Designing the website was so fun, trying new fonts and deciding what to put on the website for Aerie was great. I want to give thanks to everyone else on the web team for designing the website with me. This website really came together as a whole and fits Innately Human so well. I am proud of the hard work put into this website and magazine. 

-Larkin Daley

Dear Aerie,

It was a pleasure being able to work and know everyone in Aerie throughout the school year. Even though I have only been in Aerie for a year, I have gotten to know many people from various backgrounds. Aerie has helped me understand better how much work it takes to get a magazine together and how teamwork is important to the process. This program will help me in the future to become a person who can communicate better with my coworkers. Aerie has made me a person who can ask while also giving help to people. I am delighted with the outcome of the magazine and I hope that next year Aerie staff will make a magazine that is even more spectacular.

-Addison Henderson

Aerie has given me an experience that I know is rare. While still being a school class, Aerie is far from the traditional classroom that I am used to. I am so grateful to be a part of this amazing group. I am also thankful to be a part of the web team. While also marketing and running our social media accounts (Follow us!), I learned how to put together a website. This website was only possible with the other members of the web team. I want to say a huge thank you to the editors of this year’s magazine. Ruben and Kingston have done so much for the magazine and have gotten us to this point. Thank you for never letting us fall behind. I also want to thank Mrs. Bruzzese. You are so much more than our advisor, thank you for always being there for whatever we need. Thank you to everyone who participated in the creation of the magazine. Please enjoy Innately Human. 

-Olivia Cornish

The year that I got my invite to Aerie was coincidentally the same year that I published my first literary and art works. Having had Mrs. Bruzzese before, I decided to give it a chance. I'm glad I did.

Working on the magazine itself this year has been hectic. We had a lot of technical difficulties that had us wondering whether or not we were going to be on track, but through the help of everyone, we managed to create a magazine that we're all proud of. I want to thank Aerie's staff and Mrs. Bruzzese for helping bring this together. I had big plans for the magazine that initially had us all skeptical timeline-wise, but because of the trust that was put into my belief that we could grind out a lot of tedious work in time, we managed to pull it all off. Seeing the magazine transform from a blank slate into a publishable journal has been an incredible process, and I'm so grateful that I was given the privilege to be able to be a part of the process.

It's been a blast working with the staff of Aerie, and I'll miss everyone. Thanks for humoring my taste tests of how I believed certain pieces to taste when first viewing them.

Enjoy Aerie: Innately Human. I hope you enjoy your experience as a person. Remember that even though there's over eight billion people on this planet, there's only one of you, and your experience is completely unique.

-Asha Horton

This year, Aerie decided to put all of our pieces into the magazine. The pieces that were submitted were stunning and needed to have a page in the magazine. However, we also decided to utilize our website this year as well. The pieces on the website are also pictured in the physical copy of the magazine. We want to keep all of our pieces at the same resolution as they were submitted to us. Extend the Aerie Innately Human experience by purchasing the magazine. 

The opinions expressed in Aerie are those of the authors and artists. They do not purport to reflect the opinions or views of Fairmont High School or the Aerie staff. The designations employed in this publication and the presentation of material therein do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Kettering City Schools. The structure within these works is as they were submitted to us.