The World Is Our Campus

The Arcadia Quill

The World Is Our Campus

The Arcadia Quill

The World Is Our Campus

The Arcadia Quill

2023-2024 Staff

Michelle So
Editor-in-Chief

Michelle So

Michelle is a senior who, unlike her peers, feels her age if not more. She is a self-proclaimed #STEMgirl but enjoys making spontaneous art. With what little downtime she has, Michelle enjoys drying flower bouquets, collecting...

Madison Yee
Editor-in-Chief

Madison Yee

Madison is currently a senior who loves to spend time with friends and family every second possible. Some of her biggest obsessions include traveling, ice cream, and all types of jewelry. She leads her life with the saying that...

Chloe Wong
Editor-in-Chief

Chloe Wong

Chloe is a senior :)

Clarissa Suryapranata
News Editor

Clarissa Suryapranata

Clarissa is a senior who wants to fast-forward to second semester when her college apps are all done. In her spare time, she enjoys watching a variety of films and updating her Letterboxd profile. She often crochets while lis...

Annie Jiang
News Editor

Annie Jiang

Annie is a junior who can drink matcha and listen to music 24/7. She still likes journaling, despite it becoming her root for being an excessive overthinker. She contemplates greatly about how well she fits her ideal self while struggli...

Ellie Gladson-Pang
Opinion Editor

Ellie Gladson-Pang

Ellie is a junior, a cross country runner, a fiction reader, a phone-dropper, a very bad art history enthusiast, an even worse photographer, and a lover of National Geographic. She is very excited about having extracurriculars...

Michael Hum
Opinion Editor

Michael Hum

Second year's the charm right? Michael Hum (now somewhat promoted), is still here in the Arcadia Quill in his senior year. This time, he now has these fun things called college applications to deal with, along with another crazy a...

Sophia Li
Sports Editor

Sophia Li

Sophia Li is a senior trying to savor every last moment in high school while excitedly anticipating her future. She still holds an emotional attachment to her dolphin pillow pet, but also loves hiking to catch sunrises, perfecti...

Sohana Sahni
Sports Editor

Sohana Sahni

Sohana is a senior who loves listening to music, going to concerts, and reading. When she isn't listening to Fleetwood Mac or Pink Floyd, she's probably reading cheesy romance novels or rewatching Pride and Prejudice for a concer...

Caroline Li
Arts & Entertainment Editor

Caroline Li

Caroline is a lover of fried foods and evening walks. She's a senior this year, which means you'll find her most days speedrunning her college essays in the Arcadia Public Library, and she already misses AHS. Her favorite subj...

Kathy Wong
Arts & Entertainment Editor

Kathy Wong

Kathy is a junior who can't process that she's graduating next year. In her free time, she enjoys watching kdramas and listening to music. She's currently obsessed with sonny angels and not procrastinating. She's looking forward...

Supriya Thapa
Features Editor

Supriya Thapa

Meet Supriya a self-professed procrastinator who finds beauty in life's unhurried pace. Their fascination with Russian literature stems from its profound psychological and philosophical analyses. Baking is their therapy a calming...

Harini Devaguptapu
Features Editor

Harini Devaguptapu

Harini Devaguptapu is a junior and she always loves to have fun and get excited about different things. She loves to get absorbed with nature and the beautiful things around her. She especially loves trees and flowers. She adores...

Lauryn Chao
Media & Publicity Editor

Lauryn Chao

Lauryn is a senior and is the Media and Publicity editor for the 2023-2024 school year! She has a passion for photography, article writing, and journalism. Lauryn loves listening to music while creating designs, especially songs f...

Justina (Yijia) Liu
Campus Focus Editor

Justina (Yijia) Liu

Justina Liu, a spirited senior, is an ink-and-idea aficionado who ignited her Quill journey in junior year 2021. She is passionate about both penning and perusing words. Beyond her literary devotion, Justina unveils a martial arts ...

