Lydia Gerety, Editor in Chief
Lydia Gerety is the Editor and Chief of The Talon. She is a junior at Ankeny High School and is involved in Model United Nations and Marching Band. She plans to go to a four year college and pursue a degree revolving around journalism or marketing. A fun fact about Lydia is that she likes going to concerts.
![Teacher Academy students from Ankeny Centennial, juniors Parker Wilson, Tony Mandolfo, and Sophia Royster develop their lesson plans that will be presented to the class. “[Teacher Academy students are] getting the experience of actually seeing if this is a career. They're getting that time in the classroom,” Teacher Academy and science teacher Kristen Campbell-Blumhagen (CB) said.](https://ahstalonnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/centennialstudents-1200x683.png)
![Watchamacalits work with trumpet player Dave Kobberdahl.
"It [jazz band]is just honestly more zesty. You get to do your own thing more," sophomore Kiera Swanberg said.](https://ahstalonnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_0134-1200x800.jpg)
