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Krista Opsahl-Ong Duke University gusy (12) france (11,12) winter track (10, 1 week) “Are you guys talking about me” - Krista Everi Osofsky Carnegie Mellon University TJ Runway Co-Founder (9, 10) TJ Varsity Gymnastics (9) TJSD (10, 11, 12) Sirens (12) “It is always sad when someone leaves home, unless they are simply going around the corner and will return in a few minutes with ice-cream sandwiches.” -Lemony Snicket Carolyn Ours University of Virginia Basketball (10-12) Soccer (10-12) Dance Team (11-12) Spanish Honor Society (1012) MUN (10-12) Froshmore (always) “The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to the square root of the remaining side. Oh joy! Rapture! I got a brain! How can I ever thank you enough?” – Scarecrow, The Wizard of Oz Nathan Ouyang University of California, Berkeley Swim and Dive (9,10,11,12) Model UN (10,11,12) Book Buddies (11,12) Columbia Tutoring (12) “People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing everyday” - A. A. Milne Andrew Pan gap year, joining Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Class of 2019 Boy Scouts (5-12) Investigations in Epidemiology (10-12) Crew (10, 11) GIVE (11, 12) Help I’ve been turned into ink J.C. Panagides University of Virginia Biotechnology Club (10,11,12) Ocean Bowl (10,11,12) Writing Tutors National Honor Society Jellyfish Aficionado You can’t trust your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. -Mark Twain Brian Pangilinan The Ohio State University Crew (9, 10, 11, 12) Hispanic Alliance (9, 10, 11) Just wait until I hit my growth spurt. David Park College of William and Mary Thomas Jefferson Marching Colonials (9-12) Winter Drumline (9-12)
Not Caring (All Day Everyday) “Last words are for fools who haven’t said enough.” - Karl Marx Christin Park Princeton University TJ Varsity Dance Team (9, 10, 11, 12) Amnesty International (10, 11, 12) “Wearing black today to mourn the death of my motivation.” Candace Park University of Virginia Tennis (9-11) Asian Awareness (10-12) Key Club (10-12) Tired of work? Eat shanks o’ pork. Allen Parker University of Alabama TJMC (9-12) Winter Drumline (9-12) Teenage Republicans (9-12) Never forget to have fun.
Miraj Patel Virginia Commonwealth University FIRST Robotics Team - 12 Vaidehi Patel Virginia Commonwealth University Bus 334 (10-12) animal noises (11-12) #orangutanclan (4lyfe) “It is our choices that show us who we truly are, far more than our abilities...” -Dumbledore Ravikant Pattapagala College of William and Mary
Biotechnology Club (9, 10, 11, 12) Forensics Science Society (10, 11, 12)
Medical Society (9, 10, 11) How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard Raeford Penny United States Coast Academy
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Key Club International (9, 10, 11, 12) Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field (9, 10, 11, 12) National Honor Society (11, 12)
Hispanic Alliance (10, 11, 12) Honor Council (12) “Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.” - George S. Patton Angela Pham University of Virginia Book Buddies (10, 11, 12) French Honor Society (9, 10, 11, 12) Lincoln-Douglas Debate (9, 10, 11) Sleeping (never) “Growing apart doesn’t change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I’m glad for that.” ― Ally Condie, Matched
Madison Phillips Kenyon College Techniques (9, 10, 11, 12) TJSD (9, 10, 11, 12) Operation Communication (9, 10, 11, 12) KAST (11, 12) You can’t really be strong until you can see a funny side to things. -Ken Kesey Connor Phillips Wake Forest University Track and Field (9-12) Cross Country (9-12) Bridge Club (9-12) “Is mayonnaise an instrument?” -Patrick Star Hannah Pho Stanford University Choir: Curricular, Service, Show, Madrigals, Sirens (912) Certamen (9, 10) Drama (10, 12) Football Managing (10) “This is how it works: you’re young until you’re not, you love until you don’t, you try until you can’t, you laugh until you cry, you cry until you laugh - and everyone must breathe until their dying breath.” ― Regina Spektor “Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.” ― Robert Motherwell To the friends who have stayed by me, the teachers who have guided me, and the music that made it all worthwhile: thank you. Clara Pitts United States Military Academy Field Hockey (9,10,11,12) Softball (9,10,11,12) Wrestling Manager (10,11,12) “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” - Albert Einstein Wesley Poon Pennsylvania State University Music Production Club (11) We’re all stories in the end. Make yours a good one.
