EF International Academy New York - 2012 Yearbook

EF International Academy2012100 Marymount Ave.

Tarrytown, New YorkU.S.A.

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EF International AcademyAn International Baccalaureate World School

Welcome from Headmaster and Principal - 4-5The most Amazing people (Faculty & Students) - 6-24

Activities,Organization,Clubs - 25-41

The Most Amazing Events of the Year - 42-51

EFIA School Team, Sports Events 52-57

EF MissionEF’s mission is simple: to break down the barriers oflanguage, culture, and geography that divide us.Today EF’s mission is more relevant than ever.Today’s world is increasingly complex andinterdependent. Cross-cultural communication andunderstanding are vital to long-term success. EF’sprograms enable everyone to make the world theirclassroom.

The EF International AcademiesEF International Academy offers A-Level (UK Schools only), IGCSE, and International BaccalaureateDiploma Programmes for foreign students. EF International Academy provides a first-class high schooleducation in order for students to enter top universities at home or abroad. Students can choose tostudy at an EF International Academy campus in Torquay, Oxford, or New York. The New York campusis accredited by the International Baccalaureate Organization, University of Cambridge InternationalExaminations Centre, and the New York State Board of Regents.EF International Academy has helped students attain their highest academic goals. EF InternationalAcademy students consistently score among the highest results in their A-Level exams as well asEnglishproficiency exams. In addition, EF International Academy students have gained places at topuniversities including Oxford, Cambridge, the London School of Economics, and Harvard.

Class of 2012 - 58-712


2011-12JourneyGuideline

Welcome Letters 4-5

The Most Amazing People of EFIA 6-24

Activities Organizations Clubs 25-41

The Most Amazing Events of the Year 42-51

EFIA School Team - Sports Events 52-57

EFIA Class of 2012 - Seniors 58-71

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With thestudents frommore than 40countries, ourcampus life isdiverse andinteresting.EFIA hascollected thebrighteststudents of theworld and theircultures.

We are here tolearn from theworld.

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EF InternationalAcademy has themost outstandingteachers andfaculties.Teachers hereare always readyto help and giveadvice to us.As Angel said:"Teachers heredon't only knowmy name, theyknow me."

Teachers hereare world-class.Most of themhave travelled tomany countries inthe world. Theyare experienced,and know exactlyhow to teachstudents from theworld.

With the additionof new teachersand faculties atthe begining ofthis academicyear, our EFIAfamily becamebigger and evenmore diverse.

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Timothy Barnes Candice Beerman Ginny Borton Adam Bovone John Buonamano

Angelo Carino Denby Christ Denise Concepcion Fabiana Dasilva Patrick Dunn

Cindy Espinal Steven Fleming Paul Giordano Kathy Hammell Shannon Hubertus

Kathleen Jackson Birgitte Jensen Oscar Jimenez Spencer Knight David Kurten

Joel Kwabi Theresa Kwabi Oxana Litvine Bill Livingston Michael Lupo

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Kevin NielsenIveth MorilloRebecca MillhouseRyan MathewsJenna Marcus

Vera PohlandYulin PengRinku PatelZainah OthmanMark Niesen

Sara WalshShari WalcottClaudia TrewKim SteinAdele Sinnott

Li ZhangPolina Zajkova

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Faculty & StaffCandids

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Alisa BabikovaHeriberto Arguello LoriaJae Hyun AhnPhilipp Tim AhlbrandDenisse Acosta Ordaz

Tran Phuong Nam BuiNagib BousaadMara BambergerSoo Min BaeVan Phuc Nguyen Bach

Evelina ChumashkaevaSutinee ChaowanichHo-Hsiang ChangChing Ya ChangWoraphon Bundidcheen

Quang Tuan DoanMargrethe DammannDiego Ignacio ClercDerett

Hon SheungAlexander Chung

Supakorn Chumchuay

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Aidar Dossymov Abdelrahman Elgendy Li-Ying Feng Mateo Gallego Castillo Josef Paul Ghanima

