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Ava Harris

Ava Harris, Editor-in-Chief

Ava Harris is currently serving as the 2022-2023 features editor for the Talon newspaper. She joined the Talon in the 2019-2020 school year as a Senior Staff Writer. She is now in her third year of Journalism, one of the Talon’s longest working editors.

All content by Ava Harris

Spotlighting OPHS class of 2024’s passions

Ava Harris and Sophie Casazza
May 22, 2024

The impacts of state budget cuts at Oak Park High School

Ava Harris and Sophie Casazza
May 22, 2024
JV runners Noah Bergerman, Ethan Abergel, Kamdi Umejiego, Bridger Weir strike a pose

Photostory: The highs and lows of track & field

Sophie Casazza, Mara Hankins, Anika Ravilla, and Ava Harris
April 5, 2024
Genderwise: The Divide

Genderwise: The Divide

Sophie Casazza, Mara Hankins, Ava Harris, Jackson Hill, Anika Ravilla, David Ross, Madhav Syamala, and Charli Constantin
March 5, 2024

The Swoop: January 2024 Broadcast

Charli Constantin, Jackson Hill, David Ross, Lily Huynh, Ava Harris, Penelope Kladopoulos, Jessica Qi, and Sophie Casazza
February 2, 2024

OPHS athletes of the week

Lily Huynh, Ava Harris, and Sophie Casazza
January 31, 2024
Image depicting Sandra Day O’Connor being sworn in as Supreme Court Justice by Chief Justice Warran Burger

Sandra Day O’Connor, the first female Supreme Court justice, dies at 93

Sophie Casazza and Ava Harris
December 19, 2023
Image depicting Representative George Santos at the Nassau County Republicans Committee

House Representative George Santos expelled from Congress

Sophie Casazza and Ava Harris
December 19, 2023

Grammy Predictions for 2024

Ava Harris and Lindsay Gould
December 19, 2023

October Athletes of the Week

Lily Huynh and Ava Harris
October 20, 2023

Gov. Gavin Newsom signs new bills to reduce gun violence

Ava Harris and Lindsay Gould
September 29, 2023
JD Slajchert, author of "Moonflower"

Honoring Luc Bodden Day with ‘Unity’

Lily Huynh and Ava Harris
September 28, 2023
The Barbie movie takes feminism to another level

The Barbie movie takes feminism to another level

Ava Harris and Lily Huynh
September 5, 2023
Photo by Ava Harris

The opioid epidemic endangering youth across the country

Ava Harris and Madelyne Cascione
May 23, 2023

The Willow Project brings us one step closer to extinction

Ava Harris, Editor-in-Chief
May 23, 2023

We need a better solution for housing instability

Ava Harris and Drew Hearst
May 23, 2023
A triumphant season comes to an end

A triumphant season comes to an end

Madelyne Cascione and Ava Harris
May 1, 2023
Anika Ravilla / Talon

Coachella 2023 brings mixed emotions

Madelyne Cascione and Ava Harris
May 1, 2023
Photo creds by Annenberg Foundation

A one-of-a-kind way for animals to venture into other habitats

Ava Harris and Madelyne Cascione
March 31, 2023
Art by Anika Ravilla

Excessive packaging is harming the environment

Ava Harris, Editor-in-Chief
March 31, 2023
Boys volleyball lead league after successful matches

Boys volleyball lead league after successful matches

Madelyne Cascione and Ava Harris
March 27, 2023
Clean beauty: what is it?

Clean beauty: what is it?

Ava Harris, Editor-in-Chief
February 10, 2023

OPHS celebrates Lunar New Year

Lily Huynh and Ava Harris
February 10, 2023
Movie Review: Put 'Puss In Boots: The Last Wish' on your watch list

Movie Review: Put ‘Puss In Boots: The Last Wish’ on your watch list

Ava Harris and Anika Ravilla
February 2, 2023
OPHS Grassroots Club spotlight

OPHS Grassroots Club spotlight

Ava Harris and Lily Huynh
February 2, 2023
Harry Styles rules 2022

Harry Styles rules 2022

Ava Harris and Madelyne Cascione
December 9, 2022
A Night of Magic: Music at the Movies

A Night of Magic: Music at the Movies

Ava Harris, Editor-in-Chief
December 9, 2022
The American Government is a ticking time bomb

The American Government is a ticking time bomb

Ava Harris, Editor-in-Chief
December 9, 2022
Uggs Are Officially Back!

