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BEQUEATHALS
threes and bug-less code to Maggie, lots of viewpoint drives to Sarah, and a fun four years to her little brother Aarav.
I, Neelesh Bokkisam, bequeath all the birch trees to Samay Sikri; a couple of inches to Ayan Choudary; bunda to AJ, Aadi, & Sagar; the green discus to Delaina Scott; RAGE to Pranav, Gerry, Abhinav, Sivaan and Steven; the single life and education to Meghna Rai; rats to Sindhuja Bokkisam; Taco Bell sauce to Vipra Bindal; non-crippleness to Lauren Chan; and my love to Athreya Iyer.
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I, Neha Ayyer, bequeath amazing In-depth graphics and song choices to Eileen Zhu, spectacular mafia deduction skills to Sarah Zhang, stress-free stories and basketball rizz to Nicole Ge, ‘that’s crazy’ moments to Vidushi Upadhyay, up-to-date tea to Alyssa Wang, bless ups and Caprisun-filled productions to the Epic <3, and a 5 on the AP Chem test to Alison Ho.
I, Nidhi Deshpande bequeath my height to AJ, Arnav, and Sammy, my nonexistent choreo skills to Sanaa and Vidushi, my looks to Riddhi and Angela, my amazing luck in the relationship department to Aadi and Sagar, and the best senior year to Lauren, Riley, Ayan, and Vansh.
I, Nirali Shah bequeath an alarm clock to Carlynda Gao and my Taco Bell points to Melisa Ferhatovic.
I, Niranjan Mathirajan, bequeath Aakash Ozarker and Nikhil Addagadde for being by my side through the trenches of AP Chemistry tests, Naman for letting me shower before him at Competition, Monesh for finding every way imaginable to blunder throughout our trip, and Shaumik for simply being out of pocket every-time I spoke with him.
I, Owen Yuan, bequeath a marketing test win to Krish, a growth spurt to Harsha, SEM glass to Vasisht, pin-trading skills to Arnav, extremely high expectations to Brian and Daniel, allergy medications to Athreya, and success to all DECA members.
I, Parmis Tabibiazar, bequeath fire Spotify playlists and Rom&nd products to Claire, chauffeuring duties and horrible singing skills to Ellie, an endless amount of Target dates to Laurie, screaming under tosses to Michelle, any and all miffy products to Valerie, my addiction to Noah’s to Yamani, authentic danishes to Marie, a supply of sarcastic comments to Chloe, the cutest boba dates to my favorite couple, Charlene and Clara, and my everlasting love and support to the Lynbrook Colorguard <3
I, Paulina Chin-Wong, bequeath many years of teaching Japanese to Jeremy Kitchen; sanity, good vibes, long runs, and consistent quads to Haley Tamtoro (you got this !!); my rifle (..) and a “non-chaotic” senior year to Daphne Chao; and a prospering Miller garden to Nick, Apurva and Daphne. To Rickey and Ben, have fun being seniors, you’re going to be a killer President-VP duo. To Shefali, have fun as a junior, I am sending you endless love and the cutest graphic ideas!!
I, Pranav Tallapaka, bequeath the best best best (did I mention best) productions in the world to Studio 74, better basketball skills to Eshwar Rajasekar, my NBA fandom to Amnah Khan, all of my chemistry notes to Alexis Giaquinta, the role of Mr. Director Man to Ohana Miura, my dead Genshin Impact account to Angela Pei, spotlights to Suhaib Shafquat, an eventful but fun four years to my sister, Mahati Tallapaka, and the title of Polo G to Gio Cabaltica.
I, Pranav Virupaksha, bequeath better API naming conventions to Anish Lakkapragada, my early-onset senioritis to Priyanka Supraja Balaji, too many “...” and “>.>” texts to Natalie Yang, endless squash tournament W’s to Nikhil Kanchi, junior year all-nighters to Snehil Kakani, and an unforgettable high school experience to my brother Samanyu, class of 2031.
I, Pranjal Chatterjee, bequeath fun physics problems to Harry Chiu and Sohil Rathi, a more extreme ENTJ personality to Crystal Lee, no-negs in Science Bowl to Selena Yang and Samuel Wang, #1 in Science Olympiad to Manank Doshi, español muy sofisticado a Shovan Jagadev, the pseudoscience presentation and every competition of Science Club to Neel Kolhe and Henry Yao, non-repetitive trombone songs to Harvy Chang and William Jiao, and the legacy of Music Club to Harry Chiu and Hugh Ma.
