tjtoday 2015 senior issue

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THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 6560 Braddock Rd., Alexandria, VA 22312

JUNE 18, 2015

photo by Kate Deng

VOLUME 30, ISSUE 8 SENIOR EDITION

IT WASN’T ALWAYS EASY, BUT

IT WAS

WORTH IT. WORTH IT.

photo by Ellen Kan layout by Anjali Khanna

Freshman Flashback pg. 11

Sophomore Flashback pg. 12

Junior Flashback pg. 13

Senior Flashback pg. 16-17

TJ Memories pg. 27

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Senior campus leaders share parting words Find yourself, be yourself, love yourself, treat yo self

We’re ready for a journey that has only just begun

by Anant Das SGA President My fellow 2015 comrades, To say the least, we’ve had a unique life experience. We’re among the youngest in the world to remember tragedies such as 9/11 or the paraphernalia of the 90s. Likewise, we were the last to experience a normal year of the original TJHSST and were part of the social-media boom in Jefferson culture. In four years I’ve soaked in too many lessons to share, but I hope I can instill one lesson in all of you.

Find yourself. In our time at Jefferson, we’ve learned a lot about ourselves, and we’ll continue to do so in college. Discover what makes you happy and what makes you tick.

Figure out what relaxes you and what make you tense. And test your limits – you’ll realize you’re capable of more than you would have guessed. You don’t have to do this alone.

Help really is there for those who are brave enough to ask for it.

Be yourself. Surround yourself with those whose company you enjoy. Do what makes you happy and take on challenges with the mindset that you can conquer them (because you can! You are part of the H15TORY-making class, after all.) Express yourself in whatever way is most liberating.

Love yourself. Embrace failures with open arms and learn from them. Realize it’s okay to say the word “no.” Covet the things that bring you joy.

Don’t compare yourself to others – realize your own gifts and opportunities. There is no greater “revenge” than finding self-happiness. You do you.

Treat yo self. Eat a Häagen-Dazs ice-cream bar. Binge watch “Modern Family.” Explore nature. Take a break – let your mind and body relax. That doesn’t always mean doing something super fun. Crazy internships and trips are fun, but are both physically and mentally tiring. We have worked so hard, so we really deserve to give ourselves a real break, at least one more time before we rush off to the greatness that waits for us.

Respect yourself, respect others, and remember, you once cheered on 70 freshmen line-dancing for eight minutes. So never be afraid to stand out and never be ashamed to reach out a hand.

From the heart, Anant Das

by Danial Hussain Class of 2015 President To my classmates: As we celebrate the plethora of resolve, honor and talent that is the TJ Class of 2015, it is important to recognize that our journeys have just begun. Life is a race – until now, we have only been preparing to run. After pulling all-nighters before quarter exams and physics finals, we are more than ready for late nights at our future offices. Homecoming spirit weeks and I-Nite performances have prepared us to try new things and push our limits. College applications and interviews have got us started on writing resumes.

We’ve tied our laces, stretched and run our warm ups. But now the real race is about to begin. We’ve all lined up at the starting line.

When the pistol goes off, some of us will sprint, while some of us will trip right out of the starting gate. Sometimes you will follow others as they guide you, and sometimes you’ll find yourself alone. Your path will unite, separate and maybe reunite you with family and friends along the way. You may choose to take a detour. You might hit a dead-end.

But remember to stop for a breath along the way and smell the roses, see the sunrise and roll down the hills. Take the confidence that TJ has given you and make your own track, choose your own pace. Help someone else move forward whenever you can.

When you look back at life, after crossing the finish line, you’ll see all that you’ve done. The road may not be clear to you now, but as Commissioner Gordon once said, “you’re going to make a difference. A lot of times it won’t be huge.

It won’t be visible even. But it will matter just the same.”

Life is a race where the only competitor is yourself. It won’t be easy, but you’ll have to keep moving because the future isn’t promised to any of us. Take advantage of all your potential and pursue your passions because in one form or another, success awaits.

I-Nite: A surprising opportunity for personal growth

Interdisciplinary passions: Learning without sacrifice

by Azman Garcha and Rhea Sharma Namaste Vice President and Secretary In freshmen year, both of us were somewhat unsure of joining Namaste or even doing I-Nite. There was a lot of hype surrounding it, so we decided to take the plunge. We never expected that one day, we would be the ones leading that crowd of dancers on stage, let alone that we would be the officers who helped plan the entire event.

On a personal level, I-Nite and Namaste have given us a venue for lots of individual development: gaining crucial leadership skills, bonding with our fellow dancers, learning how to manage the huge administrative task that I-Nite is (especially at GMU) and just having fun expressing ourselves through dance. At the same time, being a part of I-Nite has been special to us because of what it represents as a whole about TJ. For all the fun we had, what made it best was how the TJ community was photo by Ellen Kan so supportive and enthusiastic about us expressing our South Asian heritage, especially when people from other cultural backgrounds participated in the Namaste dances. This aspect always brings smiles to our faces, because it’s a very unique and accepting environment that we never planned to sign up for when we decided to attend a school for science and technology.

by Pooja Chandrashekar Founder of ProjectCSGIRLS Something that’s really important to me is being able to intertwine all of my passions so that I can pursue everything that I’m interested in without sacrificing one for the other.

In high school, there is often this pressure to find a very narrow niche and try to excel in it, but it’s much more exciting and enriching to try and integrate things from seemingly disparate fields.

I love the idea of interdisciplinary learning, and it’s a principle I’ve applied throughout my high school career, whether it be conducting research at the nexus of different scientific areas, starting a nonprofit, ProjectCSGIRLS, as a way to bring together tech, social impact and education, or writing narratives to bring important social issues to light.

I think there’s a real beauty and power in bringing together ideas to make something innovative and disruptive. Inevitaphoto by Ellen Kan bly at some point you will be presented with a choice between two or more of your passions or interests. But instead of choosing one over the other, try and bring them together. You might just end up with something so creative and interesting that it’s more uniquely you than you ever imagined!

Model UN: Embracing flexibility and individuality

Relay: A lesson in perseverance and the unexpected

by Sreya Atluri TJMUN Secretary-General TJ has shown me how persevere against obstacles and take those experiences to better myself as a person and member of the community.

As Secretary-General of TJMUN, I was in charge of several tasks, from addressing the renovation issues that led us to relocate our annual conference, to working with sponsors, delegates, staff and administration to host one of the largest high school conferences in the Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. area, to building community spirit with a club of over 200 members.

In the process, I’ve realized that while things may not go exactly according to plan, embracing flexibility can often lead to more successful outcomes, with fantastic photo by Ellen Kan memories made along the way.

I’ve also learned the importance of appreciating individuality, the spirit of freedom and passion – it allows for innovation and expression of unique ideas. The passion, energy and spirit embodied by the TJ community is what drives me – working with individuals who care about the community and who desire to create change is an awe-inspiring feeling.

Together, we are more than the sum of our parts, and we can make a difference. Every moment of my journey has been worth it because I’ve had the opportunity to interact with some of the most talented, dedicated and amazing individuals I know and make memories that will last a lifetime. Thank you so much, TJ!

by Sarah Falls and Aleesha Toteja Relay for Life Coordinators After four years of Relay for Life, we’ve learned that it’s okay if things don’t go the way you expect them to go. Relay has taught us that it’s not feasible to plan everything down to the smallest detail. Even though perfection is something we all strive for, it is extremely hard to achieve.

In planning an event of such large scale, it’s inevitable that something will go awry. But it’s during times like these when everyone comes together to create something beautiful. Sometimes, the things you don’t plan for end up being the best things. photo courtesy of Sarah Falls This year was especially tough because of the restrictions put into effect by the school, county and country. Due to new nutrition guidelines, we had look beyond in-school bake sales to find an alternate source of fundraising. With our school under renovation, we also had to find a new venue to host our event.

All of these added responsibilities made planning the Relay all the more complicated. However, with the help of our committee and the amazing support and dedication of the TJ community, we were able to pull off a wonderful event and raise upwards for $45,000 for cancer research!

photo by Ellen Kan

photo by Ellen Kan

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Graduation

How will you remember us, Dr. Glazer?

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Student speakers offer grad speech exercepts

Q: When you think of the Class of 2015, what adjectives come to mind?

A: Smart, musical, dedicated, caring.

Q: What distinguished the Class of 2015 from the classes before it?

A: The TEDx theme was a perfect one to describe this class: Prevail. They had a rough start their freshman year and were mistakenly labeled as dumb by their peers. That’s far from the truth. I’ve seen this class work very hard to meet the academic demands and achieve beyond the accomplishments of those students ahead of them. In college admissions, the Class of 2015 outperformed the Class of 2014 with acceptance yield in each of the big three: U.Va., Virginia Tech and William and Mary.

Q: What was your most difficult moment in dealing with the Class of 2015?

A: Maintaining hope the Class of 2015 will make it out of Spring 2012. Parents, teachers and students were focusing on what was wrong, while our greatest need was to focus on how we can work together to make it right. I give a lot of credit to the teachers who offered extra tutoring support and to Anant Das for maintaining a positive attitude as a student leader.

Q: What was your most memorable moment in dealing with the Class of 2015?

A: I’ve had several memorable moments with our graduating seniors. However, I think the most memorable one will be at graduation when I have a chance to offer publicly personal reflections on what has made this class so special.

photo by Ellen Kan

Q: What parting words do you have for the Class of 2015 as we graduate?

A: The journey to success is rarely an autonomous ride. Make sure you thank the people who helped you along the way, especially the difference makers.

Class sponsors reflect about senior class

Adam Smith

photo by Ellen Kan

Q: When you think of the Class of 2015, what adjectives come to mind?

A: Spirited. Enthusiastic. Brave. Intelligent. Groovy. Energetic. Polysyllabic. Heroic. Thoughtful. Eloquent. Ambulatory. Resilient. Maddening. Lovable. Hygienic. Serious.

Wacky. Squirrelly. Individualistic. Communal. Remarkable. Squirrelly. Unruly. Rambunctious. Barbaric. Talented.

Endoskeletal. Fun-loving. Future-bound. Challenge-seeking. Word-compounding. Electrically-neutral. Nearly-graduated.

Q: What distinguished the Class of 2015 from the classes before it?

A: One of the most significant factors distinguishing the Class of 2015 from all other classes before (and since) is the year of their scheduled graduation. In fact, 2015 is the first class in the entire history of TJ whose graduation year has been evenly divisible by 31. I expect several decades will pass before this feat is repeated.

Q: What was your most difficult moment in dealing with the Class of 2015?

A: Honestly, I think the most difficult moment will be next fall when school starts and all the faces I’ve grown used to seeing over the last four years are gone. I’ve only been at TJ for five years now, so I really don’t even remember what it’s like to not have “my” class around.

Q: What was your most memorable moment in dealing with the Class of 2015?

A: There have been so many. The homecomings have all been incredible—especially the upsets our freshman and sophomore years—but for me, I don’t think anything will ever compare to the Senior MEX and my lightsaber duel with Darth Vader. I spent three weeks obsessed with building the perfect pair of lightsabers, and it all paid off in those two performances. My wife said I was giddy when I got home that evening.

Q: What parting words do you have for the Class of 2015 as we graduate?

A: When you settle in as a freshman, you’ll realize that in college you have far more freedom than you’re used to. Cherish every moment of that, because it won’t happen again. Take the opportunity to explore your passions. Remember that money is a means to an end, not an end in itself. Don’t be afraid to change your mind about what you want to major in, what kind of job you want to have, or what you want to do with your life.

NEWTON NAGIRIMADUGU “Don’t get stuck in the waiting place.

It feels like throughout high school, time and time again I’ve been stuck in the waiting place. Waiting for the ‘one.’ Waiting for the phone to ring.

Waiting for the weekend. Waiting for the future. Waiting for college.

Waiting for a response. Waiting to get better. Waiting for the medicine to start working. Waiting for the feelings to fade. If I could give you one piece of advice, it’d be to stop waiting.”

photo by Ellen Kan

Jonathan Osborne Q: When you think of the Class of 2015, what adjectives come to mind?

A: Smart, creative, funny, dedicated, outSAGEouse.

Q: What distinguished the Class of 2015 from the classes before it?

A: Spirit and passion for Homecoming, willingness to get things DONE, and very willing to help others out.

Q: What was your most difficult moment in dealing with the Class of 2015?

A: Prom this year was a huge hassle, but the prom committee was able to pull everything together to make the event a huge success, thanks to Charlene Franke, Aleesha Toteja and Nan Baker.

Q: What was your most memorable moment in dealing with the Class of 2015?

A: The freshman lock-in was a tremendous event, and the last lock-in at TJ for the last three years. It was a huge success, and a lot of fun.

Q: What parting words do you have for the Class of 2015 as we graduate?

A: I hope you have learned a lot at TJ and that we have prepared you well for college. Have fun in college, but make sure you don’t lose track of what you are doing there. Find something you like to do, that you are good at, and that will allow you to make a living. Do not spend too much money on college. Plan well over the next few years, as you are planning for your whole life. Get something important and useful out of the classes you take.

GRADUATION

Class of 2015

Saturday, June 20, 7 p.m.

422 seniors Center VENUE: Patriot George Mason University

KAYVON TABRIZI “Just look at what we’ve accomplished as a class. ... Whether you’re at MIT or U.Va., studying abroad in Africa, or studying a broad range of subjects, don’t waste a second of your time. Dedicate yourself to whatever you pursue, and continue to succeed as you all have thus far.

Be successful, so that once you receive your second Nobel Prize I can be like, ‘Yeah, I knew him in high school.’” photos and reporting by Ellen Kan

Preview: Keynote Speaker This year’s keynote speaker will be Alexandra Petri, a columnist and blogger for The Washington Post.

The young journalist graduated in 2010 from Harvard College, where she wrote for the Harvard Crimson. After first interning at the Post, Petri landed a job there as editorial-page editor Fred Hiatt’s comic blogger and occasional editorialist, according to an article published in the July 2011 issue of The Washingtonian. The Washingtonian also names Petri as “the Post’s go-to writer for laughs,” while Pulitzer Prize winner Dave Barry hails her as “the funniest person in Washington.”

Petri covers a variety of subjects in the ComPost blog, which offers “a lighter take on the news and opinions of the day.” Her recent topics of conversation include Jeb Bush’s presidential campaign, Krispy Kreme donuts and “A Clickbait History of the World.” Petri also recently published a book, “A Field Guide to Awkward Silences,” on June 2.

