Avery Torres is a Junior at Lompoc High School. She is a student-athlete who is on the LHS Cheer team and is involved in numerous clubs. This is her third year in Journalism. She was a Copy Editor for two of those years and is...

Hannah Brooks is an 11th grade student athlete participating in track and cross country. She cares very much about school and grades and has above a 4.0 GPA. This will be her first year in journalism as well as it being her first...

Megan Hernandez is a 12th grader at Lompoc High School. She has some journalism experience being a part of Cabrillo High School's Journalism Club her junior year. Megan is currently involved in two clubs at LHS and is the Cheer...

Delanie Valencia is a senior at Lompoc High School. She is a student-athlete and is captain of the LHS Varsity Cheer/Pom team. She is the Senior class Vice President as well as the Drama Club Vice President. She also participates...

Ava Velasco is a 10th grader at Lompoc High School. This will be her second year in journalism. She is most looking forward to expanding her writing skills in the schools paper. Her hobbies include playing tennis and playing...

Helen is a senior at Lompoc High School. This is her fourth year in Journalism and third year as a copy editor. She is currently involved in Technical Theatre, CSF, Renaissance, and Drama Club. She is also the secretary for Astronomy...

Samantha is a Senior at Lompoc High School. She is one of the editors of The Smoke Signal and this is her third year on staff. She is excited for the opportunities that come with this position, as well as the collaboration that...

Donna Kemp, or Dj, is an 11th grader at Lompoc High School. She is not a part of the Journalism class this year, but is still participating outside of the class, getting great scoops whenever she can! Dj is involved in many things...

Ricardo is a Anime fan, and like Manga. He is Sophomore at Lompoc High School. I also like super heros like spider man specifcally (miles morales) and i also like reading and watch stuff like trying japanese food

Sophia Pina is a Freshman in Lompoc high School. She has 2 siblings, and out of both them shes the youngest. She loves hanging out with her friends and being nice to other people.

Isabel Lopez is a senior at Lompoc High School. She is also the only girl out of all the siblings that she have. She also enjoy playing soccer.

Nessa Arevalos is a freshman at Lompoc High School. It is her first year in Journalism. She is apart of the cheer team and enjoys dancing. She is looking forward to getting to write articles and stories while in Journalism.

Marianne Braxton is a Freshman at Lompoc High School. She is a student-athlete who is on the cheer team and is involved in A.S.B. This is her first year involved in Journalism. She looks forward to expanding her skills with writing...

Naomi Esqueda is a junior attending Lompoc High School in Lompoc, California. Naomi is involved with the Smoke Signal News for Lompoc High as a journalist writer. Naomi Esqueda is also involved in Cross Country, along with track...

Dulce Macias is a Senior at Lompoc High School. This is her first time in Journalism and is excited to improve her writing and speaking skills by working on stories for the school. During her free time, she enjoys reading, watercolor...

Alexa Alvarez is a junior at LHS and it is her first year attending Journalism. Some of the things she enjoys doing is spending time with her cousins/bf and hitting the gym. In the future she would like be a flight attendant or...

Kailee is 16 and is a sophmore. This is her second year in Journalism and she enjoys it a lot. She enjoys long boarding and hanging out with friends. Her birthday is September 22.

Yuridia is 15 and a Sophmore. This is her second year in Journalism. She is a cheerleader and enjoys baking. Her birthday is April 25th.

Isabella Campos is a Freshman at LHS and it’s her first year in Journalism. She can’t wait to learn new things. She is also a cheerleader and likes to read and write!

Hello! I am Giovanna, but I tend to go by Vanna by friends. I am a sophomore at Lompoc High school. I’ve always enjoyed writing little snippets and such. This is my first year in Journalism and I hope to get all out of it !

Jassmille Gonzalez is a freshman at LHS and is on the Sapphire Dance team. She enjoys to read and watch movies.

I am a current Freshman and this is my first year of Journalism. Fun fact: I enjoy knitting, writing, and crafting.

Maria Oceguera is a Junior at Lompoc High school. She in involved in Mock Trial and A.S.B. In her free time she enjoys reading, watching Law and Order, and going on runs. She looks forward to taking pictures for the newspaper...

Reece Torres is a Junior at Lompoc High school. She is a student-athlete involved in A.S.B, LINK, and has been a LHS Cheerleader for 3 years. This is her first year in Journalism and looks forward to taking pictures for the paper.

Samuel likes to play video games and his favorite place is home. He likes to watch superhero movies/shows and funny movies/shows. His favorite animals are dogs and birds. He is a Senior at Lompoc School High.