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...

As a senior, Delaney is entering her fourth year reporting for The Purple Tide. She adored editing the features section in her junior year and is entirely thrilled she can spend her final year on staff as an editor-in-chief alo...

Born in Florida and raised in Texas, Beasley pursued her higher education at Dogs.Inc in Palmetto FL. She graduated as a fully-trained guide dog and was matched with her handler Delaney in January of 2024. Her favorite commands ...

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...

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...

Cedric Tchommo is an incredibly influential 21st century columnist, having been a part of the Purple Tide staff for three years now. Outside of his newspaper ventures, he enjoys playing the superior racket sport, tennis, with his ...

Advik Sood is a junior in his third year with The Purple Tide who is even slightly more of an incredible 21st-century columnist (compared someone). When he’s not writing the next big thing, he enjoys late night trips to Mosaic...

Nadia Corea is a senior in her second year with the Purple Tide. In addition to journalism, she loves playing basketball, hanging out with her friends and going to the gym. She loves attending CHS football games, and is looking ...

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...

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...

Asmin is a sophomore in her second year in The Purple Tide. She enjoys writing, reading and running (the basic needs to stay alive). Three words to describe her would be COFFEE, COFFEE, COFFEE (where are my Gilmore Girls people?)! ...

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!...

Rachel Neathery is a senior in her third year writing for The Purple Tide. Outside of school, she loves spending time honing her passion in the arts, such as painting, jamming piano with her jazz friends or video editing. She...

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...

Munevver is a sophomore in her first year with the Purple Tide. In addition to journalism, she enjoys photography, baking, coffee and listening to music. She is the president of the CHS Turkish club and loves watching turkish...

Varsha is a sophomore in her first year working for The Purple Tide. Her hobbies include writing, photography, running and playing the piano– but you can also find her outside, skygazing. She is the secretary of the Astrono...

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

Gabby is a sophomore in her second year with The Purple Tide. In addition to journalism, she enjoys spending time with friends, watching sports and listening to music. She plays for the CHS girls volleyball team and in her free...

Camila Rodriguez is a sophomore in her second year with the Purple Tide. She enjoys reading and writing when she's in and out of school. Outside of school, she dances for her studio. She's excited to continue her work this year ...

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...

Vivi is a freshman in her first year in the Purple Tide. In her freetime she enjoys spending time with friends and traveling. Vivi is also on the CHS freshman girls volleyball team. She is excited to write for The Purple Tide th...

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...

As a freshman on his first year on the staff, Brendan is excited to interview people. He enjoys exercising, video games, reading, watching TV and listening to music. Brendan’s favorite comedy shows are Delicious in Dungeon,...

Emaan Yousaf  is a sophomore in her second year with The Purple Tide. While also having a passion for journalism in class, she enjoys hanging out with friends and listening to music. In her free time, she enjoys watching horro...

Senior Gayda Makki is in her second year with the Purple Tide. Outside of school, you can catch her going on walks, working and cooking it up in the kitchen. She’s also apart of the CHS Speech and Forensics team– one of la...

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

Robert is a junior in his first year with The Purple Tide. He enjoys hanging out with friends and playing video games. He plays golf and basketball for CHS and is excited to write this year.

Sophomore Nandini Sattineni is in her second year with The Purple Tide. Outside school, you’d see her attending dance classes, hanging out with her friends, catching up on her favorite TV shows and movies, getting into a good...

Mark Hessel is a sophomore in his second year with the Purple Tide. He plays basketball for CHS while enjoying watching and playing other sports as well. When he’s not playing basketball, he enjoys spending time with his friends ...

Janya Shrivastava is a junior in her first year with the Purple Tide. In her free time, she likes to read, write short stories and play guitar. She is also a fan of basketball and tennis. Janya is excited to write for The Pur...

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...