Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day: Week 28!

2025-26

Anna Brown, Editor-in-Chief • May 1, 2026

Photo of the Day #136! Over the past three show nights of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” audiences unknowingly began to see a love trope unfolding between the two characters William Barfée and Olive Ostrovsky, played by senior Brendan Silver and junior Samantha Householder, while they competed to be named winner of the spelling bee. “Did you know that if you switch the first two vowels in “Olive” it becomes “I love”?” Ostrovsky said. Later on… ””’Olive.” “I love.” No, no, no, that’s stupid.” Barfée said. He later sang various musical numbers about his love towards Olive.

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Anna Brown, Editor-in-Chief

Anna Brown is a senior, and this is her third year on the Arrow newspaper staff. She’s returning as this year’s Co-Editor-in-Chief with Kara Boice and is continuing the popular Photo of the Day series @uhsarrow. In her free time, she enjoys taking photos; you may see her out on the field as she captures most of Utica’s sports, events, clubs, and more. She also continues to deepen her understanding in the journalistic field by attending the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association’s Student Media Leadership Workshop in the spring, and the journalism camp over the summer. This summer, she won the Award of Excellence in the Level Up: Leadership for Student Media class for being “Next Level” with Kara Boice. She is an inducted member of the Quill and Scroll: the National Honor Society for High School Journalist. She can’t wait to see what this year holds!

Lexi Scholten, Reporter

Lexi Scholten is a senior at Utica High School, and this is her second year in newspaper. Lexi enjoys spending time with her family and friends and loves to paint when she is not working at Art & Jakes. She is part of the Utica swim team and has been swimming for all four years of high school. She is an outgoing person and very enthusiastic and energetic. Arrow is a place where she can express her feelings in her writings.