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One final post to congratulate and highlight these seniors! Read more in the link in bio.

Slide 1: “I feel extremely lucky to have attended Berkeley High (School) because of its diversity. I have been exposed to so many different lifestyles and activities through the people at BHS, allowing me to experiment and find people I enjoy spending time with and find things that I enjoy doing,” - Juna French (AC)

Slide 2: “My legacy comes from what I’ve imparted to the people younger than me, where I’ve helped them learn,” - Jaymul Barot (BIHS)

Slide 3: “I’m really proud of myself for choosing extracurriculars that mean a lot to me, I hope my legacy is someone who was passionate about everything they did and made every single day count,” - Najuna Kiggundu (AC)

Slide 4: “(Mountain Biking) it’s such an amazing community, it’s really been great. The coaches, and the people, and the groups have just been super fun, and we get to go to really cool places,” - Sofia Tripcevich (BIHS)

Slide 5: “I wish I knew as a freshman that, you shouldn’t try to be perfect, and you should just try to do your best at everything that you can,” - Mags Metcalf-Tobin (AMPS)

Slide 6: “Everything works its way out. You’ll find your people, just put yourself out there,” - Lillian Hammond (BIHS)

Read about these freshly graduated seniors at the link in bio!

Slide 1: “If you push through something that’s hard or makes you uncomfortable, if you try your best, you’re gonna come out on top … something good will come out of it,” - Sophie Wong (BIHS)

Slide 2: “I’ve become a lot more confident in myself and. I’ve learned a lot of new things about myself and about other people and about the world, I think it’s mostly just because of growing up, and surrounding myself with people that I love, and that love me,” - Ailsa Collier (CAS)

Slide 3: “I think being bold is probably one of the most important things,” - Ty Manning (AMPS)

Slide 4: “I love the Bay Area. I love Berkeley. I’m gonna send my kids here, and live here in the Berkeley Hills,” - Adriana Ovalle Rojas (AC)

Slide 5: “I just want to get better every day. That’s what kept me up every day: just wanting to be a better version of myself than yesterday, just to keep progressing further in what I’m trying to craft, for my future and my personal growth,” - Anthony Feely

Slide 6: “I think a lot of my favorite performing arts achievements, like all like choreographing a lot, and like being really involved in music,” - J’Nyah Santos Barreto (ABA)

Five more profiles to read in the link in bio, take a look!

Slide 1: “Wanting to be a better version of myself than yesterday and to keep progressing in my craft,” - Donte Joseph (BIHS)

Slide 2: “I’ve really found people that have made me better and … have forced me to mature and look at things differently,” - Sofia Bloom (AC)

Slide 3: “I think keeping an open mind and an open heart to new relationships has really helped me throughout my high school years, because I’ve been able to see people for more than just what’s on the outside… and I feel like they’ve definitely helped shape me as well,” - Camila Reyes Mendez (CAS)

Slide 4: “I really loved the big community and diversity at BHS. I definitely looked for something like that when I was looking into colleges ... I just don’t think I could live without (diversity) in an academic space,” - Aarushi (Rue) Bhandari (BIHS)

Slide 5: “I’m about to turn 18, I’m about to move out, it feels really important for me to go somewhere else and learn (about) new cultures,” - Maya Babij-Ross (AHA)

Continue to read about graduating seniors in the link in bio!

Slide 1: “A big part of high school is just finding yourself and figuring out who you are, I’ve definitely grown more confident in the way that I present myself and how I feel about myself,” - Lina Lorenz (AC)

Slide 2: “I would say the community … they’re very welcoming so that’s kind of what made me feel welcome. It didn’t treat me like I was any different than anybody else,” - Marquis Rutledge (AC)

Slide 3: “I’ve really learned to pick my battles and let things go easily, using my voice when I feel it’s very needed,” - Gigi Cotter (CAS)

Slide 4: “It feels a lot better to gracefully cross the finish line instead of crashing at the end,” - Corina Blanton (AC)

Slide 5: “It was also really cool to see my younger friends who helped with winning this award excited to train other students in the future, and I know the team is in good hands,” - Jules Droz (BIHS)

Slide 6: “I really enjoyed the (mural) project that we did in eighth grade at King. That was a lot of fun, with a bunch of people. I was like, ‘oh, let’s do this in high school!’” - Carina Nottingham (AC)

Congrats to these seniors! Read about them in our link in bio.

Slide 1: “The fact that I’m actually interested in everything that I’m doing made all of the work I had to do worth it,” - Sophia Nishioka (BIHS)

Slide 2: “If we want to do something we should do that, get stuff done, and stop sitting around and waiting for the next day to start,” - Ella McGlone (AMPS)

Slide 3: “Whenever things were changing in my life, that (choir)was sort of like something that stayed constant,” - Kali Proud (IS)

Slide 4: (Theater) “It’s taught me to become a much more confident person, be more expressive, and just truly be myself,” - Nico Choi (AHA)

Slide 5: “(High School) is definitely hard sometimes, but you’ll get through it and look back on it with fond memories,” - Analise Van Hoang (IS)

Slide 6: “I think that I create an impact in the world by being an outspoken young Black woman and not allowing things that are normalized to just continue,” - Jamaica Rodriguez (AHA)

Six more senior profiles, all available to read in the link in bio.

