Special Edition: Senior Magazine

HURON HIGH SCHOOL

SENIOR MAGAZINE

YASAMIN AL-MAYYAH: WANTS TO BE A THERAPIST AND TRAVEL THE WORLD - BRENDAN BEHMER: CROSS COUNTRY CAPTAIN - DANTE BAILEY: IT’S COMPLICATED - FATOUMATA BATHILY: THE HIJABI GIRL IN CLASS - LAYYAN AL-QAHWAJI: AMBITIOUS AND DRIVEN - MAX BRODKEY: THE COOLEST VEGAN JEWISH TENNIS PLAYER AT HURON - NATHAN CHERVIN: READY TO RUMBLE - EDITH WOODYARD - TOUSSAINT FANCHER: BASKETBALL ENTHUSIAST FOR LIFE - HANA HUGHES: NEVER SET THE CURVE ON ANY AP CHEM TESTS - KEVIN AMADOR - CATHERINE KIM: EXTREME PROCRASTINATOR - HARRISON BAKER - SELINA LIU: DISLIKES DOUGHNUTS - MILIN MACHA: A FRIEND TO ALL - KHADY BA - DANIEL MUENZ: LEAST LIKELY TO DUNK DUSTIN AYDELOTTE - EMMA SETH: THEATRE KID WHO SWIMS - PHOEBE YI: CAN NAP ANYWHERE AT ANY TIME - EDWIN BARNETT - SOPHIE WOLF: PLAYED MORTICIA ADDAMS ARIA TINNEY: FUTURE CRAZY CAT LADY - GREGORY AUCHUS - ANVIT RAO: WATCHED ALL 15 SEASON OF GREY’S ANATOMY DURING SECOND SEMESTER OF JUNIOR YEAR - MICHAEL WILLIAMS - TORREY MCEWEN: THE ONE WHO NEVER STOPS SINGING - JASMIN KEOMANY: BIT OF AN OUTLIER AND OFTEN VERY QUIET - LIAM GOFF: EMBODIMENT OF A FIREBENDER - TALIA DUNIETZ: LOUDEST PERSON IN CLASS - ALEXANDER BEESON - STEPHANIE COTITSAS: VERTICALLY-CHALLENGED HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE - MAKAYA CHOATE: ADVICE GIVER - ALLISON BAKER - SYDNEY COHEN:

FOUND A GREAT GROUP OF FRIENDS THESE 4 YEARS - ALEX COLE - RAEVEN BOBO: MISS SARCASTIC - FAITH BAKER: UNAPOLOGETIC GOSSIP GIRLFAN VIVIAN BARRETT: CHEER TEAM CAPTAIN - MADELYN BOWERS: TRIED AND CRIED WAY TOO MUCH - WILLIAM CHETTLEBURGH: ENJOYS ORIGAMI AND THE OUTDOORS - JACOB HEJAZI: FUNNY GUY - LUKE HURLEY: KID BEHIND THE GREENHOUSE AND SCHOOL GARDENS - BRIDG E T L A W -

CONTAGIOUS SMILE - LYNNE TRANG: LAUGHS AT EVERYTHING EVEN IF IT SHOULDN’T BE FUNNY - TREVOR ABLES ADRIANA ACOSTA - PANAJOT BODURRI - ANNA BOERST - AMARI BOWMAN - CHASE BOYER - PEYTON BURNETT - ELEANOR LIN: NERDY INTROVERT WHO NEVERTHELESS LOVES TO LAUGH - JACOB KELLY - WILLIAM KETT - SEMHAR KIDANE - SCOTT KNUDSEN - JESSICA LI: THAT STUDENT WHO’S A LWAY S SLEEPING IN CLASS FELEKE LOGUE EVAN MAR-

Who we are.

If you’d like, describe yourself in one sentence.)

SON: CENTER SNARE AND TWO-TERM HP THESPIAN CLERK - SINIT LIJAM: AVID FAN OF SARCASM AND VINES - ARIYONA ZEIGLER - SEYED MIRABEDINI: IMMIGRANT HAPPY TO SETTLE IN ANN ARBOR - HELENA HELME: THINKS BEING BRAZILIAN IS A PERSONALITY TRAIT - NOAH FLOTT: PROUD TO HAVE LOWERED THE BAR IN 90% OF CLASSES - JESSICA DELMAR: ADDICTED TO PLAYING ANIMAL CROSSING - DEVON CARIS: VARSITY BOWLING CAPTAIN WHO COULD ONLY SHOOT A 299 - CATHERINE BASS: “TO WHAT EXTENT” (A PHRASE INGRAINED IN HER EXISTENCE) - MACIE ANGELI: CAN TRIP OVER ANYTHING - KRISTINA HOLCOMBE: GIVES OFF MOM FRIEND VIBES - JADEN LEVERETT: BIGGEST TECH THEATRE NERD - ELIZABETH LI: STOUT SUPPORTER OF DARK CHOCOLATE (85% CACAO HITS THE SPOT) - AISHA SAID:

SHALL - STEPHANIE MCCURRACH - KOWSAR MOHAMED - SAMAN MOHSIN - CHLOE MULLINS - MATILDA MUSSER - AUSTIN ALDRICH: SOME PEOPLE CALL HIM “BIG TEXAS” - LAWAND ALEY: FUTURE MED STUDENT WHO LIKES TO COOK AND BAKE - REEYA PATEL - MILES PETERS - MICHAEL QUAN - JULIAN REED - AMAURII ROBERSON - SAMI RUUD: SPENT A LOT OF TIME MAKING TIKTOKS IN CLASS - DEEGAN SCHORK - RYAN SCHULTE: A TALL BOY IN A FAT MAN’S WORLD - MAGGIE LI - SERENA JOHNSON - KARLI MESSER: YOU NAME IT, SHE’S MADE IT: ICONIC MOM CRAFTS - MISAKI MOCHIHARA: A DOG LOVER WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN JAPAN - ROBERT MORRIS: BAND KID - JACKSON OVERPECK: BORN IN THE DESERT, LIVING IN A MUD PUDDLE - MANIT PATEL: “PLEASE TRY AND TELL ME YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT

Message from the editors Senior year is an important milestone that culminates 12 years of education. This year, we didn’t get many of the usual celebrations. That’s why we volunteered to create this magazine. We want to honor and appreciate the time we spent together at Huron.

