The Lion's Roar Senior Section 2018

SENIOR SECTION

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VOL. 34

the LION’S

Congratulations, Class of 2018!

Photo Illustration

By Netta Dror

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Dear Readers, We’re finally here. High school, at times, felt never-ending. After handing out issues of The Roar at last year’s graduation, we sat in the wellness classroom and watched the Class of 2017 enter the field house. “Can you believe that will be us in a year?” we asked. Then, the fact that we would graduate was inconceivable, and yet, here we are.

Since we walked into South four years ago, much about the school has changed. There are solar panels over the parking lot, a green space where the L bench used to be and a push toward school spirit and unity. All of these topics sparked debates, and we were lucky enough to get to report on them alongside many, many more.

We joined The Roar as freshmen, wide-eyed and ready to start high school. Little did we know how invested we would become in this paper. We went to school committee meetings, tried to understand the NPS budget, transcribed interviews for hours, stayed up until 1 a.m. (and occasionally 3 a.m.) to finalize everything — and we enjoyed every moment. We interviewed people we wouldn’t have talked with otherwise, we learned skills we couldn’t learn in a classroom and we made our own contributions to the South community.

We want to thank you for reading The Roar. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to learn about, interview for and report on issues that are important to South. We strove to create a paper that informs. This past volume, we’ve covered a broad and diverse array of stories, from South’s own MaestroChef to the Newton mayoral race. We also aimed to spark conversations about our school — thank you for engaging in those important, much-needed conversations about the racial climate at South, grade pressure, academic integrity and more.

Our readers make creating The Roar worthwhile, but our staff makes creating The Roar possible. For that we cannot thank the Volume 34 staff enough. Thank you for your enthusiasm, passion and dedication to making each issue better than the last. You were constantly pushing us, yourselves and each other to improve every aspect of The Roar. You took up the challenge to improve design and content and acted on your suggestions.

To our staff, we are also so thankful for your energy and spirit. We could always count on your humor and positivity to make Roar fun. There are so many moments to look back on and smile about: playing laser tag, waiting 45+ minutes for our Lee’s order to come (and inevitably forgetting a few items), having too much fun with our front-page photoshoots and so many more.

Saying goodbye to The Roar is bittersweet: we are incredibly sad to be bidding farewell to something that has been a defining aspect of high school for us, but we are excited to watch the future of The Roar unfold. Volume 35, you have already shown your commitment and dedication to this paper and its community. We are so proud and impressed, and we can’t wait to see what more you do.

Onwards, Volume XXXIV Senior Staff Michelle Cheng Thomas Patti

Carina Ramos Celine Yung

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You know you’re in the

class of 2018

1.

when ...

Every day you park between two juniors without passes.

2.

The L bench closing debate divided your class.

3.

You check the class Facebook group before Snow Day Calculator.

4.

You remember the bell is two minutes ahead of real time because unexcused tardies are real.

5.

You thought you were allowed to leave class if your teacher hadn’t shown up after 15 minutes.

6.

You’re always “hip.”

7.

You’ve heard more fire alarms this year than you’ve heard in freshman, sophomore and junior year combined.

8.

You only use the 1000s bathroom — just because juul makes it smell good.

9.

You’ve traded Roar and Denebola for Cecil Broadside.

10.

11.

Kahoot! gets your class hype.

The lip dub was better than you expected it to be.

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#roarproblems Read about some of the arduous struggles the members of the Roar staff face daily @carinaramos: You see grass. I see lunch #carinaproblems #rxbar

@eunicekim: Why is my name in this newspaper? #euniceproblems

@michellecheng: My eyes are stuck in the back of my head from rolling them at Thomas’s jokes so often #mitchperfectproblems #ribbit

@rachelgu: Still waiting for my co-editor to read my Facebook messages from 4 months ago #rachelproblems

@thomaspatti: Why is everyone so obsessed with me? #thomasproblems #meow

@kimiataba: Am I even allowed to be a Senior Section Editor if I'm interviewed for a news article every issue? #kimiaproblems

@celineyung: Running from practice to paste-up is more work than track itself #celineproblems @avivagershman: I’m such a hardcore memer that no one in advisory understood my costume #avivaproblems @dinazeldin: Just your average laser tag dark horse #dinaproblems @sophielu: I'm going to paste-up ... to bake cookies with Thomas’s sister #sophielproblems @sophiegoodman: Most people think there’s only one Sophie on staff — not to mention on News #sophiegproblems #sophiethesoph @sebastiantsao: Nobody wants to give me a ride home from paste-up because I live in the 'Dale #sebproblems @cammiller: Checked out after getting into college early #bozoproblems @ilanrotberg: Forget Illustrator... I didn’t have InDesign the entire volume #ilanproblems #v35sshacks @eurowang: The last thing I have yet to put on my resume is a push-up #gyroproblems #hotyoga #soulcycle @ellendeng: Where’s debate? #lnproblems

