2020 Senior Leaf

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p. 148 - superlatives p. 160 - senior quotes p. 164 - wills & testaments

144 SENIOR LEAF

p. 148 - superlatives p. 160 - senior quotes p. 164 - wills & testaments

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Cover by Anisa Khatana

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Letters from the Editors It’s probably fair to expect one’s last few months of senior year to be a particularly angsty time. Maybe it’s my tendency towards overdramatic melancholy, maybe it’s the pandemic, maybe it’s the after-dark tornado warnings. But this spring has wrought a unique bundle of restlessness, recklessness, and nostalgia that’s made me see the world a bit differently. Only when everything is slipping through our fingers do we realize how much we liked the feel of it in our palms, and I can’t shake the gnawing feeling that I haven’t gotten to be young for long enough. We’re on to bigger things. But everything big is made up of parts, and it’s those little moments, places, and habits that we’ve strung together to get this far.

Class discussions run off the rails; impromptu, hours-long FaceTime calls with friends on Thursday nights; balmy, languorous summer evenings spent denying the fact that we’re all getting older. And although we may all be spending most of our time differently from here on out, that general principle doesn’t stop here. So as we look back longingly on our own revisionist histories, as we navigate the simultaneous malaise and exhilaration of the coming months, we can stay present by holding onto the comfort of “the little things.”

Congratulations, 2020. Try not to miss it.

- Anisa Khatana Editor in Chief If COVID-19 has made me realize one thing, it’s how different each one of our lives are. After the school closed, we all went home to different people, atmospheres, and responsibilities. As we, the Class of 2020, continue our lives past senior year, I want to remind everyone how powerful our differences can be. We all play a role in keeping society running. We all are essential to the lives of the people around us. We all have individual dreams we want to pursue. It can be hard to not be swayed by the singular definition of success that has been broadcasted to us from birth. But, life holds more possibilities than what a lot of us were exposed to in our little bubble at Sycamore. No matter what college you choose or path you elect after high school, I hope you feel confident in your ability to define happiness and success for yourself. I hope you decide what your life will look like and never allow comparison to get in your way.

Here’s to the next four.

- Harsitha Kalaiarasan Design Editor

COVID-19 presented a unique challenge for us, unlike anything any of us had ever anticipated. Though we all went through the same struggle, we all had different ways of dealing with it. Some of us canceled our spring break plans, while others of us went on tropical vacations. Some of us took Governor DeWine’s “Stay at Home” order literally, while others of us looked for loopholes. Some of us had daily calls with our friends, while others of us spent time with our families. Some of us became TikTok famous, while others of us focused on school work. Some of us started our separation from high school early, while others of us fought to keep that connection alive. No matter how we handled it, we all were in it together and that’s what made our class special. The fact that even after being separated from each other and dealing with such a huge obstacle in different ways, we will continue to be Sycamore High School’s Class of 2020.

I know we’ll be great.

- Henry Loeb Director of Social Media Engagement

When I first moved to Ohio, in fifth grade on the Orange Team, I was afraid to speak my mind; I went with the flow of activities or decisions just because the people around me were doing it. I always find myself looking back at those times, cringing and thinking how much better I would’ve felt overall if I could just tell myself back then to express how I was feeling and thinking. I know how cliche that sounds, but it was very real. In high schol, I was finally able to break that habit and start to become more comfortable with my mind, and I learned that our ability to speak our minds is what separates humans from any other species. It is what separates chaos from order. It is important for us to speak our minds in order to move forward and progress as a culture. No matter what, you must not be fearful about the outcome; as smart or as dumb as what you want to say may be, stick with it. It is your opinion and thoughts and you shouldn’t fear what others may say or think. “Sometimes you need to be a lion in order to be the lamb you really are.” I recently heard this quote in Dave Chappelle’s Mark Twain Prize acceptance speech, and it really resonated with me and how I want to live my life. I don’t want to argue with anybody, but if I feel that my opinions are under attack or I don’t agree with something that’s going on, I will fight and growl to have my voice heard, in order to relax and be myself. So as we all move on and roll with the changes ahead, don’t lose yourself in the crowds you may find yourself in. Let your thoughts and opinions be heard. Not only will speaking your mind help you learn about yourself; in a way, it can help you, well, be you.

- Jack Munoz Staff Writer

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For the past 13 years, we have been a family. We support, comfort, and cherish the people and the bonds we have created over the years. We had some unforgettable memories from field day in elementary school to move up day at Greene. We even had a class pool party at the Rec for eighth-grade day. High school came around and we made even more memories, from winning Kona Ice freshman year but not receiving it until a few years later, to the senior cookout, senior Halloween and all those memories in between. We have also gone through some rough times together; when we started elementary school the stock market crashed, when high school rolled around school shootings were the new norm, and as we are ending our high school journey, we are living in a world of the unknown with the coronavirus. If we have learned anything from our time together it is that we are all in it together and we will continue to fight together—because once an Ave, always an Ave. - Gabby Khodadad Sports Broadcaster

As we are winding down to our last couple weeks of school, it is easy to already move on towards the future. Sure, it is good to be excited about what is to come, but don’t let those feelings cut off the present. Even if we can’t be together in person, that doesn’t mean we can’t continue to support each other. Keep making memories together and cherish the time we have left before we all have to move on from high school. And as we continue on with our lives, every once in a while stop to remember your friends who you grew up with. You will go on to make new memories that will make you laugh, smile, and even cry sometimes. Share these memories and enjoy the never-ending possibilities you have. It can be easy to grow apart, but even as the distance increases, try to stay connected. Your fellow Aves have helped you this far, and just because we are graduating does not mean they are done yet. Keep hold of each other, and support one another as we develop into adults. You all deserve this, and I wish you the best of luck, Class of 2020.

- Lindsey Brinkman Managing Editor

I am so proud of all of us. It’s no secret that we’ve gone through some crazy situations; from stumbling through our first days as a freshman to unexpectedly losing our last quarter of our senior year, we’ve pushed ourselves through and held our heads high.

As we near graduation and head towards our separate paths, I strongly emphasize carrying this positive attitude, no matter our destination. Our resilience and open hearts can overcome all obstacles, as seen by the ones we’ve gone through this year. When we come back ten years later for a high school reunion, I can tell we’ll be full of surprises. Each of us have our own dreams and ambitions, and we can truly achieve them all.

So let’s reach for the impossible and fly high—after all, that’s what Aviators do.

- Linya Guo Entertainment Editor

It is weird to think that when we were entering high school in August of 2016 we felt like the world was crazier than ever. We were just coming off of a summer of Pokemon Go and Jay-Z cheating on Beyonce; we were making “mannequin challenge” videos and learning the dance to “Juju on that Beat”. But perhaps nothing was crazier than the intense political circus gearing up towards the presidential election in November. But if 2016 was crazy… what word possibly comes close to summing up life now? In 2016 Kanye West dropped “Life Of Pablo” and got into an intense feud with Taylor Swift; in 2019 he dropped “Jesus is King” and gave Church services. In 2016 Prince Harry and Megan Markle began dating; in 2020 they formally distanced themselves from the responsibilities of the crown. In 2016 Vine began to shut down, and in 2020 we are reliant on TikTok for the latest viral videos. I think “crazy” was a good word to describe the culture in 2016; now I think “crazy” has just become the status quo. The shock value in what our politicians tweet has disappeared; we have Face ID and Disney+ and more technology than we could ever imagine… oh and I am writing this letter in the midst of a global pandemic, nostalgic for the freshman version of myself that believed I would spend my last few months of high school AT my high school. But it is not all bad. Diversity and education have been pushed to the forefront of our lives. If someone went back in time and told 2016 me that a 17-year-old girl was leading the climate movement, that for the first time a foreign-language film won best picture at the Oscars, and that Mattel released the first gender-neutral dolls, I do not know if I would have believed them. I know this is not the year we expected. But then again, what did we expect? Even in the midst of a crisis, Instagram challenges go viral encouraging us to post pictures of ourselves, our dogs, and everything in between. New music is released like Troye Sivan’s “Take Yourself Home” reminding us all of the importance of social distancing. Saturday Night Live premiered its “at home” episode featuring cast members performing from their bedrooms.

People share DIY mask tutorials online and share ways to donate and send help to healthcare providers. That is why I love pop culture. It stops for no man, woman, child, or disease. It bends, and stretches, and changes forms to fit a society that does the same. When we try to describe what it was like to be a senior in 2020, I know that these moments in pop culture will again flood my memory with the feelings of turbulence of the year.

- Lydia Masset Managing Web Editor Designed by Henry Loeb

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SUPERLATIVES

All photos submitted by students; multiple names indicate a tie

Best to bring home to parents: 1. Daniel Leong 2. Andre Harte 3. Ben Berke 1. Kaylee Combs 2. Grace Deppert 3. Caroline Skwara

Kaylee Combs

Most likely to be president: 1. Andre Harte 2. Emil Barr 3. Jack Augustin, Foster Dawson

Daniel Leong

1. Caroline Skwara 2. Anisa Khatana, Elle Hausfeld 3. Akhila Durisala

Andre Harte

Caroline Skwara

Most likely to hoard toilet paper: 1. Katie Appel 2. Debasmita Kanungo, Lindsey Stevens, Grace Mirande, Sophia Ludwick, Ariane Clerc

Katie Appel

Most likely to be famous:

1. Mathilde Mujanayi 2. Sophie Neat, Camryn Mather, Caroline Skwara 3. Mia Maniet, Grace Deppert

1. Foster Dawson 2. Tanner Wahlquist 3. Cade Mercer

Mathilde Mujanayi Topher Gould

1. Carson Foster, Topher Gould 2. James Wilkerson, Casey Johnson

Most likely to be a Sycamore Teacher: 1. Lucas Pletz 2. Casey Johnson 3. Gavin Gibson

Most likely to invent the next big thing: 1. Jacob Smilg 2. Daniel Leong 3. Deeptangshu Chatterjee

1. Stacy Lawrence 2. Meghan Whiteside 3. Ally Porterfield

Lucas Pletz

Stacy Lawrence

Grace Mirande

Jacob Smilg Ariane Clerc

1. Grace Mirande, Ariane Clerc 2. Camryn Mather, Mayu Fukuda

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Best boy squad: Best girl gang:

Sophie, Lydia, Caitlin, Jocelin, Kiri, Stacy

1. Lydia Masset, Stacy Lawrence, Sophie Neat, Kiri Basher, and Caitlin Schipper 2. Girls Cross Country 3. Audrey Simons, Kaylee Combs, Shruthi Chidambaram, Debasmita Kanungo, Emma Brown, and Sophia Taylor

Boys Cross Country

1. Boys Cross Country 2. Ben Berke, Cullen O’Shea, Noah Blase, Cort Kramer, Apollo Ford, Nick Stephenson, Nate Clark, and Tyler Richardson 3. Jack Augustin, Samuel Marcus, and Tanner Wahlquist

Cutest couple that never was: Most likely to dominate Shark Tank:

1. Caitlin Schipper and Daniel Leong 2. Tristen Campbell and Henry Loeb

1. Clayton Steinbrink 2. Emil Barr 3. Ben Berke 1. Grace Berlier 2. Grace Deppert 3. Grace Mirande, Stacy Lawrence, Eva Armbruster

Caitlin and Daniel

Clayton Steinbrink Grace Berlier

Most likely to win a nobel peace prize: 1. 1.

