Amelia Naughten (12) is returning for her fourth and final year in journalism, now as the Editor-in-Chief. Working alongside her fellow editors and writers, she is eager to take the team to new heights. She not only brings in her experience from prior years working on the staff, but also from the School of the New York Times which she had the opportunity to attend over the last summer. In her free ti...

Emily, a sophomore, is coming back to journalism as the News Editor. Her first year was an introduction towards The Thunderbolt as a staff writer, where she was a beginner at conducting interviews and writing articles. She is excited to continue building her skills in reporting, communicating, and most of all, graphic design. Outside of class, she enjoys spending time with friends, drawing, listening to musi...

Meagan is a sophomore going into her second year of journalism as this year’s Features Editor. She is thrilled to return to the class and can’t wait to connect with the new Thunderbolt team. Meagan is excited to take on her new role, and learn about the responsibilities and opportunities the position brings. Some of her interests include playing tennis, practicing piano, reading, listening to music, an...

Mikayla is a sophomore returning for her second year in journalism as a Center Spread Editor and Social Media Manager. After getting the chance to experience the culture of student newspapers, she is ecstatic to be back and play an active role for The Thunderbolt. Mikayla has always wanted to write for the school newspaper and is grateful for gaining the experience. She finds journalism an incredi...

Elijah is a senior and in his second year of journalism. He is currently Opinions Editor. He loves writing and finds journalism as a great way to improve his writing skills. He enjoyed journalism so much last year that decided to return as the opinions editor this year to help push the newspaper to be the best it can. In his free time he loves to listen to music (favorite artist is John Mayer), watching...

Matthew Du is a sophomore entering his second year of journalism at the Thunderbolt. This year he takes on the role of a Sports Editor after being a staff writer in his freshman year. He is excited to guide and mentor this year’s incoming staff writers leading them to success. Matthew is a huge sports fan and loves watching the Warriors, Niners, and Giants. He loves photography and takes photos of...

Madyson Tang is a sophomore and is in her second year in The Thunderbolt. She is currently the Entertainment Editor excited to take on a new role in journalism. With her experience from last year, she is ready to help guide and support the new staff writers. She is ready to expand her writing skills, interview new people, and create layouts. In her freetime, Madyson enjoys hanging out with family an...

Hayden is excited to be in her second year of journalism for The Mills Thunderbolt. Hayden is a senior and is probably already suffering from Senioritis. Despite her second year in journalism, she has decided to keep her staff writer journey going. Last year, Hayden was forced into this class because she lacked a CTE. However, throughout the previous school year, she fell in love with journalism and h...

Iris Chou (she/they) is a freshman and staff writer in her first year of journalism at Mills. She has always loved writing as a way to express herself and keep in touch with her feelings. Iris joined journalism because she wants to branch out and try different styles of writing. She is also passionate about music and is almost always singing, listening to music, or playing piano. Outside of school,...

Mabel is a freshman at Mills High School, and it’s her first year on the Thunderbolt as a staff writer. She’s excited to be part of the newspaper and hopes to improve her writing throughout the year. Even though she’s new to journalism, she’s looking forward to learning how to write articles and share interesting stories. In her free time, Mabel enjoys hanging out with her family and friend...

Ellie is a freshman at Mills High School in her first year of journalism as a staff writer. She is excited to write for the Thunderbolt and explore this new journey. This year, she hopes to improve her writing skills with this new opportunity. In her free time, she likes listening to music and her favorite song currently is Officially Missing You by Tamia.

Samantha is a junior and is new to The Thunderbolt this year, entering as a staff writer. She has always had a passion for writing stories and now has pursued her passion and joined the team. Samantha plays a big part in the Mills Music Community, participating in Jazz Band and Symphonic Band. She decided to join the team to expand her skills in writing, plus to develop her own flow as well. In the...

Neola is a freshman at Mills High School, and is in her first year of journalism. She is looking forward to working on The Thunderbolt this year as a staff writer. She hopes to grow and improve in her writing skills, as well as her passion for journalism. Outside of school, she enjoys playing sports, such as volleyball and softball. She also likes to bake, hang out with friends and family, and listen...

Adrian is a Junior at Mills, working in his first year of Journalism as a staff writer, hoping to write about Sports this year. He is looking forward to a year of writing and speaking about the sport around Mills. Adrian enjoys listening to music and going to soccer practice everyday. He also enjoys spending time with his sisters and spending time with friends in his free time. He hopes to have an...

