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Volume XXXIX Senior Issue 19 May 2017

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LAST STAND (top from left to right): Senior members of The Arrow staff Steven Huang, Helen Shi, Jaisen Lim, Amanda Yao and Andy Xia share a final smile as they welcome the future and bid a final farewell to WHS. After spending multiple years on The Arrow staff together, their bond is one of camaraderie and trust. “The thing that I enjoyed most was the close relationships I built with the rest of The Arrow staff,” said Shi. “Each year, it was a bittersweet experience saying goodbye to the graduating seniors, while meeting new staff members. While I am sad to leave behind my close friends, I am happy to be graduating with the same people that have been by my side for these four years.”

Class of 2017: Warriors until the end in comedy early in high school, writing and publishing his first book at the age of 15 during his freshman year. Life Between the Buns gives readers a unique, comedic perspective at life through the lens of Berger himself.

Senior (adjective)– of a more advanced age.

“When I was young, I watched a lot of WHS’s 2017 senior class was one that helped Seinfield because that was what my parents advance the age of WHS’s storied history. With put on, and I fell in love with comedy then,” a class size of 653 students, WHS’s senior class said Berger. “At first, I was exploring different has certainly left its mark on the school. mediums of expressing my comedy by writing, WHS boasts 59 valedictorian candidates and eventually, acting and directing.” this year. In order to qualify for valedictorian Berger got into film and theater through candidacy, students must maintain an index his YouTube channel, where he started to GPA of 4.65 or higher throughout the entirety write, direct and act in his own comedy skits of their high school careers. with friends. He was quickly engrossed with But WHS’s class of 2017 was not only everything about film, and went on to produce successful in terms of his own movie Rockin’ the academics, but also in Suburbs, which tells the a wide range of areas, or a class of this size, story of Ben Richardson, ranging from athletics it’s amazing that the a boy with no musical to extracurricular talent who strives to students have still start a band. Berger will clubs to music.

The versatility and managed to keep that sense of continue his education togetherness of WHS’s camaraderie.” at University of Southern senior class makes it California, where he will stand out from others. study film. He hopes to go “For a class of –Jason Branham on to write screenplays for this size, it’s amazing shows and movies. that the students have Just as talented as still managed to keep that sense of camaraderie,” Berger, Katherine Ho ‘17 starred in the tenth said Principal Jason Branham. “They’re still so season of the hit NBC TV show “The Voice.” Ho’s competitive with one another while maintaining audition earned her a spot on Adam Levine’s that family feel and cohesiveness.” team, where she made it past the battle rounds Outside of the classroom, WHS’s seniors of the show, but was ultimately eliminated in the have made their impact. knockout rounds.

Julian Berger ‘17 is a man of many talents. “[The Voice] was a great experience,” Berger is an actor, an author, a comedian, a said Ho. “I thought it was really cool being director and an artist. Berger was interested surrounded by all these talented people from

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around the nation and meet my celebrity icons.

During that time span it was like a totally different world, an artistic bubble.”

The talented singer posts videos of her singing and playing piano on her YouTube Channel, singerkho. She has also been a part of WHS’s choir program for all four years of her high school career. Ho will continue her education at the USC, where she hopes to study at the Thornton School of Music and major in Music Technology and Production.

Not only does Jason Kurohara ‘17 excel at music, but he also works on drones and robotics in his spare time. Kurohara designs and builds Vertical Takeoff and Land Planes for practical purposes.

Together with his friends and family, he engineers remote controlled planes, in hopes that someday he can use them for simple tasks such as deliveries.

“Even from a young age, robots and technology has always fascinated me,” said Kurohara, who will attend Stanford University this fall. “With science and engineering, the possibilities of what we can achieve are endless, and I hope to change the world with that.”

In addition, Kurohara founded the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle club to share his knowledge of aeronautics. He hosts build sessions and fly days with friends and members of the club to test the planes they design and build.

On the field, Hannah Sharts ‘17, a center back for the girls WHS varsity soccer team, has taken her athletic ability to the next level in soccer. She helped lead WHS to the CIF finals in 2016, as well as the Marmonte League championship this year. Sharts has committed to continue playing soccer at the University of

California, Los Angeles.

“Soccer is in my blood,” said Sharts. “I’ve been playing since I could walk. It’s brought me so many great friendships, life lessons, and travels in my life, and I couldn’t imagine living without it.”

Sharts started playing soccer when she was four, and she has never looked back since. She earned a spot on the United States Youth Soccer Cal South team in the Olympic Development Program. She helped the team win a national championship in 2015.

However, just as important as the students themselves, the resources provided to the seniors have helped make the class of 2017 become what it is today.

WHS’s Advanced Anatomy class, taught

by Nancy Bowman, is one of the very few programs in the nation that allow high school students to dissect and analyze cadavers.

“It’s definitely a once in a lifetime experience,” said current Advanced Anatomy student Cameron Johari ‘17. “We get a bunch of guest speakers and it really opens your eyes to the medical field. I’d do it again in a heartbeat.”

And not to be forgotten, are the teachers and administrators who have helped to shape WHS’s senior class.

“There are students who are just natural leaders in the classroom during discussion,” said English teacher Lora Novak. “They’re going to take their talents and emerge as leaders at their colleges, at their jobs and in their lives.”

As we watch the class of 2017 follow their own paths, these unique individuals will leave their fingerprints all over the world. But we will know that it all started here at WHS. Once a Warrior, always a Warrior.

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Senior 6 Standouts

8 College Map 10 Senior Advice 11 Prom 12 Senior Wills 15 Memoriam 16 ASG Farewell

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7 Favorites

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2017 valedictorians set record

TOP OF THE CLASS: This year’s senior class boasts the largest group of valedictorians in WHS history with 59 students earning the prestigous title.

Isra Din Web Editor This year, 59 students have been announced as valedictorian candidates for the class of 2017.

These students have shown their excellence by investing exceptional dedication into their grades, extracurriculars and other services.

This year’s valedictorians make up the largest group of valedictorians from one graduating class in WHS history. With a large class of 653 students, 59 of those students have shown outstanding effort throughout their high school careers.

Each student diligently worked all four years to achieve a scholastic GPA of 4.65 or above. They have fought through rigorous courses such as AP Chem and APUSH, passed their AP tests with impressive numbers and achieved As in their classes to earn this honor.

GPAs are determined by the weighted scholastic GPA, which adds 0.02 for an A in honors and AP classes and an extra 0.01 for a B in AP and Honors classes. In perspective, these students have conquered over 10 AP classes throughout their high school careers.

These students have been accepted to Berkeley at the College of Engineering. prestigious colleges in California and around Trevor Odell ‘17, who plans to study at the country such as UCLA, UC Berkeley, Univeristy of California, Santa Bararba, also Stanford, Yale and Harvard. enunciates on the importance of pushing the “My whole goal as a limits while choosing classes. student was to take classes “[With] the knowledge y whole goal that I think would push me that I knew I could perform as a student and force me to grow as a at a high level, I felt like it was to take would be a waste if I didn’t worker and teach me time management throughout classes that I think would use it,” said Odell. high school,” said Douglas All students in push me and force me to Shao ‘17, who is planning high school and college grow as a worker.” understand that time on double majoring in political science and management as well as computer science at Yale.

–Douglas Shao mental health are vital.

These accomplished “I’ve definitely figured students have not only out what workload is best for done what many think is me and my sanity and how simply impossible, but also they have dedicated much I can take on at once,” said Odell. their sleepless school nights and weekends to These students leave their hardworking participating in other activities outside of school, legacy at WHS with all the passion and effort while still managing to keep up their GPAs. they displayed the past four years.

“Just take the classes that you want to take,” Leaving their high standards with the said Sairanjith Thalanki ‘17. “But I think my underclassmen, WHS’s valedictorians say extracurriculars [physics club and TEDx] have goodbye to the treacherous AP classes and been much more valuable to me.” sleepless nights of high school as they prepare Thalanki plans on continuing his education to take on the stress–filled days and nights of and endeavors at University of California, college.

“M

Rachel Mettel

Stan Liao “To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you and to hear the lamentations of their women.”

“To never listen to Zack Lorch.”

Paul Yeung

“A teaspoon of Grace Fratello– Hakim, a dash of Allison Weisenfeld and a sprinkle of Julia Feinbloom.”

“Do it tomorrow, and CPTs are lifesavers.”

Connor Matro

April Ball

Catherine Ruan

What’s your recipe for success?

“Getting sleep, six hours a night and getting called out.”

“Stay on top of your work.”

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April Ball Perianne Bingham Jennifer Chadick Jenny Cheng Emily Chou Anjali Devgan Kristen Enriquez Samantha Fairweather Andrew Fealy Jennifer Ferrin Andrew Ge Lily Guo David Hacker Ben Harris Abigail Hayes Cherry Huang Steven Huang Vikkie Jiang Cameron Johari Lauren Jones Brett Kallman Matthew King Lia Kitahata Jason Kurohara Melaina Leung Alyssa Li Stan Liao Cody Lin Ruby Liu Brian Ma Connor Matro Rachel Mettel Danielle Mikaelian Bryan Morales Evan Muscatel Sam Nursall Trevor Odell Alexandrea Parmele Emily Platt Emma Rommelfanger Catherine Ruan Emily Schultz Shiv Shankar Douglas Shao Helen Shi Jerry Song Kitt Stoddard Merzia Subhan Sairanjith Thalanki Allan Tran Megan Wu Andy Xia Amanda Yao Connie Ye Tian Ye Paul Yeung Angela Zheng Emily Zheng Eric Zhong

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Memories

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Slow and steady Carpet Dime (Carpe diem)

Helen Shi Managing Editor With just merely days before we are done, seniors, it seems that these four years went by so quickly. Those school days ran through our fingers like sand and we could not capture them even if we wanted to.

However, these four years have left behind more than just fleeting memories.

My high school story may not be as thrilling as some others might be. Indeed, my experience here was structured by a constant routine of studying, testing and practicing.

