FOREWORD
Dear Readers,
For the past four years, every morning we’ve come to school we’ve heard the daily announcements sign o with a classic slogan. This slogan has shi ed several times throughout the years—from “Nighthawk strong, all day long” to “soar high, stay y!”. Yet every catchphrase has held the same core purpose: a reminder of our beautiful community and how important the moments we share with the people around us are. We used to think of these slogans as simple rhymes and platitudes, and sometimes we’d tune them out altogether. But we’ve now realized the value of these messages: though short and seemingly silly, they’re a valuable ode to our connection and community. As Billie Eilish sings, as “birds of a feather / we should stick together”; it’s the care and support we nd in each other that lets us ourish both as a community and as individuals.
Our high school experience has truly gone by in the blink of an eye. But if we rewind to freshman year, to that rst day of school, it’s easy to see just how much we’ve grown. In August 2021, we were nervous freshmen, just fresh out of quarantine and thrown immediately into the daunting world of high school. Now, seeing the vibrant class we are today, about to listen to commencement speeches in the same stadium we sat in 4 years ago listening to the guest speaker, it’s quite incredible to think of all the moments we’ve shared in between. During those tens of thousands of minutes and millions of seconds, we’ve experienced failures and triumphs, we’ve learned and grown, we’ve made lifelong friends and connections. In short, it’s been the journey of a lifetime.
To the non-seniors: As you continue through your high school journey, instead of glossing over those last few words of the daily announcements, take a moment to stop and actually listen. Think about the meaning of the words, think about how special it is that there are almost 2,600 other students listening to the same exact words at the same exact time as you—friends you’ve shared countless memories with over the past few years, classmates who you’ve bonded with over moments of both struggle and collaboration, and those who you’ve still yet to meet.
So as you spread your wings and prepare for your next leg on the ight of life, whether it’s the next chapter of your high school or a new place altogether, remember:
When you ock with the nest, you ock with the best :)
Best,
Kate Xu and Sophia Tang Co-Presidents, Editor-in-Chiefs
Arizona
Arizona State University
Alyssandra Deguzman
Sachit Prasad
Grand Canyon University
Jalen Concepcion
California
Cal Poly Pomona
Casey Morales
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Nicole Kaiser
CSU Monterey Bay
Travis Onori
Harvey Mudd College
Alan Liu-Sui
Palomar College
Reece Gonzales
Pepperdine University
Briana Tivadar
Pomona College
Julia Montemayor
Saint Mary’s College
Quinn Davis
San Francisco
State University
WHERE IS THE CLASS
Ariel Servant
San Diego State University
Andrew Calabrese
Dalia Kauvaka
Emily Russo
Gavin Eriksen
Krishiv Mahendru
Nessa Cortez
San Jose State University
Zara Patrawala
Stanford University
Ava Harrison
Ayanna Shah
Sinead Kiley
UC Berkeley
Alena Yee
Edward Kim
Haenah Lee
Jeevika Rajasekar
Marina Kryndushkina
Mirabelle Anderson
Rohin Sood
Serena Valji
Tanisha Patil
UC Davis Ashkon Habashi
Bhavana Karthik
Ella Guier
Kayla Baha
Lauren Dinh
UC Irvine
Alex Guerra
Ali Al Mahdawi
Anya Smurlo
Ankita Katarkar
Brandon Chu
Brady Cobb
Carys Herndon
Chloe Keirn
Daniel Lee
Emily Nguyen
Gabriel Oviedo
Hailey Topolovac
Iden Nagasawa
Jaydon Lee
Josh Toman
Kamila Uzakova
Lena Ponulak
Malia Mata
Matthew Sean Borabo
Naavya Ahuja
Nabiha Ahmed
CLASS OF 2025 GOING?
