Dayanna Anderson-Pryce emerges as a leader

5/27/2022

Dayanna:

won the Jefferson Award in 2021, for leadership and scholarship;
served on the Honor Council by being highly trustworthy and an avid pursuer of justice in the community;
Editor-in-Chief of the Compass yearbook, leading her staff with careful instruction and patient guidance;
presented Diversity: More Than Numbers for her DeHart Project;
founding member of the DEI council;
selected to serve a role on the board that interviewed candidates for the position of DEI counselor, that selected Debbie Taylor as their favored candidate
started at NCS in fourth grade
will study at VCU.

"I just see her as someone who will make a difference no matter where she is." - Director of DEI Debbie Taylor

"She's very strong willed. She's not a pushover. She knows what she wants, and she'll get it." - Yearbook Advisor Sarah Sledd

"People know I'm really honest. I'm very, very honest." - Dayanna

"I have rewatched America's Next Top Model countless times, like countless times. I just really enjoy the show because it's like reality TV shows, but before it got really badly scripted. Also, I really like the competition. I am a very competitive person, so I enjoy watching competition." - Dayanna

0 Comments

Letters to the Editor: willishallherald@northcross.org

Founded in 2010, and based in the Journalism elective, The Willis Hall Herald is the official student-led publication of the Upper School at North Cross School in Roanoke, VA. The Herald may be published in magazine form three times per year. GeoPrism: The Global Studies Journal may be published in magazine form once or twice per year. The Herald welcomes letters, commentary and submissions of original content that adhere to the Herald's dedication to factual journalism. Letters and other content must be signed and may be edited for length and Herald style. The Herald does not guarantee publication of outside submissions. Please contact Ryan Thomas for ads. The Herald won Gold Medals from Columbia Scholastic Press Association in 2012 and 2015.

The Staff

Editors-in-Chief ................................................... Gracean Ratliff and Hania Raza
Assistant Editors-in-Chief........................................ Helen Hertz and Kenzie Raub
Social Media Editor......................................................................... Gracean Ratliff
Website Editors........................................................... Helen Hertz and Hania Raza
Copy Editor............................................................................................ Hania Raza
Business Manager................................................................................ Kenzie Raub
Features Editor.......................................................................................... Haley Vu
Photography Editor............................................................................... Eason Zhou
Arts Editor............................................................................................... Ani Eagan
Arts and Entertainment Editor............................................................. Nadia Hosny
Sports Editor.......................................................................................... Dania Nour
Staff writers...................... Lauren Boone, Kerrigan Chaney, Jimmy Dickerson, Henry Schumm, Ryan Thomas
Advisor.......................................................................................... Robert Robillard

Seniors: The Class of 2022