Winchendon School - Vestigia Yearbook (Winchendon, MA)

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Nathan Chretien My favorite Winchendon memory happened when I was a sophomore. There was a home game against the Brewster basketball team during Winter Carnival. The entire school was at this game to see the double overtime win. And that is my favorite memory because that is the one time l've seen the entire school at one sporting event. It's not often that Winchendon comes together in one place because we want to support our classmates, but that night in the gym the whole school came to support 18 guys in the community to cheer them to victory past the number one school in the country. Yingying Chu It is my second year here in Winchendon. Sometimes I cannot even imagine it is already the second year, because I am going to graduate soon. Last year was really fun. When I first came here, I did not like the place. There were so many Chinese students, and I hated this. I thought it was not good for me to improve my English. I did not like to talk with Americans and other foreigners. I spoke a lot of Chinese last year because I was not used to using English. Sometimes I thought that those Americans looked more mature than they were. Now, I believe l improved a lot. I talk much more than I did last year, and I am becoming more active. The only thing bothering me is that I get lower grades than last year, which gives me a lot of pressure. I am applying for college right now, but I am not sure about my future. I hope I can have a good senior year because it is so important for me. Hope everything will be OK. wma!- M .ui

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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.

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Thomas A. Coneys, Jr Walking up the steps, opening the first and then second door, I entered a room where it seemed everyone was looking at me. That was just my nerves. This was the first time I'd been at Winchendon, and I hoped it would not be my last, but it was the first of many days of nervousness and getting acclimated to Winchendon. Soon I realized how much I liked it, even with Mrs. Blair for English. Now that my time at Winchendon is coming to a close, I do not feel sorrow but rather appreciation for how much this school helped me grow. Thank you Winchendon. My time at Winchendon has been a very good one. I have had an unbelievable amount of laughs with my friends, something I will never forget. Believe it or not, most of these memories come from the hours spent on the tiny Winch buses that transport us to games hours away. To this day the phrase we're getting pizza is one that will be engrained in my head forever. Talking with my teammates about things that boredom brings about is something that I will always look back and laugh at. ...Sl 'rr tif I 'Ni'