I, Rebecca Wong, bequeath cute cats to Michelle Zhou, tea parties to Dishita Aeron and Medha Nalakonda, heliumfilled balloons to the Girls Who Code officers, and pen pal stationery to Sophia Yang and Empress Ming.
I, Riya Ubale bequeath a calm personality to Medha, the holding of memory tests to Shriya and Max, a fun season to Zoe, a seat cushion to Daphne, a microphone to Agastya and Nolan (play louder), earplugs to Hugh, my legendary trumpet playing to Damon, driving skills to Dhruv, speeding tickets to Manit, black pants to Isabella, a hair tie to Dominik, fun chem labs to Apple, social skills to Amadeus, luck to Delaina, and a president title to Melanie.
I, Ryan Ellis, bequeath a healthy shoulder to Ethan Jok, a 5 for APUSH to Shovan Jagadev, a continued positive work ethic to Isaac Chang, a great badminton season to Richard and Paul Lim, and an egg to Jiahe Lu.
I, Ryan Wang, bequeath my aggressively bad water polo skills to Minjun and Ethan, any swimming speed left to Lucas, my mildly damaged science knowledge to Harsha and Saket, my gym gains to those in need (mostly Tanay), my elementary goalie talents to Andrew, the remainder of my captaincy competence to Deniz, and my love to those listed above and to others whose presences I will miss dearly. Ew.
I, Saahil Gupta, bequeath easy teachers to Sia Gupta, a Stanford acceptance letter to Ryan Ma, dominance establishment to the Japanbowl team, and a new tea room to Kitchen
Sensei.
I, Samantha Leong, bequeath a stress-free senior year to Alexis, everything but the best to Zayan, endless favoritism to Janhavi, gay fishermen fits to Alicia, (not) my hand in marriage to Ohana, (nonexistent) rizz to Gio, bad postpractice selfies to Ava R, actually clean dressing rooms to the drama kids, a great season to my field hockey girls, guitar skills to Lauren, lots of rest to Taek, McDonald’s lunches to Sydney, and no more biting to Chelsea.
I, Samantha Strand, bequeath many more years of inspiring students to Kitchen Sensei, successful seasons to the girl’s soccer program, amazing syngery to the JNHS officer team, a senior year full of good memories to Ian N., a stress-free second half of high school to Riley D., and a fun-filled high school experience to Eve D.
I, Samantha Wong bequeath hair rollers and my driver’s license to Thomas Lavery, a perfect future senior night and throw-ins to Anagha Shanker, no more concussions to Akshita Dadi, ankle braces and ponytail pulling to Sanaa Gada, an injury-free soccer season to Amita Chonnad, wins for Mbappe to Audrey Giaquinta, hat tricks and header goals to Isha Mani, more memories of playing center back to Joyce Li, and countless pasta parties and Fifa-11 warm ups to Lynbrook Girls Soccer <3.
I, Samyukta Sarma, bequeath Mac Miller-filled productions in News to Apurva; hugs and cutie pies to Nithy; ponytail pulls and cupcakes to Eileen; a giant fist for punching to Alyssa; and comfort hugs, mastered skills, and the most fab senior year to Chelsea.
I, Sana Gupta, bequeath tons of juicy gossip to Shreya, laughing at anything and everything to Esha, a stress-free junior and senior year and hundreds of locker snack runs in the middle of class to Siddharth.
I, Sarah Sun bequeath an amazing year to future ASBs and POTUS, gen Z/sarahqsun lingo to Ms. Kirsh/Mr. Lee, office comfort snacks to Mrs. Salazar, Haribo gummies to Mr. Wong, another Sun sister to Mr. Pallone, Trader Joe’s hauls to Janhavi, city girl mindset to Samiya, test study guides to Jeff Gao, fortnite bush camp wins to Zayan, and joker-free sigma grindset x work-life balance to Lynbrook students.
I, Satvik Shreesha, bequeath four spirited rallies to my favs Zayan and Maple, game to AJ and Alan, inspirational pep talks to Alex and Ben, Hinduism to Chai, absolutely nothing to Regis, an undefeated season to lhsmensvball, dunking on ASB losers to Jeff and Colin, varsity cheerleading to Haoward, being like ur dad (Satvik) to Sagar, the Anika show to Anika, VE hard-work to Atharva, Harsha, and Calvin, and an amazing & memorable senior year to Kyrsten.
