Senior Issue 2012

6560 Braddock Rd., Alexandria, VA 22312

JUNE 14, 2012 VOLUME 27, SENIOR ISSUE

T H O M A S J E F F E R S O N H I G H S C H O O L F O R S C I E N C E A N D T E C H N O L O G Y

TODAYtj2 voices

Recollections

Class of 2012 Sponsor

Entertaining and creative, but it’s not so much that I think of adjectives. More than any other class, the class of 2012 has proven to be good kids. All fathers worry about their daughters the same way as a teacher and coach you worry about your students. I don’t worry about the Class of 2012, though, because they are such good kids.

always played ball, and I’m very proud of that.

Freshmen year for Homecoming our skit was not well-‐‑received by the sophomores

reacted to it. I think that contributed to the animosity between the Class of 2011 and 2012. I guess it didn’t really help that we beat them at most things, either. Also, when college admissions came out it was hard. It personally hurt me to hear that students that I held in such high regard didn’t get into schools that they deserved to get into. I guess that just shows how unpredictable the college admissions process has become and how hard it is now.

such a great group of students and also two great co-‐‑sponsors. It has all made plan-‐‑ning less of a chore and more fun.

One area is in their research. I don’t know if we’ve ever had as many Siemens

where we had more. Also we had a very high level of participation in the state

up with the One-‐‑Questions and also many others received grants. Our seniors have pursued their interests above and beyond the call of duty.

Some of the prom askings this year have tested the boundaries of what is permissible in terms of missing class time and safety requirements. I know the Class of 2012 had good intentions and wanted to make the askings as fun as possible, but it was sometimes hard for administrators because the rules were

had a day’s notice about the event and were still able to arrange very thoughtful presentations that impressed the president.

driven.

have a diverse range of students who are involved in different activities. All our students seem to have so many talents.

all those talents together and to make

get feedback on facebook or through e-‐‑mail it’s been difficult to incorporate everyone’s opinions and to work around

had a group that wanted to bring slounge back, but we couldn’t have it done. Also picking a date for college t-‐‑shirt day was hard. In the end, no matter what decision you make your going to end up letting

make everyone happy.

-‐‑es, I remember reading off the score for seniors and hearing the class cheer after finding

of winning was great.

Principal

Class of 2012 Sponsor

SGA President

Ellen HowertonClass of 2012 President

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Spirited, sincere and spunky.

Our class is so cohesive and supportive of one another.

Sometimes, communication is difficult, even though 2012 class council tries to advertise through emails, fliers and announcements. I don’t know if

been pretty lucky.

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homecoming. Marching around the gym dressed as Jedi with our light sabers brandished high and the epic “Imperial March” playing in the back-‐‑ground is pretty unforgettable.

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bunch of students.

-‐‑alleled.

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TODAYtj 3letters

tjTODAY Editor-‐‑in-‐‑Chief

News Editor

Opinion Editor Opinion Editor

Layout Editor Managing Editor

You are everything that a teacher should be. You inspired me to think creatively every single day in English class sophomore

writing and in forensics speech tournaments. It’s because of you that I’m less afraid to speak up, and always ready to argue a

for everything you’ve done for us.

smooth and manageable. Since our first day of

had the opportunity to meet you and learn from the best, even if our time together was short-‐‑lived. I will always treasure the memories and

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paths often in the near future.-‐‑Sara Asad

APUSH with you was one of the most memorable

balance a heavy workload, but you kept us engaged with your priceless anecdotes. You encouraged us to learn about local history through historical docu-‐‑ments and introduced us to the Virginia Room. You knew that the perfect way to relieve the stress of a

support during junior year and throughout the col-‐‑lege application process. Also, thanks for increasing my interest in American history. You are missed!

-‐‑Rabia Idrees

TODAYtj4 superlatives

CutestMost

Conservative

Most

Liberal

Best to Bring

Home to Parents

Franklin Zheng

Biggest

Flirt

Best Dressed

Cutest Couple

If you could-

date any boy/

girl

Ian Ladner and Meredith Burkle

Tien Bui

Most

Spirited

Ian Ladner

Most Athletic

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Next Herbal

Essences Hair Model

Most Likely to Get a

Record Deal

Best BodyBest Smile Inseparable Friends

Most Accident Prone

and Ian Ladner

Most Likely to Win a

Field’s Medal

TODAYtj6 superlatives

Sunshine on a

Cloudy Day

Connor Brinton and Caroline Woods

Lucia Liu and Marvin Qian

The Next PicassoMost Likely to Become

a Movie Star

Best Dancer

Most Cynical

Talks Least

Says Most

Bina Kakusa and Yang DaiZach Williams and Elizabeth Ellor

Rishi Malhotra and Heather Storeide

Best Backside

Jane Pak and Stas SchallerAlex Park and Glenna Yu

TODAYtj 7freshmen

photo courtesy of Sarah Sam

photo courtesy of Gayatri Sardana

photo courtesy of Catherine Ayres

photo courtesy of Sara Asad

photo courtesy of Niki Hua

photo courtesy of Katy Burgio

TODAYtj8 sophomore

photo courtesy of Catherine Dworak

photo courtesy of Anita Shammee

photo courtesy of Cynthia Chen

photo courtesy of Kate Gaziano

photo by Sara Asad

photo courtesy of Colleen Maher

photo courtesy of Hanna Kim

photo courtesy of Snigdha Kumar

girls of the Swim and Dive team celebrate their twin day by wearing their

Nations Conference sophomores take a break to take photos aroung Philidel-‐‑

photo courtesy of Gayatri Sardana

TODAYtj 9junior

photo courtesy of Catherine Ayers

photo courtesy of Sam Prestwood

photo courtesy of Cynthia Chen

photo courtesy of Sarah Rachal

photo courtesy of Rachel Popp

photo courtesy of Colleen Maher

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day with a photo session.

TODAYtj10 seniors

Counterclockwise from top: Senior girls dress in traditional Indian dresses, saris, for

in their togas during Homecoming Week; seniors show their spirit through a class-‐‑wide chant during a Homecoming pep rally; seniors look on as President Barack Obama gives

college admissions by wearing T-‐‑shirts of their respective colleges and gathering in the

sing together at “Pirates of Penzance,” the spring musical; senior girls rally around their

photo by Colleen Maher

photo courtesy of Christine Harris

photo of Thrisha Potluri

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Congratulations, senior Academic Booster families!Narothom Badrish, Lian Bloch, James Bradbury, Matthew Bujor, Mi-chael Bunting, Abhishek Cauligi, Alex Chen, Robert Clark, Yang Dai, Austin Dunn, Matt Ferrell, Jared Golant, Connor Hann, Christine Har-ris, Helen Hastings, Doug Hearney, Margaret Hu, Jennifer Hwang, Ma-yank Jain, Daniel Jang, Collin Jones, Tushar Kamath, Brendan Kim, Soo Jin Kim, Nick Kousen, Priya Krishnan, Vansh Kumar, Helen Lai, Karin Lehnigk, Darwin Li, Daniel Li, Jeremy Loffredo, Sam Luo, Govind Mat-tay, Philip Meyers, Quentin Moore, Jordan Myers, Sam Nicoll, William Qian, Rafa Rahman, Billy Rieger, Avi Sachs, Stephen Seliskar, Daniel Shanker, Allen Shi, Ricky Short, Benjamin Silverman, Flint Song, Pe-ter Town, Michael Wattendorf, Jesse Witkowski, Lianna Yang, Timo-thy Yeh, Kunyao Yu, Yuqing Zhang, JJ Zhang and Cindy Zou.

TODAYtj12 prom

#tjPROM2012

Above: Seniors take photos in photobooth; Ally Walsh and Allison Wang sit on the balcony.

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TODAYtj 13aphorisms

Peter Ahnn University of Virginia God’s in his heaven; all’s right with the world.

Akhila Ananthram Cornell University

Emilie AndersonCollege of William and Mary

University of Virginia

Na na na na na na na na BATMAN

Reece Patrick AndersonCornell University

Always laugh at your own jokes, even if no one else does. It’s ok to be your own favorite comedian.

Skyler Anderson University of Virginia

Vi veri veniversum vivus vici

Nick Arango

Aphorisms are silly, except for mine.

Sara AsadHarvard University

To my family, thanks for supporting me through it all. To my teachers, thank you for believing in me. To my friends, thank you for bearing with me and making my time here so en-‐‑joyable and fun. To TJ, thanks for the all the memories! “For you, a thou-‐‑sand times over.” The Kite Runner.

Narotham Badrish University of Virginia

Success doesn’t lead to happiness,

Leif BakkeUniversity of Virginia

Speak up, Speak out, Speak Loud. Git ‘er done, TJ.

Chinmayee BalabhadrapatruniGeorge Mason University

I couldn’t do my homework because I was coming up with this aphorism. #noregrets #YOLO

Weina BaoCornell University The time when you feel like giving

up is when you should keep mov-‐‑ing forward.

Joshua BaquedanoCollege of William and Mary

Don’t rush to get grown.


Your work is to discover your work and then, with all your heart, to give yourself to it. -‐‑ the Buddha. Find your passion. Find what really makes you happy. Then, just go for it. TJ kids are so motivated and bril-‐‑liant, I’m really looking forward to seeing what you all can accomplish

you all. It’s been real guys.

Saul De la Barra Fordham University

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We talking about Monday? Not a real day, not a real day, not a real day; we

Cornell University

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that

you didn’t do than by the ones you

Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” -‐‑ Mark Twain

Luke Wesley Birch

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Philippians 4:13 -‐‑ I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Amanda BlairWilliam and Mary/University of St.Andrews Joint Degree Programme

Where’s Kelsey?

paign

I love Jackie Burkhart.