@catherinegranfield: I just can’t wait to be EIC #catherineproblems #thelionsroar #thelionking @dorraguermazi: People misspell my name so often I hardly remember it myself #dorahproblems @emilybelt: I’ve amassed a large collection of AP style certified PowerPoints, but SSEs still ask me to make new AP style guides #emilyproblems @adambaker: Didn’t like this publication, so I started my own #adamproblems @nettadror: Photo staff? I am the photo staff #nettaproblems @gabysmith: Minding my own business throughout V34 #gabyproblems @mikeryter: No one believes my position is real, and Senior Staff won’t go bowling with me #bikeriderproblems @ashleychapman: Final Jeopardy was too easy #ashproblems @fayecassell: Everyone at paste-up seems to be fine, so I’ll be in my room grading papers #cassellproblems

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COMMON APPLICATIONS

This year’s most popular colleges, by number of students

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BOSTON COLLEGE

BOSTON UNIVERSITY

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TUFTS UNIVERSITY

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UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT

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La, La, La, Lauren: You bring music into our lives daily.

Sing loud and proud today and always.

Congratulations and love!

- Mommy, Abba and Jaclyn

Dear Khyla, We are so proud of you.

Keep Soaring!

From “The Family.”

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CATHERINE, We are so proud of you!

Love, Mom, Dad, James, Thomas, Pedro, Lightning, Charlotte, Cocoa

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Congratulations to the Class of 2018!

From the NSHS Asian Student Organization

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Congratulations Jessalyn!

We are so proud of all your accomplishments.

Wish you all the best for the future. May you achieve everything you set out to.

Love, Mom, Dad, Ashlyn and Aman

Thomas,

We are so proud of you and your many accomplishments with the Lion’s Roar!

Love, Mom and Dad

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Up and A

senior plan

California Univ. of Calif. Berkeley Varun Mann

UC Los angeles

Colorado

Loyola Marymount Univ.

Grace Yao

Kaitlyn Hubner

University of colorado

University of redlands

Bibi Reischer Harburger

Luke Cloud Chace Khan Dylan Sperry

icon collective

Colorado College

UC Santa Barbara Joseph Vedensky

Univ. of s. California Alexa Weintraub

Ariel Sassoon

Kerry Yang

Arizona university of arizona Alexander Rubin

International Turki Alrefai Benjamin Anderson-Krim Ariana Bakhtyari John Barbone Alex Davison Daniel Korsunsky Robert Leifke Ida Malvik Kathleen McVittie

Izak Monaco Gabrielle Pellegrin Olyvia Salek Amanda Smith Samantha Smith Ariane Sours Tiffany Tang Marina Zanella Fedrigo Gretchen Zhang

working

Curran Crosby

Noah Kopp

Military Christopher Norton

Gap Year Max Asuaje Solon Kfir Bros Sophia Cataldo Kevin Damon-Cronmiller Ariel Fine Josh Finkel Szymon Gawlick Madeleine Guettler Alexander Hide Matthew Huller Asa Kaplan Sheetal Krovi Maria Kuznetsova

Jonathan Marcus Seanna McGraw Omer Milstein Taha Nizam Catherine O’Brien Jocelyn Rodenstein Ian Rubin Adi Shneorson Oliver Todreas Jonah Weingart Yarden Yacoby Jeffrey Zhao

OTHER

Akinjide Akinwande Usman Cheema

Paige Ollivierre Andrew Pratt

Texas Rice University Ethan Krop

Univ. of Texas at Austin Brooke Hackel

Away

ns 2018

n

minnesota

Pennsylvania

Univ. of pennsylvania

Hamilton College

Deika Albert Rachel Gu Ben Kurland Sophia Swidey

Barnard college

Thomas Garrison Arushi Singh Ellan Suder

Olivia Watson

Carleton college Andrea Tartaglia

Benjamin Timbers

Wisconsin

St. Olaf college

University of Wisconsin

Muhlenberg College

Dickinson College

Drexel University

Elizabeth Rochon

Sara Barrows

university of minnesota Emma Dolan

Illinois Northwestern Univ.

Veronica Burton Carina Ramos

University of chicago Michael Ryter Sandra Wong

missouri washington univ. in st. louis Maya Fiore Rebecca Silverman Gabriella Smith Isabella Xie

Cornell university

Alisa Rabin

Hannah Kiritsy

Ali-jon Kret Adam Netburn Rebecca Shepherd Lizy Szanton

LaFayette College

Elijah Lawrence

Luc Dobin

west virginia university Lucas Lopes

OHIO Oberlin College

Jack Briney Cameron Dubin John Floros Kayla Schwartz Juan Segura

Windley Knowlton Natalie Korzh Aiden Peterson

Ajaya Soltau

College of Wooster

Kenyon College

Joseph Duke-Cohan Alana Winston-Khan

Kristen Miquel

Maryland

University of Maryland Eric Detjen Kevin Granfield Rebecca Levy Jenny Lipof Stella Owings Janam Shankar Adi Volosov

Virginia University of virginia

Kent State university

Xavier university

Colgate University

Adam Hurwitz

washington and Lee univ.

