S. G. D. THE VIAL FORUM

Sean Griffin Denomme

“I think I’m privileged to say that I’ve had a good time at Community. I’ve had a great time in high school, which I know a lot of people can’t say and I think if I had advice for incoming freshmen, it’s that there is joy and fun to be found in the school, in the community, if you go out and look for it. I am an absolute believer in that freshmen should be getting into clubs and groups. I’ve heard excellent things about robotics and I’ve had an excellent time in theater and I wouldn’t trade for anything, but more than that, there’s we’re in that we are right on the border of downtown and University of Michigan. There are groups and classes happening all the time, looking out and going to those is genuinely worthwhile. My favorite class I took here was Model UN that was taught by Chloe, but I’ve really enjoyed all of those social studies classes and history classes. I thought those were excellently well taught and the teachers who teach them Ryan, Sarah and Chloe are all amazing people and I would totally recommend taking those classes. Unlike math classes, we have some history classes that are interactive with lots of discussions and project work and it covers a wide range of interesting topics. So that you’ll never walk down into doing one area of history that might not interest you.”

B.H.

Bruno Hohn

“We did a project about layers in Mixed Media recently. Mine was an animation of my face breaking into about 20 different moving parts. I wanted it to go from live action into animation so I could show a real object breaking apart and having different layers. It’s my face hitting a table and then it cuts away from that and it just sort of devolves into different things. I’ve always been interested in animation for as long as I can remember. I think the movie “Song of the Sea,” and the show, “Steven Universe” were very influential to me. I only applied to art schools — I always assumed that’s what I would try and do. I’m considering either Stamps at U of M or Pratt Institute and Brooklyn right now. I’ve been in art club, which we’ve sort of had to build up. We sit around in the art room and sometimes we do things, and sometimes we don’t. Not that many people are in it, but I think it’s definitely gotten better. I’m also in CET, which sort of helped me with my interpersonal skills. I like performing. I like being able to be together with other people and make something together. It feels like a very community-based thing. And it’s sort of a connection that you don’t get anywhere else.”