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Brandon Kim and Kate Salamido

Anna Weidman and Parth Desai

Thai Le and Austin Ly

Most Photogenic

Night Owl

Shani Cave and Thomas Rogers

Life of the Party

Becca Clark-Callender and James Jung

Best Dancer

Biggest Sassmaster

Joseph Doran and Pegah Moradi

Most Likely to Become President

Emily Moschella and Parth Desai

Alexis Jenkins and Florence Glynn

Best Smile

Inseparable Friends

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Thai Le and Jack Fang Donny Waymire and Zoe Wang

Most Patriotic

Reem Mohamed and Hugo Kessler

Most Liberal

Most Likely to Be a Pro Gamer

Maddie Meyers and Kayvon Tabrizi

Friendliest

Kayleigh Vance and Andrew Haymaker

Tim Cha and Joo Kang

Most Conservative

Sunshine on a Cloudy Day

Ellen Kan and Peter Gunnarson

Jeevan Karamsetty and Melissa Wu

Ruhee Shah and Siddarth Anand

Best Photographer

Most Adorable

Cutest Couple photos by Ellen Kan and Esther Kim

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Will Long and Ellen Kan

Pegah Moradi and Anant Das

Best to Bring Home to Parents

Social Media Maven

Kira Becker and Misha Ryjik Parsa Zand and Mona Bugaighis

Most Changed since Freshman Year

Most Likely to Be a Movie Star Didi Park and Susie Lee

Next Picasso

Michelle Namkung and Tim Cha

Most Contagious Laugh

Sreya Atluri and Shreyas Garg

Most Likely to Dominate Wall Street

Andrew Seliskar and Monique Mezher

Most Athletic

Leon Kim, Sam Cadd and Andy Donate-Perez

Most Hipster photos by Ellen Kan and Esther Kim

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Ramya Radhakrishnan and Corwin de Boor

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Joseph Doran and Ellen Kan

Ed Fortunato and Morgan Sizemore

Most Likely to Win a Pulitzer

Best Dressed

Stefan Young and Becca Clark-Callender

Matt Gibbs and Paris Mitzelfeld

Will Long and Janice Ong

Most Likely to Cure Cancer

Next Herbal Essences Hair Model

Worst Case of Senioritis

Anant Das and Pooja Chandrashekar

Most Likely to Have Hermione’s Time Turner

Pegah Moradi and Puneeth Uttla

Sraavya Poonuganti and Kayvon Tabrizi

Most Likely to Be on SNL

Most Likely to Win a Record Deal

OTHER SUPERLATIVES: BEST EYES

Callan Monette & Luke Thorsell

MOST LIKELY TO MAKE H15TORY

Pooja Chandrashekar & Andrew Seliskar Anna Weidman and Andrew Seliskar

Kayleigh Vance and Anant Das

If You Could Date Anyone

Most Spirited

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Ed Fortunato & Morgan Sizemore photos by Anant Das, Ellen Kan and Esther Kim

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Alexis Williams Design Editor

Eduard Danalache Staff Reporter

Ellen Kan Print Editor-in-Chief

Lindsay Williams Online Editor-in-Chief

Stav Nachum News Editor

Sandy Cho Online Editor-in-Chief

Carolyn Chheath Staff Reporter

The beauty of joining I’ve been watching STEM and journalism you for four years

Journalism teaches necessary life skills

by Ellen Kan Print Editor-in-Chief So many things become beautiful when you really look.

I’ve tried to live by this philosophy since I first read it in Lauren Oliver’s “Before I Fall.” When I started writing for tjTODAY my freshman year, I did my looking, both figuratively (as I sifted through interview notes, searching for quotes that felt right) and literally (through my camera’s viewfinder).

After four years, I love what I’ve found. I chose TJ because of its unique STEM focus, but tjTODAY has taught me the domains of STEM and humanities don’t have to be mutually exclusive. My world is filled with ink-stained pinkies and quote confirmations, but also free-body diagrams and triple integrals, solubility guidelines and star systems.

Journalism doesn’t dimin-

by Lindsay Williams Online Editor-in-Chief To many TJ students, journalism is an “easy” class. Of course, it’s not as technical as any of Dr. Osborne or Dr. Dell’s classes.

But it teaches life skills that are diamonds in the rough world of high school classes. These lessons won’t fit on a course description or syllabus, but they are the most important of my high school experience.

Journalism almost models a real job, because we have an actual product. As mentioned in the One Book I didn’t read, “Drive,” the motivation has to be intrinsic for this “job,” because ultimately, staff members are responsible for their own work, and they know that the quality of work will be judged by someone who

ish my appreciation for STEM – instead, it enhances it. Together, these skills give me a universal toolbox that can be adapted to innumerable applications in life. The fresh perspective of journalism ensures that I am uniquely equipped to not only tackle the complexities of STEM, but also to communicate discovery and innovation, to bridge the gap between the informed and the ignorant, the passionate and the passive.

Writing for tjTODAY has truly expanded my horizons, showing me the beauty that comes from positively impacting my community – and across multiple disciplines, too.

Thanks to journalism, I’m ready to take on challenges far beyond the written word.

by Sandy Cho Online Editor-in-Chief For the past four years, I’ve been watching you guys from a distance.

Chasing you down in hallways for an interview.

Sneaking into classrooms to listen to you talk flawlessly. Peeking over heads to capture your perfect Bhangra form at International Night (I-Nite). To be honest, the Class of 2015 had accomplished way too much for me that I couldn’t officially become a stalker, but I truly enjoyed watching you through tjTODAY. Despite the lows, working for the paper has been a valuable experience. After four years of writing, photographing and designing, I am so thankful to everyone. In particular, to Ms. Harris, thank you for being the best adviser

I’ve ever had. Your creativity and calming presence really got my creative juices going, and I designed things I never imagined I was capable of doing before. To the past and current staff, thank you for the laughs and jokes. I’ll always remember the reign of Big Sandra. To the administration, thank you for all the support.

We are truly lucky.

And most importantly, thank you to all of you for reading our paper, providing feedback on our work and being the greatest class ever. It’s always been my pleasure to watch you, the Class of 2015, at its best. I hope to continue watching you in the future.

is a peer instead of an authority. This led to a determination to work together in the face of adversity, a desire to lead successfully and a soul search of my own creativity and innovation.

As I get ready to leave tjTODAY behind, I have come to realize how valuable the experiences have been - both during class time and during the countless hours spent at home, in eighth period - and at worknights and how much I will miss these moments.

I can’t thank the staff and Ms. Harris and Mrs. Seavey enough for shaping my time at TJ. As I continue to college and beyond, I know that the memories I have will help me both remember TJ fondly and have a unique perspective in college.

What I took away from journalism

The less noticed art of the newspaper

Second sem: Taylor Swift jam out sessions

by Stav Nachum News Editor When I think about leaving, I don’t think immediately of what I’m leaving behind, but what I’m leaving with. The newspaper room and family has really grown on me over the last couple years.

Here I typed on the outdated school computers.

Ate way too much Chinese food and Bon-Chon chicken. Blasted the best indie songs I could find on Spotify. Here, too, I headlined.

Wrote columns about how to pull an all-nighter and the legacy of Robin Williams. Edited stories with a vibrant purple pen. Here, I produced writing I felt proud of, and I read writing I felt blessed by.

In my three years as a part of tjTODAY, it has

by Alexis Williams Design Editor Most people join an elective because it’s what they are passionate about.

I joined journalism because my sister forced me to and my mom wanted me to get involved. And yet, I have never once regretted the decision to take journalism. Through all of the late nights, work weeks and stress, I have found a passion in journalism.

It’s not a passion for reporting the process of hunting out and finding the truth, or even for writing (I tend to make my articles as quote-based as possible so I have put in less of my own words). Instead, I have fallen in love with the art that is less often noticed in a newspaper: the art of drawing readers in and making them

by Eduard Danalache and Carolyn Chheath Staff Reporters It was the start of second semester, and we found ourselves in a class of three people. Starting Journalism 1 in second semester put us in a precarious situation. Unlike the other Journalism students, each of whom had at least a semester of journalism experience, it was safe to say we had no idea what we were doing. After Ms. Harris’s onemonth bootcamp of article writing, design and photography, we were set free into the world of tjTODAY. From outrageous Geosystems stickies to a movie we saw the weekend before, we were quick to begin writing our opinions on happenings around TJ. Our first major piece was the infographic on those pesky carpenter bees

served as my family, my purpose, my passion and the bane of my existence—often all at once. In each stressful bout of time right before an issue came out, I remember staying up late into the night and forging ahead on articles and designs. I remember creating the friendships that can only be forged by working together tirelessly weeks at a time. And I remember feeling as if these friendships were ending each time we bid the seniors farewell with bittersweet goodbyes.

So now that it is my turn to leave the journalism room one last time, I have no doubt that these memories will be leaving with me.

stay, of making pages and words beautiful to look at, of using both color and black and white.

Page design is more technical than one would expect. As a beginning designer, I often base my designs on those that have already been used in magazines in order to become familiar with dominance, points of entry, and other aspects that I had never even heard of before I started journalism. Nevertheless, once I finish a page, it always feels distinctly my own, and that is an amazing feeling.

I will never regret the decision and sacrifices for journalism because it helped me fine that passion, even if it isn’t exactly what I expected.

buzzing around the trailers. We may have accidentally called them bumblebees for a couple of days before Dr. Glazer told us we were wrong. Oops.

But journalism quickly became part of our daily lives.

We interviewed people in the hallway between classes and stayed after school to watch baseball games in the light rain. We weaved around Taiko drummers to get the perfect shot after spending 10 minutes finding the perfect camera-lens combination.

We stayed up late talking to people for our podcast, and editing the material together for another hour after we were done. Even though we had just started Journalism, it was a lot of work.

Luckily, we had the journalism family to jam to Taylor Swfit music together.

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TECHNIQUES

Threshold

Eileen Zheng Naini Shiswawala Editor-in-Chief Editor-in-Chief Nandini Radhakrishnan Editor-in-Chief Ruhee Shah Helen Zhang Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor

Stav Nachum Editor-in-Chief

Renee Wah Managing Editor Julia Casazza Managing Editor

photo courtesy of Sarah Kim

Teknos Matthew Park Editor-in-Chief Annika Kim Editor-in-Chief

The Cave: Home for Our four year journey Threshies everywhere as Jefferson yerds

Our final curtain call has finally arrived

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by Teknos Seniors

The Cave was one of the first parts of the old TJ lost to the renovation.

Everything in that room occupied a special space in club members’ minds: a bloody hand hanging out of the ceiling tiles, an eccentric pillow collection decorating the comfortable chairs and couches, a wall adorned with reading recommendations scrawled on sticky notes.

The back corner was lined with a sacred group of shelves stuffed with old versions of Threshold. In the fall, we’d cram into the cave to have heated disputes over which pieces to accept: “This image is so unique!” “Don’t you just

love the way he describes a hike through Yosemite?” “This rhyme scheme needs a lot of work.”

Despite its name, “The Cave” had a spacious window to the old courtyard, from which light would stream in.

Beginning with the soft rays of the late summer sun, enduring the scant brightness of the winter solstice, we’d labor away, eager to produce our beautiful magazine but also primed for any piece that the Jefferson community could throw at us.

The Cave was the one spot where we could share our bizarre story ideas, our repressed creativity and, most importantly, our love of literature.

by Techniques Seniors How can we sum up four years of yearbook in just a few words? Yearbook certainly wasn’t easy. We spent class time, eighth periods, lunches, summers, weekends and countless hours at obscene times of the night toiling away. We sent thousands of emails, texts, chats and made hundreds of Google Docs. We ate excessive amounts of pizza, croissants and nutella in the yearbook room, but we burnt it all off running around to get interviews.

Despite all this, we are yerds. We love yearbook.

We loved creating something beautiful from a blank page and working with each other to create the most exquisite four books we possibly could.

The entire journey was surreal, from the moment when all we had was one phrase, to opening the first box of books, screaming because we finally had the product of all our late nights and hard work.

Thank you so much to the best yearbook staff in the world, the most talented photographers, the always helpful Herff Jones representative Ms. Kara Peterson and the most hardworking, passionate, hilarious and kind-hearted adviser in the universe, Ms. Erinn Harris. And finally, thanks to you, the TJ community. We got to collect thousands of your stories, thoughts, and memories over the course of four years, and we got to show everyone what truly made TJ worth it.

Class of 2015, we’ve finally arrived at the final curtain call. The finale is near. The end of our high school careers marks a time for celebration, but from our past experiences here at TJHSST, we all know that reflection and nostalgia is a common recourse that we can all relate once in a while, whether it be through old pictures, Facebook posts,or screenshots of embarrassing SnapChats. lol. lmao.

For us, having read papers and articles, opinions and facts, delivered directly from the minds of TJ students year after year, we’ve come to understand that it’s not just science that’s fostered on the hallow grounds of

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TJHSST. In fact, we’ve realized that something much grander is prevalent within the entire student body and that is genuine passion. Our class is driven, motivated and willing to act on our beliefs, our interests and our convictions. That’s what makes TJ’s Class of 2015, us, winners.

No matter how many mistakes we’ve made, whether it be on a physics quiz or failing to sign up for eighth periods on Iodine, because we’ve always managed to work our way forward in the long run – pushing through difficulties with those who care for us and who we care for – we can say with confidence that we’ve succeeded as a class.

Yearbook Spring Supplement Worknight (Hawaiian Night) photos courtesy of Erinn Harris and Techniques graphic by Anjali Khanna

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by Mei Baek and Uzma Rentia Staff Reporters The expansive columns held both an famous building in Washington, D.C., the National Building Museum, and the Class of 2015 prom. The location was a perfect match for the theme of this year’s prom: “A Night at the Museum.” The event was both uplifting and saddening, representing the end of an era as well as the beginning of another. For a select group of people this night also represented something else: almost a year’s worth of planning and work successfully being executed.

“As the co-chair, I was one of the primary students responsible for the entire event, and spent hours communicating with the different companies we worked with, as well as working with our class sponsors and members of our class council,” senior Charlene Franke, one of the co-chairs of the Prom Committee (PromComm) said.

The remaining members of PromComm were seniors Sanjoli Agarwal, Swathi Balakrishnan, Mona Bugaighis, Anant Das, Tahia Emran, Sarah Falls, Conrad Gehrki, Sravani Korupolu, Monique Mezher, Anugya Mittal, Shreya Punya, Morgan Sizemore, Sage Teasley, Aleesha Toteja and Helen Zhang.

Unlike previous years, the Class of 2015’s prom was planned solely by seniors. Past graduating classes worked in conjunction with the respective junior class council to better prepare them for their own prom. This

year, however, juniors were given little responsibility.

“The only thing the juniors did was set up decorations on the day of the event, since we couldn’t be there because of dinner, pictures, etc.” Toteja, Franke’s fellow cochair, said. “We met with them earlier in the week to show them how to set up the centerpieces and explain to them how the event would be.”

Despite having fewer people planning, the night was a success overall.

“Our expectations for prom this year were pretty high because of all the work we put into this event,” Toteja said. “Thankfully we were able to meet and surpass our expectations.”

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Clockwise from right to left: Anant Das raises a large paper ball as a part of the choreography for Musical Extravaganza; Parsa Zand and Sammy Bennett hold up Donny Waymire during a pep rally; Sarah Falls dances as a ballerina for French Honor Society in International Nite; A group of friends hang out at the Plaza after school; Tony Baek and Christina Zhao cheer during the Homecoming pep rally; Helen Zhang and Alexis Jenkins receive red roses for the National Honor Society induction ceremony; Carolyn Chheath, Sean Foley, Reed Koser, Oliver Shi and Aditya Ponukumati stand with a statue at a Humanities II (HUM II) field trip; Juniors created a float inspired by “Goldfinger�; Sraavya Poonuganti and Sami Kosaraju pose together.