I, Selena Yuan bequeath prosperous years and an abundance of bald men and pineapples to Sophie, a lack of Monopoly prowess and corn to Nina, disease under a poncho to Carrie, some rizz to Alan, and elf shoes to Harsha.
I, Selina Hsieh, bequeath Ashley Huang with carrying Chamber Orchestra through Carnegie Hall, Kitchen Sensei with upholding the legacy of Japanese, Yuwen Zhang with the ability to beat everyone in soccer, Jayden Jung with the powers of MIT App Inventor and perfect memory, Aaron Chang with the all the powers of Jerma, and Sivaan Sharma with a trip to the hospital.
I, Serena Kher, bequeath cleats with better grip to Reema Vanwari, sugar cookies to the field hockey team, D1 hating skills to Dhruv Ghosh, Ike’s sandwiches + a good taste in men to Chitrini Anand, and a job to Nithyasree Ramamoorthy.
I, Sharon George, bequeath my top tier driving skills and caffeine dependency to Siri, immense plastic-cutting strength to Valerie, the ability to stay awake in class to Esha, a nonsenioritis senior year to Reema, and many more “cancersaving” discoveries and gingerbread socials to Lynbrook CSF.
I, Sharon Zhu, bequeath every single musical ever to Ayla Oner, my Mickey ears to Rutvi Pota and Diya Loonawat, infinite free food to all of dolci, an entire piano to Jessie Zhu, matching grips to Olive Li and Mehr Kambo, Taylor Swift-filled study sessions to Selena Yang, graduation cords galore to Science Club and Wistem, and all of my non-peanut containing candy to my sister, Eileen Zhu.
I, Shashin Gupta, bequeath to Vidushi a new mirror, to Gauri cash for American fast food, to Rhea a fire hydrant for the many burnt houses, and to Rutvi a watch to show up on time.
I, Shreyas Sivapuram bequeath to Aditya and Manav best wishes in their senior year and stress-free college apps, Madame Schang for being a great French teacher and supporting me, Manav for being a great math buddy and friend, and funny jokes in Mr. Bale’s class and best wishes to Shreyas A and Frank for the rest of their high school years.
I, Shyon Ganguly, bequeath successful Clink events to Calvin Zhou, Chelsea Guo, and Manit Mathur, enjoyable class office experiences to Kimaya Pantvaidya and Alex Li, sub 11 speed to Jason Wu and Sean Tat, a baton to Matthew Ju, a consistent three step to Vihaan Patel and Karthik Gudapati, CCS finals appearances to Chloe Chan and Riley Chen, and the most amazing senior year to Janhavi Venkatesh.
I, Sneha Sundar, bequeath all of the eloquent words in the Oxford English dictionary to Allison Pan, and the most enjoyable and memorable high school experience to my little sister Shwetha, Class of 2026.
I, Sophia Das bequeath ferocious renegades to Diya Shah, groundbreaking Fruit College enrollment to Nithya Kanagala, a gad broin free season to Annie Peng, sanity and restful sleep to Jennifer Chua, a full beat to Shannon Tai, a pandits spirituality to Adit Kantak, massive gains and miles of Instagram reels to Lily Fang, therapy to Sarah Zhang, and a chocolate factory to Suzanne Das.
I, Sophia Khubchandani, bequeath study sessions and tech run-throughs to Jeffrey Gao, fire PR videos to Alison Ho, the future of tech and tutorial gaming sessions to Colin Chow, the “trust the universe” philosophy to Gio Cabaltica, an amazing ASBO experience to the new ASBO team, and a healthy worklife balance alongside an amazing three years to Susanna Khubchandani.
I, Sophie Au, bequeath boba runs to Dorothy Ko, difficult sightreading to Chloe Low, production Disney jams to Katie Chin, color palettes to Chelsea Lee and Valerie Shu, a-lasecondes in socks to Ashley Huang, heart dissections to Evelyn Hsu, Ayanna Beberg, and Aditi Adapala, a working gym sound system to Gio Cabaltica, non-pizza dinners to the Epic, unlimited baked potatoes and B06+ to the Valks, and borderline essay grades, successful secret pals, and a wonderful junior year to Brigitte Au.
I, Sravya Vakkalanka, bequeath a better Instagram posting schedule to Chit, carrots to Reema, essays to Sonali, grapes to Phoebe, another doppelganger to Madison, loads of outfits to Shefali, and absolutely nothing to Diya.
