The Student News Site of Richard Montgomery High School

The Tide

The Student News Site of Richard Montgomery High School

The Tide

The Student News Site of Richard Montgomery High School

The Tide

2022-2023 Staff

Claire Yu
News Editor

Claire Yu

Junior Claire Yu has spent two years as a News writer for The Tide, and is thrilled to work as one of the News editors this year. Her favorite aspect of writing for The Tide is being able to learn about fresh topics and skills....

Hannah Lee
News Editor

Hannah Lee

Hannah Lee is a senior in her fourth year for The Tide, this time as a News Editor. She has written for The Tide's news section for three years. Besides writing, Hannah also loves to read, translate, and listen to music. ...

Riona Sheikh
Opinions Editor

Riona Sheikh

Junior Riona Sheikh is in her second year with the Tide and her first year as an Opinions Editor. Previously, she has worked with both the Video and Opinions sections. In her free time, you can find her painting, reading, or playing...

Maria Alba
Opinions Editor

Maria Alba

Maria Alba is a Senior at Richard Montgomery High School, and the Senior editor for the Opinions section. In her free time she can be found reading, playing tennis and listening to music.

Ellie Noh
Features Editor

Ellie Noh

Ellie Noh is a junior and is thrilled to be the Features editor for The Tide this year! Last year, she wrote for the Features section and the Arts section of The MoCo Student Newspaper. Outside of working on The Tide, you can...

Claire Xu
Arts Editor

Claire Xu

Junior Claire Xu is excited to be the Arts editor for her second year with The Tide. She was previously a writer for the Arts section. In her free time, she enjoys reading and listening to soft music as she writes stories.

Ari Fine
Sports Editor

Ari Fine

Sophomore Ari Fine is in his second year on the Tide. This year, he is the co-editor of Sports and is excited to expand the section. He enjoys playing lacrosse and going on runs in his free time.

Shelby Roth
Sports Editor

Shelby Roth

Sophomore Shelby Roth is excited to start her second year on the Tide, this time as Sports Editor. She has previously written for the news section, and is a current news writer for MocoStudent. In her free time, you can find her...

Tara Amin
Centerspread Editor

Tara Amin

Sophomore Tara Amin is in her second year for writing for The Tide. She originally was a writer for the arts section and is now the centerspread editor. In her free time she listens to music, spends time with friends, and plays...

Helina Tamiru
Social Justice Editor

Helina Tamiru

Senior Helina Tamiru is excited for her second year as Social Justice editor. In the past, Helina has written for a variety of sections, from Opinions to Sports. When Helina's not writing, you can find her reading or go...

Ella Koenig
Photo Editor

Ella Koenig

Ella Koenig (they/she) is excited to be back for her fourth year on the Tide and second year as the Photo Editor. In previous years, Ella has worked across the TidePod, Mutimedia and Photo sections. In their spare time, they like...

Julianne Cruz
Graphics Editor

Julianne Cruz

Julianne Cruz is delighted to be working her first year as a graphics artist for The Tide. Outside of school, she likes baking cream puffs, making blankets with fluffy yarn, and cuddling with her two cats. She is also passionate...

Evelyn Shue
Graphics Editor

Evelyn Shue

Evelyn is a senior and excited to be back on the Tide this year! She's into filmmaking and the field of medicine. You'll find her drawing or cuddling her cat in her free time....

Annie Guo
Crossword Editor

Annie Guo

Annie Guo is a junior, and this is her third year with the Tide. She is the editor for the crossword section, and likes puzzling in her free time. She's also a captain of the math team and is passionate about STEM. Her favorite...

Avani Ambardekar
Assistant News Editor

Avani Ambardekar

Avani Ambardekar has served as Assistant News Editor since junior year and is looking forward to spending another year with the News section. In her free time she enjoys being outdoors, dancing, and spending time with friends...

Max Belyantsev
Assistant Opinions Editor

Max Belyantsev

Max Belyantsev is a junior who's excited to continue serving for The Tide! Now an Assistant Opinions Editor, he enjoys revising his peers' articles and learning more about their values and interests. As a writer, Max likes to...