Aarthi Prakash Virginia Commonwewalth University Maria Psarakis University of Richmond Crew (9-12) French Honor Society (10-12) Threshold (10-12) TJMC (10, 11) Rotary Interact (11, 12) ˙buıɥʇʎɹǝʌǝ sı ǝʌıʇɔǝdsɹǝd Rohan Punnoose University of Michigan Excelsior Aerospace (9-12) Rocketry (10-12) TJ3Sat (11-12) “That’s not flying, that’s falling with style” - Woody Emma Puranen Swarthmore College Science Olympiad (9-12) Action Africa (10-12) “We will be restoring normality just as soon as we are sure what is normal anyway.” -Douglas Adams “Alright. Hey. Alright. Good job, guys. Let’s just not come in tomorrow. Let’s just take a day. Have you ever tried shawarma? There’s a shawarma joint about two blocks from here. I don’t know what it is, but I wanna try it.” -Tony Stark Ken Qi University of Virginia Track & Field Hurdler (9-12) Go Club (9-12) Chinese Honor Society (11, 12) Nothing can stop a person who refuses to be stopped. Stay amazing, TJ! Michael Qu University of Virginia MUN (9-12) Biology Society (10-12) Mind-Body Medicine Society (10-12) There is no such thing as too much dreaming, too much hoping, or too much wishing. There is only such a thing as never trying
Tarun Prabhala Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute Active Minds (9,10,11,12) Soccer (9,10,11,12) Namaste (9,10,11,12) Class Council (12) Bus 334 (9-12) If you’re not getting hurt, you’re not doing it right. If you’re not giving it your all, you’re not doing it right. Most importantly, if you don’t finish with a smile or at least make someone else smile, you’re CERTAINLY not doing it right.
Sarah Quettawala University of Virginia Namaste Culture Club (9-12) Varsity Swim and Dive (9-12) Student Government Association (12) Varsity Soccer (12) “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.” ~ John Lennon
Chris Prak Purdue University Golf (9-12) Chinese Honor Society (1012) Life is not a spectator sport.
Priya Raju Purdue University Model United Nations (9-12) Relay for Life (9-12) Track and Field (9-12) We finish each other’s ...
Priyanka Raju Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rotary Interact (11-12) Relay for Life (9-12) WISE (10-12) ...sandwiches.
Ramanan Ramesh College of William and Mary Namaste (9-12) MUN (11-12) GIVE (11-12) STEM (10-12)
Mind Body and Medicine (11-12)
Five Guys Weekly (12) Some men just want to watch the world burn. Rahul Ramraj Case Western Reserve University ISEF (9-12) Namaste (9-12) Model UN (9-12) Varsity Tennis (10) “Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.” TJHSST is and always will be a part of who I am. The friends I have made, the colonial spirit, and my experiences these past four years have greatly influenced the person I have begun to sculpt. Peyton Randolph University of Virginia Teknos (9-12) Crew (9-11) Environmental Impact Club (11, 12) Do for anything Do for nothing Just continue to do Sowmya Ranga Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University GIVE Center Manager (11) GIVE Executive Director (11, 12) Bollywood Dancer/ Choreographer (9-12) Girl Scouts (9-12) Columbia Tutoring (11) “In any situation, the best thing you can do is the right thing; the next best thing you can do is the wrong thing; the worst thing you can do is nothing.” Theodore Roosevelt It was a long and stressful journey, yet a powerful and inspiring one too. Keshav Rao Rice University What’s Up Education (10-12) Young Changemakers (10-12) Odyssey of the Mind (10-12) MUN (9-12) Science Research (10-12) Make sure every day before bed you can confidently say “Oh Yeah!” more emphatically than the Kool-Aid Man. Take risks. “Ships are all safe at the shore, but that’s not what they’re meant for.” -Albert Einstein
Erika Rashka University of Virginia Varsity Basketball (10-12) Ballroom Dance Club (10-12) German Honor Society (10-12)
Action Africa (10-12) Froshmore (10-12) “I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days before you’ve actually left them.” - Andy Bernard Charith Ratnayake College of William and Mary MUN(9-12) LD Debate (10) PF Debate (11-12) Habitat for Humanity (11-12) Med Corps (11-12) Club Z Tutoring (12) Just Keep Swimming Aadil Refai Virginia Commonwealth University Madeline Reinsel College of William and Mary Dance (lifelong) Choir (9-12) Environmental Impact Club (9-12) Threshold (10-12) Honorary Band Kid (912) “How can I possibly be expected to handle school on a day like this?” --Ferris Bueller || “Even the smallest person can change the course of history.” -- J.R.R. Tolkien Goodbye, TJ, and good luck. Adam Reiss College of William and Mary Freshman Basketball (9) JV Basketball (10) DNA Society (11, 12) Latin Honor Society (11, 12) “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” --Dr. Seuss Ivy Ren Yale University Math Team Physics Team TWIST “love the life you live. live the life you love.” - Bob Marley Meena Rezazad Wake Forest University Roy Rinberg New York University Swing Dance (10-12) Track (yes) TJSD (10,11,12) Lacrosse (9, 10, 11)
CheyAnne Rivera University of Michigan Track and Field (9-11) Honor Council (12) Write with Might (10-12) Do not remember me for my accomplishments, my connections, or my money. They do not matter. The measure of my character was found in places where none
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of those things could help me. If you must remember me, remember this: What you’ve been given in life matters little - the important thing is what you do with it. I am crafting a masterpiece, and it has only just begun.