Sarah Verga

Matthew Ochlis

Ohio wesleyan univ.

Lucas Nathanson

Ohio state university

Georgia Auburn University Mac Barnes

University of alabama Aidan Sutherland

Emory university

Sanne Glastra Kimia Tabatabaei Kaiwen Zhou

georgia institute of tech.

Alec Liberman

north carolina eLON University

Madeline Yorke Ben Zagorianakos

New Jersey Princeton university Seth Walensky

rutgers university Andrew Joe

University of delaware Leah Shems

Washington d.c.

American University Sophia Aghassi Natalie Harder Claire Kroger Lindsey Lieb Aishwarya Rajapur Lauren Sasson Jack Sinclair

LOUISIANA

south carolina

Tulane university

Coastal Carolina Univ.

Florida Full Sail University Joakeem Gaston

university of Miami Dominic Lanctot

Adam Cohen Nika Hashemi Victoria Huang Sam Linder Hannah Nesson Varun Oberoi David Patkin Katy Ronkin

Georgetown University Jacob Denninger

Clark Atlanta University Tate Ross

Dan Lachman Edwin Wang

Zoe Warre

George washington Univ.

Tori Miller

ALABAMA

Goucher college

Delaware

Case WEstern Reserve Univ.

Jonah Bachman Sara Khorshidi Nicholas FygetakisMandell

Anna Bantikyan Cameron Miller

SUNY Purchase

university of michigan

Indiana University

St. Lawrence Univ.

Karin Alsop

west Virginia

Indiana

Union College

Megan Connors Brianna Weissel

Vassar College

MIchigan Jordan Briney Emily Goetzler Jake Levine

Wiley Chen Sophia Coville-Carney Emily Diamond Alicia Gockelman Erica Lushan

Vincent Campagna Robert Dandliker Claire Deng Jeremy Freedman

Haverford College

Bucknell College

Syracuse university

Maya Modi

Allison Dagg Ellen Downs

Sam Marks

Hobart & William Smith Coll.

Phillip Hsieh Colleen McElduff Alexander Norman

Rensselear Polytechnic

Yael Day

Swarthmore College

Macalester College

Bhairavi Chandersekhar Abigail Spingarn

Bryn Mawr College

Nora Greeley

Vicky Shevchenko Shoham Shitrit

Nick Aber Olivia Amicangioli Varun Deshpande Lee Ding Jennifer Kang Noah KapellerLibermann Anna Kwon Levi Shlyankevich

Olyvia Jasset

Carnegie Mellon Univ.

University of rochester

New York university

Isabel Autor Sophie Krop

Univ. of Pittsburgh

St. Catherine university

New york

Bard College

Cameron Kaitz

College of charleston Alexandre Dechelle

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maine Bates College

Robbie Hodin

Bowdoin College

Vermont

Finn Bergquist Catherine Patti Thomas Patti

University of vermont

Bennington College Joseph Mackler

Champlain college Jacob Abu Amara

St. Michael’s College Molly O’Brien

Samuel Canavan Karen Garber Hannah Gonzalez Hannah Katz Shaked Levy Natalie Scheiring Grace Suga

New Hampshire

Middlebury college

Univ. of new hampshire Andrew Hallion Susannah King Dominica Pechan Daniela Rizza Deana Shirasb Ethan Smelson

Emily Bulczynski Alexandra Dobin Jonathan Kronheimer Jack Landrigan Noah Whiting

Connecticut Univ. of Connecticut Shannon Laughlin Andrew Mei Elana Volfinzon

Bryce Barros

Fairfield University Tomas Di Leo Thomas Robinson

Lindsay Cutter

Mitchell College Aidan Fegley

Trinity College

Nicholas Fitzpatrick

University of new haven Angelina Rodriguez

wesleyan university

curry college Casey Lenson Jazlyn Rivera Leen Salloum

quinnipiac university

Mass. Inst. of Tech.

Gannon Barnett Daniel Edelman Simone Lassar

Boston college

Caroline Barry Jack Blessington Isabel Bulman Lola Coulter Aidan Fitzmaurice Ian Gallaugher Owen Kenny Hanbo Lin Sophie Lu Alison McDonald Celine Yung

suffolk university Valerie Dubinsky Laura GarciaLozano Cherissa Leon

fitchburg state univ.