Olivia Ma is a freshman at Mills High School and is excited to be a part of the Thunderbolt as a staff writer.  After discovering her passion for writing in 4th grade, she has been looking to explore the many different facets of writing.  She hopes to further hone her writing abilities and expand her horizons by taking this class.  Outside of school, Olivia enjoys playing volleyball, dancing ballet,...

Sofia is a senior beginning her first year on the Journalism team as a staff writer for The Thunderbolt. She looks forward to strengthening her writing skills and collaborating with peers to gain a deeper understanding of everything the class has to offer. Her eagerness to join grew from a desire to explore more creative styles of writing and to put her creativity into practice. After high school, Sofia ...

Isabella Morales is a Junior that is excited to begin her first day of journalism. It is challenging for her because she has no experience yet, and also because she is shy to talk to other people and interview them. Outside of the classroom she likes to hang out with friends, spend time with her cat, and play adopt me with friends. She would like to gain experience for journalism.

Michael Pacheco is a senior his current role in journalism would be writing he believes. Michael is excited about learning about the publication process. He joined the class as an elective for his senior year because he didn't like the other classes available. This being his first year in journalism he doesn't have any other experience but is excited to learn. Michael is excited to learn and enjoy...

Erick Pena is a freshman and his role in journalism is as a writer. He currently has no experience but he is eager to learn more about this particular topic. Erick joined under the impression that it was easy peasy but as he soon came to realize it was not but he is not one to complain. He has done nothing but he is open minded and ready to learn. He is excited to exceed in this class. He only really...

Amelia is in her Sophomore year of high school, and this is her first year on the Thunderbolt. She has no prior experience in Journalism but she is ready to make a contribution to a newspaper that is focused on the Mills community. She is excited to report on topics about Mills and Millbrae in general. Amelia has many artistic passions that she uses as an emotional outlet. These artistic passions include...

Tiffany is a freshman at Mills High School, in her first year of journalism as a staff writer. She is excited to learn about telling stories, improve her writing, and check out what goes into creating a newspaper. This year, she hopes to develop stronger interviewing skills, meet deadliness responsibly, and write articles with interesting topics. Outside of journalism, Tiffany enjoys hanging out with...

Senai Rivas is a junior at Mills High School, entering her first year as a staff writer on the Thunderbolts team. She’s looking forward to learning how journalism works and hopes to gain an amazing experience while writing about topics she’s passionate about. Outside of school, she’s a film fanatic who loves writing and spending time with the people she cares about. Senai joined journalism to...

Rufella is a senior going into her first year of journalism as a staff writer. For years, Rufella always had a passion for literature and planned to pursue a career in writing before changing her mind into pursuing a career in forensics. Her interest for journalism sparked her sophomore year but was not able to join due to schedule complications; however, joining her senior year, Rufella hopes she...

Muunee is a freshman in her first year of journalism. She feels both a mixture of nervousness and excitement to be a staff writer and improve her writing skills! Outside of the classroom, Muunee enjoys going on walks,listening to music, and hanging out with friends. She is eager to learn more about journalism, gain experience writing, and publish articles for the next school year.

Anne Silveira (11) Is excited to begin her first year of journalism. She currently has no experience but is pumped to be one of the writers on the Thunderbolt. She loves writing about things she is passionate about and the feeling of getting stuff done. She loves plants and animals and is very down to earth. She hopes to have the best Junior year at Mills and be a great contribution to The Thunderbolt.

Madison is a freshman and a staff writer. This is her first year in journalism, and she is excited to spread information about current events and keep people informed. Also to see how a newspaper works, and how to write a proper article. She joined the class because she has always been interested in writing, and it seemed like the most interesting elective to choose. She has a background in writing...

Natalie is a freshman and this is her first year joining journalism. She’s super excited to be a part of the 2025-2026 Thunderbolt school year as a staff writer. She has no experience with journalism but she is super passionate about writing which is one of the reasons why she joined journalism. She’s super excited to write about community and cultural arts including entertainment. Some of her...

Danica is a senior at Mills High School, going into her first year as a staff writer for The Mills Thunderbolt. She joined journalism hoping to stay more engaged with current events and improve her writing along the way. Although writing isn't her biggest passion, she's excited to be a part of this class and is looking forward to the fun memories and new experiences it may bring! For her positive and ca...