Senior Sophia Lodhi is a first year Photo Editor for the Blueprint. Her love of photography started from watching her mom take photos of everything as a child. To this day, Lodhi takes all of her photos with her mom’s Canon camera and collaborates with her on photo editing. Lodhi has received three...

Senior Yoldi Villa is an Editor-in-Chief for the DGS Blueprint. The 2025 to 2026 school year marks Villa’s second year on staff and third year with the publication. Her future plans include attending a four-year university and majoring in physics or astronomy. Villa won her 2025 sectional for newspaper...

Senior Adrian Herres is enjoying his second year with Blueprint as a Video Editor. He has previously written articles and created news videos for Blueprint, which allowed him to compete in an IHSA TV News state competition. Herres has also previously competed in the IHSA short film state competition...

Senior Mikella Majchrzak is a first year Entertainment Editor. While she did not begin her journalism career until this year, she has always taken an interest in writing. Through support from her teachers, Majchrzak made the decision to begin journalism as a senior. In the past, Majchrzak received...

Senior Ky’m Young is an Entertainment Editor entering her first year on the Blueprint staff. After taking Journalistic Expression in her junior year, she decided to continue exploring journalism. Young freelanced her first article with the Blueprint that same year. Young is the current Captain...

In his second year on the Blueprint staff, senior Liam Wells is a Business Manager. Wells’ journalism career started in his freshman year when he discovered the Blueprint Club. At the end of his sophomore year, he finished his 19th article and was awarded the “Most Published” Blueprint Club...

Senior Elsa Kramer is a Business Manager for her second year on the Blueprint staff. Other than journalism, Kramer is a manager for boys' track and field and works on the Yearbook. She also won second place at state in her event, Yearbook Copy Writing, as a junior. Kramer’s journalism journey started...

Senior Nia Ayala is a News Editor for the DGS Blueprint. In addition to journalism, Ayala is captain of the DGS varsity dance team and is a choreographer for the team as well. She is also an officer for the Orchesis dance club, part of Athletes Committed to Excellence, National Honors Society, PE Leading...

Senior Abby Heavrin is an Opinions Editor in her second year on the Blueprint staff. Heavrin is currently the President of the DGS choirs and a co-social events chair of the Masque & Gavel program. She is also a member of the International Thespians Society and the National Honor Society. In her...

Senior Grace Lube is thrilled to be an Editor-in-Chief in her second year on the DGS Blueprint. She began her junior year as a sports editor, where she was first introduced to journalism. Since then, her interest has been sparked and a new hobby formed. After she graduates from high school, she plans...

Senior Juliana Conyer is an Editor-in-Chief for the Blueprint Staff. This is her second year as a staff member, but she has been a part of the publication for three years. Besides journalism, Conyer is a part of book club, the varsity speech team, the PE Leading program, the service coordinator for the...

Senior Olivia Velazquez is a News Editor for the Blueprint staff and it is her second year on the staff. Besides journalism, Velazquez is also involved in Blue Crew, Mad Dash, Snowball, DECA and Key Club. She was on the DGS softball team her freshman year, as well as a travel softball league outside...

Senior Kate Dziewinski is an Editor-In-Chief for the DGS Blueprint. During her sophomore year, Dziewinski took Journalistic Expression, which sparked her interest in writing. Journalism quickly turned into one of her passions as she continued her writing as the Sports-Editor for the Blueprint last year. In...

Senior Sebastian Blanco is a Features Editor in his second year on the Blueprint staff. Here at DGS, Blanco is an ILMEA all-state and honors student, president of our Masque & Gavel club, a state journalism champion in radio news and a national speech champion in expository. When not at school...

Kari Alore loves Downers Grove South.  In fact, her full 17 years of teaching have been spent right here at DGS.  This school year she is excited to be teaching English II, English II Honors and Journalistic Expression and Media Literacy at DGS. Alore has two children who she loves dearly but woul...

Mark Indreika has been an English teacher at DGS since 1996. He graduated from DGS in 1984, and he attended Northern Illinois University where he received degrees in English and journalism. He advised The Blueprint, teaching the advanced journalism class for eight years. He is now happy to assist Ms....

Mary Long teaches TV 1, TV 2, Writing for Broadcast, Creative Writing, Journalistic Expression, Advanced Journalistic Writing and Drawing and Painting 1 at DGS. Prior to working at DGS, she taught in Wisconsin for eight years and in Cicero, Il for one year. Her undergraduate degree is from the University...