Sarah BokUniversity of California, Los AngelesThanks for staying up with me, guys. Stay sexy!

Lauren Bomgardner College of William and Mary

I didn’t come to TJ because I like Sci-‐‑ence, Technology or Math. I came to

TJ for the people and it was worth it. Thank you all for being wonderful people.

Gabriel Boning

You must live in the present, launch

eternity in each moment -‐‑ Henry David Thoreau

James Bradbury Stanford University

Sapere aude: Dare to know.

Rheem Brooks Brown University BEACH PARRRTY IS NO!

Joseph Buellesbach

Every day above ground is a good day.

Tien Ngoc BuiUniversity of Virginia

I always knew looking back on the tears would make me laugh, but I nev-‐‑er knew looking back on the laughs would make me cry. -‐‑ Cat Stevens

Mike BuntingUniversity of Virginia

The only thing worse than a bad aphorism is no aphorism.

Rehka has made it

past another

Now she’s

ready to go

that extra

mile!!

Rekha will be attending the Department of Engineering at Carnegie

Mellon University to pursue a degree in Chemical Engineering.

Aphorisms:

14 15Destinations 2012

Auburn University (1)Kelsey Rainey

Boston University (1)Nishant Garg

Brown University (6)Rheem BrooksStephanie PittsDaniel SeidmanJake ShieldsBen SilvermanShawn Tsutsui

Bucknell University (1)Kate DeWeese

California Institute of Technology (6)Albert GuralSnigdha KumarVansh KumarBilly RiegerGraham SchmidtElliot Simon

Carleton College (1)Erika Fitzpatrick

Carnegie Mellon University (10)Brad HodgeMelanie KimAnastassia KornilovaPranita RamakrishnanSonica SarafRekha SchnepfChris SeokBryce SummersJerry WuZhereng Zhang

Case Western Reserve University (2)Kalvin HarrigalShannon Smith

College of William and Mary (55)Omer AhmedEmilie AndersonSaritha AttanagodaJoshua BaquedanoDivya BatheyAmanda BlairAaron BlandLauren BomgardnerAmelia Carolus-HagerEve ChaseAedan CollinsAmelia DahlStephen DanielGeorge Deng

Austin DunnTimothy EklundEmily HarmonZach HasanStacy HongChristine JacobsElizabeth JohnsonCollin JonesBina KakusaDaniel KangNathan KeithlineHanna KimSoo Jin KimDeborah KingKevin KoNick KousenEric LeeKarin LehnigkCassandra LeongDaniel LiHelen LiEddie LichterBrody MarinoAvi MehtaStephanie Melendez RamirezLaura MinnemaSeema MirMax MiroffEllen NguyenDaniel PerkesRachel PoppVasilios RajendraFaven RussomAvi SachsGayatri SardanaStas SchallerSarah SpringmannMelody WongRyan YanStephen YuanCindy Zou Columbia University (5)Varun KumarCynthia LiOmeed MaghzianSam NicollAlisha Sindhwani

Cornell University (18)Akhila AnanthramReece AndersonSaketh AreWeina BaoPritha BhattacharyyaCynthia ChenRachel ChuangElizabeth EllorElaine LeeKwan LeeEileen Liu

Eric McShaneAllie MengChris MillsTom TapenPeter TownRichard WanNancy Wang

Dartmouth College (3)Autumn ChuangHayden ChunDaniel Shanker

DePaul University (1)Jordan Myers

Drexel University( 3)Sheila KaushikAakansha NangarliaAravind Ponukumati

Duke University (10)Rishav AdhikariCallan CorcoranConnor HannJacob MillerKarishma PopliPranava RaparlaConnie ScogginsAllen ShiKunyao YuStacey Zhou

Elon Univeristy (1)Christine Harris

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (2)Nick AllegroMichael Poussard

Emory University (1)Jessica White

Evangel University (1)Ally Walsh

Fordham Univeristy (1)Saul De la Barra

George Mason University (5)Chinmayee BalabhadrapatruniDaniel JacobsonNathan LaPierreTaylor Reffett

Georgetown University (2)Neal ChaudhuriChris Rom

George Washington University (2)Rabia IdreesMilan Patel

Georgia Institute of Technology (3)Mingming HuLydia HyltonMike Taylor

Grove City College (1)Sarah Stites

Harvard University (4)Sara AsadKristina HuGeorge LiangErin Slatery

James Madison University (2)Victoria KelleyQuynh-My Luu

Lehigh University (2)Lian BlochAshley Jhu

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (1)Eddie Rim

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (11)Nick ArangoAlex ChenYang DaiTushar KamathLuo QianRafa RahmanSuganya SridharmaArjun SrinivasanBryan WilliamsEunice WuYuqing Zhang

McGill University (1)Lianna Yang

New York University (5)Daphne FongJustine LeeJenny ParkJoyce SuNoah Yoo

Northwestern University (3)James GrahamSameer SinghElizabeth Steele

Pennsylvania State University (1)Billy Nguyen

Princeton University (12)Claire EganChantelle EkanemAnastasia GeorgiouNicole GonzalezDaniel JangPriya KrishnanDarwin LiAnjali TanejaMichael WattendorfGlenna YuPatrick YuJacob Zucker

Purdue University (5)Billy ChenMark EliasWills JohnstonStephen SeliskarStephen Weischedel Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (3)Matthew CallahanCarson HotardAnanth Sridhar

Rice University (2)Andrew KimAlex Zaita

Rochester Institute of Technology (4]Laura DurantJohn RennerKyle WithersZachary Yaro

Spelman College (1)Alexandria Sutton

Stanford University (9)James BradburyConnor BrintonMeredith BurkleNed DanyliwSam GirvinHelen HastingsAdrienne IveyAlec PowellJacqueline Speiser

Stony Brook University (1)Albany Jacobson Eckert

Swarthmore College (4)Emily GaleJared Golant

Sarah NielsenYohan Sumathipala

The University of Alabama (8)Austin DonohueMatt FerrellMike MaccannonAustin NeubergerDavid NeubergerPeter ReischerBen TorczonT.J. Tritschler

The University of Texas, Dallas (1)Aimi Nguyen

United States Military Academy (1)Molly Shannon

United States Naval Academy (4)Richard KuzmaAshley PaekEmily SaittaNick Skeen

University of California, Los Angeles (1]Sarah Bok

University of California, Santa Barbara (1]Ian Ladner

University of Cambridge (1)Sam Sohn

University of Chicago (2)Jennifer HwangKerry Zhang

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (11)Ben BoinayRobert CampionMayank JainEric JainWoojin JunDavid KimAndrew MartinJunsung NaSid RajeshKristy ShinEric Tobin

University of Kentucky (1)Jackie Dallaire

University of Maryland, College Park (2)Krishna PaiTimothy Yeh

University of Miami (2)Anna HicksAshley Park

University of Michigan (7)Abhishek CauligiDerek EliasenDanbi KimHelen LaiPavan NaikJulia SokolowDavid Wyman

University of Notre Dame (4)Esther LeeColleen MarshallJulie VrabelJoseph Yoon

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (3)Catherine AyresMatt GreenspanZach Williams

University of Pennsylvania (6)Ed CaiChris GroskaufmanisAlice KingGovind MattayMary SunShriram Sundararaman

University of Pittsburgh (1)Mashal Wakilpoor

University of Rhode Island (1)Kajsa Carlsson

University of Richmond (1)Pali Singh

University of Rochester (1)Philip Meyers

University of San Diego (1)Kevin Karn

University of Southern California (1)Jonathan Lykins

University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (1)Ben Le

University of Virginia (105)Peter AhnnRyan AndersonSkyler AndersonNarotham BadrishLeif Bakke

Matt BaronTien BuiMatt BujorMike BuntingKaty BurgioEugene CaiElaine ChenYong Min ChoRobbie ClarkKaren DangBurke DeutschAdrienne DoebrichJoe DuBoisRebecca EdelsteinTania ErmakEmilie FortmanVidya GaneshAki GaoKate GazianoLuke GesslerAdrienne GillevetDasith GunawardhanaStewart HahnCarl Haseler Tom HillenbrandEllen HowertonAndrew HuaNiki HuaConnie HuangAleena IjazAllie IvenerSei Young JangEmily JiKatherine JiangPreetam JinkaAlice JuBrooke KanarekApurva KasanagottuEashan KawMeghna KhoslaBrendan KimKyle KramerRachel KumarChristina LeeJu Young LeeSerena LeiPatricia LiChichi LiGuanmei LiangZeming LinAngela LiuMelody LiuJeremy LoffredoSam LuoAlex LuuUsnish MajumdarRishi MalhotraDaniel Mares-ZarateYasmine McBrideJames MillerQuentin Moore

Katie MorleyLizzie NguyenJacqueline NguyenMinh NguyenDimitre NitchevAndrew O’SheaBrett OffuttSruthi PoduvalSam PrestwoodMichael RamadaMax ReinselBen RosenblumKate SandersMichael SerronAnita ShammeePeter ShaoVictor ShaoLucy ShiRicky ShortSrishti ShrivastavaKesh ShvetsFlint SongMihir SrivastavaHeather StoreideRyan Tasker-BensonNathan ThillairajahAnish TondwalkarJacqueline TranStefanie Van RafelghemElisabeth von SpakovskyAllison WangJesse WitkowskiDane WittigPaul WolfteichCaroline WoodsAlex YangJason YeJonathan YoussefKatie Yu