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senior destinations

Amherst College (1) Kira Becker

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (8) Franklin W. Olin College of Engi- Shankar Balasubramanian Saroja Erabelli neering (1) Anshula Gandhi Sean Foley Hannah Gaudet Annika Kim Harvard College (3) Janice Ong Pooja Chandrashekar Sushruth Reddy Maya Chung Jessica Wu Dennis Kim

California

California Institute of Technology (1) Nikhil Gupta Pomona College (1) Madeline Zug

Illinois

Stanford University (6) Jessica Guo Amanda Lim Lucas Lin Didi Park Christian Tae Katherine Van Kirk University of California at Berkeley (6) Olivia Hsu Winston Ou Andrew Seliskar Derek Zhou Kyle Zhou University of California, Los Angeles (1) Aliana Gungor University of California, San Diego (1) Albert Chuang

Korea Advanced Institue of Science and Technology [1] Wonkeun Choi University of Cambridge (1) Paris Mitzelfield (GY) University of Edinburgh (1) Raymond Yang University of Oxford (1) Sam Cadd University of Toronto(1) Jacob Bulir University of Waterloo [1) Akash Kalimili

University of Chicago (8) Angela Ma Billie Males Madeline Meyers David Noursi Zane Rossi Bobbie Sheng Nur Simsek Samuel Veroneau University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign(7) Sharan Arkalgud Jared Bastian Kyle Herndon Vikram Sardana Annie Thomas Darren Xue Sally Zhou

Kalamazoo College (1) Andy Donate-Perez

Northeastern University (4) George Ho Kashish Jagga Sravani Korupolu Joseph Wang

Carnegie Mellon University (16) Orchi Banerjee Carolyn Chheath Jens Ertman Nicholas Hougland Rishub Jain Luka Jelenak Ildoo Kim Susie Lee Hariank Muthakana Shreya Punya Nandini Radhakrishnan Kevin Riordan Matthew Savage Eric Sun Zachary Wade Corwin de Boor

University of Michigan (18] Tim Cha Jessica Covan Henry Ellis Wellesley College (1) Charlene Franke Sara Mueller Minna He Williams College (1) Jim Henris Aria Kim Nolan Kataoka Siva Kodali Worcester Polytechnic Institute Matthew Kramer (2) Nicholas Mariam Wyatt Bahm Stav Nachum Vincent Billet Prashanth Panicker Dennis Park Johns Hopkins University (2) Tara Abrishami Amir Refai Ganesh Arvapalli Rohan Saini Christopher Stephens Richard Oh Kayvon Tabrizi Nate Vollbrecht Lalit Varada Shicheng Zhao

South Carolina

Maryland Institute College of Art (1) Emilia Nepomuceno

University of South Carolina (1) Noemi Glaeser

United States Naval Academy (2) Jenny Kim

Utah

Brigham Young University (1) Jacob Holtom

University of Miami [3] Parth Desai Ramya Radhakrishnan Lily Wittle

Virginia College of William and Mary (44) Shadin Ahmed Mehmet Aslan Gwen Blasco Shani Cave Stephannie Chen

Rhode Island

Brown University (3) Coby Benheim Samuel Bennett June Ge

Washington

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Universit Sreya Ad Richard Mimi Ng Ethan Pa Nikhil Sr

Maryland

Clemson University (1) Daniel Suh

Florida Iowa

Iowa State University (1) Aldrayne Cabansag

Michigan

Mount Holyoke College (1) Renee Wah

Pennsylvania

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University of Maryland, Coll Park (5) Tony Baek Ashu Garg Michelle Namkung

Ohio

Case Western Reserve University (5) Kian Amir-Alikhani Patricia Cheng Patrick Do Thomas Lee Yuvraj Puri Ohio State University (2) Neway Araya Hamil Shah

James Mad (4) Thomas H Brian Junt Christophe Kai Smith

University o Al Ahmed Mustafa B University of Washington (2) Adrien Ber Tulane Unversity (1) David Lanman Nikhil Bha Jonathon Vogel Sage Teasely Mona Bug Ani Chand Diana Cha Surya Sampath Austin Che Rhea Sharma Charles Ch Connor Simpson Rohin Dewan Anant Das Yash Singh Marisa Duong Shivani Di Alyssa Sze Joshua Kim Jack Fang Emmett Do Tony Tang Sami Kosaraju Edward Fortunato Jackson D Manaswitha Thota Thai Le Azman Garcha Sarah Fall Anna Tsutsui Roshan Manjaly Conrad Gehrki Jennifer Fa Anna Weidman Daniel McKinney Jacopo Gliozzi Audrey Fif Rebecca Merriman-Goldring Rollin Woodford Florence Glynn Kabir Grew Katherine Yang Callan Monette Jessie Heise Grant Gua Ben Zhang Ryan Morris Aidan Hennessy-Niland Claire Murphy Salman Gu Alexis Jenkins George Mason University (3) Peter Gun Newton Nagirimadugu Sonia Jindal Raewyn H Sanjoli Agarwal Seanna Nam (GY) Christina Joseph Arthur He Gabriel Haddad Ranjani Parthasarathy Joo Kang Isabel Ho May Thinnyun Sraavya Poonuganti

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United States Coast Guard Academy Wilson Zhou Wesleyan University Hugo Kessler

Yale University (1) Joseph Doran (GY) Caroline Heilbrun Ellen Kan Julie Luo Peter Zablocki

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District of Columbia

Georgetown University [1] Matthew Park

George Washington University (2) Reem Mohamed Sudhamsh Tippireddy

Alabama

University of Alabama (3) Matt Gibbs Grace Liu Adrian Robertson Carson Wishard

Connecticut

Tennessee Vanderbilt University (3) Sam Cho Andrew Haymaker Lindsay Williams

Benjamin Trans Ellis Tsung Puneeth Uttla Anna Venetianer Kevin Wan Dorothy Wang Steven Wang Alexander Wendt Michael Woon Melissa Wu Katherine Yan Yuqian Yang Christopher Yeung Edith Zhang Eileen Zheng Nicholas Zugris

Virginia Commonwealth University (9] Mathew Alexander Pranav Baderdini Amanda Chao Justice Francis Srijan Karan Akhil Ramaswamy Sumved Ravi Noah Shin Naini Shiswawala Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (38] Linda Allworth Arielle Ampeh Marie Anderson Maria Bobbett Andrew Bolkhovitinov Kent Bommer Nicholas Brady Katie Cox Marissa Einhorn Michael Erickson Alexis Gillmore

Columbia University (4) Pranav Balan Justin Bui Leon Kim Luke Thorsell Cornell University (14) Sophia Bennett Shirley Burt Shantanu Gore

Vermont Middlebury College (1) Sandra Cho

David Harris Alyssa Herbst Ariana Herbst Ryan Jakiel Harshal Jariwala James Jung Reed Koser Sahil Laheri Tae Hee Lee Samantha Lek Joshua Levy Kali Liang Kalyan Madanapalli John Maillett Ana Malhotra Nitesh Manem Gavin Moore Taylor Quinn Kaustubh Rane Pooja Rathnashyam Misha Ryjik Teja Sathi Rohit Tadikamalla Kayleigh Vance Mitch Woodhouse Parsa Zand Helen Zhang

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New Jersey

Princeton University (5) Siddarth Anand Julia Casazza Natalie Diaz Shreyas Garg Gerry Wan

Duke University (9) Swathi Balakrishnan Matthew Barbano Lily Chaw Coco Chen Joyce Choi Tahia Emran Remy Freire Jeffery Liu William Long

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1) Sreya Atluri Wake Forest University (1) Alec Jessar

New York

Saelig Khattar Heather Lukas Kaushik Murali Shreya Nandi John Pentakalos Theodore Richardson Solomon Shewit Siva Somayyajula Nathaniel Taylor Dilip Thiagarajan Christina Zhao

Rochester Institute of Technology (3) Robert O’Connell Allen Pang Michael Smith Stony Brook University [2] Arianna Chen Janie Choi Union College (1) David Rodgers United States Military Academy (3] Jafr Kazmi Mary Pollin Maria Velicu

New York University (3) Jonah Han Shilpa Kunnappillil Sushma Reddy

New Hampshire Dartmouth College (2] Katherine Salamido Morgan Sizemore

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2) Jack Baxley Risheel Gabireddy

Texas

University of Texas, Austin [2] Mehul Mittal Aleesha Toteja Baylor University (1) Bridget Park

Indiana

Stevens Institute of Technology [1] Julian Villacorta St. Mary’s College (1) Anna Tursi

University of Notre Dame (2] Julia Dunbar Joseph Gonzales

Rice University (4) Eduard Danalache Carolina Hatanpaä Peter Suzuki Alexis Williams

Missouri

Washington University in St. Louis (8) Azeez Abdikarim Nan Baker Christopher Blagg Vijay Chinnam Rebecca Clark-Callender Quintin Frerichs Jeong-In Seo graphics

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Page 16, from left to right: Heather Lukas, Kira Becker and Gavin Moore perform TJ Drama’s production of “Fiddler on the Roof”; Sumved Ravi rocks out as a contestant for Mr. Colonial; Jennifer Fang and Darren Xue hug it out during their research block of Chemical Analysis; Charlene Franke, Janie Choi and Grace Liu wear Minnie Mouse hats during the music field trip to Disney World; Richard Li and Tony Baek leap in the air during an act of “Fiddler on the Roof”; Sraavya Poonuganti sings at the annual Talent Show; Isabel Ho, Gwen Blasco, Christina Zhao, Ariana Herbst, Alyssa Herbst and Daniel Suh perform a cheerleading routine during the Homecoming pep rally; Joo Kang, Grace Liu and Dorothy Wang pose with Korean fans for International Nite (I-Nite) rehearsal; Kyle Zhou, Diana

Chang and Katherine Yang celebrate a prom asking; Ben Trans and Leon Kim listen to a speaker during the senior field trip to Capitol Hill; Anna Tsutsui performs the violin as the fiddler for TJ Drama’s production of “Fiddler on the Roof”; Peter Kim, Tim Cha and Michelle Namkung form the words “FAM” during senior panoramic picture day; Charles Chen and James Jung perform a routine for the annual Talent Show; Austin Chen and Maya Chung do sign language for American Sign Language Club’s performance at I-Nite; Kate Salamido plays around at Techstravanganza; Jessica Covan hangs out with Joe Wang, Tim Cha, Adrien Bernard, Sanjoli Agarwal and Audrey Brown at a geosystems field trip.

Page 17, left to right: Jeong-In Seo, Rachel Chon and Joo

Kang perform the fan dance during I-Nite; Shirley Burt, Anna Tsutsui and Natalie Diaz enjoy the company of a therapy dog; Anugya Mittal dances the Senior Girls dance during I-Nite; Zoe Wang, Jennifer Fang and Angela Ma strike a pose on College T-Shirt Day; Jafr Kazmi carries Gerry Wan and Julia Dunbar during College T-Shirt Day; Nikhil Gupta asks May Thinnyun to prom; Sandy Cho, Edi Danalache and Carolyn Chheath proudly sport their college t-shirt on College T-Shirt Day; Jessica Covan, Bobbie Sheng, Sandy Cho and Jeong-In Seo don Roman clothing for the Roman banquet at state convention; Senior boys perform an Indian dance during I-Nite; “Party in the USA” crew pose for the camera during tjSTAR; A group of friends watch the Homecoming football game.

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aphorisms

Azeez Abdikarim Washington University in St. Louis “I’m standing up and I’m telling you, I am Warhol. I am the number one most impactful artist of our generation. I am Shakespeare, in the flesh.

Walt Disney, Nike, Google. Who’s going to be the Medici family, to stand up and let me do more? ― You ain’t got the answers Sway!” – Kanye West Tara Abrishami Johns Hopkins University Varsity Math Team (9-12) Mythvestigations (10-12) Volleyball (9-11) “I recognize the council has made a decision, but given that it’s a stupidass decision, I’ve elected to ignore it.”

– Nick Fury, The Avengers (2012) Sreya Addanki University of Pittsburgh Triswagplus3 Namaste (SENIOR GIRLS 2015 4life) Being Late Club MUN Taking the L Taco Bell TJFVB Drake If you’re reading this, I don’t want no ravioli - uh I don’t want it man.

Sanjoli Agarwal George Mason University TJ Media (9-12) Ballroom Dance Club (11-12) Guitar Club (10-12) “I’m only as tall as my heart will let me be And I’m only as small as the world will make me seem When the going gets rough and I feel like I may fall I’ll look on the brightside - I’m roughly six feet tall.”

– Never Shout Never Al Ahmed University of Virginia SAACHI (10-FOREVA) Basketball (9-10, 12) Muslim Student Association (9-12) National Honor Society (11-12) National Art Honor Society (11-12) “I walk in the world today as a traveler, knowing tomorrow might just be the end.” ~ReALestAhmed Shadin Ahmed College of William & Mary Fourfecta (4ever) MSA (9-12) Track and Field (10-12) “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”

– Maya Angelou Kian Alikhani Case Western Reserve University Linda Allworth Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Basketball (9) Crew (9-11) Chemistry Research (12-Forever) Life is too short for bad coffee.

Arielle Ampeh Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Lacrosse (9-10, 12) National Art Honor Society (10-12) Action Africa (11-12) WISE (10-11) Relay for Life (10-12) 4-H (6-12) “People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing everyday.” – Winnie the Pooh Siddarth Anand Princeton University Lincoln Douglas Debate (9-12) “I usually don’t like thinking about the future. I mean let’s face it, you can’t predict what’s going to happen.

But sometimes, the thing you didn’t expect is what you really wanted after all. Maybe the best thing to do is stop trying to figure out where you’re going and just enjoy where you’re at.” – John Dorian.

Marie Anderson Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University TJMC(9-12) Onward, to futility.

Steven Androphy University of Pennsylvania HA (10-12) KAST (11-12) PD (9-11) SHS (10-12) YD (9-12) Finding Nemu (9-18ever) Lee Ann Clan (life) AMZD (473) Our time at TJ has come to an end, and saying goodbye is always tough.

But now you can also say goodbye in Portuguese (tchau), Dutch (tot ziens), Welsh (hwyl), Ojibwe (wiingezin), Samoan (tofa soifua), and Atikamekw (matcaci).

Neway Araya Ohio State University – Columbus Basketball (9-12) Piano (9-12) Tutor/mentor (10-12) Don’t worry Sway, I got the answers.

Sharan Arkalgund University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Varsity Basketball (10-12) Holmes Tutoring (10-12) FBLA(10-12) Tall(birth-12) “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas Edison Ganesh Arvapalli Johns Hopkins University Mentorship at NIH (12) GIVE Tutoring (11-12) Chemistry Team (9-12) Piano (9-12) How Can Quotes Be Real If Our Eyes Aren’t Real Mehmet Aslan College of William & Mary Varsity Soccer (9-12) Sci Talk (11-12) Environmental Impact Club (10-12) FBLA (9-11) Don’t be so stressed out about the future that you forget to live in the present.

