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Class of 2010. IB Diploma and Honors students. Kong Yang. Honors speech: the Computer Science Dossier CAS activities: Tennis, observing art Favorite memory from Kindergarten: raising Monarch butterflies Looking forward to in college: Independent learning “Stealthy Honor”.
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Class of 2010 IB Diploma and Honors students
Kong Yang • Honors speech: the Computer Science Dossier • CAS activities: Tennis, observing art • Favorite memory from Kindergarten: raising Monarch butterflies • Looking forward to in college: Independent learning “Stealthy Honor”
Matt Wells • Honors speech: • CAS: soccer & golf • Advice for underclassmen: Don’t fall behind on your work • Will miss about HP: friends and free golf “steady humor”
Lor Vang • Honors Speech: Spino Cerebellum Degeneration and sense perception • CAS activities: Community youth work and badminton • Looking forward to college to: meet new people • Advice for parents: Support your children “Judicious brilliance”
Libby Stone • Honors speech: “Body Language” • CAS activities: Orchestra, gymnastics, Simpson shelter, musicals • Favorite memory from Kindergarten: touching a deer’s heart • Theme song thus far: Prelude to the Bach Cello Suites “Incisive Clarity”
Ellie Schneider • Honors speech: Color Theory in Advertising • CAS activities: Volunteering at Longfellow Elementary, HP newspaper • Most valuable project in high school: the english oral during Junior year • Will miss about HP: some people, the funny teachers, and being a part of HP tennis “Gentle Honor”
Nate Rue • Honors speech: • CAS activities: Hockey, tennis, tutoring • Will be missed at HP for: always varied hair styles, and never varying good humor “Radical Precisions”
Erin Prizant • Honors speech: Autism • CAS activities: Archery, SPNN video editing, Drawing • Looking forward to college: Getting more experience in editing and motion graphics • Advice for juniors: Do all your college stuff and testing in the summer after your junior year “Singular Voice”
Joey Otte • Honors speech: Physics of Frisbee • CAS activities: Coaching baseball, playing music and frisbee • Favorite memory from Kindergarten: incubating chickens • Advice for teachers: Don’t overwork your students! • Theme song thus far: ‘These colors flee the scene’ “Soul of the Game”
Mark Macapagal • Honors speech: Culture and tradition in the Phillipines • CAS activities: Tutoring for children’s programs • Looking forward to college: the freedom to shape own future and education • Will miss about HP: the comfortable social environment that allows me to be myself here “Truthful humanitarian”
Shelby Malcolm • Honors speech: Languages taught in high schools • CAS activities: camp counselor, Wabasha National Eagle Center volunteer • Most valuable project: Did Dinosaurs exist? • Will miss about HP: all her friends • Advice for parents: Get involved in kid’s school life “Gentle Strength”
Mai Nhoua Lee • Honors speech: The Medical Ethics of Designer Babies • CAS activities: Band, Asian Culture Club, Salvation Army, Lao Family Soccer Tournament • Advice for underclassmen: Sleep now, because you will not be getting any later… • Theme song thus far: ‘Live like we’re dying’ “Wickedly Brilliant Thinker”
Andrea Lane • Honors speech: Comparing the curriculum of various high schools • CAS activities: jewelry making, softball • Will be missed at HP for: thoughtful civic actions, and low key kindnesses “Soulful Honesty”
Elena Kronmiller • Honors Speech: Flaws with the Myers Briggs Personality Profile • CAS activities: Badminton, food shelf • Advice for underclassmen: pretend to know what you are doing, even if you don’t. • Looking forward to college: being in a new environment, with independence! “Worldly Balance”
Derek Krautkremer • Honors speech: Steroids in professional sports around the world • CAS activities: Mission trip to New Orleans, hockey • Favorite memory from kindergarten: my class had a pool full of rice we got to play with • Looking forward to college: being able to study a specific area I am interested in “Righteous Ease”
Sean Kopp-Reddy • Honors speech: • CAS activities: music and tennis • Advice for teachers: Homework has fallen out of favor with current high school students… There is no longer any reason to continue assigning it. • Theme song thus far: ‘Rancid’ “Ironic Sincerity”
Miles Davison • Honors Speech: Interpretation of Rap Music • CAS Activities: Basketball, music, senior class council • Most valuable project in school: 9th grade biology rap • Looking forward to college: being away from Minnesota “Honest Quest”
Jack Coyne • Honors Speech: Steroid use in sports • CAS Activities: Tennis, Jazz Band, Tutoring, Food shelf • Favorite memory from Kindergarten: Flat Stanley and Grandparents Day • Advice for underclassmen: Don’t procrastinate, and have fun in high school. “Judicious Energies”
Joshua Corner • Honors Speech: analysis of ‘Howl’ • CAS Activities: Theater, speech, and volunteerism at Cedar Cultural Center • Will be missed at HP for: the raised eyebrows as he poses a ‘But you could think about it…’ “Subversive Potential”
Tierney Broberg • Honors Speech: Apartheid in South Africa • CAS Activities: service trip to South Africa, golf, piano • Most valuable project in school: The French IB oral, because it was one of the most terrifying things I have had to make myself do. • Will miss about HP: her friends “ Steady Integrity”
Owen Boardman • Honors Speech: ‘Politeness Overvalued’ • CAS Activities: tutoring, speech, and running • Favorite memory from kindergarten: learning to breakdance • Advice for teachers: Don’t take it personally when people are not interested in what you have to say. “Sees through the obfuscation”