Andre Harte Jacob Smilg 2. 2.

Daniel Leong Daniel Leong 3. 3.

Foster Dawson Deeptangshu

Most likely to become Instagram Famous: Karli Wierwille

1. Griffin Miller 2. Topher Gould 3. Apollo Ford, Grant Kilgard 1. Parker Wood, Karli Wierwille 2. Lydia Masset 3. Camryn Mather

Lucas Miller Pletz Griffin

Parker Wood

1. Caroline Skwara 2. Kaylee Combs 3. Harsitha Kalaiarasan

Andre Harte

Caroline Skwara

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Most likely to win a Pulitzer: 1. Andre Harte 2. Evan Kapourales 3. Henry Loeb, Sam Barans

Andre Harte

Anisa Khatana

1. Anisa Khatana 2. Caroline Skwara, Linya Guo 3. Lydia Masset

Most likely to make it on Broadway: 1.Casey Johnson 2. James Wilkerson, Sam Barans 3. Eli Cohen 1. Bethany Brown 2. Allison Linser 3. Erin McDonough

Casey Johnson

Bethany Brown

Most likely to blow up on TikTok: 1. Audrey Simons 2. Tristen Campbell 3. Mia Maniet, Mey Sun

Audrey Simons

Topher Gould

Born in the wrong decade: 1. Grant Kilgard 2. Jack Munoz 3. Connor Close, Gavin Gibson

1. Topher Gould 2. Jacob Andre 3. Eli Cohen

1. Emma Brown 2. Camryn Mather 3. Lydia Masset

Jack Munoz

Emma Brown

Most likely to appear on SNL: 1. Eli Cohen 2. Casey Johnson 3. Jack Augustin

Best Dressed: 1. Emil Barr 2. Grant Kilgard 3. Griffin Miller, Topher Gould

1. Stacy Lawrence 2. Mia Maniet 3. Gabby Khodadad

Eli Cohen

Stacy Lawrence Emil Barr

Audrey Simons

1. Audrey Simons 2. Emma Brown 3. Lydia Masset, Elle Hausfeld

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Class Clown: 1. Apollo Ford 2. Topher Gould 3. Cade Mercer

Cutest Couple: 1. Michelle Urbina and Jordan McConnell 2. Nick Molenkamp and Madison Humphrey 3. Jack Augustin and Eva Armbruster

1. Camryn Mather 2. Stacy Lawrence 3. Marie Baldwin, Mia Maniet

Camryn Mather

Michelle and Jordan

Most likely to win an Oscar: 1. Casey Johnson 2. Eli Cohen, James Wilkerson 3. Andre Harte

Most likely to star in their own reality show: 1. James Wilkerson 2. Casey Johnson, Ben Berke 3. Henry Loeb, Emil Barr

James Wilkerson

Gabby Khodadad

1.Gabby Khodadad 2. Mey Sun, Tristen Campbell 3. Parker Wood

Casey Johnson

Bethany Brown

1. Bethany Brown 2. Ally Linser 3. Ariela Kurtzer, Maggie Ballard

Biggest Heartbreaker: 1. Noah Blase 2. Brendan Flanagan 3. Jack Augustin

Most likely to win the lottery and lose the ticket: 1. Sam Barans 2. Tyler Richardson 3. Will Rinehart Colin Bennet

Sam Barans

Abby Zolla

1. Abby Zolla, Eva Armbruster 2. Stacy Lawrence, Camryn Mather 3. Lexi Fritzhand

Noah Blase

1. Megan Moreno 2. Kaylee Combs 3. Marissa Allen

Designed by Lydia Masset

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SHS MOMENTS

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1. SPIRIT. The pep rally was an introduction for freshmen to Aviator school spirit. The loud cheers awakened a sense of pride in the green and gold worn to represent SHS. 2. HOCO. Kaylee Combs (center) walks with other underclassman members of the Lady Aves cross country team in the homecoming parade freshman year. The parade marked the beginning of weekend festivities on a special fall weekend. With a tailgate, football game, and dance to follow, excitement poured out of the vehicles grooving down the street. 3. TALENT. The annual Variety Show presented an opportunity to get to know the gifts of our peers. Whether it be comedy or dancing, the performances highlighted the diversity of SHS. 4. HIGH SCHOOL NATION. Meredith Darrah, Audrey Griffith, Lindsey Stevens (left to right) and others rush to capture the moment as actor and musician Drake Bell takes the stage at his High School Nation concert sophomore year. 5. ICE CREAM SOCIAL. Grace Deppert, Mey Sun, Madie Shewbridge, and Ben Berke (left to right) at the classwide ice cream social that followed sophomore debates. 6. CHEER. Cheerleaders face the crowd during a JV football game at Mason sophomore year.

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7. VOLLEY FOR THE CURE. Elle Hausfeld pumps herself up during the annual Volley for the Cure against the team up north junior year. The Lady Aves wore pink jerseys to show support and raise awareness for breast cancer. 8. UNDERCLASS AWARDS. Grant Kilgard and Griffin Miller (left to right) were nominated by Mr. Peiter Griga for photography awards junior year. Awards were awarded for achievements in and out of the classroom. 9. NIGHT OF A THOUSAND LIGHTS. The Class of 2020 masters the famous line dances during Prom junior year. The event was followed by a memorable After Prom hosted by the PTO. 10. ORCHESTRA CONCERT. Chloe Mensch plays bass at the fall orchestra concert. Both the Symphony and Philharmonic orchestras (which all seniors are in) performed for the audience of parents, teachers, and friends. 11. HOMECOMING DANCE. Sophia Paroz dances with friends during homecoming senior year.. Homecoming 2020 was especially special to seniors as it was their last one. 12. IMPROV. Olive Bringle and Leo Lam at the annual Improv Show senior year. All photos courtesy of McDaniel’s Photography.

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FRESHMAN YEAR TRENDS Events: Donald Trump becomes President Harambe the gorilla dies at the Cincinnati Zoo Pokemon GO is released NASA launches its first asteroid mission to collect rock samples in space

Viral Moments: Mannequin Challenge Arthur’s clenched fist meme Dabbing Kylie Jenner lip challenge Avocado toast

Songs: “ONE DANCE” by Drake “This is What You Came For” by Calvin Harris “Closer” by The Chainsmokers

Photos courtesy of History in HD, Mariana Medvedeva, and Jason Mikclacic

Page by Linya Guo, Gabby Khodadad, and Lindsey Brinkman

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SOPHOMORE YEAR TRENDS Events: Prince Harry weds Meghan Markle Colin Kaepernick takes a knee Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump meet Beyonce becomes the first AfricanAmerican woman to headline at Coachella

Viral Moments: “Black Panther” movie “13 Reasons Why” TV series Fidget spinners #MeToo movement Kendall Jenner Pepsi commercial

Artists: Cardi B Taylor Swift Ed Sheeran

Photos courtesy of Charles Deluvio, Roya Ann Miller, and Chris Allmeid

Page by Lydia Masset, Jack Munoz, and Lindsey Brinkman

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JUNIOR YEAR TRENDS Events: Brett Kavanaugh is sworn in as Supreme Court Justice Massive wildfires in California and Amazon rainforest Toys “R” Us stores begin to close Notre Dame Cathedral catches on fire

Viral Moments: Tide Pod Challenge Walmart yodelling Kid “A Star is Born” James Charles feuds with Tati Westbrook Jonas Brothers reunion

Songs: “Someone You Loved” by Lewis Capaldi “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X “Bad Guy” by Billie Eilish

Photos courtesy of Mike Kalasnik, Glenn Francis, and Chris Miksanek

Page by Henry Loeb and Lindsey Brinkman

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SENIOR YEAR TRENDS Events: COVID-19 becomes a pandemic Kobe Bryant dies in helicopter crash Global climate strikes World War III fears

Viral Moments: “Parasite” wins big at the Oscars Area-51 storm Baby Yoda Dalgona coffee Tiktok

Artists: Harry Styles Lizzo Doja Cat

Photos courtesy of Adam Niescioruk, Isabela Kronemberger, and Kon Karampelas

Page by Harsitha Kalaiarasan and Lindsey Brinkman

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Senior Quotes

Lilyan Abner: “I was googling senior quotes to copy but I decided not to cheat for the very first time.”

Regina Akrong-Lamptey: “Real G’s move in silence like lasagna.” Jacob Andre: “About time I got some peace and quiet. Thanks Corona.” Kennedy Archer: “Stay Swag”Jack Augustin: “Getting ready to go to college during a pandemic be like Love Island UK Season 3 Episode 12 Minute 5:56-6:05.”

Maria Bagriy: “If no one comes from the future to stop you from doing it, how bad can it actually be?”