Karla Gomez Vilchis Angel Gonzalez Duc Tien Hung Hoang Viet Dung Hoang Caroline Holtgrefe

Cheng-Ying Hsieh Tzu-Nu Huang Ho Kwan Hui Reyna Jaimes Anna-Lisa Janisch

Hee Tak Jung Martin Keith Dong Jae Kim Kamilla Kronholm Ho Cheung Kwok11


Mimmi LindquistMengying LeiYun-Pai LeeKeon LeeHerman Land

Carmen Mora HernandezAnzhelika MininaTomislav Macan MihajilovicChia-Yu LuFook Yee Lo

Tran Khanh Quang NguyenMinh Nhat NguyenHoang Ngan NguyenHoang Minh NguyenDuc Tam Nguyen

Jae Youn ParkSamantha OrtizBarragan

Carlos Orbea Usi¤AIlya OgarkovVan Thien HieuNguyen12


Chindalay Phonsavath Elena Rodriguez Marin Corina Rodriguez Miliani Lidia Russkova Dong Hyun Ryu

Eugene Ryu Valentina Del Valle Salazar Ruslan Sanakoev Phakdichol Santivitoonvongs Nopparath Saykaew

Anastasia Shakhova Yuyang Shi Ye Hoon Shin Marie Alice Qian Su

Donghua Sun Jiaxun Sun Inna Thalmann Ngoc Quynh Anh Tran Nhut Quang Huy Tran13


Xindi Steven WangQiuyi WangAlice UwamahoroDameli UshbayevaSyrkhan Umbetaliyev

Zhirui ZhangYu Tao ZhangHedvig WernerJoana Weitzd”RferYichao Wang

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KauesarAchmad

NurdauletAkmolda

Javier AriasVergara

Balzhanov Artur Thale Bo Maren Baarlid Marit Bakkan GracielaBalderas Torres

Ivan Barakov Isadora BarrosReis

Salma BenOuhoud

Joshua Bennet Axel Bie Lea Bohnen Minh Thien Bui Nguyen ThuyVy Bui

KornpatChantraparnik

Josue ChavezIturralde

Chun Chen Yu Lin Chen AvaneeshChotalia

Jeen Chun Feiko De Boer Zhaojian Deng

Zhan Ding Yvette Dirven Noon Elabassi Amalie Fasting Ingrid Fossan Daniela GarciaGomez

