Annie O’Connell is a 1st-year staff member for “The Spartan” and a senior . She is a part of SCA, vice president of NHS, Educators Rising, and is on the Broad Run basketball and soccer teams. She also spends her time volunteering at Lansdowne Memory Care, where she experienced her first slap in the face by an 80 year old. This past summer, she visited France where she paraglided for the first time and learned all about the newest styles. Annie has always loved writing and wants to pursue it as a future career. For this year, she hopes to promote our newspaper website and get the student body involved!