We’re indebted to Huron’s administration for their support and Ms. Badalamente, Mishal Charania and Maya Kogulan for their help. Class of 2020, the best is yet to come!

--Julie Heng and Shannon Stocking

SPORTS THAN ME. I’LL JUST LAUGH” - WILLIAM PEDIGO MIKALA RAMIREZ - SEAN REILLY - NIKITA DATAR: PROUD DOG MOM - JOSEPH RYAN: DOING HIS BEST - FRANCIS SHUMSKY ADELAIDE STEELE - SEAN TANT: BELIEVES CHOCOLATE DOESN’T BELONG IN PUMPKIN BREAD ALANA TERRELL: DIFFERENT IN EVERY WAY - CIATTA TUCKER - SIENA SMITH: STUDENT ATHLETE, BORN AND RAISED IN ANN ARBOR - SEVEN ELLIOTT - HAILEY ELFORD - MICHELLE DING - AIDAN DAVIS - SHEREEF DAOUD - KEIMAR CRAWFORD - ELIOT CHI - ROSHON BESTER - EMMA SHEDDEN: AVID ANNE BRONTË READER - ALEXANDER SMITH: BIG GAMING NERD, OF ALL TYPES - ELIJAH ROSS - CERDA RODRIGO MICHAEL ROBINSON - BRYAN PONCE-TORRES - BRENDEN PENDERGRAST - JASON NOLAN - DESTINEE NEWMAN - IAN NEWTON - ELI NELSON-ULSH - JONNATHAN NEGRON MONTANEZ - BRIAN MOSKUS - DARRON MOORE - ALEXANDRA MONTOGOMERY: WILL LIKELY ALWAYS BE THE MOM-FRIEND OF THE FRIEND GROUP - ASHTON SANDERS: SUPERSTAR WHO HOPES TO GO PRO AND RUN IN THE 2024 OLYMPICS NAOMI JOHNSON: THE CRINGIEST TALL PERSON YOU KNOW - SAMANTHA WEINTRAUB MARQUIS WILSON - KATARINA YU - ESHA KHANNA: BORN IN CALI, RAISED A WOLVERINE KEYASIA MCBRIDE - FALLOU MBENGUE - MCKENZIE MACIEJEWSKI - ALEXA LYON - MARYCLAIRE LOGUE - KAIWEN LIU - ANNA LEONE - ANAY LADDHA - JACOB KREAMELMEYER - KALEB DAWIT - JULIE HENG: REALIST DREAMER

Describe high school in one word?

“I was the goalie for water polo.

I don’t remember getting hit in the head, but it apparently happened.”

- Nicholas Kaipainen

Remember when?

“Yes, I was that girl walking around in an Earth costume during finals week. Why? Ask me about John Rawls’ Theory of Justice.” - Karli Messer “Sophomore year, I had my painting ‘Dread’ (done in Mr. Smigell’s open studio class that fall) submitted to a few different art shows, and won lots of prizes. It was even featured on the cover of Full Circle Magazine that year. This is something i am very proud of and totally would not have achieved without the awesome art teachers at Huron.” Lillian Dowds

Attended a football game where Huron seemed to be winning

Lost a friend you were following in the hallway

Found a slice of pizza or an apple in the stairwell

Forgot which side of the arch you were on

Witnessed “the Huron difference”

Said “risktaker” unironically

Realized the school was shaped like a “H”

Found the bathroom door locked

Huron bingo!

Have you ever: Had to explain our school mascot

>>> Hey fellow Class of 2020 grads! ”2020 is literally historic. Don’t watch from the sidelines, We ARE THE CHANGE!” Darryl Phillips “I’m extremely proud of each and every one of you. Continue making decisions that will allow you to prosper in life. Remember this is your life - live for you! I wish you nothing but the best of luck in your future.

I can’t wait to see you all turn your dreams into reality. Congratulations Class of 2020!

Go change the world!” - Cachè Anderson “Compliment every dog (and human for

that matter) you pass. It makes them feel special.” - Jadyn Smith “Keep looking up! That’s the secret to life.”

- Luke Hurley “Keep in touch.” - Marc Angelo Crisostomo “Don’t forget to use your discount cards before they expire!” - David Evans “Try to be humble - you guys weren’t so good at it in high school.’ - Jamilah Mohammad

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Second semester senior year?

TWO WEEKS IN MARCH @thehuronemery

Who?

“I hope you find success in whatever you do.” - Toussaint Fancher

MINECRAFT MEETUP: Zolan Baptista, Ben Zhang, Jonathan Zou, Ben Zhao, Ryan Schulte, Matt Kukucka, Joey Ryan.

“Well bois, there will come times in life where you feel like everything you’re doing is one big risky text. And sometimes, you just gotta send it.” - Zolan Baptista

“Thank you for being on my side for the four years of high school.” - Mikayla Fuller “I know is a difficult time for us. That we are angry and sad that we couldn’t live one of our uniques and last experience of

our high school moments. But this makes us stronger. we’ll make history. I hope everyone the best in our future and I hope I see you soon. Congrats to everyone.” Rosalinda Mora

>> There’s something I want to tell you.

“It was a fun 4 years and I will miss everyone. I hope everyone stays safe and enjoys the future ahead of them.” - Edmond Hashem “It’s been a long time - way too long.” - Esha Khanna

coming

“You have the absolute right to be angry.