University of Washington (1)Gina Hansen

Virginia Commonwealth University (11)Jawahar BaddulaLinda HoYurianna HuhAkhil KolluriLucia LiuJahnnavi MadirajuAnanya MishraVeronica PeterkinJacqueline PinderskiGilbert PitcherDylan Vu

Virginia Polytechnic Institute (25)Luke BirchJoe Buellesbach

Megan ClarkJackie DuongLatika GulatiDoug HearneyMia JimenezDylan KeightleyVijay KuruvillaKyung-Hen LeeAlex NapierOwen NugentAlex ParkKevin PengSarah SamRia SarkarKatherine SheridanKristen SkowronskiTim SongPeter SuluczKevin TongSyd Ulrich-DogonniuckVictor WeissPaul YeaMiraziz Yusupov

Wake Forest University (2)Arman KhojandiEric Li

Washington and Lee University (1)Sarah Rachal

Washington University, St. Louis (2)Jerry LiRicky Prasannappa

Wellesley College (1)Jane Pak

Wheaton College, IL (1)Rebecca Hyndman

Williams College (2)Katie BennettJohn Chae

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1)Nathan Hughes

Yale University (4)Mary Kate DilworthRachel GoldsteinColleen MaherMarvin Qian

Other Plans (5)Gabe BoningJohn ChoiWilliam KozlowskiMadison RussellHector Salazar

TODAYtj16 aphorisms

Laura

Kathryn Burgio University of Virginia Field hockey (9-‐‑12) Captain (10, 12)Swimming (9-‐‑12)Lacrosse (9-‐‑12) Captain (11-‐‑12)Relay for Life (10-‐‑12)Slounging (12-‐‑forever) The… party. With the… the pants. Party with pants?

Meredith Burkle Stanford University Katy, are you saying that there’s a par-‐‑ty in your pants and that I’m invited?

Edward CaiUniversity of PennsylvaniaFootball (9-‐‑12)Track (9-‐‑12)Clarinet (9-‐‑12)Rotary (11-‐‑12)Talent is a great thing. It can take you as far as you want, but it can-‐‑

Eugene Cai University of Virginia Basketball (9) “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.” -‐‑ Michael Jordan

Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteCross Country (9-‐‑12)Ultimate Frisbee (12)Track (9-‐‑12)Remember kids, sucking at

-‐‑ing sorta good at something

Kajsa Carlsson University of Rhode Island World Culture Club (10-‐‑12)Socialist Club (12)Dogwood Stembassadors (11-‐‑12)“For all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: ‘It might have been!’” -‐‑ John Green-‐‑

and strive to achieve everything you’ve ever dreamed of. And a thank you to all my wonderful friends that have made these past four years so memorable.

Mimi Carolus-‐‑Hager College of William and MaryMarching Band (9-‐‑12)Renaissance Faire (10-‐‑12)American Sign Language Club (11-‐‑12)“Please believe that things are good with me, and even when they’re not, they will be soon enough. And I will always be-‐‑lieve the same about you.” Ste-‐‑phen Chbosky

Abhishek CauligiUniversity of Michigan-‐‑ Ann ArborAerospace Club (9-‐‑12)T&F (11-‐‑12)

in the sand.

Kyung Jun (John) Chae Williams CollegeBeatbox/Flutebox (9-‐‑12)Policy Debate Captain (12)Science Olympiad Event Leader (11-‐‑12)Biology Olympiad Teaching Coordi-‐‑nator (11)Latin (9-‐‑12)“How lucky I am to have some-‐‑thing that makes saying good-‐‑bye so hard.” -‐‑ A. A. Milne

Neal McBride ChaudhuriGeorgetown University 3rd Worst (11 -‐‑ ?)Team Wills (11 -‐‑ forever)Complaining about Junior Year us-‐‑ing Webcam Photos (11)Morning Announcement Crew (12)

(9 -‐‑ probable cause of death)“We done did everything they could think of. Greatness is what we on the brink of.” -‐‑ Nicki

Alex Chen

Computer Team (9-‐‑12)Cross Country + Track (9-‐‑12)

Cynthia ChenCornell UniversityMahjong Club President (9-‐‑12)Chinese Connection Co-‐‑President (10-‐‑12)WISE Historian (9-‐‑12)Guys, I have a story!

Elaine ChenUniversity of VirginiaStudent Diversity Initiative (10-‐‑12)TJ Madrigals (10-‐‑12)Track & Field (9-‐‑12)Best Buds with Tania and Tien (9-‐‑Forever)It’s not the days in your life you’ll remember... it’s the memories.

John ChoiCollege of William and MaryEpicure of Animation (9)Gourmet of Japanese Gaming (10)

Above no one, beneath no one. I have no regrets, this is the only path.

Fareez Omar ChowdhuryNASA SLI Team America Rock-‐‑etry ChallengeBotballSenior Sofa Society If it’s easy to win, why bother to compete? The best goals are the ones that are nearly impossible to reach.

Autumn ChuangDartmouth CollegeCrew (9-‐‑12)SWE (9-‐‑12)Bassoon (6-‐‑forever)Fetus life (forever)

Rachel ChuangCornell UniversityWISE (10-‐‑12)Teknos (10-‐‑12)

TJ Orchestra (9, 12)“So don’t be afraid. Be alive.”

Hayden ChunDartmouth CollegeCrew (9-‐‑11)Lacrosse (12)Clarinet (3-‐‑12)“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as

Amelia DahlCollege of William and MaryDance Team (9-‐‑12)Women Interested in Science and Engineering (10-‐‑12)National Honor Society (11-‐‑12)Chinese Honor Society (11-‐‑12)World Culture Club (12)“To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.” -‐‑ Peter McWilliams

Stephen Daniel College of William and MaryAll Glory be to God, Thank you everyone!

Ned Danyliw Stanford University XC, Indoor and Outdoor Track (9-‐‑12)Electronics Club (9-‐‑12)Cross Country Football MVP (12)Never give up, never surrender

Burke DeutschUniversity of VirginiaBasketball Captain (Outscored Richard once)Dominican Republic Club PresidentHonorary Indian (9-‐‑12)

Ricky Bobby. Sorry TJ.

Kathryn DeWeese Bucknell University President German Honor Society (12)Second Degree Blackbelt in Tae Kwon Do (10)Silver Trefoil Girl Scout Award (10)Vienna Presbyterian Church Youth Deacon (12)Co-‐‑author ‘Declaration of Inde-‐‑pendence’ (12)Mischief managed.

Mary Kate Dilworth Yale University TJSD (9-‐‑12)Russian Honors Society (11-‐‑12)Tutoring (10-‐‑12)

-‐‑osition is something up with which I will not put.

Austin DunnCollege of William and MaryCertamen (9-‐‑12)Latin Club/LHS/Indentured Servi-‐‑tude to Ms. Conklin (9-‐‑12)Latin Governor’s School Attendee (11)TJ Drama (11-‐‑12)Pergens modo (K-‐‑12)“Big-‐‑horned sheep are named for their large horns.” -‐‑ Bear Grylls

Jacqueline Duong

Lacrosse (9-‐‑12)National Honor Society (11-‐‑12)Senior Lounge (12)Baking Goods (9-‐‑12)

Albany Jacobson EckertStony Brook UniversityBrownie baker (10-‐‑12)Hockey enthusiast (12)Canada’s next mascotMaster procrastinator (5eva)If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.

Chantelle Ekanem

TODAYtj 17aphorismsPrinceton UniversityBlack Student Union (9-‐‑12)Model United Nations (10-‐‑12)National Acheivement Scholarship (12)TJ Varsity Baseball (12)Young Scholars Program (13) You have to start walking to get to where you want to go

Timothy Eklund College of William and MaryWombats make square poops!

Derek J Eliasen University of Michigan-‐‑Ann ArborA Rating in Epee (11-‐‑12)C Rating in Foil (11-‐‑12)Run, run while you still can.

Elizabeth EllorCornell University Cross Country + Track (9-‐‑12)SKIFFY (9-‐‑12)

Tania ErmakUniversity of Virginia Varsity Track and Field (9-‐‑12)Student Diversity Initiative (10-‐‑12)Best buds with Elaine and Tien! (9-‐‑Forever)“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a neces-‐‑sary ingredient in living, It’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life’s re-‐‑alities.”

Emilie Fortman University of Virginia Girls State (12)Cheerleading (11-‐‑12)NSLC (11)You will never know your limits until you reach the stars; that’s

none.

Emily GaleSwarthmore CollegeSoccer (9-‐‑12)Cross Country (9-‐‑10)Winter Track (10-‐‑11)

you go, there you are.”-‐‑ Bucka-‐‑

Vidya GaneshUniversity of VirginiaPF Debate (10-‐‑12)WISE (12)

-‐‑ting some on yourself.” Thank you so much TJ for these four awesome years full of love and

that I made here and the memo-‐‑ries that were created. Good luck seniors!

Nishant Garg Boston University Brown Crew (9-‐‑12)Fury of Curry (9-‐‑12)Triball (12)Tent Provider (10-‐‑12)The Eighth Period Wanderers (10-‐‑12)

Kate GazianoUniversity of VirginiaTJ Drama (10-‐‑12)Teenage Republicans (11-‐‑12)An A on the series test (12)Survived the first seven semesters (9-‐‑12)“Give 100%. Anyone who says to give 110% doesn’t understand how math works.” -‐‑ Brotip #968 || TJ was completely worth it, and I’m really going to miss you guys next year. If only I was go-‐‑ing to college with 100 of my closest friends...