Elena Parisi
Assistant Features Editor

Elena Parisi

Elena is so excited to continue working for The Tide as a Features assistant editor. This is her second year writing for Features. Besides writing, Elena loves to dance and listen to music.

Jessica Wang
Assistant Video Editor

Jessica Wang

Jessica is incredibly excited to work as an Assistant Video Editor this year! It is their second year on The Tide working in the multimedia section. Besides filming in editing, Jessica enjoys playing piano in their free time.

Charlyn Chu
Assistant Social Justice Editor

Charlyn Chu

Charlyn is a sophomore and is so glad to be back for another amazing year with the Tide! She wrote a number of news articles and was a part of the TidePod freshman year, and is now assistant editor of the Social Justice...

Isabel Skinner
News Writer

Isabel Skinner

Freshmen Isabel Skinner is excited for her first year writing for the Tide. She is writing for the Tide’s news section for the first time. Besides writing, Isabel enjoys reading and spending time with friends and family.

Katherine Sundstrom
News Writer

Katherine Sundstrom

Katherine Sundstrom is a freshman eager to begin her first year on The Tide as a News writer. In her free time she enjoys solving brain teasers and puzzles, as well as crocheting and playing tennis. She is excited to meet diff...

Ashlee Argueta
News Writer

Ashlee Argueta

Junior Ashlee Argueta is excited to start her first year on the tide as a News contributor. She is excited that she is going to meet new people and make new friends on the way. Some of her hobbies are walking outside, shopping...

Libby Cooke
News Writer

Libby Cooke

Sophomore Libby Cooke is in her first year of writing for The Tide. She is excited to serve as a news writer and is looking forward to working with new people. She enjoys reading and listening to music in her free time.

Nirav Akkanapragada
News Writer

Nirav Akkanapragada

Nirav Akkanapragada is a sophomore and excited for his second year in The Tide, this time as a News Writer. Previously, he had been a Sports Writer and a Photographer. Besides writing, Nirav does Debate, Model UN, and loves to re...

Samantha Cutler
News Writer

Samantha Cutler

Samantha is a sophomore at Richard Montgomery. She is excited to be serving as a news writer for the second year. She enjoys listening to music, reading, and spending time with friends.

Jocelyn Yuan
Features Writer

Jocelyn Yuan

Freshman Jocelyn Yuan is a Features writer for the Tide. She worked as an editor for her middle school newspaper and is looking forward to her first year at the Tide. In her free time, she enjoys playing volleyball and petting h...

Ellen Bu
Features Writer

Ellen Bu

Ellen Bu is a freshman at RM and writes for the Features section. Out of school, she enjoys painting, playing tennis, listening to music, and spending time with family. She is super excited for the next few years at RM writing...

Michaela Boeder
Features Writer

Michaela Boeder

Junior Michaela Boeder is a Features beat writer. She is excited to meet new people while working on the Tide and become more involved in the RM community. In her free time, she enjoys reading, listening to music, and going to l...

Ava Smith
Features Writer

Ava Smith

Junior Ava Smith is a new writer at the Tide. Her goal is to get more involved in the RM community and cover important topics. She plays soccer and lacrosse for the RM Varsity team and loves spending time with her friends and...

Jake McKeon
Features Writer

Jake McKeon

Junior Jake McKeon is excited to start his first year on The Tide. He is excited to be learning more about the school enviornment and culture as he covers the many different clubs, events, and activities here at RM. He can be...

Ifrah Reyal
Features Writer

Ifrah Reyal

Ifrah Reyal is a junior in her first year writing for The Tide. She's excited to meet new people and learn about different topics during her time on The Tide. In her free time she enjoys listening to music, hanging out with her...

Elli Jacobs
Features Writer

Elli Jacobs

Elli Jacobs is excited to be writing for her second year in the Features section. As a sophomore, she wants to take on challenging articles and make new friends. In her free time she crochets, plays piano, and bakes! ...

Ria Maheshwary
Opinions Writer

Ria Maheshwary

Ria is a sophomore, and this is her first year as an Opinions writer for the Tide. She is excited to find relevant and interesting topics to write about. Outside of the Tide, Ria is a dancer and loves to cook. ...