Time seemed to crawl slowly by as the goodbyes to the weekends came too soon and the hellos not soon enough.

However, that does not mean I treasure my time here any less because each slow, seemingly mundane moment gave me something in exchange for my patience and effort.

These priceless moments came in the form of the sound of laughter during those stressful journalism press days as the staff bonded over the hunt for Oxford commas and en dashes.

The rewards for patience and practice presented themselves through my obsession with Pride and Prejudice, as I gushed over Darcy and Elizabeth’s ideal love story to all those who dare to disagree, or perhaps the lingering silence when the final note died out during my last concert.

It was all the studying, testing and practicing that makes the accomplishments feel real. The little regrets and mistakes shaped me and taught me how to adapt and how to be punctual and persistent. It was the accomplishments of others that helped me find my own pace.

And of course, those moments when nothing was happening gave me some of the greatest joys. Those times when the campus became peaceful and quiet made room for those more–frequent–than–not journalism bathroom breaks with my fellow editor (@Amanda :) ).

The waiting by the bridge or walks to Barnes and Noble gave me a chance to bond with people, both new and old acquaintances, and if I happened to be alone, a chance to simply reminisce.

I am proud to say that step by step I have made it. The journey has been long and there were certainly times it was boring. However, now that I am just steps away from the end, I can look back and appreciate what high school really was to me: a time for transition.

High school is a place where regrets are supposed to be made and time wasted. Because with all the mistakes we made, we discover a little more about ourselves. High school is the time we found out what works for us, what we need to improve on and what we enjoy. It is the experience that comes once in a lifetime.

And what is better yet, our journey is not over. Our graduation marks not the finish line, but the starting line of our future to come.

So with that, I can only say thank you to all of the teachers, friends and family who have helped me reach this starting line. I hope that in the future I will remain the same, slow and steady, determined to win the race.

Steven Huang Opinon Section Editor Looking back, high school could have been described with one word: stress, stress and more stress.

I arrived in this brave new world of high school fresh out of the most awkward years of my life, and like most freshmen, I had no clue what I was doing. I just did what I thought every other student did: I studied and studied and studied, and then I studied some more.

You could say initially, high school for me was all A and no play because I only saw it as a necessary transition to the final destination of college. To my younger self, high school was just a monotonous grind for AP credits and good grades. And although I quickly learned how to decipher population pyramids and how to prove that the line XY was indeed equal to the line XY, I also found myself face to face with immense academic stress to succeed.

I was constantly worrying and cramming for things that I thought were vital and important to my life: like that chapter 14–26

Huckleberry Finn test or that Antigone vocab. test or even that Math Analysis Polar Project.

To my younger self, failing or not succeeding in these “vital tests” meant the end of the world.

I thought that my identity, my very being, depended on whether or not I did well on those quizzes. I unfortunately invested so much time and effort and lost so much sleep to succeed in these superficial measures of intellect that I sacrificed the most important part of high school: the various experiences you create with others around you.

Unfortunately, I only began to realize my mistake at the beginning of senior year, but by then I had already missed out on three years of friendships, three years of the high school experience, three years of football games, three years of dances and three years of memories.

But I am glad I eventually discovered my folly before I went off to college, because in this past year, I truly changed what high school meant to me. Instead of stress, high school became a place where I discovered who I was, who I loved and what I stood for.

Senior year marked a period of Enlightenment and Renaissance for me, as I explored all the different experiences that life and high school had to offer. I put my book down and started attending sporting events (Every football game I went to, we lost and every game I didn’t go to, we won; go figure), I started mingling with other groups at lunch, I even began going to dances.

Looking back, I don’t even remember what I got on the Gatsby final, or the Euro practice AP or some of the other “vital tests” that I thought were important in the moment.

I only remember the memories I made with those around me, and it’s these moments that define high school.

You are more than a number or a grade, so put your book down and enjoy high school for all of the experiences it has to offer. Because now as I look forward to college, high school is described with only two words: the best.

Blooming where you’re planted: a motto to live by

Amanda Yao Co–Editor–in–Chief I still remember exactly what I wore on the first day of high school—a white lace dress, a light blue denim vest, my trusty white Converse sneakers and a turquoise bow to pin back my then chin–length black hair (remember when hair bows were all the craze?). I sprung out of bed with giddy excitement at the ungodly hour

of 5 a.m., almost freakishly eager to take my first steps on the WHS campus.

It’s quite amusing to contrast then and now, the overly enthusiastic freshman and the jaded senior who barely finds the motivation to wake up for first period. Heck, I barely find the motivation to wake up for any period at all. Senioritis hits you hard, my friends. My attendance vs. time graph is exponentially decreasing, but as we continue to travel towards the right across the x–axis, it begins to hit me that the end is actually truly in sight. And it seems that as this school year draws to a close, the more the senior class reflects on the memories, the people, the lessons learned.

Stanford once asked me for five words that best describe myself (disclaimer: proud Stanford waitlist). I thought about this short answer question for days, and it was the last thing I filled out before clenching my teeth and hitting “submit.” I wrote: I bloom where I’m planted.

If there’s anything I’ve learned from these four years at WHS, it would be to bloom where you’re planted. That, and to never, ever take AP Physics 2 and Computer Science at the same time, and especially not during senior year.

Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

To me, blooming where you’re planted

means being happy regardless of circumstance.

It means not merely surviving, but also thriving. However, it’s a motto that’s much easier said than done; “thriving” is definitely not the word that comes to mind when you’re in a class that’s particularly tough, fighting with your best friend or just having a rough day with tests in literally every single period (believe me, you’re going to have plenty of those. Here’s a tip: just wing it).

But four years is enough time to master the art of blooming where planted. Okay, maybe not “master,” but at least “attain proficiency in.”

Believe it or not, you learn a lot in high school, both inside and outside the classroom, both via indoctrination (kidding, kidding) and via personal experience.

You’ll find that the people by your side when you enter high school aren’t always the people by your side on graduation day.

You’ll realize that quality really is greater than quantity, in many more ways than one. You’ll discover the areas of study you’re interested in, and also which areas of study are the bane of your existence. Or you could just be good at everything, more power to you.

You’ll probably (definitely) emerge from your time at WHS different from the way you

entered—I, for one, ditched my basic white Converse for even more basic white Adidas Superstars. Go me.

I came into high school thinking of the things I wanted to accomplish. But looking back, it won’t be the accomplishments that I’ll remember; it’ll be the feeling: the feeling of laughing with friends on the bridge during lunch, of staying in the journalism room during press week for hours sharing laughs with my beloved fellow editors and staff members, of bathroom breaks/walks around campus with Helen. The feeling of sprinting to first period, of cramming for the test next period, of holding a published issue of the newspaper on press day.

The feeling of long nights spent studying, of goals achieved, of falling down but learning to always, always get back up.

WHS was the pot I learned to bloom in for these past four years, and regardless of any bugs or weeds, the point is, I’m still blooming, continuing to reach upwards and digging my roots ever deeper.

My time here represents another leg on the clichéd journey of self–discovery, but I’m ready to be planted in a new pot, in new soil, in a new setting. And I will keep blooming where I’m planted.

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UnLIMited memories One hell of a journey

Jaisen Lim Co-Editor–in–Chief I still remember my very first day at WHS. I wandered around campus trying to find my first period class; five minutes later I ended up at the student parking lot. Almost four years later, I’m walking down from the student lot in anticipation of my final stretch as a student of WHS. High school has been an arduous, yet unique period of my life; a myriad of diverse events and experiences accompany each year.

Freshman and sophomore years were relatively easy going and were somewhat of a precursor to my best experiences at WHS— junior and senior year. Ironically, I also had the worst of experiences during the latter half of high school—the stress and rigor of junior year courses and constant sleep deprivation. These years have taught me fundamental skills in study habits and journalism that will influence the years to come.

Junior year had nothing notable except for developing my journalistic knowledge and capabilities through my work at The Arrow and getting into Advanced Anatomy, so let’s move on.

Senior year is by far my favorite year of

high school, but it is bitterly sweet. Senior year consisted of the largest workload I have dealt with to date. Luckily for me, my two favorite classes, Advanced Anatomy and Advanced Journalism, have been the epicenter of my life.

From dissections and week–long tests to long hours of press week, I have learned a great deal about myself. I can somewhat competently lead a class of journalists, arguably function efficiently with little sleep (my personal record stands at six hours in three days; thank you anterior muscle test!) and have a pretty good photographic memory.

As my final weeks at WHS slowly diminish to days, I start to cherish all the aspects of my daily activities from eating in the Anatomy hallway during lunch to walking around campus during passing periods to making rounds around fifth period seeing what my classmates are doing on InDesign.

I will miss being able to walk around campus, being around my classmates and colleagues, and most of all, being a member of The Arrow staff. I anticipate what the future editors will bring to The Arrow and what precedents I may have set through my time here.

As my high school career comes to a conclusion, I am eager to see what the next four years at college and the years thereafter will bring.

To my fellow juniors, live and love the apex of senior year, learn from your tribulations.

To my fellow classmates, I wish you great success with your endeavours and aspirations. It is a honor to be a scholar and graduate of WHS. To my fellow journalists, I hope that I not only have influenced you to become better reporters, but also influenced you to become better individuals. I hope that you will continue pursuing journalism in the years to come and appreciate your time on The Arrow. I wish you the best of luck and success in next year’s publications and hope you strive to accomplish greater. It was a truly wonderful experience and honor to be your Co–Editor–in–Chief. Jaisen Lim, signing off.

Class of 2017 senior

Andy Xia Sports Section Editor Where do I even begin to reflect on everything I’ve gone through in high school?

How can I possibly summarize the best four years of my life into a short little article? It’s just like how I started high school: lost, confused and unsure of what to do. But since it’s required, I guess I might as well try.