Sreya Atluri University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Model United Nations (9-12) CARE (10-12) GIVE (9-12) BigSibs Coordinators (11-12), Student Advisory Council (11-12) Bioengineering Projects for the Future (9-12) Spanish Honor Society (10-12) XSTEM (10-12) TWIST (9-12) National Honor Society (11-12) JT-31 Squad (9-12) “Live, Laugh, Love” “Where there’s a will, there’s a way.”

Thank you so much for such a fantastic and unforgettable experience TJ, - I will forever cherish the extraordinary memories I’ve made, the wonderful people I’ve had to privilege to meet, and the amazing endeavors I’ve had the opportunity to be involved with.

To all the incredible students, teachers, staff, administration, mentors, and more, thank you for leaving an indelible impression on me. It’s been a phenomenal four years, and I can’t wait to see what exciting things everyone will continue to accomplish!

Congratulations, Class of 2015!

Pranav Baderdinni Virginia Commonwealth University Public Forum Debate (9-11) FBLA (9-11) Track and Field (10) “Go sit behind fish tank” – Dr. Jo Tony Baek University of Maryland - College Park Urban Dance Movement (9-12) Swing Dance (10-12) Holmes Middle School Tutor (12) “Maybe you’re one of those people that believes that sometimes, the most reckless thing you can do with your heart, is not being reckless with it.”

– Iain Thomas Wyatt Bahm Worcester Polytechnic Institute First Robotics Team (10-12) Lacrosse (9-12) “I hate when I’m on a flight and I wake up with a water bottle next to me like oh great now I gotta be responsible for this water bottle.” – Kanye West

Nan Baker Washington University in St. Louis tjSTAR (9-12) 2015 Class Council (10-12) Midwestern (Forever) Thnks Fr Th Mmrs – Fall Out Boy Mustafa Bal University of Virginia Muslim Student Association (9-12) French Honor Society (10-12) Model United Nations (10-12) Astronomy Club (9-12) TJ Lacrosse (10) Wanna know the recipe of baklavas?

That’s nobody’s business but the Turks’!

Just kidding, we love sharing, just like how we all have done the last four years. Thanks to our friends, teşekkürler to our families, merci to our teachers and gracias to our fellow peoples for making the Class of 2015 unforgettable.

Swathi Balakrishnan Duke University Namaste (9-12) Belvedere Elementary Tutoring (10-12) Ravioli (12-forever) Triswag (12-forever) Golds Gym (12-never) Live más Pranav Balan Columbia University Chemistry Team (10-12), Orchestra (9-11), History Bowl (11-12), Physics Team (11) Success is getting what you want.

Happiness is wanting what you get.

Shankar Balasubramanian Massachusetts Institute of Technology Physics Team (9-12) Origami Club (11-12) Math Team (10-12) “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.” – JRR Tolkien Orchi Banerjee Carnegie Mellon University Symphonic Wind Ensemble (9-12) TJ Latin (9-12 Latin Honor Society (10-12) TJ LHS (11-12) Tomorrow is another day.

Matthew Barbano Duke University Chemistry Team (9-12), Spanish Honor Society (10-12), Science Bowl (11-12) “When life gives you lemons, construct a crude electrochemical battery.” – Unknown Jared Bastian University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Orchestra (9-10) Crew (10-12) Teknos (11) tjSTAR Planning Committee (11-12) LDS Student Social (9-12) “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.” – Albert Einstein Jack Baxley Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Electronics Kira Becker Amherst College TJ Drama (9-12) iGems (11-12) Kilmer Crew (10-12) Andreas Butler Fan Club (10-eternity) “For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.” – Audrey Hepburn Coby Benheim Brown University Baseball (9-12) Dot Comedy (11-12) Cliffhanger Media Project (10) B-Block Class Council (9-12) “True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.”

– Kurt Vonnegut Sammy Bennett Brown University Soccer (9-12) Neuroinspire (11), Slava (10-12) Biology Society (11-12) Medical Society Senator (11) The cricket is wisest in the east. It is

at dawn when its arms spread. Chirping, it basks and flies.

Sophie Bennett Cornell University TJSD (9-12) Keyettes (9-12) NHS (11-12) Band (9-12) Boys’ Lacrosse (12) “Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” – Dr. Seuss To everyone who helped make these four years so fantastic – thank you and I will always love you. Gooooo Colonials!

Vincent Billett Worcester Polytechnic Institute Wrestling (9-12) FRC (12) “I’m an addict, I’m addicted to success. Thankfully, there’s no rehab for success” – Lil Wayne Christopher Blagg Washington University in St. Louis Cross Country (9-12) Track (9-12) Key Club (9-12) Jewish Culture Club (9-12) TJ Frisbee (12) Lee Ann Clan (Life) “People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.” – Winnie the Pooh” “I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days before you’ve actually left them.” – Andy Bernard Gwen Blasco College of William & Mary Cheer (9-12) Future Problem Solving (9-12) Westside Wumbo (9-forever) “Everything will be okay in the end.

If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.” – John Lennon Andrew Bolkhovitinov Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University FIRST Robotics (10-12) Soccer (9-10) Russian Honor Society (11-12) Slurpee (7-11) “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” – Leo Tolstoy Kent Bommer Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Baseball (9-12) Business in Science (9-12) Hope for the Homeless (11-12) “ ‘You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. - Wayne Gretzky’ - Michael Scott” - Kent Bommer Nicholas Brady Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Soccer (9-12) Business in Science (10-11) Key Club (10-11) “There is more to life than increasing its speed.” – Mahatma Gandhi Joe Broom University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Symphonic Wind Ensemble (9, 12) All Virginia Band (9) TJHSST Jazz Band (12) National Honor Society (11-12) “You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” – A.A. Milne (Ok, Winnie the Pooh) Mona Bugaighis University of Virginia Varsity Tennis (9-12) Model UN (9-12) Spanish Honor Society (10-12) National Honor Society (11-12) Hispanic Alliance (10-12) “Diamonds are made under pressure.” Thanks for all the wonderful memories, TJ! Justin Bui Columbia University Jazz Ensemble and Combo (9-12) TJ Marching Colonials (9-12) TJ Indoor Drumline (9-12) Operation Communication (9-12), DotComedy (11-12) “We have infinite amounts of tomorrow.” – William Giovanni Jimenez Senzano the Fourth Shirley Burt Cornell University Poi Club (9-12) tjSTAR (11-12)

Send-a-Smile (11-12) Otaku Club (9-12) ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Aldrayne Cabansag Iowa State University “I don’t always forget stuff, but when I do, it’s usually pretty important...” – Some customized meme Sam Cadd Oxford University PD (10-11) RHS (11-12) YD (9-12) Etc. (9-12) AMZD (473) IG: samcadd (forever) let’s get brunch Julia Casazza Princeton University Froshmore (10-forever) Threshold (10-12) Dance (4-9, 11-12) French Honor Society (11-12) Making Friends (7-12) “We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.” – Jimmy Carter Shani Cave College of William & Mary Forensic Science Society (9-12) Chinese Honor Society (11-12) Book Buddies (10-12) Best Twitter Game (everlasting) “’I’m gonna quote myself’ – Shani Cave” Timothy Cha University of Michigan - Ann Arbor BumFam (11-forever) Math Team (9-12) “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln Ani Chandrabhatla University of Virginia FBLA (9-12) Shmeed Squad (9-12) Econ Challenge (9-11) Gideon v. Wainwright (9-Forever) The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.

Pooja Chandrashekar Harvard University ProjectCSGIRLS (10-12) Bioinformatics Society (10-12) Varsity Math Team (9-12) “Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.” – Mary Kay Ash “What I really want out of life is to discover something new, something mankind didn’t know was possible to do.” – Elizabeth Holmes Diana Chang University of Virginia idek (0-infinity) TWIST (9-12) Botball (10-12) Send A Smile (11-12) “People Use To Ask Me What Do You Wanna Be When You Get Older And I Would Say What A Stupid Question The Real Question Is What Am I Right Now” - Jaden Smith Amanda Chao Virginia Commonwealth University WILD (9-12) Relay for Life (10, 12) Gymnastics (12) STEMbassadors (10-11) Leewood Friends (9) “Life is short... Forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that made you smile.” – Mark Twain Lily Chaw Duke University The Best IBET 3 (9-12) Finding Nemu (9-18ever) Salsa is My Language of Love (10-12) hakuna matata Arianna Chen Stony Brook University TJSD (9-12) Business in Science (9-12) Relay for Life (9-12) “Though she be but little, she is fierce.“ – William Shakespeare Coco Chen Duke University Winter Color Guard (9-12) Marching Band (10-12) Future Problem Solving (10-12) American Sign Language (10-12)

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“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.”– Norman Vincent Peale Charles Chen University of Virginia BUMFAM (10-forever) Urban Dance Movement (9-12) GIVE (11-12) JNHS (10-12) “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”– Henry David Thoreau Austin Chen University of Virginia Band (9-12) TJMC (9, 12) TJSD (10-12) ASL Club (9-12) RAD (9-12) “The final stage A sacred home Unlock the door And lay the corner stone A rite of passage” – Dream Theater Congrats on the past four years and fare well in your future endeavors, 2015!

Stephannie Chen College of William & Mary Model UN (9-10) Track (10-12) Relay for Life (10-12) “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

– Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring Patricia Cheng Case Western Reserve University TWIST (9-10) WISE (10-12) Writing Center (12) “Forever-- is composed of Nows--” – Emily Dickinson Carolyn Chheath Carnegie Mellon University Relay for Life (10-12+) GIVE (11-12) Send-A-Smile (11-12) Artist (infinity) “Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.” – Iain Thomas Vijay Chinnam Washington University in St. Louis Shmeed squad (9-12) it ain’t always bad to not to finish first Sandy Cho Middlebury College “I declare That later on, Even in an age unlike our own, Someone will remember who we are.”

– Sappho Yongseok Cho Vanderbilt University Band (9-12) TJMC (9-12) Governor’s Academy for Spanish (11) SHS (11-12) Why would you spend two dollars when you’re only making one?

Jiwon (Joyce) Choi Duke University “Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact: Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it, you can influence it… Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.” – Steve Jobs Hyun Seok Choi University of Virginia Policy Debate (9-10) Jefferson Consulting (10-12) Cultivators of the Earth (10-12) Make your passion your profession Follow excellence and success will follow you.

Janie Choi Stony Brook University Women in Science and Engineering (10-12) Urban Dance Movement (9-12) Korean Culture Club (11-12) Klema (9-12) Bum Fam (12-forever) Arnie (12-forever) “One of the best things in life is see-

ing a smile on a person’s face and knowing that you put it there.”

Wonkeun Choi Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology ayy lmao Rachel Chon Emory University “Everybody dies but not everybody lives.”

Albert Chuang UC San Diego Maya Chung Harvard University TJMC Drum Major (9-12) ASL Club President (9-12) Band Council (9-12) Pit Orchestra (9-12) Science Olympiad (11-12) Those who draw bold lines don’t need erasers.

Rebecca Clark-Callender Washington University in St. Louis Varsity Basketball (9-12) Black Student Union (9-12) TJ Inspire (10-12) “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”

– Maya Angelou Jessica Covan University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Policy Debate (9-12) Hope for the Homeless (11-12) XSTEM (11) VSA (9-11) If you talk to God, you’re religious. If God talks to you, you’re psychotic.

Katie Cox Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Astronomy Club (10-12) Volleyball (9-12) Mock Trial (12) “After all, tomorrow is another day.”

– Scarlett O’Hara Anant Das University of Virginia Student Government (9-12) Honor Council (11-12) Show Choir (9-12) Relay for Life (9-12) Model UN (9-???)

Threshold (9-11) JT-31 Squad (9-12) Logged onto Facebook (9-forever) Find yourself. Be yourself. Love yourself. Treat yo self.

Edi Danalache Rice University TJMC (12) TJ Winterguard (12) Model United Nations (10-12) French Honor Society (10-12) Little Sunshine Club (11-12) Send-a-Smile (11-12) tjTODAY (12) A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders.

Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.”

– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Corwin de Boor Carnegie Mellon University Computer Security Club (10-12) Senior Computer Team (10-12) Arlington Tigers Gymnastics (5-12) Try is a misleading word. It’s short, giving you the impression that it will be easy. But trying without effort is giving up. To try means to pour your entire being into the attempt. Only then will it have any meaning.

Parth Desai University of Miami Basketball (9-12) SAACHI (10-forever) JT-31 Squad (9-12) What matters most is what we expect of ourselves.

Rohin Dewan College of William & Mary Active Minds (10-12) JV Basketball (10) Model United Nations (11-12) SAACHI (10-FOREVA) J-Day Champion (12) @rohindewan13 (11-12) “YOU WASN’T WITH ME SHOOTING IN THE GYM!” - Drake/Rick Ross

aphorisms Natalie Diaz Princeton University “Don’t crack up Bend your brain See both sides Throw off your mental chains” – Howard Jones Shivani Dimri University of Virginia TWIST (9-12) Forensics (9-12) (It’s not science) “Adolescence is best enjoyed without self-consciousness, but self-consciousness, unfortunately, is its leading symptom. Even when something important happens to you, even when your heart’s getting crushed or exalted, even when you’re absorbed in building the foundations of a personality, there come these moments when you’re aware that what’s happening is not the real story…But when does the real story start?”

From “Caught” by Jonathan Franzen Patrick Do Case Western Reserve University Thanks Mom. Thanks to the rest of the family too. Also, God bless America.

Andy Donate-Perez Kalamazoo College Gay Straight Alliance (9-12) Guitar Club (4-20) Anarchist Commune (666) Worms do not have lungs but I breathe through my skin. I take in oxygen through my skin and it goes right into my bloodstream. My skin must stay wet in order for the oxygen to pass through it, but if I am in too much water I will drown. Just keep me damp, moist and slimy.

– from “Getting to Know Squirmin’ Herman from ‘Head’ to ‘Toe’” Joseph Doran Yale University (GY) Swim & Dive (9-12) Baseball (12) Russian Honor Society (11-12) Avid Supporter of Ebola Evaders (time is relative) Love, Harry. Love.

Emmett Dorlester University of Virginia Computer Team (9-12) Don’t panic!

Jackson DuBro University of Virginia Varsity Soccer (9-12) Varsity Football (11-12) Monticello Maniac (9-12) Valar morghulis Julia Dunbar University of Notre Dame Volleyball (9-12) Basketball (9-12) Glax (12) Dated the freshman quarterback (9) U. S. Eh? Addison Dunn University of Virginia Soccer (9-12) Basketball (9-12) Cross Country (9-10) “There’s a time and place for everything, and it’s called college.”

Marisa Duong College of William & Mary Band (9, 11-12) TJMC (10-12) VSA (9-12) You’ve been lied to. Milk does not actually make you any taller.