We are set to come into a world economic depression brought on by the coronavirus.

The can of climate change that other generations kicked down the line has landed on our doorstep. Turn that anger into energy.” - Joseph Ryan “You gotta spend money to make money.” - Matt Wyderko “Stop trying to be so lovable. Learn to love yourself.”

- Phoebe Yi

“I guess colleges rescinding offers based on second semester grades aren’t happening this year. Be glad we already applied. 2021 is going to be tough for applicants.” - Lynne Trang “I miss you all!!! But we made it. We are the chosen ones.” - Lawand Aley

our senior benefits, but technically we had the best senior skip day throughout history.” - Chris Van Alstine “I really miss y’all and I’m sad our year was cut short but hey, not everyone gets to say they had a drive-by graduation.” Brooklynn Cooper “Be hard-working but be intuitive and prudent about it.” - Sasha Rahman “It’s a shame we never got to say goodbye, but it’s an unforgettable ending to a great four years.” - Devon Caris

“Hope we have a reunion some day.” Mukesh Sivakumaran “Told you our graduation would be unforgettable.” - Naomi Johnson “Trust your instincts. If nobody comes from the future to stop you, is it really that bad of an idea?” - Sean Underwood

“Don’t give up, if it was easy everyone would do it. I’m sorry that we lost a lot of

During coronavirus pandemic, the Class of 2020 matures

The best is yet to come

Oh, the places we’ll go!...

Canada University of British Columbia California California Institute of Technology, NewSchool of Architecture + Design, University of California - Berkeley, University of California - San Diego Colorado University of Colorado Boulder, Lipscomb University Connecticut Yale University Florida University of Tampa Georgia Emory University, Highland Community College, Morehouse College, Savannah College of Art+Design

Maine Bowdoin College

Illinois Depaul University, Northwestern University, University of Chicago, University of Illinois - Chicago, Wesleyan University

Massachusetts Amherst College, Boston University, Harvard University, Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northeastern, Smith College

Iowa Indian Hills Community College

Minnesota University of Minnesota

Indiana Missouri Butler University, Indiana University - St. Louis University, Washington Bloomington, Purdue University University in St. Louis Louisiana Louisiana State University, Tulane University of Louisiana

Nebraska University of Nebraska - Lincoln New Jersey Rowan University

*Based on survey results and final transcripts

New York Columbia University, Fashion Institute of Technology, Ithaca College, New York University, Pratt Institute, Renesselaer Polytechnic Institute, Syracuse University, Sarah Lawrence College, Wagner College North Carolina Duke University, University of North Carolina, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

North Dakota University of North Dakota

Oregon University of Oregon

Vermont Vermont University

Ohio Bowling Green State University, Case Western Reserve University, College of Wooster, Kent State University, Ohio State University, Wesleyan University, Wittenberg University

Pennsylvania Bucknell University, Carnegie Mellon University, Drexel University, Gannon University, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, Mercyhurst University, La Salle University, University of Pennsylvania

Virginia Hampton University

Rhode Island Rhode Island School of Design Tennessee Lipscomb University Texas Air Force, Texas Community College

Michigan Adrian College, Alma College, Calvin University, Central Michigan University, College for Creative Studies, Concordia University, Delta College, Eastern Michigan University, Grand Valley State University, Hope College, Kalamazoo University, Lawrence Tech, Madonna University, Michigan State University, Michigan Tech University, Monroe County Community College, Northwood University, Oakland University , Schoolcraft College, Saginaw Valley State University, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, University of Michigan - Dearborn, Wayne State University, Western Michigan University, Washtenaw Community College

Washington D.C. American University, Howard University West Virginia West Virginia University Wisconsin Lawrence University, Carthage College

The world is yours!

Watch the graduation ceremony here:

Shout out to the

GRADUATES Distinguished school-selected honors

PTSO Awards for Excellence (Department Awards) CTE: Auto Services Technology Dylan Peterson CTE: Business Anay Laddha

Karli Messer Computer Science William Chettleburgh Diploma Program Dante Bailey

Paul K. Meyers Award Reeya Patel and Jonathan Zou

CTE: Cosmetology Melia Giannoulakis

University of Michigan Citizenship Award Alex Cole and Jadyn Smith

CTE: Family Consumer Science Lilly Schaldenbrand

Understanding and Sharing Diversity Award Rhea Cong and Karsin Dass

CTE: Health Sciences Alexandra Montgomery

Mathematics Derek Zhu

CTE: Homebuilding Marquis Wilson

Music: Band James Xiu

CTE: Hospitality and Culinary Arts Maya Keeney

Music: Orchestra Rhea Cong

Martin Luther King Award Aaron Winston and Kennedy Kelly Charles Baird Humanitarian Award Julie Heng and Luke Hurley Dr. Arthur Williams Integrity Award Shannon Stocking and Joey Ryan

CTE: Marketing Saydatou Cisse CTE: PLTW Engineering Alison Baker Career Program

English Julie Heng Humanities Joey Ryan

Music: Choir Samantha Weintraub Physical Education/Health Marc Crisostomo Science Luke Hurley

Huron photo by Ridhima Kodali. Cartoon by Shannon Stocking. Doodle notebook art designed by Freepik.

