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M r. G illette This picture reminds us of the opportunities each of us has had to sit and talk with him, whether it was to have our “sophomore meeting,” to discuss student council or another activity, or maybe just to say hi.

Got spirits Mr. Gillette does!

Ten years ago, Mr. Gillette joined the Bancroft community, renewing school spirit and bringing his kindness and humor to the halls of the Upper School.

Here’s his yearbook photo from that year, ’06-’07

We’ll miss you, Mr. Gillette!

Roy S. Gillette Upper School Head Mr. G ille t t e , M s. B e c k m a n n , a n d Mr. O 'D r is c o ll

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The freshmen bonded while picking over 2,000 pounds of apples for local food banks. Later, they competed in the second annual Freshmen Ice-Cream Challenge. Interesting ingredients included beets, parsley, spinach, and butternut squash. Delicious?

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At their retreat, the sophomores began their day by learning CPR. They then took to the streets of W orcester to compete in a photo challenge with the help of semiwilling strangers. Groups competed against each other for the chance to win a sudoku puzzle book!

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At Camp Caribou, the juniors cheered each other on as they soared through the sky and pushed their limits. On the ground, the juniors bonded through various group activities and played with the Iriendly leeches. One highlight included the night walk and stargazing. Somehow, they survived three days without their phones!

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The Seniors raced through the rapids up in Maine to kick off the year!

W hether they were playing cards and relaxing in the pool or launching over class 4 rapids, the Seniors had a blast. They will always remember this trip!

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Even though Halloween occurred on a Monday, students were more spirited than ever! Students creatively dressed in their class themes, which resulted in amazing costumes. The Seniors' Peter Pan skit and maze thoroughly entertained the Lower Schoolers. During the class competitions, students ate donuts off a string, bobbed for apples, and put on a frozen t-shirt. Shanez'e Johnson helped the Seniors win by bobbing 27 apples!

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Diving into literary classics and writing essays, students explore themes, rhetorical strategies, symbolism, and more. Students often reflect upon their findings in engaging cass discussions.

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Sn the various history courses, students learn about the past in fun and interesting ways.

Students explore history by watching movies, reading primary documents, and of I course writing essays.

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From hypothesis to lab to that pesky "Results" section, science students gain a better | knowledge of the world around them - and how to analyze it.

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Spanish! Mandarin! French!

Latin! Through the foreign language courses offered, students learn a second language along with an understanding of and greater appreciation for other cultures.

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Class Poet Lyss Johnson

Most Athletic Jose Garcia-Chope, Shanez'e

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Most Tech Savvy PJ Mara & Muhammad Yusuf

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Biggest Dreamer Eric Chang

Most Organized Anh Phan & Zaria Li

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Class Artist Sarah Baker

Most Likely to Run for President Cameron Call & Ben Salfeld

Preppiest Bethany Gove & Taylor Bergman

Most Likely to be Seen On Set Liven Teng

Class Sweetheart Tiana Brote

Best Dressed Rose Pellegrini & Matt Yard

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Most Savage Jokes Joe Ricca & Olivia Spagat

Class Musician Alejandra Williams

Class Photographer Mish Barshteyn

Most Energetic Matt Kuruvilla

Most Huggable Lydia Mason

Most Laidback Nathaniel Lamptey & Jack Franco

Most Self-Assured Sally Yuan

Most Cheerful Maeve Buckley

Most Interesting Hobby Spencer Tretter

Most Likely to Travel the World Maya Grant

Most Outgoing Kat Martineau & Kelly Borg

Most Likely to Win a Nobel Prize

Class Mathematiciar Roger Liu

Class Scientist Ali Veinbachs

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Most Likely to be on Broadway Lydia Cochran

Kids at Heart Steve Roche & Divya Navani

Best Shoulder to Cry On Amanda Isak

Most Trustworthy Ailish Mills

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One last Final Thought from Mr. Gillette...

A blessing from the book “To Bless the Space Between Us”:

When you travel A new silence Goes with you And if you listen You will hear What your heart would Love to say.

Good luck to the class of 2017 on your newest journeys and adventures!

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Sarah Baker Emmanuel Bangandozou Michael Barshteyn

Taylor Bergman Kelly Borg Tiana Brote Maeve Buckley

Cameron Call Eric Chang Christina Cimini Lydia Cochran Jack Franco

Jacob Freedman Jose Garcia-Chope Bethany Gove Maya Grant Amanda Isak

Paris Jensen Lyss Johnson Shanez'e Johnson Matthew Kuruvilla Nathaniel Lamptey

Benjamin Landry Zhuoyun "Zaria" Li Tianxing "Roger" Liu Shiying "Carlos" Ma PJ Mara

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Kat Martineau Lydia Mason Ailish Mills Sarah Nano Divya Navani

Rose Pellegrini Sam Petter Anh Phan Joe Ricca Steve Roche

Ben Saif eld Olivia Spagat Wenqing "Liven" Teng Spencer Tretter Andrew Turley

Alessandra Veinbachs Alejandra Williams Matt Yard Yehan "Sally" Yuan Muhammad Yusuf

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Rachel Clemson Jonathan Conroy Nicholas Conroy Duru Cosar Lazi Danga

Kirsten Davis Andrew Desrosiers Maomao Ding Megan Donaty Ross Fitch

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Akash Koul Chami Lamelas Nick Lancaster Ariana Laneri Mikaela Linder

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Gigi Russo Shanis Santos Robbie Scudder Megha Shashidhar Chelsea Sheldon

Rebecka Sokoloff Afiah Somiah Chris Stephenson Sam Sutherland Bridget Wixted

Yiwen "Drac" Xu Chloe Zearfoss Weijia "C J" Zeng Kexin "Cindy" Zhang Jon Zujewski

