I’m Elena, a managing editor for the Roar staff this year! This is my second year on staff and I can’t wait to write for this news magazine again.
![Students, teachers, and parents visit Omaha Beach in Normandy, France on June 7. "In 7th grade I had signed up for a [field trip to] Canada but it was canceled because COVID pushed it off so much, so when Mrs. Pietrzak brought up that they were doing a D-Day field trip to Europe, I thought that was really cool and I knew that I definitely wanted to do a trip while I was at West Shore so I took the opportunity," senior Amelia Bailly said.](https://westshoreroar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/edbc27cd-da37-43d3-9ac9-0f38a21bbe02-1200x675.jpg)
![Senior David Vingradov plays "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers in the senior parking lot on Sept. 18 to kick off the first day of Spirit Week: Barbie versus Oppenheimer. "My friend Ioana [Silaghi] spearheaded putting a piano in the parking lot, so I wanted to inaugurate the piano with a song about good friends," he said.](https://westshoreroar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/david-1200x898.jpeg)