Nadi Ho mann
Ninaad Kiran
Paulo Medeiros
Stella Xin
Tanvi Mohanty
William Lee
UC Los Angeles
Alex Xiao
Aliya Tang
Christian Santos
Dishti Wadhwani
Emaad Mir
Eunseo Lim
Isaiah Gilliam
Paige Echsner
Rishi Bansal
Tanishka Gangavelli
Tay Kim
UC Riverside
Bhadra Hrishikesh
Edward Hong
Emily Pacumio
Kayden Le
Lauren Lee
Mateo Pantoja
Michaela Torres
Samarth Kalanke
Taito Holdaway
UC San Diego
Anagha Ashtewale
Dylan Quan
Liam O'Day
Sameeksha Vashishtha
Sharon Kodali
Shreena Dayal
Will Bartlet
UC Santa Barbara
Brandon So
Ethan Zhao
Makenna San Jose
Olivia Ha e
Ronica Najmabadi
Shay Lacny
UC Santa Cruz
Tristan Harpster
University of Redlands
Tyler Bieri
University of San Diego
Sabir Asaf
University of San Francisco
Abtin Anjomshoaa
University of Southern California
Brinda Avadhanam
Hannah Holly
Noah Simon
Rayyan Darugar
Westmont College
Elliot Anderson
Connecticut
Yale University
Shree Patel
Georgia
Georgia Institute of Technology
Anthony Liu
Illinois
Elmhurst University
Tendo Thom-Goulding
University of Illinois
Urbana - Champaign
Gaheera Babbar
Miheer Purandare
Shruthi Balaji
Indiana
Indiana University
James Hunter
Smithi Thaneer
Purdue
Aarit Babu
Ankit Pulivendula
Ella Wilson
Gaurav Mahesh
Samuel Wang
Taiyo Iwazaki
Tyler Jenkins
University of Indiana
Aarush Dwivedi
Kentucky
University of Kentucky
Sophie Bellovin
Louisiana
Tulane University
Clara Shubin
Maryland
Johns Hopkins University
Jason Gao
University of Maryland
Satvik Akella
WHERE IS THE CLASS
Massachusetts
Boston College
Allie Kimber
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kate Xu
Northeastern University
Drishya Mody
Lalita Narayanan
Luke Jin
Maia Guerrier Mezo
Rishabh Dasgupta
University of
Massachusetts Amherst
Priya Julka
Wellesley College
Lauren Lee
Williams College
Matt Riley
Minnesota
Minnesota State University
Gabriel Gravin
Missouri
Washington University in St. Louis
Bryan Wang
Claire Zhao
Jayden Chen
Nebraska
Creighton University
Olivia Pirolli
New Jersey
Princeton University
David Lee
New York
Columbia University
Sophia Tang
Cornell University
Ethan Huang
Kaitlyn Law
Raymond Sheng
New York University
Kylie Partridge
North Carolina
University of North
Carolina Chapel Hill
Addison Ward
Sean Chang
Ohio
Case Western Reserve
University
Aditi Bandaru
CLASS OF 2025 GOING?
Oregon
Oregon State University
Declan Cockrell
University of Oregon
Eeshaan Reddy
Heidi Phuong
Max Tullius
Sarah Kang
Sarah Jerome
Victor Ti ord
Pennsylvania
Carnegie Mellon
Chinmay Ramamurthy
Haeryn Yu
Raunak Mondal
Drexel University
Hailey Weedon
Penn State University
Stella Mitrakos
Taylor Gottfredson
University of Pennsylvania
Evan Ji
South Carolina
Clemson University
Aidan Drykerman
Tennessee
Tennessee Tech University
Ella Kaiser
University of Tennessee
Ava Lacey
Texas
Rice University
Alyssa Jane Partridge
Summer Tang
Tanvi Bhide
The University of Texas at Austin
Brooke Rosenberg
Rudra Jani
Utah
Brigham Young University
Camden Bradshaw
Elise Cardall
University of Utah
Aubrey Kim
Brayden Blackport
Elijah Rigg
Emma Reyes-Moreno
Ethan Kolker
Kai Avaregan
Lucas Carlson
Mackenzie Maestas
Patrick Hastings
Tanner Tremmel
Tristan Teeter
Utah State University
Hailey Spencer
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Aniket Chakradeo
Washington
Gonzaga University
Reagan Kelley
University of Washington
Audrey Aparri
Brandon Lee
Eshaan Kumar
Julie Mejia
Rachit Jaiswal
Sania Singh
Soham Kamat
Outside of U.S.