Marie Baldwin: “Life is the Jingle Bell Rock scene from “Mean Girls” and I am the boombox.” Maggie Ballard: “‘You should consider yourself lucky if you even occasionally get to make someone, anyone, feel a little better.’ - John Dorian “ Sam Barans: “Am I supposed to be on right now?” Emma Barnhart: “Still waiting on my dad to come home with the milk” Mateo Barre: “Oui oui baguette.” Arthur Barros: “Always bring a little frog with you wherever you go so you never get lonely :)” Kiri Basher: “Sometimes you have to leave your little hobble hole to reach your big hobble goals” Owen Basselman: “There’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.” Colin Bennett: “Nice.” Grace Berlier: “‘Life is a bowl of cherries — just remember to spit out the pits.’ - Rosina Rohrs” Ben Burke: “It’s spelled with an ‘E.’”Noah Blase: “‘If the opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door’ - Milton Berle” Bethany Brown: “When words end, music begins” Emma Brown: “‘It’s been a real slice’ - Hercules” Hannah Bruns: “This wasn’t really anything like High School Musical 1, 2 or 3, but I still loved it.” Colleen Bryant: “‘What’s up everybody, I think dogs should vote!’ - Griffin McElroy” Eric Buffington: “Wait that was due today” Zoe Bullock: “‘Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.’ - The Lorax” Isabelle Burden: “we took a chonce” Joe Busch: “‘Who’s the king of the beach now?’ - Bigweld from Robots Sarah Carr: “Thank you Sycamore for thirteen years of feeling loved, wanted, like a family! I will always be a HUGE Sycamore fan. Once an Ave, always an Ave. Go Aves!” Sandy Chan: “I have nothing to say…” Shruthi Chidambaram: “hi thank you for calling harper’s point deweys this is shruthi how can i help you.” Brooke Clark: “12 years of school and I still don’t know Obama’s last name” Nathan Clark: “Who cares if I was late.” Ariane Clerc: “Plot twist: Redheads do have a soul.” Eli Cohen: “That was literally nothing like High School Musical” Kaylee Combs: “‘I have simple desires. All I want is bread and the suburban life.’ - Kaylee Combs 2018” Caleb Copley: “Going through high school is a lot like speed running in a lot of ways.” Meredith Darrah: “‘It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become.’ - Dr. Seuss” Quinn Davidson: “It’s not about what you don’t do, it’s about what you do do.” Foster Dawson: “‘STREET SMARTS!’ - Officer JJ Bittenbinder” Grace Deppert: “Live life loving life.” Gabe Deutch: “You know what they say.” Akhila Durisala: “‘It’s been magical, but I’m done’ - Khloë Kardashian” Theo Eborall: “...BONES?” Jakob Elliot: “‘Life happens wherever you are, whether you make it or not’ - Uncle Iroh” Cameron Erdman: “‘It is one of the blessings of having old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.’ - Ralph Waldo Emerson” Brendan Flanagan: “‘Do you smell it? That smell. A kind of smelly smell. The smelly smell that smells... smelly.’ - Mr. Krabs” Lexi Fritzhand: “I’m blonde, what’s your excuse?” Mayu Fukuda: “In high school, I learned how a door worked.” Nate Gawin: “Hamburger.”

Sidney Gehrich: “My best qualities are making minute rice in 58 seconds and being short” Amanda Geraci: “‘A hundred bad days made a hundred good stories’ - AJR” Gavin Gibson: “Hey, at least I’m not boring!” Nathan Gibson: “A party without Just Dance is not a party I would recommend attending.”

Maya Goldenberg: “‘Time is on the side of change.’ - Ruth Bader Ginsburg” Topher Gould: “Shoptopboss or take a loss” Luka Gugunishvili: “On the road for success, Challenges will make us stronger.” Linya Guo: “‘Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift...that’s why they call it the present.’ - Master Oogway, Kung Fu Panda” James Haid: “Roses are red. Violets are blue. Goodbye Sycamore. Hello Purdue!” Daniel Halstead: “Live like there’s no tomorrow. AKA don’t do your homework.“ James Hanus: “Oh, I didn’t realize it was already 4:00 in the morning.” Charlie Harper: “Roads?

SENIOR LEAF 159 Where we’re going we don’t need roads!” Andre Harte: “‘Everyone shines, given the right lighting.’ - Susan Cain” Eddie Hartwig: “‘God is real. God loves you. God wants the best for you. Believe that. I do.’ - Chris Pratt” Elle Hausfeld: “Money returns time does not- full send” Kate Henry: “I never talked in class because I never had classes with my best friend.” Shaan Hershey: “I successfully achieved my goal of not leaving my house for 20 days straight.” Madison Herzog: “Always appreciate people that treat you good all the time” Rachel Hlwan: “sorry I’m not from here.” Katie Hudepohl: “When I die, I want the people I did group projects with to lower me into the ground so they can let me down one last time.” Madison Humphrey: “‘Do not judge yourself on the mistakes that you make, because everyone makes mistakes.

What you can and should judge yourself on is how you handle your mistakes after they happen.’ - Lesley Rohan” Sujin Hwoang: “Class of corona, hold my glass.” Lorena Idris: “‘Out of clutter, find simplicity.

From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.’ - Albert Einstein” Eli Jackson: “I don’t have to draw a line in the sand. I’m already apart of one. It’s thin and blue. It’s mine and if you cross it, I will protect it.” Seth Jackson: “It’s fine.” Olivia Jobe: “Colorguard is the people with the marching band who spin flags and stuff.” Casey Johnson: “My stomach hurts.” Imani Joshi: “Psych, Season 8, Episode 1, Minute 31:36” Harsitha Kalaiarasan: “‘Opinionated, but I’m always spitting straight facts’ - Mark Lee” Debasmita Kanungo: “‘When I grow up, I want to be a baby and I am headed in the right direction.’ - Debasmita Kanungo, 2018” Evan Kapourales: “Sometimes life likes to lay it on thick.”

Bhupinderjeet Kaur: “Salute to any teacher who got my name right on first try.” Emily Kavensky: “that’s on baku” Francine Kellar: “‘Goodbye Everyone, I will see you all in therapy’ - Plankton Drew Kessler: “I’m just here for good times, man. I want people to have the best time ever. Especially if they’re around me.” Gabby Khodadad: “I’ll have my own show...just wait” Tony King: “In oceans deep. My faith will stand” Amanda Korn: ”Follow her close; give her good watch, I pray you.” Cort Kramer: “Daytona Beach Hide n Seek Runner Up.” Kelley Kossanyi: “I probably wasted over $200 on cafeteria fruit snacks.” Ariela Kurtzer: “‘Cause when you’re older, absolutely everything makes sense’ - Olaf” Leo Lam: “IF YOU’RE READING THIS, YOU HAVE BEEN IN A COMA FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS NOW. WE ARE TRYING A NEW TECHNIQUE TO REACH YOU. WE DON’T KNOW WHERE THIS MESSAGE WILL END UP IN YOUR DREAM, BUT WE HOPE WE’RE GETTING THROUGH. PLEASE WAKE UP.” Willow Lang: “I identify as hummus in a bag.” Stacy Lawrence: “Stacy Lawrence has left the chat.” Daniel Leong: “I came to America in my freshman year knowing absolutely no one. If you’re reading this, YOU have made an immeasurable impact on my life. Thank you for accepting me and making my American journey one that I will treasure forever.”

Olivia Lindsey: “I mean if you survived here, you can survive anything.” Ally Linser: “Don’t cry, you’ll ruin your makeup. Then you’ll be sad and ugly.” Henry Loeb: “‘I only love my bed and my momma, I’m sorry’ - Drake” Corrin Louis: “I’d like to apologize to anyone who might have seen me on a run somewhere along Weller Road.” Sophia Ludwick: “My dimples hurt!” Marcial Machado: “God was generous enough to have given me the ability to draw, yet time and time again I have used it to defile Him.” Yuzuka Maekawa: “I’m -1/Carol (feat. Amanda Korn)” Jenn Male: “I am a photographer, and I can picture me and you together. ;)))” Genesis Manganese: “No one:____ Literally no one:____ Me: look how pretty the sky is!!!” Lydia Masset: “It’s been a long strange trip in the upstairs science wing after school.”

Camryn Mather: “Cry about it :’(“ Rohan Mathur: “guys i left my Lightning McQueen lunch box at school so if someone finds it pls email me at LightningMcQueenLunchBox@gmail.com. Thanks!” Alden McDuffie: “If you’re going to be a truant, do it with a smile!!” Grace McDowell: “‘Each of us has a fire inside our hearts for something. It’s our goal in life to find it and keep it lit’ - Mary Lou Retton” Jaquelynn McGraw: “I see a herd of beautiful wild ponies running free across the planes” Madison McQueen: “‘Wherever you go, go with all your heart.’ - Confucius” Aliah McWhorter: “Me every time a teacher excused me to go to the bathroom: Spongebob season 3 episode 3 minute 13:26.” Chloe Mensch: “Just remember every time you look up at the moon, I too will be looking at a moon. Not the same moon, obviously, that’s impossible.” Cade Mercer: “Never cleared a room so fast with a bottle of LA”

160 SENIOR LEAF Mariam Meskhi: “peace out” Giorgia Mezzabotta: “‘To infinity and beyond’ - Buzz Lightyear” Griffin Miller: “Don’t let the man bring you down.” Grace Mirande: “Well, here’s the thing…” Nicholas Molenkamp: “‘I’m just a simple man trying to make my way in the universe.’ - Jango Fett” Abby Motley: “It wasn’t a mistake, it was a creative choice!” Jack Munoz: “Never tired of ballin, so it’s on to the next sport.” Anu Narayana: “I can’t think of anything good to write here.” Sophie Neat: “I’ll do it tomorrow.”

Jordan Newman: “Just to feel like this it took a long time yeah.” Cullen O’Shea: “One time I ate a bagel” Lucas Pletz: “School Rocks” Ally Porterfield: “Are you Joe Goldberg? Because I’d like to go in the box now” Daniela Powell Garcia: “‘Knock Knock’ ‘Who’s there?’ ‘I’m’ ‘I’m Who?’ ‘I’m Out!’” Sabrina Ramsey: “‘Life is just a big bowl of fancy assorted cashews’ - Patrick Star” Alex Reardon: “You can’t spell quarantine without U R A Q T.” Will Rinehart: “Cars hurt.” Drew Ripberger: “I yield my remaining time” Alexandra Rohr: “‘I’m always in a state of confusion’ - Grandma” Asalya Samieva: “‘Never give up on a dream you’ve been chasing your whole life’ - Park Jimin” Carly Sandow: “Do you think I need another pair of shoes?” Devansh Saxena: “Hakuna matata! What a wonderful phrase!

Hakuna matata! It ain’t no passing craze! It means no worries, for the rest of your days. It’s our problem-free philosophy, Hakuna matata” Caitlin Schipper: “The reason high school is so hard is because Ned never made a survival guide past eighth grade.” Sammy Schwartz: “That’s that” Andrew Shehata: “¿Que pasta?” Madie Shewbridge: “I’ll be rich and famous in 20 years. Just wait.” Katherine Shi: “What doesn’t kill you doesn’t kill you” Audrey Simons: “‘Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. You must eat it.’ - Mom” Yash Singh: “The early bird gets the worm… until the worm population evolves and sleeps in. Science.” Caroline Skwara: “‘The paradox of education is precisely this--that as one begins to become conscious, one begins to examine the society in which [they are] being educated.’ - James Baldwin” Jacob Smilg: “You know what they say about senior quotes…” Herald Smith: “My high school experience was good. No, it was better than good. It was good enough.” Heather Song: “‘You don’t know [if she’s Asian], she could be Korean’ - Addison Rae” Ellie Stadelmann: “Never miss the opportunity to pet a dog!” Clayton Steinbrink: “The morning sun brings a horizon of new hopes and dreams to come.”

