JEROME RAMIREZ
LILIAN LI
When the Days Fly By in a Second
JEROME RAMIREZ
Opening
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Rahul Gill (11) Uncle Scott Poulter
Sophie Lee (K) Hae Song Min (K) Nadia Nadapdap (K)
Benjamin Mauger (12) Kevin Kim (12)
JEROME RAMIREZ
and more. Blink. A SPLIT SECOND may come and go, but you won’t forget to treasure each moment as the days fly by. —By Lilian Li
Aubrey Rude (P4) Kristina Boyd (P4)
LILIAN LI
In a SPLIT SECOND, the second day of school came and went, then the third, fourth, fifth to fifty-eighth, and so on. Lee Chong Wei nearly won gold in the Rio Olympics 2016. Riots broke out in Seoul, Korea. The Syrian civil war continued to expand. Donald Trump won the U.S. Presidential election. Mr. Doug and Mrs. Marsha Yost returned and met students “offline.” The Eagle Games replaced the traditional Track and Field Day. Freaky Friday spooked middle-schoolers. The varsity boys’ soccer team won the first ACSC title for the school. The Black Box drama stalked people’s Facebooks. Bubble teas disappeared from the Junior Class Store, replaced by monthly milkshakes. Blink. Another day goes by. Another moment flits away. You can hardly remember the first day of the school year, and you realized you’ve been too preoccupied keeping grades up, avoiding detention and the “no-fly list,” stressing about who to ask for the Christmas Banquet, spending Saturdays on junior class, drama, or Journalism layouts,
Mr. Larry Chinn Derek Kes (7) Ruthie Allen (8)
LILIAN LI
Excited, stressed, happy, anxious—you entered the first day of school. Your eyes glanced at familiar and foreign faces as you walked to your locker that once belonged to the upperclassmen. A crowd of black-and-purple shirts walked by you; and you stand in awe of the seniors of the school, anticipating when you would leave a legacy behind. You follow a stream of students to the chapel where you choose a spot that you would sit in for the rest of the year. You reassure the new student next to you that they didn’t actually have to dance like Mr. Brian Brewster always joked; but instead of a normal welcome-back announcement, Mr. Brewster surprised everyone and Mrs. Brandi Brewster with an anniversary celebration. Already, you knew that this year would turn out special and different as you headed out the doors, holding your class schedule, trying to find classrooms in the new CASTLE building and in the old library, telling yourself, I am going to make the most of my time here. You remember your first day as a preschooler, learning basic rules like be kind, always say “please” and “thank you,” and share. In elementary, you continued the same rules, practiced sitting on the carpet diligently, and had morning meetings to start the day with joy. Middle schoolers, especially the fifth graders, worried about Ns, health classes, and matrices.
Sam Hofer (12)
Head poking out of the alien, Jonathon Chinn (11) stares intently at the little human with the sponge-weapon. Juniors volunteered during the Open House event to sell drinks and snacks and to help kids have fun.
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