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Moira Buckley Jack Campbell Page Cassidy Aryan Chaudhary

Noah Cichowlas Prince Collins Erin Connor Nathaniel Coz Abigail Cranford

Braman Cronin Androniqi Danga Brian Davenport Robert DeAngelis Katarina Dickson

Kaya Dorogi Andrew Dully Gianni Eisenhauer Laila El-Samra Bill Everson

Daniel Freedman Allison Giorgio Maddie Giorgio Wanjiru Gitonga Hannah Guin

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Ella Li Colly Liang Hilary Mann Andrea Marguerite Cora Matthews

Julia Nguyen Maxwell Onffroy Aiden Petter Kassandra Sakhat Jonah Schwartz

Chloe Selavka Clare Shanahan Abby Smook Andrew Stahovec Ian Sun

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Nicholas Bilsbury Blake Brote Samuel Budish Claire Campbell Ava Chase Elijah Choate

Amalie Deshais Tia Diekan Zachary Domski Cooper Dutton Samantha Edinberg Sarah Fragola

Emily Abrams Morgan Adams Jenin Ayyash Joseph Azar Darren Belanger Aidan Berger

Jake Bilsbury Aidan Boyd Rory Chambers Andrew Chason Anne Conners Jack Cormier

Sophia Cranford Julia Deangelis Lucas Diekan Madeleine Eisenthal Julius Gaisford Vivian Gal Talya Jaber Jonah Keates Alec Maher Jacob Mahr Max Mannina Lucas Marble Ryan McAllister Timothy Melley Kristina Melo Kaia Outzen Prem Parikh Elizabeth Schwartz Devon Sippy Henry Spagat Brent Stefani Sarah Underkofler Abigail Weinstock Jonah Whitney

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Maya Gaines Margaret Gallagher Sophia Gallo Katerina Garcia-Chope Luke Hanley Julia Hanssen Aidan Hoey Sophia Jacobson Joseph Levins Clara Moulin Mary Naber Grant Pellechio Emma Polhemus Stephen Quill-Schuffels Connor Roering Alicia Rosenfeld Danielle Sangermano Meredith Shah Christopher Sholla Pierce Sullivan Geetika Surapaneni Theodore Tonna Malea Troy

Maia Aniceto Cameron Aubin Keeley Baglio Jacob Barshteyn Will Budnik Bridgette Cassidy

Amira Castelo-Branco Maxwell Chapman James Conners Daniel Dworman Abigail Epple Kevin Gaines Frederic Gondek Sophia Haddad Celine Hamza John Hanssen Zoe Hennin George Hurd Andrew Jacobson Amelie Johnston-Manby Walker Kelly Mark Kogan Bono Langa Adrien Moulin Victoria Onffroy Santiago Pastor Brian Quill-Schuffels Naomi Schiffer Joshua Seiple Eli Stephenson Brian Stevens Josephine Stevens Jake Sullivan Savannah Sweet-Giglio Aidan Tahiraj Natasha Tonna August Van Buren Peter Wixted

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Grade 5 Back Row (L-R): Sklar Boisvert, Mary-Kathryn Floyd, Thomas Hoey, Madeleine Beauregard, Sophia Gendron Middle Row (L-R): Akash Cotten, Evan Underkofler, Thomas Gallagher, Benjamin Condon, Charlie Sakhat, Mrs. Rocha Front Row (L-R): Trey Diekan, Caroline Belanger, Eleanor Gray, Elyse McManus, Alex Stefani

Grade 5 Back Row (L-R): Luke Corrigan, Shiv Stueber, Logan Mercer, Aristithis Kourlis, Mark Zivny Middle Row (L-R): Rowan Baglio, Jeffrey Siemen, Malcolm Barnard, Shane Parretti, Charlotte Barrett, Mrs. Earnhardt Front Row (L-R): Abigail Becker, Damon Degre, Ethan Smook, Aryan Mago, Eleanor Murray

Grade 4 Back Row (L-R): Mrs. LeBlanc, Annika Stephenson, Amelia Bond, Rachel Sterman, Sofia Stroe, Olivia Garcia-Chope, Mrs. Shack Middle Row (L-R): Andrew Byron, Damon Rubin, Kylie Corrigan, Miles Beaudette, Joseph Assad Front Row (L-R): William Kraus, Floyd Cabral, Cooper LeBlanc, Darcy Walton-Bowen, Charles Hurd

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Grade 3 Back Row (L-R): Mrs. Hamel, Jack Doherty, Brody Quill-Schuffels, Cody Penniman, Anthony Parretti, Mrs. Jacket Middle Row (L-R): Lexi Dworman, Vivian McManus, Arlanma BaitheH Front Row (L-R): Maverick Diekan, Sarah Melley, Sydney Haddad, Thomas Murray

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Grade 3 Back Row (L-R): Vanessa Amechi, Mairead Baglio, Jake Penniman, Helen Taylor, Kaden Walker, Mrs. Allen Front Row (L-R): Lillian Wolf, Avinash Gotten, Fisher Lambert, Nolan Baglio, Natalie Ranter

Grade 2 Back Row (L-R): Mrs. Hamel, Dylan Burke, Wangechi Gitonga, Noah Stephenson, Molly O'Brien, Mrs. Tupper Middle Row (L-R): Jack Floyd, Jordan Shah, Jeremy Redden, Avery Salmon, Chad Karwowski Front Row (L-R): Tyler Patrick, Reese Berthiaume, Rebecca Wagner, Andrew Belanger

Grade 1 Back Row (L-R): Ms. Connor, Hannah Somerset, Kwhaja Hussain, Viraank Gaur, Maximos Kourlis, Zoe McCuine, Mrs. Allen Middle Row (L-R): Nikomedes Lukes, Annie Baribeault, Abigail Pulsifer, Spencer Patrick, Callum Poire, Liam Reidy Front Row (L-R): Zoe Kraus, Adam Somerset, Ava Rawson, Aiden Baer, Sophia Nohrden

Kindergarten Back Row (L-R): Grace Murray, Roshan Cotten, Cayleigh Burke, Mrs. Truesdell Middle Row (L-R): Sydney Redden, Noor Akalin, Emily Pulsifer, Aubrie Salmon Front Row (L-R): Colby Berthiaume, Caroline O'Brien, Maxwell Thame!