Lorin Teng
Campus Focus Editor

Lorin Teng

So there's this high school senior named Lorin who's got some pretty cool pets - 4 chickens who help her mow the lawn and a gray tabby cat she loves to snuggle with. She's super excited about getting her work published in the Q...

David Gerges
Staff Writer

David Gerges

David Gerges is a Freshman who is very excited for Arcadia High School and loves writing. In his free time he also enjoys walks with his family and watching soccer. Though he is still getting accustomed to high school life he ...

Lea Wang
Staff Writer

Lea Wang

Despite being a sophomore, Lea is still trying to adjust to the rigorous academic environment at AHS. Outside of school, Lea finds herself surrounded by her friends and involved in sports. She has been playing badminton since...

Christopher Chu
Staff Writer

Christopher Chu

Christopher Chu is a freshman who is entering his first year as part of the Arcadia Quill for journalism practice and the opportunity to improve as a writer! He has a terrifying obsession with physics, nuclear science, and the ...

Landon Simons
Staff Writer

Landon Simons

Landon is someone who loves to challenge himself constantly. He is also a film buff who loves spending his time watching all the movies and television he has time for. In his spare time, he loves playing basketball anywhere there...

Sydney Chau
Staff Writer

Sydney Chau

Meet Sydney Chau, a freshman who is passionate about everything she does and is always working towards self-improvement. As she struggles to remember her classes and stresses over the smallest issues, Sydney is still trying to...

Juhi Kakarla
Staff Writer

Juhi Kakarla

Nervous and excited for her first year in high school, Juhi Kakarla is a freshman still getting comfortable with the campus. She spends most of her time reading, listening to music, and procrastinating. When not struggling to...

Jayeesha Deb
Staff Writer

Jayeesha Deb

Jayeesha is a freshman who spends a lot of her time daydreaming. Her obsession with reading leads her to spend time outside of school with dystopian, fantasy, romance, and horror books. She plays the piano and sings, and loves...

Ryan Parizadeh
Staff Writer

Ryan Parizadeh

Ryan is a freshman, always curious and constantly interested in technical things. Journalism is something that he's had a profound interest in throughout his life. Cinematography, photography, history,  mathematics, engineering,...

Ellie Kwan
Staff Writer

Ellie Kwan

Ellie is a freshman who cannot be more nervous or excited for her first year at Arcadia High. Her hobbies include dancing like no one's watching and singing like no one's listening (both of which take place when no one's aroun...

Isaac Leung
Staff Writer

Isaac Leung

Since the third grade, Isaac has found his passion in learning about the world. He wishes to spend this year productively and find time to explore his hobbies, such as writing. Other interests include playing tennis, piano, viola...

Michelle Ho
Staff Writer

Michelle Ho

Michelle is a sophomore figuring out her path in life. While she’s not playing tennis or volunteering, you can find her crying over homework and contemplating life as a philosopher-in-training. Outside of school, Michelle lov...

Breeanna Pham
Staff Writer

Breeanna Pham

Breeanna is currently a junior who just wants to get by this school year. She enjoys watching TV, reading copious amounts of fiction, and more importantly, sleeping. Her love for writing began when she started reading and loved...

Rachelle Witarno
Staff Writer

Rachelle Witarno

Rachelle is a junior who enjoys reading, binge watching shows, and listening to music. She loves reading webtoons, mangas, and cheesy romance novels. She does everything on her bed, whether it be studying, eating, or sleeping....

Myriam Kabani
Staff Writer

Myriam Kabani

Myriam is a freshman who has a strong passion for journalism, writing, and pretty much anything related to literature! She joined the Arcadia Quill to contribute to the Arcadia High School community and inform people about eve...

Ardy Chien
Staff Writer

Ardy Chien

Ardy Chien loves to stay up at night looking at random shows, movies, or YouTubers that feature travel. Looking at extraordinary places and views is his hobby because he knows that he will never be able to do that on his own....

