Yasemin Saidoglu is a senior at Broad Run High School and it is her fourth year on the journalism staff! She spends her free time reading, playing the piano, and spending time with her cat. She loves to write about anything a...

William is a junior and this is his second year on the Spartan. He's a musical person and has a passion for the guitar, having played the instrument since fourth grade. William enjoys metal and jazz music. He spends his free ...

Mariam Zia is currently a junior at Broad Run. She likes writing short horror stories and reading fantasy books. In her free time, Mariam listens to rock music and plays Tetris. She spent her summer volunteering at a taekwondo cam...

This is Rishi's first year on the Spartan! He was born in India and moved to Ashburn after living in Dubai for a few years. During his free time, Rishi enjoys playing badminton. He was motivated to take Journalism because of h...

Maddie is a sophomore at Broad Run, and this is her first year on the Spartan. She loves reading romance books, but she also has an affinity for the Hunger Games series. She loves sports -- especially football, field hockey, and bas...

Mina Almetwally is a first-year staff member of the Spartan. Born in Baghdad, Iraq, she moved around several times when she was younger before settling down with her family in Virginia. She likes hanging out with friends, but a...

A school journalist in class and a soccer player after school, Addy is an accomplished writer who has been working on the Spartan for 3 years now. She covers mostly athletic related topics due to her interest in sports. Additio...

 Lana is a senior at Broad Run, and this is her second year on the Spartan. Lana is a creative and artistic person, and enjoys sewing and selling handmade clothes. Lana is also very interested in world politics and curr...

This is Audriana’s second year at Broad Run High School. She has moved more than 5 times and came to Ashburn last year. She loves reading and writing. She thinks of becoming a journalist someday. She plays volleyball ...

Shivani Row is a senior at Broad Run, and this is her third year on the newspaper staff and first year as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Spartan. When she’s not reading, she loves singing, playing the piano, and spending ti...

Introducing Yasmine Houff, The farthest place Yasmine went to this summer was Florida. Yasmine has a passion for writing, although a dealbreaker to her passion is her dread for long readings. Yasmine enjoys journaling, ...

Sanjana is a first-year journalism student and a sophomore here at Broad Run. Along with joining the newspaper staff for the first time, this is Sanjana’s second year being the staff for Unbound, the English literary ...

Sam Lombard is a senior at Broad Run, and this is his second year on the Spartan. Over the summer, he spent time reading at the beach. His favorite book is House of Leaves by Sam Faviotie. He's an avid reader, especially enjo...

This is Meley's first year taking journalism at Broad Run. Her hobbies include reading, photography, and shopping. She's planning on joining many clubs like debate and speech, interact, and key club. She hasn't always lived i...

Melanie Martinez is a senior this year. Her favorite class is creative writing because she loves to write and explore different writing techniques.  Her hobbies are writing in her journal, riding on her bike, and taking pictures...