Freshman year: a time of wearing long basketball shorts and Nike elite socks everyday to school so that everyone got the memo that I was always ready to ball. I didn’t know who I was or what I wanted to do with my life, so I just tried to emulate what I always wanted to be: a 6’6” 212 pound African American male with a 38 inch vertical named Kobe Bryant. His iconic attitude had my 5’8’’ 120 pound frame dreaming for lofty goals.

I was still an ignorant freshman, unaware of the cruelty of the real world, still dreaming high with my young, idealistic mind. Freshman year left me almost unscathed, other than a little spanking from 9H essays and A Tale of Two Cities quizzes.

It was an introduction to high school, poorly put together to make it seem as if the next three years

were going to be a breeze.

Sophomore year: a time of my iconic blue “Jordans,” a pair of size 11 blue–cushioned Nike sandals. While they were too big, they were certainly comfortable. Coupled with long white socks, these sandals were the perfect complement to any outfit.

Just like the sandals, sophomore year was comfortable but with its own flaws. AP Euro and 4 a.m. morning practices for swim were just a primer prepping me for a beatdown like no other. I entered junior year with the same idealistic attitude I had freshman year, but with a little more wear and tear.

Now enter junior year: Error 404: boolean memory_link=false; Unable to find object reference.

As a natural mechanism built into my brain, I delete memories associated with pain, sorrow and anything detrimental to my health. All I know is that when I left, I wasn’t the same man. I had been beat down by hours of homework and deprived of hours of sleep.

While it was a rough time, junior year also opened my eyes to the realities of life. It shattered my unrealistic goals and opened up a range of possibilities that were not what society and everyone else wanted, but what I truly wanted.

And now my senior year is starting to come to an end. These past eight months have flown by, and I’m afraid there’s not enough time for me to appreciate everything that has helped me make me who I am today.

Every teacher that put up with my shenanigans and every friend that helped me make unforgettable memories will be imprinted on me for the rest of my years. High school has been one hell of a journey, one that I’ll never forget. So whether you’re a freshman, a sophomore or a junior, just keep in mind that you won’t be in high school forever. Enjoy it while it lasts. You may not know what you want to do afterwards, but that’s just part of the fun, finding your way and exploring new things. So remember kids, work hard, play hard and enjoy life.

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Senior Standouts

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Counselors recognize deserving seniors

Jake Simon Jake Simon ‘17 will attend Moorpark College to study computer science. He played for the WHS varsity boys track team and the varsity boys volleyball team.

“I’ve been playing volleyball since fifth grade,” said Simon. “Volleyball’s been pretty much my main hobby and activity for most of my life, until I decided to pick up track this year.”

In addition to athletics, Simon is a computer programmer and enjoys computer graphics. He likes WHS because of the challenges it brought and the new friends he made.

Matt King Matthew King ‘17 will attend Stanford University, and would like to major in math. He is a tutor at the Math and Writing Centers and is the president of Mu Alpha Theta. “[For Mu Alpha Theta] we meet once a month for a math competition and we have students from all math levels,” said King. “My favorite is the one at the beginning of the year, when we all work together on the same set of problems.”

Outside of school, King volunteers at the Los Robles Hospital and enjoys playing games with his siblings. He would like to use his love for math to develop treatments for cancer.

Emma Garelick Emma Garelick ‘17 will attend Purdue University next year to study political science. Garelick is involved in many different activities on the WHS campus, including girls tennis and Mock Trial.

“Mock Trial’s been my biggest club and activity this year,” said Garelick. “It’s very competitive, and I was able to be a captain on the team.”

Garelick is also a volunteer at the Santa Barbara Zoo and is a camp counselor at Gold Arrow Camp, a sleep–away camp in Northern California.

Garelick hopes to use her political science degree to make the world a better place.

Cheyenne Cioffi Cheyenne Cioffi ‘17 will be taking a one year break after graduating high school, but would like to attend Paul Mitchell in the future so she can do nails and hair. She is a receptionist at Toyota and volunteers at Shelter Hope, a local dog shelter. “[My hobbies include] nails, dogs and animals,” said Cioffi. “I also help people at the shelter.”

Cioffi describes herself as sometimes shy, but mostly outgoing and fun. In order to help the world, she would like to stop people from being so angry on the road.

David Hacker David Hacker ‘17 will be majoring in computer science at University of California, San Deigo.

He is the copy editor for the school’s yearbook, a member of the Advanced Anatomy program and co–president of the computer science club. He has done many computer–related projects on his own.

“There’s an assortment of programming and side projects I’ve done,” said Hacker. “I do a lot of stuff on artificial intelligence with respect to image recognition and language processing.”

Hacker would like to use his passion and knowledge of artificial intelligence to contribute to the advancement towards more human–like computers and programs.

Vikkie Jiang Vikkie Jiang ‘17 will attend University of California, Los Angeles to study neuroscience. She has been in choir for all four years, is in AcaDeca and tutors at the various resource centers around campus. Jiang also enjoys dancing outside of school.

“I dance on my own,” said Jiang. “I used to take classes, but now I watch tutorials online and … I post videos.”

Jiang enjoys WHS due to the variety of clubs and activities students can be involved in. She would like to help the world by bringing food to everyone.

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Senior Favorites

will be remembered as the year of...

Change

Losing rallies

Memes

Donald Trump

Favorite teachers

Mr. Freed

Mr. Holloway

Mr. Culpepper

Mr. Skaff

Senior movie favorites

Moana

Project X

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

*Senior favorites are based on responses to The Arrow Senior Survey.

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Sacramento State Mayowa Oladokun UC Berkeley Anna Adamian Natalie Anders Sasha Andrianova Andrew Ge Lauren Jones Quinn Jones Chloe Kudler Richard Lee Alyssa Li Jenna Mencarelli Noelle Schiller Emily Schultz Shiv Shankar Nicole Ship Jerry Song Kitt Stoddard Sairanjith Thalanki Andy Xia Amanda Yao CSU East Bay Luke Calubayan Oxnard College Liana Camrillo Ventura College Cooper Fuchs Tallulah Lund–Sidi Ranger Markel Edgar Mojica Uzziel Vazquez Jordan Zavala

CSU Channel Islands Izabella Amkreutz Austin Eis Erika Sigman New York Film Academy Josh Sobotka Los Angeles Valley College Carson Arnett

Moorpark Misael Aguilar Victor Aguilar Mariela Aguilera Michael Albanil Clarissa Arana Christopher Arevalo Hannah Ayed Navid Azouri Caiden Babbill Savannah Bacerra Diego Ball Cameron Barati Evangeline Bautista Yolanda Beltran Jackie Benitez Lily Berthold Nicole Bloshtein Bianca Bonilla Drew Brackens

San Francisco State University Katie Jones Blake Kashare Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Sarah Ainley Matt Appell Selena Charfane Jordan Ellis Shaylyn Jaffe Scott Jeworski Kaylee Lance Mason McElvain Remy Mitchell Peyton Sper Rama Subramanian Zach Vournas Autumn Wagner Academy of Art Univeristy Thomas Catalano Santa Monica City College Holly DiFilippis Caoilinn McDonough UC Santa Cruz Tristan Allaman Jade Godbehere Ross O’Bryan Nick Friedman Megan Patterson Ari Sidman Jonathan Zhou UC Irvine Alex Faille David Hu Allan Tran Andrew Tsui Esther Wang Jerry Xu Paul Yeung UC Riverside Phyllis Chen Silva Gyuloglyan Marcus Martin Matthew Martin Benjamin Shargo Adib Tebyani Pepperdine Vanessa Casas Troy Magorien Jack Pryor Noah Santo

Molly Bradford Earl Burns Ben Cammarata Cameron Chatfield Daniel Chay Michael Cho Israel Coronado Shelby Corri Hernan Cruz Fernando Cugo Sheima Deihimi Roshaun Desai Elijah Dictor Jennifer Duarte Lara Edwards Parsa Eftekhari Daniel Escalante Marley Fleming Annette Franco Conor Garruto

University of San Francisco Heather Bogan Morgan Foster Sophie Hardy Bo Jelinek Aileen Marquez Natalie Morris UC Davis Sammi Krausse Ethan Lee JR Marquez Cameron Trimble California College of the Arts Trevor Bock Stanford University April Ball Matt King Jason Kurohara Samantha Seaton UC Los Angeles Peri Bingham Jenny Cheng Grant Cho Emily Chou Jenny Ferrin

Grace Fratello–Hakim

Lily Guo Cherry Huang Steven Huang Vikkie Jiang Cameron Johari Rachel Mettel Hannah Sharts Helen Shi Merzia Subhan Megan Wu Tian Ye Angela Zheng Emily Zheng

CSU Domiguez Hills Emalee Linares CSU Northridge Andrew L’Heureux Cameron Schiff CSU Long Beach Marissa Mehler Elizabeth Smith University of San Diego Sami Fairweather Juliet Rous Morgan Van Zandt

Kim Godoy Guadalupe Gonzalez Emily Green Josue Gutierrez Karen Guzman Emma Hawes Marilin Hernandez Sergio Hernandez Lauren Hochman Stone Holmes Daisy Garcia David Gonzalez Madison Goff Brenda Gomez Vanessa Gomez Trevor Jacobson Atlan Jahed Doniyah Johnson Sterling Johnson Deja Jones

San Jose State University Daniela Araya Miranda Assalley Taylor Gonzales Joey Itkin Dershan Udvadia

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UC Santa Barbara Sophie Bartley Ryan Bishop Jayne Butler Elena England Andrew Fealy Colby Friedl Caleb Kim Kayla Larson Trevor Odell Austin Quinn Blake Reader Karina Richman Emma Rommelfanger Justin Schiffer Santa Barbara CC Arhan Shetty Brock Baldwin Michael Strauss Walker Branson CSU Chico Lauren Calvin Haley Begun Dylan Denton Joseph Flatt Ryan Goldstein Nicole Kashare Ania Lane Kyle Mingham Noah O’Cain Maya Shankar Andrew Soules Cuesta Community College Carson Miller UC Merced Laura Cruz Chapman University Lindsay Shargo Sanaz Bashiri California Lutheran Esther Chang University Alex Furton Kye Daniels Caitlin Mead Chris Johanson Stephen Michaels Mia Jordan Joey Sheridan Sophie Katz Stephanie Rendon Loyola Marymount Jimmy Stark University Morgan Bogust Pierce College Rachel Egelske Sophia Ashley Keefer Meehan Emily Greer Caitlin Ryan Jasmine Robinson UC San Diego Grant Barclay Marlon Blanquart David Hacker Advaith Iyer Hannah Kreitman Jaisen Lim Montana Panec Hannah Saltman Everbrook Zhou Meggy Zou

