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2024-2025 Staff

Nellia Romanova
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Nellia Romanova

Nellia Romanova is a junior at Morris Knolls participating in the International Baccalaureate Program. In addition to Quill, Nellia is in Math Club, FBLA, Interact Club and more. For work, she coaches rhythmic gymnastics and run...

Anthony Ricardo
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Anthony Ricardo

Anthony Ricardo is an IB Junior at Morris Knolls High School and is in his first year of Quill Club. Anthony enjoys traveling and experiencing a variety of cultures through tasting different cuisines and partaking in traditions. An...

Aleksander Rzemieniecki
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Aleksander Rzemieniecki

Aleks is a sophomore in Morris Knolls High School. He is a track and field star and plans to go to Nationals one day. He joined newspaper club to become more involved in school activities and learn how to make more interesting ar...

Meghan Shay
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Meghan Shay

Meghan Shay is a Sophomore at Morris Knolls and in the APA! She has been writing ever since she was born and it has always been one of her strongest skills. She looks forward to writing and exploring the stories of her fellow...

Adhruva Mukherjee
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Adhruva Mukherjee

Adhruva Mukherjee is a Sophomore in Highschool and first year in quill club. He is in the Magnet Program and works hard with his fellow peers. He hopes to have a great year in Quill club.

Alexander McKinney
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Alexander McKinney

Alec McKinney is a junior in the IB program at Morris Knolls and this is his second year in Quill Club. In addition to Quill Club, he plays hockey for Morris Knolls. He also plays club hockey for the Jersey Colts and is a co-fo...

Andrew Scott
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Andrew Scott

Andrew is a senior in Morris Knolls. He joined Quill Club to express himself through a multitude of media such as writing and photography. Outside of school, he enjoys movies, playing for MK Boys Tennis, and being a part of BSA...

Aquinas Clancy
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Aquinas Clancy

Quin Clancy is a junior at Morris Knolls doing his first year of Quill Club. In his free time he is a part of the winter and spring track teams, SGA, and participates in a junior military program outside of school. He is doing ...

Bailey Housel
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Bailey Housel

Bailey Housel is a junior at Morris Knolls and this is her first year doing Quill Club.  She joined because she enjoys writing about all topics and taking pictures. She is a multi-sport athlete but in her free time, she enjoy...

Caitlyn Estrada
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Caitlyn Estrada

Caitlyn Estrada is a junior at Knolls and this is her second year at Quill Club. She is a part of the Morris Knolls Marching Band; playing the alto saxophone, swimming for both Morris Knolls and Lakeland Hills YMCA (LHY), and ...

Dylan Barahona
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Dylan Barahona

Dylan Barahona is an IB junior at Morris Knolls High School and this is his first year in the Quill Club. In his free time he enjoys reading all kinds of books — chief among them, the Bible — and listening to political comm...

Jake Coughlin
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Jake Coughlin

Jake is currently a junior and this is his first year in Quill Club. He is in a few other clubs like DECA, FBLA, Skill USA, and a few other clubs. Outside of class, he is a varsity runner for the cross country team, winter trac...

Julia Arias Duval
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Julia Arias Duval

Julia Arias Duval is a junior at Morris Knolls and is part of the International Baccalaureate Program. Aside from Quill Club she also participates in the Academic Decathlon Club, the Varsity Fencing team, and 4 choirs at Morris Kn...

Luis Molina
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Luis Molina

Luis Molina is a Junior who is part of the Magnet Program at Morris Knolls High School. Along with the Quill club, he plays baseball and runs track for Knolls. Outside of school, he is a co-founder of a nonprofit organization cal...

Max Beck
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Max Beck

Max Beck is a Freshman at Knolls enrolled in the Magnet Program. He joined MK quill because he enjoys writing and to try something new. He is also in Math club, and TSA. Outside of school he likes to play basketball, be outdoors...

Nicolette Dejour
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Nicolette Dejour

Nick Dejour is an incoming freshman and making her writing debut in the Quill Club. She wants to be a children's novelist and loves to write. Her favorite books are Fourth Wing, Harry Potter, Love Hypothesis, and Everyone on thi...

Olivia Alvarez
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Olivia Alvarez

Olivia is currently a junior and joined The Quill this year. She hopes to become a well-rounded student and improve her writing skills. She enjoys reading, catching up with friends, shopping, cheering on the Yankees, and listening t...

Olivia Capala
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Olivia Capala

Olivia Capala is a senior at Morris Knolls who enjoys running. She values both her academics and athletics. She has recently discovered that writing is a passion that relaxes her.

Robyn Seltzer
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Robyn Seltzer

Robyn Seltzer is a junior at Morris Knolls, and this is her third year in Quill Club. She joined this club because she loves creative writing and is excited to write about relevant topics and news. Apart from Quill, she does colo...