Jade Stella: “pee pee poo poo” Emma Stemen: “Have fun. Don’t drown” Lindsey Stevens: “Go Aves Beat Mason” Gretchen Stommel: “Instead of making friends I made cupcakes and then they came to me.” Sanjana Sukhavasi: “My High School Motto: Go Big or Go home or Go to Class.” Zaynab Syed: “This could’ve been like High School Musical but y’all didn’t get’cha head in the game.” Sophia Taylor: “Remember that bad times are just times that are bad.” Herrick Tsao: “If I get a dollar every time someone says my last name correctly, I’d still be broke. “ Timur Tulabaev: “This was one memorable senior year, see you all at the 10 year reunion!” Abudurashid Umarov: “You do not write your life with words...You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.” Michelle Urbina: “Been waiting to walk the stage for 12 years only to get half a senior year and a possible online graduation, thanks corona ;).” Tanner Wahlquist: “Shut Up, I Don’t Care.” Iain Walsh: “It’s hard having so many friends... they are always talking to me in my head.” Nathaniel Wang: “Que Sera, Sera” Aaryn Waters: “We all can’t be princesses, someone has to clap as I walk by.” Dhruv Weaver: “This is probably, definitely the most creative quote ever. Maybe.” Charlie Whapham: “Have fun and don’t die. But if you’re gonna die don’t drown.” Meghan Whiteside: “‘Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won’t have a title until much later.’ - Bob Goff” Sarah Whiteside: “‘There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.’ - C.S Lewis” James Wilkerson: “I didn’t get no sleep cuz of y’all” Bob Wise: “‘Hey Mr. G, it’s carrot time’ - Bob Wise” Matthew Wolter: “‘To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.’ - Winston Churchill” Parker Wood: “cheaters never win but I just graduated” Trey Yengo: “I am the milkman.” Bretlyn Yetter: “‘It’s kinda fun to do the impossible.’ Walt Disney” Regina Zamudio: “4 years later and i’m still an idiot.” Ally Zimmerman: “CEO of blonde moments.” Abby Zolla: “You know how it be in the biz. “ Designed by Henry Loeb

FUTURE PLANS OHIO

Charlie Harper Harsitha Kalaiarasan Debasmita Kanungo Gabby Khodadad Amanda Korn Samuel Marcus Mariam Meshki Grace Mirande Anu Narayana Will Rinehart Drew Ripberger Carly Sandow Sammy Schwartz Andrew Shehata Herald Smith Heather Song Ellie Stadelmann Gretchen Stommel Sophia Taylor Zachary Taylor Herrick Tsao Dhruv Weaver Charlie Whapham Bob Wise

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Connor Close University of Dayton Sidney Gehrich Caleb Copley Lorena Idris Quinn Davidson Francine Keller Foster Dawson Baldwin Wallace Grace Deppert Bretlyn Yetter University of Northern Ohio Parker Landolt Jakob Elliott Bowling Green State University Pedro Fernandes University of Toledo Gavin Gibson Nate Gawin Eric Buffington Ally Porterfield Topher Gould Michelle Urbina Case Western Reserve University Luka Gugunishvili Katherine Shi Eli Hart Xavier University Eddie Hartwig Casey Johnson Central State University Rachel Hlwan Imani Joshi Aaryn Waters Sujin Hwoang Emily Kavensky Eli Jackson Cincinnati State Ally Linser Jaquelynn McGraw Olivia Jobe Giorgia Mezzabotta Evan Kapourales Sabrina Ramsey Cleveland State University Bhupinderjeet Kaur Jack Munoz Drew Kessler Kelley Kossanyi Denison University Arizona State University Ariela Kurtzer Nathan Gibson Jack Augustin Leo Lam Heidelberg University Henry Loeb Cort Kramer Corrin Louis Genesis Manganese Columbia College Hollywood Kent State University Ohio University Amanda Geraci Lydia Masset Lexi Fritzhand Lilyan Abner Alden McDuffie Noella Black Stanford University Lincoln Technology Madison McQueen Caroline Skwara Noah Blase Cade Mercer Chloe Mensch Meredith Darrah University of California Miami University Griffin Miller Elle Hausfeld Berkeley Maggie Ballard Keshav Nair Megan Moreno Rohan Mathur Emil Barr Sophie Neat Lindsey Stevens University of Southern Lindsey Brinkman Jordan Newman Otterbein College California Bethany Brown Cullen O’Shea Nathan Clark Brendan Flanagan Ben Berke Sophia Paroz Brooke Clark Sinclair Community College Disha Patel Maddison Siegel-Parke Caitlin Schipper Lucas Pletz Devansh Saxena University of Colorado Boulder Tiffin University Miami University Hamilton Abby Zolla Sanjana Sukhavasi Jarrod Bahr Jordan McConnell Zaynab Syed Khanifakhon Ergasheva University of Akron Timur Tulabaev The Ohio State University Madie Shewbridge Meghan Whiteside Georgia Institute of Technology Marissa Allen University of Cincinnati Sarah Whiteside James Hanus Regina Akrong-Lamptey Yusuf Alam Parker Wood Olivia Lindsey Lily Banke Dillon Andre Regina Zamudio Emory University Grace Berlier Jacob Andre Cameron Boutelle Hannah Bruns University of Cincinnati Katie Appel Arnaud Cabello Blue Ash Oxford College of Emory Maria Bagriy Isabelle Burden Ariane Clerc University Marie Baldwin Tony King Allen Crimmel Abby Motley Alexis Bullock Olivia Lozano Gabe Deutch Joe Busch University of Georgia Daniela Powell Garica Cameron Erdman Tristen Campbell Katie Hudepohl Jordan Tanner Mayu Fukuda Sandy Chan James Wilkerson David Freeman Shruthi Chidambaram

ARIZONA

CALIFORNIA

COLORADO GEORGIA

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INDIANA DePauw University Abdurashid Umarov Emma Stemen

OKLAHOMA

MARYLAND

Oklahoma University Luke Goard

Towson University Kiri Basher

PENNSYLVANIA

U.S. Naval Academy Sophia Newberg

Purdue University Mateo Barre James Haid Matthew Wolter

MICHIGAN Adrian College Mey Sun

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Emma Brown

ILLINOIS

Columbia College Chicago Jeremy Borchers DePaul University Colleen Bryant Northwestern University Deniz Gorur

IOWA

University of Iowa Daniel Halstead

KENTUCKY University of Kentucky Sarah Carr Jacob Lockwood Sophia Ludwick

Penn State University Kevin Mercurio

SOUTH CAROLINA Clemson University Stacy Lawrence

Alma University Madison Humphrey

Uniersity of South Carolina Eva Armbruster Erin McDonough Clayton Steinbrink

Central Michigan University Madison Herzog Nicholas Molenkamp

TENNESSEE

Michigan State University Sam Barans Colin Bennett

University of Tennessee Alex Bolt Logan Hamel

University of Michigan Ansel Froass Shaan Hershey

Vanderbilt University Kaylee Combs

MISSISSIPPI

TEXAS

MISSOURI

University of Texas Carson Foster

Mississippi State University Owen Basselman

Washington University in St. Louis Eli Cohen Andre Harte Northern Kentucky University Yash Singh Emma Barnhart Seth Jackson Jenna Male Cameron Morris Fashion Institute of Technology Asalya Samieva

Baylor University Akhila Durisala

UTAH

Brigham Young University Tanner Wahlquist

NEW YORK

MASSACHUSETTS Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Jacob Smilg Tufts University Anisa Khatana

MAINE Unity College Zoe Bullock

New York University Linya Guo Syracuse University Arthur Barros

VIRGINIA

Virginia Commonwealth University Jade Stella

WASHINGTON D.C American University Maya Goldenberg

INTERNATIONAL

NORTH CAROLINA North Carolina State University Audrey Simons Wake Forest University Aliah McWhorter

CANADA

Dalhousie University Aidan Skinner

University of Toronto Marcial Machado

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MILITARY

ENGLAND

University of Cambridge Daniel Leong

Marine Corps Willow Lang

GAP YEAR

Air Force Meredith Darrah Jack Ferron

JAPAN

International Christian University Yuzuka Maekawa

SOUTH KOREA Sung Kyun Kwan University

Army Lucas Pletz

Kate Henry

WORKFORCE Grace McDowell Nathaniel Wang Ally Zimmerman

Navy Sophia Newberg

Emma Brown / ROSE-HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Grace Mirande / THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Debasmita Kanungo / THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Kaylee Combs / VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

GOING PLACES

Audrey Simons / NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY

Alexandra Rohr

Andre Harte / Washington University in St. Louis All photos submitted by respective students

Elle Hausfeld / OHIO UNIVERSITY

Imani Joshi / XAVIER UNIVERSITY

Grace Berlier / THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Designed by Lindsey Brinkman and Gabby Khodadad

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Wills & Testaments I, Marissa Allen, hereby bequeath the following: To Ryan Carmody: The swim team I, Jacob Andre, hereby bequeath the following: To William Ingle and Gordy Anaple: Grit and determination I, Kennedy Archer, hereby bequeath the following: To Mrs. Penilla, Mr. Kennedy, Porter, Demarco, and Randi: All of the life lessons you have shared with me To Lubna Shehata: Bugging Coach Ray To Chiara Moore: Keep hurdles interesting To Anna Dyer: My love for Johann To Lucile Clerc: The amazing Diego To Mr. Lothrop: “Giddy up” To Johann Bast: “Computer yes?”

I, Eva Armbruster, hereby bequeath the following: To Kaelyn Ziegler, Ella Burgess and Ella Chapman: all the präñks in the world To the best XC team: an amazing summer in paradise To Grace Zhang, Gaby Pereda, Kyra McHughe, and Maya Berry: FFTC 2021, so excited for you guys!

To Lily Armbruster: a super fun junior year :) To the Turquoise Tortillas: an award winning season I, Jack Augustin, hereby bequeath the following: To Sid Subramanian: *blows a kiss* To Ethan Masset: your flannel i stole To Jackson Shock and Ethan Gause: Courtnee’s Diner I, Jarrod Bahr, hereby bequeath the following: To Harrison Barnes: My Baseball skills and abilities. Also all my wood bats.