Ahmad Karimi Alessandra Kielbasa Caitlyn Kirby Bobby Lara Rebecca Lee Allison Lemon Genna Lipman Daniel Leyva Brandon Macias Sammie Mccomb Maisi McKay David Medina Matt Meredith Hannah Michael Palmer Millan Mateo Montolfo Lowri Morley Mia Mormino Coby Moskowitz Cristian Moya

San Diego State University Jackie Cacciarelli Tyler Carlin Alexandra Crystal Nickolas Gemberling Joseph Holliday Ben Lang Lizzie Lippel Zack Lorch Nick Stephens Brooke Zundel

Giovanni Napolitano Luis Negrete Sara Nguyen Raana Nojoulni Francis Nottingham Deionte Nunnery Jennifer Ojeda Ben Oken William Oken Jacinda Olivas William Palma Casey Parkinson Diego Pelcastre Alejandro Pena Alex Perez Tommy Perry Antonio Plascencia Sofia Preisz Alec Proudfit Carlo Rangel

University of Puget Sound Mason Moser University of Portland Audrey Speicher Oregon State University Hasan Baquar Karly Gardner Alessandro Milio

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USC Ally Barron Julian Berger Phillip Bliss Isaiah Chatman Anjali Devgan Katherine Ho Hannah Lee Ava Mandell Grace Mazzeo Bryan Morales

Western Washington University Brooke Chong Boise State University Jacey Clark Taylor MacDonald Steven Taylor Ryan Whitney Brigham Young University Julie Lang Naomi Williamson Southern Utah University Michael Hunter Northern Arizona University Alexandra Bagnall Kimberly Magglos Colton Rogers Chase Warden University of Arizona Jenni Marino Alex Papazoglou Mitchell Papenfus Alex Ramos Harrison Schulman Alec Stark

Lu Ross Academy Sonya Lopez Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising Courtney Lorenz Jake Marlow Marcos Segura

Arizona State University Tyler Ward

Columbia College Hollywood Kaster Weinstein Cal Poly Pomona Nana Mimura Vincent Torossian

Rhett Reeves Nick Rice Thomas Rick Andrew Riessen Sterling Rosenfeldt Kailey Rosensweig Kamryn Ruiz Luis Ruiz Leah Sachs Juan Sarceno Jesse Scott Karina Sermeno Jack Severino Samuel Shellabarger Jake Simon Daniel Sipprelle Grace Smith Ojan Sobhanpanah Andrew Soria Corey Tabor

Hawai’i Community College–Pālamanui Rachel Faciana

Kayllie Tanzarelli Spencer Tyoran Armaund Urquidez Vanessa Vaca Nina Vahadi Anthony Vespe Kenneth Vite Madi Wells Mucella Yaglidere Leah Yarnall Kameron Ziff U.S. Air Force Brandon Bzoskie U.S. Navy Tyler Scott

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Hofstra University Rayne Gifford

Syracuse University Ian Botnick Montana State University Lauren Ruffing

University of Michigan Sam Nursall Allison Weisenfeld

Loyola University Chicago Rebecca Horwitz Bradley University Skyler Madigan

Colorado Mesa University Caden Gustafson University of Colorado, Boulder Logan Glantz Lindsey Hallen Tatum Harrison Gigi Koonce Levon Lang Mariela Montiel Julia Raulinaitis

Washington University St. Louis Jennifer Chadick Griffin Krawitz Emily Platt

University of Nebraska Camille Cohen Eddie Leonard University of Kansas Saleena Chapa Julia Feinbloom Marissa Hair Jacob Prichard

University of Missouri Jacob Moscovitch

University of Colorado, Colorado Springs Alexander Galvin

University of Chicago Abby Hayes Melaina Leung Illinois Institute of Technology Brian Ma Indiana University Jacob Appleby Jake Dicker Brandon Lam Purdue University Emma Garelick

The New School Catherine Trilling Lehigh University Zack Warren Villanova University Kevin Gosland Oberlin College Andres Ceballos– Villa Ohio University Edward Kutt III Denison University Maren Clark University of South Carolina Kennedy Copeland University of Alabama Missy Cataldo Audrey Cavanah Georgia Institute of Technology Katelyn Sand

Southern Methodist University Madison McLaughlin

University of North Texas Meeka Asadollahi

New York University Dartmouth College Evan Muscatel Matt Edelman Andrew Hu Brooke Sand College of the Holy Cross Columbia University Dylan Garland Stan Liao Danielle Mikaelian Harvard University Morgan Melito Yale University Kristen Enriquez Babson College Cody Lin Rebecca Jiang Douglas Shao Penn State Preston Goodwin Alicia Marshall University of Pennsylvania Catherine Ruan Drexel University Akash Raman Carnegie Mellon Connie Ye George Washington University Katherine Youngers Duke University Ben Harris Johns Hopkins University Ruby Liu Emma Van Zuyle

Boston Univearsity Penny Daurio Northeastern University Hannah Dye University of Connecticut Claire Nitzsche University of Delaware Amanda Plagmann Emerson College Amy MacFarlane William Paterson University Gwynne Stevenson

Ringling College of Art and Design Rebecca Waters Florida State University Martin Diaz

University of Texas Archish Anand

King’s College London Avery Moloian

Queen’s University Cara Grubel Jackie Grubel

Sapienza University of Rome Lorenzo Buffalo

University of Manchester Lily Rosenberg

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What advice would you give to your freshman self?

Jaylee Kellar Joey Sheridan Emily Platt Vincent Torossian “Enjoy yourself as much as you “Don’t bite off more than you “Seek advice from teachers, not “Try less and focus on having can and get involved.” can chew.” students, about classes.” fun.”

Audrey Pappalau Natalie Maldonado Brooke Wynalda Alyssa Li “Don’t have people over at your “Hold onto your friends for as “Freshmen year everyone said “Start sleeping late because you long as possible and it was super easy, so I wish I have to get used to it, or early house because they will one day remember the good times.” tried harder.” be your water assassins rivals in the morning.” and know where you live.”

Compiled by Sona Bhargava, Katie Reul and Milla Wu

Pinning down dorm essentials Bathroom - Towels (bath and hand towels) - Shower flip flops - Band–Aids - Shower caddy - Hand mirror - Shower cap - Razors - Toothbrush - Hairbrush - Moisturizer - Hair dryer - Day planner - Hairspray - Notecards - Nail clippers - Stapler and staples - Scissors - Highlighters - Ruler - Spiral notebooks - Folders - Pencil pouch - Sticky notes - Many pencils and pens - Erasers - Graphing calculator - USB Drive

School supplies

Cooking necessities - Microwave - Mini fridge - Can opener - Measuring cups - Dish towels - Electric tea kettle - Utensils: forks, spoons, knives - Storage containers/ - Mattress pad Tupperware - Sheets (extra long) - Blankets (heavy and light ones) - Desk lamp - Garbage can - Pillow and pillowcases - Under the bed storage bins - Laundry detergent - Speaker - Headphones - Cough drops - Paper towels and tissues - Power strip

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Over the past couple of years, the term “promposal” has been used to describe the elaborate way that many couples ask each other to prom, the night of all nights. From cute posters to sweet gifts, here are some of WHS’s most adorable promposals. Follow @westlakepromposals17 on Instagram for more WHS promposals.

Now that dates are set in place and dresses are bought, seniors are anxiously awaiting dancing the night away with that special someone as they get ready for a night in Paris, the theme for prom 2017. Prom is on June 3, 2017 from 7 p.m.–midnight in the Air Force One hanger at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley. Tickets are available until May 29 in the student store between 7 a.m.–3 p.m. or on the WHS website. No refunds will be given after May 29. Tickets are $110 with an ASB punch and $120 without. To enter the dance, students must have their school ID with them and be between 14–20 years of age. For non–WHS attendees, a guest pass from the student store and a guest ID are required. A buffet–style dinner that includes chicken breast, potatoes, vegetables, lasagna and many other treats is included for guests in the entrance fee. Cookies, brownies, lemon bars and carrot cake squares are among some of the desserts provided. Activities will include a caricature artist, pool tables and a photo booth. According to Assistant Principal of Activities Heather Godfrey, “Seniors will have great memories from this event. Being at the Reagan Library in the Air Force One room for prom is an experience one does not want to miss.”

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Prom is just another check on the list of stepping stones for Levon Lang ‘17 and Gigi Koonce ‘17. Having known each other from elementary school through high school, Lang presented Gigi with a checklist of the schools they had attended together, ranging from Lang Ranch Elementary to the University of Colorado Boulder which they will be attending in the coming fall.

“I knew he was [going to prompose], but I didn’t know when, so it was still a surprise,” said Koonce.

Lang had secretly waited in her room so he could surprise Koonce when she returned home from work. When she opened the door, he was holding the poster, a bouquet of white flowers and a stuffed animal.

“I was planning for probably a couple of weeks to a month,” said Lang. “I was pretty excited to go to prom with her.”

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Logan Glantz ‘17 took prom to new heights when he graphited a white heart inscribed with “Prom?” for Sterling Johnson ‘17 on top of the Stunt Pad on the Topanga Lookout Trail. The site looks over the entire area and requires a hike to reach.

“I had an idea. My friend asked me to hang out and it was suspicious,” said Johnson. “When we were walking up, I was like ‘Is Logan going to ask me to prom up here?’ and she said ‘No,’ but then we got up there and I saw Logan.”