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Roy Gillette

Trevor O'Driscoll

Beth Beckmann

Headmaster

Head of Upper School

Head of Middle School

Head of Lower School

Candace Anderson

Sue Cranford

Tracy Jones

Charlie Aleksiewicz

Director of Academic Support

Director of Admission & Financial Aid

Director of Athletics

Director of Worcester Partnership

Tobey Fossey

Peter McKone

Neil Heenan

Robert Rooney

Chief Advancement Officer

Director of Operations & Maintenance

Director of Food Services

Chief Financial Officer

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Sandy Allen

Shannon Arsenault

Nichole Aubin

Mary Bagley

Lydia Barter

Emily Bearse

John Beauregard

Paul Belanger

Shari Belanger

Sue Bergeron

Elisabeth Borg

Carol Botty

Susan Bream

Kevin Briggs

Rhonda Brodeur

Lisa Brown

Marilyn Butler

Maureen Cabral

Richard Cassidy

Jun Chen

Abigail Church

Karla Cinquanta

Flavien Collet

David Conner

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Jennifer Davies

Robert Dec

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James Dickison

Dominic Dipersia

Mary Edwards

Wendy Forgie

Martha Fortier

Karen Fuller

Christian Gal

John Generelli

Jane Gerhardt

Lisa Giacoppe

Elisabeth Gondek

Hannah Hall-Alicandro

Laura Hamel

Thara Hamza

Catherine Hanssen

Elisa Heinricher

Mason Hendershott

Martha Hosey

Megan Jackel

Jim Kamosky

Steve Kelley

Brian Konaek

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Lisa Kunhardt

Kimberly Landers

Lisa Leach

Gail LeBlanc

Lana LeBlanc

Jackie Lefebvre

Michelle Lessard

Jaime L'Heureux

Kendra McCuine

KC McKeon

Clementine McNamara

Neal Melley

Jane Merritt

Connie Moore

Janice Morello

Jennifer Morgan

Mark O'Brien

Julie O'Malley

Amy Pearson

Marlon Perez

Grant Phillips

Rhonda Poire

Pat Probert

Kevin Ratcliffe

Justin Redden

Nathaniel Reden

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Betsy Rocha

Kim Rogers

Carol Ryan

Judith Sbrogna

Elaine Shack

Chris Sheldon

Pam Sheldon

Kate Sheridan

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Nancy Sposato

Lynn St. Germain

Jodi Stephenson

Lyssa Steponaitis

Alexis Stevens

Taryn Surabian

Meg Swan

Mark Taylor

Nadine Telenson

Henry Torres

Josephine Truesdell

Kristin Tupper

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Known as 'The Glee Club," the Cross Country team ran their way to new team achievements.

Practices included techniques such as "The Bancroft Blitz," spin classes, and runs in Indian Lake.

Despite challenging courses and practices, the XC team always cheered each other on, leading many members to set new PRs.

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Back Row (L-R): Coach Zeena, Julia Nguyen, Kahnya Alicandro, Maddie Giorgio, Christina Tonna, Christina Cimini, Marly Gallo, Clare Shanahan, Abigail Cranford, Gianni Eisenhauer, Coach Gerhardt Front Row (L-R): Allison Giorgio, Lyss Johnson, Maeve Buckley, Captain Rose Pellegrini, Meredith Gibson, Captain Riley Burns, Kassandra Sakhat, Wanjiru Gitonga, Andrea Marguerite

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Strengthening their skills, the JV Volleyball Team worked hard to achieve their goals. The team came together to practice their sets. The girls continued to smile and work hard despite the hardships thrown their way. Always playing with a smile, the girls maintained team spirit and cheered each other on.

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Traveling off campus to Stow Acres Golf Course, the Golf Team diligently practiced their shots and putts. The team rose to the challenge and surpassed many expectations. As seen on Sports Awards Night, the team had great camaraderie and worked together.

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The Bancroft Fall Crew team reached 5 extraordinary heights this season.

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This season, the Bancroft Varsity Ski Team took no prisoners and struck fear in the hearts of the other teams within their league.

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This year, the team's motto was "If you're drowning, kick harder!"

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Back Row (L-R): Julia Nguyen, Angela Rusha, Wanjiru Gitonga, Shanez'e Johnson, Page Cassidy, Jenna Husson, Christina Tonna, Coach Gerhardt Front Row (L-R): Laila El-Samra, Erin Connor, Paige Dawson, Andrea Marguerite, Kahnya Alicandro, Olivia Spagat

These ladies were especially excited to hit the court this season after a year-long hiatus without a girls basketball team. They had a great season and can't wait for next year!

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Back Row (L-R): Jonah Schwartz, Maxim Kogan, Nathaniel Coz, Brian Davenport, Peter Tonna, Coach Boyd Front Row (L-R): Raj Parikh, Prince Collins, Michael Kurlan, Tyler Brassard

The JV Boys Basketball team had a tough season, but they had fun and learned a lot. The team was mostly freshmen, so they are looking forward to building on the teamwork they established this year. Opponents beware!

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During December, the school unites together to cheer on the Boys Varsity Basketball Team as they compete in the annual Charlie A. Tournament. Before the big game on Friday, students come together at the pep rally where they can take part in fun competitions. Select members of each grade either form a team to play against the Tri-Captains or participate in the knockout tournament. This year, Jacob McAllister was the last man standing in knockout!