To Andrew Byar: My Calculus brain to add to his own. Oh and my Cup. To Jake Hertzman: My Wilson A2000. Treat her right.

To Jack Fridley: My amazing catchers mitt and equipment.

To Jake Issacs: My Truck and my locker and also a brick or 2.

To Gordy Anaple and Casey Goans: My chain and everything that is left. I love all my sons.

I, Marie Baldwin, hereby bequeath the following: To Zoe Lewis: My spice girl name, “Spicy Spice” To Thomas Brinkmann: The ability to stop denting your bach To Joe Hanisch: The good spot on the semi To Daniel Chudnoff, Mitch Durham, Rebecca Cohen, Karissa Collins, and Maddie Black: The heads up app for Kings Island trips cause y’all know $1.00 is too much to spend on that app To Junie B Jones: My Hotwheels collection To Kennedy Graves: My strength to lift a Ford F-150 with bare hands I, Maggie Ballard, hereby bequeath the following: To Brynn Gvozdanovic: 700 copies of Gooby on DVD To Sid Subramanian: Some well cooked feet

To Jake Jervis: A nice hug To Nicholas Miller: A lifetime supply of cough drops To Samantha Cline: My house, and my Molly To Isabel Henry: Repayment for all the snacks you’ve shared with me To Morgan Evans: Something that makes you laugh really hard which then makes me laugh really hard I, Lily Banke, hereby bequeath the following: To Carissa Lumby: endless loops around your traffic circle while blasting Best Friend’s Brother To Ellie Forman: Dunkin’ Donuts pitstops after track practice I, Sam Barans, hereby bequeath the following: To Sid Subramanian and Toby Weatherston: The lead your senior year To Connor Christenson and Ethan Masset: Blue Kool-aid powder I, Emma Barnhart, hereby bequeath the following: To Regan Boord: procrastination and doing absolutely nothing in study hall To Sydney Millikan: my matchmaking skills I, Mateo Barre, hereby bequeath the following: To Govind Nadathur: the ability to turn-in WebAssigns on time To Elie Frankel: my Tiktok encouragement and pride To Noah Dinerman: leadership of the fencing team To Adam Kling: keep squeezing the water bottle to see if he stills turns around To Julia Haid: neighborly love and affection To Jacob Peri: lapDESK To Will Motley: any comb I, Arthur Barros, hereby bequeath the following: To Ethan Masset: The weight of Sycamore Airstrike Ultimate. Bring them to victory!

To Patrick Ma: Endless losses in the Falcon ditto.

You gotta hold those L’s forever.

To Nikhil Weaver: The mantle of “the sound guy.”

Take care of Steve for me, will you? I’m also leaving you $5, but it’s only to be used for the sound team taffy fund.

I, Kiri Basher, hereby bequeath the following: To XC Captains: ISOTD To Anna Munoz: Silk Dark Chocolate Almond Milk carton letters To Charlotte Weiss: This day in history on Mr. Ovington’s board, and after school snacks To Jada Pressman: My lets get lit socks, make them speedy!

All wills and testaments are written exactly as submitted by students.

To Trisha Chidambaram: More Snapchatting without Claire knowing I, Noah Blase, hereby bequeath the following: To Andrew Fehr: My mass litness To Kyle Heaton: The cheese touch To Jacob Tueimeh: My hype man I, Lindsey Brinkman, hereby bequeath the following: To Sydney Myers, Natalie Toms, Bella Altier, and Kylee Koosman: The ability to find joy and happiness at every practice To Charlotte Weiss, Deeya Prakash, Allison McElroy, Bhaavya Jha, and Madeleine Suh: The Indesign smooth tool I, Bethany Brown, hereby bequeath the following: To Kelly Donovan: all 4 of my tiktok followers To Kaila Powers: the alto section To Maxwell Taylor: #1 sophomore status I, Emma Brown, hereby bequeath the following: To Sia Sindhwani: All of Dunkin Donuts’ hashbrowns To Grace Zhang: The patent for ruffles To Sydney Wickert: My ability to miss one foot putts To Matthew Rines: One packet of Ramen, that’s it To Deeya Prakash: All of my accents and impressions To Alex Truby: Being better than Sydney I, Hannah Bruns, hereby bequeath the following: To Ella Burgess: Clownish behavior To Rohan Palanikumar: All stuco spreadsheets To Erica Liff: all my love To Aryan Vaidya: saying hello always I, Alexis Bullock, hereby bequeath the following: To shoshi my dear child: i leave the memories and the gsta jokes To sky: i leave my crazy energy to my freshmen bestie I, Zoe Bullock, hereby bequeath the following: To Shoshana Stern and others: GSTA, a safe space for everyone To Grace Zhang: Many sleepless nights full of creativity that will eventually pay off, and out to lunch passes that never got to be used.

To Hayley Solomon and Pierce Bruner: Turtles.

To Aniyah King: Potatoes.

I, Ben Berke, hereby bequeath the following: To Olivia Berke: Always having teachers ask “are you ben’s sister?”

To Peter Hausfeld: The rabbits To Brady Foy: The slopes at Perfect North

We, Grace Berlier and Ellie Stadelmann, hereby bequeath the following: To Reagan Becker and Victoria Schwegmann: The Lawson Cookie Recipe

I, Joe Busch, hereby bequeath the following: To Charlie Hallock: everything I own

I, Grace Berlier, hereby bequeath the following: To Claire Berlier: Kindness, intelligence, and beauty— oh wait you you already have all of those! Darn it, I guess I’ll just leave you some peppermint bark.

I, Arnaud Cabello, hereby bequeath the following: To JJ Bello: Some “Yes Sirs” and some “No Sirs” for the days to come To Noah Pelberg: My mentor notes you desperately need, and a rich man.

I, Tristen Campbell, hereby bequeath the following: To Ella Wooley: Never stop smiling To Trinity Wyatt: Be the loudest one out there I, Sandy Chan, hereby bequeath the following: To Caitlin Chien: A talented individual.

To Alaina Delsignore: You always find a clear path among the deepest and darkest ruins.

To Niyati Kanchan: Capable and caring. Believe in yourself more!

To Susie Kim: The independent one. The strong one. My birthday twin.

To Pranathi Madala: Lunchclown.

To Class of 2021: I enjoyed being in this class and I will miss you guys when I leave. I wish you all the best of luck and a bright future filled with happiness!

I, Shruthi Chidambaram, hereby bequeath the following: To Trisha Chidambaram: The grand finale to the Chidambaram family legacy To Cole Kubesch: Preston Myers To Sarah Shrantz: My heart To Grace Zhang: The ability to park in the lines I, Ariane Clerc, hereby bequeath the following: To Sarah Lynn: Leading scorer title for Sycalax rec bball To Cy and Dar Khodadad: Gabby’s room To Aoife Black: The ability to juggle...

I, Eli Cohen, hereby bequeath the following: To Sid Subramanian, Jake Jervis, and Adam Kling: The next-gen Holy Trinity To Morgan Evans: A lifetime of appreciation for Jim Smanik To Ally Flege and Sophia Muhleman: A bike and a speaker for anytime you want to ride down to Lake Isabella To the Boys: Endless Yung Gravy and Sonic on the way to Jungle Jims To Rebecca Cohen: A household with one less Cohen To Payton Hines: Every single transformer ever To Sid Subramanian: Literally Everything I, Kaylee Combs, hereby bequeath the following: To XC Captains: ISOTD To ladyaves XC: sharpie tatts, #goaves, and all of my love To the Turquoise Tortillas: “Winning” every game with snacks and spirit To Victoria Schwegmann: NIIICCCEEE To Maddie Suh: A team!

To Isabel Henry: Pemican Run To Maria Shomo: The pineapple I, Caleb Copley, hereby bequeath the following: To Mia Copley: whatever reputation I hold with certain teachers To Elizabeth Staffiera: The resistance to put up with Eric To Eric Gonzalez: The duty to continue using that interesting sense of humor To current and incoming members of Octaviation Green: The will and determination to keep the group going strong in it’s years to come.

I, Meredith Darrah, hereby bequeath the following: To Mrs.Carter and Mr.Villani: a new bathroom pass and lots of laughs and hugs I, Quinn Davidson, hereby bequeath the

following: To Jonathan Walker: The pride of the drumline, keep those grace notes down To Josiah Jobe: The bottom Tenor locker To Jeremiah Gast: A nice shout-out I, Foster Dawson, hereby bequeath the following: To Kai Blunt, Parker DeHaven, Jae Penilla, and Laylo Umarova: I give you the morning spot by the vending machine. Monopolize it well and make it your own To Joe Hanisch, Connor Smith, and the remaining trumpets: I give you the trumpet section for marching band. Lead it as you will.

To Thomas Brinkmann, Zoe Lewis, and Reese Pandilidis: I give you the Band III trumpet section. Have fun dealing with the new kids.

To Aryan Vaidya, Arushi Sharma, Colin Seper, Matthew Rines, and Arvind Prasad: I give you seniority of the chess team. Beat Xason and win the GMCs for me.

To Shashank Sai Aravind Obulasetti and Taras Alfavitskyy: I give you control of the bowling team.

Try to rebuild, and conquer state for us.

To both Evans, Leyendecker and Massey: I give you the guys Throws team. Improve always, and throw far.

To all my close friends who will remain: I give you all my love and all the hugs I can ever offer to you guys. I’m going to miss you, and you better believe I’m coming back to visit you guys, so don’t worry about not seeing me again. Stay strong.

I, Grace Deppert, hereby bequeath the following: To XC Captains: ISOTD To Maria Shomo: making cakes, drinking lactose free milk, underclassmen rides To Ella Chapman: being homecoming queen and all the big banks out there To Sarah Barnhorst: OGB Club To Marissa Thorpe: making sure that everyone closes their gates To Sara Bolger and Ella Chapman: Sunday nights at Crossroads I, Gabe Deutch, hereby bequeath the following: To Grant Carter: All of my 2nd bell trombone skill To Ben A-L: My high quality dedede play and skyline chilli I, Akhila Durisala, hereby bequeath the following: To Grace Zhang and Aaditi Lele: The President and VP positions for Mock trial and all the vibes to succeed + shine. :) <3 To Catherine, Jordyn, and Sophia: Henna Club :) <3 I, Theo Eborall, hereby bequeath the following: To the Chinese Club officers and members: Leadership of the club and its social media, but also meetings full of fun, learning, and laughter To the Color Guard: All the energy needed to get through long practices on the field and still have a blast I, Jakob Elliott, hereby bequeath the following: To Sam Elliott: The Holy Water Boy water jug To Thomas Brinkmann, Joe Hanisch, and Nate Merrow: The Power to absolutely send it on everything To my Sycamore Trumpets: Keeping our title as the best section to ever grace the fields of the PLF To the members of the Sycamore Marching Band: The ability to find the fun and happiness in all of the things you do

SENIOR LEAF 165 I, Brendan Flanagan, hereby bequeath the following: To Jeffery Sung: We were undefeated my senior year tennis season #MUON #aves10s To Preston Myers: Good luck keeping the band together, brother To Aj Wead: TUBA!!!