Social Studies Naomi Johnson Visual Arts 2D Lillian Dowds Visual Arts 3D Jaide Wilson Visual Arts Digital Michelle Ding World Language: Arabic Edmond Hashem World Language: French Nathan Chervin World Language: German Tom Dunietz World Language: Latin Eleanor Lin World Language: Mandarin Chinese Jasmine Xu World Language: Spanish Sophie Wolf

FASHION - BEING THERE FOR OTHERS - KARATE - ORGANIZING AND BEING OUTSIDE - GAMING - HEALTH SCIENCES - CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION - CONNECTIONS - NATURE! - ENERGY ACCESSIBILITY RESEARCH - STUFF - SAD MOVIES :) - SARCASM - DANCE - EATING - READING - TENNIS - ACTING - WISDOM - ACTIVISM TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE BY HELPING PEOPLE - SPORTS - BOWLING - WRITING - LEARNING - BECOMING A THERAPIST - FAMILY - MY GOALS - THE MOST NON-IMPORTANT THINGS THAT POP INTO MY BRAIN - KPOP - MONEY - MECHANICAL THINGS - LEARNING, GROWING, AND SHARING - HELPING PEOPLE - FOOD - BABIES ;) - SPICY - LIVING IN THE MOMENT - MUSIC - MINK COAT - THE GREAT OUTDOORS - MY GERMANY TRIP - EROMANGA CHICKEN - “MAKING THINGS L O O K CUTE” BALANCING THE SHEET KDRAMA MUSIC - CHEESEBURGERS - INDEPEND E N C E - MR. COLLINS’ CROSSWORDS! - HELPING OTHERS ACHIEVE BEYOND WHAT THEY THOUGHT POSSIBLE - HAVING A GOOD TIME - MEETING NEW PEOPLE - YOUTUBE - SHOPPING - TRAVELING THE WORLD - DENTISTRY - LASHES AND FOOD - ICE CREAM - NAPPING - SEWING UNTIL MY FINGERS FALL OFF - JOURNALING - RUNNING AND CHLOE TING - CHEESECAKE - JOURNALISM - BEING ACTIVE AND HELPING OTHERS - UTTER FRUSTRATION - OUR WORLD AND THE AMAZING PEOPLE IN IT - CREATING - SOCIAL JUSTICE - MUSIC AND MEDICINE! - CREATING A BETTER WORLD - MUSIC - LIFE - SOCCER, PIANO, SAXO-

PHONE, RUNNING, BAKING - CREATING INTERESTING EXPERIENCES - ATHLETICS - GOD AND LIBERTY - PUTTING PEOPLE IN THEIR PLACES - DOODLING - FAMILY - MICHIGAN FOOTBALL - PROCRASTINATING - NEWSPAPER - STAUNCH ADVOCATE OF BANANAS (FOR EVERY MEAL) - HATING ONIONS - BEKFEST - DREAMING - FRIENDS, SINGING - ACADEMIC DISCUSSIONS - ARGUING WITH PEOPLE OVER FOREIGN POLICY WHILE ROLEPLAYING AS COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVES - TEACHING - MAKING A BETTER SOCIETY - FAITH - SWIMMING - COMMUNITY (THE TV SHOW) - PROGRAMMING - CARS READING THE NEWS - BASKETBALL - PHOTOGRAPHY - FREE PALESTINE - ADVENTURES - MOCK TRIAL - ENGINEERING FERGUSON, MILLER AND THE CREATOR - PLANTS - BIKING - WHITE GUYS HELPING OTHERS - CHANGE - BARKTHOLOMEW - PERSONAL GROWTH MEDICINE BOWLING - SPORTS LEARNING ABOUT THE WORLD - FISHING - VEGGIES - PIANO COOKING - GAINS - PUZZLES - PHILOSOPHY - ORIGAMI - MARTIAL ARTS - ARCHITECTURE - SUSTAINABILITY - SLEEP - FINDING THE MOST POSSIBLE GOOD IN THE WORLD MUSICALS - JEWELRY - QUOTING OLD VINES - MAKEUP - BAKING - READING WONDERFUL PROSE - EQUALITY - ANIMALS - PEOPLE WATCHING - TRYING MY BEST ENTREPRENEURSHIP - LAUGHING OVER INSIDE JOKES THAT NOBODY ELSE UNDERSTANDS - ANIME - BEING AWESOME - FITNESS - RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS - PUBLIC HEALTH - LEADERSHIP - CUPCAKES - UPLIFTING OTHERS - CIVIL RIGHTS - SOLVING PROBLEMS - SOCCER - THE FUTURE - MYSELF - TECHNOLOGY - CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT - CATS - NEUROSCIENCE - DESSERTS - MOVIES - STANDING UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT

What we’re passionate about

The memories we made...

ONSTAGE

Clubs, athletics, music

Mary Bashshur, orchestra: “[R]ecognize the timeless value of music. Able to function as wordless emotion, [music] is truly the universal language. [It] can be both a source of comfort for each of us individually, as well as a force capable of uniting different kinds of people... both are incredibly important.”

Jasmine leads Encore at Multi-Culti ‘19

Seth, Anvit and the Friends theme song at Interlochen ‘19

APEX GLOWSTICKING ’17

Jaden at Interlochen Band Camp ‘17

Hana, Kate, Liz and Shannon Last halftime show ‘19

OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM

Addams Family makeup department ‘20

Libby gardening with NHS ‘19

BPA board in Lansing ‘19

Science Bowl two-time state champs ‘20

Ryan with the RatPack ’17 Eleanor Lin, Ethics Bowl: “Fun fact: Huron started the trend of punny, philosophy-inspired names at Ethics Bowl!

Kudos to you if you get the pun in our team name (A La Descartes) this year. Lots of thoughtful yet passionate discussions took place here. Thanks, team members, for your respectful disagreements this year, which did a lot to sharpen my brain cells.”

ON THE COURT

Direct kick from Siena. District champs! ‘19

Pushing off the docks at Nationals ‘19

Historic game in a historic season - beating Lincoln at EMU ‘20 “Thanks to my basketball coaches for being great mentors.”

- Toussaint Fancher, Freshman, JV and Varsity teams ‘16-’20 Obliterating Skyline for the inaugural Arbor Cup in bowling

Water polo: defeating Pioneer in overtime

Mi’Lisa Curtis, Varsity Basketball Power Forward/Center: “I would encourage any girl to try out for the basketball team. It was honestly one of the best things I have ever done in high school, and I have built strong relationships with my teammates. The coaches are great and honestly believe in you and push you to be greater than you ever thought you could be!”