University College Dublin
Tristan Eleazar
University of St. Andrews
Ian Fernandez
WHERE IS THE CLASS OF
OF 2025 GOING?
Most
Popular Colleges
UC Irvine (33)
UC Riverside (17)
UCLA (15)
University of Utah (12)
UC Berkeley (11)
Future Plans
53.791% In-state College
46.210% Out-of-state College
0.00% Gap Year
Top Majors
62.5% STEM
18.5% Business
9.8% Social Sciences
6% Arts and Humanities
2.7% Undecided/Other
TO OUR SENIORS
Congrats to the graduating class of 2025! It was so much fun going through high school with you over these past few years and we'll miss seeing you in class everyday. Good luck and I hope you have an amazing next few years!
Saanvi Dogra ‘26
Sophia Tang: I can’t thank you enough for all the times you have helped me and my teammates when we were struggling, your positive attitude has made such an inspiring and amazing impact. Sincerely wishing you and your class of 2025 the best of luck. You have made it!!! Onto the next chapter.
Graziela Connelly ‘27
Congratulations to Stella X! Love you lots :)
Sophie Cao ‘26
Thien-Nam, Thanks for guiding me through high school and teaching me to stand up for myself. We'll miss you next year! -Cindy
Cindy Liang ‘26
To Class of 2025: I've loved working with you guys these past few years, and I deeply admire all your work. Wishing you the best in the future!
Joann Xie ‘27
seniors- i love you all and im gonna miss you guys so so much, but i know you’re all gonna do amazing things and i can’t wait to watch. best of luck in the next chapter and come back to visit!!!
Lilah Enyedi ‘26
Thank you Shree Patel for being a great role model to Speech & Debate members and bringing so much laughter and joy to our team. WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!
Somang Chung ‘26
Congratulations to the graduating class of 2025! I'm so proud of you all and Del Norte won't feel the same without you. I wish you the best of luck in college and a erwards.
Olivia Li ‘27
Congratulations to all the graduating seniors! Although I have just started my high school journey, and I am a long ways away from nding out what I want to do with my life, the graduating class of 2025 has inspired me that life is about to get amazing over the next few years!
Sa ya Warsi ‘28
Good luck on the next chapter!
Riley Chau ‘28
Thank you to all of the seniors on the badminton team for your hard work and support for the team! I hope you all had a wonderful last season of badminton and continue to pursue your goals in college! (I’ll miss you Kate!)
Zoe He ‘26
Congratulations to seniors, class of 2025! It was so much fun being in high school with you all and I wish you luck in your future endeavors!
Katherine Chen ‘27
TO OUR SENIORS
This message is for Sophia Tang on my XC and T&F team. Sophia you have truly been a wonderful friend, teammate, and guide this past year. You have truly been such an inspiration to me and I know you will do wonderful things in the future. I am so proud of you and all of your accomplishments. Thank you for always being there for me, and never letting me forget my worth. Love you Sophia, and I am so proud of you.
Baylee Mrozek ‘26
Thank you seniors for guiding me throughout high school and being my friends
Kyle Forrest ‘26
Best of luck in Cornell Kaitlyn! Thank you for always running with me Sophia! I will miss you so much! You made xc and track unforgettable.
Katherine Law ‘28
Congrats 2025 seniors! You're amazing!
