Kimberly Horton
This Saturday, all fifty-six members of the senior class of 2017 stayed behind after the high school barbeque event, dressed in grubby clothing. As the sun sank behind the hills, seniors began to congregate near the clock tower, many of them carrying mysterious rolls of brown parchment. What could these possibly be for?
The purpose of this strange class gathering soon became clearer as cans of spray paint were produced—perhaps a mass act of vandalism led by… Mr. Brewster? Why would the high school principal lead the senior class in an effort to deface school property?
The mystery began to unravel itself as students rolled out their large pieces of parchment, each with a design cut out of it. It appeared that these papers would act as stencils—stencils that formed a creative design including the senior’s name. Soon, the air began to fill with the overpowering smell of aerosol paint; the seniors were beginning to leave their mark by painting designs on the blacktop between the playground and the CASTLE.
Seniors chose their designs based on things that were important or meaningful to them.
Inha Kim (12) captured his love of film and cinematography by incorporating his name into the film of a movie reel. It may as well capture his love for art, too. The detail put into his stencil shows his passion for art.
Other students, like Jing Low (12), have more than one or two interests they wanted to capture. Jing’s design features her love for the Japanese language, music, and computer programming.
“It was nice to see different paintings come together as a fusion to portray the artistic side of our class,” said Yeorin Yun (12). “It created a great opportunity to come together as a class.”
Senior class president Jarrod Chang (12) recalled a mistake he had made in laying out his stencil, which caused him great stress. “You know those things you put down after your stencil?” he asked a fellow ExCom member, Sheldon Ang (12), referring to pieces of paper meant to cover up parts that didn’t need paint. “I forgot to put some of those down.”
In the end, however, no matter how stressful it may have been to design, cut, and paint each stencil, every senior’s picture turned out looking great. Every design reflected a part that they wished to be remembered for—whether that be music, football, or Pepe the frog.
Joel Frohlich (12) remarks, “I enjoyed watching others express themselves in a creative way. I also found it intriguing how others want to be remembered at our school."
The class of 2017 is a class filled to the brim with quirky characters and great talent. From mountain vistas to guitar-trombone fusions to samurai swords, this year’s senior class has created a tradition to reflect themselves; this tradition will, hopefully, carry on to allow future seniors to express themselves in an artistic way, though the future senior classes will not need to be quite so sneaky.
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