Balmore Ruiz Guardado
Opinions Writer

Balmore Ruiz Guardado

Senior Balmore Ruiz Guradado is excited to start his first year on the Tide as an Opinions writer. He is an enthusiastic individual who is eager to bring reliable news to the public. He is a native Spanish speaker who enjoys help...

Meilani Wilson
Opinions Writer

Meilani Wilson

Meilani Wilson is a junior who works in the Opinions section as a race, ethnicity, and culture beat writer. She's excited to meet many people of all different backgrounds and cultures. She loves to write and bake.

Brynn Johnson
Arts Writer

Brynn Johnson

Freshman Brynn Johnson is excited for her first year on the Tide. She looks forward to writing for the art section. Brynn enjoys writing, reading, and running in her free time. ...

Emil Fang
Arts Writer

Emil Fang

Emil Fang is a Junior and a writer for the arts in the Tide. He is excited to be writing about literature and the arts this year. He can be found reading or listening to music around the school.

Adi Bala
Arts Writer

Adi Bala

Sophomore Adi Bala is a first-time Arts writer on The Tide. Responsible for highlighting RM's creatives, he is excited to discover what students of all artistic niches are working on. Aside from writing, he likes to draw, play...

Emma Tyser
Sports Writer

Emma Tyser

Junior Emma Tyser is a beat writer for underrepresented sports at RM. She has previous experience in creative writing, and is currently copy editor for the schools yearbook. Besides writing, she is either on the track or spending...

Noah Stephenson
Sports Writer

Noah Stephenson

Senior Noah Stephenson is joining the Tide for the first time as a Sports writer. He's always gone to the school sporting events as a fan, but is excited for the opportunity to cover them and view them through another lens. In...

Amanda Gershoni
Sports Writer

Amanda Gershoni

Amanda Gershoni is a sophomore in her second year of contributing to the Tide. Besides writing, she enjoys spending time with friends and family, playing basketball and lacrosse. Something special she finds about writing for the...

Gabriela Cabrera
Social Justice Writer

Gabriela Cabrera

Senior Gabriela Cabrera is looking forward to contributing to the Tide this year. On her free time, she likes to hang out with her friends and family. She is excited to be on the Tide because she wants to connect to her school ...

Liza Domorad
Photographer

Liza Domorad

Liza Domorad is a senior in her second year on The Tide. She is beyond excited to be back as a photographer this year. Besides taking photographs, Liza plays on the Richard Montgomery Girls' Basketball team and enjoys spending...

Thomas Domorad
Photographer

Thomas Domorad

This is Thomas’ first year with RM Tide. Thomas loves photography because of the moments and memories it allows him to capture. He also loves taking photos of his great dog, Sunday....

Amina Willis
Photographer

Amina Willis

Senior Amina Willis is a photographer for the Tide. This is her first year working for the paper, and she is eager to contribute and capture photos of events. In her free time she enjoys lisntening to music and drawing....

Serena Andriessens
Photographer

Serena Andriessens

Serena is a senior, who’s been apart of the RmTide since her freshman years as a photographer.

Annyee Foo
TidePod Contributor

Annyee Foo

Senior Annyee Foo is excited to be part of the Tidepod. She has been planning and recording podcasts with the team since last year. You can often find her playing the piano, watching tv, or listening to music. ...

Crystal Li
Science Writer

Crystal Li

Crystal Li is a senior and The Tide’s Science Writer. She covers topics ranging from public health to technology. Outside of newspaper writing, Crystal enjoys hiking, road-tripping, and trying new foods. ...

Chloe Choi
Assistant Business Manager, Assistant TidePod Editor, Graphics Contributor

Chloe Choi

Chloe Choi is a junior who is excited to be in the Tide this year as an assistant Business manager and an assistant TidePod editor. This is also her third year as a Graphics contributor. Outside of the Tide, she likes lookin...

Samiksha Mahashetty
Assistant-Editor Social Justice

Samiksha Mahashetty

Samiksha is very excited for her first year as an Assistant Editor of the Social Justice section of The Tide. She is very passionate about Social Justice, and believes spreading information about these topics is very important. W...