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A.B. Activities Board, known as A.B., is a branch of student government that oversees clubs and organizes fun events. This year, A.B. organized two spirit weeks, a Haunted House themed homecoming, pep rallies, class competitions, and the infamous Spoon Game. A.B. always effectively manages student organizations and engages the Upper School community with their fun activities.

(L-R): Weiyi "Adelaide" Zheng, Annabelle Huffman, Grace Lyons, Kat Martineau, Anh Phan, Ailish Mills, Kaya Dorogi, Yunzhuo "Lucy" Hao

Art Club Art Club gives students the opportunity to use their artistic talent for community service and fundraisers. The annual Art Club card sale allows the work of Bancroft's artists to be appreciated by the whole student body.

(L-R): Wenqing "Liven" Teng, Emma Sullivan, Sophia Simon, Hallie Kamosky, Rachel Busby, Violet Van Buren, Chelsea Sheldon, Sammi Rosenfeld, MaoMao Ding

Asian Culture Asian Culture Club allows members to learn more about Asian culture and history through food, traditions, and media. On the Lunar New Year, Asian Culture Club handed out fortunes and taught the Upper School about New Year traditions. The Asian Culture Club snack sales are always a big hit!

Back Row (L-R): Aiden Petter, Andy Bowman, Shang "Helen" Yu, Alice Knowlton, Ella

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Front Row (L-R): Xiaoling "Isabella" He, Yehan "Sally" Yuan, Weiyi "Adelaide" Zheng, Maomao Ding, Serey Kremer, Abby Smook, Anushka Toke, Violet Van Buren.

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Bancroft Channel provides video news and entertainment to the Upper School. Members of the club learn to film and edit videos to present at assembly. In recent years, Bancroft Channel has started a new tradition of honoring the seniors with a nostalgic video at the Senior Dinner.

(L-R): Wenqing "Liven" Teng, Taylor Bergman, Eleanor Li, Yehan "Sally" Yuan, Ken Wu, Zhuoyun "Zaria" Li

Big Buddies Revived by Megha Shashidhar and Ms. Silverman, the Big Buddies Club members serve as mentors for the incoming freshmen and any new students to Bancroft's Upper School. Over the summer, members are matched with their Little Buddies and frequently communicate with them in order to welcome them to Bancroft's Upper School. Throughout the year, members meet regularly with their Little Buddies to catch B a c k R o w (L -R ): B e n S a lf e ld , S a m B o n d , M ik a e la L in d e r , I b b y A y y a sh , C la ra G al, S h a n g “ H e le n " Y u , C h e ls e a S h e l d o n .

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Back Row (L-R): Abbey Roering, Anthony Marguerite, Robbie Scudder, Chloe Zearfoss, Emily Berthiaume, Andrew Desrosiers, Shanis Santos, Akash Koul, Tristan Roberts Front Row (L-R): Jacob Mcallister, Karan Mehta

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CARE CARE (Children's Arts and Recreational Experience) is a student-led mentoring program for children ages 6-12 with moderate special needs. The student mentors meet with the kids on Saturday mornings during the fall and spring.

Back Row (L-R): Michael Barshteyn, Taylor Bergman, Andrew Desrosiers, Riley Bums, Maya Grant, Divya Navani, Benjamin Landry, Carlo Mannina, Milo Chase, Hamilton Huang. Middle Row (L-R): Emily Berthiaume, Rose Pellegrini, Grace Lyons, Laila ElSamra, Hallie Kamosky, Angela Rusha, Ibby Ayyash, Jennah Virostek, Jack Boyd Front Row (L-R): Raj Parikh, Bryan Montenegro

Decibelles As the only female a capella group on campus, the Decibelles bring music to campus by performing at assembly and in the a capella show. Members of the Decibelles meet weekly to share their passion for music and spread it around campus.

Back Row (L-R): Chloe Selavka, Megha Shashidhar, Kassandra Sakhat, Ella Li, Victoria Adusei. Front Row (L-R): Marly Gallo, Christina Cimini

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The Disciplinary Committee, known as D.C., tackles any pertinent issues at Bancroft relating to discipline. D.C. responds to any issues by hearing cases or writing to Mr. Gillette about the infraction policy. This year, D.C. reviewed the dress code policy with the students and hosted another successful Movie Night.

Back Row (L-R): Mr. Gal, Hamilton Huang, Muhammad Yusuf, Philip Onffroy, Max

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Environmental Environmental Club aims to help the Bancroft community become more green and increase community awareness for the environment. New this year, the club initiated a school-wide recyling program for lunch. Other projects of the year include trail clearing days, a smoothie sale to raise funds for the Heifer Project, and activities for Earth Day.

Back Row (L-R): Hannah Frieden, Tyler Papula, Thomas Hollinger, Ibby Ayyash, Daniel Freedman, Jacob Freedman, Miles Barker, Spencer Tretter. Middle Row (L-R): Angela Rusha, Carmen Bebbington, Ariana Laneri, Megan Donaty, Alejandra Williams, Benjamin Niose, Mr. Kondek, Mrs. Fuller. Front Row (L-R): Andrew Stahovec

Frisbee Using the new Field House, the Frisbee Club gives members the chance to take a break from class work and engage in frisbee matches with their peers. Frisbee Club teaches members new tactics and strategies to improve their game.