On the other hand, Glantz had similar sentiments. Although he and Johnson had been friends before, Glantz said that he “had an idea that she might [say yes]” but “wasn’t 100% sure.”

Glantz presented a bouquet of flowers as well, and the two posed for a picture at sunset.

“I was just really, really happy,” said Glantz. “[She’s] very kind, honest and very pretty.”

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Jennifer Chadick ‘17 and WHS alumni Jack Powell ‘16 will be attending their second prom together this year after Powell surprised her with a poster after choir rehearsal. When Powell came back to WHS to propose, it came as a huge surprise.

“It was a complete surprise but my friends were all in on it and it was really funny and cute,” said Chadick. “It was after a senior committee for choir, so I was in a back room for like seven hours and then I came out and he was behind my car. He jumped out and asked me to prom.”

The poster had musical puns, using music symbols to relay the message, “You’re always looking sharp so I thought it’d be natural if I asked you flat out. Prom?”

“I didn’t expect him to, but he’s been my friend for a couple of years,” said Chadick. “I’m so glad that he did because that’s so exciting that I can go to prom with him.”

Caoilinn McDonough ‘17 and Mason McElvain ‘17 will make a splash at prom this year.

McElvain proposed after an Oaks Christian swim meet in which McDonough participated in a race. Upon finishing, McElvain surprised her with a poster at the finish line that said, “Whale you go to prom with me?”

“I was very happy,” said McDonough. “I was just super excited.”

McDonough decribed McElvain as “interesting, fun and kind.”

Both are active members of the WHS swim team. McDonough said that they had talked about the idea of going together before he proposed.

“She’s hyped up, she is crazy and she’s a lot of fun,” said McElvain with a grin when asked about his prom date.

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With a poster background reminiscent of Van Gogh’s The Starry Night saying, “I know you love art and this is a start, but will you help me make prom my next masterpiece?” Daniel Hayon ‘17 took the prize for artsiest proposal when he asked Silva Gyuloglyan ‘17 to prom in front of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. “She loves art,” said Hayon. “She’s ... obsessed with museums. So basically, I told her best friend that we were going to go to LACMA. It was perfect though because for Art History we had to go for extra credit so she just thought we were going for the extra credit.”

In addition to the poster, Hayon revealed a bouquet of yellow roses with Oreos on sticks scattered throughout. According to Hayon, the proposal took two weeks to prepare, but he knew the whole semester that he was going to ask her.

Hayon describes his date as “funny, sassy and a ball of energy.”

Jordan Ellis ‘17 got himself into a sticky situation when he Post–it noted the entire car of Karly Gonzalez ‘17. Gonzalez was returning from a road trip when she saw her decorated car that Saturday in her driveway to which she affirmed she had no clue of what Ellis had been planning.

An assortment of pink and blue Post– it notes were used as base colors with green Post–it notes to spell out the word “Prom” with a question mark on her back windshield.

Gonzalez was excited about the whole promposal. According to Ellis, her reaction wasn’t of irritation, but rather, “She was just excited about the whole thing.”

Along with the Post–it notes, Ellis brought flowers and a poster to surprise her when she returned home.

Gonzalez described Ellis as her best friend, saying that overall he is “goofy, smart and kind.”

Leo Zuckerman ‘17 will be seen riding into prom in style with his date, Marcella Giuffrida ‘18, after his unique promposal at the Radiator Springs roller coaster in the Disneyland California Adventure Park.

The banner was decorated with Disney themed emblems such as an “O” in the shape of Mickey Mouse which Zuckerman held up over his face during the photo portion at the end of the coaster so that Giuffrida could clearly see the proposal upon looking at the photo by the ride’s exit.

“She’s pretty, fun and exciting,” said Zuckerman, describing his date for the dance.

Surprisingly, the innovative proposal took a two to three days to prepare according to Zuckerman. The two will be seen at prom together, a second best to the “Happiest Place on Earth.”

Tia Catalano ‘19 was surprised to find a banner in her honor when she reached the soccer field for practice on May 1.

“I was [super] surprised, not gonna lie,” said Catalano. “But I was excited because he’s always been one of my really good friends.”

Catalano described Kameron Ziff ‘17 as “crazy and fun.”

Ziff created a giant poster with “Prom?” painted across it in large blue letters. In addition, Ziff presented a bouquet of flowers and a balloon featuring minions from the movie Despicable Me. “He kind of hinted at it occasionally, but never specifically gave a day,” said Catalano. “I didn’t know he was going to do it on Monday. We hang out all the time, so I was kind of expecting it though.”

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A I, Jeremy Ackmann, of intelligent mind and great body, will my reputation and lacrosse locker to Matt Reznick.

I, Victor Aguilar, of saddened and depressed mind and weak body, will my depression and love to sadness.

I, Mariela Aguilera, of creative mind and ambitious body, will my loyalty, determination and optimism to my choir siblings Abby and Hannah and my favorite soprano Abby.

I, Michael Albanil, of no mind and corporeal body, will my knowledge of flammable socks.

I, Natalie Anders, of sassy and sardonic mind and rather–tall–for–a–girl body, will my endless supply of apples and my red bandana to Andrew Fealy.

I, Christopher Arevalo, of conflicting mind and quivering body, will my name be known as one of the best actors to come out of Westlake.

I, Peter Ayral, of possessed mind and analytical body, will my reputation and sword to Peter Ayral.

To the wonderful class of 2017: We made it! All of those sleepless nights and tear–filled eyes because of the stress of high school has all culminated to the end of this year. Regardless of how far you are traveling, be it around the world (I know who you are) or close to home, I wish you nothing but success.

I have loved being your president this past year and getting the chance to be a part of such a crucial time in our lives. Good luck to you all!

Julia Feinbloom Senior Class President

I, Luke Calubayan, of dead mind and fat body, permanent passenger seat in the golf cart to body, will my Junior National cut in the 50 will my Aloma and Sid to a good one maaan.

Lily Garelick and my “stress, stress and more free to Jeremy Marcin and Ethan Ng’s left I, Quinn “QC$” Canepa, of money–making stress” to Arabella Raab. thunder thigh to Matt Zhang. mind and ripped body, will my swag and babes I, Jake Dicker, of short–fused skillful mind to the great Stephen Maxey. and strict thiccness body, will my luscious I, Audrey Cavanah, of magical mind and strong physique and oversized head to Kevin Bleirard body, will my groovy moves to Brooke McClung and Jonathan Bryman.

I, Alexander “Zander” Galvin, of unusual mind and Courtney Park. and decent body, will my locker and ability to I, Cameron Chatfield, of linguistic mind and surpass expectations to empowered body, will my charm, wit and he mitochondria Isabel Galvin.

I, Brock Baldwin, of superior mind and good goodwill to my next of Kin, Connor. Go cure I, Matthew Edelman, of I, Emma Garelick, of is the hopeful mind and short looking body, will my positive attitude and cancer buddy. beautiful mind and pad powerhouse of body, will my parking athletic ability to Jake Kaplinski.

I, Isaiah Chatman, of positive mind and healthy body, will my Steve Fazio I, April Ball, of curly–haired mind and very tall body, will my body be able to survive in college. hat to Advaith Ayer. the cell.” spot in our garage to my body, will my eternal love and gratitude towards I, Daniel Chay, of busy mind and active body, I, Lara Edwards, of sister Lily and my love Ernie and my positivity will my dedication to sassy mind and dark for Chick–fil–A to Tessa –Jordan Isemeyer Marmentini and Sarah towards varsity volleyball helping others. clothes wearing body, uch is life.” to Elizabeth Crisp (my I, Phyllis Chen, of sleepy will my secretive face Rivera. doppelganger) (#FOAC). mind and blob body, will making and eye rolling I, Dylan Garland, of I, Grant Barclay, of clever –Mike Lynch my napping skills and to Alex Yu, Will Huang, Vince Daurio, Austyn wandering mind and toned body, will my mind and hairy body, will optional happiness to Weeks and Joshua Karasik. knowledge of high school to Brent Jeworski. my flow to Gage Barclay.

Chase Walian, Aditi Goyal I, Jordan Ellis, of aroused mind and jacked I, Conor Garruto, of kind and caring I, Ally Barron, of exhausted and Jeanna Polisini. body, will my muscle mass to Jeremy Marcin. mind and a strong body, will my legacy be mind and bodacious body, will my naps, terrible I, Jenny Cheng, of sincerely uncaring mind and I, Kristen Enriquez, of occasionally acute remembered by others and never be forgotten. school attendance and USC acceptance letter to taller–than–Amanda–Yao body, will nothing mind and constantly sore body, will my study I, Jayson Gatmaitan, of blank mind and Alexa Kasparian. because high school has taken enough from me. skills and reserved disposition to Megan empty body, will my knowledge and strength I, Sanaz Bashiri, of powerful mind and small I, Grant Cho, of sound mind, will my blessed Ervin, Audrey Kao, Elle Lindenlaub and to Luis. body, will feeling and passion to my future. kimchi and sweet potatoes to the children of Alexa Soto.

I, Nick Gemberling, of corrupted mind and I, Evangeline Bautista, of jumbled mind and stats.

I, Loreley Estrada, of unstable mind and cautious body, will my heart and thought to clumsy body, will my ability to eat gluten to I, Michael “Joseph” Cho, of playful mind and senioritis body, will my crazy book annotations nothingness.

Rachel Blanton. erratic body, will my Giant Boulder to Piggy. and the pro–in–procrastination to Jennifer I, Madison Goff, of brilliantly crazy mind I, Haley Begun, of extreme A.D.D. mind I, Brooke Chong, of anxious mind and resilient Alvarez. and subpar body, will my savage mindframe, and under–rested body, will my good first body, will my endeavors and achievements to love for black and decent legacy to Marcella impressions on teachers and perfect attendance Westlake Regiment.

Guffrida. record to Joshua Begun.