Amelia Cohen ‘26
Congratulations, Class of 2025! These past three years have been unforgettable, and I’m so grateful for the friendships and memories we’ve created together. I can’t wait to see all the amazing things you will achieve!
Samhita Lagisetti ‘26
Congratulations! You all made it through four years of high school! I hope you are all able to cherish the memories you made, the friendships you kindled, and the lessons you learned at Del Norte. You all should be so proud of yourselves and I’m excited and looking forward to all of your future endeavors!
Karly Prasouvo ‘26
I’ll miss my seniors!
Aashika Patel ‘26
Congratulations Class of 2025, we’ll miss you! Good luck on all your future goals and endeavors!
Gloria Zhai ‘27
Dear Alena,
I cannot believe you are graduating already. It feels like just last week that we were 7 years old, getting up at 8 am to play Cake Wars on our favorite Minecra server. Or when we were working for hours on Bloxburg delivering pizzas just so we could a ord the newest Jeep. I hope you have the most fantastic time at UC Berkeley! You are going to rock.
Chloe
Chloe Kang ‘26
We are so proud of you!
Aditi Bharadwaj ‘26
Congrats Seniors! You guys will be so so missed and I know you will go so far!
Ayra Khan ‘26
FROM OUR SENIORS
Congrats Class of 2025 for surviving these 4 years and college app season! Good luck in your futures everyone!
Gabriel Oviedo ‘25
To Ariel and Ty, I am so grateful for how you supported me and brought so much joy into my life when I was struggling. You both made my senior year amazing! To the juniors and sophomores we’re leaving behind, I love you guys so much and I promise to come back and visit!
Hannah Holly ‘25
Thanks Jaydon Lee for being the best friend I can ask for. Over these years, we've grown so close and I am so grateful for all of the amazing memories we have shared together. I don't tell you how much I appreciate you o en enough, so I wanted to share this message with you. I'm so excited for these next 4 years at UCI and beyond!
Josh Toman ‘25
Thank you to all my friends and teachers for supporting me throughout these past 4 years. I appreciate you all so much and am grateful for all the memories we made.
To my fellow seniors, congratulations! We did it. I wish you all a bright future and the best of luck wherever you go.
To all the underclassmen, enjoy your time in high school--it truly goes by so fast. Spend time with friends, have fun, get involved, do things you like, and make every moment count.
Kevin Tran ‘25
So proud of the people who got me through the challenges that high school gave me <3
Taylor Gottfredson ‘25
Don't give up and be yourself. Enjoy your life as much as you can: you only have a very short amount of time.
Kevin Du ‘25
My message to the entire graduating class is that I’m glad I got to be in the same class as everyone. Class of 2025 was truly one of the best classes, and I appreciate everyone that made it fun. I want to thank all my friends and people that supported me along the way. I feel proud for everyone in the graduating class.
Luke Jin ‘25
Have fun in highschool! It’ll be over before you know it!!
Paige Echsner ‘25
I want to thank the people who’ve made high school a place I’ll miss and cherish forever!
Alena Yee ‘25
“We will call this place our home The dirt in which our roots may grow Though the storms will push and pull We will call this place our home” Ryan O’neal (Sleeping at Last)
Tristan Eleazar ‘25
I feel like 4 years of high school is absolutely worth it. The most signi cant part of it is maintaining success as part of my life trajectory. I enjoyed making friends there and spread some kindness to imbue the society with kindness, joy, and happiness.
Edward Hong ‘25
This year has been the best one by far, the amount of amazing friendships I’ve gained and memories I’ve made I’m so thankful to all of my friends who have made this year so memorable and such a great last year of highschool! Especially the improv team I loved doing shows with you guys and I love all of you guys so much! Especially Hannah Holly, Jagger Goulart, Lila Kaminetz, and Ty Menor you guys are the best people to be around #divasforever
Ariel Servant ‘25
If you can go through Del Norte, you can do anything!
