The Student News Site of Hickman High School

Purple and Gold News

The Student News Site of Hickman High School

Purple and Gold News

The Student News Site of Hickman High School

Purple and Gold News

2023-2024 Staff

Kennedy Lucas
Editor-In-Chief

Kennedy Lucas

This year is Kennedy Lucas’ (11) second year as the editor-in-chief of Hickman High School’s newspaper, the P&G. Kennedy joined the P&G in her freshman year of high school and is now going in to her third year in...

Sarah Won
Managing Editor

Sarah Won

Sarah Won (11) is a creative and outgoing person. She enjoys drawing and taking her art to the next level. She is a bright light of imagination in the world of AI. Sarah brings her original ideas to the table for Hickman Journalism. The...

Kyra Skaggs
Business Manager

Kyra Skaggs

Senior Kyra Skaggs is making the most of her last year at Hickman.  She is currently in an Independent Study for the P&G.  “I'm productive in a way, this year, that I'm having fun,” she stated.  Kyra lived in Fayette, ...

Noah Elletson
Reporter

Noah Elletson

Junior Noah Elletson has been playing musical instruments since elementary school. “When I was in third grade, I tried learning the drums...I also have a really bad bamboo flute,” Noah said. Music is a tradition in No...

Jelly Milo
Reporter

Jelly Milo

Engelle (Jelly) Milo is a senior at Hickman High School, and she is the middle child in a large family.    Jelly participates in lots of activities, but one she has been getting into more lately is dance. “I’ve been...

Lizzie Braskett
Reporter

Lizzie Braskett

For most people, writing can be boring, but not for Lizzie Braskett (10). Lizzie is a bright sophomore with a beautiful talent: she loves to write her own stories. Lizzie writes about fan fiction, dark romance and fantasy. She’s...

Ben Drury
Reporter

Ben Drury

Confidence, motivation and drive describe freshman Ben Drury’s running career. Ben began to run very young. “[I started running] around third grade. Just running local 5K's, then I started to like it more in fifth and si...

Aurelia Garcia
Reporter

Aurelia Garcia

This is Aurelia Garcias’ (11) third year at Hickman High School, and her dream is to travel to Paris, France.   Aurelia has been dreaming of traveling to Paris for three years and already has plans for when she does.  ...

Alaina Kimmons
Reporter

Alaina Kimmons

Right now, it’s everyone's dream to get a chance to see Taylor Swift perform. She has 11 #1 billboard songs with ones that everybody knows like “Shake it Off,” “Blank Space,” and “We are Never Getting Back Together...

Ashlyn McFarland
Reporter

Ashlyn McFarland

P&G member and Hickman High School senior Ashlyn McFarland hasn’t always lived in Columbia. Moving from Wellsville, Missouri, a town with a population of 1,039 to Columbia, Missouri, a city with a population of 128,879,...

Meliah Stevenson
Reporter

Meliah Stevenson

On a Monday morning, Meliah Stevenson (9) sat on the newly reorganized commons lunch tables.   While describing her busy week, Meliah said, “I have practice from 4:30 to 6:30 on Mondays. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursd...