ployanda Mahapong is a Junior at Skyline, and an exchange student from Thailand. She is interested in journalism, and she wants to improve her writing skills while she is on her exchange year. In her free time, she likes listen...

Contributor

Ty Cox

Ty Cox is a Junior at Skyline in his first year of Journalism. He is dedicated to writing objective articles about the most relevant events, and believes that access to information is vital to a functioning society. He is pass...

Contributor

Victoria Schultz

Victoria Schultz has a love for reading and writing, and she has always wanted to get the opportunity to write more often. She does competitive ballroom and is dancing with someone any chance she gets. With very little experien...

Vera Webb
Contributor

Vera Webb

Vera Webb is a Sophomore this year at Skyline High School. This is her second year of journalism and she is excited to be back on the staff. Vera enjoys writing, traveling, reading, and over- analyzing movies....

Kiana Reid
News and Arts & Culture Editor

Kiana Reid

Kiana Reid is a Sophomore at Skyline. Apart from her involvement on the Horizon last year, Kiana has been creative writing since kindergarten. She spends her spare time in the theatre department and is a proud member of the Sk...

Editor-in-Chief

Eszter Vizhanyo

Eszter Vizhanyo is the Editor-in-Chief of the Skyline Horizon, and has been in Journalism for three years. She also loves writing poetry and short fiction, and has published stories in the Satorian Magazine and for Salt Lake Teen...