I, David Freeman, hereby bequeath the following: To Matthew Rines: A functional nervous system To Will Freeman: Holdt actually calling you by your name To Sekani Cole: 17 To Zach Giesenschlag and Patrick Dauenhauer: All the attention and effort of Coach Benham for three more seasons To Ethan Masset: All the XC meme knowledge I have amassed I, Lexi Fritzhand, hereby bequeath the following: To all my members of the tribe: BBYO for life To Villani: Simply the best To Mr. Gaff: NYR 1994 Stanley Cup- REPEAT! To Mrs. Stone: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 216 I, Mayu Fukuda, hereby bequeath the following: To Takumi Fukuda: my desk chair, cooking skills, Super Lemon candies that you cannot live without, and the remote To Marilene van den Berg and Maddie Suh: the aves10s playlist, skills for sign making, the “no way” To Grace Zhang: all our mini-plants that are hopefully still living I, Nate Gawin, hereby bequeath the following: To Charlie Hallock: My love and respect I, Amanda Geraci, hereby bequeath the following: To Morgan Harmon: All of my ASL binders, and patience and kindness for other people.

To Kaila Powers: The ability to think outside of the box to find solutions to problems.

To Elizabeth Staffiera: My ability to stay calm in stressful situations.

To Kiana St.Louis: My ability to laugh and find joy in whatever life throws at you.

To Carley Brock: The ability to move forward and become the best you there ever could be.

To Elizabeth Gray: All the skills to succeed in your dreams and passions.

I, Gavin Gibson, hereby bequeath the following: To Jacob Madden: the title of choir goof ball To Eric Gonsalez: the job of telling the story of The Great Bus Fire of 17 To Aiden Cleary: all the ladies we couldn’t get.

To Connor Gall: the tenor 1 section To Will Freeman: all the David and pickle jokes To Alex Ma: select ensemble and my endless charisma I, Theo Eborall, hereby bequeath the following: To the Chinese Club officers and members: Leadership of the club and its social media, but also meetings full of fun, learning, and laughter To the Color Guard: All the energy needed to get through long practices on the field and still have a blast I, Nathan Gibson, hereby bequeath the following: To Sekani Cole: Dictatorship of the cross country team

166 SENIOR LEAF To Solomon Lumb: The absence of autocorrect while texting the bros To Luke Stadelmann: Enforcement of Yellow Belly Wednesdays To Carson Green: Whatever remains of the Aves News Network To Zachary Giesenschlag: Domination of the Strava leaderboard To Patrick Dauenhauer: Speed. Enough said.

To the members of SCY: Living a life flooded with God’s love each and every day I, Luka Gugunishvili, hereby bequeath the following: To Luka Shubitidze: you are the only Luka in the school now.

I, Linya Guo, hereby bequeath the following: To Grace Zhang: The status of #1 piggy cousin To Aaditi Lele: Calligraphy Club and journalism hugs To Sanjana Mahesh: Ace bell boy problems To Lily Shiomitsu: <3 To Oliver Johnson: I’m funnier than you To Rishi Verma: The spirit of my cowboy hat and weird physics dance moves To Maya Sethuraman and Diviya Kasi: Our “cackling” and being “ladies”!

I, Daniel Halstead, hereby bequeath the following: To Noah Chudnoff and Zoe Lewis: The band. Use it well.

To Norah Pack: $18 for my shirt.

To Matthew Rines: Your secret mission. Oh and my undying love.

I, Logan Hamel, hereby bequeath the following: To Josiah Jobe: A couple nickels To Jeremiah Gast: All of my stuff that isn’t going to college To Hayden Tabaja: A Baja blast To Hayden Choice: My most sincere and best wishes To the Drumline: My dog Winston as an official mascot I, Charlie Harper, hereby bequeath the following: To Keegan Veraldo: Good vibes and the speaker To Jonah Taub & Peter Hausfeld: The water polo team I, Andre Harte, hereby bequeath the following: To Lara Harte: Full control of the Harte dynasty in Sycamore Community Schools and permission to embarrass Harrison at any time To Kelly Donovan: 1,000,000 pity points To Toby Weatherston: All the French music and deep talks that you could ever ask for To Marilene Van Den Berg: The proper spellings of “Barrel” and “Niagara” To Jake Jervis and Preston Myers: Two TestosterTones gigs of choice To Karissa Collins: Two years of high school without me roasting you all the time To Isabel Henry and Morgan Evans: One lifetime supply of free hugs To Deeya Prakash: Permission to refer to me as a friend instead of a “celebrity” To Megan Radakovich: Permission to say “WHHHAAAT???” as many times as you want To Emily Siderits: Good vibes and full control of the Improv Aves To Sammy Cline: The OFFICIAL position of

“Upper Bus Ramp Door-Holder”

To Jeremiah Gast: Mrs. Insko’s GPS

I, Eddie Hartwig, hereby bequeath the following: To Evan Massey: Get bigger dude you’re so small To Gordy Anaple: don’t break your neck snowboarding Or getting bodied in football To Casey Goans: don’t rawr too hard To Will Ingle: Do more crunches you don’t have Abs

I, Casey Johnson, hereby bequeath the following: To Preston Myers and Sid Subramanian: the way that I act when I eat Takis To Payton Hines: having “the hand” during bows To Lexi Zukowski and Ellie Garfunkel: my never ending love and support To Solomon Lumb and Lindsay Boutelle: weekly Planning Center requests to play acoustic To Marilene van den Berg: Niagara Falls (with 3 A’s) To Maxwell Taylor and Jude Whalen: trying to guess the theatre shows and their cast To Morgan Evans: the role of “Crutchie”

I, Elle Hausfeld, hereby bequeath the following: To Maddie Rudd: Take care of our volleyball family with love, go crazy this season!

To Peter Hausfeld: You are the last one of the Hausfeld legacy, make us proud! Also good luck with mom and dad.

To Morgan Trumpy: You are a beautiful soul, keep being you!!! <3 I, Shaan Hershey, hereby bequeath the following: To Jake Isakson: A bag of soy sauce To Sekani Cole: 2 years and the black Pirhana Plant skin To Luke Stadelmann and Patrick Dauenhauer: All the backflips in the world To Gaby Pereda: Running shoes that won’t give you shin splints I, Madison Herzog, hereby bequeath the following: To the members of the choral program that aren’t seniors: If you are ever being treated different , it is just that person has clearly never seen your true potiental and talent.

To French 2 bell 2: Please act normal when I leave you.

I, Madison Humphrey, hereby bequeath the following: To Simone Pingleton: I’m gonna come back mid way through college and bench more then you.

Thank you for always being amazing and pushing me to do my best!

To Audrey Stemen: I gonna miss swimming with you!! I can’t wait to come back and watch you fly through the water.

To Jozy Allen: Keep swimming fast and please take care of my little freshman siblings.

I, Lorena Idris, hereby bequeath the following: To all my Stone Creek gals: I am going to miss working with all of you. Please don’t stop making fun of Christophe. Love you.

I, Eli Jackson, hereby bequeath the following: To Solomon Lumb: hours of long car rides and conversations bouncing off each other.

To Alex Fox: my parking spot and to never break down in the parking lot of D1.

To Shaun Grant: my patriotism and OIS video analyses.

To Jackson Parks & Brett Kohl: fun times in ASL class.

To Aidan Speridakos: rock, paper, scissors wars.

To Robert McAvoy: my cooking skills from foods class.

I, Olivia Jobe, hereby bequeath the following: To Sophie Leong: the colorguard madness and awards gang To Kylee Koosman: the Morgan madness To Sydney Milliken: Mrs. Micheal’s fav math student

I, Imani Joshi, hereby bequeath the following: To Ginevra Pascale, Kiana St. Louis, and Leah Stewart: My beloved Tea Club and tea puns. Don’t push Geyer to the brink of insani-tea and don’t forget the food.

To all of Academic Quiz Team: My t-shirt designs that were only 2-3 months late.

To Aryan Vaidya: The torn off cover of my math notebook (I promised to leave you something so here it is).

To Mr. Geyer, Mr. Crotty, and Señor Vega: My last 4 brain cells. Please distribute evenly.

I, Harsitha Kalaiarasan, hereby bequeath the following: To Charlotte Weiss: The ability to withstand group projects (no more tears)!

To Maddie Suh: The journalism room in all its glory and hidden pain To Marilene Van Den Berg: The Aves10s legacy To Sanjana Mahesh: Pass down my love for K-dramas and Mark Lee I, Debasmita Kanungo, hereby bequeath the following: To Debanshu Kanungo: Debashis and Smita: Good luck Charlie!

To Maddie Suh: Bubble TEA, superb navigation skills and all the crazy unexpected spontaneous decisions.

To the XC Lady Aves: “Salmon!”

To Kaelyn Ziegler: black and white spotted shorts with twin telepathic powers To Sophie Campbell: snail 1 and snail 2, cherish them.

To Ella Burgess: Wacky Verbiage and screaming spirit.

To Max Francisco: an eternity of physics partnership To Payton Hines: Debanshu Kanungo and Timmy T To Kyle Heaton: air conditioning I, Evan Kapourales, hereby bequeath the following: To James, Atara, and Alicia of the Creative Writing Club: Authority over the club second only to Mrs. Feist’s To Nikita and tall Ryan of the Fencing Club: My position as person who yells at everyone to start warm-ups and then leads everyone in footwork that no one wants to do but is nevertheless necessary To whoever wants to take up the torch: My job volunteering at the recycling stations I, Emily Kavensky, hereby bequeath the following: To emma david: school sleepovers every week

I, Francine Kellar, hereby bequeath the following: To Elizebeth Maxfield: Enjoy the rest of your high school daughter and don’t stress out too much.

You’re very creative, smart, funny and kind and I’m so glad we became friends in photo.

