Skip to Main Content
The Student News Site of Lafayette High School

The Lafayette Times

  • Spring Break April 7-11
  • Lafayette Graduation May 30 6 p.m.
  • Check out our Instagram @lafayettetimes
The Student News Site of Lafayette High School

The Lafayette Times

The Student News Site of Lafayette High School

The Lafayette Times

2025-2026 Staff

Harper Hudkins
Copy Editor

Harper Hudkins

Harper Hudkins is a junior at Lafayette High School. When they are not busy at school or working an after-school care program at Community Montessori School, you can see Hudkins drawing in their sketchbook, hanging out with fr...

Vivian Usery
Staff Writer

Vivian Usery

Vivian Usery is a sophomore at Lafayette High School. This is her first year of taking journalism. Vivian is an active member of the Lafayette Symphonic Band. Vivian has taken classes in creative writing. In her free time, she...

Nickole Sparrow
Staff Writer

Nickole Sparrow

Nickole Sparrow is a freshman at Lafayette High School and is also in her second year in the Lafayette High School marching band. Sparrow is a sweet and dedicated student and person. Sparrow enjoys writing in her free time, especially...

Eli Smith
Staff Writer

Eli Smith

Eli Smith is a Freshman who is in his first year of Lafayette High School. He’s excited for the school year and journalism. Eli loves bowling, golfing, and playing baseball in his free time. His goal is to get accepted ...

Aubrey Sharp
Staff Writer

Aubrey Sharp

Aubbrey Sharp is a Freshman attending Lafayette High School, and it’s her first time working for Lafayette times. Her writing interests are sports, fashion, and music. Outside of school Aubbrey likes to hang out with friends,...

Sophie Mintu
Staff Writer

Sophie Mintu

Sophie Mintu is a freshman at Lafayette High School. This is her first year writing for the Lafayette Times. She has been a dancer at Bluegrass Youth Ballet for 11 years, so she spends most of her time in the studio. Aside from...

Matthew Kelley
Staff Writer

Matthew Kelley

Matthew Kelley is in his last year at Lafayette High School. He spent a year learning photography. With almost no experience in article writing, he hopes to learn while also spreading truths. Outside of journalism, with h...

Samuella Ilunga
Staff Writer

Samuella Ilunga

Samuella Ilunga is a sophomore at Lafayette. She is interested in writing sports for Lafayette Times. Samuella plays basketball and volleyball, she plays volleyball currently for Lafayette and plans on also playing basketball....

Avery Hieneman
Staff Writer

Avery Hieneman

Avery Hieneman is a freshman at Lafayette High School. There, she is on the Cross Country and Speech and Debate Team, as well as Student Council. She also volunteers at multiple political campaign events and fundraisers around...

Jesse Hartman
Staff Writer

Jesse Hartman

Jesse Hartman is a current staff member at the Lafayette Times and a Junior at Lafayette High School. He has also previously taken a photography class in Lafayette, and is currently taking a creative writing class. In add...

Maddie Darling
Staff Writer

Maddie Darling

Maddie Darling is a sophomore and she enjoys music, her friends and her boyfriend. She cares about the small things, like how her eyelashes are lying or how clean her room is. Maddie loves psychology, philosophy, and art and would conside...

Julia Finley
Staff Writer

Julia Finley

Julia Finley is a senior at Lafayette and is in her third year of Journalism. She plays on the Lafayette Girl’s lacrosse team. In her free time she enjoys hanging out with friends, reading, playing pickleball and watching...

Gwen Dalibor
Staff Writer

Gwen Dalibor

Gwen Dalibor is a sophomore at Lafayette High School in her first year as a staff member for the Times. She loves being the Community Service Chair for Lafayette Student Y, where she won Outstanding Delegate at the Kent...

Sarah Bowman
Staff Writer

Sarah Bowman

Sarah Bowman is a sophomore at Lafayette, and this is her first time writing for The Lafayette Times. She loves reading books and likes writing fiction in her free time. She is very excited to write this year for The Times. ...

Lilly Craft
Staff Writer

Lilly Craft

Lilly Craft is a freshman at Lafayette High School and this is her first year with the Lafayette Times. She enjoys reading about mental health, writing poetry, and taking photos outdoors every chance she gets. You'll al...

Megan Bowman
Staff Writer

Megan Bowman

A new member of the Lafayette Journalism Class, Megan Bowman is now one of the interviewers and reporters at Lafayette High School. When she graduates from high school, she wants to become a professional writer and get her ...

Makenna Blankenship
Staff Writer

Makenna Blankenship

Makenna Blankenship is currently a sophomore at Lafayette. Makenna is also a member of the Student Council and dances competitively outside of school. She also enjoys listening to music and hanging out with her friends and sisters. She is...

Alyssa Lucas
Co-Editor-In-Chief

Alyssa Lucas

Alyssa Lucas is a senior at Lafayette and in her fourth year of Journalism. She is returning this year as Co-Editor-In-Chief after previously being a staff writer and copy editor. She is involved in the National Honor Society,...

Isabella Dietzel
Co-Editor-In-Chief

Isabella Dietzel

Isabella Dietzel is a senior and is returning for her fourth year of Journalism. Previously she has been a staff writer and a copy editor, but now she is a Co-Editor-In-Chief. Outside of Journalism she is excited for her last...

Activate Search
STAFF PROFILES