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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”
Thank you, and Good Luck!