Logan Tannenbaum
Multimedia Contributor

Logan Tannenbaum

This is Logan’s first year serving for Multimedia. She hopes to create an impact through the videos she edits. She once edited and produced a video to convince her parents to get a dog (it worked).

Taylor Morrison
Crossword Writer

Taylor Morrison

Taylor is so happy to be apart of the school newspaper and to be trying something new! She has been truly adoring this experience thus far and feels very welcome at the Tide. She has also loved the crossword section and is exc...

Rory Davis
Multimedia Contributor

Rory Davis

Rory Davis is a junior and works in video. He is looking forward to interviewing students on interesting topics and hearing their opinions. In his free time he enjoys walking his two dogs and going camping with friends. ...

Jordan Alpay
Centerspread Contributor

Jordan Alpay

Senior Jordan Alpay is going into his first year as a contributor for The Tide. Last year, he was a contributor for the yearbook. He plays lacrosse for RM, and in his free time, you can catch him working out, playing guitar and ...

Danny Martella
Senior Photographer

Danny Martella

Danny Martella is a senior in his second year on The Tide. He has done photography and videography for sports organizations like Koa Sports and Cropdusters Baseball. When he's not shooting with a camera he is shooting with a hockey...

Haylie Blumenthal
Photographer, Multimedia Contributor

Haylie Blumenthal

Senior Haylie Blumenthal is excited to begin her first year on the Tide, working in the photo and multimedia sections. In her free time, she enjoys taking long walks, spending time with friends, and playing field hockey here at...

Bella Major
Multimedia Contributor

Bella Major

Sophomore Bella Major is working on her first year being a contributor to the Multimedia section for the Tide. She is excited to start recording interviews and learn about all the different people at Richard Montgomery High School....

Uma Patnaik
Multimedia Editor

Uma Patnaik

Sophomore Uma Patnaik is very excited to be Multimedia Editor for The Tide this year. Last year, she was a contributor for the video section. Outside of school, she enjoys playing squash, reading, and baking.

Nandi Patel
Videographer and Arts Writer

Nandi Patel

Mayah Nachman
Assistant Centerspread Editor

Mayah Nachman

Mayah Nachman is excited to begin her junior year at The Tide as an Assistant Editor for Centerspread. This is her third year writing for the paper, having previously contributed to the News and Features sections. Mayah enjoys...

Davi Jacobs
Editor in Chief

Davi Jacobs

Davi Jacobs is a senior and has been actively contributing to The Tide since her freshman year. In addition to reading and writing, she likes exercising and being outdoors, listening to podcasts, volunteering and traveling. She...

Kobina Asafu-Adjaye
Assistant Photo Editor

Kobina Asafu-Adjaye

Kobina is a Senior at RM, an Assistant Photo Editor and a writer for Features. He’s excited to begin his final year with the Tide after being a member since his Sophomore year. When he’s not writing or taking pictur...

Raha Murtuza
Assistant Arts Editor

Raha Murtuza

Raha is elated to be a part of The Tide for her third year as an assistant editor for the most wonderful section at The Tide, Arts! When she’s not requesting graphics or editing articles, Raha can be found eating snacks and list...

Shuxin Dai
Centerspread Asst. Editor, Graphics

Shuxin Dai

Shuxin is on her third year as assistant Centerspread editor. When she’s not designing new concepts, she can be found anxiously catching up on graphics.

Avery Wang
Editor in Chief

Avery Wang

Avery Wang loves everything about The Tide, except for the exclusion of the oxford comma from the style guide. Last year, she launched The Tide's first video section and is excited to experiment further with multimedia. She's ...

Claire Chen
Arts Assistant Editor

Claire Chen

Claire Chen is a senior serving her fourth year on The Tide. She has previously written for the Arts and Features sections. Besides writing, Claire loves to dance, paint, and listen to music in her free time....

Samantha Wu
Editor-In-Chief

Samantha Wu

Samantha Wu is thrilled to spend her senior year as Editor-In-Chief of The Tide, after three years as editor and COVID beat reporter for the News section. After school, she edits and writes op-eds and personal essays for political...