To Micheal Sanchez: You’re a funny, smart and kind dude and you will become a wonderful teacher. I enjoy our occasional run-ins in the hallway.

I, Anisa Khatana, hereby bequeath the following: To Maddie Suh: Chiefdom and taking the Leaf to new levels. wwww To the 2020–2021 Leaf staff: Two of my heart valves (one for print, one for media?). I’m rooting for you guys so hard. Kill it xx To Charlotte Weiss: your food, errands and trips to the copy room, and maintaining order on the big whiteboard To Sia Sindhwani and all PAAD Club members: PAAD Club, sharply-worded emails, and our new Aunt Flow dispenser and products To whomever gets locker 116: if the combination you’ve been given is wrong, it may or may not actually be 10-20-26 I, Gabby Khodadad, hereby bequeath the following: To Lexi Schroeder: my ability to encourage the team during goal kicks To Cadi Eigel and Maya Oduyoye: my ability to cook I, Amanda Korn, hereby bequeath the following: To Ben Vogt: plus 5 to charisma I, Cort Kramer, hereby bequeath the following: To Oliver Wittenbaum: Keep Fred from going crazy To Liv Berke: The downstairs fridge To Holt: The reign of BBD I, Ariela Kurtzer, hereby bequeath the following: To Eden Kadosh and Sarah Frankel: JSU flyer duty To Grant Bolotin: My zero baking skills to add on to your mastery of it To Maya Deutch: Boring car rides without me I, Leo Lam, hereby bequeath the following: To all members of AVES Theater: Keep on keepin’ on! Love you all, it’s been a pleasure working with you!

To Colin Hurrell: One Brick To Alex Lensges: The entire country of China To Payton Hines: One ketchup bottle (You know which one) To Ben Vogt: One printed copy of the entire Shark Tale Wikipedia page To Jake Jervis: The massive bin of Bionicles I bought from your house at a yard sale when I was like 10 years old I, Willow Lam, hereby bequeath the following: To Sevi Tutuncu: Monday hill workouts (because I know you love them) To the 4x4 team: Lactic acid buildup To Maddie Black: the human baton relay To the pole vaulters: Many record breaking days!

I, Stacy Lawrence, hereby bequeath the following: To Charlotte Weiss: Lady Aves Bagel Regional Manager To Wesleigh Wilkinson: Awkward hallway moments To Ethan Masset: Ranching in the hallways To Claire Laneve, Maya Berry, Sarah Schrantz:

AMEOBA SISTERS SQUAD WILL LIVE ON To Sid: Shelley Lawrence and all her jokes To Jake Jervis: Hugs To Lady Aves: All the pasta parties, Friday morning practices, early morning meets and all of the love and bonding in the world I, Daniel Leong, hereby bequeath the following: To Maddie Suh: Endless invitations to Korea House To Will: A future business agreement with the Leong Corporation To COS Boys: Boys’ Room To Rishi Verma: Dr. Xiao’s Laplace Transform Table To Davie and Rohanrose: ScIeNcE bOwL To ANYONE in Japanese Club: Japanese Club To Sophie Leong: My infinite love for TWICE and all the time for “Sophie’s Korean thoughts” I, Olivia Lindsey, hereby bequeath the following: To Maddi Saunders: Mario Kart skills To Jason Lucas: Heelies and the talent of procrastination To Aditi and Aarti Datar: All the gummy worms I have To Ben Vogt: Beans I, Ally Linser, hereby bequeath the following: To Morgan Evans: The group of little me’s that will now be little Morgan’s To Julie Fort: The paint cabinet To Kaila Powers: The alto section To Nicholas Miller: The power of girl code To Preston Myers: I felt like I should give you something but couldn’t think of anything so I’m literally giving you nothing I, Henry Loeb, hereby bequeath the following: To Grace Zhang: My job on The Leaf. You are already doing great and I have a lot of faith that you’re going to continue on getting better and better.

To Eden Kadosh and Sarah Frankel: HaZamir, I am trusting both of you to grow and continue the chapter.

I, Corrin Louis, hereby bequeath the following: To Marissa Louis: more attention from mom I, Olivia Lozano, hereby bequeath the following: To Simone Copeland: Responsibility over Geyers room during ace bell To the softball team: Hopes that you all will keep our family name periodttt To Nila and Ariana: The ownership over my softball playlist, no profanity!

To Vadim Beresford: Please take the mushroom back I, Sophia Ludwick, hereby bequeath the following: To my friend group: all the “thank you”s in a world for letting me be a part of your friend group!

To Mr. Bonenfant: all the hugs I can give for making me feel like it was ok to be different and for telling me about the end of the rainbow that I was heading towards.

To Mrs. Insko: all the laughs I can spare for talking to me everyday and helping me smile when I thought it was impossible.

I, Marcial Machado, hereby bequeath the following: To Charlie Hallock: my secret sketchbook which contains my most unfathomable creations. I have given you the tools to find it; it’s up to you to do

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To Arushi Sharma and Atara Zmora: My condolences and most sincere apologies.

To Luis Machado: A single can of Arizona Iced Tea. Let’s be real, I’m not strong enough to give up any more.

To those who will be graduating after 2020: A better end of the year. When the going gets rough, remember that you didn’t have to end the year with a literal plague looming over your head.

I, Yuzuka Maekawa, hereby bequeath the following: To Payton Harmon: Fun jokes with Mr. Starkie and the school Jazz guitar To Arjun Pathe: The favorite section in Jazz band To Sophie Campbell: Love you Soph To Kaila Powers, Natasha Singh, and Pranathi Madala: Fun math days To Alex Ma: “Hey Alex” I, Genesis Manganese, hereby bequeath the following: To Marissa Louis: to look cute every day To Cy and Dar: to find someone who actually gets your names right everyday To Bella Delgado: to have an awesome junior year...no tears I, Lydia Masset, hereby bequeath the following: To Ethan: Thursday Night Movie Night and The Masset legacy. Uphold our name with honor and never stop clowning in Stuco.

To Sia: All of the love and mood boards in the world.

To Grace Zhang: All of my money so I can buy your first fashion collection.

To Maddie Suh: The teapot costume I had to wear in Beauty and the Beast and all of my undying affection.

To Deeya: A pat on the back and a big hug.

To Bhaavya Jha: A tiny version of The Leaf just the right size for the Frog Man. To Charlotte: All of the latkes and love in the WORLD. To Teddy and Pippa: Hanging out everyday in the science wing and Dirk To Student Council: POLYVINYL I, Camryn Mather, hereby bequeath the following: To my junior babies: the volleyball team is yours, good luck! <3 To Kendall Mather, Avery Mather, Peyton Mather: corrattiyils_meals I, Rohan Mathur, hereby bequeath the following: To Rohanrose Palanikumar: The supreme title of Alpha and Omega Rohan... Use it wisely To Arjun Pathe: My Lightning McQueen lunch box if anyone finds it To Connor Smith: All the random crap in Mr. Hoffert’s room for you to screw with I, Jordan McConnell, hereby bequeath the following: To William Ingle: Let me know when you secure the bag.

I, Erin McDonough, hereby bequeath the following: To Brynn Gvozdanovic: a bottle of panera caesar dressing and the ability to throw it back To Morgan Evans: my hair when it was blonde To Lexi Zukowski: computer science skills to hack

168 SENIOR LEAF the video surveillance system outside your room To Cady Cummins: the 1st soprano section To Isabel Henry: s’mores cupcakes made with no eggs To Ellie Garfunkel and Leah Leonard: a red door, a yellow door, or any other color door To Preston Myers and Sid Subramanian: parking spots in the visitor lot To Group A Newsies: a salute to Mr. Whapham

I, Jack Munoz, hereby bequeath the following: To Anna Munoz: my knowledge of being a gangster To Elfie Sloan: my mixtapes To Carson Green: the only copy of my first film, Mask Off I, Sophie Neat, hereby bequeath the following: To Abbey Turner and Gabby Pickens: Starbucks and Brueggers in the morning

I, Grace McDowell, hereby bequeath the following: To Josie Zink: The ability to be organized

I, Cullen O’Shea, hereby bequeath the following: To Ruben Schraffenberger: A couple of inches so he doesn’t have to look up every time someone talks to him

I, Alden McDuffie, hereby bequeath the following: To Ally Flege: Don’t forget to call me when you’re Tik Tok Famous

I, Lucas Pletz, hereby bequeath the following: To Emma Pletz: Enjoy being known as “Little Pletz” To The Biscuit Boys: Sycbroco and adventuress

I, Jaquelynn McGraw, hereby bequeath the following: To Aniyah King and Jack Brownlee: Fanta Exotic To Charlotte Weiss: French Club & my quiche recipe To Sydney Miliken: the melon GROP cart

I, Ally Porterfield, hereby bequeath the following: To Nila Kennedy-Young: make your senior softball season the best ever!

To Ceci Apking: keep being positive & goofy on and off the field To Simone Copeland: the new senior ruler of mr geyers room To Heidi Jaeger, Aubrey Bath, & Haven Smith: remember the 3rd bell family forever <3

I, Chloe Mensch, hereby bequeath the following: To Patrick Ma: The bass section and bass room.

I, Cade Mercer, hereby bequeath the following: To Nicole Loboda: All the pieces I never finished in Ceramics.

I, Mariam Meskhi, hereby bequeath the following: To Emma David: You’ll always be my #1 girlfriend To Sophia Kavensky: you’ll always be the funniest in your grade I, Griffin Miller, hereby bequeath the following: To Jake Isakson: The blessing of NBN To Patrick Dauenhauer: godspeed, from the Flow Gods To Jake Jervis: The power to press a shutter button once again!

I, Grace Mirande, hereby bequeath the following: To Maya Berry, Gabby Guliants, Kyra McHugh, Gaby Pereda, and Grace Zhang: Fashion for the Cure in all its glory. Excited to see you ladies smash 77k!

To LadyAvesXC: Varsity C. Let the tradition live on.

To Ella Burgess and Maddie Suh: The fish tank project. You know what to do.

I, Nicholas Molenkamp, hereby bequeath the following: To Eric Gonzales: get a better sleep schedule and keep singing I, Megan Moreno, hereby bequeath the following: To Emma David and Anna Dyer: Always being confused and laughing about everything in that class To Saundra Washington: Cheer bus rides I, Abby Motley, hereby bequeath the following: To Will Motley: The car To Sophie Leong: All of the yet-to-be-organized warm-ups in the guard closet To Patrick Ma: The Orchestra Council and all of Grace’s display case photos

I, Daniela Powell Garcia, hereby bequeath the following: To Olivia Cathey and Lindsay Boutelle: My favorites freshmen during Softball season.