Andrei Bergthold • Honors Speech: Chess in Schools • CAS Activities: Teaching chess, playing music • Most valuable project in highschool: the WWII timeline for history • Advice for parents: Let your children be the masters of their own fate. The power of the creative mind is unstoppable. “Consummate Strategist”
Luis Benavides • Honors speech: How playing in a band develops life skills • CAS Activities: playing in a band • Most valuable assignment in highschool: the computer dossier • Favorite memory from Kindergarten: snack and nap time “The Edge of Valor”
Wendy Batch • Honors Speech: The future - is it here? • CAS Activities: working on house on Pine Ridge, volunteering at Planned Parenthood • Favorite memory from Kindergarten: Performing ‘Somos como las Flores’ in giant flower costumes • Advice for underclassmen: Befriend the exchange students. You may end up making a life long friend! “Luminous Analysis”
Sarah Alvarado • Honors Speech: Global warming and environmental progress • CAS Activities: music, NHS volunteerism, tennis • Most valuable project: the 15 minute English oral- it helped me overcome my fear of orals. • Advice for teachers: Keep the work going and motivation high, and take short breaks. When we take long breaks its difficult to work hard again. “Clarity of Intellect”
Tiwa Ajibewa • Honors Speech: Ethics of sports heroes • CAS Activities: running, Haiti relief • Looks forward to in college: studying abroad • Advice for parents: encourage your kids • Theme song thus far: ‘Forever Young’ “ A Man’s Wisdom”
Sebastian Zeck • Extended Essay: The Influence of Anarchism and Politics on the Case of Sacco and Vanzetti • CAS Activities: photography, music • Will be missed at HP for: the ease with which he entered into class discussions, leaving others feeling welcomed and relaxed. “Independent Vision”
Kate Siess • Extended Essay: Aristotelian Love in Pride and Prejudice • CAS Activities: Children’s Hospital Super Volunteer • Will be missed at HP for: her dedication to service as a fundamental good which needs no other reward. “Genuine Action”
Abby Setterholm • Extended Essay: Philosophy and Practicality: An Analysis of the Purpose of Hadrian’s Wall • CAS Activities: theater, Model United Nations, mission trips • Looking forward to in college: studying what I am actually interested in, meeting people from around the world • Advice for teachers: remember that students have lives outside of school also “Seeker of Truths”
William Robertson • Extended Essay: The Finn Ski War • CAS Activities: volunteer music counselor, skiing, sound director/JCC • Favorite memory from Kindergarten: finding my lunch box after someone threw it on the roof of the school • Will miss about HP: the diversity “Valor and equanimity”
Christopher Penning • Extended Essay: The Soviet Regime’s Effect on the Musical Career of Mstislav Rostropovich • CAS activities: cello, soccer, tutoring • Will be missed at HP for: his ebullient nature and universally kind manner to others- even at 7:51 am. “Thoughtful abandon”
Jack Kolb • Extended Essay: The pursuit of the four minute mile • CAS activities: running, Math team, Habitat for Humanity • Favorite memory from Kindergarten: snack time (I wish we had it in HS) • Advice for teachers: Keep up the good work, and don’t lose your passion for what you do. “Humane Brilliance”
Sher Her • Extended Essay: Imperialism on the Eve of WWI • CAS Activities: United Hospital Volunteer, Youth Literary Program, tennis • Looking forward to college: Life on campus, being on my own • Advice for underclassmen: Do not procrastinate, stay organized, and know your due dates. Be active in your community. “Sincere Truth”
Cynthia Hang • Extended Essay: Religious Influences on Medieval Artwork • CAS Activities: Volunteering at Museum Magnet school, making jewelry, tennis • Favorite memory from Kindergarten: crawling on stage instead of using the stairs at graduation • Advice for parents, underclassmen, and teachers: Don’t worry about it “Crystalline Vision”
Ananda Guneratne • Extended Essay: The Measurement Problem: Schrodinger’s Cat Revisited • CAS Activities: Speech/debate, Model UN, NHS, Math team, bicycling • Advice for underclassmen: Have fun with your projects and assignments. Learning can and should be fun, not stressful. • Theme song thus far: a unnamed tune I made up that I whistle from time to time. “Renaissance Sensibilities”
Jerusalem Gobeze • Extended Essay: The Role of the Media in the Rwandan Genocide • CAS Activities: Tutoring, theater, knitting for a shelter • Looking forward to college: pretty much everything • Will miss about Highland: the HP Thespian Society “Quiet and Momentous”
Sonal Chakrasali • Extended Essay: Symbolism in Da Vinci’s Art • CAS Activities: volunteering at Longfellow Elementary, badminton, art • Favorite memory from Kindergarten: being friends with someone after knowing them for a few minutes • Advice for parents: Trust your kids- you raised them after all! “Lithe Intellect”
Elizabeth Boyd • Extended Essay: Tourism- a Study of Cologne, Germany • CAS Activities: Stage crew, STLF, softball, skiing • Most valuable project in high school: the extended essay • Looking forward to college: All the different types of classes! “Practical Abandon”
Rose Bowen • Extended Essay: How far did the Hominid Fossil specimens ‘Lucy’ and ‘Ardi’ contribute to the scientific understanding of human evolution? • CAS Activities: Camp counselor, NHS, tennis and badminton • Favorite memory from Kindergarten: Learning songs in spanish • Advice for teachers: Make due dates very clear- keep patience with struggling students. “Multifaceted Luminescence”
Kimberly Andrews • Extended Essay: The Chemistry of Luminol • CAS Activities: Soccer, Orchestra, coaching youth sports • Most valuable project: the extended essay • Will miss about HP: teachers and friends “Singular Humanitarianism”
