Isabella AlKhouri, is a freshman at Wheeling Park High School and a Staff Writer on the Park Press. She is also a member of Wheeling Park’s choir, is an experienced piano player, has played guitar for 2 years, and is a big fan of the arts. Isabella has had 5 poems published through the American Library of Poetry and was a winner of the Elks Patriotism Essay Competition at the state level. She was recently knighted as a Lady of West Virginia by the governor after winning the Golden Horseshoe Competition and is a recipient of the St. Thomas Aquinas medal. Isabella played basketball and volleyball for 5 years and loves to stay active. You can usually find her hanging out with friends, playing sports outside, painting in her room while listening to her favorite playlist, and a lot of the time at TJ Maxx. Isabella enjoys writing and is excited to be a part of the Park Press.