2019-2020 Staff
Nina Faynshtayn
Editor-in-Chief
Nina Faynshtayn is an activist, writer, and self-proclaimed politico. She dedicates her time to writing about a wide range of topics and genres including international policy, activism, arts, physical sciences, and poetry. Her...
Nathan Campbell
Writer
Nate Campbell is a senior at Hall High school and proud Boy Scout. Nate was born and raised in West Hartford and lived in Massachusetts for one year. His hobbies include "hockey, more hockey, work, sleep, scouts, woodworking, and ...
Desmond Nigol Mason
Writer
Born in Hartford, Connecticut June 18th, 2002, Desmond Nigol Mason is a 17 year old senior at Hall High School. Desmond joined journalism because he thought it was more interesting than a traditional English class, and most importa...
Patrick McGann
Editor
Patrick Mcgann, a 17 year old raised in West Hartford, is a “kind, and passionate person who cares a lot about people.” His comfort place is on the field and in turn, sports are a big part of his identity as he plays Football...
Alanna Brown
Editor
Alanna Brown, a senior at Hall High School, born in Hartford hospital on “March 7, 2002 Pisces gang” and has always grown up in West Hartford. She is the type of person who is a “nice person and tries to give out good ener...
Tali Raichelson
Editor
Yesterday I had the good fortune to meet an interesting person right here in my Journalism class. Tali Raichelson, a 17 year old 12th grader at Hall High School, is from Glastonbury, Connecticut. Tali speaks English and Hebrew,...
Adam Hanlon
Editor
Adam Hanlon, a 17 year old senior at Hall High School, was born in Whitingham, Vermont on February 28th, 2002. He has a medium size family, with his mom, dad, and his younger and older sisters. Adam joined journalism because ...
Max Kershen
Editor
Max Kershen is a 17-year-old senior at Hall High School. He was born in Houston, Texas on June 18th, 2002. After one year, he and his family moved to Vermont and then in 5th grade, they moved to West Hartford, Connecticut....
Grace Gillis
Editor
Grace Gillis is a 17 year old at Hall High School. Grace was born August 26, 2002, She had lived in North Carolina for a year before coming to West Hartford . Grace choose to do journalism because she enjoys learning new things ...
Ted Monnes
Editor
Born on January 8th, 2002, Ted Monnes is a 17 year old senior here at Hall High School. Ted was born in Hartford Hospital and has lived in West Hartford his entire life, attending Morley elementary school and King Philip middle s...
Peter Piao
Editor
Peter Piao is a 17 year old senior, who has lived in a total of three different states. He was born in New York, eventually making his way over to West Hartford, Connecticut, later moving to Arizona, and finally back to West Hartford....
Zack Storms
Editor
Zackary Storms, a 17 year old senior at Hall High School, was born in Concord, New Hampshire. He moved to West Hartford at the age of 5, and currently lives with his mom and older brother Ben. Before arriving at Hall, Zack attend...
Abigail Gunraj
Editor
Abigail Gunraj is an 18 year old senior at Hall High school. Abby was born in Guyana, South America and moved to the United States in 2012. Her hobbies include cooking, being social with friends, attending the Asian Cultural Cl...
Alexei Habermehl
Editor
Alexei Habermehl is a 16 year old student at Hall High school. He grew up in Enfield, but then moved to West Hartford when he was 10. Being apart of extra curricular actives interests Alexei, as he is apart of the Hall Muslim ...
Matthew Goldfarb
Editor
Matt Goldfarb is 17 years old and was born on May 9th 2002 in Hartford. Matt is 1/16 German, which comes from his mom's side. His last name comes from the German word for gold. He also has ancestors from England. Matt took th...
Coby Noll
Editor
Coby Noll a 17 year high school student attending Hall High School. Born on July 3rd 2002, in Hartford, Connecticut. Coby has lived in Connecticut his whole life. When asked about why he is exploring journalism he states, “I want...
Gregory Katzman
Editor
Gregory Katzman, a 17-year-old High School Senior, was born and raised in West Hartford, Connecticut. Greg says the way to succeed is to “stay focused and motivated on what you want to achieve.” When asked what he loves about ...
Mia Downey
Editor
Mia was born in Hartford CT and grew up in West Hartford. Her family is from Italy and Argentina. Mia enjoys a lot of hobbies that include painting, playing the piano, writing songs, and skateboarding. Mia also works two hostess...
Eva Astrachan
Editor
Born on July Ninth, 2002, West Hartford native Eva Astrachan is one of the newest journalists coming to the Hall Record. This seventeen-year-old is here to exercise her mind as a writer and explore a new subject. Although she was...
Olivia Birbara
Editor
Olivia Birbara is a 17 year old senior here at Hall High School. She is a captain of the field hockey team and dedicates most of her free time to the team. Even though she loves the sport and has been playing it for 7 years, sh...