Women’s volleyball team winning districts ‘17

High five with Jadyn during pre-game announcements ‘20

Alex scoring against Saline ‘20

IN THE STANDS

Huron vs. Pio black-out game ‘20

Homecoming with Layyan and Mahta ‘19

Pep rally hype ‘18

Blanca Rodriguez-Cerda: “I took pictures for yearbook of the homecoming court. It’s one of my favorite memories at Huron because I saw people taking pictures on the field [my freshman year]. I thought that was so cool because I was so into photography and wished someday I could be the one taking the pictures.

[When] I did, that was so cool!”

Robert Ash

Kathryn Bellows

Mr. Gottliebsen: “I asked a friend to prom on top of a bell tower in Venice...and was turned down. Thought that was the worst moment of my life at the time. Life is significantly bigger than I thought. Also, a quote I gave to my senior yearbook: ‘it’s ok to be different, because no one is normal.’ Man I was deep.”

Ms. Bellows: “On the way home from a track meet, I was eating an apple and my friend Jamie made me laugh... Well, I’m sure you’ve heard about when you laugh and you’re drinking something - that liquid comes out of your nose... Yeah.... it’s like that, but with apple... It was crazy painful, but hilarious at the same time.”

Ms. Wu: “The most exciting moment during senior year for me was receiving the college admission letter from Zhejiang University (which is the top 3 university in China).”

Ms. Roberts: “[I was] on top of a mountain in California attending an arts camp called Idyllwild.

It was the summer before my senior year, and it was my first time traveling on my own!”

Jeremy Schuitm an

Mr. DeMoss: “This is a picture of me (Hotsauce DeMoss - self-given nickname that surprisingly never stuck with my classmates) before my senior prom. List of things in the picture: one authentic cowboy hat, one guy who thought he was super cool, zero dates.”

da RaShon on Jamers Ms. Gordon: “I had a golf tournament [the last day of school for seniors]. I showed up the next day to say ‘goodbye’ to my teachers, and they told me I wasn’t allowed in the building! I missed my chance to say ‘goodbye.’”

When I was a SENIOR...

Ms. Potocki: “Salem High School Class of 2003. Everything that I remember from senior year involves some kind of connections made with others: connections with my photography and math teachers, connections with my coaches, connections with my friends. Those relationships were the foundation of all of my memories! Most important memory was meeting my husband!”

Ethan Konett

Ms. VanRiper: “My friends and I used to call the school, pretending to be each other’s parents’ so we could leave school early to go to Olive Garden for cheap soup, salad and breadsticks.”

Ms. Wroblewski: “I played clarinet in my high school marching band, and my senior year I had a solo in our show. We placed 7th at Grand Nationals!”

Ms. Colby: “The beginnings of the fall of communism in the spring of my senior year opened my eyes to a world beyond my small town. What a revelation that was for me.

You are SO lucky to be part of a global community.”

Ms. Wissman: “My family had moved from West Virginia to Oklahoma in the middle of my junior year so I didn’t know too many people my senior year, but I am still friends with two of the people I met then, and they will be my friends for life.”

Mr. Behmer: “My senior year was much like what today’s students experience: playing in football games, pep rallies, track meets and good friends, many of whom were important at the time and helped me understand a bit more about my self.”

Dear Graduating Class of 2020: Congratulations on your graduation today. During these last few months, you have demonstrated great strength and resilience. If there ever is a class that can change the world, it is the class of 2020! We can’t wait to see what you do next.

Continue to make us proud. You will always be part of the Huron River Rat family.

Sincerely, Huron administration

Jeff DeMoss

Jennifer Colby

Heathe r Potock i

“This is the first group of freshmen that I have watched move through the ranks to graduation…seeing the work up on Art Night was more rewarding than usual since I could see how far so many students had come.” - Mr. Sigworth / “I enjoyed having some friendly and exciting debates with students on different topics about life principles and perspectives. It was always fun because whoever would walk up to my office would get ‘dragged in’ to the discussion.” - Ms. Jamerson / “Listening to the students share their ‘This I Believe’ statements with their classmates.” - Ms. Neevel / “Every day spent with the first ever CP Cohort in the State of Michigan. You’ll always be the trailblazers that helped build our program.” - Ms. Garrett / “Playing in the woods - I mean, practicing data collection in the field with my ESS students!”

- Ms. Sturt / “I love the assemblies and being able to witness the talent and uniqueness of Huron High School.” - Mr. Schuitman / “My favorite memory is the awesome senior peers working so hard

Mike sen Gottlieb

Kevin Behmer

to create an inspiring P2P campaign and connecting everyday with Huron students in the peer lab!” - Ms. Van Cleve / “I enjoyed accompanying our auto technology students to Autorama, and to the Skills USA competition hosted at WCC’s Automotive Tech facility.”

- Mr. Schmidt / “Meeting them all for the very first time on my first day at Huron last year. I was very nervous, but I liked them from the very beginning and I knew I had made the right decision to come here after I met them.” - Ms. Wissman / “Sharing our senior traditions with all of the students at band camp and being able to perform at the Michigan Music Conference in DeVos Hall in Grand Rapids.” - Mr. Ash / “I loved seeing the growth that happened between freshman year and sophomore year. This class started out SUPER rambunctious but came back sophomore year like they had really figured it out.” - Ms. VanRiper / “All of their Junior Interviews! It was great getting to spend one-on-one time with each of my students and hear all of the amazing things they do, and to learn about how wonderful each of them is!” - Ms. Potocki / “My first year teaching here I also taught a class of 8th graders at Clague...watching that group grow up to be seniors has been nothing short of amazing. They taught me so much.” - Mr. Gottliebsen /

What has been your

favorite memory with students from

the Class of 2020?