Eyovel Ghezai Maria JoseGomez Mata

Heyuan Guan Sunniva Hagen RenHaltermann

Stella Hartman Sin Yee Hia Yan Nung Ho Huong MaiHoang

Le Kim KhanhHoang

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Minh DucHoang

Hyun WookHong

Cheng-HsiangHsiao

Hung Wei Hsu Benjamin Hui Melissa MarisolInzunza Sais

Anna Ivanova ShambaviJayaramaiah

Hye Ryeong Jin Silje Juul Yulia Khon Hyun JoongKim

Joo Hwan Kim Woo Jae Kim Juliane Kingsrod AnnaKondrateva

VeraKudryavtseva

Lukas Kunert Ane SteinslandKvinge

Natalie LeeLange

Yun Hsuan Lee Kirill Lepekhin Meiying Li Minxuan Liang

Anniken Lie I Hui Lin Qing Liu Weiwei Liu Shuhan Lu JiongchengLuo

Weiquan Luo Salomon Lupo

Zoe Lutar Siu To Ma Yaiza MartinezSanchez

LauraMinosyants

GeorginaMoreno Munoz

Maria Motorina Cristina Mu¤OzManchon

RaikhanMukhlissova


Lais Murakami NicolaiMykleby-Skaara

Tim Naumov Alvaro NavarroRecuero

Le Hieu NhanNguyen

Manh TuanNguyen

Ngoc Lan AnhNguyen

Ngoc PhuongThuy Nguyen

The HiepNguyen

Vinh SonNguyen

Ji Min Oh Miguel Olivares Thania OrtizBarragan

Sheel Patel Minh ThienPham

Esteban AlejandroPita Pirri

Julia Pleym Gina ElisePoppe

Mariana Prado Zitni Ilmi Putriadi Wilhelm RandersLuisa RacanelliDe Ferreira

Santos

Rhanna RayminFranquilimRodrigues

Vidal ManuelRubio Tellez

MaxatRyskaliyev

Pamela SainzAcevedo

AsamaSangiamkittikul

RomanShabanov

Wanyi Shu Yanfang Shu Carolina Smith Meiji Song

EwaStaworzynska

Sunghoon Sul Jiaze Sun Yiming Sun Knut TjensvollYasmine Taifouri Martine GarmannTraaseth

Ba Loc Tran


Linh Trang Tran AndreaTrangerud

Anja Trenkwalder Hoai PhongTrinh

Borja TroyanoTamames

Krit Upra Gloria MariaUrena Aramburo

Luiza ValentePorfirio

Julie Verlo Antonio Villani Anne Vincent Minh Tuan Vo Kim Thuy Vu Thinh PhatVuong

Naomi Walt Thea Wisloff

Yun Fan Wu Xinyuan Xie Ada Xu Yarong Xu LiliyaYerassilova

Chi CheungYing

Alfonso YordiMartinez

Cheuk Hei Yu

Ke Yu Nabiha Zaman Maria TeresaZambrana

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PabloZarraluqui

Zhenyi Zhang Xuefei Zheng Qian Zhou


BaybalaBadirkhan

Alana Barbosa Liang ChiehChin

Ka Hou Chio Da Bin Choi Fernando Jos‚ Garc¡A Gomez

El YazidHaddad

Ji Hyun Ham

Shuang Han Thanh DucHoang

Yishan Hou Hung Huynh Yunting Jia ValeriaKachkova

Yumi Kikuchi Yunseo Lee

Maria GabrielaMayansHeredia

Hoki Min Van DungNguyen

Xiayi Ni AnnaNorovskaya

KristinaPletnikova

Nieves Rodr¡Guez

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Jasson AlexisSandovalEspinoza