Marissa Einhorn Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Soccer (9-11) Threshold (9-12) Girl Scouts (9-12) A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst… A spark that creates extraordinary results. – Wade Boggs Henry Ellis University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Rocketry (9-12) Chemistry Society (11-12) “Whenever I’m about to do something I think ‘Would an idiot do that?’ and if they would, I do not do that thing” – Dwight Schrute Tahia Emran Duke University #1 HUM (11-forever) Ravioli (12-forever)

“I’m full and yet I know if I stop eating this, I’ll regret it.” – Chandler Bing Saroja Erabelli Massachusetts Institute of Technology Michael Erikson Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Crew (9-12) Orchestra (9-10) TJDotComedy (11-12) “We need to remember what’s important in life: friends, waffles, work. Or waffles, friends, work. Doesn’t matter, but work is third.”– Leslie Knope “I’m tired.”– Jens Ertman Jens Ertman Carnegie Mellon University Crew (9-12) ASL (9-12) The present is always ending.

Countless past versions of our selves are crying, laughing, and falling in love. These feelings are born every second, but they will die and become part of the past in the next. It’s over now. This is the end for me. But the truth is, everyone’s time is like that.

Right after it’s born, every moment becomes the past and dies.

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Charlene Franke University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Orchestra (9-12) TJ XC/Track (9-tradition never graduates) Relay for Life (9-12) Bellydancing (11) Prom Comm (11-12) Writing Center Tutors (11-12) Lee Ann Clan (life) “Every adventure requires a first step.” –the Cheshire Cat TJ has been quite the adventure, and I wish everyone the best of luck on their next one.

Remy Freire Duke University Track and Field/Cross-Country (10-12) Astronomy Club (9-12) TJ Writing Center (11-12) Assistive Technology Club (9-12) Lee Ann Clan (life) “I know it hurts to say goodbye, but it’s time for me to fly.” – REO Speedwagon

David Everhart Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Marching Band (9-12) Jazz Band (10-12) FCA (10-12) Boy Scouts (6-12) When the stress hits hard, it doesn’t hurt to pause and remember that you have already made it this far.

Quintin Frerichs Washington University in St. Louis Swim/Dive (10-12) Froshmores (10-12) Band (11-12) “I saw my entire life flash before my eyes. And guess what? I have four kids. And I have a hover car and a hover house. And my wife is a runner and it shows. And Pam and Jim are my best friends and our kids play together. And... I’m happy and... I’m rich and I never die. That doesn’t sound like much, but it’s enough for me.” – Mark Greg Sputnik

Sarah Falls University of Virginia Ballet (9-12) Book Buddies (9-12) Relay for Life (10-12) Yoga Enthusiast Dog Lady (forever) “If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.” – Roald Dahl

Sairisheel Gabbireddy Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute/Albany Medical School Medical Society (9-12) Chemistry Team (10-11) Neuroscience Society (9-11) Model UN (9) Indian Language Association (9) Enjoy even the smallest moments in high school because those will be big in the long run.

Jennifer Fang University of Virginia Freshman Volleyball (9) Varsity Gymnastics (10-12) Chinese Honor Society (10-12) “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein

Anshula Gandhi Massachusetts Institute of Technology idek (0-infinity) IBET (9) Crew (9-11) Changemakers (10-12) Lesson learned? When people say, “You really, really must” do something, it means you don’t really have to. No one ever says, “You really, really must deliver the baby during labor.” When it’s true, it doesn’t need to be said. – Tina Fey

Jack Fang College of William & Mary Rocketry Club (9-12), Piano (9-12) The secret impresses no one. The trick you use it for is everything.

Audrey Fifer University of Virginia TWIST(11-12) Send-a-Smile (11-12) Latin Club (9-11) Service Choir (11-12) KCC (12) “Nothing feels as good to me as laughing incredibly hard.” – Steve Carell Sean Foley Olin College of Engineering Electronics Club (9-12) Tai Chi Club (12) Chess Club (10-12) Mock Trial Club (10) Band (9) Ultimate Frisbee (12) NHS Officer (12) American Sign Language Club (10) Bird Club (10) Not what we have, but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance. – Epicurus Edward Fortunato College of William & Mary Orchestra (9-12) Threshold (9-12) Crew (9-12) Biggest Kardashian Fan (Birth-12) Red Sole Foundation (11-12) Inventor of Yazzle Beans (12) It took God 7 days to make the Earth.

It took him 8 to make me.

Justice Francis Virginia Commonwealth University TJStar (9-12) Otaku Club (9-12) JNHS (10-12) Life in Movement (12) Don’t be radioactive; you’re an alpha particle if you join a group and then it splits.

Azman Garcha College of William & Mary Crew (9-11) Lincoln Douglas Debate (10-12) Namaste (9-12) Eat. Sleep. Bhangra.

Shreyas Garg Princeton University Investment Club Project BEST LD Debate FBLA Econ Challenge “What are your choices when someone puts a gun to your head?What are you talking about? You do what they say or they shoot you.WRONG. You take the gun, or you pull out a bigger one. Or, you call their bluff.

Or, you do any one of a hundred and forty six other things.”– Harvey Specter, Suits Ashvarya Garg University of Maryland - College Park “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.”

Hannah Gaudet Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bird Club (10-12) Crew (9-11) ASL (9-12) WISE (9, 11-12) Being Beautiful (forever) Lesbian lovers? (see Mueller, Sara) June Ge Brown University TJMC (9-12) Neuroscience Society (9-12) Certamen (9-12) “Let’s never come here again because it would never be as much fun.”

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Conrad Gehrki College of William & Mary Football (9-12) Model UN (10-12) I stayed for the people.

Matt Gibbs University of Alabama Lax (9-12) Football (10-12) I never had a concussion Alexis Gillmore Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Volleyball (9-12) Crew (12) GEMS (10-12) Activities Coordinator (11-12) FCA (9-12) I tell bad chemistry jokes only because all the good ones argon.

Noemi Glaeser University of South Carolina Band (9-12) Marching band (10-12) Poi (10-12) American Sign Language (9-12) Writing Center (11-12) Operation Communication (11-12) “There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want.”

Jacopo Gliozzi College of William & Mary Action Africa (9-12) Environmental Science Club (9-12) Papaya Rising.

Florence Glynn College of William & Mary WISE (10-12) Wrestling Manager (11-12) Spanish Honor Society (10-12) EIC (9-10) Go with the flow Joseph Gonzales University of Notre Dame Marching Band (12) Drumline (12) Debate (11) Spanish Honor Society (10-12) “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”– A.A. Milne Shantanu Gore Cornell University Computer Team (9-12) Chess Club (12) “In dreams, we enter a world that’s entirely our own.” – Albus DumbledoreHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Kabir Grewal University of Virginia Saachi (10-Forever) “The World is Yours” – Scarface Grant Guan University of Virginia Policy Debate (9-12) Chemistry Team (10-12) Nothing But Nets (11-12) “If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. A lot of people don’t appreciate the moment until it’s passed.” – Kanye West Take full advantage of the opportunity of TJ and every opportunity hereafter. They’re opportunities many wish they had.

Nihar Gudiseva Pennsylvania State University - University Park Chess Team (9-12) Class Council (12) Future Business Leaders of America (9-12) Namaste (9-12) “Even if we forget the faces of our friends, we will never forget the bonds that were carved into our souls.” – Yuzuru Otonashi Salman Guliwala University of Virginia Forensics Speech (11) Football (9-11) Lacrosse (10-11) Work hard, play hard.

Aliana Gungor UCLA TJ Volleyball (9-12) TEDxtjhsst (12) SLAVA (10-12) Mural Club (10-11) Orchestra (9) Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames. – Rumi Peter Gunnarson University of Virginia Northern Virginia Youth Winds (9-12) Boy Scouts (6-12) Rubik’s Cube Club (9-12) German Honor Society (12) “Without physics there’d be no Fashion Channel — there’d be no TV. But without fashion, physicists might just be naked. Not good.” – Neil deGrasse Tyson Jessica Guo Stanford University Softball (9-12) Investigations in Epidemiology (10-12) “Vincent Van Gogh. Everyone said to him, ‘You can’t be a great painter, you only have one ear.’ And you know what he said? ‘I can’t hear you.’“ – Steve Carell Nikhil Gupta California Institute of Technology Soccer (9-12) Basketball (9-12) Namaste (11-12) TJIMO Coach (9-12) “There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don’t know we don’t know. And if one looks throughout the history of our country and other free countries, it is the latter category that tend to be the difficult ones.” –Donald Rumsfeld Gabriel Haddad George Mason University Electronics Club (9-12) Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.

Raewyn Haines University of Virginia Field Hockey (9-12) Lacrosse (12) MathCounts Coach (11-12) Fourfecta (4ever) Mistakes will be made.

Jonah Han New York University Mock Trial Club (9-12) Active Science Alliance (9-12) Korean Culture Club (9-12) Astronomy Club (9-12) “WiFi? Because Fi.” – Harris Wittels David Harris Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Rocketry Club (9-12) Band (9-12) TJMC (9-12) Civil War Question of the Day (8-) A signal, an omen, a message divine A word or a paragraph - or just a line Instructions I carry, suggestions I bring Some find me nowhere; some in everything.

Carolina Hatanpaa Rice University Field Hockey (9-12) Track (9-12) French Honor Society (10-12) STEMbassadors (9-12) “It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”

Andrew Haymaker Vanderbilt University Teenage Republicans (9-12) Lincoln Douglas Debate (9-12) History Quiz Bowl (11-12) Sing to me. Thank you Jason Mraz.

Minna He University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Art Club (10-12) Little Sunshine (10-12) Froshmore (10 - The limit does not exist) Track & Field (9, 12) “The time that you enjoyed wasting is not wasted time.” – John Lennon Arthur He University of Virginia Band (9-12) TJMC (9-10, 12) Varsity Track and Field (9-12) Codi’s Hats (9-12) Class of 2015 Historian (9-12) Hope Chinese School Volunteer (9-12) Bum Fam (12-forever) Arnie (12-forever) Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.

Caroline Heilbrun Yale University Swim and Dive (9-12) Young Changemakers (9-12) RAD (9-12) “We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.” – Carl Sagan Jessie Heise College of William & Mary TJSD (9-12) Softball (9-12) Football (12) Keyettes (9-12) FCA (9-12) “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou

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Aidan Hennessey-Niland College of William & Mary Model UN (9-12) Mock Trial (9-12) Track & Field-Distance Team (10-12) ViperSquad (12-life) “The world is so competitive, aggressive, consumive, selfish and during the time we spend here we must be all but that.” – José Mourinho Jim Henris University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Band (9-12) JCC (9-12) Lacrosse (9-12) Football (11-12) The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma.

Ariana Herbst Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Crew (9-12) Cheer (9-12) Swing Dance (10-12) “I never look back, darling. It distracts from the now.” – The Incredibles Alyssa Herbst Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Crew (9-12) Cheer (9-12) Swing Dance (10-12) In case you were wondering, Ariana and I are actually the same person.

We have been fooling you this entire time.

Kyle Herndon University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Technology Student Association (10-12) Electronics Club (9-12) Anarchist Commune (12) National Honor Society (11-12) “I calculated the odds of this succeeding versus the odds I was doing something incredibly stupid, and I went ahead anyway.”– Crow T. Robot ”When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It’s to enjoy each step along the way.” – Wayne Dyer George Ho Northeastern University Perfect the basics.

Isabel Ho University of Virginia Piano (forever) Cheer (10-12) Relay for Life (9-12) RIPL (3-forever) Bookworm (Always) “You sort of start thinking anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.”

– Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Jacob Holtom Brigham Young University The sooner you get behind, the longer you have to catch up.

Nicholas Mario Hougland Carnegie Mellon University Teenage Republicans (9-12) Mock Trial Club (9-12) Youth Democrats (9-10)

Olivia Hsu UC Berkeley MUN (10-12) Neuroscience Society (9-12) “It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.” – Albert Einstein Jason Hu University of Virginia Puneeth once touched a sign that clearly said “do not touch” David Hu University of Virginia Crew (9) Track (10-12) MUN (10-12) “I’m blessed. I’m blessed every day I wake up. So I just try to maximize every day to the fullest.” – Marshawn Lynch Danial Hussain University of Virginia 2015 Class Council (12) Student Government Association (11) Technology Student Association (10-12) Electronics Club (9-12) “If you make yourself more than just a man, if you devote yourself to an ideal, and if they can’t stop you, then you become something else entirely: Legend.” – Batman Begins Thomas Hutchinson James Madison University TJStar (9-12) Teknos (9) “People die when they are killed” – Emiya Shirou Mohamed Ihsan University of Virginia GSA (10-12) Honor Council (12) Arabic Horizons (9-12) MSA (9-12) Ocean Bowl (12) JRR Tolkien Fellowship (12) Sokka - That means APPA ATE MOMO! Katara-Sokka Appa didn’t eat momo. Sokka -That’s just what he wants you to think, MOMO IM COMING BUDDY! Sriram Iyer Georgia Institute of Technology Lincoln-Douglas Debate (9-12) Produced Lil $hew’s “Lifeguard” (12) Spanish Honor Society (12) “I’d rather die enormous than live dormant.” – Jay-Z Seth Jaffe University of Virginia Varsity Soccer (9-12) Varsity Basketball (10-12) Biology Society (10-12) Jewish Culture Club (10-12) Environmental Impact Club (10) “Don’t shy away from big moments; embrace them and come up clutch.”

Kashish Jagga Northeastern University Eighth Period (9) Lost and Found (10-12) “People who quote themselves are both incredibly witty and vain.”– Kashish Jagga

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Rishub Jain Carnegie Mellon University Boy Scouts (1-12) Computer Teams (9-12) Varsity Math Team (9-11) A diamond is simply a lump of coal that did well under pressure.

Ryan Jakiel Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Astronomy Club (9-12) TJ Ultimate Frisbee (12) Bridge Club (9-12) Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration, which is why engineers sometimes smell really bad.

Shoot for the moon, because even if you miss, you’ll end up among the stars.

Harshal Jariwala Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Botball Robotics (10-12) FIRST Robotics (11-12) Just follow your passions. They’ll get you somewhere.

Luka Jelenak Carnegie Mellon University Crew (9-12) Orchestra (9, 11-12) Japanese (9-11) JNHS (11-12) “Once you do something, you never forget. Even if you can’t remember.”

– Spirited Away Alexis Jenkins College of William & Mary Lacrosse (9-12) Field Hockey (9-12) Women Interested in Science and Engineering (9-12) “It’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” – Marilyn Monroe Sonia Jindal College of William & Mary Field Hockey (9-11) Investigations in Epidemiology (9-12) Spanish Honor Society(9-12) “The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.” – J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan Christina Joseph College of William & Mary Mythvestigations (10-12) Dance (9-11) Bioengineering Projects for the Future (9-10) JT-31 Squad (9-12) Thank you so much for helping me!

I’d like to give you a hug now if that’s okay with you. :) Daniel Ju University of Virginia Varsity Math Team (9-12) Computer Team (9-11) Chemistry Society (10-12) Track and Field (10-11) “I don’t have dreams. I have goals.”

James Jung Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Urban Dance (10-12) Ultimate Frisbee (10-12) Froshmore(10-forever) What’s the point in being grown-up if you can’t be childish sometimes?

Katrina Junta Marion Military Institute “You got it dude” – Michelle Tanner from Full House Brian Junttila James Madison University Band/Marching Band (9-12) Recording Audio for the Disadvantaged (9-12) And you told me I couldn’t major in music.

