Claire Baek is a junior in her 3rd year with The Purple Tide. While having a passion for both print and broadcast journalism, Claire is also part of Model UN and the Class Board in school. Outside of school, she spends most of...

Lizzie Sun is a junior in her second year with the Purple Tide. In addition to her passion for journalism, she enjoys writing fiction, poetry and other forms of creative writing. She plays for Chantilly’s tennis team and loves listening...

Alexine is a sophomore in her second year with The Purple Tide. She is excited to be a part of the staff again and meet new people in the class. She is specifically working with those in multimedia. Alexine enjoys listening to mus...

Nischal is a junior in his first year with The Purple Tide. In his free time, he enjoys reading, driving and watching Instagram Reels (his daily consumption of them is starting to get concerning). In school, his favorite subject...

Ariya is a freshman in her first year with The Purple Tide. She spends her free time reading, swimming and playing the piano. She's involved in climate activism, so whenever she's online, she's either doing homework or organizing...

Saaya Patel is a freshman and in her first year of the Purple Tide.  Other than journalism, she is a dancer and a part for the Encore Theatrical Arts Project as well as a dancer for the NBA Wizards and WNBA Mystics. In addition t...

Hansika Gautama is a junior in her third year with the Purple Tide. In her free time, she enjoys creating art, reading and scrolling through Netflix for new movies and TV shows to indulge in. As someone who is passionate about...

Athula Cheboli is a sophomore in her second year with the Purple Tide. In addition to journalism, she loves to explore various healthcare clubs and hangs out with her friends. Outside of school, she enjoys running, reading boo...

Huda is a sophomore and in her second year with the Purple Tide. Alongside journalism, she enjoys playing tennis and going on hikes for fun. She is excited to be the Business Manager for TPT this year!...

Janya is a senior in her second year with the Purple Tide. Alongside journalistic and creative writing, she enjoys playing guitar, exploring new genres of music and reading science-fiction and fantasy books. She is also a big fan of...

Munevver is a junior in her second year with The Purple Tide. She enjoys journalism, photography and drinking two-to-three cups of coffee a day (she knows it's a lot). She is the president of the Turkish club and the social med...

Leilah Ross is a freshman in her first year with the Purple Tide. Whenever she isn’t drowning in homework, she enjoys writing fiction and other genres, such as horror and fantasy. She also loves listening to a lot of Tyler, th...

Kristine Brown, MJE, has been advising publications for 18 years. In addition to advising CHS's newspaper and broadcast staff, Brown teaches at Indiana University's High School Journalism Institute and presents at various journalism...

Sofya is a junior in her first year with the Purple Tide. She enjoys playing video games, listening to music, and sleeping.

Sahar is a junior in her third year with The Purple Tide. She enjoys binge-watching Netflix, shopping with her friends, baking and listening to music.