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The Purbalite

The student news site of Baldwin High School

The Purbalite

The student news site of Baldwin High School

The Purbalite

2024-2025 Staff

Katie Fillipih
News Editor

Katie Fillipih

  News Editor Katie Fillipih is a senior in her second year on the Purbalite. She can be found playing softball and lacrosse or drawing in her free time.

Josephine Wysocki
News Editor

Josephine Wysocki

News Editor Josephine Wysocki is a junior and a second-year Purbalite member. She can be found reading or listening to music.

Anne Hampton
News Editor

Anne Hampton

News Editor Anne Hampton is a junior and a third-year member of the Purbalite. She enjoys shopping and hanging out with her friends. 

Alayna Scanlon
Multimedia Editor

Alayna Scanlon

Multimedia Editor Alayna Scanlon is a senior and third-year member of the Purbalite. When not listening to music, she can be found doing competition cheerleading, track, painting, hanging out with friends and family, and most im...

Nick Burg
Multimedia Editor

Nick Burg

Multimedia Editor Nick Burg is a senior and a second-year staff member. He can be found playing baseball, playing video games, or hanging out with his friends.

Logan Huwalt
Multimedia Editor

Logan Huwalt

Sophomore Logan Huwalt is a first-year Multimedia Editor. He can be found fishing, or checking fantasy football.

Sean Galentine
Multimedia Editor

Sean Galentine

Multimedia Editor Sean Galentine is a senior in his third year on the Purbalite. He can usually be found listening to music, driving, or just hanging out.

McKinley Beech
Multimedia Editor

McKinley Beech

Junior Multimedia Editor McKinley Beech is in his first year on the Purbalite. When he is not running, he can be found hanging out with friends or listening to music.

Jules Ott
Multimedia Editor

Jules Ott

Multimedia Editor Jules Ott is a junior in her second year on the Purbalite. She can be found participating in cross country, basketball, and track, or hanging out with friends and going shopping. ...

Dom Brown
Multimedia Editor

Dom Brown

Multimedia Editor Dom Brown is a senior and a second-year member of the Purbalite. He can be found playing sports, hanging out with friends, and watching Netflix.

Rhiannon Diffendal
Multimedia Editor

Rhiannon Diffendal

Multimedia Editor Rhiannon Diffendal is a sophomore in her second year at the Purbalite. She can either be found in the choir room or acting on stage.

Molly Gorman
Multimedia Editor

Molly Gorman

Multimedia Editor Molly Gorman is a junior in her second year on the Purbalite. She can be found running, listening to music, or hanging out with friends.

Arpan Basnet
Multimedia Editor

Arpan Basnet

Sophomore Multimedia Editor Arpan Basnet is in his first year on the Purbalite. He spends his time listening to music, talking to his friends, or thrifting.

Ben Majcher
Multimedia Editor

Ben Majcher

Multimedia Editor Ben Majcher is a junior and a second-year member on the Purbalite. He can be found watching the Pirates or looking at a fantasy football app.  

Olivia Kozak
Multimedia Editor

Olivia Kozak

Sophomore Olivia Kozak is a Multimedia Editor in her first year on the Purbalite. She can be found playing soccer or hanging out with friends.

Jackson Sgattoni
Sports Editor

Jackson Sgattoni

Sports Editor Jackson Sgattoni is a senior and a second-year Purbalite member. He can be found playing baseball, basketball, and video games.

Emma Powell
Sports Editor

Emma Powell

Sports Editor Emma Powell is a second-year member of the Purbalite. She can be found watching a good TV show, out with friends, or getting Panera.

Nico Macurak
Sports Editor

Nico Macurak

Junior Sports Editor Nico Macurak is in his third year on the Purbalite. He can be found playing sports, listening to music, or playing video games.

Ethan Stock
Entertainment Editor

Ethan Stock

Entertainment Editor Ethan Stock is a senior in his fourth year of the Purbalite. He can be found digging through bins at record shops or listening to new music. 

Gwen Gordon
Entertainment Editor

Gwen Gordon

Entertainment Editor Gwen Gordon is in her second year on the Purbalite. She can be found listening to music and reading.

Hritika Pokhrel
Entertainment Editor

Hritika Pokhrel

Entertainment Editor Hritika Pokhrel is a sophomore in her second year on the Purbalite. She likes watching shows, hanging out with friends and family, and listening to music.

Maddy Behr
Entertainment Editor

Maddy Behr

Maddy Behr is an entertainment editor in her second year for the Purbalite. She can be found listening to music or watching TV with family.

Trevor Brain
Staff Writer

Trevor Brain

Senior Trevor Brain is a second-year staff writer. He can be found playing hockey, lacrosse, and golf.  

Emiliana Austin
Staff Writer

Emiliana Austin

Senior Emiliana Austin is a first-year Staff Writer. She enjoys getting Starbucks with her friends, playing piano, and binge watching Dance Moms....

Olivia O'Malley
Staff Writer

Olivia O’Malley

Junior Olivia O’Malley is a staff writer in her first year on the Purbalite. She can be found playing lacrosse, hanging out with friends, or listening to music.

Zander Vecchione
Staff Writer

Zander Vecchione

Sophomore Zander Vecchione is a second-year staff writer. He can be found playing video games or listening to music.

William Thurman
Staff Writer

William Thurman

Junior William Thurman is a first-year Staff Writer. He can be found listening to music, watching movies, and studying politics and government.

Garrett Gusten
Staff Writer

Garrett Gusten

Senior Garrett Gusten is a second-year Staff Writer. He cannot be found

Lilith Mey
Club Member

Lilith Mey

Senior Lilith Mey is a first-year Club Member. In her free time, she can be found out with friends, working, listening to music, and enjoying nature.

Sophia Colwell
Club Member

Sophia Colwell

Junior Sophia Colwell is first-year Club Member. When she’s not at the barn with her horse, she is at home reading or doing art.

Cheyanne Trout
Club Member

Cheyanne Trout

Freshman Cheyanne Trout is a first-year Club Writer.  She can often be found running, shopping, listening to music, or reading a good book.

Milana Valente
Club Member

Milana Valente

Junior Milana Valente is a first-year Club Member. She can be found in the school musical, playing tennis, at Baldwinaires, or spending time with friends and family.

Ella Richards
Club Member

Ella Richards

Freshman Ella Richards is a first-year Club Member. In her free time, she can be found playing tennis, listening to music, or hanging out with friends

Lily Baumgardner
Club Member

Lily Baumgardner

Freshman Lily Baumgardner is a first-year Club Member. In her free time, she can be found reading, painting, crocheting, baking, or re-watching Bridgerton.

Madison Hamilton
Club Member

Madison Hamilton

Sophomore Madison Hamilton is a first-year Club Member. When she is not playing soccer, she can be found reading or hanging out with friends.

Ryder Yeckley
Club Member

Ryder Yeckley

Sophomore Ryder Yeckley is a first-year Club Member. He can be found spending his time outdoors on his dirt bike, listening to music, or hanging out with friends. 

Ethan Green
Photo Editor

Ethan Green

Photo Editor Ethan Green is a sophomore in his second year on the Purbalite. He can be found singing, playing video games, or hanging out with friends and family.

Brielle Fisher
Photo Editor

Brielle Fisher

Photo Editor Brielle Fisher is a junior in her second year on the Purbalite. When she is not playing volleyball, she can be found listening to music and being with her dogs.

Milana Varon
Photo Editor

Milana Varon

Photo Editor Milana Varon is a junior in her second year on the Purbalite. When she is not organizing events for school and extracurriculars, you can find her painting and watching comedy shows.

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