John Javaloyes

University of massachusetts amherst Emelia Blessington Stephanie Lok Jordi Boulerice Joseph Lorant Mia Calderone Catarina Martins Benjamin Canton Mara Mercurio Analise Castillo Kristina Nedeljkovic Annabelle Elmaleh Andrew Pollock Matthew Eng Jenna Rubin Natanel Ervin Noa Sade Leoni Foster Lily Sander Philipp Guettler Talia Tartaro Jessalyn Kaur Vasily Won Kate Kramer

Nichols college Joseph Busa Lejuan Pope

emerson college Layla Alvarez

Springield College

Charles Holley-Jones

Bentley university Andrew D’Annolfo Michael Li Aijing Tan Yulia Temnorod Gregory Umansky

smith college

Ariel Hirschhorn

wellesley college Niamh Bayliss Chloe Frantzis Zoe Heywood

Emmanuel college Jessica Weng

simmons university Jingwen Wu

Hampshire college Sam Komack

Arash Boostani

Johnson and Wales Univ.

Dennis Angjeli Demetrios Kanellias Ally Youngsman

Endry Nunez

massachusetts

Bryant University

Univ. of rhode island

E. connecticut state

Spencer Saunders Zanny Weinreb

Brown University

Daniel Alber Gil Alon Noy Alon Emily Belt Jason Crowley Effi-Anna Holston Daniel Silverston Bennett Walkes

University of hartford

Hartford Art school

Rhode Island

Andrew Murray

Roger williams univ.

Samantha Frankel Marco Mercurio Aidan Murray

Danielle Aviles

Yale university Thomas Blum

umass boston

Timothy Balram Amanda Horan Wangquan Lin

umass dartmouth

Cameron Gilchrist

umass lowell

Daniel Bauman Christopher Brooks Michael FygetakisMandell Adam Iskandar Charles Mirabile Windsor Yee Kevin Zhang

brandeis university Jonathan Ayash Michelle Cheng Eitan Joseph Joanna Marcus Risako Mizuyama Brett Silk Samuel Timbers Arlen Williams

Mass College of art

NORTHEASTERN UNIV.

hampton university

harvard university

Berklee college of music Juliet Cable Lucy Kim

boston university

Chloe Jonas Carol Milton

Mount Holyoke College

Nika Faraji Ashadieeyah Gaffney Bence Gyuris Jasha Rodriguez Khyla Turner

Anna Dietrich

Daniel Ayash Adam Baker ZiRui Chen Sarah Goldstein Victor Huang Joshua Kos Naomi Li Robert Ling Anne Spatz

Abigail Bernstein Mikey Fermin Jackson Fyfe Yejin Kim Gabriela Monge Amanda Rodriguez Tabares Destiny Torres

Wentworth inst. of tech.

amherst college

Daniel Abdulah Hannah Cole Caleb Fried Luca Hensch Hannah Phan

Ella Kim Julia Metelitsa Emma Wenning Jada Wong

Mass Bay comm. College Domenic Arduino Rogelio Chabolla Mosqueda Girolama Cusenza Ashley DeNoble Jose Lopez Canales Markella Papachristou

Mass maritime academy Daniel Hart

tufts university Eli Beutel Melissa Butchard Jake Freudberg Phil Kang Ariana Mathews Abigail Miller Jillian Stern Brigitte Tang

College of the holy cross Alec Szwarcewicz

bridgewater state univ.

