Winchendon School - Vestigia Yearbook (Winchendon, MA)

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Malik Brown GOOD MORNING GUYS, GOOD MORNING. Mr. Duncan, our dorm parent, awakes us from our sleep. Jaffe 1 and 2, a dorm with two floors, a vending machine, a lounge with a piano and television, a multicultural environment, laughter, and conversations. My Jaffe friends, Tre, Nick, Jason, and Akosa, are the people who I negotiate with the most. They are my basketball teammates but also my brosg they make me feel more comfortable here at The Winchendon School because we have a lot to relate to. Basketball is my motivation to succeed, with a great leader in Coach Ouinn, and talented teammates. l am looking forward to having success in the classroom, and also with basketball in the 2011-2012 school year. Minye Chen The Winchendon School is a simple place but nowhere can replace it in my memory. As a senior, I will never forget the teachers and friends l met here. Mr. Johnson's passion in math, Ms. Bennett's vitality in life, Mr. Harvey's emotional appeal in class and Mr. Clewlow's amiableness in contact will stay in my memory forever. The unique experience to live with all my schoolmates coming from all over the world color my life and teach me a lot. My first year roommate, Maya, let me realize the America style and energetic teenager spirit. Thank you my school, thank you my teachers, thank you my friends. I will miss you. 4 tlwmw-

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Luis Arreola Sulaiman For three long years, life gave me a different insight of what the world is and what it holds for me. Being in my senior year in high school, I am amazed as to what has become of the people I grew up with, the people whom I truly lived with, and me, some of us with our designated faults and our virtues. Nonetheless, my years spent in the Winchendon School taught me to live life every moment to the fullest, to speak up for myself and for those I love and to mature my own being to become a responsible, compassionate, and proud adult. Winchendon is a place and an experience I will never forget about, including the people that taught me more than a class subject and the people who I made friends with. I want to thank my brothers, Pepe and Alex, for keeping me on track of what lies ahead and for always looking out for me. I love you Gorditos! There are many people in my heart that I have to thank, but the one I owe everything to is you, Mom. Without your support and your love, I would not have made it this far. Your nunito is growing up, Martha! Finally, my time to walk on my own will begin, but I will never forget where I truly come from- James Beard At 14, I traveled to Toy Town not knowing what to expect. Everything was different. Winchendon drove me to become a better student and made me grow up. IVIy teachers and classmates always had my best interest and hoped for my success. Thanks to them I have achieved that. I want to especially thank my best friends Gustave Koumare and Jack Humsey for always keeping me level headed and focused throughout the year. Coach Quinn for always keeping me motivated to reach my goal and to be the best student and basketball player I can be. Also, I want to thank some of the teachers that have stuck with me the most throughout my high school career: Mrs. Blair, my Winch mom, Mr. McDonald, Mr. Kerney, and Mr. Duncan. Thank you guys for always believing in me. Although it has not been easy, I would not change my Winch experience for anything. It made me who I am. Thank You. Q Q jf ' ' I'

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No matter how brilliant we are, no matter what ethnicity we are, we are united together in this warm community. We shared, learned, and smiled here. We improved and prepared for college here. Got it. I was taught to say this after I understood the tricky math problem in lVIr. Johnsonfs class, who was my advisor last year, the one who inspired me to try to solve every problem in my life and to never give up. I just can't erase the memory of the Winchendon School. Being here for the past two years has been an enormous help for my future, and I will continue to challenge myself. No doubt, I will remember all the lovely faculty members and amazing students at the Winch. I love Winchendon! That's all I want to say to my school, the place I have lived for 2 years. I think I was lucky first year for I lived in Mr. Harveyis house. He is a really nice person and whenever I need help he is always around to give me a hand. He has a really nice house with a huge green lawn, and also there is a great lake nearby. I really enjoyed the time when I was in Mr. Harvey's house, and I will never forget him always walking like a penguin and saying I'm a happy man. Now I live in Merrell 2, and it is really nice that Mrs. Harris loves making cookies so that we usually have snacks during the study hall. I love Winchendon so much and I am pretty sure that these two years will be the greatest time in my life.