Rishi Bansal ‘25
TO OUR TEACHERS
I want to thanks all my teachers that helped me along the way. I want to thank my parents for always supporting me, and my coaches for always pushing me to be better.
Luke Jin ‘25
I would like to thank my parents, my grandparents, my coaches, and my teachers for inspiring me to pursue my dreams to become a teacher and a coach.
Emily Russo ‘25
Thank you Mr. Swanson for being the best history teacher we could have asked for. You made all of the topics so engaging and inspired me to keep persevering even when the notes got really long and when things felt overwhelming.
Josh Toman ‘25
Mr. Swanson, thank you for being such an amazing teacher.
Rishi Bansal ‘25
Thank you so much to my teachers who helped me learn and growth through my high school. I would’ve not been able to succeed like this without all your support. That’s why I’ve been dedicated to maintain success here as well.
Edward Hong ‘25
thank you Ms. Persil and Ms. B for being the most supportive teachers for my worst high school subject :)
Karthik ‘25
Thank you, Mrs Philyaw, for everything you’ve ever done for me. You were there when I needed to vent, when I was struggling with life, and you’ve seen me through so many di erent challenges. I wouldn’t be the person I am without your guidance. Thank you! I hope you have an amazing retirement!
Taylor Gottfredson ‘25
Mrs. DeYoung since freshman year I’ve been in your classes and productions, through these 4 years I’ve learned so much and gained a be for theatre! You truly led me to want to become a theatre teacher thank you for always supporting me and help guide me through all these years!
Ariel Servant ‘25
I want to give a shout out to Mr. Ozuna, Mr. West, Mr. Liao, Mrs. Pedraza, Mr. Swanson, and Coach Pablo. Your con dence in me has been invaluable, and allowed me to become a better leader.
Alex Xiao ‘25
Mr. Swanson, your passion for teaching and the care you have for your students made APUSH one my favorite classes that I have ever taken. You made learning so exciting and fun, which are two words that are not typically used to describe anything school related. I am so thankful for the study habits your class taught me and the knowledge that I have learned. Thank you!
Shay Lacny ‘25
Love you Mrs. Buehler
Wang ‘25
Shoutout to Ms. Lin for being there for me throughout the entirety of my high school career and helping me grow both as a Chinese speaker and a person! She made Chinese class so fun from the day I walked in as a freshman in Chinese 1 to today in AP Chinese, and she’s genuinely one of the coolest people I’ve ever met.
Lauren Lee ‘25
I'd like to shout out Mr. Krenz, Mrs. Dafoe, Mr. Mortensen, and Dr. Hall. Thank you for believing in me. The hard work you do makes a di erence!
Tanisha Patil ‘25
Thanks Coach Mark for being such a great mentor in my xc and tf career. I wouldn’t be where I am without you and I so appreciate all of the hard work you have put into me and our team to be able to excel. You are de nitely one of the best coaches I’ve ever had. So sorry I had to ditch you guys����
Paige Echsner ‘25
Thank you so much to Dr. Kitelinger for giving me a safe space on campus that allowed me to grow my con dence as a musician and a leader! This music program will forever hold a special place in my heart.
I also wanted to say thank you to Mrs. Roberts. If it wasn’t for your passion and motivation while teaching AP Psychology, I may have never found the path of study I want to pursue. I will forever be grateful that I ended up in your class
Ronica Najmabadi ‘25
Samuel
Bhavana
CONTRIBUTORS
A special thanks to our amazing sta :
Art
Chloe Kang, ‘26
Graphic Design
Samhita Lagisetti, ’26
Joann Xie, ‘27
Olivia Li, ‘27
Writing Kate Xu, ‘25
Sophia Tang, ‘25
And our incredible advisers:
Mr. Thomas Swanson
Dr. Trent Hall
LIVING WITH FEAR STOPS US TAKING RISKS,
AND IF YOU DON'T GO OUT ON THE BRANCH, YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO GET THE BEST FRUIT.
SARAH PARISH