Kevin AlexisSandovalEspinoza

Youssef Taifouri Leyuan Tan Si Qing Tian Thi Tram AnhTran

Chi-Ming Wang

Yang Wang Yen-Chi Wang Zhen Wang XeniyaYalbacheva

Cheng Yang Yuhao Yang Wanjin Yoo Lin Zhang

Mingkai Zhang Weilin Zhang Wenhao Zhang Siyu Zhao


Paola Mu¤OzCopano

VanessaMusavyi

CamilaNeumann

Cong DoNguyen

Dang Anh ThuanNguyen

Hoang YenTam Nguyen

Khuong DuyNguyen

Luis AlexisNogueda Chopin

Ji Hye Ok Susana OrdazMontero

Si Ning Pai Sieun Park Ye Seul Park Beatriz PerazaGarcia

Duc Toan Phan Nguyen HoangMinh Phan

Yicen Qian Natan Sarria MammadShahbazov

Ye Shen Hsuan Shih PavelStrembovskiy

Ho Yin Tang Ly Dong Nhi To

Nguyen ThaoLinh Tran

Shaoheng Tu FranciscoUcero Senties

Alica Ulrich Hoang Vu Nayoung Youn Tianlong Yu NailyaYussupova

SuleymanYusupov

Chen Zhihao


Diana CarmelitaAngel Ricardez

Inkar Artygalina Carolina ArvizuUscanga

Iria BasantaVazquez

AmandaBerube

Tuong Nhi Bui Tzu Chieh Chan Yan Chen

Yu Lien Chen Rita GeorginaChirinos

StephanieCives

Anh QuangDuong

Madelaine Erbe Iveth Espinosa Elena Evseeva Pablo FraileColino

Bo Gao Zicong Gao Jaime Garcia-Alegre

Valerie Gastner Simon Gauss Ana Gonzalez DelAmo Carpintero

Tsai-Yi Hsieh Jo Ting Huang

SudarshanJayaramaiah

Den Von Kim Gyumin Kim Jisu Kim Yat On Lau Viet Hoang SonLe

Ji Sook Lee Yun Seo Lee

Caifeng Li Seungwon Lim Hsin I Lin Shunxi Liu Nicole MarinTzec

Erik Mikhanov YunonaMironova

Luis ArturoMonroy Ochoa

Sophomores


JosephineBruderer

SaltanatChuzhegulova

Siu Long Ho Yi Feng Huang Yu Ju Hung Jeon Ho Kang Haakyoung Kim Daniil Kozlov

Sehee Lee Yen-Jung Lu Ana Paula MontesDe Oca Toledo

Thi Truc HanNguyen

Thamara OrtizBarragan

Shuai Pan Pik Shan Pang Edgar AlejandroRabelo Perez

Anh Tu Tran Siya Zhang

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Organizationsinclude the EFIAStudent Counciland the EFIAHouse System,both aim toimprove thestudents' overallhigh schoolexperience.

Clubs andactivities coverdifferent areasand show agreat extent ofvariety. Popularclubs includeDrama Club,MUN...

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Our campus isalive, filled withexciting activitiesand clubs.

Students here arenaturally adaptedto this diverseenvironment.

CAS (Creativity,Action, Service) isa part of ourcurriculum, and ithas become apart of our lives.

We are committedto our school,local andinternationalcommunity. Wecare about thecommunity welive in; we want tocontribute andimprove it.

There are morethan 60 clubsregistered onManagebac thisyear, which marksour furtherdevelopment indiversity andexcellence.

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of EF International Academyof the students, by the students, for the students

TransparencyXinyuan Kevin Xie, ChinaJunior MemberEwa Staworzynska, NorwayJunior MemberKyle Ying, Hong KongJunior MemberThuy Nguyen, Vietnam

Student Council is the largest student organization atEFIA with more than 10 committees working ondifferent projects to improve campus life, providingpublic services, representing students benefits, andresolve problems on campus.

Gym-hour Extension Valentine's Committee Party CommitteeRita Hall Improving Committee Nurse CommitteeAssembly Improving Committee Bazaar CommitteeSC Planning Committee Christmas/Easter Count Down

"EFIA Student council is a student-driven, student-run organization. Student council has done a lot ofwork behind the scenes to improve daily life forstudents at EFIA Tarrytown. We identified someareas we could focus on and have been workingdiligently to make them happen. Next year, we planto take our successes this year and build on themwith a better structure and hopefully more success." - Mr. Timothy Barnes Student Council Advisor

"It has been my great honor to be the President ofStudent Council this year, having the opportunity towork with the most intelligent and passionatestudents at school who care and are willing tocontribute to their community. What we are doingtoday will definitely be valuable assets for our schoolin the future. I am proud of you, all those whosacrificed your free time, and dedicated to thebetterment of our school community. EFIA StudentCouncil has become a part of National Association ofStudent Council, I believe that Student Council nextyear will develop further and provide better services." -Steven Wang President of Student Council

Student Council Advisor Mr. Timothy Barnes, U.S.ATreasurerMara Bamberger, GermanySenior MemberLidia Russkova, RussiaVice PresidentAnja Trenkwalder, Austria

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Junior MemberSalma Benouhoud, MoroccoTransparencyEric Hsiao, TaiwanJunior MemberXuefei Paula ZhengJunior MemberLuiza Porfirio, Brazil

"Student council has motivated me to take initiatives and engage in issuesconsidering student life. The student council meetings are alwayspleasant, and I am happy that there is some student democracy at EFIA." -Ewa Staworzynska

"I am proud of my time in student council where own initiative has beenfully backed up, something that let me grow as a leader, team-player andyoung adult. Hopefully, the bonds in our community were growing at thesame rate, and are never to be broken." -Mimmi Lindquist

"Being a member of Student council was one of the most amazingly eye-opening experiences of my life. Being a part of student council was anhonor and tt helped me grow as a leader and a person as a whole." -Shama Jay