Uggs Are Officially Back!

Ava Harris, Editor-in-Chief
November 18, 2022

Profile: Mara Smialek

Ava Harris and Zoey Mortazavi
October 7, 2022
Did Austin Butler do justice as ‘Elvis’?

Did Austin Butler do justice as ‘Elvis’?

Ava Harris, Editor-in-Chief
September 16, 2022
Canceling Cancel Culture

Canceling Cancel Culture

Ava Harris, Editor-in-Chief
August 25, 2022

Second Semester Events

Ava Harris, Editor-in-Chief
April 29, 2022

Spring Rally 2022 – Behind the Scenes

Minnoli Nori, Angie Bleau, Megan McCoy, and Ava Harris
April 5, 2022
Gas prices in West Hills California right now.

Gas prices rise as inflation and war in Ukraine continues

Ava Harris, Editor-in-Chief
March 18, 2022
What you can do to help Ukraine

What you can do to help Ukraine

Ava Harris, Editor-in-Chief
March 4, 2022
Best and worst outfits from Harry Styles Love on Tour 2021

Best and worst outfits from Harry Styles Love on Tour 2021

Ava Harris, Editor-in-Chief
March 4, 2022
Masks are no longer mandatory for vaccinated people but are still required in hospitals in schools - Mika Baumeister/Unsplash

How will California’s changes to the mask mandate affect OPHS?

Ava Harris, Editor-in-Chief
February 16, 2022
COVID Concerts

COVID Concerts

Ava Harris, Editor-in-Chief
January 27, 2022
Connect periods transition to activity lessons

Connect periods transition to activity lessons

Angie Bleau and Ava Harris
December 13, 2021
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: A new perspective

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: A new perspective

Ava Harris, Editor-in-Chief
October 29, 2021
Artwork by Porter Nicoll

Stop treating celebrities like zoo animals

Ava Harris, Editor-in-Chief
October 1, 2021
Foreign Exchange students Nicole Syku, Viktoriia Rudenko, Sophie Thomsen, Laura Rezende De Aguiar, Gustavo Cunha Freitas Meirelles Meira, Marta Tassinari, Clara Flores, Maria Wadel-Heimland, Kristine Fillingsnes, Mina Iqbal and social science teacher Chris Meyer

International students return

Angie Bleau and Ava Harris
September 28, 2021
Ava Harris discusses the pink tax, a increase in price for women's products merely due to the fact that they are for women.

Women are worth it

Ava Harris, Editor-in-Chief
April 30, 2021
Podcast: Paranormal Stories

Podcast: Paranormal Stories

Ava Harris and Julianne Koch
April 16, 2021
Mama the donkey grazes in front of her home. (Photo Courtesy of Schafer Aldrich)

Students of Oak Park and their unusual pets

Julianne Koch and Ava Harris
April 16, 2021
Pianist Bonnie McIntosh performs in Philadelphia during K-12 Melanie Martinez Tour. (Photo courtesy of Derek Brad)

How the music industry will make a comeback after these terrible times

Ava Harris, Editor-in-Chief
March 3, 2021
In December of 2020, California saw a sudden spike in positive COVID-19 cases.

COVID-19 cases spike as Ventura County slowly opens back up

Ava Harris and Julianne Koch
January 29, 2021
Harry Styles on his solo tour in Denver, Colorado of summer 2018.

Style has no gender

Ava Harris, Editor-in-Chief
January 29, 2021
Photo courtesy of U.S. Senate Historical Office

Kamala Harris, the first woman to be elected Vice President of the United States

Ava Harris, Editor-in-Chief
December 11, 2020
Schools hurry to adapt to COVID-19 changes in Ventura County. The infographic above depicts the cautions and facts regarding COVID-19.

Ventura County records lower single-day increases in COVID-19 cases

Ava Harris and Julianne Koch
September 24, 2020
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