Anastasia Georgiou Princeton University

Soccer (9-‐‑12)WISE (9-‐‑12)World Culture Club (10-‐‑12)

Luke ‘Danny Glands’ GesslerUniversity of Virginia X-‐‑Files Club Regular (R.I.P.) (9)

Scathing Bollywood Film Critic (11-‐‑12)

Terrible Terran Marine (12)They misunderestimated me.

Adrienne GillevetUniversity of VirginiaThreshold (9-‐‑12)Greenhouse Club (9-‐‑12)Spanish Honor Society (10-‐‑12)National Honor Society (11-‐‑12)

Samuel Girvin Stanford XC (10-‐‑12)Winter and Spring Track (9-‐‑12) There once was a student named Sam / Who wanted a brief epigram: / ‘’I want one clever, wise, neat; / Yet short and complete’’ / And so on, ad nauseam.

Jared Golant Swarthmore College Co-‐‑founder and lecturer, Linguistics ClubLatin Honor SocietyCo-‐‑founder, Arabic Language ClubTJ taught me what I don’t want in life.

Rachel GoldsteinYale UniversityLatin Honor SocietyTJ OrchestraTJ Ballroom DanceTo my once-‐‑in-‐‑a-‐‑lifetime friends and teachers, all my thanks and

your books; Sing every day; Sci-‐‑

entia sine arte nihil.

Nicole Gonzalez Princeton University Volleyball (9-‐‑12)Hispanic Alliance (10-‐‑12)Bailey’s/Bren Mar Tutoring (10-‐‑12)

own voice. Because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely

said, ‘Most men lead lives of -‐‑

Poets Society

James Graham Northwestern University Cross-‐‑Country/Track (10-‐‑12) Letter (12)

I don’t want to go, but it’s time to move on, isn’t it? Thanks, every-‐‑one, and so long.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Triball Co-‐‑Founder (12)Economics Team (12)Hispanic Alliance (10-‐‑12)JCC (10-‐‑12)BKRY (11-‐‑12)“I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way.” -‐‑ Carl Sandburg

Christopher GroskaufmanisUniversity of PennsylvaniaThe Dinner Crew (11-‐‑12)Business in Science Co-‐‑Founder (11-‐‑12)

soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing.” Thank you to my parents, my sisters and all my

place it was.

Latika Gulati

Color Guard/Marching Band (9-‐‑12)Swing Dance (10-‐‑12)Drama (10-‐‑12)Relay for Life (10-‐‑12)Namaste (9-‐‑12)Hi. If you’re reading this, you’re probably bored or sentimental,

me. I wanted to thank you for being a part of my high school

you or know you, you probably made an impact on my life any-‐‑way. Good luck next year, wher-‐‑ever that may be, and remember -‐‑ a diva is the female version of a hustler.

Dasith Apurwa GunawardhanaUniversity of Virginia

like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood.” ”What mood is

Albert Gural

Senior Computer Team (10-‐‑12)Math Team (9-‐‑12)Physics Team (10-‐‑12)Botball (9-‐‑12)Electronics (9-‐‑12)

Stewart Hahn

TJ Marching Colonials (10-‐‑12)

Teenage Republicans (9-‐‑12)

“I want to listen/To the qui-‐‑et as it dims and/To the bro-‐‑ken basement hymns and/To the sound of it and not

Think BIG Be Bold

Ask hard questions . . . then answer them.

eniors: We have believed in you since you rst walked rough

ese doors as eshmen. We believed at wi e right ols, you

ould do any ing you set your mind . And now, as you prepare

gradua and move on, we remain con dent at wi e

amazing start you had here at TJ, you wi con nue accomplish

reat ings and make a posi ve di erence in e world.

ongratula ons!

– From your iends and suppor rs at

e omas Je erson Partnership Fun

TODAYtj18 aphorisms

Carl HaselerUniversity of VirginiaBKRY (11-‐‑12)

Helen Hastings Stanford University

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Virginia Tech Lacrosse(9-‐‑12) -‐‑ 2nd Team All-‐‑Dis-‐‑trict

Anna Leticia HicksUniversity of Miami

Volleyball (9-‐‑12)VeryFine (10) Armory (11) Alcove (12)Senioritis (9-‐‑12)

University of VirginiaLacrosse (9-‐‑12)

TriBall (12)

Virginia Commonwealth UniversityVietnamese Student Association (9-‐‑12)Reston Hospital Volunteer (10-‐‑12)

Carnegie Mellon UniversityLacrosse (9-‐‑12)Froshfest 2010

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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TJ Sirens (12)

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Georgia Institute of Technology

Niki HuaUniversity of Virginia

Connie Huang University of Virginia Lacrosse (9-‐‑12)Amnesty International (10-‐‑12)

Worcester Polytechnic Institute All American Swimmer (12) Swim Captain (12)

FRC (11-‐‑12) -‐‑

University of Chicago

Threshold (10-‐‑12)Varsity Golf (9-‐‑12)

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Georgia Institute of Technology

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Wheaton College

Girl Scouts -‐‑ Gold Award

George Washington University

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University of Virginia Field Hockey (9-‐‑12)Soccer (9-‐‑12)

Stanford University

Leewood Friends (10-‐‑12)

Hamblin (12)

College of William and Mary

Drama (9-‐‑12)Shakespeare Troupe (10-‐‑12)

Girl Scouts (9-‐‑12)-‐‑

University of Illinois, Urbana-‐‑ChampaignBaseball (10-‐‑12)FBLA (9-‐‑12)

Basketball (9-‐‑10)-‐‑

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Lehigh University TJSD is Love (9-‐‑12)TWIST (9-‐‑12)WISE (10-‐‑12)

SGA ExComm (12)

University of Virginia Amnesty International (10-‐‑12)

FBLA (11-‐‑12)

University of VirginiaVarsity Tennis (9-‐‑12) Co-‐‑captain (12)

TODAYtj 19aphorisms

Callahan Ad

Laura Quintela Ad

Virginia Tech -‐‑-‐‑

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University of Virginia Investment Club (10-‐‑12)

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Purdue University

Bina Wasunga Kakusa College of William and Mary

Debate (9-‐‑12)

Brooke Kanarek University of Virginia

Daniel L. Kang College of William and Mary Crew (9-‐‑12)

University of San Diego Football (9-‐‑12)ASTC (11-‐‑12)Baseball (11)Basketball (10)

Drexel University

Interpretive dance (12)Cofounder of “Fat or not Fat?” (12)


TJ Econ Team won Governor’s

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Virginia Tech TriBall Champion (12)Cross Country (9-‐‑12)TJSD (9-‐‑12)Key Club(10-‐‑12)

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Winter Drumline (9-‐‑12)-‐‑

Wake Forest University Varsity Chess Team (9-‐‑12) Captain (11)

Junior Varsity Soccer Team

Rice University

Troll (11-‐‑12)Awkward Turtle (for life)


Alice Virginia KingUniversity of PennsylvaniaTWIST (9-‐‑12)FHS (10-‐‑12)Book Buddies (10-‐‑12)SDI (10-‐‑12)

College of William and Mary Dance Team (10-‐‑12)

Carnegie Mellon University TJ Drama (9-‐‑12)Shakespeare Troupe (9-‐‑12)Booth Tech (10-‐‑12)

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-‐‑nese Culture Club

University of Illinois at Urbana-‐‑ChampaignShowchoir (11-‐‑12)

Football (11)Dumbledore’s Army (9)


Soccer (9-‐‑11)

Princeton University

Varsity Cheer (9-‐‑12)Captain (12)Student Advisory Council (11-‐‑12)

University of Virginia WISE (10-‐‑12)Choir and All-‐‑District Chorus (9-‐‑12)

California Institute of Technology

California Institute of Technology

Columbia University

It’s Academic (11-‐‑12)Quizbowl (9-‐‑12)

Virginia Tech Environmental Impact Club(10-‐‑12)Winter Track (11-‐‑12)

United States Naval Academy

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J-‐‑Day Basketball Winner (11)

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University of California Santa Barbara Soccer (9-‐‑12)

TODAYtj20 aphorismsFootball (9-‐‑12)Swing Dance (9-‐‑12)To all who have made my TJ experi-‐‑ence what it was, I will never be able to thank you enough. To all those students that 2012 will be leaving

the animal kingdom but not in life. Dare to stand out.

Helen Lai University of Michigan Botball Robotics Co-‐‑captain (11, 12)Governor’s School for the Visual and Performing Arts (11)The Youth Symphonies of Fairfax Principal Clarinet (9-‐‑12)Scholastics Gold Medal (11)Smithsonian Discovery Station volunteer (10-‐‑12)Sleep.

Christina Ju Lee University of VirginiaSweat, Blood and Tears into Bio-‐‑chem Research at Georgetown U (12)Biology Merit Exam Honorable Mention (10)President’s Volunteer Service Award in Gold (12)Fellowship of Christian Athletes (9-‐‑12)Golf (10-‐‑11)“For I know the plans I have for you,”declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a fu-‐‑ture.” -‐‑ Jeremiah 29:11

JuYoung Lee University of Virginia SUPER AWESOME (9-‐‑12)“How lucky I am to have some-‐‑thing that makes saying goodbye so hard.” -‐‑ Winnie the Pooh

Justine LeeNew York University Team Sexy, Ginger SpiceMaster Storyteller (.....)Dat FoundationDancing Queen

For those of you who were lucky enough to become my friends, you’re welcome. For those of you who weren’t, too bad. Just kidding! I wish you all the best! We did it!