"One of the best things about Student Council is to make the school amuch better place bit by bit when I think this in a larger scale. I am lookingforward to contributing to this school through Student Council next year!" -Xinyuan Kevin Xie

"We encourage each other and try to come up with ideas to make EFIAstudents enjoy the school. I’ve learned a lot as in communicating withothers as well as learning from their cultures.Thanks SC! " -Thuy Nguyen

"Student Council was not only a lot of laughing and constructivedialogues, it was a possibility of saying what you want to say and to makestudent’s voices heard. I am proud of being a member of a group ofintelligent, mature and happy people." -Lidia Russkova

"When we formed a committee and started to discuss about the problemsand come out with solutions were great! Generally people were verypassionate and cooperative in student council, but I hope student councilcan be more constructive." -Hannah Jin

"I like being a Student Council member. We were doing many great thingsfor our school. We had a lot of fun this year. Next year I definitely will be astudent council member again. Because it's really interesting." -Valerie Kachkova

"Altogether we have been able to solve our problems, find the rightsolutions, and create ideas for a better student life. And I am happy that Ihave been part of the student voice in this young school, and I hope thisvoice will get louder as years pass by." -Tomislav Macan

"It is not an easy task, however student council has provided me theopportunity to demonstrate my talents and develop leadership skills. I amhappy to be a member and I look forward to being a part of it next year!" -Luiza Porfirio"It is a pleasure to see each of the members trying to improve our school,and make it entertaining at the same time." -Paula Xuefei Zheng

Senior RepresentativeCaroline Holtgrefe, HollandSenior MemberMimmi Lindquist, SwedenPresidentSteven Wang, JapanJunior MemberShama Jay, India

Junior MemberHannah Jin, South Korea

Sophomore MemberValerie Kachkova, Russia

SecretaryTomislav Macan, Croatia


HouseSystem

Green House has always been strong in sports, Clovershave won many games on campus. With the additionof new members this year, Green House will bestronger! Clovers have a sence of family and spirt tocontribute to their house. Green, green, we will win.

Golden Eagles are the best, there are so manytalents in this incredible house. We have the mostamazing singers, artists, athletes, and smartpeople. We are great and we will rock thechampionship this year! Golden Eagles, GO, GO,LET'S GO!

During the shooting we had a lot of fun and wecould improve our cooperative abilities, the finalresult was amazing and everybody in the houseenjoys the pictures.

As the Blue House representative I have seen thespirit of my house grow strongly. We have manygreat people with great talents who show theirskills, and they all truly represent the house spirit.Besides all the competition, I am happy to see thatall the house members have been having a lot offun in these activities, which is the main purposeof the house system. Although . . . BLUE IS BETTERTHAN YOU!

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"It was hard to manage my IB lifeand to organize the housesystem, but at the end theimportant thing is that ithappened. It feels great to seehow through activities organizedby me and the house leaderswe've been able to improve thesocial life of our students, to helpthem make new friends, and tocreate a stronger sense of acommunity while having fun.Long live house system!"

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As the Drama Club advisor, producer, and director of all the theatre productions here at EFInternational Academy for the past four years, after each year there is the question of “What next?”As our school has grown, our theatre program has grown accordingly. We performed The LaramieProject, a docu-drama based on the hate crime a young homosexual man in a small town ofWyoming. Coming in to this school year, it would now be the time to take another creative risk andpresent our first musical: Grease. -Ginny Borton

EFIA Drama Club

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Tai-Chi ClubMusicians Club

This group will form the support band for theschool musical production of Grease. Wewill jam and rehearse and work on yourmusical skills. Service and creativity hoursavailable for CAS.

Tai-Chi is an internal Chinese martial artpracticed for both its defense training and itshealth benefits. It is also typically practicedfor a variety of other personal reasons: itshard and soft martial art technique,demonstration competitions, and longevity.