Colette Chen
Staff Writer

Colette Chen

Colette is a tired freshman that hasn't realized that they're actually in high school. They stay up extremely late playing video games and end up getting 6 hours of sleep max. They enjoy baking and hopes to open their own business...

Richard Dai
Staff Writer

Richard Dai

Despite being a senior searching for any opportunity to put a few more things on his resume, Richard didn't know what The Quill was when he joined. He was lured in by the promise of cookies! Oh and journalism and fun and thin...

Sophia Ren
Staff Writer

Sophia Ren

Sophia is a sophomore going into her first year writing for the Quill. If Sophia’s not creating Pinterest boards, she is either watching movies, laughing at Instagram reels, editing pictures on VSCO, or snacking on some kin...

Emma Chen
Staff Writer

Emma Chen

Emma is currently a junior and a first time staff writer for The Quill. She enjoys going to concerts and spending time with her dog. Over the summer, she crossed something off her bucket list: swimming with whale sharks. Emma is exci...

Lucy Wu
Staff Writer

Lucy Wu

Lucy Wu has always loved literature, especially reading the works of philosophers from decades ago. Through this passion of hers, she began to delve deeper into the world of fascinating writings and complex ideas. However, lif...

Lucia Lim
Staff Writer

Lucia Lim

Lucia is currently a junior at Arcadia High School. In her free time, she enjoys playing her guitar and reading. Her favorite subject has been English for years, which inspired her into joining Arcadia Quill. Some fun facts about...

Patrick Cheng
Staff Writer

Patrick Cheng

Patrick is a very nice person! His hobbies are snowboarding, writing songs, eating, playing the piano, and talking to friends. He is passionate about singing and audio design.

Camelia Tang
Staff Writer

Camelia Tang

You’ll see her in the hallways saying hi or bye to her friends, she’s a socializing butterfly, and her name’s Camelia Tang! She enjoys playing badminton and dances for fun. Her friends call her “Cam” or “Cammy,”...

Siddhi Karthikeya
Staff Designer

Siddhi Karthikeya

Siddhi Karthikeya loves designing and writing as much as she loves her dog (which is a lot). She was exposed to the arts at a young age and still holds a passion for it along with sports and academics. In her pastime, she loves...

Staff Designer

Emma Wang

Emma is a mildly incompetent sophomore whose favorite activity is procrastinating on homework and watching anime. Her favorite candy is sour patch kids and crunch bars. She can sometimes be spotted on the school tennis courts,...

Chloe Bi
Staff Designer

Chloe Bi

Chloe is an omniverted person who either can't think of anything to say or has so much to say that she may regret the words used in the heat of the moment. In her free time, Chloe enjoys swimming with her sister, writing stories,...

Angelina Kong
Staff Designer

Angelina Kong

Angelina is a freshman who is trying to navigate her way in this very pleasant school as a first-time Quill member. She has a mediocre sense of humor, so the only person who will laugh at her jokes is herself. She likes video ga...

Rachel M. Lee
Staff Designer

Rachel M. Lee

Rachel is in her first year of Quill as a media designer and is excited to see how her junior year unfolds. In her free time, she enjoys sitting in the dark corner of her room drawing. Hopefully, she can turn this into a care...

Caitlyn Chau
Staff Designer

Caitlyn Chau

Painter, poet, and alliteration adept, Caitlyn is a junior who's enjoying their second year of The Quill! In their spare time, Caitlyn likes to sketch with watercolor and make succulents out of air-dry clay. If Caitlyn could wri...

Ainsley Najafzadeh
Staff Designer

Ainsley Najafzadeh

Ainsley is a junior and this marks her third year designing for the Quill. Her love for photography is only strengthened by the fact that wearing a camera around her neck makes her feel like she's nailed the art of fashion....

Arya Desai
Staff Designer

Arya Desai

Arya is a hard-working, kind and fun-loving person. She believes that honesty towards work is really essential. In her free time, she likes to hang out with friends, spend time with family and help with community service! She r...