Kwan Yong Lee Cornell UniversityEagle Scout (11)CMV (8-‐‑12)Chemistry Society (10-‐‑12)

I enjoyed my four years here at TJ and I regret nothing that I have done. I learned a lot here both aca-‐‑demically and socially, and I hope

Thank you to my IBET teachers (Spencer, Wood, Orser, Lewis), Dr. Acio, and Dr. Osborne who I feel de-‐‑serve special mention.

KyungHen LeeVirginia TechSupreme Chancellor of Asian Awareness (9-‐‑12) Doat. Whatever it takes. Chroo. #yossso #yopapssso. And many, many more memories. And seri-‐‑ously speaking, it has been a long

unfathomed times we go. But these four years have forged friendships that will last a lifetime. Remember, this is not where our story ends, but where our new chapter begins...Aha! Dat’s lyfe!

Karin Eva Lehnigk College of William and Mary

Mentored at the US Geological Survey (12)Team America Rocketry Challenge (10-‐‑12)Women in Science and Engineer-‐‑ing (10-‐‑12)Astronomy Club (10-‐‑12)Geologists are known to get sedi-‐‑mental, so I’ll keep this short. It’s been gneiss. Rock on.

Serena Lei

University of VirginiaSYC Soccer (9-‐‑12)JNHS (9-‐‑12)Purple and Stars (9-‐‑12)hoshi hoshii ?

Darwin Li Princeton University Debate (9-‐‑12)Economics Challenge (11-‐‑12)Science Research (10-‐‑12)Chess (9-‐‑12)Future Problem Solving (10-‐‑12)Isn’t the best defense always a good

-‐‑ers and friends for a great four years.

Eric Li Wake Forest University TJ Boys Varsity Soccer (9-‐‑11)It is what it is but impossible is nothing.

Helen Li College of William and Mary Volleyball

Jerry Li Washington University in St. Louis Football (9-‐‑12)All-‐‑District Honorable Mention (12)Track & Field (10-‐‑12)National Merit Finalist (12)Athletes Serving the Community (ASTC) (11-‐‑12)Chipotlegr8ness #doublewrapped

Patricia Li University of Virginia Future Problem Solving (9-‐‑12)

Sleep. Sleep. Sleep. Sleep. Sleep. Sleep. I know you don’t, so just do it.

George Liang Harvard University The Dinner Crew (11-‐‑12)Biology Olympiad (9-‐‑12)Policy Debate (9-‐‑12)Chinese Connection (9-‐‑12)

Angela Liu University of Virginia Volleyball (9-‐‑12) Benjamin Franklin once said, “Lost time is never found again.” Carpe Diem Class of 2012 and let’s make some history :)

Eileen Liu Cornell University

Chinese Honor Society Historian (11-‐‑12)Game Design Club (10-‐‑11)

Your next painting is always your best one. Keep on dreaming even if it breaks your heart.

Lucia Liu Virginia Commonwealth University

Threshold (9-‐‑12)AYP (9-‐‑12)TJ Orchestra (11-‐‑12)Scholastics Awards (10-‐‑12)TJSD (9-‐‑10)“I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well.” -‐‑ Johann Se-‐‑bastian Bach

Melody Liu University of Virginia Varsity Tennis (10-‐‑12)Columbia Elementary Tutoring (11-‐‑12)Model United Nations sort of (11-‐‑12)Omgg congrats seniors we did it! It was a great four years! We’ll always have TJ to remember. “Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.”

Samuel Luo University of Virginia Try everything once.

Alexander Luu University of Virginia Spring Track (10,12)Winter Track (11-‐‑12)VSA (10-‐‑12)

It’s never what you do but how it’s done.

Quynh-‐‑My Luu James Madison UniversityTJ Choir (11-‐‑12)TJ Drama (10-‐‑12)

Life is a radio station. You can’t skip songs. You have to deal with the commercials. And you never know what song is coming to you. Unless it’s HOT 99.5.

Jonathan Lykins University of Southern California

TARC (10-‐‑12)Cross Country (11-‐‑12)Froshmore (10)‘What day is it?’ ‘It’s today,’ squeaked Piglet. ‘My favorite day,’ said Pooh.

Michael Christopher MaccannonUniversity of Alabama Football(9-‐‑12) Follow your dreams because you only live once.

Colleen Maher Yale University Crew (9-‐‑12)“You know what I think we should do? I think we should just save the goodbyes for tomorrow. At lunch.” -‐‑ Jim Halpert

Usnish Brandon MajumdarUniversity of Virginia Question the obvious.

Rishi Malhotra University of Virginia Drama (10-‐‑12)Shakespeare Troupe (10-‐‑12)Choir (11-‐‑12)

Morning Announcements Crew (12)A wise man once said, “I will luv u FIVE-‐‑ever...... dat mean i luv u moar dan 4” Do you cry evertim? Because I do. Keep on trollin’.

TODAYtj 21aphorismsBrody Marino College of William and Mary

Grand Ayatollah of Philomath So-‐‑ciety (11-‐‑12)Life is too important to be taken seriously.

Colleen MarshallUniversity of Notre DameTJSD (9-‐‑12)

Teenage Republicans (9-‐‑12)Thank you to my family, teachers and friends. Class of 2012, you make me proud to be one too!

Andrew Martin University of Illinois at Urbana Cham-‐‑paign (ECE) Wrestling (JV 9-‐‑10, Varsity 11)

Cart-‐‑Master General (12)-‐‑

tions (9-‐‑12)NOT the One Question, ok? (11)HF, GL TJ. Greets to: Electronics Club, Drama backstage crew; the OWLS IBET, Quizbowl, Sysadmin pit, and all the nice people.

University of Pennsylvania Varsity Tennis (9-‐‑12)Varsity Men’s Volleyball (8-‐‑12)

Milk Challenge Third Place (12)

“When I’m sad I stop being sad and be awesome instead. True Story.” -‐‑ Barney Stinson, 2008

Yasmine McBride University of VirginiaTJ Dance Team (10-‐‑12)Swing Dance Team (10-‐‑12)Orchestra (9-‐‑12)PPC (9-‐‑12)SYB (11-‐‑12)It is what it is.

Eric Joseph McShaneCornell University

No you.

Avi Vipul Mehta College of William and Mary Armory (11) Alcove (12)Track (12) Senioritis (9-‐‑12)...WAIT FOR IT...

Allie Wang Meng Cornell University

(12) FounderVarsity Tennis (9-‐‑11) Seeded 1/2

TJ Drama (11-‐‑12)Your heart is smarter than your

only live once.

Philip Meyers University of Rochester “Nickelback isn’t so bad.” -‐‑ Noah

Jacob Adam Miller Duke University

Cycling Team (10-‐‑12)Neuroscience Society (10-‐‑12)XC (9-‐‑10)Faint Young Sun (12-‐‑forever)faintyoungsun94 ... “Pain is tempo-‐‑

Armstrong

James Miller University of Virginia Swing Dance Team (9-‐‑12)German Honor Society (10-‐‑12)National Honor Society (11-‐‑12)

World Culture Club (11-‐‑12)I think a cake baked with rainbows and smiles is what people need. Love everyone around you, and be the happiest you can be. As they say in Rent, “Forget regret or life is yours to miss.” I thank all my friends who have rainbows and smiles in their hearts and who have been support-‐‑ive of me all this time.

Christopher Mills Cornell University

TJ CubeSat (11-‐‑12)Philomath Society (11-‐‑12)Excelsior-‐‑Aerospace (9-‐‑11)The last words I have to say are “thank you” to those I knew, those who I wanted to say something to but never did, and to those who never really knew me. You have made high school a special place and a special memory. You were there for me even when I was not there for myself.

Seema Mir(kat) College of William and Mary Red CrossNamaste

Walking AroundGeneral Shenanigans“Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.” -‐‑ Oscar Wilde. These past four years have been extraordinarily stressful, excit-‐‑ing and memorable. I regret nothing from my experience here. Congrats to all of my classmates and good luck with all of your future goals!

College of William and MaryPhilomath Society (11-‐‑12)Socialists Club (12)Philosophizing with a hammer (9-‐‑12)

Team Boomayang (11-‐‑12)So I write whatever I want here and they publish it, just like that?

Ananya MishraVirginia Commonwealth UniversityTJ Medical Society (9-‐‑12)TJHSST Namaste (9-‐‑12)TJ Model UN (9-‐‑12)Being Bombastic and Brown (9-‐‑12)

“How lucky I am to have some-‐‑thing that makes saying good-‐‑bye so hard.” -‐‑ A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh. I could neverreally say goodbye, TJ. Thank you for the invaluable lessons you have taught me, the beautiful people you have thrown in my way, and all the memories that could not have been

Quentin Moore University of Virginia Chess Team (9-‐‑12)Manchoir (10-‐‑12)Ultimate Frisbee Team (9-‐‑10, 12)Certamen Team (9-‐‑11)Go Club (9-‐‑11)Thank you to all of my teachers who have prepared me so well for col-‐‑lege, and thank you to all my friends who have made the last four years a wonderful experience. TJ has been the perfect school for me and saying goodbye is hard. My TJ experience will always be a part of my life.