Filming Club


The EFIA Film Director's Club is for students who have an interest in filmmaking and arewilling to devote themselves to making a high-quality film project. Participants will gain abasic knowledge of pre-production, cinematography, sound, directing and editing. Theclass will conceive of a story together and various film roles will be distributed amongstthe class. The team will work together and at the end of the class we will have a shortdocumentary and a short narrative film.

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Join up to be an active photographer todocument the life and times of EFIA. Yourphotos may be used in internationalpublications, presentations, exhibitions andPowerPoints. -Ms. Lauren Raia

Photography ClubDrawing Club

Memory Project


Learn the magic secrets of drawing whatyou see, understand cartooning, learn howto apply tone to create the illusion of formon paper. This club will take you places!Excellent choice for creativity (CAS).

- Ms. Rebecca Millhouse

The Memory Project 2011 – Ms. R MillhouseThis club has a simple concept but with a far-reaching impact. Our students applied for andreceived photographs of orphan children. In 2011 the photos came to us from anorphanage in Mexico. Each student then created a portrait drawing from the photograph.They spent on average ten hours crafting a life-like drawing for their child. Many chose toadd a background that would add some color and character. The smiles on the kids facessay it all! In 2012 we will be working with children from Honduras.

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Musicians Club

The club is going to explore the culture of China with a focus on the Chinese calligraphy.Members are going to practice with the basic styles of calligraphy, like, "Xing Shu" "KaiShu" "Cao Shu". More than that, More fun stuff is there, waiting for you to discover!!

-Ms. Yulin Peng

Chinese Calligraphy Club

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International Cooking ClubAsian Culture Club

Spanish Club

Language and Culture Language and Culture Language and Culture Language and Culture

¡ Hola a todos !In this club peers collaborated to teacheach other not only the language but partof the culture. Some members have beenin this club for two years, like CarlosOrbea, which is very commendable. Thisyear's project was to experience theculture by travelling to Spain. We will visitthe cities of Barcelona, Madrid and Toledofrom March 31st. to April 7th. It's going tobe an enriching experience as well as aCAS project. Congratulations to all foryour commitment, patience, dedicationand carisma. The enthusiasts of this clubare from top to right: Anastasia Shakhova,Carlos Orbea, Iveth Morillo, Joyce Hia SinYee, Kirill Lepekhin, Roxane Nofra, UpraKrit, Javier Arias, Sheel Patel, GracielaBalderas, Maria Teresa Zambrano, GloriaUrena, Yulia Khon, Corina Rodriguez,Melissa Inzunza, Gary Chang Ho-Hsiang,Georgina Moreno, Loc Ba Tran. Those notin the picture but also valuable membersof the club are: Melody Wu, Yun Fan,Victoria Wu Fan Youn, Na Young , MiguelOlivares, Ezad Hung YuJu, KimHyunjoong, Sul Sunghoon¡ Hasta la vista !

We explore Asian culture by conductingCAS project: Adventure to Asian world.Members work in groups and select thefavorite cultural topics to develop your ownproject: Language, Dance, Music, Outfit,Holidays, Lunar New Year performance onand on.

The International Cooking Club is the sisterclub to the Culture Club. This club willintroduce new cultures to students viapresentations, discussion, and cooking! Ourmeeting will learn about a different cultureand cook some delicious food. The aimsare to exchanging cultures and having fun!

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As EF International Academy New York's first official "Amnesty International Student Group" founded by StevenWang and myself in September, we participated in letter campaigns, urgent actions and (fundraising) eventsamong other things as well as created our own projects starting from 2011, the 50 year anniversary of AI. Duringthe global Write-A-Thon, we sent out a total of 300 letters and freed Azerbajani activist Jabbar Savalan whileour Auction for Rights raised $1100. Coming up next is our charity concert JAMnesty which is also our very lastgift to the Seniors. I am very proud of all our members and hope that EFIA Amnesty International will continueto SHINE A LIGHT for future generations as well. by Chindalay Phonsavath

Amnesty International is aglobal non-governmentalorganization fighting forhuman rights around theworld since its foundation in1961. Their philosophy ofacting as a collective is whatmakes them so successful.The organization won theNobel Peace Prize in 1973.