Sathvik Kadaveru Georgia Institute of Technology Intermediate Computer Team (11) Senior Computer Team (12) Botball Robotics (11-12) Math Team (9-11) Chess Club (9-10) “I see now that the circumstances of one’s birth are irrelevant; it is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are.”— Mewtwo Akash Kalimili University of Waterloo JT-31 Squad (9-12) “Proud but never satisfied.” – Christian Guzman Hriday Kamshatti Georgia Institute of Technology Froshmore (10-Infinity) FIRST Robotics Team 1123 (11-12) Physics Team (11-12) “I stay up too late Got nothing in my brain”– Taylor Swift Ellen Kan Yale University tjTODAY (9-12) KAST (11-12) Honor Council (12) Cross Country (9-12) PALS (always) #1 HUM (11-forever) ViperSquad (12-life) “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 Joo Kang College of William & Mary RAD (9-12) BigSibs (10-12) Relay for Life (10-12) BUMFAM (11-forever) “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” – St. Francis of Assisi Christopher Kang James Madison University Threshold (9) Urban Dance Movement (10, 12) FRC Team 1123 (11) Ballroom Dance (12) “anything with a large enough engine will fly.” -raspabalsa Arun Kannan University of Virginia Physics Team (9-12) Chess Team (9-12) Tennis (12) Varsity Math Team (9-12) Adios, amigos!

Jeevan Karamsetty University of Virginia Chess (K-forever) Project BEST (11-12)

aphorisms TJ FBLA (9-12) #1 HUM (11-forever) Checkmate.

Srijan Karan Virginia Commonwealth University Error 533: File is corrupted. Word cannot open the document.

Nolan Kataoka University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Poi Club (9-12) Latin Honor Society/Latin Club (9-12) Man Choir (12) Show Choir (12) Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero.

Jafr Kazmi United States Military Academy Villian in Disney movie “Aladdin” (1997) Best Jawline (2015) Football (9-12) Wrestling (11-12) Lacrosse (9-12) JCC (9-12) Beat Navy. Lacrosse is not a crime.

Shoutout to the not ***holes, you guys kept it real.

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Aria Kim Williams College There goes my chance at becoming an anime protagonist.

Rocketry Club (10-12) The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it. – Dave Chappelle

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Courage is not the absence of fear, but the conquering of it.”– Dan Millman

Shilpa Kunnappillil New York University “What is a weekend?” – the Dowager

Leon Kim Columbia University I want to be hardcore, but my mom won’t let me.

Peter Kim University of Virginia Biology Olympiad (9-12) Football (9-12) Swimming (9-12) Jesus (1-life) Nothing beats the high that you get from a good conversation.

Ildoo Kim Carnegie Mellon University Varsity Math Team (9-12) Senior Computer Team (9-12) Freshmen Computer Team (9) Intermediate Computer Team (10-11) GG Joshua Kim College of William & Mary Soccer (9-10) I don’t mind losing to someone, but I won’t be beaten by myself. – Shirou Emiya Siva Kodali University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Captain of History Quiz Bowl (1112) Chemistry Team (9-12) Computer Team (9-12) App Development Club (10-11) “The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.” – Vince Lombardi Thank you everyone who made my time at TJ so incredible Sravani Korupolu Northeastern University Relay for Life (9-12) Policy Debate (9-12) Active Science Alliance (9-12) I Came Out to Have a Good Time and I’m Honestly Feeling So Attacked Right Now Sami Kosaraju College of William & Mary Softball (9-11) Bus 558; Westside Wumbo (9-12) E^3 (11-12) Tutoring (9-12) Debate (9-10) “But oh, to be free... Such a thing would be greater than all the magic and all the treasures in all the world” Matthew Kramer University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Computer Team (9-10)

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David Lanman University of Washington Football (9-12) Writing Center (12) If you have any idea what you’re doing, you’re doing it wrong.

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Kali Liang Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Chinese Honor Society (11-12) Alpaca is Love, Alpaca is Life. RISE MY ALPACA ARMYYY!! (•̤̀ ᵕ •̤́) Amanda Lim Stanford University “Ow! My brains!” – Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Lucas Lin Stanford University They say “less is more,” which is true because it is false.

Bradon Liu University of Virginia Model UN (9-12) STEMbassadors (9-12) FBLA (9-12) TJSD (9-10) “The man who has no imagination has no wings.” – Muhammad Ali Grace Liu University of Alabama Book Buddies (10-12) Cultivators of the Earth (10-12) Orchestra (12) No ragrets.

Jeffery Liu Duke University SteelD (12) TJ Tennis State Champions (10-12) FBLA (9-12) Business in Science (11-12) Hope for the Homeless (11-12) Team Tyus (12) Call me Tyus Jefferson Steelflexz Scott Liu University of Virginia Action Africa (11-12) SciTalk (11-12) Chinese Honors Society (10-12) SAACHI (10-Forever) The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.

William Liu University of Virginia Class Council (9-11) Student Advisory Council (12) Chinese Honor Society (11-12), Policy Debate (9-11) iGEM (11-12) “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” – Milton Berle William Long Duke University Soccer (9-12) Biology Olympiad (10-11) Kilmer Group (Always) Ethan Lowman University of Virginia Band & Orchestra (9-12) Intranet (9-12) Computer Security Club (10-12) Senior Computer Team (10-12) “True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.”

– Kurt Vonnegut Heather Lukas Cornell University Biology Society (9-12) Bioengineering Projects for the Future (9-12) TJ Running (10-11)

TJ Drama (12) “Just once, I want my life to be like an 80s movie, preferably one with a really awesome musical number for no apparent reason.” – Easy A

Cross Country (9-12) Indoor Track (9-12) Outdoor Track (9-12) PALS (always) ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Julie Luo Yale University Co-Ed Varsity Golf (9-12) Business in Science (9-12) Saachi (12) “I’d hit that” – Julie to a golf ball

Nitesh Manem Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University TJ Rocketry Club (11-12) Bioengineering Projects for the Future (11-12) “I want people to be afraid of how much they love me” – Michael Scott

Austin Ly University of Virginia Spanish Honor Society (10-12) Weyanoke ES Tutoring (11) Manchoir (12) VSA (9-12) Cruiser Crew (1-life) “I’m not so good with the advice...

Can I interest you in a sarcastic comment?”

Angela Ma University of Chicago Cheerleading (9-11) TWIST (9-12) Putin (11-12) “Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss” – Douglas Adams Kalyan Madanapalli Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Chess (9-12) Theresa Mai University of Virginia Vietnamese Student Association (9-12) Varsity Tennis (10-12) Fourfecta (4ever) oh my! what the!

Charlie Maier University of Virginia Varsity Wrestling (9-12) Understanding Math & Physics (11) High Fair Hum (11-?)

Mr. Bell’s Room (11-12) all about the shmoney John Maillet Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Baseball (9-12) “There’s a time and a place for everything, and it’s called college” – Chef Billie Males University of Chicago Orchestra (9-12) Marching Band (10-12) Science Olympiad (9-12) “Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.” – Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) Ana Malhotra Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University TJDL (10) STEMbassadors (11) NHS (11-12) Namaste (9, 11-12) WISE (9-12) ASL (9-12) Relay for Life (9-10)

Roshan Manjaly College of William and Mary Same Neha Manu University of Virginia WISE (10-12) Forensic Science Society (9-12) Medical Society (9-12) Chemistry Society (10-12) Bird Club (10-11) “Don’t take life too seriously. You’ll never get out of it alive.” - Elbert Hubbard Nidhi Manu University of Virginia Forensic Science Society (9-12) Chemistry Society (10-12) WISE (10-12) Medical Society (9-12) The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. – Unknown Nick Mariam University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Rocketry Club (9-12) “Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.”

– Richard Feynman Eric McCord-Snook University of Virginia Varsity Soccer (9-12) Computer Team (9-12) KAST (11-12) “I have never let my schooling get in the way of my education” – Mark Twain Daniel McKinney College of William & Mary Track (9-12) Cross Country (9-12) SKIFFY (9-12) Any words I lived by would have to be a really good paradox Becca Merriman-Goldring College of William & Mary Model UN (9-12) WISE (9-12) French Honor Society (10-12) Writing Center (11-12) “It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.” – Oscar Wilde Madeline Meyers University of Chicago National Honor Society (11-12) American Sign Language (9-12) Orchestra (9-12) WISE (10-11) #1 HUM (11-forever) Sometimes me think, “What is Friend?” and then me say, “Friend

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is someone to share the last cookie with.” – Cookie Monster

Monique Mezhar University of Virginia Pole Vaulter, Indoor Track and Field (9-12) Outdoor Track and Field (9-12) Swing Dance Team (11-12) Ballroom Dance Team (12) “I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.” – Leonardo da Vinci Anugya Mittal University of Virginia Medical Society (10-12) LD Debate (10-11) Namaste (9-12) Dance (9-12) I won’t apologize for who I am.

Mehul Mittal University of Texas - Austin Active Minds (10-12) FBLA (11-12) MUN (11-12) JV Basketball (10) Freshmen Football Just like you got traded girl you don’t know who you playing with.

Paris Mitzelfeld University of Cambridge (GY) Reem Mohamed George Washington University Latin Honor Society (9-12) Muslim Student Association (9-12) Yes, I am hiding the Dark Lord under my hijab.

Callan Monette College of William & Mary Volleyball (9-12) Dive (9-12) American Sign Language Club (9-12) Writing Center Tutor (11-12) “If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.” – Lemony Snicket Gavin Moore Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Drama (9-12) Shakespeare Troupe (9-12) Improv Club (9-12) Chess Team (9-12) Model UN (11-12) Astronomy Club (9-12) “Did everyone see that? Because I will *not* be doing it again.” – Capt.

Jack Sparrow KTF Pegah Moradi University of Virginia, Cornell University Future Problem Solving (9-12) Public Forum Debate (10-12) Persian Club (9-12) Dot Comedy (11-12) Westside Wumbo (9-forever) Badu (life) “Time is making fools of us again.”

—Albus Dumbledore Jack Morris University of Virginia Key Club (9-12) Jewish Culture Club (9-12) TJXC/Track (9-forever),

Andreas Butler Fan Club (11-forever) You can catch flies with honey, but you catch more honeys being fly

Ryan Morris College of William & Mary Basketball (9-12) Soccer (11-12) SAACHI (10-FOREVA) Mural club (10-11) “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

– Jeremiah 29:11 Emily Moschella Georgia Institute of Technology Cross Country (9-12) Winter Track (9, 10, 12) Outdoor Track (9-12) Swim and Dive (11-12) Weyanoke Tutors (10-12) Swing Dance Team (11-12) “It’s more than just a race, it’s style.”

– Prefontaine

Sarah Mueller Wellesley College Crew (9-12) FCA (9-12) Bird Club (10-12) Ebola Evaders (12) ... or just best friends. (see: Gaudet, Hannah) Kaushik Murali Cornell University Boyz2Men (10-12) Chemistry Team (10-12) Public Forum Debate (10-12) GIVE Tutoring(11-12) Namaste (10-12) “You want it to be one way, but it’s the other way.” – Marlo Stanfield, The Wire Claire Murphy College of William & Mary Crew (9-12) Bird Club (10-12) Ebola Evaders (12) “Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing -- absolutely nothing -half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” – The Wind in the Willows Hariank Muthakana Carnegie Mellon University Senior Computer Team (9-12) Math Team (9-11) Do not go gentle into that good night.

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Stav Nachum University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Froshmore (10-forever) Threshold (10-12) Model United Nations (10-12) Writing Center Board (11-12) “I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way.” – Carl Sagan Newton Nagirimadugu College of William & Mary sciTalk (11-12) MUN (9-12) Drake (9 - forever) Wallet yout! Wallet, wallet, wallet, wallet.

Seanna Nam

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College of William & Mary (GY) Poi Club (9-12) tjSTAR (10-12) NAHS (11-12) Color Guard (12) “I’m a damsel, I’m in distress, I can handle this. Have a nice day.” – Megara

Michelle Namkung University of Maryland - College Park Basketball (9-12) Crew (9) Teknos (9-12) Environmental Impact Club (10-11) Relay for Life (9-12) One and Together (11-12) Korean Culture Cub (10-12) Symphonic Band (9) GIVE Tutoring (9-12) Bum Fam (Forever) “Work until your idols become your rivals.” – Drake Shreya Nandi Cornell University Japanese National Honor Society (9-12) Summer Research at National Cancer Institute (12) Writing Center (12) Relay for Life (9-12) If we doubt so much with the expectation of deception, do we only believe in being deceived?

Jeremy Nathan University of Virginia Chemistry Team (10-12) Spanish Honor Society (11-12) Language Lover (forever) “I won’t go into a big spiel about reincarnation, but the first time I was in the Gucci store in Chicago was the closest I’ve ever felt to home.” -Kanye West Shivani Nathan University of Virginia Westside Wumbo (9-forever) Service Choir (10-12) Sirens (11-12) ShowChoir (11-12) GIVE Tutoring (11-12) FPS (9-12) Drama (12) Persian Club (10-12) Arabic Horizons (11-12) Bharatanatyam dance (2- a pretty long time) The only thing stopping you from success is fear Amy Nepomuceno Maryland Institute College of Art Sharp mind, sharp tongue, sharp eyeliner.

Amanda Nguyen University of Virginia Volleyball (9-12) WISE (10-12) Track and Field :’) (12) “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” – Douglas Adams Mimi Nguyen University of Pittsburgh Columbia Elementary Tutor (10-12) Invitational Science Fair (10-12) VSA (10-12) WISE (11-12) Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.

– Ralph Waldo Emerson See you, future trailblazers! :) David Noursi University of Chicago Basketball (10-12) MedSoc (9-12) Saxophone (9-11) Still myself Robert O’Connell Rochester Institute of Technology Student Systems Administrators (9-12) Chess Club (10-12) Tractor/Card and Board Game Club (9-10, 12) “Good enough is.” – Scott Adams Richard Oh Johns Hopkins University Summer Research (11-12) STEM Volunteering (10-12) Science Olympiad (10-12) Piano (9-12) Boyz2Men Janice Ong Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2014 & 2015 US National Chemistry Olympiad camps (11, 12)

2013 USA Biology Olympiad camp (10) Science Bowl (10-12) Science Olympiad (9-12) Winston Ou UC Berkeley Varsity Math Team (9-12) Chemistry Society (10-12) “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”

“A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside.” – Winnie the Pooh Prashanth Panicker University of Michigan - Ann Arbor TJ Drama (9-10) TJ GSA (10-12) TJ Ballroom (11-12) I do see you pointing fingers at the “dead squirrel” perched upon my upper lip. But I’ll have the last laugh when my mustache is still a mustache while your smooth skin has transformed into a mass of saggy wrinkles.

Dennis Park University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Lacrosse (10-12) Business in Science (10-12) Cultivators of the Earth (10-12) Key Club (9-11) Don’t ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, and my kindness for weakness.