Katherine Morley University of Virginia

Tutoring (10-‐‑12)Hispanic Alliance (10-‐‑12)Triball (12)“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, when one only remembers to turn on the light.” -‐‑ Albus Dumbledore

Jordan Valena Myers DePaul University Psychology clubService ChoirFuture Problem Solvers state-‐‑level presentation winnerNational Gold Medal in Scholastic Writing AwardsPublication in ThresholdThe ability to think critically can be your greatest strength and your greatest weakness. Know when to employ your thinking (academics) and when to ignore your brain and

just go with it (love).

Junsung Na University of Illinois at Urbana ChampaignAwesome Association (9-‐‑12) Knowledge comes but wisdom stays.

Aakansha Nangarlia Drexel University Biology Olympiad (9-‐‑12)Crew (9-‐‑11)

TJ Star (12)

Life is about creating yourself” -‐‑ George Bernard Shaw

David Neuberger University of Alabama Basketball (11-‐‑12)

National Honor Society (11-‐‑12)Armory (11) Alcove (12)Senioritis (9-‐‑12)Here’s the mini-‐‑cherry on top of the regular cherry on top of the sundae of awesomeness that is my life. True story.

Elizabeth V. Nguyen University of Virginia Threshold (9-‐‑12)National Honor Society (11-‐‑12)Japanese National Honor Society (10-‐‑12)Japan Bowl Team Captain (11-‐‑12)That tree came out of nowhere...

Ellen Nguyen College of William and Mary Varsity Golf (9-‐‑12)

Weyanoke Tutoring (11-‐‑12)There’s nothing like deep breaths

the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.

Minh Nguyen University of Virginia Botball (9-‐‑12)

SCT (10-‐‑11)Couching (12)

22 TODAYtjaphorismsWhat doesn’t kill you gives you something to laugh at in the future. What does own you in the face gives your friends something to laugh at.

Dimitre NitchevUniversity of Virginia Eagle ScoutFootball (9-‐‑12)Lacrosse (10-‐‑12)2011 All Liberty District Second Team Linebacker 2012 Defensive Goon Squad Play-‐‑er of the Year“A hungry bear cannot dance.” -‐‑ Bulgarian Proverb

University of VirginiaTJ Marching Colonials (9-‐‑12)TJ Winter Drumline (9-‐‑12) Drum Captain (12)“Expert” (11-‐‑12)Be spontaneous, take risks. Never forget to have fun.

University of Virginia Cross Country (9-‐‑12)Indoor Track (10-‐‑12)Soccer (9-‐‑12)Key Club (10-‐‑12)Enjoy life and have no regrets. Do what you love and love what you do. Thanks for a great 4 years, TJ.

United States Naval Academy Team Sexy, Sporty SpiceMizz Universe17 and Vegan> Army#paekbake #LFAD

-‐‑forts, and there are results, and the

of the result.

Wellesley College Team Sexy, Scary SpiceTwerk TeamHurricane JaneAsian Persuasian#honeybooboochild #LFAD”

There are no happy endings. End-‐‑ings are the saddest part, so just give me a happy middle and a very happy start.

Virginia Tech Asian Awareness Supreme Com-‐‑mander under Supreme Chancel-‐‑lor Kyunghen Lee (12)Men’s Varsity Soccer (11-‐‑12) First Team All District, District Co-‐‑Play-‐‑er of the Year, First Team All Dis-‐‑trict, First Team All RegionTeam Becky (12)Whatever it takes; COME THE F*** ON!!

University of Miami Team Sexy, Posh SpiceTwerk TeamKevin Karn’s Prom Date (12)Tumblr Famous: ashleyxparkk.tumblr.com#ratchet #LFADHow lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. -‐‑ A.A. Milne

George Washington UniversityTeam Gucci Sawce, Point Guard (12)Chimeras Ultimate Frisbee (12)Triball Team Go Balls Deep! (12)Cross-‐‑dress Photographer (9)HYPEswag (1993-‐‑The End of Time)In high school, grades, girls, hats, and peacoats will come and go, but brothers in arms will remain. God-‐‑speed, my fellow compatriots.

College of William and MaryChoir (9-‐‑12)Drama (9-‐‑12)SGA (9, 11)I have had an absolutely amazing time at TJ. Thank you to all of the wonderful people who have made it fantastic. As Steve Jobs said, “Stay hungry, stay foolish.”

Virginia Commonwealth University

TJMC (9-‐‑12)Recording Audio for the Disabled (9-‐‑12)Intel Science Talent Search Semi-‐‑Finalist (12)Jazz II Club (9-‐‑12)INOVA Fairfax’s Rose C. Keene Volunteer Achievement Award (12)Thank you to the teachers who expertly educate subjects that go under appreciated by our school’s “Science, Math, and Technology” status. My four successful years of research started in my freshman English class. My rise out of depres-‐‑sion was triggered by my Algebra II teacher saying a simple “Good job.” And my today’s maturity budded in the band room.

Brown University Varsity Tennis (9-‐‑12)Choir (9-‐‑12)Special Olympics Tennis Volun-‐‑teer (11-‐‑12)Book Buddies (11-‐‑12)French Honor Society (10-‐‑12)

Drexel University Chess (9-‐‑12)Central Connecticut State Univer-‐‑sity (CCSU) Research (10-‐‑12)Virginia Hospital Center (11-‐‑12)SEWA International/JET Jeeyar Educational Trust (11-‐‑12)Virginia Aerospace Science and Technology Scholars (VASTS) (11)When opportunity rings, make sure the doorbell is working!

Duke University One Question Grant Awards (10-‐‑12)Wearing Dresses (9-‐‑12)Being Awesome (1994-‐‑present)“Education is not preparation for life, it is life itself!” -‐‑ John Dewey, “To those of you who received hon-‐‑ors, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you too may one day be presi-‐‑dent of the United States.” -‐‑ Yours

Truly George W. Bush. Congrats to the Class of 2012! Can’t wait to see all the amazing things you all will accomplish!!

College of William and Mary TJ UNICEF Club (9-‐‑12)You’ve got this.

Embry-‐‑Riddle Aeronautical University (Daytona Beach, FL)VeryFine (10) Armory (11) Alcove (12)Flying (9-‐‑12)Band (9, 11, 12)Teenage Republicans (9-‐‑12)Catholic Student Association (9-‐‑12)...DARY. LEGENDARY!!!

Stanford University Baseball (9-‐‑12)Business in Science Club Co-‐‑Founder, Co-‐‑President (11-‐‑12)FBLA (10-‐‑12)Eagle Scout (12)

TJ.

University of VirginiaFIRST (11-‐‑12)Excelsior (9-‐‑12)Dive (9,11)Barefoot Running (10-‐‑12)

“The best way out is always through.” -‐‑ Robert Frost

Washington and Lee UniversityFroshmoreSirens (11-‐‑12)French Honor Society (11-‐‑12)Although I may have complained about the seemingly endless home-‐‑work, sleep deprivation, and the long commute, I can’t imagine any-‐‑where I’d rather go to high school or any group of classmates I’d rather do it with. Good luck, and keep in touch! “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.“ -‐‑ Dr. Seuss

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who’ll decide where to go.” -‐‑ Dr. Seuss

College of William and Mary FPYC United (7-‐‑12)Investment Club #legit (9-‐‑12)Alcove (12)I got a date with destiny.

Awesome Association (11-‐‑12)Chimeras Ultimate (12)Latin Certamen (9-‐‑10)Go Club (9-‐‑11)Orchestra (11-‐‑12)“Being grown-‐‑up is boring.” -‐‑ Pat-‐‑rick Star. I can’t believe that my childhood is coming the end. But, it’s been fun and I couldn’t wish for a

made my childhood as awesome as it was.

University of Virginia The Dinner Crew (11-‐‑12) To all of my friends -‐‑ thanks for ev-‐‑erything. You all have made me the person I am today, and for that I am truly grateful.

Carnegie Mellon UniversityNamaste and FBLA (9-‐‑12)Classy Lassy (4life)Hindu Awareness Association (HAA) (11-‐‑12)Dancing in the hallways with Adrienne (12)Being Suganya (11-‐‑12)Just keep dancing like the music never stops. Find something you love and follow through with it be-‐‑

you least expect it. I make the party

Congratulations to the Panel of Experts You guys are the best!

Our house is going to be WAY too quiet next year�… Just remember the garage is always open (even if �‘The Spangler�’ needs quiet time)

Good Luck next year! The Hahns

of P E

23TODAYtj aphorismsshine bright when it start boomin’. Dis beat was bubblegum, so I had to chew it. Take it easy, Oorvasi!

College of William and Mary TJ Band (9-‐‑12)Teknos Science & Technology Re-‐‑search Journal (11-‐‑12)National Hispanic Scholar Spanish Honor Society (10-‐‑12) “No one achieves anything alone. So, let’s embark on this journey to-‐‑gether. Let’s break out a map. Not the old, out-‐‑of-‐‑date one that shows where we’ve been, but the new crisp one that shows where we might go. Let’s embark on a new journey to-‐‑gether, and see where it takes us.” -‐‑ Leslie Knope, Parks & Recreation

Duke University Namaste/I-‐‑Nite (9-‐‑12), President

Lacrosse (9-‐‑12)Monticello Maniacs (9-‐‑12)“If you light a lamp for someone else, it will also brighten your path.” -‐‑ Buddha

George Mason University Cross country (10-‐‑12)

Brooklyne D’ir’e Copernicus Weezo (11-‐‑12)To the underclassmen: who knew there were so many APs? To every-‐‑one on cross country: run fast!

University of Virginia Yearbook (9-‐‑12)SLAVA (11-‐‑12)Photography (10-‐‑12) Scholastic Gold Key for portfolio (12)To everyone else interested in math and photography, remember that 1.4 > 2 > 2.8 > 4 > 5.6 > 8 > 11 > 16 > 22 > 32 > 45 > 64.