I, Emily Chou, of youthful mind and wizened I, Kevin Gosland, of Michael Fealy mind and I, Julian Berger, of self–deprecating mind and body, will my grandma I, Andrew Fealy, of Alex Fealy body, will my veggie sticks and Edith awkward body, will my luscious, long hair and clothes to Jonathan Sham. competent mind and to Jake Zeuner. f a man does not lanky body, will my love I, Emily Greer, of creative mind and strong body, years of rejection to Isaac Berger.

I, Shelby Corri, of crazy have the sauce, then of shorts and booty to will my pen and paper to every future essay.

I, Peri Bingham, of positive mind and toe– mind and energized touch jump–able body, will my parking pass body, will my joy and he is lost. But the Eder Poot and Justin I, Lily Guo, of extremely questionable mind and and varsity cheer box to Presley Garlock and determinism to anyone Fealy. even sketchier body, will my edgiest edgelord joke same man can be lost in the I, Jennifer Ferrin, of to Joseph Litwin, all my love to Tristan Bowman Amanda Trotter. who wants it. sauce.” tired mind and clumsy and my feminist fire and Mock Trial legacy to I, Marlon Blanquart, of sneaky mind and athletic body, will my passion and dedication to medicine. body, will my love of Amari Huang.

I, Philip Bliss, of tubular mind and yoked warm–ups to Jasmin, I, Caden Gustafson, of super smart mind and soft –Ben Harris Kai and Haley and my body, will my baseball locker (the Tornado Den) to body, will my top ched sniping ginos ability and I, Kye Daniels, of weak writing skillz to Matt Reznick. mind and dad body, will good feng shui to Jen, Brett Forhotoro.

I, Nicole Bloshtein, of analytical mind and my height to Jeremy Ashley, Paris and Liz. I, Silva Gyuloglyan, of bubbly mind and possessed body, will my education and Marcin and a single abdominal muscle to Paul I, Marley Fleming, of disturbed mind and adventurous body, will my swim locker to Gaby experience to everyone I have met.

Grace. fashion–obsessed body, will my strut to Heeeun Hayon.

I, Conrad Bluth, of creative mind and rock I, Penny Daurio, of sleep–deprived mind Chung. hard body, will my sweet skills and charisma to and dancing body, will my frequent smiles I, Grace Fratello–Hakim, of indecisive mind Noah Bluth and Chad McMillan. and song–filled car rides to Vince, the world’s and fidgety body, will my ability to make weird I, Heather Bogan, of tired mind and worn body, okayest brother. noises at all the right times to David Fratello– I, David Hacker, of questionable mind and will my exhausted being commit to sleeping the I, Sheima Deihimi, of crazy and happy mind Hakim and Ian Guss. equally questionable body, will my circuit entire summer. and energetic body, will my heart and soul to I, Nick Friedman, of deflated mind and boards, some dismantled computer parts and my best friend Anna. inflated body, will my loose change, half filled programming expertise to Dante Basile, Andy I, Dylan Denton, of thicc mind and thicc body, pens and uneaten gum at the bottom of my Jin and Kameron Keynejad. will my thicc thicc to extra thicc. backpack to Josh Begun and Kara Ziff.

I, Lindsey Hallen, of charming mind and bold I, Jackie Cacciarelli, of analytical mind and I, Anjali Devgan, of excessively talkative mind I, Ameryst Friscia, of complicated mind and body, will my love for bagels, obsession with possessed body, will my Subway sandwich to and clumsy body, will my “Anj smile” to Katie life living this body, will my Dr. Pepper.

Glee and ability to sweet talk to the ravishing Misael Aguilar.

Tavasoli and Lia (Leopold) Robbins, my I, Cooper Fuchs, of creative mind and swole Alexa Kasparian.

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“When we both graduated.”

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–Allison Weisenfeld

“When Richard Lee and Everbrook Zhou actually showed up to class.”

–Stan Liao

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Senior Wills

I, Sophie Hardy, of corrupt mind and sufficient committed body, will my amazing experiences body, will my dark humor and obsession with and memories at WHS to the future freshmen.

One Direction to Anita Ramasastry and Francesca I, Arianna Keynejad, of intellectually– Vespe. challenged mind and small blattered body, I, Ben Harris, of Ms. Ryder’s mind and Mr. will my hammock and Hydro Flask to Maila Holloway’s body, will my height, step back Danskurdas and Kamron Keynejad. jumper, Twitter and joggers to Albert Zhang, I, Alessandra Kielbasa, of uncontrolled mind Bryce Howard, Jake Dalonzo and Carson Kuhl and fluffy body, will my finesse to crust. respectively.

I, Matthew Kilkery, of my mind and my body, I, Emma Hawes, of strong mind and enlightened will my Legos and my Hot Wheels collection to body, will my shakras and good vibes to all the Kuhl brothers.

I, Caleb Kim, of sub–optimal mind and sub– including Kel Mussetter and Adriana Rendon.

I, Abigail Hayes, of rockin’ mind and poppin’ optimal body, will my sub optimal tilt to every student. body, will my right side I, Matthew King, of to Jamie Goodman f tomorrow isn’t the medically unique mind and my cake to all my remaining OGs. due date, today isn’t and medically unique in way body, will I, Lucas Helfman, of the do date.” amydifferent love of sneaky water decaying mind and polo goals to Tristan uninspired body, will my sanity and all that it –Brian Ma Bowman, my trick shots to Will Hollister, my entails to WHSIMD. excessive sunscreen to my I, Katherine Ho, of optimistic mind and peanut butter filled sophomore swim friends, my mental math skills body, will my Bazooka powers to Joanna to Jonathan Sham (who doesn’t need them), my Yang, Rachel Kraft and Julianna Gin and my penchant for asking “Do we have a quiz today?” to all those who struggle with organization and ugly snapchats to Alyssa Bai. I, Steven Huang, of Bruin mind and squishy my jokes, my surviving notes and the monarchy body, will my room to Marissa Huang; my ability to King Megan. to sleep in class to William Huang, Jonathan I, Caitlyn Kirby, of hysterical mind and capable Sham and Albert Zhang, my four lost TI–84 body, will my character shoes and wit to next calculators to WHS, my pizza making skills year’s Woman’s Chorale. to Matt Zhang, my pajamas to Gideon Tong I, Lia Kitahata, of dissociating mind and and my love of all things food to Daniel Chow. tragically short and uncoordinated body, will my awkward tendencies, superb lipsyncing skills and reputation as the bearer of donuts to Macie Gettings and the Dinardo sibs.

I, Jordan Isemeyer, of potato mind and cheese I, Gigi Koonce, of somewhat intelligent body, will my waffle fries to the holy sanctum mind and somewhat in–shape body, will my clumsiness, impractical questions and imperial of Chick–fil–A. I, Advaith Iyer, of strange mind and awkward GPS skills to Kayla Schwartz and Logan Cuccia.

I, Hannah Kreitman, of unsound mind and body, will my mind and body to people. bruised body, will my flower crowns to Kate Faulkner.

I, Chloe Kudler, of creative mind and unique I, Rebecca Jiang, of shook mind and toned body, will my ability to throw ragers to Rylie Vreeland. body, will my dignity to Aditya Kumar, of Franklin Chian. t least you have I,apathetic mind and I, Vikkie Jiang, of both buttcheeks.” feeble body, will my indecisive mind and wallet, phone and keys to mediocrely–able body, will my finger cracking –Hailey Ng quoting Joe whomever mugs me. and napping skills to Nigro Julianna Gin, Joyce Lee and Jacqueline Gomez.

I, Bobby Lara, of superb I, Cameron Johari, of memeful mind and dabbing body, will my mind and able body, will my mind and brain to my brother’s cousin’s uncle’s sister’s roommate. memes to Andy Jin. I, Deja Jones, of quiet mind and un–energetic I, Rebecca Lee, of punny mind and rotund body, will my #TriggeredVegan lifestyle to body, will my “short people are better” magnet to the next owner of my locker.

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I, Lauren Jones, of positive mind and caffeine– I, Gavin Lefever, of empty mind and immobile filled body, will my food–in–a–jar to Maddie body, will my Gladys Foster to Troy Difabritis.

Charles and my coffee addiction to Jamie I, Allison Lemon, of unique mind and exhausted body, will my napping abilities to Goodman.

Jada Marshall, Maya Sharp and Lorelei Lemon.

I, Emily Letulier, of thoughtful mind and long body, will my creative light to Bryce Howard.

I, Brett Kallman, of sleep–deprived mind and I, Melaina Leung, of over–exercised mind and tall (No, I don’t play basketball) body, will my under–exercised body, will my quite excellent Anatomy bucket–duties to Josh Garelik and my memorization skills for detailed facts to Joanna government textbook I never checked out of the Yang and my nonexistent dog Leonard, strange facial expressions and highly profitable shares library to Joey Dinardo.

I, Blake Kashare, of peaceful mind and present of Stan’s cartel to Courtney Leung. body, will my knowledge and love for others to I, Andrea Levenson, of a two named mind and sleep–deprived body, will my willingness to everyone.

I, Sophie Katz, of not so normal mind and eat too much food to Sami Oleskewr and Kylie chubby body, will my clumsiness and confidence Wexler.

I, Daniel Leyva, of perspective mind and okay to Ali Karasik.

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I, Stan Liao, of absent mind and anybody, will multiple shares of my highly profitable cartel to all the underclassmen I’ve had classes with/ employed and will Ron’s left kidney to Alyssa.

I, Jaisen Lim, of relatively competent mind and sleep–deprived body, will my ability to sleep six hours in three days to Tian Ye and executive powers to Kay Lim, Albert Zhang and Caelyn Pender.

I, Cody Lin, of gentle mind and preppy body, will my lefty forehand to Aarun Devgan, my 14 and under Junior Olympic swim times to Matthew Zhang and my power to never fall asleep in class to Marissa Huang.

I, Emalee Linares, of sassy mind and 5’1’’ body, will my attitude and loyalty to Kennedy Mori.