EFIA Amnesty International

Community Service Community Service Community Service Community Service


This activity offers a life-changing experience. Travel to Nicaragua to assist a small, ruralcommunity to improve their community. You may be helping by building a house, plantinga forest, painting a mural on a school wall or helping to build an outhouse. You will flythere in Spring Break and work for one week. Participants will give a presentation to thewhole school upon their return.

Nicaragua Club


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FeederWatch is a research project operatedby The Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Theproject gathers data of birds that visit thefeeders we set up. FeederWatch contributeby helping scientists track broadscalemovements of bird population and long-termtrends in bird distribution and abundance. -Nagib Bousaad

This project, aims to design and build a littlewindmill generator in the EFIA's campus, toprovide energy for a spotlight in a blind-spotof the campus. Hence, elaborating a low costenergy device that could be constructedeasily in the world. -Angel Gonzalez

The EFIA Literature Club is the proud producer of the first literary magazine of EF International Academy!We are composed of a variety of nationalities who all share a love for the written word. Throughout thecourse of the year, we have created and gathered literary pieces inspired by moments of our lives,dividing them into four different sections of the magazine: US, NEW YORK, HOME and TIME.We aredelighted to offer literary pieces in multiple languages, ranging from Vietnamese to Norwegian, from theCyrillic alphabet to the Traditional Chinese writing. In our work, we have discovered a unifying threadwoven throughout the various images, languages, and characters: MEANING - the title of our magazine.

Go Green EFFeederWatch Project

Literary Magzine


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We are the first business club in EFIA. We are a group of people who want to participategreatly in the world of entrepreneurship and business. I, Donny Kim, as a founder and thepresident of the club, learned that business is all about human capital, and sincereappreciation to be around with them. - Donny Kim The Business club runs the schoolstore - a store selling international food. - Ms. Polina Zajkova

Business Club (Y.E.S)



Chess ClubScience Tutoring

Model UN is an exciting activity that simulates the working of the real United Nations. Inthis activity you will prepare and travel to conferences with other American schools andparticipate in lively debate and discussion. -Mr. David Kurten -Mr. Kevin Nielson

Model United Nations

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Student tutors will offer help in the areas ofBiology, Chemistry or Physics to any otherstudents in need. Support can be given onhomework, lab work, test/quiz preparation,or general understanding of scientificconcepts and material. -Ms.Shannon Hubertus

Chess is a game of life or death!The adrenaline rises to your throat and youropponent’s boot comes stepping down …move your queen, or sack the bishop?Everything depends on your answer – yourlife, your dignity, and CAS credits!!! -Mr. Bill Livingston

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In our TOEFL club, we have a group ofmotivated students who are studying reallyhard to get high scores on their TOEFLexam. The students get to learn relevantcontent that will help them in their exam andthey also get the chance to have fun andinteract with students from other grades. -Ms. Fabiana DaSilva

This is an effective club because thestudents have the chance not only toachieve a score with which they aresatisfied with, but they also get thechance to practice and ask questionsabout different TOEFL exam questiontypes.

The Math Club is a place where students participate in the NYML (New York Math League)contests, AMC (American Mathematics Competitions) and M3 (Moody’s Mega MathChallenge). During our weekly meetings, we participate in these contests, prepare forthem or review SAT questions. -Mrs. Tia Gueye

TOEFL ClubTest Of English as an Foreign Language

Math Club

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Crazy and FunEvents include:Lugari Flood,Philadelphia &Boston Trip,ThanksgivingAssembly,HalloweenCelebreation,ChristmasCountdown,Valentine's DayRose Selling,Superbowl,Lunar NewYear, CultureFair, Grease,AmnestyAuction...

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Every year at EFIAis unique. Thisyear - fromSeptember untilnow - has seen alot of events.