Alyssa Allen Irene Kapsidis

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Class of 2018 senior Plans

Kevin Damon-Cronmiller Gap Year

Sam Fathalizadeh Unknown

Daniel Abdulah Harvard University

John Barbone University of Leeds

Mia Calderone UMass Amherst

Robert Dandliker Cornell University

Aidan Fegley Mitchell College

Nick Aber New York University

Mac Barnes Auburn University

Vincent Campagna Cornell University

Christopher Dare Unknown

Mikey Fermin MassArt

Jacob Abu Amara Champlain College

Gannon Barnett Mass. Inst. of Technology

Samuel Canavan University of Vermont

Alexander Davison Eindhoven Univ. of Technology

Ariel Fine Gap Year in Israel

Sophia Aghassi American University

Bryce Barros University of Hartford

Benjamin Canton UMass Amherst

Yordanos Dawit Unknown

Josh Finkel *New York University

Akinjide Akinwande NNHS Adult Education Program

Sara Barrows St. Olaf College

Analise Castillo UMass Amherst

Yael Day Bryn Mawr College

Maya Fiore Washington Univ. in St. Louis

Daniel Alber Brown University

Caroline Barry Boston College

Sophia Cataldo Gap Year

Alexandre Dechelle College of Charleston

Aidan Fitzmaurice Boston College

Deika Albert University of Pennsylvania

Gregory Basistyi Unknown

Rogelio Chabolla Mosqueda Mass Bay Community College

Claire Deng Cornell University

Nicholas Fitzpatrick Trinity College

Alyssa Allen Bridgewater State University

Daniel Bauman UMass Lowell

Bhairavi Chandersekhar Barnard College

Jacob Denninger Georgetown University

John Floros Indiana University

Gil Alon Brown University

Niamh Bayliss Wellesley College

Usman Cheema continuing at NNHS

Ashley DeNoble Mass Bay Community College

Leoni Foster UMass Amherst

Noy Alon Brown University

Emily Belt Brown University

Helen Chen Unknown

Varun Deshpande New York University

Samantha Frankel Roger Williams University

Turki Alrefai Saudi Arabia for college

Finn Bergquist Bowdoin College

Wiley Chen Syracuse University

Eric Detjen University of Maryland

Chloe Frantzis Wellesley College

Karin Alsop Vassar College

Abigail Bernstein MassArt

ZiRui Chen Boston University

Tomas Di Leo Fairfield University

Hannah Fraser Unknown

Layla Alvarez Emerson College

Eli Beutel Tufts University

Michelle Cheng Brandeis University

Emily Diamond Syracuse University

Jeremy Freedman Cornell University

Millianette Alvarez Unknown

Emme Blessington UMass Amherst

Luke Cloud University of Colorado Boulder

Anna Dietrich Amherst College

Jake Freudberg Tufts University

Olivia Amicangioli New York University

Jack Blessington Boston College

Adam Cohen George Washington University

Lee Ding New York University

Caleb Fried Harvard University

Benjamin Anderson-Krim University of St. Andrews

Thomas Blum Yale University

Hannah Cole Harvard University

Alexandra Dobin Middlebury College

Jackson Fyfe MassArt

Dennis Angjeli University of Rhode Island

Arash Boostani Bryant University

Megan Connors Union College

Luc Dobin Lafayette College

Michael Fygetakis-Mandell UMass Lowell

Domenic Arduino Mass Bay Community College

Jordi Boulerice UMass Amherst

Benjamin Cooper Unknown

Emma Dolan University of Minnesota

Nicholas Fygetakis-Mandell Kent State University

Jeselle Arella Unknown

Matthew Brambilla Unknown

Hiago Correa Unknown

Borna Doroudi Unknown

Ashadieeyah Gaffney Wentworth Inst. of Technology

Max Asuaje Solon Gap Year

Jack Briney Indiana University

Lola Coulter Boston College

Ellen Downs University of Pittsburgh

Ian Gallaugher Boston College

Isabel Autor Bard College

Jordan Briney University of Michigan

Sophia Coville-Carney Syracuse University

Cameron Dubin Indiana University

Karen Garber University of Vermont

Danielle Aviles Quinnipiac University

Christopher Brooks UMass Lowell

Curran Crosby Working

Valerie Dubinsky Suffolk University

Laura Garcia-Lozano Suffolk University

Daniel Ayash Boston University

Kfir Bros Gap Year in Israel

Jason Crowley Brown University

Joseph Duke-Cohan Kenyon College

Thomas Garrison Carnegie Mellon University

Jonathan Ayash Brandeis University

Emily Bulczynski Middlebury College

Carlos Cubia Unkown

Daniel Edelman Mass. Inst. of Technology

Joakeem Gaston Full Sail University

Jonah Bachman Case Western Reserve University

Isabel Bulman Boston College

Paul Curry Unknown

Annabelle Elmaleh UMass Amherst

Szymon Gawlick Gap Year

Adam Baker Boston University

Veronica Burton Northwestern University

Girolama Cusenza Mass Bay Community College

Matthew Eng UMass Amherst

Cameron Gilchrist UMass Dartmouth

Ariana Bakhtyari Queen’s University

Joseph Busa Nichols College

Lindsay Cutter Hartford Art School

Natanel Ervin UMass Amherst

Sanne Glastra Emory University

Timothy Balram UMass Boston

Melissa Butchard Tufts University

Andrew D’Annolfo Bentley University

David Falls Unknown

Alicia Gockelman Syracuse University

Anna Bantikyan St. Lawrence University

