Maya Ortiz, Editor-in-Chief
Maya Ortiz, senior, is starting her fourth year on the newspaper staff as the editor-in-chief. She was named NSPA high school photojournalist in 2021 and 2022. Maya is also on the teen leadership council of the Houston Zoo's Zoo Crew Program. Maya enjoys listening to David Bowie, watching musicals and reading Alice Oseman books.
![Coach Eric Coovert talks to players on the sidelines of the homecoming football game on Sept. 8 at Turner Stadium. The football players were the first students he told. Many of them he had coached for three years. “Seeing tears in their eyes after I told them [was hard],” Coovert said. “But then afterwards every single one of them came over and gave me a hug. And I was crying by the end.”](https://kptimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/coovert-field-shot-1200x800.jpg)