Dan Davidson
Editor
Dan Davidson was born on May 19, 2002 in Vermont and moved to Connecticut when he was two years old. Dan lives with his parents, his older brother and younger sister. His ancestors are half Austrian and half Russian. He loves...
Jillian Selig
Editor
Jillian Selig is a seventeen-year-old journalist attending Hall High School. She hopes to write for the Hall Highlights, Halls online newspaper, to find ways for students to stay connected to the news. “News is something that...
Gabe Salomons
Editor
Gabe Salomons, a 17-year-old senior at Hall High, is one of this year's new journalist for Hall Records. Three words Gabe would use to describe himself include reliable, easy-going, and caring. Brett Berman, classmate, would ...
Gabby Ciccomascolo
Editor
Gabby Ciccomascolo is a 17 year old senior at Hall High School. She was born on November 13, 2001 in Guatemala, before being adopted and moving to Springfield. She now lives in West Hartford on the Hall side of town, but if s...
Lauren Cook
Editor
Lauren Cook is a 17 year old Hall High student who enjoys athletic activities. She was born in West Hartford, Connecticut on February 16th, 2002. Lauren in the past has played basketball for Hall taking up most of her free time...
Afrah Khalil
Editor
Afrah Khalil is an 18 year old senior at Hall High School who has lived around the world. Although she was born in Syria in 2001, Afrah has also lived in Lebanon, Kuwait, Jordan. However she moved to Hartford in 2016 and finally...
Justin Albee
Editor
Justin Albee is a 17 year old senior at Hall High School. He was born and raised in West Hartford, CT. One interesting thing about Justin is that he works at Chick fil-a. Justin enjoys playing and watching sports in his free tim...
Brett Berman
Editor
Brett Berman was born on January 10, 2002. He has lived in West Hartford in whole life. There is a special place in his heart for rowing, which he has been following for five years now. Now a senior at Hall High School, Brett...
Bikram Thakur
Editor
Bikram, from Nepal, was born on February 25, 2002, and is a senior at Hall High School. He moved to West Hartford in 8th grade and attended King Philip. When describing his journey to the United States, Bikram explained that ...
Jackson Muskrat
Editor
Jackson Muskrat is currently a senior at Hall High School, he's 17 and has been born and raised in West Hartford. Playing for the football team at hall he's an offensive tackle and defensive end. At Hall he also plays lacrosse ...
Mason Woods
Editor
Born on September 5, 2001, Mason Woods has lived in West Hartford all his life as he attended Aiken Elementary and Saint Timothy Middle School. When Mason attended Saint Timothy Middle School, his seventh-grade teacher made a bi...
Nicole Selig
Editor
Nicole “Coco” Selig is a 17 year old senior at Hall High School. Nicole was born in West Hartford and has lived here all of her life with her parents, twin sister and older sisters. In her free time Nicole likes to hang ...
Caroline Burkhard
Editor
Caroline Burkhard is a 17 year-old senior at Hall High School. She was born on July 10, 2002 in Hartford, CT and grew up in West Hartford. She attended Bugbee elementary school and King Philip Middle school. Hoping to “allow...
Noe Ruelas
Editor
Noe Ruelas describes himself as “kindhearted, athletic, and open minded person” who looks up to his dad that works hard and supports him in all that he does. His interests include watching Netflix, Hulu, and spending time with fr...
Mira Mohler
Editor
Mira Mohler is a 17-year-old senior at Hall High School. Others would describe her as open-minded, kind, and sassy. She was born on March 1, 2002, in Hartford, Connecticut. In her free time she enjoys drawing, writing and mus...
Leah Jackson
Editor
Leah Jackson is a senior at Hall High School in West Hartford, CT. Born in Atlanta, GA, Jackson moved to West Hartford shortly after she was born, and has lived there since 2003. She began her WHPS education at Morley elementary ...
Evan Lombardo
Editor
Evan Lombardo is a 16-year-old at Hall High School. He was born in New Hampshire on December 3, 2002, but moved to West Hartford when he was two and has been here since. Although he does not go back often, Evan wants to go...
Ryan Zimmerman
Editor
Ryan Zimmerman, a 17 year old senior who grew up in Philadelphia, moved to Texas then moved to Tennessee and after his freshman year at Bearden High School moved to West Hartford to finish high school at Hall. Ryan enjoys playing soccer and h...
Brennen Ravenberg
Editor
Brennen Ravenberg is 17 years old, born and raised in West Hartford. He is known to be a little quiet, but always thoughtful in what he says. Brennen is a scholar: musically and academically inclined. Coming from Vietnam to the US, ...
Leah O’Brien
Editor
Leah O’Brien is a 17 year old student at Hall High School and was born and raised in West Hartford. She attended Aiken Elementary School and Bristow Middle School before beginning her high school career at Hall. Every mo...