Juliet Cable Berklee College of Music

Allison Dagg University of Pittsburgh

Nika Faraji Wentworth Inst. of Technology

Emily Goetzler University of Michigan

Panayoti Dakoyannis Unknown

Erfan Fathalizadeh Unknown

Sarah Goldstein Boston University

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Herberth Gonzales Unknown

Scott Humphrey Unknown

Noah Kopp Working

Alec Liberman Georgia Inst. of Technology

Marco Mercurio Roger Williams University

Hannah Gonzalez University of Vermont

Adam Hurwitz University of Virginia

Daniel Korsunsky McGill University

Lindsey Lieb American University

Julia Metelitsa Northeastern University

Kevin Granfield University of Maryland

Adam Iskandar UMass Lowell

Natalie Korzh Oberlin College

Hanbo Lin Boston College

Abigail Miller Tufts University

Nora Greeley Dickinson College

Olyvia Jasset Hamilton College

Joshua Kos Boston University

Wangquan Lin UMass Boston

Cameron Miller St. Lawrence University

Rachel Gu University of Pennsylvania

John Javaloyes Fitchburg State University

Kate Kramer UMass Amherst

Samuel Linder George Washington University

Jack Miller Unknown

Madeleine Guettler Gap Year

Andrew Joe Rutgers University

Ali-jon Kret Drexel University

Robert Ling Boston University

Tori Miller Ohio State University

Philipp Guettler UMass Amherst

Chloe Jonas Mount Holyoke College

Claire Kroger American University

Jenny Lipof University of Maryland

Omer Milstein Gap Year

Joshua Guiness Unknown

Audley Jones UMass

Jonathan Kronheimer Middlebury College

Stephanie Lok UMass Amherst

Carol Milton Mount Holyoke College

Bence Gyuris Wentworth Inst. of Technology

Eitan Joseph Brandeis University

Ethan Krop Rice University

Lucas Lopes West Virginia University

Kristen Miquel Colgate University

Brooke Hackel University of Texas at Austin

Nazareth Joseph Unknown

Sophie Krop Bard College

Jose Lopez Canales Mass Bay Community College

Charles Mirabile UMass Lowell

Andrew Hallion University of New Hampshire

Cameron Kaitz Coastal Carolina University

Sheetal Krovi Gap Year

Joseph Lorant UMass Amherst

Risako Mizuyama Brandeis University

Natalie Harder American University

Demetrios Kanellias University of Rhode Island

Ben Kurland University of Pennsylvania

Sophie Lu Boston College

Maya Modi Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.

Daniel Hart Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Jennifer Kang New York University

Maria Kuznetsova Gap Year

Stephanie Luiz Unknown

Izak Monaco Going to Israel

Nika Hashemi George Washington University

Jiancheng Kang Unknown

Karen Kwan Unknown

Erica Lushan Syracuse University

Gabriela Monge MassArt

Elijah Hemingway Unknown

Phillip Kang Tufts University

Anna Kwon New York University

Joseph Mackler Bennington College

Samuel Morgan Unknown

Luca Hensch Harvard University

Noah Kapeller-Libermann New York University

Liam La Monica Lacey Unknown

Ida Malvik Senior year of high school in Norway

Aidan Murray Roger Williams University

Zoe Heywood Wellesley College

Asa Kaplan Hiking, camping in CO and UT

Dan Lachman Tulane University

Varun Mann Univ. of California, Berkeley

Andrew Murray Johnson and Wales University

Alexander Hide Gap Year

Irene Kapsidis Bridgewater State University

Dominic Lanctot University of Miami

Joanna Marcus Brandeis University

Rachel Nacht Unknown

Bryen Hilton Unknown

Hannah Katz University of Vermont

Jack Landrigan Middlebury College

Jonathan Marcus Gap Year

Lucas Nathanson Ohio Wesleyan University

Ariel Hirschhorn Smith College

Jessalyn Kaur UMass Amherst

Simone Lassar Mass. Inst. of Technology

Sam Marks Swarthmore College

Jack Navarrette Unknown

Aidan Hitchens Unknown

Owen Kenny Boston College

Shannon Laughlin University of Connecticut

Keven Martinez Unknown

Kristina Nedeljkovic UMass Amherst

Robbie Hodin Bates College

Chace Khan University of Colorado Boulder

Elijah Lawrence State Univ. of NY at Purchase

Catarina Martins UMass Amherst

Hannah Nesson George Washington University

Charles Holley-Jones Springfield College

Sara Khorshidi Case Western Reserve University

Robert Leifke College in Germany

Ariana Mathews Tufts University

Adam Netburn Drexel University

Effi-Anna Holston Brown University

Ella Kim Northeastern University

Casey Lenson Curry College

Pedro Mauricio Unknown

Taha Nizam Gap Year

Amanda Horan UMass Boston

Lucy Kim Berklee College of Music

Cherissa Leon Suffolk University

Alison McDonald Boston College

Alexander Norman Hobart and William Smith Col.

Phillip Hsieh Hobart and William Smith Col.

Yejin Kim MassArt

Jake Levine University of Michigan

Colleen McElduff Hobart and William Smith Col.

Christopher Norton Marine Corps

Helang Huang Unknown

Susannah King University of New Hampshire

Rebecca Levy University of Maryland

Seanna McGraw Gap Year

Endry Nunez Lluberes Eastern Connecticut State Univ.