Back Row (L-R): Ryan Polhemus, Max Sulik, Muhammad Yusuf, Mr. Dickison, Spencer Tretter, Chris Stephenson, MacArthur Mills, Carlo Mannina, Milo Chase, Ian Sun, Tristan Roberts, Raj Parikh, Max Onffroy. Middle Row (L-R): Chris Condon, Taeo Johnston, Abbey Roering, Lazi Danga, Prince Collins, Angela Rusha, Kaya Dorogi, Daniel Freedman, Miles Barker. Front Row (L-R): Andrew Stahovec, Philip Onffroy, Benjamin Niose

Frame of Mind New to campus as an official club this year, Frame of Mind actively informs the Upper School about emotional well being. Frequently, the club puts little stress-relief surprises in student mailboxes. Frame of Mind organizes bi-yearly Refresh Days which allow students to relax from school work and recharge by engaging in calming activities.

Back Row (L-R): Eve Phillips, Carmen Bebbington, Shanez'e Johnson, Maya Grant, Mrs. Botty, Olivia Spagat, Wenqing “Liven" Teng, Kexin "Cindy" Zhang. Front Row (L-R): Lyss Johnson, Alessandra Veinbachs

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GSA Bancroft's chapter of Genders & Sexualities Alliance, or GSA, is committed to raising awareness in our community of LGBTQ issues and creating a safe, supportive space for students with questions about gender or sexual orientation. Club members discuss issues pertaining to gay rights in a casual, comfortable setting. GSA also sponsors events such as the National Day of Silence, a day on which students volunteer not to speak in order to raise awareness about the silencing effect of bullying on LGBTQ youth.

Back Row L-R: Andy Bowman, Kirsten Davis, Alessandra Veinbachs, Alice Knowlton, Aidan Choate, Sophie Frieden, Olivia Spagat Front Row L-R: Gigi Russo, Lyss Johnson, Julianna Boyson

Gourmet The Gourmet Club is Bancroft's cooking club designed for fun, food, and friends. Gourmet Club gives members a chance to expand their cooking skills while also introducing them to new cuisines from diverse cultures. Senora Telenson is our knowledgeable and energetic sponsor who keeps everything running smoothly.

With her and the club leaders, this club helps students express their passion for cooking while instilling basic techniques all in the comfort of a fun and laid back atmosphere. Bon Appetit!

Back Row L-R: Ibby Ayyash, Senora Telenson, Emma Sullivan, Ruhi Patil, Clara Gal, Sophia Simon, Alana Anderson, Amanda Isak, Muhammad Yusuf. Front Row L-R: Yunzhuo "Lucy" Hao, Cora Matthews, Androniqi Danga, Sam Sutherland, Sarah Baker

Horizons Organized and staffed by Upper School students, Horizons is a theater program for children with moderate special needs. The Horizons group puts on a play in the fall and spring sessions in the Harrington Performing Arts Theater.

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Back Row (L-R): Hannah Bergman, Ju lia Nguyen, Megha Shashidhar, Kelly Borg, Steve Roche, Kat Martineau, Shanis Santos

Hosts The Host Program allows ninth grade students to serve as hosts for visiting prospective students.

The visitors spend a day with a host in order to see what a regular day at Bancroft is like from a student's point of view.

Back Row L-R: Daniel Freedman, Max Onffroy, Aiden Petter. Front Row L-R: Ju lia Nguyen, Kahnya Alicandro, Laila El-Samra, Lydia Mason, Grace Lyons, Erin Connor, Wanjiru Gitonga, Amushka Toke

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When the club is not competing, they pursue math-related activities that range from solving math problems to watching math programs. The Pi Club regularly challenges the Bancroft Upper School with the Problem of the Fortnight.

Back Row (L-R): Jonathan Conroy, Ryan Polhemus, Philip Onffroy, Karan Mehta, Nicholas Conroy, W eijia "C J" Zeng, Akash Koul, Aryan Chaudhary, Shang "Helen" Yu Front Row (L-R): Milo Chase, Hamilton Huang, Lazi Danga, Kaya Dorogi, Weiyi "Adelaide" Zheng, William Zhou, Yunzhuo "Lucy" Hao, Tianxing "Roger" Liu

PLA The Peer Leader Association, known as PLA, works to create a community where no student fears any form of bullying. The club brings positive energy to the student body with Random Acts of Kindness. This year, PLA gave students the opportunity to share the acts of kindness they witnessed at school. The club then displayed the responses in the cafeteria (seen behind the club members).

Back Row (L-R): Andrea Marguerite, Page Cassidy, Divya Navani, Riley Burns, Benjamin Landry, Julianna Boyson, Daniel Freedman, Steve Roche, Matt Yard. Middle Row (L-R): Kelly Borg, Olivia Spagat, Androniqi Danga, Sophie Frieden, Marly Gallo, Senora Hosey Front Row (L-R): Shanez'e Johnson, Rose Pellegrini

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Powder and Wig Powder and Wig, the oldest club on campus, is devoted to promoting any performances in the Bancroft community. Powder and Wig provides the funding and advertising for all of the main stage productions and even organizes a trip to New York City each year to see a play on

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Back Row (L-R): Andy Bowman, Gigi Russo, Jonathan Call, Kirsten Davis, Lydia Cochran, Julianna Boyson, Colton Chaney, Alice Knowlton, Aiden Petter Front Row (L-R): Sophie Frieden, Chelsea Sheldon

Prom Committee Believe it or not, the Prom Committee starts organizing for Junior-Senior Prom as soon as school starts in September. The committee works to cover the costs of prom by holding fundraisers and working at the annual Community Dinner.

Back Row (L-R): Chloe Zearfoss, Shanis Santos, Riley Burns, Emily Berthiaume, Shanez e Johnson, Abbey Roering, Benjamin Landiy, Rachel Clemson, Grace Lyons Front Row (L-R): Mikaela Linder, Sarah Nano, Rebecka Sokoloff, Divya Navani

Robotics Known as the Robodogs, the robotics club breaks up into teams to use the VEX Robotics Design System to build, program, and drive innovative robots in interscholastic competitions. Mentors from Worcester Polytechnic Institute help guide the teams.