Simran Rohatgi College of William and Mary Orchestra (9-12) Spanish Honor Society (11, 12) WISE (12) “Books! And cleverness! There are far more important things - friendship and bravery.” Hermione Granger Sam Rohrer University of Michigan Excelsior Aerospace Club (912) Investment Club (9-12) Lacrosse (9-12) “No championship team has ever held up a participation trophy. Work hard, work together and earn your greatness” - brotips #3317 Izzy Roscoe Carnegie Mellon University Fun with Sra. Pou (10-12) Field Hockey (9-12, life) Waved at Apolo Ohno (12) “The solar system is so humongous big, right? If you see the big picture, our galaxy like small tiny dot. And we have some problems here on Earth we worry about? Compared to like...nothing. Just be happy. Dont worry. Be happy right now.” - Ilya Bryzgalov Abby Rose Clemson University TJ Drama (9-11) Lost & Found Club (9-12) “Is mayonnaise an instrument?”
Brad Rosenblum University of Alabama Varsity Tennis (9-12) Varsity Basketball (11, 12) Swing Dance Team (10-12) Bhangra Team (9, 12) “You can learn a lot about a man from his biography” Phil Dunphy “Stick em with the pointy end” - Jon Snow Hail Hydra Tim Ruiter University of Georgia Cross Country (9-12) Fellowship of Christian Athletes (11, 12) Track and Field (11, 12) I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. Despite that, it’s been a great four years. Keep it classy, TJ. You haven’t seen the last of me.
Juliana Said University of Pittsburgh JNHS (10-12) TARC (10, 11) Laughter is wine for the soul - laughter soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness - the hilarious declaration made by man that life is worth living. Seán O’Casey Daniel Sainati Cornell University TJ Drama (9-12) Astronomy Club (9-12) TJ Shakespeare Troupe (11, 12) It was my privilege May Saito University of Virginia Swing Dance Team (10-12) Piano (9-12) Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you’ll look back and realize they were big things. Roshan Sajjad Carnegie Mellon University Chess (9-12) Namaste (10-12) Belvedere Elementary Tutoring (11, 12) Multivar/Linear/ AMT Tutoring (10, 11, 12) “Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.” -Isaac Asimov Comfort Sampong Calvin College FCA (9-12) Action Africa (9-12) Writing Center Tutor (11-12) Ocean Bowling w/ the Dream Team (10-12) Any years that I would have lost due to stress, I’ve more than gained with our laughter. I’ll always remember the painfully beautiful laughs during our long rambling conversations when I was being ridiculous but you didn’t mind. I’ll always remember that when I told you my dreams you didn’t laugh-you listened. For that I am forever grateful ~ to my family, HB, NG, CN, EP, ER, JS, RS, KV, and RZ. Ecc 3:11
Emily Schneider Princeton University Crew (9-12) Field Hockey (9-12) Girl Scouts (2-12) National Honor Society (11, 12) “Success is 1% inspiration, 98% perspiration, and 2% attention to detail.” ~ Phil Dunphy, Modern Family Priyadharshini Seetharaman George Washington University TJFH (9-12) WISE (10-12) Namaste (9-12)
aphorisms “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take” - Wayne Gretzky Anna Seo College of William and Mary Relay for Life Committee (10,11, 12) Figure Skating (~12 years) TJ Swing Dance Team (10,11,12) TJ Girls Basketball (9,10) To do is to be - Socrates To be is to do - Aristotle Do be do be do - Sinatra
Yena Seo Ithaca College Model United Nations (9-12) TJ Drama (9-12) Cappies (10-12) tjTODAY (9, 11, 12) TJSD (9-11) “What about second breakfast?” -Peregrin Took Ji Sung Seo College of William and Mary Ocean Bowl - Film (9-11) TJVB (9, 10, 11) iGEM (11) Mentorship at Children’s (12) I bloomed thinking that I had the world in my hands and look now, I have my life in my hands! Sarah Shan University of Virginia Cheerleading (9-12) YES (12-forever) Lacrosse (9-12) Community Service (11) PriRu (till I die) “Just keep swimming”
Somya Shankar College of William and Mary gusy (12) Sometimes you gotta work a little, so you can ball a lot.” Tom Haverford “Oh, what’s this in my shoe? Red carpet insole. Everywhere I go, I’m walking on red carpet.” - Tom Haverford Priya Shankar University of Virginia Little Sunshine Club (10-12) TJ Rocketry Club (10-12) TWIST (11-12) Brown Valentine (Forever and Always) “Here’s to the crazy ones. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. But the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. While some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” –Steve Jobs Its been real TJ. Here’s to us, the crazy ones: let’s go change the world.