Victor Huang Boston University

Hannah Kiritsy Bucknell University

Shaked Levy University of Vermont

Kathleen McVittie Dalhousie University

Kashawnii O’Brien-Roumo Unknown

Victoria Huang George Washington University

Noah Klein Unknown

Naomi Li Boston University

Andrew Mei University of Connecticut

Catherine O’Brien City Year in Chicago

Kaitlyn Hubner Loyola Marymount University

Windley Knowlton Oberlin College

Michael Li Bentley University

Dawson Mendik Unknown

Molly O’Brien Saint Michael’s College

Matthew Huller Gap Year

Sam Komack Hampshire College

Yunqi Li Unknown

Mara Mercurio UMass Amherst

Varun Oberoi George Washington University

*Indicates student is taking a Gap Year before listed plans

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THE LION’S ROAR|THELIONSROAR.COM Matthew Ochlis The College of Wooster

Jocelyn Rodenstein Gap Year in Israel

Michelle Shuman Unknown

Talia Tartaro UMass Amherst

Luke Witty Unknown

Paige Ollivierre Worcester Academy

Amanda Rodriguez Tabares MassArt

Brett Silk Brandeis University

Yuri Tarver Unknown

Vasily Won UMass Amherst

Charlotte Osborn Unknown

Angelina Rodriguez University of New Haven

Rebecca Silverman Washington Univ. of St. Louis

Yulia Temnorod Bentley University

Jada Wong Northeastern University

Mason Osborn Unknown

Jasha Rodriguez Wentworth Inst. of Technology

Daniel Silverston Brown University

Benjamin Timbers Macalester College

Sandra Wong University of Chicago

Stella Owings University of Maryland

Katy Ronkin George Washington University

Jack Sinclair American University

Samuel Timbers Brandeis University

Haoyu Wu Unknown

Zhaoqi Pang Unknown

Raymond Rorabaugh Unknown

Arushi Singh Carnegie Mellon University

Oliver Todreas *Bates College

Jingwen Wu Simmons University

Markella Papachristou Mass Bay Community College

Tate Ross Clark Atlanta University

Ethan Smelson University of New Hampshire

Destiny Torres MassArt

Isabella Xie Washington Univ. in St. Louis

Priyak Parvez Unknown

Alexander Rubin University of Arizona

Amanda Smith University of St. Andrews

Khyla Turner Hampton University

Yarden Yacoby *Skidmore College

David Patkin George Washington University

Ian Rubin Gap Year

Gabriella Smith Washington Univ. in St. Louis

Gregory Umansky Bentley University

Kerry Yang Colorado College

Catherine Patti Bowdoin College

Jenna Rubin UMass Amherst

Samantha Smith University of St. Andrews

Joseph Vedensky Univ. of California, Santa Barbara

Grace Yao Univ. of California, Los Angeles

Thomas Patti Bowdoin College

Michael Ryter University of Chicago

Jacob Solomita Unknown

Sarah Verga Washington and Lee University

Windsor Yee UMass Lowell

Samuel Peacock Unknown

Noa Sade UMass Amherst

Ajaya Soltau Xavier University

Yosef Vicars Unknown

Hana Yizengaw Unknown

Dominica Pechan University of New Hampshire

Olyvia Salek Queen’s University

Ariane Sours Concordia University

Camilo Villela Unknown

Madeline Yorke Elon University

Gabrielle Pellegrin McGill University

Leen Salloum Curry College

Anne Spatz Boston University

Elana Volfinzon University of Connecticut

Ally Youngsman University of Rhode Island

Aiden Peterson Oberlin College

Lily Sander UMass Amherst

Dylan Sperry University of Colorado Boulder

Adi Volosov University of Maryland

Brandon Yu Unknown

Hannah Phan Harvard University

Lauren Sasson American University

Abigail Spingarn Barnard College

Seth Walensky Princeton University

Brian Yu Unknown

Andrew Pollock UMass Amherst

Ariel Sassoon ICON Collective Production School

Jillian Stern Tufts University

Bennett Walkes Brown University

Maximillian Yu Unknown

Lejaun Pope Nichols College

Spencer Saunders Wesleyan University

Yuhan Su Unknown

Edwin Wang Tulane University

Celine Yung Boston College

Shirin Pourali Unknown

Natalie Scheiring University of Vermont

Ellan Suder Carnegie Mellon University

Zoe Warre Goucher College

Benjamin Zagorianakos Elon University

Andrew Pratt Avon Old Farms

Kayla Schwartz Indiana University

Grace Suga University of Vermont

Olivia Watson St. Catherine University

Marina Zanella Fedrigo College in Brazil

Cameron Quadra Unknown

Juan Segura Indiana University

Aidan Sutherland University of Alabama

Xin Wei Unknown

Gretchen Zhang University of Ottawa

Alisa Rabin Muhlenberg College

Nuphar Shalom Unknown

Sophia Swidey University of Pennsylvania

Jonah Weingart Gap Year in Israel

Kevin Zhang UMass Lowell

Aishwarya Rajapur American University

Theodore Shane Unknown

Lizy Szanton Haverford College

Zanny Weinreb Wesleyan University

Yunjia Zhang Unknown

Carina Ramos Northwestern University

Janam Shankar University of Maryland

Alec Szwarcewicz College of the Holy Cross

Alexa Weintraub University of Southern California

