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The student news site of Naperville North High School

The North Star

The student news site of Naperville North High School

The North Star

The student news site of Naperville North High School

The North Star

2025-2026 Staff

Sri Sarvabowma
NOW Producer

Sri Sarvabowma

Sri Sarvabowma is a junior at Naperville North Highschool. He is very excited for his first year as a NOW producer. With the skills he learned last year, Sri can't wait to produce media with his peers and make the NOW even better...

Lindsay Arellano
NOW Producer

Lindsay Arellano

Lindsay is a Senior at Naper High School. During her first year as a NOW Producer, and final year as a Huskie, Lindsay hopes to enjoy her senior year and make many memories. Outside of the newsroom, you can often find Lindsay...

Mary Kate Hall
NOW Producer

Mary Kate Hall

Mary Kate is a senior at Naperville North and is excited for her second year with The North Star. She looks forward to producing for the NOW and improving her writing skills. Outside of the newsroom, she does both cross country and...

Alex Rorvick
News Editor

Alex Rorvick

Alex Rorvick is a Junior at Naperville North, and he is thrilled to write for the North Start again, this time as a News Editor! Outside of the newsroom you might see Alex performing on stage with Show Choir or Theatre, playing ...

Sofia Olivera
Editorials Editor

Sofia Olivera

Sofia Oliveira is a senior at Naperville North and is excited to contribute to the student community by writing and editing for The North Star this year. She is ready to explore different ways of allowing news to reach students...

Addison Wade
Staff Writer

Addison Wade

Addison Wade is a senior at Naperville North and is looking forward to her first year on staff for the North Star. She wants to explore photography and work to better her writing skills on different topics. Addison does Tech Crew ...

Ennette Bednarz
Staff Writer

Ennette Bednarz

Ennette Bednarz is a senior at Naperville North and is eager to begin her first & final year with the North Star. Her favorite kinds of journalism include sports stories, movie reviews, and photography. Ennette enjoys pla...

Victor Jimenez
Staff Writer

Victor Jimenez

Victor Jimenez is a senior at Naperville North and is hyped for his first year with the North Star. He looks forward to trying this brand-new experience, meeting new people, and becoming a better writer. Outside of news, you mi...

Raymond Park
Staff Writer

Raymond Park

Raymond Park is a junior at Naperville North and is looking forward to his first year with the North Star. He’s looking forward to having a space for his writing and contributing to the NOW. When not procrastinating his news st...

Charlotte Royle
Staff Writer

Charlotte Royle

Charlotte Royle is a senior at Naperville North this year with high hopes for the future. Despite this being her first and last year with the North Star, she hopes to be able to bring a fresh perspective to each and every story she wri...

Cole Walker
Staff Writer

Cole Walker

Cole Walker is a junior at Naperville North and is excited for his first year with The North Star. He looks forward to improving his sports writing skills. Outside of The North Star, he participates in soccer, best buddies, vetera...

Peyton Wikman
Staff Writer

Peyton Wikman

Peyton Wikman is a junior at Naperville North and is thrilled for her first year with the North Star. As a staff member, she looks forward to being a part of the NOW as well as improving her writing. Outside of the newsroom, she pa...

Muqadas Shahzad
Staff Writer

Muqadas Shahzad

Muqadas Shahzad is a senior at Naperville North and is excited for her first year with The North Star. She is looking forward to developing her writing and filming skills and creating some interesting graphics for the newspaper. Out...

Emaan Ahmed
Staff Writer

Emaan Ahmed

Emaan is a junior at Naperville North and is excited for her first year with the North Star. As a staff member, she looks forward to strengthening her writing and exploring different areas of journalism. Outside of the newsroom, she is...

Lily Flavin
Staff Writer

Lily Flavin

Lily Flavin is a junior at Naperville North Highschool. This year, Lily is excited to learn more about what it means and what it takes to be a journalist. During her first semester, Lily strives to immerse herself into different...

Mr. Martin
Sponsor

Mr. Martin

Mr. Martin is a sponsor of the North Star and mentor to all of its staff. This year, Martin is eager to see what his "cub reporters" are capable of and is excited to watch them grow into their own seasoned journalists.

Sarah Castro

Sarah Castro

Sarah Castro is a senior at Naperville North High School. As Content Manager of The North Star, Sarah focuses on directing the output of media to best fit the needs of The Star and the NNHS community. Sarah is also involved in...

Vita Klein
Graphics Editor

Vita Klein

Vita Klein is a senior at Naperville North and the Graphics Editor this year. She focuses on the branding and appearance of the North Star, and wants to add lots of photography this year. You can find her playing for the bowlin...

Sydney Queen
Photos Editor

Sydney Queen

Sydney Queen is a senior at Naperville North and is thrilled to officially be on staff for the North Star. As photo editor, she anticipates spending lots of time on the sidelines and teaching people how to take better pictures—s...

Leo Taylor
Social Media Editor

Leo Taylor

Leo Taylor is a senior at Naperville North High School. As Social Media Editor, he works hard to get information out in a timely manner to keep the student body informed. Leo also works hard outside of the classroom as a kicker...

Anderson Karkkainen
Features Ediotr

Anderson Karkkainen

Anderson Karkkainen is excited to spend his Senior year with the now. As the Features editor, Anderson can’t wait to see and contribute to many amazing articles throughout the year. He is also excited for his activities outs...

Haley Navea
Multi-Media Editor

Haley Navea

Haley Navea is a senior at Naperville North High School. As Multi-Media Editor, she can't wait to use her skills to cultivate future media projects to best serve her community. Haley is also involved in a number of other clubs...

Reese Navarro
Co-Managing Editor

Reese Navarro

Reese Navarro is a Senior at Naperville North and is anticipating a successful year with the North Star. As Co-Managing Editor and the Sports Editor, she is looking at a very busy schedule but is also very excited to help other...

Olivia Ochsner
Co-Managing Editor

Olivia Ochsner

Olivia Ochsner is a senior at Naperville North and is positively ecstatic to return for her second year now as a Managing Editor-In-Chief for the North Star. She is striving for continued excellence and consistency from herself an...

Jaél Sarai Badie
Editor-in-Cheif

Jaél Sarai Badie

Jaél is a senior at Naperville North High School who is so excited to finish off her high school career strong. This year she hopes to guide her peers and friends in the North Star to create a newspaper that represents the thoughts,...

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