- Ms. Wu / “You will be at the forefront of a quickly changing world! Be a positive and integral part of it!”

- Mr. Difranco / “Let empathy for others guide everything you do.’ Mr. DeMoss / “You have the opportunity to be a proactive member of multiple communities (locally, globally, virtually); take steps to make a positive difference.” - Ms. Colby / “‘Enjoy every sandwich.’

- Warren Zevon” - Mr. Konett / “Remember: True success is doing something you love, surrounded by people you love.” - Ms. Roberts / “Congrats on completing this important life milestone! Regardless of whether it was a breeze, challenging or in between, as Rafiki says, ‘Its in the past! The past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or...learn from it.’ So take advantage of this ‘clean slate protocol’ and throw away the experiences but keep the lessons. Its called commencement because this is the *beginning* of the chapters of your life that *you* get to write!” - Mr. Behmer / “Going forward from this pandemic, make yourself a part of meaningful conversa-

“All of it.” - Mr. Konett

tions about how our systems should be reformed as we rebuild. This is a great time to make positive change!” - Mr. Trevisan / “Thank you for adapting and overcoming!” - Mr. Snyder / “Live in each moment. We live in a world that moves fast and can be unrelenting at times. In a world of nonstop per formances , assignments, papers, and athletic events, it can be easy to miss things, especially amazing, beautiful things. Take the time to find those amazing, beautiful things. It will change your life.” - Mr. Ash / “¡Sí se puede!” - Ms. Wroblewski / “Remember where you come from-, you’re all River Rats! Congratulations!”- Ms. Gordon / “Go Team” -Mrs. Badalamente

See more teachers’ senior photos on our website, thehuronemery.com!

Do you have a

message for the graduating class?

Where do we see ourselves in the future?

Sunbathing on a beach in Southern California, watching the Lakers win another chip, and solving the world’s hardest problems with math. - Derek Zhu Working for Elon Musk’s child somewhere in California.

- Zolan Baptista Dream job: materials engineer/stockbroker. Dream place to live: New York City. - Dante Bailey In an Italian villa with 10 cats. - Jocelyn Zhang

Martha Yip, Misaki Mochihara, Manal Shaikh, Jessica Delmar, Adele Middaugh, Luke Hurley, Mikayla Fuller and Lawand Aley. Courtesy photos.

Maybe I’ll get lucky and become a farmer. - Jackson Overpeck My dream is to be working on sustainable architecture in San Francisco. - Alyssa Loomis Hopefully, working at a theatre charity and being a cat mom.

- Emma Seth I’m not sure past the fact that I will be living in a tiny house at some point. - Jadyn Smith Five years from now, I will have just joined the US Air Force as an officer. However, in 20 years, I see myself out of the Air Force living and working in Denmark or Germany. - Joey Ryan As a high school history teacher, teaching my students how history is directly reflected in the injustices in our world today, and inspiring them to fight for justice and equality, as my amazing APUSH teacher Ms. Jones inspired me. - Kate VanEe I see myself pursuing a job in the medical field. Possibly being a nurse, nurse anesthetist, dentist or a dermatologist. - Mi’Lisa Curtis Graduating from WCC and EMU and getting a job for cybersecurity. - Alex Banotai I see myself in Rouen, France. Perhaps with a cafe there of my own after all my schooling in culinary and French. - Maya Keeney Hopefully with no gray hair. - Daniel Muenz I can’t say that I know, but I will choose to live my life with the pursuit of passion. - Sara Bayne I hope to be educating third world countries on ways in which we can create a more sustainable and environmentally-friendly world. - Shannon Stocking In 20 years, I see myself teaching at a university in California or NYC with a master’s degree or Ph.D. in music. Or performing around the world. - Jibreel Johnson We’ll try our best, and we shall see. - Julie Heng