Didi Park Stanford University CSL Administrator (9-10) Linguistics Club (9-12) GSA (12) Anarchist Commune (12) The Discourse: A Found Poem capitalism? more like CRAPitalism ~let’s integrate over the gender manifold~ in a heterosexual relationship, which one’s the pussy cat and which one’s the puppy dog? ~*gay nerd aesth*~ but HUMAN NATURE!!1!11 now THAT’s a dank meme folloш foя мoяе soft сoммцпisм John Park University of Virginia Science Olympiad (9-12) Matthew Park UC Berkley Teknos (9-12) Varsity Math Team (9-12) Biology Olympiad (9-11) SEAP Intern (10-11) NIH IRTA Fellow (12) “I gravitate towards gravitas.”– Morgan Freedman Bridget Park Baylor University “I don’t believe in the moon, I think it’s the back of the sun” – The Janitor Ethan Parker University of Pittsburgh SLAVA Russian Honor Society (9-12) Gay-Straight Alliance (12) People have rights, but beliefs and ideas do not. No idea is immune from criticism.

Ranjani Parthasarathy College of William & Mary Orchestra (9) Quizbowl (9-12) Spanish Honor Society (10-12) Latin-by-adoption (9-12) National Honor Society (11-12) AP National Scholar (11-12) “Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on.” (–Hogfather) “There is a rumour going around that I have found God. I think this is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist.”

– Terry Pratchett GNU Pterry John Pentakalos Cornell University Melanie Piller University of Virginia Volleyball (9-12) Band (9-12) Orchestra (10-12) Future Problem Solving (10-12) FCA (9-12) Writing Center(10-12) Badu (life) “A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design

aphorisms a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.” – Robert Heinlein, from Time Enough for Love Mary Pollin United States Military Academy Irish Dance (9-12) Track (9, 11-12) Cross Country (9, 12) WISE (10-12) “To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift” – Steve Prefontaine Aditya Ponukumati Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Chess Team (9-12) Chemistry Team (10-12) Computer Team (9-10) Don’t just stand there and do nothing. Someone’s going to shove you into an administrator.

Sraavya Poonuganti College of William & Mary Lincoln-Douglas Debate Team (9-12) Sirens (10-12) “Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger Shreya Punya Carnegie Mellon University I-nite (9-12) Relay for Life (10-12) Ravioli (12-forever) Gold’s Gym (12-never) “And you said it would be funny to keep me hanging in suspense” – Mayday Parade Yuvraj Puri Case Western Reserve University Show Choir (11-12) Manchoir (12) TJ MUN (9-11) Otaku Club (12) Anthony Quach University of Virginia Taylor Quinn Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University TJSD (9-12) Keyettes (9-12) “We are alive. This is what makes everything so exciting. This is our time. This is not a page from history; it’s the present. The potential is there.

You are alive, I’m alive-- that’s what makes this magic.”

Nandini Radhakrishnan Carnegie Mellon University Yearbook (9-12) Explainer at Udvar-Hazy (10-12) Dance (9-12) “We didn’t realize we were making memories. We just knew we were having fun.”

Ramya Radhakrishnan University of Miami Bioengineering Projects for the Future (9-12) Future Problem Solvers (9-12) Spanish Honor Society (10-12) RIPL (3-forever) PALS (always) Badu (life) “time flies when ur throwing watches” - Pakalu Papito (@pakalupapito) Akhil Ramaswamy Virginia Commonwealth University Saachi (10-Forever) Basketball (For life) “I told that girl to text me when she got home. I think she is homeless.”

Kaustubh Rane Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Orchestra (12) Excelsior Aerospace Club (10 - 12) Did you know you can skydive without a parachute? . . . . But only once.

Pooja Rathnashyam Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University idek (0-infinity) RIPL (3-forever) TJSB (9-12)

TWIST (10-12) FIRST Robotics (11-12) just do what i do when i have problems...SCREAM – Patrick Star, 120 Conch Street, Bikini Bottom, Pacific Ocean Sumved Ravi Virginia Commonwealth University Neuroscience Society (9-12) Failure, I have learned, is not the end to a means, but the means to an end.

Sushma Reddy New York University WISE (11-12) Med Soc (9-12) Key Club (9-11) “If I could get a firm grip on reality, I’d choke it.”

Sushrutha Reddy Massachusetts Institute of Technology Varsity Math Team (9-12) Dr. Osborne’s Room (12) Physics Team (9-12) I am trying to parametrize a circle but for some reason I get to the step b^2sin^2(u) + y^2 = b^2 and can’t get any further. Then, suddenly, you walk by and help me finish the parametrization. So in conclusion, why was I able to solve the problem? y? b cos of u.

Amir Refai University of Michigan - Ann Arbor President (11-12) Kids are Scientists Too (11-12) GIVE (11-12) I hope everyone that is reading this is having a really good day. And if you are not, just know that in every new minute that passes you have an opportunity to change that.

Theo Richardson University of Michigan - Ann Arbor TJMC (9-12) TJDL (9-12) Words can’t describe...

Kevin Riordan Carnegie Mellon University dank memes cant hold these steel dreams :^) Adrian Robertson University of Alabama Football (9-12) Junior Statesmen of America (9-12) Swing Dance (12) If you are the smartest person in the room, find another room.

David Rogers Union College 1400 W Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20009 Emily Rogers Wheaton College FCA (9-12 Marching Band (9-12) Threshold (10-12) But they had time, and they had energy. – X Thomas Rogers University of Virginia TJSD (9-12), Lacrosse (10-11) SGA (12) “Nah fam” - Rosa Parks Zane Rossi University of Chicago Linguistics Club (10-12) “And the so-called real world will not discourage you from operating on your default settings, because the socalled real world of men and money and power hums merrily along in a pool of fear and anger and frustration and craving. . . Our own present culture has harnessed these forces in ways that have yielded extraordinary wealth and comfort and personal freedom. The freedom all to be lords of our tiny skull-sized kingdoms, alone at the center of all creation. . .

But of course there are all different kinds of freedom, and the kind that is most precious you will not hear much talk about much in the great outside world. . . The really important kind of freedom involves attention and awareness and discipline, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them over and over in myriad petty, unsexy ways every day.” – DFW

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Mikeala Ruiz Ramon University of Virginia TJ Drama (11-12) Shakespeare Troupe (10-12) TJ Choir (10-11) You must be imaginative, stronghearted. You must try things that may not work, and you must not let anyone define your limits because of where you come from. Your only limit is your soul. What I say is true - anyone can cook... but only the fearless can be great. – Chef Gusteau Anirudh Ryali University of Virginia FCT (9) ICT (9-11) SCT (10-11) idek (0-infinity) “YAMS EVERYWHERE” – 2 Chainz Michael Ryjik Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Professional Theater (6-12) TJ Drama (9-12) Excelsior Aerospace Club (9-10) Electronics Club (9) Being a Boss (9-12) All the world’s a stage Anusha Saga University of Virginia Mythvestigations (10-12) WISE (10-12) Dance (2 - present) Piano (0-present) idek (0-infinity) Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind. – Bernard Baruch Rohan Saini University of Michigan - Ann Arbor TJ Golf (9-12) Public Forum Debate (9-11) FBLA (9-11) “It’s a positive thing to talk about terrible things and make people laugh at them.” – Louis C.K. Katherine Salamido Dartmouth College XC/Track (10-12) French Honor Society (10-12) Making Fiends (7-12) Thank you to Mr. Scholla for showing me that the hardest things are also the most rewarding, and for teaching me how to SWAG. Thank you to Mr. Miller for teaching me more about English (and about life) than he will probably ever know. Last, thanks Mom for putting up with my nonsense for the past eighteen years. You have the patience of a Buddhist monk and the deltoids of Michelle Obama.

I am in awe.

Surya Sampath College of William & Mary Winter Track (10) FBLA (9-11) Orchestra (9) “If you’re only good at one thing, make it everything” – Roger Federer Vikram Sardana University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Model UN (9-12) History Bowl (11-12) Mock Trial (9-12) “The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in time of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.” – Dante Teja Sathi Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Basketball (9) Varsity Tennis (9-12) Environmental Impact Club (9-12) Envirothon (10-12) “When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor” – Elon Musk Matthew Savage Carnegie Mellon University Electronics Club (9-12) Senior Computer Team (9-12) Technology Student Association (10-12) I don’t know, go ask your grandpa.

Andrew Seliskar UC Berkeley TJSD (9-12) TJSD Team Captain (12) National Honor Society (11-12), Russian Honor Society (11-12) Lead Guitarist of Seahorse Where are you? And I’m so sorry

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Jeong-In Seo Washington University in St. Louis Orchestra outside of school (9-11) LHS (9-12) NAHS (11-12) Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.

Hamil Shah Ohio State University - Columbus FBLA (9-12) INVENTeam (9-10) Economics Challenge (10-11) No Jain no game Ruhee Shah University of Virginia Yearbook (9-12) Lincoln-Douglas Debate (9-12)\ Softball (9-11) “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”

– Maya Angelou Javed Shaik University of Virginia Cultivators of the Earth A best friend is like a four leaf cover hard to find and extremely lucky to have Rhea Sharma College of William & Mary Field Hockey (9-12) Lacrosse (9-12) Active Minds (11-12) Namaste (9-12) Show Choir (9-12) Busties (9-forever) Ravioli (12-forever) Saachi wannabe (10-forever) “Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.” – Winston Churchill Bobbie Sheng University of Chicago Thomas Jefferson Marching Colonials (10-12) TJ Band (10-12) Latin Honor Society (9-12) Quizbowl (9-12) Threshold (11-12) “The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the front door, the scream of fire engines, or the realization that today is the Monday which was a comfortably long way off on Friday night.” –Terry Pratchett Solomon Shewit Cornell University MUN (10-12) SAACHI (10-FOREVA) SteelD (12) I need a lifeguard Oliver Shi University of Virginia Crew (9-12) Chem Team (10-11) You can’t row well without rowing hard.

Naini Shiswawala Virginia Commonwealth University Yearbook (9-12) GIVE (10-12) Hope for the Homeless (11-12) National Honor Society (11-12) JT-31 Squad (9-12) All I want to do in life is pull up to every scene with my ceiling missing.

Connor Simpson College of William & Mary Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Young Democrats “Actually, it’s about ethics in gaming journalism.” – Mark Twain Nur Simsek University of Chicago Writing Center Tutor (10-12) UNICEF (9-12) MSA (9-12) SHS (10-12) “You don’t test a gentle person the way that you don’t steep tea for too long. Submerge me and I will imbue, and what was sweet will be bitter. I will be strong on your tongue and unpleasant to the taste, and you’ll regret drowning me in your guile.My gentleness is not for your taking.” – Nikka Ursula Yash Singh College of William & Mary sciTalk (11-12) Public Forum Debate (10-12) Namaste (11-12) Loudoun Kid (Life) Never mind, I opened the pizza upside down :/ @dominos

Morgan Sizemore Dartmouth College Yearbook (9-10) Hispanic Alliance (9-10) Crew (9-12) Teach Them to Fish Foundation (9-12) FCA (11-12) Creative Director RSF (11-12) Fashion Icon (Always) Katherine Sizov University of Pennsylvania Fencing (9-12) NHS (11-12) FHS (11-12) GSA (10-11) When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor. – Elon Musk Michael Smith Rochester Institute of Technology Amateur Radio Club (9-12) Botball (9) Young Democrats (9) Student System Administrators (9-11) Good enough is Kai Smith James Madison University Carolina Crown (13-15) Soccer (12-13) Band (11-15) Marching Band (11-14) Siva Somayyajula Cornell University Spanish Honor Society (10-12) Technology Student Association (10-12) Computer Team (9-12) Indian Language Club (9-10) [Submitted at 11:59 PM] Erik Song University of Virginia “Sometimes I’ll start a sentence, and I don’t even know where it’s going. I just hope I find it on the way. Like an improv conversation. An improversation.”

Nandan Srinivasa University of Virginia Chess (10-12) Chemistry Team(10-12) “You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain” – Harvey Dent Nikhil Srinivasan University of Pittsburgh Don’t wait for opportunity to knock, build a door and kick it down yourself.

Chris Stephens University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Froshmore (10) The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. – Confucius Haley Stumvoll Georgia Institute of Technology Cross Country and Indoor Track (9-12) Outdoor Track & Field (11-12) GEMS (9-12) Electronics Club (9-12) “This place makes me so nervous, all I can think of is food!” – Shaggy Rogers Ashwin Subramaniam Pennsylvania State University - University Park Tennis (9) Chemistry Team (9-11) Biology Olympiad (9) Biology Society (9-10) Intermediate Computer Team (10) A bus station is where a bus stops.

A train station is where a train stops.

So why do my parents call my desk a work station?

Daniel Suh Clemson University Varsity Cheerleading (10-12) All-Star Cheerleading (11-12) Cheer Tyme stunt instructor (12) Urban Dance Movement (9-10, 12) Swing Dance (11-12) Unique Learning Center tutor (11) There are times to “wing it”. If there’s a big chance you’re going to hurt others or yourself, go practice.

Eric Sun Carnegie Mellon University Freshman Computer Team (9) Computer Security Club (10-12) “The more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there are to laugh at it.” – Bill Nye Justin Sun University of Virginia Tennis waterboy (9-forever) Cross country (9), TJ waitlist (8-9) They hate us cause they aint us – Dave Skylark Adi Suresh Virginia Commonwealth University Football (10-12) Bio-Olympiad (10-11) ASL (9-11) Life-In-Movement (12) Red Cross (11-12) I’ve had a lot of epiphanies in the past few years.

Peter Suzuki Rice University Baseball (9-12) Neuro Soc (9-12) iGEMs (11-12) Hispanic Alliance (10-11) You are what you do, not what you say.

Alyssa Sze College of William & Mary Crew (9-12) Poi (9-12) Operation Communication (9-12) “If I’d known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.” – Eubie Blake Arianna Sze Washington University in St. Louis Poi (10-12) ASL (9-10, 12) Threshold (10-12) “I learned to catch a bird in flight and leave no footprints in the snow. I never feel the cold and I never sleep” – Elektra Kayvon Tabrizi Johns Hopkins University “If you always say no, you’ll never say yes.” – Ryan Higa Rohit Tadikamalla Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University FBLA (9-12) Economics Challenge (9-11) INVENTeam (9-10) “Some people might hate you for being different and not living by society’s standards, but deep down they wish they had the courage to do the same.” – Kevin Hart Christian Tae Stanford University Baseball (9-12) HANK (11-12) TARC (9-10) JT-31 Squad (9-12) “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” – Bruce Lee Ru (Tony) Tang College of William & Mary Crew (9-12) Go Club (9-12) Hope for the Homeless (10-12) Physics Team (11-12), Table Tennis (9-11) 1) To improve is to change, to perfect is to change often.

Nathaniel Taylor Cornell University MUN (9-12) Fencing (10-12) “Danger’s over, Banana Breakfast is saved.” – Pynchon Sage Teasley Tulane University Lacrosse (9-12) TJMC (9-12) Model UN (9-12) PriRu (10-life) Sometimes the only person you need to be better than is the person you were yesterday.

Dilip Thiagarajan Cornell University Math Team (9-12) Senior Computer Team (9-12) Freshman Basketball (9) Physics Team (10-11) Chem Team (10-11) “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” – James Baldwin

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May Thinnyun George Mason University Active Science Alliance (9-12) Varsity Gymnastics (11-12) Varsity Soccer Manager (11-12) I’m so lucky to have the world’s best mom, dad, and little brother for putting up with me and supporting me for the past four years. Thank you and I will miss you all next year!