Back Row (L-R): Aldan Choate, Ryan Polhemus, Chris Stephenson, Aodhagan Leach, Milo Chase.

Middle Row (L-R): Alex Duval, Chami Lamelas, Tianxing "Roger" Liu, Muhammad Yusuf, Andrew Turley, P J Mara, Hamilton Huang, Penh Alicandro, Philip Onffroy, Max Sulik, Afiah Somiah, Coach Heinricher. Front Row (L-R): Max Onffroy, Harley Maignant, Daniel Freedman, Braman Cronin, Aferdita Bacaliu, Watts Herideen-Woodruff

Social Concerns Throughout the years, Social Concerns has developed a strong bond with the local nonprofit community. With a determined mindset, the club members are driven to better the world around them. Social Concerns continues its traditions of the Blood Drive and the Canned Food Drive, not to mention numerous bake sales. In addition to these annual events, this year SoCo also sponsored the Be Like Brit organization and the Making Back Row (L-R): Bryan Montenegro, Jo n Zujewski, Robbie Scudder, Andrew Desrosiers, Will Nicholson, Chloe Zearfoss, Afiah Somiah, Aferdita Bacaliu. Front Row (L-R): Yunzhuo "Lucy" Hao, Alessandra Veinbachs, Shanis Santos, Abbey Roering

Strides Walk. With their club, they hope to inspire other Upper School students to become involved in the greater Worcester community and beyond.

Speech The Speech Team competes at local and national interscholastic tournaments. Members compete in events consisting of public speaking, acting, and interpretive reading. The club's goal is to instill useful, life-long skills in its WEARE CTNC18LE

members. The Speech Team has been very successful in the past few years and has had a number of national finalists.

Back Row (L-R): Gigi Russo, Cameron Call, Paris Jen sen , Kirsten Davis, Chloe Selavka. Middle Row 1 (L-R): Mr. Sheldon, Aiden Petter, Thomas Hollinger, Afiah Somiah, Christina Cimini, Akash Koul, Anushka Toke, Abby Smook, Aryan Chaudhary. Middle Row 2 (L-R): Andy Bowman, Jaso n Chang, Brian Davenport, Colton Chaney, Megha Shashidhar, Caroline Morgan, Jonathan Call, Jon ah Schwartz. Middle Row 3: Gaia Knight, Lydia Cochran, Laila El-Samra, Ailish Mills, Abby Mann, Sarah Nano. Front Row (L-R): Karan Mehta, Tiana Brote, Chelsea Sheldon

Student Council Student Council meets weekly to oversee Upper School happenings and to communicate student concerns and suggestions to the school administration. Student Council also coordinates events such as the annual Lip Sync.

Back Row (L-R): Karan Mehta, Jacob Freedman, Sarah Nano, Ben Salfeld, Akash Koul Front Row (L-R): Andrew Stahovec, Esther Merritt-Boone, Eleanor Li, Laila El-Samra

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Back Row (L-R): Eli Zamore, Tyler Papula, M. Collet, Felix Qin, Paris Jensen, Duru Cosar, Eleanor Li, Maomao Ding, Angela Rusha. Front Row (L-R): Maya Grant, Lazi Danga, Alessandra Veinbachs

This club gets together to watch philosophical and thought-provoking TED Talks. Club members then proceed to discuss the ideas and ethical questions proposed by the talk. The club also makes their own original TED Talks and uses them as a medium for discussion.

Back Row (L-R): Spencer Tretter, Muhammad Yusuf, Nick Lancaster, Ben Salfeld, Matt Yard, Jose Garcia-Chope. Front Row (L-R): Abbey Roering, Sarah Baker, Alejandra Williams, Amanda Isak, Jack Franco, Jacob Freedman

Tour Guides Tour Guides serve as ambassadors for Bancroft by welcoming and touring prospective families around campus. They also help out by volunteering to work at Open House and other campus events.

Back Row (L-R): Ken Wu, Nick Lancaster, Riley Burns, Grace Lyons, Benjamin Landry, Allish Mills, Esther Merritt-Boone, Tyler Papula, Shang "Helen" Yu, Ibby Ayyash, Megha Shashidhar, Ariana Laneri. Middle Row (L-R): Carmen Bebbington, Emily Berthiaume, Rose Pellegrini, Sarah Nano, Shanis Santos, Hallie Kamosky, Jennah Virostek, Angela

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Members of the club create content such as written editorials, TV and movie reviews, videos, cartoons, and more.

Back Row (L-R): Kirsten Davis, Afiah Somiah, Mikaela Linder, Felix Qin, Julianna Boyson, Alice Knowlton, Bridget Wixted. Front Row (L~R): Mrs. Fortier, Hannah Frieden Angela Rusha, Caroline Morgan, Emma Sullivan, Carmen Bebbington, Lindsay Igoe

Watch Your Tone Watch Your Tone is Bancroft's newest a capella group, and the only co-ed a capella group on campus. They perform at a capella night and regularly showcase their talent at assembly.

(L-R): Andy Bowman, Cameron Call, Gigi Russo, Jonathan Call, Matthew Kuruvilla, Colly Liang, Colton Chaney

Yearbook Yearbook Layout and Photo is dedicated to capturing student memories and preserving them in Bancroft's annual Blue Moon Yearbook.

Members put in countless hours to take photos, set up pages, and advertise for yearbook. This year, we were excited to host another successful Skate Night.

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Once Upon A Mattress

The musical was a light-hearted version of the legendary story of "The Princess and the Pea." An extremely high-energy (you might say exhausting!) dance number had the audience laughing, not to mention the very human-like performance of a certain songbird.