(cont’d from pg 2) KRISTINE ZHENG: ALWAYS DOWN TO SNACK - KENNY YUE: LAST SECOND GRIND - ALLEN WU - CIERRA GOLDEN - JHAI’LA GRANT - EDMOND HEARD - CATHARINA GUENTHER - MIKAYLA FULLER: THE VARSITY GIRLS BOWLING TEAM CAPTAIN THAT IS ALWAYS THERE FOR HER TEAMMATES - CINDY FONSECA-GOMEZ: ADVENTUROUS, CARING, COOL/ OLDMOM OF THE GROUP - ROBERT EVANS - YANISA AQUINO - CACHE ANDERSON: ALWAYS STRIVING TO BETTER HERSELF NO MATTER WHAT OBSTACLES SHE’S FACED WITH - KHALID AWWAD - ALEXANDER BANOTAI: REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT VIDEO GAMES - MARSHALL BARNES-WHITEHEAD - ZOLAN BAPTISTA: WHEELED A BOX AROUND THE SCHOOL FOR THREE WEEKS - CHARLOTTE BUNCH: GETS WAY TOO EXCITED ABOUT MARVEL MOVIES - LAMANI CARTER - LUKE CARLSON - LAUREN CORINNE CARTER - SAYDATOU CISSE - DAVID CLARK - AARON WINSTON - AMY WOCHNA - MALACHI WONG - MATTTHEW WYDERKO: THE WORLD’S BEST 2-WAY SLASHING PLAYMAKER - JAMES XIU: FINALLY DONE WITH SCHOOL - SAMER YASSIR: “FREE PALESTINE” - SARAH WILSON: WAY TOO TIRED DENEAH WHITE - JASMINE XU: “OPINIONATED BUT I’M ALWAYS SPITTIN’ STRAIGHT FACTS” (MARK LEE, JOPPING) - RARES VLADIC - JULISSA VOIGHT - JOESEPH WADE - ACIRE WALL - ETHAN WALSH - DYLAN STUDSTILL: NICE GUY WITH A BAD TEMPER - NOAH STEELE - THOMAS STEGEMANN: STUDENT AND FRIEND - AVANI CARTER - MAME MBENGUE - LAURYN DILL - PAUL GANAGO - ANNA DICKHUDT - SKYLR CAPWELL - MICHAEL DAVIS - ROSALINDA MORA: THE PROUD MOM IN THE GROUP - DANIEL MOORE - JAMILAH MOHAMMED: A BROOKLYN GIRL WHO LOVES ADVENTURES - ASHLEY MISKELL - MARIANA MILLER - VICTORIA GASKIN - JUAN GONZALEZ ESQUIVEL - JACK BORGMAN - MARCELL COOPER HENRY FRECH - GRIFFIN CHARNETSKI - MANAL SHAIKH - JOEL SCHUEERHOLZ - DYLAN SCHMITZERLE - BRANDON SAMAYOA HERNANDEZ - MARQUEL LUCAS - TIFFANI LI - VIOLA COLE - ANIRUDH COWLAGI: “A SHORT BACK-OF-THE-ENVELOPE CALCULATION REVEALS THAT IT WOULD TAKE CORNU ASPERSUM, THE GARDEN SNAIL, ROUGHLY 2 QUADRILLION YEARS TO TRAVERSE THE SUN’S SURFACE. ASSUME TIRELESS SNAIL.” - FELIX COULOMBE - MARC ANGELO: ONE WHO CAPTURES MEMORIES - KADE CUPP: THE KINDEST QUARTER ASIAN YOU WILL EVER MEET - BROOKLYNN COOPER: ALWAYS TRYING TO HAVE A GOOD TIME - DYLAN CARTER - SUMAYAH BASAL: LOVER OF TARDY “SLIPS” AND COFFEE IN MASON JARS - MARY BASHSHUR: ACTUALLY USED THE SAME LOCKER EVERY DAY FOR FOUR YEARS - JADYN SMITH: POWERED BY OREOS - TAHA EBRAHIM - ANTON FERGUSON - KEIYON FIFER - CONNOR FISCHETTI: THE MOON AND ME... - DIVINE EZE - ANNA LORENZON - VISHAAL MATHEWS - ALEXANDER MEINTS - MINA NASSIF - CHAITANYA NRUSIMHADRI - KRUTHIK PAMIDIGHANTAM - JORDAN OSORIO-VAZQUEZ - AMAN PANJABI - ANASTASIA PAPAGEORGIOU: LOVED HIGH SCHOOL - NINA PARIKH - VICTORIA PARKER - TIAGO NUNES - RAMI NUWAYHID - DIVINE OBI - HYUNSUK OH - DEA OLEGARIO - ANGIE OROZCO - BARMAN NASIRPOUR - VIKO MUMBIRO: DRESSED FOR SUCCESS - MARIAM MOHAMED - MAYA BAVEJA: VETERAN OF 1ST HOUR CALCULUS - SARA BAYNE: THE MOST ENERGETIC IN THE CLASSROOM(IF SHE GOT ENOUGH SLEEP THE NIGHT BEFORE) - WILLIAM BEAUNE MAHTA NAYERI - CHRISTOPHER NORRINGTON - SHANE PEDIGO NATHAN PENOYAR: DOESN’T BACK DOWN FROM ADVOCATING AND EXPRESSING THE IDEAS THAT HE BELIEVES IN, NO MATTER HOW CONTROVERSIAL. - GABRIELLE RAMIREZ: THE QUIETEST THERE EVER WAS - BRYANT RAMOS - CINDY REYES-ESPINOZA - SOPHIA RING: CEO OF PARKING IN THE ATHLETIC LOBBY EVERYDAY & NOT GETTING TOWED - BLANCA RODRIGUEZ: OBLIVIOUS AND INDECISIVE - BENJAMIN ZHANG: CAN EAT 10 PINTS OF ICE CREAM AT ONCE - MARTHA YIP: NEVER GIVES UP UNTIL SHE GETS SOMETHING RIGHT - SAVANNAH WELCH - RYAN WAT-