To Underclassmen and Upperclassmen Softball players: Let your faith shine on and off the field.

People are watching; this is your mission field.

To Pankhuri Saxena: Postmates and DoorDash partner.

To Ella Battson: My favorite throwing partner.

I, Alex Reardon, hereby bequeath the following: To Haven Smith, Heidi Jaeger, and Aubrey Bath: Reminding Mr. Geyer of Yogurt Time To Sky Stone: Kroger Clicklist. Good luck kid.

To Ella Burgess: Gssa memz & confusing rap songz To Kaelyn Ziegler: Listening to my music To Teddy Tessel: Car rides home!

I, Devansh Saxena, hereby bequeath the following: To Pankhuri Saxena: Much love and trust to uphold the Saxena name with some determination and a smile.

To Taras Alfavitskyy and Marcelo Lopez Flores: My locker where you may cherish the countless memories.

To Benhamin Vogt: Teddy To Metztle Elena: The power of Metrick TSAO To Maddie Suh: Keira aka mom To Keira Millerchip: Maddie aka grandma To Grace Larrick and Maya Berry: All the snacks from UDF that you might need to sneek into the theater To Ella Burgess and Maria Van den Berg: Something funny to always keep you smiling To Sophie Campbell: My entire heart To Jozy Allen: All the love out there To Davie and frands: The ability to speak bonjour To Stuco: Tips to plan a prom. Maybe you won’t need them after all To Ultimate Frisbee: Go Aves, beat Mason!!!

To AVES Bowling: The tolerance to keep up with Elizabeth and Hunter To all the teachers: A genuine thank you.

To everyone: Ta-ta and good luck. Hope you make it ;) I, Caitlin Schipper, hereby bequeath the following: To Ella Jobe, Olivia Severtson, and Maya Chamberlin: The COS Youth Choir first soprano section. Be the leaders that I know you are and keep sharing your amazing voices with the world.

I, Sammy Schwartz, hereby bequeath the following: To Benjamin Schwartz: The Schwartz name To Ethan Heist: Maximum pitching spin To Patrick Thompson: Eagle power

I, Drew Ripberger, hereby bequeath the following: To Matthew Rines: the shell of a champion robot To Thomas Brinkman: a graphing calculator To Aditya Bhargava: some chill To Joey Lansberg: a pair of pants, not shorts, pants

I, Andrew Shehata, hereby bequeath the following: To Aryan Vaidya: all of the stonks To Gabe Hester: a dub season To Jonathan Wittenbaum: lots of weight To Jacob Kogan: the food I never got you after school

I, Alexandra Rohr, hereby bequeath the following: To Klemt & Chapman: I wish you all the luck in finding a new Alex.

To K-Club: Dont be afraid to put yourselves out there. You guys are amazing.!

I, Katherine Shi, hereby bequeath the following: To the Color Guard: sticky hands to catch all your tosses with and breath to continue counting To Norah Pack: all the solos for concert band To Luci Cooke and Katelyn Chen: any piccolo parts you want, you poor children

I, Asalya Samieva, hereby bequeath the following: To Grace Zhang, Marissa Thorp, Sophia Odaka, Kai Blunt, Elizabeth Staffiera, and Lauren Crane: All the fashion design skills and sleep before FFTC. To John Brownlee: May the seam ripping gods be proud of you.

To Vivian Qian, Olivia Woods, Bhaavya Jha: K-Club! “You nice, keep going”.

To Farzona Samieva: All the skills needed to get through your last year of high school.

I, Audrey Simons, hereby bequeath the following: To Laney Simons: The leftover contents of my t-shirt drawer, late night movies with dad, and kitchen dance parties with mom To Deeya Prakash: The position of official golf team mom, van packer, and DJ To Marissa Thorp: The wonderful duty of driving laney to school everyday To Grace Zhang: My bobbin case. We all know there won’t be enough next year

I, Carly Sandow, hereby bequeath the following:

I, Yash Singh, hereby bequeath the following: To Mark Karev and Kevin Dong: 6 am morning

conditionings and the honorary title of “captain”.

To Jeffrey Sung and Timur Udaltsov: the ability to safely drink out of a reusable water bottle.

To Maddie Suh: introspective drives down Hopewell and Weil.

To Marilene van den Berg: my master plan involving walkie talkies and a certain teacher named Michael (you know which one).

To Elle Frischer: TikTok rehab. I’ll cover the co-pay. mazing.!

I, Caroline Skwara, hereby bequeath the following: To Alex Ma and Megumi Cipollone: The pit orchestra and that one keyboard that doesn’t play an F# To Sia Sindhwani: P.A.A.D. Club and ceaseless tussles with the administration I, Jacob Smilg, hereby bequeath the following: To Nikhil Weaver: “Sound guy” title. Do the stuff.

To Matthew Rhines: The spirit of Wii Fit Trainer To Atara Zmora and Arushi Sharma: Infinite knowledge of calculus and cursed whiteboard drawing suggestions I, Herald Smith, hereby bequeath the following: To Ethan Wallace: Lumpia To Albaraa Tarabishi: Always be the bomb no matter what I, Heather Song, hereby bequeath the following: To Adam Rohrer: the best principal violist in the history of Sycamore’s principal violists I, Clayton Steinbrink, hereby bequeath the following: To Patrick Thompson: My comedy of being the golf team captain and living a good life.

I, Emma Stemen, hereby bequeath the following: To Audrey: the spot under the stairs To Daniel and Noah Chudnoff: entertaining vaulting conversations To Sophie Campbell: being late to swim practice everyday (your’re immune now, senior) To Meredith Leslie: “we’re here for a good time, not a fast time” To Kat Gillman: Rides for underclassmen I, Lindsey Stevens, hereby bequeath the following: To Ryan Carmody, Sophie Cambell: The team is yours now...Go kick some butt. go aves To Eve Black: 10x100 To Sophie Cambell: My love for sporting events and my love for #25 and #10 To Vincent Penilla: Keep being you and bug your mother in the morning To Jozy Allen: Take care of Eve and make sure “ Hips Up” To Mr.Kennedy, Mrs.Penilla, Mr.Porter, Randi: All the life lessons you have taught me To Emma Baker, Olivia Shields: Bus/Car ride talks and best duo To Gabby Goldstein: Capping on you “keep swimming” To Pankhuri Saxena: Your smile and joy you bring to the softball team To Water polo team: Be nice to Brycen but push him in the pool I forgot to and forever GO AVES! I, Gretchen Stommel, hereby bequeath the following: To Ella Wahlquist: Yoga Club

I, Sanjana Sukhavasi, hereby bequeath the following: To SHS Mock Trial Team: multiple working stopwatches, time sheets, and my full support to win the state championships I, Mey Sun, hereby bequeath the following: To Sarah Barahorst: The defense To Aoife Black: The ability to run at the end of practice To Lanie Pishotti: Apple duty To Bryce Darbyshire: my nugget head I, Zaynab Syed, hereby bequeath the following: To Grace Zhang, Gaby Pereda, Gabby Guliants, Kyra McHugh, Maya Berry, Marissa Thorp, and Sophia Odaka: Fashion for the Cure 2021 is all up to you girls!

To Marissa Thorp, Sophia Odaka, and Grace Zhang: Please keep office parties in Klemt’s room lit without me!

To Gabby Guliants: Stressful late-night facetime calls full of drama and tea To Nabiha Alam: Freshman camp craziness I, Tanner Wahlquist, hereby bequeath the following: To Aditya Bhargava: The DJ rights to the boys Cross Country team To Preston Myers: My Seminary Attendance and my Pitbull obsession To Davis Millar: The Status of Mormon leader on the Cross Country team To Scott Brown: 6 Bags of Quaker Oats instant Oatmeal I, Iain Walsh, hereby bequeath the following: To Owen Walsh: My tiktok legacy To Alex Walker: My starting volleyball varsity middle spot To Brad Reid: My secret spliff spot To Trajan Kress: Captain Spot To Matthew Wilson: senior skipping I, Dhruv Weaver, hereby bequeath the following: To Nikhil Weaver and Blake Rile: Dealing with all of those sticky XLR cables in the theater To Jake Jervis: Rights to use my name freely To Sekani Cole: Extra Lanky McLong Arms To Adi Bhargava: Normally phrased sentences To Will Motley: Real-life Beanos I, Charlie Whapham, hereby bequeath the following: To the X.C boys: that all core I lead from this day forward may be optional for all members of the team.

To Sekani Cole: the title of core captain in addition to other responsibilities.

To Sycamore Airstrike: that all Manhattan projects continue to work

SENIOR LEAF 169 abnormal hair changes To Noah Leonard: My personal changing stall in 99 To Belle Scholles: To keep everyone hyped backstage during show nights To Kelly Donovan: The bucket and broom I, Bob Wise, hereby bequeath the following: To Holt Jorgenson: I give you the crease To Ben Margolis: I give you the scoreboard To Mr G: I give you my love for carrots I, Parker Wood, hereby bequeath the following: To Izzy Wetherall: Harass Sean Crowe To Morgan Ringer: ur a bum I, Trey Yengo, hereby bequeath the following: To Brady Foy: Heyyyyyy I, Brettlyn Yetter, hereby bequeath the following: To my Bella Babies: I leave all the giggles, silly national holidays, smiles, and hugs they can get their hands on.

To Elizabeth Staffiera aka Peanut: I leave all my support, positivity and love.

To Mr. Ken Holdt: I leave four choirs that I love and care about with all my heart. Also the peace and quiet of not having to tell me to be quiet.

To Catie Clark aka Snowflake: I leave my best friend Isabelle Burden, please take good care of her while I am away.

To my sister Tori Yetter: I leave the title of big sister/oldest sibling in the house while I am away, but once I come back that title is mine again.

I, Abby Zolla, hereby bequeath the following: To Pippa Zolla: Dirk and all the good times and long drives that come with her.

SCAN BELOW to read graduation letters from beloved teachers and administrators.

I, Sarah Whiteside, hereby bequeath the following: To Laura Nordin: my hours at the Melting Pot To Matthew Whiteside: my optimism and joy for learning, my old notes, and my ability to get to school on time everyday To Thomas Whiteside: my room with the awesome bathroom and my out to lunch passes I, James Wilkerson, hereby bequeath the following: To the members of Aves Theatre: All my sass and class that will get you through those cloudy days.

To the members of Aves Choir: Deodorant and

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