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Young Writers Conference 2016

Organized by Mrs. Fortier and her Interns, the Bancroft Young Writers Conference allows students to meet with and learn from published authors. Through the many workshops with the mentors, students were able to experiment with a variety of genres. The Conference is always a hit and gives students the opportunity to sharpen their skills, learn new techniques, and express themselves through writing.

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The fine balance you maintain between developing body and mind is exemplified by receiving the Latin award in 2013, the Thomas Hovey Gage Medal at Middle School Graduation and in 2016 simultaneously the Upper School History and PE awards; that year you were also named co-captain of the Bancroft Crew team. Your kindness and openness to the problems of others, the fact that some teachers refer to you as their “co-teacher” and your role in student government highlight your additional skills as a young leader, a role you humbly adopt.

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IT'S WHAT THE OLYMPIC SPIRIT WAS MADE OF IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL. 11,237 OF THE WORLD'S G R EA TEST A TH LETES from all over the globe gathered in August to pursue lifelong dreams and compete for Olympic glory. There were firsts, as Rio was the first South American city to host the Olympic Games.

There were records broken — the United States earning 121 medals - surpassing the previous record of medals earned (which they also held). There were downfalls in the form of injuries, controversies and losses. But there were, of course, tremendous and victorious triumphs, celebrations of nations coming together, demonstration of character and pure grit and moments of relishing in hard work, determination, talent and tenacity — true athletic prowess at its finest.

1. HELEN MAROULIS. the first

American woman to earn Olympic gold in wrestling, defeated opponent Saori Yoshida of Japan.

2. NEYMAR DELIVERED A HOME TEAM VICTORY, earning Brazil soccer gold

after scoring the winning penalty kick. 5-4 against Germany.

5. SOUTH AFRICA'S WAYDE VAN NIEKERK broke a 17-year-old record in the 400-meter race, earning gold with a time of 4 3 .0 3 seconds. He largely credited his 74-year-old coach, former sprinter and long jumper. Anna Botha. 6. AFTER ACHIEVING A "TRIPLE-TRIPLE" by winning all three sprint titles at three consecutive games, Jamaican track and field star Usain Bolt declared his desire to be the greatest. 7. DEEMED THE "FINAL FIVE," Aly Raisman, Madison Kocian, Laurie Hernandez. Gabby Douglas and Simone Biles won nine medals at the Rio Olympic Games, breaking the previous record of eight medals shared by the 1984 and 2 0 0 8 teams.

The U.S. women's gymnastics team celebrated victory over all rivals with a total of 8 .2 0 9 points; Russia fell to second place, while China came in third. 8. TWO DISTANCE RUNNERS COLLIDED during the women's 5 .0 0 0 meter event. Abbey D'Agostino of the United States and Nikki Hamblin of New Zealand helped each other and finished the race with times of 17:10.02 and 16:43.10. 9. CHEN AISEN'S performance led China to their seventh gold medal in diving at the Rio Olympics. 10. THE UNITED STATES MEN'S OLYMPIC BASKETBALL TEAM won gold in the final knockout

round with a victory over Serbia and a score of 96-66. This was the team's third consecutive gold medal.

US SWIMMERS: AN UNSTOPPABLE CLASS OF ATHLETES

U.S. SWIMMERS were standout

athletes at the Rio Olympics.

Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, picked up five more gold medals and a silver, bringing his collection to a total of 28. The 31-year-old confirmed plans to retire and said he wouldn't compete in the 2 0 2 0 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Female U.S. swimmers Katie Ledecky and Simone Manuel each made history in Rio. Ledecky broke her own record in the 800-meter freestyle, becoming the first woman to sweep the 2 0 0 . 4 0 0 and 8 0 0 freestyle races since 1968. Manuel tied for gold in the 100-meter freestyle, making her the first African American woman in history to win an individual Olympic swimming medal.

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5. LADY GAGA performed the halftime show at Super Bowl LI. opening with a rendition of "This Land is Your Land " She began her set on top of the NGR Stadium in Houston. Texas with a fleet of illuminated drones behind her. before seemingly leaping and appearing on stage to perform hit songs like Poker Face." "Telephone" and Bad Romance " 6. BOB DYLAN won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his poetic expression

through song In February, the smger/songwriter announced plans to release a triple album of classic songs called Triplicate. 7. DRAKE'S momentum didn't slow as he dominated Spotify listening trends, was awarded three AMAs. three BET awards, a Billboard Music Award, a Teen Choice Award, a VMA and more. His song "Hotline Bling" won Best Rap Song and Best Rap/Sung Performance at the Grammys.

1. CARRIE UNDERWOOD won several

notable awards including AMA's Favorite Country Album for Storyteller. CMA’s Female Vocalist award and CMT's Female Video of the Year award for "Smoke Break ' 2. GARTH BROOKS won Entertainer

of the Year for the fourth time at the CMA Awards in November. He previously won the title in 1991.

1992 and 1997 3. ERIC CHURCH'S album, Misunderstood, received the Album of the Year award at the CMAs in November.

4. BEYONCE appeared on Fortune's

list of the year's most powerful women, won Teen Choice Award's Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Artist and made history when all 12 tracks from her surprise album Lemonade landed on Billboard's Top 100 chart The album also won Best Urban Contemporary Album at the Grammys.