I, Sri Srinivasan, bequeath car talks, baseball players, and my abundance of friends to Chitrini Anand, and caramel frapps, my unmatched height, and the word GOAT to my little brother, Ranganathan Srinivasan.
I, Sruthi Medepalli, bequeath healthy relationships and forever clarity of mind + skin to Samiya Anwar, a stress-free senior year to Rickey Chiu, the word GOAT to Ranganathan Srinivasan, and a nontoxic four years at Lynbrook to Rishab Medepalli, class of 2029.
I, Sruti Elangovan, bequeath endless girlbossing + Dickson to Niharika & Lilly, influencer-fame to Crystal, borahae to Lori & Nandini, Holy Lawliness to Stefanny-pack & Amish, 69 marriage proposals to Abbae, non-bio reels + ur mom to Alex, cursed photos to Vai, crumb-free studying to Amy & Zixuan, criminally-defensive-side-eyes to Valerie, sundae doodles to Jannie, Forbes 30-under-30 to the Sophies, StarbucksDoorDashing to Kiara, scottish-bae to Anushka, sanity to Sumhead & Amanda and cheesy cheers + Anson’s spirit to Lynbrook Volleyball.
I, Stella He bequeath a stress free year and successful project planning to Aarya, Stephanie, and Sagar, a master commission leader to Gio, more matcha obsession and no broken fingers to Lauren, my beloved saber to Elisabeth, on time and daily breakfast to Janhavi, a girlfriend and senior prom date for Alan tofu, more cute hoodies and less league of legends to Ryan, all my snacks to Hao Gu, and a very successful year for ASB Recognition.
I, Steven Pan bequeath another W season to the boy’s golf team, tasty designs to Robert Yu, math club (not honor society) t-shirts to Neel Kolhe, and stress-free days to Nina Pan and Jeffrey Gao.
I, Tanika Anbuchelvan, bequeath Ramen Seas and digital photos to Carlynda Gao, endless strikes to Aahaan Bandopadhyay, seats at the Cupertino Library to Vipra Bindal, Mylapore Express to Athreya Iyer, T4 tea to Ainai Habtom, silver to Rishma Khandelwal, Jo Tiernee love stories to Ohana Miura, and the word GOAT to Ranganathan Srinivasan.
I, Tanmayi Rao, bequeath an endless supply of boba, freedom, and the pursuit of happiness to Anagha, free (field) trips to Sarah, the ability to drive to Ava, receiving calls from the ref to Allison, helicopter shots to Alek, and a CCS qualification and no more chairs sets to the girls water polo team.
I, Thomas Zheng, bequeath my forensics knowledge to Sindhuja Bokkisam and Yvonne Wu; my DECA business brain cells to Advait Phadke, Ashwin Subramanian, and Henry Yao; my AP scores and stress-free college applications to Ritam Chakraborty; and my advice to fully enjoy high school to every underclassmen. I bequeath an amount of “the limit as x approaches 0 of (1/x^2)” TP-tea to Mrs. Quindipan, a successful home construction to Mr. Dybdahl, and more ghetto stories to Mr. Seike.
I, Venus Dhanda bequeath all the coffee cakes and brownies in the world to Mr. Leung, my five-inch black stilettos to Nidhi Prasad and Ayanna Beberg for endless model walks, all my college essays to Jeffrey Gao, every hour of sleep I missed for biology notes to Radha Paravastu, and an amazingly proud and colorful senior year to Ari Rich and Spencer Eppstein (and Octavio Parish again if he doesn’t come to class).
I, Wayne Suh bequeath an iPad to Shovan for his Genshin Impact addiction, a new car to Celine for her reckless driving, a Beijing Duck to Cindy, a Lukaku jersey to Anil, and weights to Shaumik and his muscles.
I, Yechan Lee bequeath focus and 2024 Drum Captain to Nimay, rizz and my drum key to Miles, a disciplined band and colorguard to Daphne, lots of boba to Teja, bulking ability to Amadeus, 2025 Drum Captain to Scott, good plank form to Enzo, 2026 Drum Captain to Darren, many yawns to Melanie, heavyweight strength to Riki, infinite rizz to Neale, Mello SL to Chancie, Doritos to Delanie, and a great year to the future Agape officers.
I, Yuvraj Dhadwal bequeath lots of love and hugs to Chelsea Lin, plenty of driver practice to Karan Annam and Sophia Chen, and a diary to Celine Li so she can continue having her circular conversations with herself long after I’ve switched up.