Annie Thomas University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign TJSD (9-12), FIRST Robotics (11-12) NHS Treasurer (12) SLAVA (11-12) Perfect (birth-12) “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.” – Albert Einstein Luke Thorsell Columbia University Varsity Swim (9-12) “Just found out the world doesn’t revolve around me. Shocked & upset.”

– Marina Diamandis Manaswitha Thota College of William & Mary “Every song has a coda, a final movement. Whether it fades out or crashes away, every song ends. Is that any reason not to enjoy the music?” – Ellie Harp Sudhamsh Tippireddy George Washington University Public Forum Debate (9-12) Model UN (9-12) Investment Club (10-12) Every pizza is a personal pizza if you try hard enough and believe in yourself.

Aleesha Toteja University of Texas - Austin Relay For Life (9-12) SGA (11-12) Prom Comm (11-12) Namaste (9-11) JT-31 (9-forever) “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”

– Winnie the Pooh Ben Trans University of Virginia Ellis Tsung University of Virginia Cruiser Crew (1-life) You are now breathing manually.

Anna Tsutsui College of William & Mary Orchestra (9-12) tjSTAR Committee (10-12) WISE (10-12) “If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.” – Fred Rogers Anna Tursi Saint Mary’s College Catholic Student Association (9-12) FIRST Robotics Competition (10-12) The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. – Walt Disney Sai Puneeth Uttla University of Virginia Biggie Squad Model UN (10-12) VMT (9-11) Computer Team (9-12) Class Council (12) “But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.””But doctor...” he says “I am Pagliacci.”I don’t even like kiwis that much Katherine Van Kirk Stanford University CLC (11-12) SGA (12) NeuroInspire (10-12) IF (12) Poetry Writer, Coder, Astrophysicist (forever) SPACE IS REAL. Kayleigh Vance Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Varsity softball (9-12) Monticello Maniacs Caring too much about sports (life) Twitter fame (12) Don’t smile because it’s over, cry because it happened.

Lalit Varada Johns Hopkins University Senior Computer team (9-12) Fly you fools!-Gandalf

Maria Velicu United States Military Academy Varsity Volleyball (9-12) Athletic Injury Clinic (9-12) Scrabble Club (10-12) #wheresmaria “A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men.” – Willy Wonka Anna Venetianer University of Virginia Varsity Tennis (9-12) NeuroInspire (11) There are two rules for success... 1.

Never reveal everything you know Samuel Veroneau University of Chicago Baseball (9-12) Basketball Bench (9-10) Freshman Quarterback (9-12) Indonesia Expedition (12) Smithsonian Volunteer (10-12) Anarchist Commune (Time is a Capitalist Construct) Valar Dohaeris Julian Villacorta Stevens Institute of Technology Guitar Club (11-12) Football (9-11) Lacrosse (9-11) 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.

Jonathon Vogel University of Washington Cruiser Crew (1-life) At dawn of day, when you dislike being called, have this thought ready: “I am called to man’s labour; why then do I make a difficulty if I am going out to do what I was born to do and what I was brought into the world for?” – Marcus Aurelius Nate Vollbrecht University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Crew (9-12) “Closing time— every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” —Semisonic Wanting will get you nowhere. Doing will get you everywhere. And doing what you want may just take you where you want to go. Live a little!

Zachary Wade Carnegie Mellon University FPS (9) Electronics (9-12) TSA (10-12) CSC (10-12) “Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” – C.S. Lewis Renee Wah Mount Holyoke College Thomas Jefferson Marching Colonials (9-12) Band (9-12) Threshold (10-12) “I did my waiting! Twelve years of it!

In Fairfax County Public Schools!”

Gerry Wan Princeton University TJSD (forever) Science Olympiad (10-12) Physics Team (11-12) Froshmore (10-12) “When in doubt, do it.”

Kevin Wan University of Virginia Tennis (10-12) J-DAY Champ (11-12) SteelD (12) Team Personality (9-12) Dog Owner (10-12) I love Coach Myers Zoe Wang United States Naval Academy Crew (11) WILD (10-12) Operation Wallacea Research Team (11) Cheer (9-10) “The confusing thing is we now live in a society where it’s not illegal to be an ---hole, but it’s illegal to slap one.”

– Ronda Rousey

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Dorothy Wang University of Virginia Volleyball (9-12) “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.”

Steven Wang University of Virginia Froshmore (10-12) FIRST Robotics (11-12) Botball Robotics (11-12) If it’s too high to reach, find something to stand on.

Joe Wang Northeastern University Urban Dance Movement (11-12) Ballroom Dance Club (11-12) Fiddler on the Roof (12) National Art Honor Society (12) “It’s so hard to forget someone who gave you so much to remember”–Unknown Donald Waymire University of Virginia Football (9-12) Wrestling (10-13) Lacrosse (9) NHS (11-12) RHS (11-12) PIA (11-12) ASTC (9-12) TMT (9-23) Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works.

Greed clarifies and cuts through to the essence of the evolutionary

Anna Weidman College of William & Mary Swim (9-12) Lacrosse (9-11) Hispanic Alliance (9-12) Keyettes (9-12) Building a Better Community (9-11) Public Forum Debate (10-11) “No matter how you get there or where you end up, human beings have this miraculous gift to make that place home.” – Creed Bratton Alex Wendt University of Virginia Lacrosse (10-12) Rubik’s Cube Club (9-12) “’You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. -Wayne Gretzky’ - Michael Scott” - Alex Wendt Lindsay Williams Vanderbilt University tjTODAY (9-12) TJ Dance team (9-12) Arabic Horizons Club (10-12) Girl Scouts (9-12) French Honor Society (11-12) Guitar Club (11-12) Cappies (12) “If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now, for wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning”– Vincent Van Gogh Alexis Williams Rice University Dance Team (9-12) tjTODAY (10-12) Book lover (Life) “You have people come into your life shockingly and surprisingly. You have losses that you never thought you’d experience. You have rejection and you have learn how to deal with that and how to get up the next day and go on with it.”– Taylor SwiftIt’s been real, TJ. Thanks to all my classmates who have helped me through.

Carson Wishard University of Alabama TJMC (10-12) Band Council (11-12) Business in Science (10-12) Investigations in Epidemiology (10-12) Jazz Band (11-12) TJ Baseball (11-12) TGAG (always) “I swear to god I had something for this.” – Sterling Archer Lily Wittle University of Miami Crew (9-12) Band (9-12) ASL (9-12) Ebola Evaders (12) “You’ve got to go your own way, and you, my friend, are going your own way.” – The Way Way Back Thanks to my boats, carpools, symmetrical camp friends, and favourite Canadian for helping me find my own way.

Rollin Woodford College of William & Mary Westside Wumbo (9-forever) JNHS (10-12) Japanese Culture Club (9-12) Art Club (10-12) You need to be strong if you live in the real world. But thank God for dreams, where it’s okay to not be strong for at least a little while.

Mitch Woodhouse Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Cross Country (10-12) Track and Field (9-12) Every solution to every problem is simple. It’s the distance between the two where the mystery lies.

Michael Woon University of Virginia Policy Debate (10-11) ViperSquad (12-life) Don’t talk, just act. Don’t say, just show. Don’t promise, just prove.

Melissa Wu University of Virginia Future Problem Solving (9-12) Tennis (9-12) UNICEF (10-12) WISE (10-12) Special Olympics Volunteer (11-12) As you journey through life, always remember to be happy and live every moment to the fullest :)”Do what makes you happy, be with who makes you smile, laugh as much as you breathe, and love as long as you live.” – Rachel Ann Nunes Jessica Wu Massachusetts Institute of Technology “Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I’ve taken for granted.” – Sylvia Plath Darren Xue University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign CHS (11-12) HANK (10-11) NHS B*tch, where you when I was walkin’? – King Kendrick Katherine Yan University of Virginia Codi’s Hats (9-12) WISE (9-11)

aphorisms Policy Debate (10-11) Track (9-12) Soccer (9-11) “And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” – Paulo Coelho in The Alchemist Yuqian Yang University of Virginia Track & Field (9-12) GIVE Tutoring (9-11) Fourfecta (4ever) I am feta-p... asiago luego Raymond Yang University of Edinburgh Crew (9-12) Everybody loves Raymond Katherine Yang College of William & Mary Orchestra (11-12) Send a Smile (11-12) Botball Robotics (10-12) idek (0-infinity) “You can basically say anything to someone on an email or text as long as you put LOL at the end” – Kanye West Christopher Yeung University of Virginia A few words cannot possibly capture everything I’ve learned throughout my life and what I hope to pass on when I leave this school. But if anything, remember it’s often valuable to take a step back from everything around you, “success” and “failure” are both relative terms, and regardless of the outcome, never doubt that your family will stand beside you and be proud of what you’ve achieved.

Stefan Young Georgia Institute of Technology Crew (9-12) Golf (9-11) Justin Yum UC Berkeley Quizbowl (9-12) Jefferson Society (10-12) Model United Nations (9-12) Lincoln-Douglas Debate (9-12) “Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works.

Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures, the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge, has marked the upward surge of mankind.” – Gordon Gekko Peter Zablocki Yale University Soccer (9) Crew (10-12) German (9-12) “The credit does not go to the critic in the stands, but to the person on the battlefield, bloodied and bruised, striving to achieve something.”

Parsa Zand Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Football (9-12) SGA (9-12) Lacrosse (9-11) Wrestling (12) Persian Club (9-12) Old Boys Club (10-12) My biggest dream was so big - I couldn’t remember it, it was so big. – Riff Raff

Helen Zhang Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Yearbook (9-12) Class Council (9-12) Operation Communication (9-12) Lacrosse (10-12) Relay for Life (10-12) Orchestra (9, 12) Kids Are Scientists Too (11-12) Sometimes you will never know the true value of a moment until it becomes a memory.

Ben Zhang College of William & Mary Technology Student Association (11-12) Electronics Club (10-12) While the former may be more likely, I will choose to believe the latter simply because it is more amusing.~Every second spent standing on the side of a street is a second a driver could veer off and hit you.

But for your life to get anywhere, you need to be on that sidewalk sometimes. Sometimes you might even need to get on a train, where a fault in any one of thousands of parts could cause a derailment, cause your life to end...”I use sidewalks yolo” Edith Zhang University of Virginia Crew (9-12) Swim and Dive (9-10) Latin Honor Society (11-12) Ebola Evaders (12) Life is a grindstone. But whether it grinds you down or polishes you up depends on you.

Christina Zhao Cornell University Cheerleading (9-12) WILD (9-12) TWIST (9-12) FPS (9-12) Badu (life) “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.’” – Maya Angelou Shicheng Zhao University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Chess Club (9-12) Eileen Zheng University of Virginia Yearbook (9-12) Writing Center (11-12) French Honor Society (10-12) We didn’t realize we were making memories. We just knew we were having fun.

Derek Zhou UC Berkeley You Either Die A Spongebob Or Live Long Enough To Become A Squidward Sally Zhou University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Neuroscience Society (9-11) tjSTAR Planning Committee (10-12) Send-a-Smile (10-12) Poi (12) TJ National Art Honor Society (12) “I’ll burn that bridge when I get to it.”

Kyle Zhou UC Berkeley Hindsight’s always 20/20

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Wilson Zhou United States Coast Guard Academy Hope for the best, expect the worst.

Maddie Zug Pomona College FRC (10-12) Field Hockey (11-12) Coding Lady Colonials (11-12) “The most dangerous phrase in the language is ‘we’ve always done it this way’”.-Rear Admiral Grace Hopper Nick Zugris University of Virginia Basketball (9) Rowing (9-12) National Honor Society (11-12) Looking fresh (1996-present) Getting all the applause at graduation (12) I was happy to get into TJ, but I’m even happier leaving.

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june events

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tjSTAR celebrates research and discovery Clockwise from upper left corner: Seniors wait to present their year-long research projects while listening to others share their work; keynote speaker Paul Andersen from Bozeman Science gives his presentation at tjSTAR 2015; Principal Evan Glazer introduces speakers in the auditorium for tjSTAR 2015; senior Nan Baker introduces speakers in the auditorium; senior Susie Lee listens to student presentations; senior Anant Das shares his year-long research project.

photos courtesy of Andy Zhao

J-Day embraces Jefferson traditions

Clockwise from upper left corner: Senior Dennis Kim participates in J-Day Sponge Wars, hosted by the Model United Nations club; senior Peter Kim competes in the Jefferson Crew erging contest in Gym 2; seniors Mikaela RuizRamon and Julia Casazza race to the water slides on the football field; senior Alexis Gillmore sets up a food booth on the football field; senior Rhea Sharma advertises for Jefferson Active Minds’ Tank Sale; senior Sami Kosaraju keeps cool with a snow cone; senior Mustafa Bal prepares kabobs in the Tesla Commons. photos by Anjali Khanna layout by Anjali Khanna and Stav Nachum

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-Michael Walker

“My husband and I will be moving to Hawaii because my husband was stationed there with the Navy. I want to learn to sail and scuba dive and surf.”

-Valerie Palmer “I’m about to be reborn as a 70-year old unemployed man. The general advice is to never look back, because the two lives are not comparable.”

-Michael Stueben Other teachers leaving: Mary Ann Donohue Jenny Lee Teri Davis Barbara Wood Daryl Jones Mary Kate Lewis Emily Orser

“My family and I are going to move to the Oregon coast, buy a house in cash, live off my wife’s military retirement and I’m going to work part time at a community college, teaching when I want to.”

-Philip Ero

“I’m going to take a little time just to relax, and then I’ll probably do some substitute teaching next year, and my goal is to try and eventually get into college coaching track and field.”

-Jeffrey James Every year, teachers come and go from Jefferson, and this year is no exception. Some teachers who will either be retiring from FCPS or will just not work at Jefferson any more have already talked to their students about the issue. However, on June 1, principal Evan Glazer released the full list of teachers retiring from FCPS after the 2014-15 school.

Some teachers, like biology teacher Barbara Wood, will be retiring before the school year ends, while others, such as Computer Systems Research Lab director and technology teacher Michael Stueben, won’t be retiring until the end of the school year. Many students, current and past, are saddened by their leaving, yet the teachers understand that this is for the better.

“I had 30 years put in, and I also taught 4 years up in New York, so I just felt it was time to move on and try something different.” said physi-

cal education teacher Jeff James.

Many teachers that are leaving will be missed by their students, who have been working with them for years.

“My opinion on Dr. Wood leaving is so many feeling of sadness. There are no words, but maybe depressing.

She’s an amazing teacher and TJ will be losing one of its best,” said freshman Nira Harikrishnan, current student of Dr. Wood.

At the end of the year, the Fairfax and Jefferson faculty will hold ceremonies for retiring and leaving teachers, one of which is typically held on the last day of the student school year.

“The teachers who put in a career, we spend more time reflecting on their impact,” Dr. Glazer said of the end-of-year faculty luncheon. “The teachers who are leaving, we acknowledge that they’re leaving, and we applaud and thank them.”