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How to enjoy summer break without money or a car

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Olivia Northcutt • May 19, 2026

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Summer break is supposed to be relaxing, but for many high school students, it ends up feeling wasted. Days go by quickly and before you know...

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Literary-Art Magazine club presents Maverick Mosaic volume 3

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The Unbranded

Unbranded Broadcast 5/13/2024

Isabelle Smith, Pakhee Verma, Austin Lee, Brooks Johnson, Jacob Logan, and David Choi

May 13, 2024

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On our last episode of the year, Pakhee Verma highlights summer internships, Austin Lee asks seniors for advice on Mavs in the Hallway, Jacob Logan showcases teacher advice to seniors, and David Choi highlights the spring Special Olympics.

Thank you for a great year, Mavericks, and congratulations to all our graduating seniors. See you again in the fall!

Watch our previous videos, read student newspaper articles from The Charge, participate in our latest poll, and more at ehscharge.org. Follow us @unbrandedehs on Instagram for bonus content.

About the Contributors

Isabelle Smith, Unbranded Executive Producer/ The Charge Staff Photographer

Isabelle is a senior at Emerson and currently serves as the Executive Producer for EHS Unbranded and the Website Manager and Public Relations for the Charge. This is Isabelle’s third year with the Unbranded and second year with the Charge. Isabelle has loved journalism since middle school, joining her middle school broadcast team in 8th grade and never stopping since. She was a lead producer for Independence’s Knight TV for one year and has been an Executive producer for Unbranded Broadcast for three. She also works for and produces content for the Frisco ISD sports broadcast program. She is involved in pageantry and currently serves as Miss Collin County’s Teen 2024, and has founded a mental health education platform. She aspires to go to school and study broadcast journalism.

Pakhee Verma, Unbranded Executive Producer

Pakhee Verma is a senior at Emerson High School and has been part of the Unbranded for four years. She is the Executive Producer for the unbranded this year. Her favorite part of her job is to be creative and put her ideas onto a screen as well as helping the team reach their full potential. When she is not working for the Unbranded she likes doing taekwondo, play guitar in her band, play chess, and play violin for the EHS orchestra. After high school, she aims to major in Data Science and then pursue a Master’s in Business Administration.

Austin Lee, Unbranded Technical Director & Reporter

Brooks Johnson, Unbranded Lead Editor

Brooks Johnson is a senior at Emerson and he serves as the Lead Editor for the Unbranded. He joined the Unbranded in 2021 and has been in the program for 3 years. He joined the class due to his passion for video editing and video compositing. Outside of the Unbranded, he likes playing the guitar and hanging out with friends.

Jacob Logan, Unbranded Associate Producer

Jacob Logan is a senior at Emerson and he serves as the Associate Producer for the Unbranded. He joined the Unbranded in 2022 and has been in the program for 3 years. He joined the class due to his love for movies, YouTube, and all things revolving around video. Jacob hopes to pursue film not just as a hobby, but a career too, planning to go to film school post-graduation. Whenever Jacob isn’t in school, or working on news stories, he’s usually playing drums, going to concerts, or hanging out with his close friends.

David Choi, Unbranded Short-Form Filmmaker

David is a Senior at Emerson High School. He serves as a Staff Reporter for The Unbranded. He is interested in video editing and interviews. He regularly publishes video and shorts to his YouTube channel. Outside of his work for the Unbranded, David makes edited videos about the Special Olympics including bowling, basketball, running, and javelin.