Przemek Gradzki
My name is Przemek Gradzki and I am a newspaper editor at East Leyden High School.
This is my senior year here at Leyden. I am interested in Technology, Photography, and Automotives.
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Yareli Paz
My name is Yareli Paz I am a senior and editor for the ElV journalism class. I am also a member of the Spanish Honor Society.
My dream since the 6th grade was to become an anesthesiologist and I hope to pursue that after high school. I want to attend Loyola University and major in microbiology and minor in Spanish.
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Tyler Jones
My name is Tyler Jones and I’m a senior here at East Leyden. I am also a part of the EIV Journalism class. I am on the varsity wresting team and a editor here on The Talon. My interest in this site revolves mainly around sports and covering sport events here at Leyden. My plans after high school include going away to college and studying criminal law.
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Rocco DiMatteo
My name is Rocco DiMatteo. I am a Senior at East Leyden High School and I’m in English IV Journalism. I will be one of the many writers for this site.
When I get to college I will hopefully be able to continue running while majoring in Business Management. I hope to earn a scholarship to a four year college. My life is sports and hanging out with friends.
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Nora Galvez
My name is Nora Galvez. I am a senior at East Leyden High School. I am in English IV Journalism. When I graduate I plan on going to college for 2 years and then moving to New York to finish school. I plan on going into Fashion and Merchandise.
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Naomi Marquez
Hello! My name is Naomi Marquez and I am a senior at East Leyden High School and am part of the English IV Journalism class. This is my last year here at Leyden and I am hoping it is the best. I look forward to meeting new people and experiencing new things as well.
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Heidi Hernandez
I am a senior at East Leyden High School. I am part of the English 4 Journalism class and will be interviewing staff as well as students.
I plan on becoming a K-8 school teacher when I finish high school. I will also be attending Triton Community College for 2 years. After I complete my 2 years at Triton Community College I will transfer to Indiana State College.
I want to make this website exciting and fun for all people to enjoy. You should be looking forward to having new exciting and interesting news on the website, The Talon. I am looking forward to taking many pictures and interviewing many people.
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Jessica Dreyer
I am a senior at East Leyden and part of the EIV Journalism class; I am also captain of the Varsity Cheerleading team. I was sent to the Leadership Conference last year by my coaches and was on the Mathematics team.
After high school, I plan to go away to college, either the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne or Marquette University, and major in Chemistry.
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Eric Jennings
My name is Eric Jennings and I’m a senior at East Leyden High School. I am a newspaper staff writer and reporter for the Talon news site. I am interested in music, sports, and maps. I’m looking to go into the urban planning and design field after high school.
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Emily Chiu
I am a senior and part of the English 4 Journalism class of East Leyden High School and a staff member of The Talon. I’m also a Class of 2013 officer, part of the production team for the new Video Announcements that are shown on Fridays, dedicated Manga Club member, and also a state qualifier for Skills USA for Photoshop.
Other clubs that I’m a part of, including the ones listed above, Pulse Club, Art Club, and iRead Book Club.
I’m interested in anything to do with art or just being creative and any sort of music. Next year, I hope to major in animation.
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Dulce Monreal
I am a senior at East Leyden High School. I am part of the English IV Journalism class. I look forward to this year being the best. I can’t wait to work with new people and experiences new things. I am interested in taking pictures of exciting events and interviewing many people.
After high school I would like to go to college and be a teacher in a poor country. I want to make a difference in those lives.
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David Heusel
I am a senior in the English 4 Jounalism class at East Leyden High School. I have attended this school for all 4 years, and came from Hester Junior High. I hope to improve my writing skills to write great articles, and to improve my speaking skills in interviews in order to get the best information for my articles. I am going to be focousing on writing about the theater department and what goes on in the plays.
After high school, I hope to get a major in something with animals, and I am going to go to college in state.
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Anais Villafana
My name is Anais Villafana and I am a senior at East Leyden High School. I am in the EIV Journalism class that works for the school’s newspaper website, The Talon.
I am graduating in December 2012 and I hope to go to a four-year university in Illinois. While in school I plan to major in communications and minor in journalism and film.
I have aspirations of being involved with film and some type of journalism as my career.
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Amanda Brown
My name is Amanda Brown, I am a senior at East Leyden High School. I am part of the Leyden Talon newspaper and hope to help make this year’s online news catch many of our readers’ attention.
After high school I plan to attend Triton College for two years to get my basics out of the way.
My motto: The best revenge is massive success- Frank Sinatra
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Dominick Sarno
Hello, my name is Dominick Sarno I am one of the school newspaper editors. This is my senior year at East Leyden High school.
I’m interested in art, and I have taken most the art class offered at Leyden. After high school I plan on joining the military and serving for four or more years.
Have a nice day!
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Adrian Chavez
Welcome to Leyden High School’s Website!
My name is Adrian Chavez, I am one of the staff members that will provide you with latest news and events through out this year!
I am a senior student, and also a transfer student. I can tell you that being part of this school is a great privilege!
I love music as well as art, photography, science, and math.
If you have questions, ideas, new events, or news, feel free to ask me or any of The Talon staff members.
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Ms. Garcia
Welcome to Leyden High School’s Newspaper Website!
My name is Lori Garcia and I am the newspaper advisor at East Leyden High School. This is my seventh year in the District and sixth year as a newspaper advisor.
I received my Bachelors degree in English with a minor in Secondary Ed. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I also have a Masters degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Concordia University.
Should you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact me or any of The Talon staff members.
