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The Quill

2023-2024 Staff

Shannon Dawson
Editor

Shannon Dawson

Shannon Dawson is a senior at Morris Knolls and this is her third year in the Quill Club. Shannon joined Quill because she loves writing and learning about the world around her. Aside from journalism, Shannon also enjoys singing, ba...

Grace Ort
Editor

Grace Ort

Grace Ort is a junior at Knolls and this is her third year doing Quill. She joined Quill because she is interested in writing and journalism. She likes to hear about students’ perspectives on school events and activities. I...

Abril Rodríguez Calle
Editor

Abril Rodríguez Calle

Abril Rodríguez Calle is a junior at Morris Knolls. She has always had a passion for writing and is very excited for the opportunities the Quill Club offers. When not busy practicing piano, fencing, being in the marching band, or ...

Bre Rodriguez
Reporter

Bre Rodriguez

Bre is a freshman and this is her first year in the Quill Club. Bre joined the Quill Club to get more involved in the school and see what people are like. Bre does cheerleading at the school and is involved in many clubs such ...

Ryan Babcock
Reporter

Ryan Babcock

Ryan Babcock is a junior at Knolls and this is his first year doing Quill. He is on the far left in the provided photo, with fellow Quill member Zachary Barden next to him. He joined Quill because he thought it looked interestin...

Reporter

Zachary Barden

He is a member of the XC, Winter, and Spring Track teams. He joined the Quill Club in order to improve his writing skills and is excited about writing running-related articles and movie reviews with Ryan Babcock....

Chase Tay
Reporter

Chase Tay

Chase Tay is a Freshman at Morris Knolls. He joined MK Quill to meet new friends and to get his writing out there. Chase focuses most of his time on his classes as he doesnt play any sports. He also sings in the MK Freshman c...

Olivia Preston
Reporter

Olivia Preston

Olivia Preston is a junior at Morris Knolls. Amongst her hobbies are writing (specifically passionate about poetry), music, reading and baking. She currently holds two jobs and is very excited to see what the future holds for t...

Natalie Cook
Reporter

Natalie Cook

Natalie is a junior at Morris Knolls High School and this is her first year in Quill Club. She is the drum captain of the MK Marching Band and she is also part of the MK fencing team. She joined Quill Club to improve her writi...

Rosanny Camilo
Reporter

Rosanny Camilo

As a junior at Morris Knolls, Rosanny Camilo decided to step outside of her comfort zone and join the Quill Club this year. Her motivation to join the club stemmed from her eagerness to explore new opportunities and enhance h...

Reporter

Alejandro Burgoa

Alejandro “Alex” Burgoa is a junior at Morris Knolls High School and this is his first year in the Quill Club because he is interested in making comics for the Quill newspaper. Aside from Quill, he enjoys making comics and wri...

Alyson Frio
Reporter

Alyson Frio

Alyson ‘Aly’ Frio is a Junior at Morris Knolls High School. She is involved in sports all year round at MK which consists of color guard, fencing, and throwing javelin and discus in spring track. Aly is also a part of many diff...

Nellia Romanova
Reporter

Nellia Romanova

Nellia Romanova is a sophomore at Morris Knolls participating in the International Baccalaureate Program. In addition to Quill, Nellia is in Math Club, FBLA, and more. She enjoys reading, baking, long walks, and spending time w...

Macey Hyatt
Reporter

Macey Hyatt

Macey Hyatt is a junior in the APA Vocal Program here at Knolls. This is her third year with the Quill. She joined because she wanted to keep updated with the school. Outside of the Quill she is the Secretary of the Junior cla...

Tanisha Sharma

Tanisha Sharma

Tanisha Sharma is a  freshman at Morris Knolls and this is her first year in the Quill. She joined the club because she has a passion for writing and wants to learn about the world around her. Her hobbies include sketching, ...

Stacie Hueter Vargas

Stacie Hueter

Stacie is a Junior at Morris Knolls, marking her third year in the Quill Club. She joined because of her interests in writing, reporting, and possibly doing Journalism in college. She´s particularly excited about writing more arti...

Kat Udud

Kat Udud

Kat Udud is a freshman at Morris Knolls and this is their first year doing the Quill. She joined MK Quill because she likes to write and it seemed interesting to them. Along with the Quill, they are a member of the Multicultur...

Erin Nangle

I’m apart of the Yearbook club and LEO club, I also do horseback riding, Irish step dancing, and softball. I joined the Quill because it seemed like a fun environment and it had many different aspects to it that appealed to m...

Dolce Bruss

Dolce Bruss

Dolce Bruss is a freshman at Knolls and this is her first year in the Quill Club. She is on the cheerleading team and is interested in other clubs especially after cheer season. She enjoys reading, listening to music, cooking and...

Arianna Urgiles

Hi! My name is Ariana and I am a junior at Morris Knolls. I joined the Quill club because I really enjoy listening to other people’s opinions and implementing that into writing. I also thought it would be a fun environment w...

Alec McKinney

Alec McKinney

Alec McKinney is a sophomore at Morris Knolls and this is his first year in Quill Club. In addition to Quill Club, he plays hockey and baseball for Morris Knolls. He also plays club hockey for the Jersey Colts. ...