SON - SEAN UNDERWOOD: THREE-SPORT CAPTAIN - LAZAROS TSIMOURAS - CE’LISA THOMPSON - ELIZA DELORES TELAN: ONE OF THE STUDENTS FROM THE PHILLIPINES - MAYISHA TABASSUM: THE ONE WHO GOT A HEART MURMUR BECAUSE OF SCHOOL - DANA TABOR - PATRICK TIBBETTS - KRISTOFFER LARSEN - DAN KA LEE - SHANIA JOHNSON - DAVID KWAK - MARIANNA KUCHERIAVA - TIMOTHY KOHN - SHIHEIM GALLOWAY - TRINITY GLAZE - EDMOND HASHEM: THE WORLD’S BIGGEST CAR GUY - JOSHUA HENINGBURG - BENJAMIN HIRES: ALWAYS FINDS THE BRIGHT SIDE - NOUR MOUSSAED: BIGGEST FETA CHEESE LOVER - THEVIN PEN - MATTHEW PENOYAR - JOCELYN ZHANG: BIG CHICKEN FAN - KIEYANE WILLIAMS - FATOUMATA TRAORE - AMINATA SOW NIKHIL GANDIKOTA - ARIEL GARRETT - AYANA GREEN - GEORGE GUEORGUIEV - JILLIAN GROTH - MASSIEL GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZ - MELINA GIANNOULAKIS - KARSIN DASS - YASEEN DAOUD - CURTIS HERMANSEN - ALYZA HORTON - RISHI HOSKERI - DANIEL HOU - ELIJAH HUTCHINGS - ANA ISIORDIA - WHITNEY JONES - IHSAN JOSEPH - TERRENCE KAHARI - KENNEDY KELLY - MAUREEN KENGARA - SAMIKSHA SNEHA: CEO OF CARING TOO MUCH BUT STILL NOT GETTING THINGS DONE - KADIN SIMS - MUKESH SIVAKUMARAN: THE LADIES’ MAN - JADEN SHEPHERD - LA’KYA SMITH: KNOWN BY A LOT OF PEOPLE, QUIET BUT NICE TO EVERYONE - TOM DUNIETZ - SAHIL SHAH - JOVANA SEGOVIA - ELIZABETH KIM - TIASIA BURROUGHS-LEE - CESAR DAISUKE BURREZO KONISHI - NIA SAXON: THE NICEST PERSON YOU WILL EVER MEET KOJI SANO: CHOIR KID - LILLY SCHALDENBRAND - MELIA SMITH - CAROLYN SACKETT - ARIEL RYAN - SASHA RAHMAN: SMART BUT NOT SMART ENOUGH - MAYSA REDISSI - MI’LISA CURTIS: VARSITY BASKETBALL PLAYER, MS. BSU - JIBREEL JOHNSON: A VERY FUNNY AND LOVING INDIVIDUAL WHO LIKES MUSIC - CAMERON DONELL: SOMEONE WITH AN ABUDANCE OF PROSPERITY - LILLIAN DOWDS: LIVED IN THE ART DEPARTMENT - DAVID EVANS: LITERALLY A DIFFERENT PERSON FROM FRESHMAN YEAR - YASEMIN GUNAL: CROSS COUNTRY CO-CAPTAIN - BRENDAN HOWARD: HURON PLAYERS BEST ACTOR OF THE YEAR TWO YEARS IN A ROW - HAILEY JOHNSON: MUSIC/THEATRE LOVER WHO LOVES SPENDING TIMES WITH FRIENDS - ALEXIS DIONNE: VARSITY HOCKEY CAPTAIN - NITIN VADNALA - COOPER LEMASTER - NICHOLAS KAIPAINEN: JUST A KID BUT A LOT BETTER - MAYA KEENEY: A HISTORICAL COSTUMING ENTHUSIAST - YOUNG SEO LEE: MOST INDECISIVE PERSON WITH LOWKEY THE WORST SLEEP SCHEDULE - ADELE MIDDAUGH: A GIRL ON THE GO - AARON GARRETT - HENRY FRECH - IRA BRANN - SKYLER FAERBER-KARAIN - JERAMIAH BELAND - CHRISTOPHER VAN ALSTINE: SURVIVOR OF THE 2020 APOCALYPSE - ELIJAH WATERS - ANGEL WILSON - ELIZABETH WRIGHT: “I HAVE TO GO BACK. I FORGOT MY LUNCHBOX.” - EKOW YALLEY - SHANNON STOCKING: STUDENT COUNCIL FOUNDER AND VEGAN - JONATHAN ZOU: “VENI VIDI VICI” - CIANNA TAYLOR - RHEA CONG: INDECISIVE ABOUT EVERYTHING EXCEPT BEING GRANOLA - OLIVIA LI: BLACK LIVES MATTER - SOPHIA PAPADOPOULOS: “FIRST HOUR? WHO’S SHE?” - DAVIS MALMER: CUTEST BOY IN SCHOOL - ALYSSA LOOMIS: SPENDS TOO MUCH TIME SLEEPING - DEREK ZHU: WORST SINGLES PLAYER IN HURON TENNIS HISTORY - ARIANA WATTS - KATE VANEE: THE LUNCH ROOM ANN ARBOR’S BIGGEST ADVOCATE - SELENA THAI - AVA STRICKLER - DANA TABOR - ANISSA ALAM: AN EXTREME BINGE WATCHER - SUSANA ALVAREZ GONZALEZ - ALEXANDER DUBIN: “JT WAS SHORT” - MATTHEW SLICKER: ALWAYS ASLEEP IN CLASS - ROQUE BUENROSTRO - SETH RICHTER - DYLAN PETERSON - DOMINIQUE NEVAUX - JORDAN-DUY NGUYEN - CRYSTAL MENDOZA - ANGEL LUPIAN-CONTRERAS - TAEKJIN LEE BENJAMIN KWIERANT - CONOR JONES - JI UNG HYUN - TYREE HILL - MODIBO GUINDO - BENJAMIN ZHAO: PLAYED REVEILLE AT 5 AM ON THE LAST DAY OF BAND CAMP - DARRYL PHILLIPS: HAS A BURNING PASSION FOR CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION

(Left to right, starting from top row) Jessica Li, Sinit Lijam, Nia Saxon, Cindy Reyes, Olivia Li, Anna Leone, Aria Tinney, Mayisha Tabassum, Dea Olegario, Anissa Alam and Kowsar Mohamed spend a half-day at Gallup Park. Adele Middaugh played the Caterpillar in the Huron Players’ fall production of Alice in Wonderland. Cameron Donell celebrates the time he made Huron history with the student section. Edmond Hashem, Darryl Phillips, Zolan Baptista, Ryan Watson and Viko Mumbiro volunteer at Tech Trek in downtown Ann Arbor. Martha Yip, Julie Heng, Raeven Bobo, Misaki Mochihara and Hailey Johnson shoot their short film at Moonwinks cafe. Junior year, Karli Messer bought the rocks for the Greenhouse Gang community service project and celebrates her rocks when they finally arrived. Nour Moussaed dissects a whole fetus pig. Ashton Sanders becomes the 200m regional champ. Ani Cowlagi tries to figure out why the AP Bio kids are on the 2018 Cedar Point trip. Alana Terrell poses with friends for a photoshoot junior year. Young Seo Lee, Rhea Cong, Anna Lorenzon, Catherine Kim and Kristine Zheng enjoy the sun at their final Interlochen Orchestra Camp. While at the All-State Orchestra in Grand Rapids junior year, Sean Tant, Rhea Cong, James Xiu and Daniel Hou take a break to play pool. Jamilah Mohammed poses before graduation. Courtesy photos.