Caroline Shaoibi University of Virginia Varsity Volleyball (9-12) Varsity Basketball (9-12) Varsity Lacrosse (10-12) Community Service (11) PriRu (‘til I die) Founder of the Eskimo Clan I don’t Care, I love it Victor Shen Pennsylvania State University TJ Football (11,12) Holmes Science Tutoring (11,12) Urban Dance Movement (1012) Policy Debate (10) Everyone only goes around the track once in life, and if you don’t enjoy that trip, it’s pretty pathetic. -Gary Rogers Jessica Shen Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Piano (K-12) Brown Valentine (Forever and always) FIRST Robotics (12) TJ Choir Accompanist (11, 12) Little Sunshine Project (9-12) Vietnamese Student Association (11, 12) “I usually don’t like thinking about the future. I mean, let’s face it, you can’t predict what’s going to happen. Maybe it’s best to stop trying to figure out where you’re going, and just enjoy where you’re at.” J.D. (Scrubs) Sibonay Shewit Notre Dame University TJ Drama (9-12)
Prom Planning Committee (11,12)
GUSY (12) “For what it’s worth: it’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you find you’re not, I hope you find the strength to start over again” -F. Scott Fitzgerald Proverbs 16:3 || Joshua 1:9 Catherine Shi University of Melbourne Economics Challenge (10-12) Biology Olympiad (9-11) TWIST (10-12) Medical Society (9-12) Follow the stars in the direction of your dreams. Don’t lose sight of your reason for coming in the first place. Michelle Shiu University of Virginia Little Sunshine Project (9-12) Latin Honor Society (10-12) Brown Valentine (forever & always) You are living, you occupy space, and you have mass. You know what that means? You matter. Parag Shukla George Washington University TJMC Drumline (9-12)
The Axis (10-12) “Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.” -Neil deGrasse Tyson Jamie Simon Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Cross Country Track and Field Mock Trial Club Esperanto Club “Man’s greatest asset is the unsettled mind.” -Isaac Asimov Anthony Skaff University of Virginia Business in Science (10-12) Spanish Honor Society (1012) Manchoir (11-12) Showchoir (12) Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live. Andrew Snyder University of North CarolinaChapel Hill TJ Tennis (10-12) Catholic Student Association (9, 10, 12) National Honor Society (11-12) Spanish Honor Society (11-12)
“It’s hard to soar like an eagle when you’re surrounded by turkeys” -Unknown. Florencia Son Northeastern University SGA/Class council (9-12) Keyettes (9-12) Lacrosse (9-12) Field Hockey (9-12) “You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.” ― Tina Fey, Bossypants Sunny Song Yearbook (12) Bren Mar Tutoring (12) You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. Alec Sorensen Bard College Sci-Fi Fantasy Writers Club (10-12) Orchestra (9-12) Threshold (11, 12) Art Honor Society (12) Someone should write a story where the Headless Horseman is the Hero, and chops heads Heroically. That someone is me. Expected release date: 2060. David Soukup University of Rochester Bridge Club (9-12) “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” Suddy Sriram Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University TJ Soccer (9-12)
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TJ Basketball (10-12) Namaste (9-12) Morning Announcements (10-12) Belvedere Tutoring (10-12) As a voice of the morning announcements the past three years, I have just one more announcement: Keep on keepin’ on, live it up. Snigdha Srivastava Washington University in St. Louis Recording Audio for the Disadvantaged (9-12) American Sign Language (9-12)
Marching Band/Winter Drumline (9, 10, 12) Seven days without rest makes one weak. Jonathan Stewart Princeton University Investment Club (9-11) TJ Cubesat (9, 10) Business in Science (9-11) Guitar Club (11, 12)
Tom Stone College of William and Mary TJMC (11, 12) Jazz Ensemble (11, 12) “There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we’re here to explore new possibilities.” -Ray Charles Ben Stoyen Emory University Slava (11,12) Powerlifting (11) Julia Suarez University of Notre Dame Hispanic Alliance (10-12) Threshold (11, 12) “People stuck by others for years and years, in the face of all odds, and it should be relief, not disbelief, that one felt on witnessing it. ” - Alexander McCall Smith Olivia Sullivan St. Olaf College Show Choir (9-12) Sirens (11, 12) Service Choir (12) Madrigals (11) “Lol I loves the boot.” -Thomas Anthony Lunn Jamie Sullivan University of Texas at Austin Co-President of Astronomy Club (11, 12) Siemens Competition Semifinalist Spanish Honors Society (10-12) “A very great deal more truth can become known than can be proven” -Richard Feynman Adam Sulucz George Mason University Wrestling (11, 12) Belvedere Tutoring (10-12) You’re never too old to learn something stupid.
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