I, Elizabeth Lippel, of sarcastic mind and extremely tall body, will my tiny hands to Megan Giwa and my snapchat streaks to Jake Lippel and Gianna Lane.

I, Ruby Liu, of frigid mind and unaging body, will my self–propagating world (human) destruction nanoparticles (currently in development indefinitely) to Julianna Gin (or whoever would like to take humanity down a notch).

I, Zach Lorch, of sexy mind and intellectual body, will my extensive FIFA skills to Nick Silver.

I, Courtney Lorenz, of fashionable mind and lengthy body, will my niche for people making up rumors to Kylie Difab.

I, Tallulah Lund–Sidi, of colorful mind and sunburnt body, will my party pants and piano Galz soundtrack to Parker Clemons and Gabby Jay.

body, will my subpar Spanish fluency to Jamie Goodman and opposite field home runs to Maddie Charles.

I, Rachel Mettel, of crazy mind and fit body, will my legacy and laugh to my brother.

I, Mason McElvain, of playful mind and waterman’s body, will my luscious golden locks to Cody McElvain’s budding afro.

I, Jenna Mencarelli, of childish mind and swift body, will my car and good grades to Haylee and my legs to Claire, Layne and Maya.

I, Matt Meredith, of 140 IQ mind and overweight body, will my keyboard and wit to Kurt Cobain.

I, Hannah Michael, of distracted mind and tired body, will my thrifting skills and nap powers to my brother Ryan Michael.

I, Stephen Michaels, of probed mind and snatched body, will my feather quill and adamantium sword to the true believers, Sam G. and Alexa K. I, Alessandro Milio, of depraved mind and questionable body, will my life and mind to the pursuit of happiness.

I, Remy Mitchell, of tormented mind and skinny body, will my ice cream shop and senioritis to Jack Stephenson and Andrew Burr.

I, Mariela Montiel, of creative mind and exhausted body, will my tiredness and laziness to WHS. I, Bryan Morales, of hen you flex unstable mind and small on the haters body, will my jar of fake tears from physics to so hard that Albert Zhang. you cramp up.” I, Mia Mormino, of creative mind and athletic body, will my long hair, –Evan Muscatel kindness and reputation to Lola Mormino.

I, Mason Moser, of feeble mind and frail body, will my noodle hair to Vinny Fasano.

I, Gabriel Muth, of stanky mind and buff body, will my friends never ever receive my appreciation.

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I, Saif Nasim, of black mind and brown body, I, Ava Mandell, of a Capricorn’s mind and will my mango lassi and samosas to Isra Din and heart–driven body, will my leadership both on Mominah Subhan. and off the dance floor and our love for Chris I, Hailey Ng, of clear mind and connected body, Porter to the WHS Dance Team. will my awesome veganness to Josh Cronin.

I, Connor Matro, of empty mind and calf– I, Francis Nottingham, of Hamlet mind and cramped body, will my Prius to Jacob Matro analytical body, will my possessed sword and and my fatherly characteristics to my son Nolan reputation.

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I, Deionte Nunnery, of Senior Class 2017 I, Jake Marlow, of a little too much mind and mind and power over student body, will my not enough of a body, last year here to never will my passion for Mac be forgotten because aziness is nothing I’ll never forget about Demarco and being silly more than the Westlake. to Mason Thompson.

I, Stephen Maxey, of habit of resting I, Sam Nursall, of YouTubing mind and indifferent mind and before you get tired.” deteriorating body, will aesthetically pleasing body, will my YouTube my 89.5’s and the Nursall skills to Quinn Canepa.

–Eric Zhong family wit to Katie Nursall.

I, Grace Mazzeo, of clever mind and cheerful body, will my two dogs to Natalie Alkazian, my motherly skills to Faith Culpepper and my I, Ross O’Bryan, of special mind and stick– snapchat streaks to Gianna Lane. like body, will my memes and a tennis ball I, Caitlin Mead, of creative mind and passionate filled with pennies to Gage Barclay. body, will my memories and friendship to the I, Noah Ocain, of mass mind and great body, dance team. will my ancestors please to live long.

I, Keefer Meehan, of creative mind and I, Jennifer Ojeda, of free–spirited mind possessed body, will my wood boot (the chutley) and go with the flow body, will my crazy and my power bar to Cade Kritsch. stories, amazing friends and reputation to I, Morgan Melito, of supreme mind and rockin’ Christopher Ojeda.

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–Grace Fratello–Hakim

“When I jumped out of the third floor into a dumpster full of binders at the end of the year.”

–Mason McElvain

“When I survived a shark attack after swimming at Dana Point.

Luckily I got a prosthetic, and I’m happily walking today.”

–Jackson Jones

“When the cutest boy in school asked me to prom.”

–Misael Aguilar

“When I finally got to second base... in baseball.”

–Andrew Fealy

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I, Will Oken, of willing mind and willful body, will my will of willful willingness to Will Holister.

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I, Katelyn Sand, of pen–filled mind and Mominah Subhan. and ramen–fueled body, will my senioritis to shrunken body, will my bathing suit collection Jonathan Sham, a bunch of luck to Genevieve to Catherine Young.

Flemmons, the K’nex pieces in my garage to Jake I, Harrison Schulman, of questioning mind and Kim, one cardigan to Julianna “Snoopy” Gin possessed body, will my swagger and excellence I, Adib Tebyani, of anxious mind and exhausted and David Suslik’s left brain to Daniel Chow. to Max Walshaw. body, will my 2 a.m. study abilities and swagger I, Brooke Wynalda, of overly imaginative, I, William Palma, of savage mind and nice I, Emily Schultz, of joyful mind and unaffected to Alexa Kasparian. spontaneous and relatively intelligent mind, body, will my hair and humor to girls. body, will my constant juxtaposition of dogged I, Sairanjith Thalanki, of geeky mind and dark– will my wicked free–kicks and family legacy I, Montana Panec, of childish mind and determination and unwavering laziness to my matter body, will my dictatorships to Alyssa to my brother, Tim Wynalda, my perfect jazz vivacious body, will my mad chemistry skills sister Rebecca Schultz.

Tomkinson and Cameron hands and rollercoaster to Maxwell Panec, my driving skills to Caelyn I, Jake Schuman, of humorous mind and Sylber. ineapple does pre–show tradition to Pender, and my love for unicorns to Albert lengthy body, will my pre–men’s intense car I, Allan Tran, of deranged my current juniors and belong on pizza.” sophomores of Women’s Zhang. rides to Josh Karasik. mind and worn body, will I, Ally Parmele, of curious mind and small I, Douglas Shao, of sharpest mind and thiccest my left shoe to Julianna, Chorale, my sideline body, will my contagious laugh and ability body, will my squad regimen, existentialist my work ethic to my sister referee criticisms to the to wing 95% of quizzes to Lex Soto and Elle spirit and Tinder account to Amin Seyed– and my fabulous charm to underclassmen of girl’s –Katelyn Sand varsity soccer and my Lindenlaub.

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I, Emily Platt, of efficient I, Hannah Sharts, of shotgun seat in Rachel ife is a movie: tired mind and tall body, mind and defeated body, Mettel’s car to Jeremy will my locker in Dale’s Mettel. pick your own will my napping ability podium to Becca Schultz soccer throw–ins to I, Dershan Udvadia, of holy mind and svent role, climb your and and Ethan Elasky.

Sydney Sharts. body, will my potato aim and dank memes to own ladder or you dig your I, Joey Sheridan, of ya boi.

I, Rachel Polakow, of sarcastic mind and I, Andy Xia, of Mike Wazowski mind and own hole.” quietly watercolor mind spunky body, will my and a way too tired body, Mike Wazowski body, will ½ of Ethan Ng’s humor, sass, loyalty and will my passion, pride right thunder thigh to Jeremy Marcin, the creative ability to Olivia –Ahmad Karimi quoting and computer into the on I, Nina Vahadi, of joyful mind and smol body, other half of Ethan Ng’s right thunder thigh McBride, Ali Karasik, will my happiness and night queen (all nighter) to Emily Yuan, 64 Uruguayan donkeys to Matt J.Cole position.

Carolina San Martin and I, Jordan Sherwood, of capabilities to Ritika Iyer, Michelle Way and Zhang, this really weird box of Q–tips that I’m Amanda Sandoval. loving mind and caring Kristen Pacia. currently looking at in the Journalism room body, will my kindness I, Molokai Vaka, of willful mind and trained (42E) to Jenna Farfan and everything else to the and humor to Abby Nash. body, will my courage and work ethic to Nick G.O.A.T., Matthew Bob Xia. I, Helen Shi, of squishy body and ebullient Villari.

I, Jerry Xu, of hollow mind and body will my I, Akash Raman, of prosperous mind and tall mind, will my pesto sandwiches, shoulder I, Emma Van Zuyle, of questionable mind and height and empty brain to my son Boyan Hu. body, will my laziness to Joey Dinardo. massages, love of Studio Ghibli and Pride and squishy body, will my French horn and talent to I, Alex Ramos, of savage mind and creative Prejudice to Milla Wu, Andrew Ge. body, will my presence and fun times.

Amanda Yao and Kay I, Zachary Vournas, hen you will my shenanigans and I, Amanda Yao, of senioritis–crippled mind I, Stephanie Rendon, of sassy and sarcastic Lim and my bowing skills mind and Colombian body, will my amazing to the Viola section. stop and crazy times to Brandon and thiccer–than–Jenny–Cheng body, will my dance skills and impudent ways to Adriana I, Ari Sidman, of Reyes. obsession with dashes to The Arrow staff, my look Rendon and friends I leave behind. environmentally– Cornell sweatshirt and Asian driving to Milla I, Karina Richman, of overly–analytical conscious mind and Wu, the position of the assertive and loud Editor around, life is pretty mind and addicted to kettle corn body, will fantabulous body, will in chief to Kay Lim, my attendance record to amazing.” my sarcasm and speed to Connie Shi, Ashley my integracion asaurus Daniel Yao and my passion for Chick–fil–A and Chang, Rebecca Schultz, Jen Ruffing and Claire and my political ideals to I, Dawson Waggoner, of Hot Cheetos to those in need of a religion.

