About the Tribal Tribune

Tribal Tribune is the student-run newspaper of Wando High school in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Wando High School is made up of over 2,900 students and Tribal Tribune has 23  staff members for the 2025-2026 school year. We have been continuously printed for nearly 50 years. Phillip Caston serves as the adviser for Tribal Tribune.

We seek to spread factual news, stories, and media to our readers in the Charleston area and beyond.

Tribal Tribune has won numerous awards including three National Scholastic Press Association Pacemakers, three NSPA Best In Show Awards for newspapers over 17 pages, one NSPA Best in Show for special section, numerous South Carolina Scholastic Press Association Best in State Awards, multiple Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold and Silver Crown Awards, the Quill and Scroll Gallup Award in 2018, and the Southern Interscholastic Press Association Scroggins Award in 2019 and 2024.

2025-2026  STAFF

Editors in Chief

Noah Iverson & Bella Shipek

Associate Editor

Ella Hagerty

Copy Editor

Aly Dewey

Marketing Editor

Kaelyn Donato

Design Editor

Marissa Soll

News and Features Editor

Chloe Crilley

Sports Editor

Isaiah Yant

Entertainment Editor

Sophia Bremer

Editorial Editor 

Will Lovas

Statistics Editor

Wes Euthon

Arts and Graphics Editor

Maddi Mortellaro

News And Features Writers

Tessa DeHaan

Shelley Edwards

Austin Santor

Ella VanMiddlesworth

Entertainment Writers

Eva DeGroot

Darnell Green

Jane Pitcher

Designers

Bridget Hekker

Morgan Pion

Graphic Artists

Quinn Pinto

Isabella Studer