Choir Director Elijah Lopez conducting the Star Spangled Banner

Features

O’ say, can they sing: Maverick Choir excited to sing the National Anthem

Olivia Northcutt • September 2, 2025

On Sept. 4, Emerson’s varsity mixed choir, A Capella, will perform the Star Spangled Banner at The Star for their first home game! This will...

Features

Sound of connection: Emerson’s new face of choir

Abigail Bauer, Staff Writer • September 1, 2025

This August, Elijah Lopez was introduced as the new director of the Emerson choir. Lopez graduated from the University of North Texas and has...

Sports

Kicking off the first football game of the year: Emerson vs. McKinney

Giovanni Cameau-Vera • August 29, 2025

On Friday, Aug. 29, the Emerson High School Varsity Football team will go against McKinney High at McKinney High School Stadium at 7:00 p.m....

Life at Emerson Podcast

Life At Emerson Ep. 18 New Quarterback

Jade Bontron • August 29, 2025

In this week's episode Jade Bontron talks to junior Maddox Molstad about this upcoming football season and his position as varsity quarterback....

Students playing during the first jazz band rehearsal (Bryn Roberts)

Features

The Start of Emerson’s Jazz Band

Pakapon Gibbons • August 28, 2025

From swinging rhythms to wild improvisations, jazz is an incredibly unique genre that allows musicians to defy rules set by the standard concert...

The Unbranded

Unbranded Broadcast 10/31/2024

Jacob Logan, Humza White, Jaylen Meadows, Chase Rodenhaver, Rushika Jayaprakash, Bryce Holland, Pakhee Verma, Maliek Hawkins, and Julian Whitehead

October 31, 2024

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Jacob Logan returns for Halloween, this year as a wizard, to anchor the show! In this episode, Julian Whitehead celebrates Dr. Sommers for National Principals Month, Jaylen Meadows and Maliek Hawkins highlight the football team, Pakhee Verma and Bryce Holland play Fear Box on Mavs in the Hallway, and Chase Rodenhaver and Rushika Jayaprakash take a deep dive into Red Ribbon Week.

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

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.

Humza White, Unbranded Staff Reporter

Humza White is a Junior Staff Reporter for the Unbranded. He helps lead the editing operations on the Unbranded. Humza has been working in AV Production for 3 years, and his favorite part is being able to get on the spot interviews and managing behind the camera operations. Outside of the unbranded, Humza serves as Junior Class Co-President, and as a Varsity Football Team Manager. In his free time, he likes to read and hangout with friends.

Jaylen Meadows, Unbranded Staff Reporter

Jaylen serves as a Staff Reporter for the Unbranded. He is interested in being a part of the Unbranded team because he thinks it is a good way to gain experience in his field of work. Outside of the Unbranded he is a sports videographer and photographer and enjoys filming and editing a lot of player mixtapes.

Chase Rodenhaver, Unbranded Staff Reporter

Chase is a sophomore at Emerson High School and he serves as a Staff Reporter for the Unbranded. His favorite part of the Unbranded is working with cameras and interviewing people. When he is not at school he likes to talk about sports with friends and family and watch sports. His goal is to be a sports broadcaster.

Rushika Jayaprakash, Unbranded Staff Reporter

Rushika Jayaprakash is a senior at Emerson High School and serves as a Staff Reporter for the Unbranded. She has always had a passion for cinema and is working to produce films and enhance her skills as a content creator. When she is not working for the Unbranded, she enjoys dancing, singing, photography, and listening to K-pop. In the future, she hopes to pursue a career in film and business entertainment.

Bryce Holland, Unbranded Associate Producer

Bryce Holland is a junior at Emerson high school and he serves as the Associate Producer for the Unbranded. This is his second year with the Unbranded as he likes working in media and sports. He is also in the sports broadcasting program at the CTE. Bryce chose to join the Unbranded because of his love for sports and broadcasting.

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.

Maliek Hawkins, Unbranded Staff Reporter

Maliek Hawkins is an first-year Unbranded staff member at Emerson High School. He is interested in being on the Unbranded because he likes photography. Maliek has won multiple district awards for football, and he plans to attend The University of Oklahoma for football.

Julian Whitehead, Unbranded Staff Reporter

Julian Whitehead is a senior at Emerson High school and he serves as an Unbranded Staff Reporter. He has previous experience with the Unbranded through his AV Production Course in his junior year. He is interested in The Unbranded because he wants to share people stories and also their mindsets. Outside of The Unbranded, Julian spends his time with family and friends, doing his favorite hobbies such as cooking, singing, and just goofing around. His life goal is to become the first, second generation entrepreneur in his family.