Winchendon School - Vestigia Yearbook (Winchendon, MA)

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David Jaramillo I want to thank God for such an experience and opportunity. I want to thank my parents, whom I love with all of my heart, and who made this possible. I want to thank all the people who were there for me and supported me. Friends of 2010-2011 and 2011-2012, what great memories! I will presenfe them forever. I will not forget the diversity of personalities of all the faculty members. I want to thank that special person who gave me strength throughout my two years at the Winchendon School. Finally thank you Winch for raising me as a person! You could say that the Winchendon School is in the middle of nowhere. You could say that the school is overwhelmingly boring at times. The truth is, Winchendon for me has been a growing experience. Before coming to this school, being a leader was a quality I lacked. As the days, weeks, and months passed I have learned to be a leader on the court, as well as in the classroom, and in the community. Interacting with all the students in Merrill and in the whole school taught me new facts I never knew before about different places in the world. An international school is what I call it. Where people from all around the world are brought together by friendship, education, sports, and extracurricular activities to become one family. The Winchendon School.

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Richard Haskell Finally, what looked to be a winning lacrosse season had hit in the 2011 season. Our previous season was plagued with fights, team drama, and a 2-18 season record, and we were firing on all cylinders to start off year. We had come close to ten-goaling our rival Cushing and spirits were up and the playoff mustaches were growing in, but maybe not for me. My roommate Jordan Saunderson had grown mustache during the hockey season with the help of facial hair dye. The ugly hair above his upper lip was all I wanted for my appearance. I was not alone in having this desireg Chad Saulnier, my neighbor and good friend also wanted to join the lacrosse team in this stylish statement of classy achievement. Before long we had purchased the hair dye necessary to create this look. Directions read, and precautions ignored, we applied the pasty dye to the lack of dark hair on our upper. The paste went on easy and the burn was bearable...but only temporarily. lt appeared that the more time the dye remained on our skin, the more difficult it was to remove. These memories, however painful and embarrassing, are nights that I will never forget. As far apart as we grow, I will always feel as close to these two brothers as I did in front of that mirror as we applied our mustaches to our faces. Thank you Winchendon. Zeyu Hu I feel I went to the right placeg the right school. Now I am working hard every day, and prepare stuff for college. I want to go to a good college, so I will work harder in school from now on. ff if

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Gustave Koumare I made it! The many challenges of high school, feeling like I was never going to finish, the time is finally here. Although the challenges will never end, I've reached a milestone in my life, and I'm happy for what I've accomplished so far. There are many people who have supported me throughout. I would like to think my Godmother and Aunt, Leeza Nasser and Bintou Coumare, for raising me and molding me into the young man I am today. I would also like to thank Mrs.Baldini for giving me the chance to flourish at the Winchendon School even though I struggled my first year. I have learned a lot from the Winchendon teachers and will take these lessons with me into college, helping me with other obstacles I will stumble upon. Once again, thank you to everyone who believed in me. Soo Jung Lee I don't know how I came to the Winchendon School. lVly aunt who lives in New York found the Winchendon School and sent me here in the spring of 2010. There are many international students here so I could make friends from different countries. I felt very friendly with every Winchendon student and faculty membersg especially Ms. Harmsen who was my advisor in junior year. When I saw her anywhere, she was always singing for me like sooooooeywsoo soo soooeyw I always felt thankful to her for giving me energy every single day. I also want to thank my only Korean sister Sumin for make me laugh every day. I will never forget my global Winchendon family. W I .IT