GOALS

Lauren Kern & Jack Birmingham Roqaya Elmenshawy Sadie Parvis Over the years, LHS students and teachers have been creating lists of key vacation spots, memorable moments, and ‘hope to accomplish’ goals. These items, compiled in a list format, have been dubbed ‘bucket lists’ and are a framework for what people wish to do in life to feel accomplished. Each bucket list presented here highlights the many adventures of LHS students and staff.

A notable bucket list belongs to Craig Schmidt. Philosophy and Film teacher, Mr. Scmidt is a contender for what is perhaps the most adventurous bucket list. Schmidt, who became a teacher in 1997, has gone white water rafting through a Costa Rican rainforest, and skydived. Also, since 2007, he has even been writing his own novel! Schmidt has shown that good friends and family are important as well; other items on his list include being a great husband, father and building friendships wherever the world takes him. Overall, his diverse, unique, and interesting list is without a doubt worth recognizing.

A well-known face around LHS, Dr. Koulentes has had many adventures throughout his life. Some of which include: living in a foreign country, visiting all seven continents, becoming a teacher, and seeing the marine iguanas and blue-footed boobies in The Galapagos Islands. Friendship and family are also important values to Dr. Koulentes. He is constantly working hard to make LHS a better place while maintaining a strong connection with his family and accomplishing his goals in life.

Mr. Schmidt hikes a glacier in New Zealand after riding a helicopter to get there.

- Learn to fly a plane - Hike down into the Grand Canyon (and back out!) - Visit all major league ballparks - Wear a “V for Vendetta/Guy Fawkes” mask through airport security - Learn to sail and sail a long distance (1000 miles or so.) - Write a Novel (in progress) - Skydive - National Parks road trip - Scuba dive or snorkel in coral reefs

Dr. Koulentes visits a waterfall in Costa Rica near Manuel Antonio National Park after living there for a year.

Katherine Fosmoen rides an ATV in Florida near her grandmother’s house on Christmas Day in 2011.14 DROPS OF INK

- Skydive in Switzerland - Explore a cave - Learn how to snowboard, play piano, and drive an ATV - Attend a film premiere - Sing in an opera - Become fluent in two or more languages - Go snorkeling in Hawaii - Touch the New Year’s Eve ball - Have my art hung at an institute - Go snowmobiling - Wrap a snake around my neck

- Travel the world - Visit all seven continents (Including Antarctica) - Learn Spanish - Live in a foreign country (Costa Rica) - Become a teacher - Visit Belfast, Ireland - Visit Galapagos Island - See the marine Iguanas and Blue-Footed Boobies Senior Katherine Fosmoen already has an amazing start on an adventure-included bucket list. Fosmoen has ziplined over an ocean, performed at Carnegie Hall, climbed a volcano, and learned to ski. While she has certainly made an impressive start, she still has much to learn, many places to go, and more adventures to experience.

Avid theater participant, senior Reeve Lounsbury has a bucket list to look forward to. The list includes a variety of topics from pets, to fun experiences outside of the norm, to adrenaline-filled adventures and travel. She looks forward to making the most out of life and the experiences it has to offer with core values such as creating new friendships with complete strangers during chance encounters. Lounsbury is definitely the person who makes the list for the wackiest and wildest stories.

Senior Paige Gleason has created a diverse and interesting bucket list, combining a mix of new talents, improved skills, and future memories to make. While developing her piano skills, and learning to drive stick-shift have earned spots on her list, so have large-scale, adventurous experiences. This includes going skydiving, attending a Chelsea soccer game, and playing an extra in a movie. Gleason’s efforts to complete items on her bucket list have begun to take root, as she will be completing her first bucket list item, attending her sister’s swim meet, in January.

Always ready to explore and try new things, senior Jasmine Seay has a bucket list filled with nature. She has already accomplished her goal of - Play a game of paintball - Own a rat - Own a dog - Talk to a Gorilla - Have a conversation with a bird that talks back - Paint something ceramic - Write letters to family and friends - Learn how to knit - Learn how to crochet - Learn sign language - Own a lizard climbing a mountain and is well on her way to visit all 63 national parks in America. Her life goals focus on a successful career and becoming the first woman in her family to graduate college - a goal Jasmine is soon to check off her list after having applied to colleges this fall with engineering in mind. She has some ways to go but she hopes her journey will be filled with happiness, love, and exciting memories.

- Own a cat - Be the first woman in my family to graduate college - Enter the engineering field - Find happiness - Help as many people as I can - Travel the world - Cliff jumping in Italy - Go to a movie premiere - Climb up a mountain - Apply to college - Visit all 63 of the national parks Reeve Lounsbury

Jasmine Seay

- Watch someone surf a maverick - Visit the French Riviera - Visit Yellowstone - Improve at skiing - Own a lake house/cottage - Become good at the piano - Skydive - Attend a Chelsea game - Attend one of my sister’s swim meets - Be an extra in a movie - Learn to drive stick shift Paige Gleason plans to fulfill many outdoor adventures on her bucket list such as skydiving and owning a lake house.