Chong Zhao Unknown

Aaron Ravenel Unknown

Leah Shems University of Delaware

Kimia Tabatabaei Emory University

Brianna Weissel Union College

Jeffrey Zhao Gap Year

Bibi Reischer Harburger University of Redlands

Rebecca Shepherd Drexel University

Christopher Tam Unknown

Sabrina Wen Unknown

Wenjie Zhen Unknown

Lily Riseberg Unknown

Vicky Shevchenko University of Rochester

Aijing Tan Bentley University

Jessica Weng Emmanuel College

Kaiwen Zhou Emory University

Jazlyn Rivera Curry College

Deana Shirasb University of New Hampshire

Brigitte Tang Tufts University

Emma Wenning Northeastern University

Peichen Zhou Unknown

Daniela Rizza University of New Hampshire

Shoham Shitrit University of Rochester

Tiffany Tang University of British Columbia

Noah Whiting Middlebury College

John Zielinski Unknown

Thomas Robinson Fairfield University

Levi Shlyankevich New York University

Eric Tarasenko Unknown

Arlen Williams Brandeis University

Elizabeth Rochon University of Wisconsin

Adi Shneorson Gap Year

Andrea Tartaglia Carleton College

Alana Winston-Khan Kenyon College

*Indicates student is taking a Gap Year before listed plans

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Congratulations, Volume 35 Senior Staff!

Catherine Ilan Granfield Rotberg

Eu Ro Wang

Dina Zeldin

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senior cup finalists Every year, members of the graduating class nominate classmates who show excellence in service, leadership and scholarship for the senior cup. Faculty will announce two winners during the graduation ceremony.

Daniel Abdulah Debate team has definitely been very significant. ... I came to South very soft-spoken, not very confident, ... and learning photos by Netta Dror how to speak [and] finding my own voice was definitely helpful in terms of personal growth.

It’s felt like finally after four years, I’ve found my home, and I’m going to be really sad to leave this place, but it was a heck of a ride and I’m really glad to be a part of it.

Adi Shneorson

Caleb Fried My favorite memory from South is preparing for science team meets with some of my friends.

What keeps occurring to me again and again is how everyone is really kind when you talk to them. Everyone is really willing to talk to you. It’s not like the movies, ... where everyone is cliqued off.

People hang out with different people, but if you go up and start a conversation with somebody or wave to somebody in the hall, they’re going to wave back and smile and be nice.

Lizy Szanton

I’ve been honored to be a class officer for the past two years, and this year has been especially crazy and exciting. ... Class office is probably the thing I’m most proud of and most involved in.

[Chorus is] a class I was in from the beginning of freshman to the end of senior year. ... Being able to kind of grow together, not only as musicians but also as people, is really rewarding and wonderful.

People becoming their own strong characters is something I love about South and something I’m going to remember. I’m going to remember the good things about South.

I’ve learned a lot about the value of sleep and of joy and play and other things that are necessary in counterbalancing stress and hard work.

Khyla Turner

Noah Whiting

Coming here to the Black Student Union really gave me a chance to look into my culture and bring my culture to a school like Newton South, which is predominantly white, and just share that with others.

I really grew as a leader on the track team. ... Then eventually becoming editor-in-chief [of Denebola], I really got to appreciate what it means to be a part of a tight-knit community and ... working hard alongside your friends.

I’ll remember how to be a self-advocate. With a school like South where it’s so big and you can always slip through the cracks, ... I really learned how to speak up for myself and use my voice.

A lot of the kids really want to leave behind a legacy. ... A lot of students are in tune with different social issues and other types of issues and are really aware about trying to make a difference.

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Congratulations, Michelle!

Keep your mind open & your smile bright.

Love, Amanda, Mom & Dad

Congratulations, Eric!

We are so proud of you!

Mom, Dad and Sam

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Congratulations, Megan Connors!

Mom, Dad & Owen

Congratulations to Colleen and the Class of 2018!

- The McElduff Family

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THE LION’S ROAR|THELIONSROAR.COM|SPorts

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Here’s to a new adventure.

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By Netta Dror