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the Teen Choice Award for Choice Music Single. Bieber was chosen as Favorite Male Artist at both events, and his album. Purpose, earned Favorite Pop/Rock Album at the AMAs 14. DNCE the funk pop band led by former Jonas Brother. Joe. won MTV's VMA for Best New Artist

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5. SERENA WILLIAMS broke the record of Grand Slam titles bringing her

total to 23 after defeating Angelique Kerber for her seventh Wimbledon victory, and beating her sister. Venus during the Australian Open in January. 6. LEBRON JAMES led the Cleveland Cavaliers to a championship title with a 93-89 win over the Golden State Warriors in Game 7 of the NBA finals. 7. THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS defeated the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI. 34-28 after they tied it up in the last minute with the first comeback of more than 10 points in Super Bowl history. They sent the game into overtime, and four-time Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady and Coach Bill Belichick became the first quarterback and coach to win five Super Bowls. 8. THE CHICAGO CUBS beat the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in Game 7 of the World Series to win their first championship since 1908.

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won his first major championship and earned a green jacket at the 80th edition of the Masters Tournament in Augusta. Georgia in April 2 0 1 6 , 12.198 RIDERS raced in the 103rd Tour de France in July; Chris Froome of Great Britain and of Team Sky, came in first place, making it his third Tour win.

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11. MOONLIGHT won Best Picture at the Oscars after La La Land was

mistakenly presented the award, and Mahershala AM, Moonlights Juan, won Actor in a Supporting Role. The film also won Best Motion Picture Drama at the Golden Globes. 12. VIOLA DAVIS became the first African American actress to win an Oscar. Emmy and Tony after winning Actress in a Supporting Role for Fences. W.ZOOTOPIA won the Academy Award for Animated Feature Film.

14. ELLEN DEGENERES was awarded America's highest civilian honor, the

Medal of Freedom, by then President Barack Obama in November.

Obama praised the daytime talk show host and comedian for her bravery and courage and said that it helped "push our country in the direction of justice" 15. TRENT HARMON beat out fellow Mississippi native La'Porsha Renae to become American Idol's 15th and final winner in the show's last season on air. Harmon was Yahoo Music's ninth-mostpopular artist of the year, proving that, despite the show's declining ratings, it had a strong following up until the end.

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THERE ARE TWO SID ES to economic development as every story. This time, the well as increased safety and battle was over the Dakota efficiency, but the Standing Access Pipeline that would Rock Sioux Tribe argued the transport oil from the Bakken development would destroy oil fields of North Dakota to ancestral land, threaten their the plains of Illinois — if only its water supply and be an overall last mile and a half of 1,700 burden to residents of the miles could be completed. J he tribe. Environmental activists center of opposition was the named more consequences.

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, such as man-made climate who occupied land near the change, should construction development site. Thousands of the pipeline move forward, of protesters and many Following the lengthy battle.

Native American tribes also President Donald trump opposed the project. Energy signed executive orders Transfer Partners claimed that advanced approval of the construction of the the pipeline only four days pipeline would lead to greater following his inauguration.

1 ,THE SENATE passed a $ 6 0 2 billion defense bill which included an

amendment that would require women to register for the military draft for the first time in history. 2. A TRUCK PLOWED through a crowd on Bastille Day in Nice. France, killing 86 people and injuring hundreds more. ISIS later claimed responsibility for the incident. 3. THE DECREASED VALUE of Venezuela's bolivar resulted in the country's deep recession, a

decline in exports and an extreme shortage of food and supplies.

4. IRAQI, KURDISH AND ALLIED FORCES began an operation to retake the city

of Mosul from the Islamic State, which gained control in June 2014.

The forces advanced into the city just two weeks into the campaign.

5. THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT announced the redesign of some U.S.

currency, including the $ 2 0 bill on which abolitionist Harriet Tubman would replace Andrew Jackson. 6. WELLS FARGO CEO JOHN STUMPF resigned after millions of fake accounts were uncovered from as far back as 2011, allowing employees to boost sales figures. More than 5 ,3 0 0 employees were fired and the company was fined $ 185 million, in addition to the $5 million they were required to refund to customers.

7. THE IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL, the agreement between the United States and Iran that essentially blocked Iran's access to nuclear weapons and increased visibility into their nuclear activity, looked successful a year after it was implemented. 8. THE UNITED KINGDOM voted 52% to 48% to leave the EU in a referendum in June called "Brexit" meaning "British exit." The majority in both England and Wales voted to leave, while the majority in Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to remain. The terms of the exit would have to be agreed upon by 27 different parliaments, so some believed the actual process would ta|<e years to complete.

9. A GENETICALLY MODIFIED MOSQUITO was developed by British company.

Oxitec, to fight the Zika virus, and was confirmed by the FDA to cause no significant impact on human health or the environment. The 0 X 51 3A male Aedes aegypti mosquito .was engineered to pass along a lethal gene to wild female mosquitos that would cause their offspring to die. 10. THEN PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA spoke at the September opening ceremony of The National Museum of African American History and Culture situated on the National Mall in Washington. D.C. The museum *

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1. APPLE released its iPhone 7. which broke many performance records. They also introduced Apple AirPods, their $ 1 5 9 wireless headphones. 2. MORE THAN 100 REPORTS of overheating and exploding Samsung Galaxy Note 7s. due to a battery cell issue, caused the phones to be recalled and even banned from airline flights.

3. AMAZON'S ALEXA gained attention at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Artificial intelligence was integrated into many devices, and even made news when a 6-year-old girl instructed Alexa to purchase a $160 dollhouse and cookies — and she did just that.

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The post went viral with more than 105 million views just three days later. 9. THE MANNEQUIN CHALLENGE was a viral video trend that involved groups of people gathering and freezing in elaborate poses while one person filmed the scene focusing on certain details 10. SNAPCHAT FILTERS continued to entertain the app's 158 million users — so much so. that Pinterest searches of "Snapchat filter Halloween costumes" were up 1.500% from 2015. 11. WENDY'S posted an innocent Tweet reading: "Our beef is way too cool to ever be frozen." and received a snarky reply from a follower that led to a comical viral exchange. 12. NEW FACEBOOK REACTION EMOJIS allowed users to be more expressive without commenting Facebookers

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