Slide 1: “There were times when I wanted to do other things, but it always came back to music. It always made the most sense to me,” - Sadie Scott Jones (AHA)

Slide 2: “I’ve been restoring (my) car since August of last year. I found it in a field (...) it was completely abandoned and destroyed,” - Zara Glynn (AHA)

Slide 3: “Learning how to drum is really cool, It’s pretty hard and physically taxing, but that’s kind of why I like it,” - Tahj Neal (AC)

Slide 4: “Be your authentic self and the right people and opportunities will come,” - Margaux Rocha (AC) - Margaux Rocha (AC)

Slide 5: “I want to be remembered as someone that was incredibly hard working and dedicated to herself and her goals, but still had a lot of love to give for her friends and her family and teachers,” - Anayah Tankson (BIHS)

Slide 6: “Try to be where you are and do what you can,” - October Hertenstein (BIHS)

Spotlights of more graduated seniors, click the link in bio to read more.

Slide 1: “Trust yourself and trust that everything will work out how it is supposed to. Find people that you genuinely like, and do things that make you excited and not just what other people want to do,” - Rose Levine (AC)

Slide 2: “Through high school, there have been people who’ve taught me how to go about things on and off the field, and now it’s my job as a departing senior to do the same for the younger students,” - Akanni Owodunni( AC)

Slide 3: “Musically, being in jazz band means collaborating with a lot of people on a regular basis in different ways. It really means being adaptive and responsive,” - Hani Khayatei Housseini (BIHS)

Slide 4: “I’ve tried my best to not only integrate myself into communities, but create inviting spaces for my fellow classmates,” - Pheona Bun Vongphachanh (AC)

Slide 5: “I realized how happy I was here and how amazing the community is … I was so happy with all the people I was with. I couldn’t imagine Berkeley High without me going through that experience and having those people around me, especially the teachers,” - Jaslene Sanchez (CAS)

Read more about these special seniors in the link in bio.

Slide 1: “I hope that I can work against the systems that divide us and help to end suffering. And, I hope that I can inspire people to do the same,” - Sonali Mascarenhas-Swan (AC)

Slide 2: “That’s why I’m very passionate about waste management. That’s a core value. Something I think about and want to help out with in my career,” - Brooks Trotmore (AMPS)

Slide 3: “You just have to be really open to adapting yourself, and adapting to other people and how they change, if you want to succeed,” - Clio Wachtel (BIHS)

Slide 4: “You learn a lot more about yourself and the world around you by becoming friends with a lot of different people,” - Armana Aradom (AC)

Slide 5: “I care a lot about people’s wellbeing … I hope to find ways to do (activism) because there’s a lot going on in the world and I feel very passionately (about) how things can be fixed,” - Julian Martinez (AMPS)

More senior profiles! Read about these graduates in the link in bio.

Slide 1: “Football has played a significant role in my life by learning how to get good at something you love. It taught me to be patient with the process and fall in love with the process,” - Jayceon Atkins (AHA)

Slide 2: “I love being at a big school. I love the space you have to spread out and try new things and find your people,” - Bee Norton Tsang (AC)

Slide 3: “Robotics has been such a unique environment where I have been able to both get pushed and push myself, but also I get to help others grow the same way I have,” - Moss Vorobyeva (BIHS)

Slide 4: “I became more successful in school when I started taking rowing seriously...It gave me structure, even though it’s still challenging,” - Sebastian Fletcher (AC)

Slide 5: “When all of my senior friends graduated last year, I realized that this truly isn’t forever. Their leaving made me realize how much they meant to me,” - Marly White (AC)

Slide 6: “I think that as long as people care to see that difference, (people) can make a difference, and we can (collectively) make our own fashion shows and our own magazines,” - Yohanna Sanchez (BTA)

Congrats to all graduates! Here are some of our senior profiles, read more at the link in bio.

Slide 1: “Moving around a lot allowed me to figure out who I am as a person, because being in so many different environments, the one constant was kind of me and who I am,” - Olive Brahman (AHA)

Slide 2: “Don’t change for anybody at all...It’s not mandatory to put up with people who don’t pour into you the way that you pour into them,” - Leah Green (BIHS)

Slide 3: “I want to be remembered as someone who pushed film forward,” - Derrick Coney (CAS)

Slide 4: “Berkeley High has shown me that it’s possible for me to really follow my interests and explore many sides of myself,” - Lola Lelchuck (AC)

Slide 5: “I hope to have a positive impact on the world, specifically the future generations. I want to always be fascinated by mechanical things and help make things in the STEM community more accessible to others,” - Grayson Appell (CAS)