staff

Avielle Krendel-Smyslov, Editor-in-Chief

Jacob Loshinsky, Managing Editor

Amalia Lebowitsch, School News Editor

Elise Badmaev, School News Editor

Caroline Pychynski, School News Editor

Trey Woodbine, School News Editor

Charlotte Lee, School News Editor

Jinyu Xu, School News Editor

Elliott Pierce, Sports Editor

Diana Anishchanka, Sports Editor

Cynthia Springer, Feature Editor

Daisy Deng, Feature Editor

Sasha Smolansky, Feature Editor

Hala Hassan, Feature Editor

David Yu, Feature Editor

Shayna Golubev, Feature Editor

Elana Ulitskaya, Feature Editor

Jamee Rudsky, Feature Editor

Luke Walsh, Copy Editor

Becca Greenberg, Copy Editor

Mia Belkin, Copy Editor

Santa Springer, Letters Editor

Sophia Lin, Letters Editor

Chrystie Wu, Letters Editor

Eric Feng, Layout Designer

William Zhang, Archivist

Joan Huang, Photographer

Yanhe Rong, Graphic Artist

Casey Levinson, Faculty Advisor

HISTORY

The Midwood Argus debuted in May, 1941, near the end of Midwood High School's first year of existence. The original logo is pictured above. The design on the feathers of the peacock represent the 100 eyes of Argus, a character in Greek mythology who was always watching, always on guard, and never slept. This creature symbolizes the dedication of our student journalists and editors to faithfully upholding the responsibilities of the press and recording Midwood’s living history. Each year, a new group of juniors in Midwood’s Journalism course become student reporters, writing articles for the Argus. And each year, a small new group of seniors, having previously taken the Journalism course, become editors, assembling and designing both the physical and online editions of the paper. To contact the staff of the Midwood Argus, click here.

Previous editors-in-chief

Michael Onysko, 2022-2023

Chery Abdelmassih & Nafisa Haque, 2021-2022

Duygu Kondakci, 2020-2021

Shamail Naseer, 2019-2020

Rreze Kadrijaj, 2018-2019

Damali Ramirez, 2017-2018

Jenna Palme, 2016-2017

Nahian Chowdhury, 2015-2016

Julia Zelenko, 2014-2015

Irissa Cisternino, 2013-2014

Ziva Rubinstein, 2012-2013

Jessica Khaimova, 2011-2012

Madeline Halimi, 2010-2011

Sharmin Rahman, 2009-2010

Arianna Talebian, 2008-2009

Gabriel Castillo, 2007-2008

Marianna Breytman & Amanda Fried, 2006-2007

Lindsey Waxman & Kerry Li, 2005-2006

Lisa Marie Ng, 2004-2005

Lana Nirenstein, 2003-2004

Amanda B. Peters, 2002-2003

Vanessa Bracco, 2001-2002

Jonathan Igla, 2000-2001

Rui Bing Zheng, 1999-2000

Rui Bing Zheng & Zahid Qureshi, 1998-1999

Florence Ng, 1997-1998

In Sung Cho, 1996-1997

Dan Bursztyn, 1995-1996

Jenya Iuzzini, 1994-1995

Adam Schwartz & Sara Georgini, 1993-1994

Michele Grab, 1992-1993

Jon Iuzzini & Michael Barath, 1991-1992

Karen Markovic, 1990-1991

Jamie Bernstein, 1989-1990

Andrew Gerber, 1988-1989

Jennifer Scovronick, 1987-1988

Spyros Loukakos, 1986-1987

David Schizer, 1985-1986

Cassandra MacLeod, 1984-1985

Deena Alstodt, 1983-1984

Mimi Schizer, 1982-1983

Jim Tammadge, 1981-1982

Steven Weinberger, 1980-1981

Brad Shumei, 1979-1980

Jonathan Scharfstein, 1978-1979

Jeffrey Weinberger, 1977-1978

Stuart Rosen, 1976-1977

Andrea Zimbler, 1975-1976

Adam Pegler, 1974-1975

Jan Schulman, 1973-1974

David August, 1972-1973

Peter Greenwald, 1971-1972

Jonathan Davis, 1970-1971

James Alterbaum, 1969-1970

Fred Ritchin, 1968-1969

Paul Laffer, 1967-1968

Cliff Baker, 1966-1967

Carole Pogrebin, 1965-1966

Jeffrey Soffer, 1964-1965

Shelly Braff, 1963-1964

Cora Goldbaum, 1962-1963

Don Goldman, 1961-1962

Ellen Greene, 1960-1961

Ruth Wallach, 1959-1960

Howie Blau, 1958-1959

Ronnie Mintz & Billy Gluck, 1957-1958

Stan Futterman, 1956-1957

Judith Abrams & Joan Kanstoren, 1955-1956

Roy Lieberman, 1954-1955

David Ball, 1953-1954

Conrada Gill, 1952-1953

Robert Siroty, 1951-1952

Alfred Grayzel & Ezra Levins, 1950-1951

Marty Seham, 1949-1950

Helaine Kopp, 1948-1949

David Greenwood & George Dreyer, 1947-1948

Lester Becker, 1946-1947

Robert Levine & Renate Pawel, 1945-1946

Rosalie Kaplan, Norma Lieberman, George Goodman, & Robert Levine, 1944-1945

Bill Kolins, Dana Waldhaver, & Rosalie Kaplan, 1943-1944

Haim Blanc, Elihu Katz, & Benjamin Mintz, 1942-1943

Arthur Rothman & JoAnne Taggart, 1941-1942

Richard Weiss, 1940-1941