Trevor Snyder, Adviser

Trevor Snyder serves as the adviser for Chugiak High School’s student-newspaper, the Pegasus.  In addition to his role as adviser for the school newspaper, he also serves as adviser for the CHS yearbook, and teaches Journalism along with English 11.  Mr. Snyder began teaching at Chugiak in 2009, after spending five years teaching in a remote, native village in southwest Alaska.  He is very excited about the Pegasus going online because it offers students a myriad of opportunities to communicate important information utilizing digital media.  An online paper offers audio and video broadcasting along with the written story.  The 2009-2010 school year will be an exciting one for sure as CHS explores the possibilities of an e-paper.

Meg Mielke, Editor

After being prevented from joining a journalism class until her junior year, Meg began an independent study on journalism where she attempted a coup to overthrow the current non-existent journalistic establishment.  Her junior year as Editor-in-chief she doubled the number of published editions, and her senior year she successfully transformed the Print edition of the paper into the more environmentally friendly (and cheaper) online version of The Pegasus.  Aside from her journalistic aspirations, Meg has been a DDF (Drama, Debate, and Forensics) nerd since her freshmen year.  In her so-called free time, Meg enjoys swing dancing, reading apocalyptic novels, singing along to Manu Chao, playing bingo at the senior center, and drinking approximately 56 oz of water a day.  Meg hopes to go to college in an undecided location and either become a senator or a gypsy, she just can’t decide.

Caroline Streff, Reporter

Caroline Streff is an odd, quirky child who is easy to ignore and hard to miss.  She can be seem more often than not carrying more books than any nrmal human being would, scrbbling away behnd a text book or sketching nothing in particular, all the while wearing her newly acquired top-hat.  Caroline wants nothing more than to tour Europe on a bicycle, looking for dragons and dancing with witches under the full moon.

Kimmie Tabor, Reporter

Kimmie Tabor loves to read and take pictures.  Twilight is her passion.  She also loves to meet new people.  Having fun is her game and writing is her love.  She was born in Alaska, and loves living in Eagle River with her mom and brother!

Shealyn Golden, Reporter

Shealyn Golden is not going to try to convince you she is anything she’s not. These are facts: Sheayln Golden loves horses; her favorite T.V. shows are Bones and Mythbusters; she is Bear Paw Princess 2009, and she is proud to call herself a geek

Karly Matson, Reporter

Karly Matson is a proud member of the class of 2011. She enjoys: rootbeer, long walks on the beach, and of course, cinematic adventures. Karly’s love of movies started young when she discovered that hours-upon-hours of seemingly useless time could be filled by stories brought to life on the bigscreen. She is very excited about the opportunity to share her opinion about many films in the school newspaper, because she firmly believes that everyone is enitiled to “her” opinion!  Karly plans on attending Savannah College of Art and Design and double-majoring in film-editing and screenwriting.

Erin Cockreham, Reporter

Despite being born in Washington, Erin Cockreham is truly an Alaskan at heart.  She was home schooled up until high school, and is a competitive swimmer. She enjoys: writing, reading, playing badminton, practicing Ultimate Frisbee, baking, and most importantly, the handsome men on the Thursday night television lineup.  Her favorite subject is Geography and even though she has never made it through a full season, she has signed up for the National Novel Writing Month three years in a row, and plans on competing in (and completing) this upcoming year.

Esther Smith, Reporter

Esther Smith is a moderate political addict who fills her days with dreams of Africa and debate. If she had three wishes, she would end the caste system in India, find true love and wish for three more wishes.  Unfortunately, she recognizes that this probably contradicts the guidelines of genies and wish making; nonetheless, she would debate said genie until he agreed. When and if she grows up, she wants to follow her heart to developing nations to be a human rights advocate.