University Of Alabama Wrestling (9-‐‑12)TJ Choir (10-‐‑12)Manchoir (9-‐‑12)Lacrosse (9-‐‑11)BKRY (11-‐‑12)

are meaningless; anyone who tries

is meaningless as well. Don’t let the Gorilla win.

FCA(9-‐‑12)Sysadmins(11-‐‑12)Pedestrians may have right of way, but a 4 ton car is much more assertive

Varsity Math Team (9-‐‑12)Physics Team (9-‐‑12)Senior Computer Team (11-‐‑12)Keep on the sunny side.

Health Sciences Golf (9-‐‑12)Korean Culture Club (9-‐‑12)Future Business Leaders of Amer-‐‑ica (10-‐‑12)Good morning, and in case I don’t

-‐‑ning, and good night!

Georgetown University Cross Country and Track (9-‐‑12)Key Club (10-‐‑11)JCC (12)6th place team at XC States (12)District Champion 3200m (12)Love what you do. Do it until you’re great. Love being great.

University of Virginia Tennis (9-‐‑12) 2-‐‑year captainCross Country (9) If you’ve arrived, you’re dead.

Wellesley College

Varsity Tennis Team (9-‐‑12)German Honor Society Treasurer (11-‐‑12)

-‐‑mation leader (10-‐‑12)Fellowship of Christian Athletes (9-‐‑12)National Charity League (10-‐‑12)“When I look at my life I realize that the mistakes I have made, the things I really regret, were not errors of judgment but failures of feeling.” -‐‑

College of William and Mary MUN (9-‐‑12)Quizbowl/It“Life is life and fun is fun, but it’s

Thanks for four fantastic years. Keep it real TJ. Maximum Swagger.

United States Naval AcademyTJSD (9-‐‑12)Cheer (9-‐‑11)WISE (10-‐‑12)

-‐‑possible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” -‐‑ Tommy Lasorda “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” -‐‑ Dr. Seuss

New York University Algún día en cualquier parte, en cualquier lugar indefectiblemente te encontrarás a ti mismo, y ésa, sólo ésa, puede ser la más feliz o la más amarga de tus horas. Some-‐‑day, somewhere, anywhere, unfail-‐‑

and only that, can be the happiest

Neruda

Virginia Tech Lacrosse (9-‐‑12)Cheerleading (11-‐‑12)PEACE


Cross Country (9-‐‑12)Drama (10-‐‑12)Shakespeare Troupe (10-‐‑12)The Second Worst (11-‐‑12)Stay golden, Ponyboy. And... Toodle-‐‑oooo, Mothaf*ckaaas!

College of William and Mary Namaste (9-‐‑12) Model U.N. (9-‐‑11)Rotary Interact (11-‐‑12) Biology Bowl (9-‐‑11) “And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years.” -‐‑ Abraham Lincoln Thank you to all my supportive friends and teachers, shout out to my beloved Namaste and TJMC families, I love you all so much! 2012, we’ve crossed yet another milestone and now it’s time to soar,

College of William and Mary Freshman Football (9)Varsity Football (10-‐‑12)Outdoor Track (9-‐‑11)Indoor Track (9-‐‑10)Storyteller’s Guild (11-‐‑12)Talk to people. It’s easy.

Good night, and good luck.

Carnegie Mellon University Cross Country (9-‐‑12)Indoor Track (9-‐‑12)Outdoor Track (9-‐‑12)“It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abili-‐‑ties.” -‐‑ Albus Dumbledore

TJ Swim and Dive (9-‐‑12) Team Captain and Record HolderLiberty District, Northern Region, and Virginia State Record Holder in the 100 BackstrokeNamed to the Washington Post’s

1st All-‐‑Met Team for SwimmingNational, Russian Honor Society Member

-‐‑plause, but hard workers deserve respect.” -‐‑ Stephen Seliskar

Carnegie Mellon University Orchestra (9-‐‑12)LD Debate (9-‐‑11)Chemistry Team (11-‐‑12) Thanks to the teachers who inspired me, my friends/peers/rivals who

parents who took care of everything for me. TJ will always be number one to those who are eternally striv-‐‑ing to move forward. Don’t force ideas -‐‑ they will naturally come from a good foundation. Finally, al-‐‑ways seek self-‐‑discipline -‐‑ control of who you want to be, when you want to be it.

University of Virginia TJ Soccer (9-‐‑12)TJ Golf (9-‐‑12)All District Honorable Mention (12)Bailey’s and Bren Mar Elementary School Tutoring (11-‐‑12)Tractor Club (12)I will never remember my exact SAT Score or GPA in high school later in life, but I will always remember the amazing friends, teachers, and memories made in the past 4 years at TJ.

Dartmouth College Ultimate Frisbee Captain (12)

Uncorrupted by Wills Johnston (10-‐‑12)“Expert” (11-‐‑12)“Feeling lucky so we jump into the fog, and hope that we hit the ground upright.” -‐‑ The Wombats

United States Military Academy at

Varsity Lacrosse (10-‐‑12)National Space Club Scholar and

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so I just keep on rolling under the stars” Jack

Kerouac, On the Road

Love from the big family…

Dear Burke,From an early age you have astounded us with your de-‐‑termination and perseverance. You were always think-‐‑ing and creating and planning. You have grown from a darling toddler to an extraordinary young man. Please continue to allow your innate strengths of compassion and integrity guid you as you begin the next part of your journey.

We love you with all our hearts,Mom, Dad, Taylor, Ariel, and Jackson

“Your time is limited, don’t waste it living some-‐‑one else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living the result of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinion drown your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”

-‐‑ Steve Jobs

Intern at NASA (11)Weyanoke Elementary School Math Tutor (10-‐‑12)Public Forum Debate (9-‐‑12)Monticello Maniacs Leader (12)#yolo

Peter Douglas Shao University of VirginiaAdapt to all situations; every mis-‐‑take is a lesson.

Victor Shao University of Virginia

Katherine Sheridan Virginia Tech Cross Country and Track Team Member (9-‐‑12)Proud Member of the Weezo fam-‐‑ily (10-‐‑12)NHS Member ,Vice President (11-‐‑12)Columbia Tutor (11-‐‑12)

Where sleep is not all that impor-‐‑

but tough people do! Remember to run with perseverance the race marked out for you. And always be fashionably late: The early bird may

doesn’t get the cheese!

Allen ShiDuke UniversityMath Team (9-‐‑12)Model UN (10-‐‑12)

Dumbledore

Lucy ShiUniversity of Virginia National Honor Society (11-‐‑12)Bailey’s/Bren Mar Elementary School Tutor (11-‐‑12)We cannot change our past. We can-‐‑

not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do

Jake ShieldsBrown UniversitySysadmin (11-‐‑12)Solaris Admin (12)Oracle Prophet (12)Policy Debate (11-‐‑12)Guitarist (8-‐‑12)A wrong note played weakly is in-‐‑

with authority is interpretation.

Kristy (Jeong-‐‑Hyun) Shin University of Illinois Urbana Cham-‐‑paignLoudoun County Youth Advisory Council (10-‐‑12)MKPC Praise Team (9-‐‑12)Mclean Philharmonic Orchestra (9-‐‑12)Japanese National Honor Society (10-‐‑12)Color Guard (9-‐‑11)Don’t Burn Your Bridges!

Frederick Louis Short University of Virginia Latin Honor Society Consul (12)Rex Certaminis (11-‐‑12)Being Ananth Sridhar (9-‐‑12)Amicitiae nostrae memoriam spero sepiternam fore.

Innokentiy Gennadyevich ShvetsUniversity of VirginiaSenior Computer Team (10-‐‑12)Math Team (9-‐‑12)UMD team competition (12)USACO gold (11-‐‑12)Electronics Club (9-‐‑10)

Ben Silverman Brown University

Russian Honor Society (11-‐‑12)tjSTAR (11-‐‑12)Based on the novel Push by Sapphire.

Elliot Tyler Simon California Institute of TechnologyCross Country (9-‐‑12), varsity (11-‐‑12)Winter Track (9-‐‑12), varsity (12)Physics Team (11-‐‑12) national phys-‐‑

Soccer (9,11), varsity (11)Spring Track (10,12), varsity (12)

best team there ever was and have I

for 4 years of experiences like no-‐‑where else; and in the words of JB:

live every day like it’s Helen Keller.

Alisha Sindhwani Columbia University Co-‐‑President of Red Cross YTF (11-‐‑12)Treasurer of GEMS (11-‐‑12)SPC (member for life)General Shenanigans

Sameer Singh Northwestern University Brown Crew (9-‐‑12) Soccer Liberty District Champions (9)

National Merit Finalist (12)

Nicholas Skeen United States Naval Academy Captain, Men’s Rowing (12)Men’s Rowing (9-‐‑12)“There is nothing -‐‑ absolutely noth-‐‑ing -‐‑ half so much worth doing as

Kristen Skowronski Virginia Tech

FCA (9-‐‑12)CSA (10-‐‑12)TJSD (9-‐‑12)Pole Vault (10-‐‑12)Gymnastics (12)

times! Promise me you’ll always remember: You are braver than

Christopher Robin FCA & CSA: Thank you so much for being my

-‐‑ily. I love you all so much! Keep

Erin Slatery Harvard College Crew (9-‐‑12)Marching Band (9-‐‑12)PPC (9-‐‑12)I still feel lucky just to be here. Shanks to everyone who made the last four years worthwhile.

