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Lotus Leaf Live

The news site of Monroe High School's online newspaper

Lotus Leaf Live

Lotus Leaf Live

2020-2021 Staff

Mr. & Mrs. Cornett and Veronica

Ben Cornett

Mr. Cornett is the adviser for The Lotus Leaf and has served in this position since 2022.

Megan Kane

Megan Kane

Every Friday, Monroe High students watch the Lotus Leaf broadcast in their TFTs. In those 15 minutes they are informed of school and local news, and get to watch fun segments. But who puts all of it together? When not on cam...

Emilia McLeod

Emilia McLeod

     MHS students constantly look for communication and updates regarding their school lives. But how does this information get to them?       Senior Emilia McLeod, Chief Social Media Editor for the Lotus Leaf, manages t...

Natalie Kelley

Natalie Kelley

     Every few months a new edition of the Lotus Leaf newsmagazine is published. Who are the people behind the scenes creating the pages?      Page editor Natalie Kelley creates graphics, takes photos and lays out page...

Autumn Knight

Autumn Knight

MHS students take an interest in current and upcoming entertainment, a light, an escape, a getaway from the world to take them into fantasy, sci-fi, horror, or even a lick of thrill.       Autumn Knight, the chief editor of...

Drake Carr

Drake Carr

Drake Carr is a senior and a video editor on the Lotus Leaf. This is his second year on the Lotus Leaf. He enjoys music and the punk subculture.

Mandy Petkovich

Mandy Petkovich

Mandy Petkovich is a senior reporter on the Lotus Leaf. She is a member of the Civil Air Patrol, the Interact Club, and she plays soccer. She is also a singer and a writer.

Haley Blackmon

Haley is a junior and the Video Editor on the Lotus Leaf. She is a member of both Band and Track.

Isabella Cicero

Isabella Cicero

Social media is one of the largest ways to get news out into the world today and it is definitely for high schoolers who are always on their phone! @Lotusleaflive offers instagram, facebook, twitter, and snapchat, but why don’t w...

Chancey Boyce

Chancey Boyce

Chancey Boyce is a senior on the Lotus Leaf and the Web Editor. He is an anchor on the broadcast team, a scriptwriter, and has a podcast. He is the Senior Class President, an Eagle Scout, Vice President of the National Honors...

Tristan Mann

Tristan Mann

 You know all about the people in front of the camera on Lotus Leaf’s Friday broadcast, but who’s the person behind the camera?      Tristan Mann, Assistant Broadcast Editor, is the go-to person for much of the camera...

Maya Kasprzak

Maya Kasprzak

 Maya Kasprzak is a senior reporter for the Lotus Leaf. This is her third year on staff. Her favorite things to write are editorials, and she enjoys making videos. Maya is also the President of GSA and President of Young Democrat...

Delaney Setzler

Delaney Setzler

Delaney Setzler is a senior on the Lotus Leaf. She is the Graphics and Design Editor on the Lotus Leaf. This is her second year on staff and she enjoys photography and graphic design. She is also a Page Editor in the print edit...

Columnist Zak Everett

Zak Everett

 Zak Everett is a senior reporter for the Lotus Leaf. This is his third year on staff and he enjoys writing sports columns. In his free time Zak enjoys watching sports.   

Alexia Barton

Alexia Barton

The student body and community always get to see the final product of the news magazine with all of the different layers to it, what they do not see is the girl crying in the corner stressing over designing and editing the paper...

Samantha Drougel

Samantha Drougel

We are live in 5, 4, 3, 2, I’m Samantha Drougel and this is a fully live edition of Lotus leaf Live. Every Friday during TFT, Senior Samantha Drougel delivers the news, introduces packages, and interviews amazing people in th...

Mackenzie Longfellow

Mackenzie Longfellow

  The Chief Social Media Editor of Lotus Leaf has a slight coffee addiction. Good thing she has an assistant to get that for her.       Junior Mackenzie Longfellow, Assistant Social Media Editor, makes graphics for social m...

Gabriella Anderson

Gabriella Anderson

Strict deadlines, staff working hard to complete their pages, and just the right amount of stress are all the components that make up the behind the scenes of putting the Lotus Leafs news magazine in front of your eyes every cou...