Savannah Amato
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Savannah Amato

Savannah Amato is a junior at Knolls who is a part of the International Baccalaureate Program. Outside of this club, she participates in HOSA, Academic Decathalon, plays two instruments, loves to garden, dance, and more. This i...

Shane Reilly
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Shane Reilly

Shane Reilly is a junior at Knolls. This is his first year in Quill, and he decided to join because he wanted to become a better writer and express his creativity. He is very excited to be a part of the club and help make an aw...

Shia Andrews
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Shia Andrews

Shia Andrews is doing his first year of Quill as a junior at Morris Knolls, and is also participating in DECA and Interact for the first time this school year. In his free time, he shops for new clothes. His primary goals with...

Siya Patel
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Siya Patel

This is Siya Patel who is currently in her junior year of high school and this is her first year of doing Quill Club. She joined this club because she loves to use her creativity, thought and ideas to build it into fascinating ne...

Soniya Shah
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Soniya Shah

Soniya Shah is a Junior at Morris Knolls. She is a 3 year varsity athlete on the Morris Knolls (Epee) Fencing Team. She is in the International Baccalaureate program and is interested in Psychology and Law. She is an Eagle Scout ...

Stacy Hueter Vargas
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Stacy Hueter Vargas

Stacie is a Senior at Morris Knolls, marking her 4th year in the Quill Club. She wants to be a journalist for a time in her career when she grows up, so she joined Quill to get experience in a newspaper, even if it was a school one. Sh...

Sophia Musat
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Sophia Musat

Sophia is a junior at Morris Knolls High School. She participates in winter and spring track and field because she enjoys spending time with her team. She also enjoys playing piano and creatively writing stories or opinionated ...

Valeria Elao
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Valeria Elao

Valeria Elao is junior at Morris Knolls apart of the International Baccalaureate program. This is her first year doing Quill, yet she participates in other clubs such as FCCLA, Leo’s Club, Interact Club, Model Congress, and HOPE ...

Tim Lavis
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Tim Lavis

Tim Lavis is a junior at Morris Knolls that is doing his first year in the Quill Club. Tim joined because he wanted to be more involved in extracurricular activities in Morris Knolls and get better at writing! He is also a member...

Emily Wach
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Emily Wach

Emily is currently a junior at Morris Knolls and this is her first year in Quill Club. She joined Quill Club to try something new and find other ways of being active in the school community. On top of Quill Club, she is in th...

Saikrish Vedanabhatla
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Saikrish Vedanabhatla

Saikrish Vedanabhatla is a Senior at Morris Knolls. Outside of school, you can find him swimming for the Morris Knolls Swim team and singing for the Morris Knolls Chorale and Madrigals. He finds enjoyment in being active and l...

Victoria Dejour
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Victoria Dejour

Victoria Dejour is a Freshman graduating in 2028. She loves writing, spending time with friends, and reading every book possible! She joined the quill to have fun writing and explore creative paths, and wants to become a young adu...

Chanelle Liu
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Chanelle Liu

Chanelle Liu is a sophomore student at Morris Knolls, and this is her first year at Quill Club. She joined this club because of her interest in creative writing, and to share ideas she is passionate about. Outside of Quill Club Ch...

McKenna Vasquez

McKenna Vasquez

McKenna “Mickey” Vasquez is a freshman at MKHS as a part of the APA Theater program and this is her first year with The Quill. She loves reading, photography, and she can’t wait to start expressing herself through writing and may...

Kat Udud

Kat Udud

Kat Udud is a sophomore at Morris Knolls and it is their second year writing for the Quill. She loves writing but unfortunately has limited time during the school year. They joined Quill in hopes of having motivation and time t...

London Tatum

London Tatum is doing her first year of the Quill Club as a Junior and is elated to use her passion for writing to contribute to the school. In her free time she primarily writes narrative prose and poetry. However, she is eag...

Jena Tanis

Jena Tanis

Jena is a sophomore at Morris Knolls and this is her first year in Quill Club. She joined MK Quill because of her interest in writing and art. For three years she has been world-building Remember Tomorrow, a novel she’s determined t...

Addie Staskiel

Addie Staskiel

Addie Staskiel is a junior at Morris Knolls and a member of the International Baccalaureate Program. This is her first year in Quill Club, but she is also a member of Interact Club, Model Congress, and is on varsity for the schoo...

Aaryan Sharma

Aaryan Sharma

Aaryan Sharma is a junior at Morris Knolls High School, and a member of the International Baccalaureate program. This is his first year in the Quill Club. He joined in order to further develop his writing skills. In addition to ...