Seung In (Sam) Sohn University of Cambridge, King’s CollegeVarsity Math Team (9-‐‑12)Physics Team (9-‐‑12)Certamen (9-‐‑10, 12)Taekwondo (8-‐‑12)The Albert T. Gural Fanclub (lifelong)I want to thank VMT and the Latin team for making my school life awe-‐‑

-‐‑ship is Magic. Learn to troll but don’t overdo it. Trust your gut feelings.

-‐‑ways keep your chin up. It needs to be about 20% cooler. Believe in your-‐‑

Flint Song University of Virginia Nothing. I’m not special. Friendship isn’t always easy. But

Elisabeth von Spakovsky

University of Virginia TWIST (10-‐‑12) Teenage Republicans (9-‐‑12)Dance <3 (lifelong)

-‐‑

much more TJ. “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of

of the beginning.“ – Churchill. To a wonderful beginning and wonder-‐‑ful friends. And to a new beginning and an even brighter future.

Sarah Springmann College of William and Mary Winter Drumline (10-‐‑12)TJMC (10-‐‑12)Renaissance Faire (9-‐‑12)RAD (11-‐‑12)ASL (11-‐‑12)

Ananth Vignesh Sridhar Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteBeing Ricky Short (9-‐‑12)Summa Cum Laude Graduate (9-‐‑12)National Merit Commended Stu-‐‑dent (11)AP Scholar with Distinction (11)

Suganya Sridharma

Namaste, my giant brown family (9-‐‑12)Posing for the FBLA picture (12)Being Pranita (11-‐‑12)Just keep smiling.

Arjun Srinivasan

Senior Computer Team (10-‐‑12)Botball Robotics (10-‐‑12)Linguistics Club (12)It’s always possible to take things less seriously.

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Mihir Srivastava University of Virginia Investment Club (10-‐‑12)French Honor Society (11-‐‑12)LCPS Excellence in Education Award (12)National Merit Corporate Scholarship (12)Writing Center Tutor (12)

Srishti Shrivastava University of Virginia

Elizabeth Steele Northwestern University Class Council (9-‐‑12)Swing Dance (10-‐‑12)Inhabiting the music wing (9-‐‑12)

Sarah Abigail Stites Grove City College Cross Country (9-‐‑12)Track (9-‐‑11)Theatre (10-‐‑12)Matriarch of the Weezo Clan, a.k.a Mama Weezo (10-‐‑12)

Peter Sulucz Virginia Tech Wrestling (11-‐‑12)Crew (9-‐‑10)

Bryce Summers Carnegie Mellon University Band (9-‐‑12)Football (9-‐‑12)Frisbee (12)Track and Field (10-‐‑11)Wrestling (9-‐‑10)

Mary Sun University of Pennsylvania Youth Development/Activism (10-‐‑12)Research (9-‐‑12)Creative Writing (Life)

Shriram Sundararaman University of Pennsylvania Eagle ScoutTJHSST Basketball (9-‐‑12)Presidential Volunteer Service AwardMUN (9-‐‑12)

Spelman College WISE (9-‐‑12)Black Student Union (9-‐‑12)

TJ Marching Colonials (10,12)National Achievement Scholar (12)Scrabble Club (10-‐‑12)

Anjali TanejaPrinceton University


FCA (9-‐‑12)Soccer (10)

University of Illinois at Urbana-‐‑ChampaignTeam America Rocketry Challenge (10-‐‑12)Student Launch Initiative (12)Boy Scouts (6-‐‑12)Bridge Club (10-‐‑12)Astronomy Club (10-‐‑12)

University of VirginiaPhysics Team Captain (12)Head Sysadmin (12)

Virginia Tech Chinese Connection (9-‐‑12)Boys’ Tennis (9-‐‑11)Dinner Crew (11-‐‑12)

Cornell UniversityTheater Tech (10-‐‑12)Quizbowl (9-‐‑12)Threshold (10-‐‑12)Ham Radio (9-‐‑12)Bridge (9-‐‑12)

T.J. TritschlerUniversity of AlabamaArmory (11) Alcove (12)

Brown University All State Orchestra (9, 12)Model United Nations (10-‐‑12)Cross Country (9-‐‑10)Track and Field (9-‐‑10)

Virginia Tech Varsity Dance Team (10-‐‑12), Co-‐‑CaptainService Choir (11-‐‑12)

Dylan Vu Virginia Commonwealth UniversityVietnamese Student Association (9-‐‑12)Weyanoke Elementary Tutoring (9-‐‑12)TJHSST Orchestra (9-‐‑11)TJ Tennis (9-‐‑10)

He (Richard) Wan Cornell University

Chemistry Society President (12)


Nancy Wang Cornell University Volleyball (9-‐‑12)WISE (9-‐‑12)

Princeton University Cross Country (9-‐‑12)Indoor Track (9-‐‑12)Spring Track (11-‐‑12)Black Student Union (10-‐‑12)Russian Honor Society (11-‐‑12)

Stephen Weischedel Purdue University Cross Country (10-‐‑12)

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“The only person you are des-tined to become is the person

you decide to be.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson

We are extremely proud of you! Love,

Dad, Mom, Cam, Erin, Corey & Nick

KRISTEN

Keep smiling, loving life, exploring the world and reaching

for the stars!

Winter Track (10-‐‑12)Spring Track (10-‐‑12)Amateur Radio Club (9-‐‑12)Swing Dance Club (11-‐‑12)

Virginia Tech Soccer (9-‐‑12)Dominican Republic club (10-‐‑12)Honorary Indian (9-‐‑12)BKRY (11-‐‑12)

Bryan Michael Williams

PPC (9-‐‑12)BKRY (11-‐‑12)SYB (11-‐‑12)WAP (12)GE (12)

Zach Williams University of North Carolina Chapel HillVarsity Tiddlywinks (9-‐‑12)Varsity Curling (9-‐‑12), regional champs (11)Junior Varsity Synchronized Swimming (10)

Rochester Institute of TechnologyTJMC (9-‐‑12)Botball (9-‐‑12)Band (9, 11-‐‑12)

University of VirginiaLatin Honor Society Co-‐‑President (12), Webmaster (11)Track and Field Sprinter/Jumper (9-‐‑11)Winter Drumline Cymbal Line (12)Marching Band (12)Photographer (forever)

University of Virginia Wrastlin (10-‐‑12)Botball Robotics (9-‐‑12)Homecoming Costume Winner (10-‐‑12)Awesome Association Devotee (9, 11-‐‑12)

College of William and Mary Volleyball (9-‐‑12)TJSD (10-‐‑12)FCA (9-‐‑12)Orchestra Co-‐‑president (12)

University of Virginia Class Council (9-‐‑12)TJFH & Lacrosse (9-‐‑12)TJ Blondes (9-‐‑12)Bon Qui Woods (9-‐‑12)Morning Announcement Crew (12)

Eunice Wu

Crew

David Wyman University of Michigan TJMC (9-‐‑12)Ultimate (9-‐‑12)Environmental Impact Club (9-‐‑12)Philomath Society (11-‐‑12)National Merit Finalist

Ryan Yan College of William and Mary Neuro rapper

University of Virginia TJ Crew (9-‐‑12)Team Boomayang (11-‐‑12)

Rochester Institute of TechnologyIntranet Administrator (12)Systems Administrator (11-‐‑12)

Club (9-‐‑12)Poi Club (11-‐‑12)Computer Team (10-‐‑11)

University of Maryland-‐‑College ParkTJ Otaku (9-‐‑12)CHS Treasurer (11-‐‑12)Toastmaster DTM (11)Survived TJ (9-‐‑12)

Noah Yoo New York University (Tisch)

“Expert” (11-‐‑12)

University of Notre Dame Soccer (9-‐‑12)Asian Awareness (9-‐‑12)

Glenna Yu Princeton University Dance (9-‐‑12)Threshold (9-‐‑10)Computer Teams (9-‐‑11)

Duke University Future Problem Solving, States and Internationals Finalist (9-‐‑12) Tomorrow’s Women in Science and Technology (9-‐‑12)

Patrick YuPrinceton UniversityFootball (9-‐‑12)Track (12)NHS (11-‐‑12)NMS Scholarship (12)ASTC (11-‐‑12)

Virginia Tech VMT (10-‐‑12)FCT/ICT/SCT (9-‐‑12)Physics Team (11)ARML Alternate (2010)

Kerry Zhang University of Chicago

Yuqing Zhang

Most Likely to Win Fields Medal (Male)

Princeton University Cross Country (9-‐‑12)Indoor Track (9-‐‑12)Outdoor Track (9-‐‑12)Jewish Culture Club (10-‐‑12)Key Club (10-‐‑12)

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CLASS OF 2012:t h e p r o f i l e

446 seniorswe were born

all over the world:- USA- India- South Korea- China- Canada- Russia- Oman- Mexico

we travel by:

foot/bike: 1%

car: 71%

carpool: 19%

bus: 47%

Percentages do not add up to 100% because students were able to choose more than one option.

it takes us to get to school:

30 minutes - 1 hour:54%

2+ hours: 1%1 - 2 hours: 13%

10 - 30 minutes: 29%0 - 10 minutes: 1%

we identify ourselves as:

?Republicans: 17% Democrats: 40%

Independents: 31%Undecided: 12%

we took APtests:

1-3: 2%

4-5: 11%

6-9: 72%

10+: 15%

we played varsity sports:

we characterize our time at TJ with words like:

0: 47%

1: 36%

2: 9% 3+: 8%

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