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–Taylor MacDonald dumb mind and big body, I, Constance “Connie” Ye, of dog–obsessed I, Emma Rommelfanger, of stressed mind I, Erika Sigman, of will my blue jeans to Matt mind and dog–toy–throwing body, will my and tired body, will my tattered AP books stressful mind and short Reznick. everlasting love for Mr. Nigro and Ms. Ryder to and binders brimming with notes to Annalise body, will my epic dance I, Brittany Waiters, of my AcaDeca friends!

Rommelfanger. moves and color–coded binders to Nicole exhausted mind and tired body, will my track I, Paul Yeung, of skating body, will my last I, Lily Rosenberg, of 80’s pop mind and Previde. mom abilities to Claire Adams, Layne Consales vestiges of high school optimism to Piggy. jazzercise body, will my ability to hug people I, Jake Simon, of outlandish mind and humble and Maya Sharp.

I, Edward Youm, of peaceful mind, will my K– when they are having body, will my “give–it– I, Tatjana Wall, of sarcastic mind and pop–ness to the young K Poppers. a bad day to the ASG ups” and cheesy jokes to limby body, will my nothing to nobody. I, Katherine Youngers, of punny mind and body, ut what if it Jeffrey Simpson.

2016–2017 class and I, Esther Wang, of indecisive mind and awkward will my airbending to Avatar the highest bidder. my eyebrow raise to no catches on fire?” I, Jeremiah Skurk, of sus body, will my keys to Daniel Chow, sickness to one because that is a mind and sketch body, Matthew Lee and left foot to Julianna Gin. Rosenberg family legacy will my bars to Avi Kapur I, Zachary Warren, of tired mind and hurting and I can’t give that away. body, will my legacy and projects to my sister.

I, Chase Zarraonandia, of rebellious mind –Allan Tran a.k.a. Yung Wallace.

I, Catherine Ruan, of I, Elizabeth Smith, I, Allison Weisenfeld, and disobedient body, will meme–filled mind and of absent mind and of forgetful mind and rades are my senioritis to Chloe 5 ft ¼ in. body, will my deteriorating body, fairly average body, Zarraonandia. important but I, Emily Zheng, of wild science olympiad yoloing skills to Logan Chiu will my dry humor and sarcastic lifestyle to will my epic lacrosse and Connie Shi, biology luck to Andy Luan, Samantha Olesker. skills to Amanda Jones big biceps are mind and vegan body, will Kaitlyn Crowley and Boyan Hu and my height I, Jerry Song, of porcupine mind and T–Rex and my last name that fabulous email, writing importanter.” my to Albert Zhang. body, will my Mock Trial prowess to Johnny, cannot be pronounced skills and crazy stories to I, Lauren Ruffing, of solid mind and stable Amari and Jeff, my PGA tour level driving nor spelled to Jason Katia Arami, Kate Chang body, will my lacrosse locker and English books accuracy to James and my sincerity, ambition Weisenfield.

–Jack Pryor and Adele Payman. to Michael Han and Jennifer Ruffing. and (over) confidence to my sister, Jessie.

I, Madi Wells, of sassy I, Eric Zhong, of I, Nick Stephens, of philosophical mind and mind and thick thighs, disorganized mind and standard body, will my stress and lack of will to will my attitude and boy tired body, will my luck to do any schoolwork to Isabella Stephens. knowledge to Ava Wood.

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I, Hannah Saltman, of devious mind and I, Gwynne Stevenson, of Ravenclaw mind and I, Andrew Whitehouse, of clear mind and I, Kameron Ziff, of glorious mind and even bangin’ body, will my feet step off this campus show–choired body, will my obsession with confident body, will my athletic ability to Alex better body, will my favorite Dixon Ticonderoga and out into the world to never return.

Hamilton to Rachel Blanton and my choir Whitehouse. pencil with black to whoever can find me first I, Brooke Sand, of rebellious mind and vegan knowledge to Austyn Weeks and Kuranda Medina. I, Matthew Wolff, of unmatched mind and zebra stripes and pointer tips. body, will my Quizlet sets to the Advanced I, Merzia Subhan, of lethargic mind and good–kinded body, will my untouched teaching I, Leo Zuckerman, of bright mind and really Anatomy Class of 2018 and my lack of respect tenuous body, will my substandard driving credentials to myself because I’m the best ever. really good looking body, will my courtside seat for authority to Doug Freed. skills and mediocre dissection abilities to I, Megan Wu, of caffeine–immune mind t o Bryce Howard.

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Seniors of Westlake “When David Hacker asked me to prom!”

“When I asked Brooke Wynalda to Prom.”

–Brooke Wynalda

–David Hacker

“When I got straight A’s.”

–Blake Kashare

“When I saw a cow flying over the school. It was like a very very big bird. Like a cow bird.”

–Joao Magalhaes–Casaca

“When I showed up to 1st period early everyday.”

–Kimberly Magglos

Compiled by Steven Huang and Andy Xia

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In Memoriam

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Remembering Brendan Zitting

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Most of us live to survive, each day simply another check on the calendar. John Brendan Zitting ‘17 was the exception, living each day to the fullest.

On April 7, 2017, Brendan and his parents, Karen and John Zitting, tragically passed away in a plane crash on their way to visit the University of Oregon, scouting the campus as a potential college for Brendan the following year.

Brendan was to major in computer science, pursuing a career in video game design. At WHS, he created his own game, Spadek, and received 250 downloads.

“He wasn’t one to kind of settle for whatever anyone else was doing,” said Aaron Milgrim ‘17. “He wanted to take whatever he was given and take it somewhere higher. [He would] be one of the first people in his family to go to college, and that was important to him.”

But Brendan’s legacy surpasses his skills with computers. Brendan will be remembered for the attitude he brought with him both on and off campus and the manner in which he influenced others.

“No matter what, he always had a smile on his face and he always brought smiles to everybody else’s faces,” said Jessy Scott ‘17.

“There was nothing but good about him.”

Brendan’s radiant positivity allowed him to look at situations from an open perspective.

“Brendan was a very optimistic person,” said Mason Moser ‘17. “It was very hard for him to see [the] bad in someone.”

Aside from his luminous positivity, his impressive height struck most upon first impression. Brendan towered over most, standing over six feet tall. His height earned him the nicknames “Noodle Boy,” “Tall Boy” and most commonly, “Long Boi.” “What I said to myself when I first saw him was ‘Wow, that guy is really tall’,” said Vinny Fasano ‘18, cracking a smile.

Although his stature made him stand out in a crowd, those not close to him described Brendan as quiet and reserved.

“He was a very shy kid,” said Molly Bradford ‘17. “He just had this quiet happiness about him.”

Around his friends, Brendan felt comfortable enough to unveil his thoughts and feelings.

“It took a long time for him to open up,” said Moser. “But once he did, he just kind of flowered.”

Being a four–year member of the swim team, Brendan developed a close relationship with his teammates from spending nearly every day at swim practice with them.

“I will always remember that he had a great heart,” said Justin Schiffer ‘17. “He was always telling jokes, he was really funny and, once you got close to him, he was very personal.”

Alessandro Milio ‘17 remembers Brendan for “all the times he was there.” In the eyes of others, Brendan was simply someone who seemed trustworthy.

“You could always talk to him about something,” said Kimberly Magglos ‘17. “He was super easygoing. Just overall a solid, dependable guy.”

He strived for success in both sports and school, yet always kept his goals realistic.

“He had a well–balanced life,” said his counselor Moira Fagan–Simpson.

“You could tell he didn’t stress out about being the perfect student. He put his energy into his passions, like computer science.”

While Brendan’s life goals propelled him towards college and working hard on new projects, his sense of humor and amiable personality kept him grounded.

“He had a lot of business aspirations, but he was also just a really fun guy,” said Milio. “I’m just going to remember all the things he wanted to do, and I’m going to try to do some of them for him.”

Brendan’s memory will forever remain in the halls of WHS and in the community. We will remember him for the way he lived and the way he touched others’ lives by simply being himself.

“He wasn’t living for the future,” said Fagan–Simpson. “He was living for today.”

What is your favorite memory with Brendan?

“Last year around winter, we went to the Bahamas. I just remember hanging out with him, sitting on a boat and just relaxing. It was me, him and our friend, Mason.”

–Jessy Scott “We had just gotten out of seventh grade for the summer, and we just went over to his house. [We] were all playing minecraft on different computers, and it really made me feel like I had a friend group for the first time.”

–Alessandro Milio “Homecoming. We were kind of just hanging out. We had an after party and we were all just sitting around telling jokes and watching movies. It was a fun time.”

–Justin Schiffer

“It’s the last time I saw him. I was going to my car in the student parking lot and him and his friend were in a car driving. I was asking, ‘Hey can you drive me, cause I’m lazy and I don’t wanna walk,’ and so I got in the car and ‘cause he’s so tall his seat is so far back and I had to sit in the backseat. And I had to sit there with my legs on top of the seat and I was so squished and he was like, ‘I ain’t moving back for you’.”

–Kimberly Magglos “Probably the entire time we spent on the swim team together. I don’t really have a specific point, but we had those three years where we were just with each other every day in the pool and that built a level of friendship.”

–Mason Moser

“The day where he came over to Jessy’s house and he had randomly gotten this weird Spiderman mask, and he put it on and showed up at Jessy’s door. He texted me beforehand and we made this weird plan of how to scare Jessy. So I went over and distracted Jessy and I unlocked the door so he snuck in, went upstairs and into Jessy’s room and was sitting there for probably 20 minutes just like on the ceiling. And I asked Jessy to run upstairs and grab me a charger or something and he runs upstairs, Brendan drops down and scares Jessy [to death].”

–Molly Bradford

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