Be it the regularassemblies turninginto surprisingspectacles, cozydinners in Rita II,music concerts, aspontaneousevacuation andrelocation of Lugariresidents, a greatnight in TarrytownHouse Estatebefore the SATs,the Culture Fair inOctober,appreciating yourloved ones onValentine's Day bysending themroses, visitingcolleges in NewYork City aftercompleting themost excitingresearch paperrequired by the IB -Extended Essay(EE).

Events at EFIA,never stop!

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AssembliesSpellman Auditorium. Wednesday, 2PM:

"Where do you go?" "Assembly..." Yes, assembly.Presenting a rare opportunity for the EFIApopulation to meet after an exhausting day ofshortened but intense classes, the weeklyassemblies feature enthusiastic introductions by Dr.Mahoney ("WiFi!"), musical performances by Tamaka Bruno Mars and his crew, Mr. Lupo and Ms. Yoo,Amnesty International presentations, awards for thebest/most improved students (with the winnersusually not being present) and introduce Mr.Hodgkinson rising up to be EFIA's NextSuperteacher while making a flaming exit (hereceived 8 friend requests that night)... and so forth.It has since been an integral part of our school life.While those who attend it want to desperately runaway, those who do so are actually missing out ona lot of surprises. What makes it even better: It hasbecome much shorter! Interesting Fact: The idea ofassemblies was first introduced by Dr. Trew herselfin her quest of establishing what would hopefully bea school tradition. And they became one for sure.

"Just the way you are." Exactly.


EF International Academy New York is thehome for students from more than 30nations. The diversity of cultures gives usendless energy - and the EFIA Culture Fairwas a great opportunity for all students onthe campus to experience differentcultures and learn something new fromeach other. This meaningful eventcertainly increased our awareness ofethical issues and internationalperspectives that are two of the mostimportant values of the IB learner profile.It was a great success; and as the futureof the world will be determined by ourgeneration, cross cultural understandingsare definitely the first step to achieve trueglobalization. - Steven Wang

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Boston TripAs a New Yorker, I bleed pinstripes. I also avoid thecity of Boston. So, on that afternoon as water gusheddown the second floor boys’ stairwell as though wewere reliving Titanic itself, Dr. Mahoney calmly said,”Let’s go to Boston.”Four days and countless trips to Quincy Market later,we were taking a boat trip about the city of Boston.Mr. Dunn and I were watching the New York FootballGiants were pouncing on the New England Patriots.I was silently cheering, as the water looked frigid andI didn’t want anyone to throw me overboard. After atriumphant victory, I walked inside and stood next toDr. Trew.You were all on the dance floor below, singing anddancing along to Rihanna’s “We Fell In Love.”Dr. Trew looked said, “Tonight’s the night.”Nothing would be the same after this. We were aunit, bound by water and dirty clothes. Our sportsalliances didn’t matter, nor did our mutual desire forNew York, our home. We had fallen in love in ahopeless place. - Ms. Lauren Raia

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The Philadelphia trip this year was agreat success! We visited SwarthmoreCollege, University of Pennsylvania andDrexel University. The students reallyenjoyed an Italian dinner at a localrestaurant, going to Dave and Bustersand visiting the Franklin Institute. We atePhilly Cheesesteaks, went to the busyReading Terminal market and shoppedat the King of Prussia Mall. -Polina Zajkova

We had a lot of fun in Philadelphia, thehotel we stayed was incredibe. Seniorswere so tired after all the crazy IBassessments. The trip certainly helpedus recover from the Lugari Flood.

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HalloweenHalloween Celebration is huge in EFInternational Academy. Every year,students dress up and go to our classes.Teachers are also extremely passionate,joining students to dress up crazily. Theevent has become a part of our schoolculture and tradition. It is a opportunityfor students to show their creativity andhave a closer understanding to theAmerican culture. This year, morestudents dressed up compared to lastyear; Next year, hopefully there will bemore people participating, andenhancing our school culture.Remember those amazing moments,you will laugh whenever you look at it.

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HalloweenHalloween Celebration is huge in EFInternational Academy. Every year,students dress up and go to our classes.Teachers are also extremely passionate,joining students to dress up crazily. Theevent has become a part of our schoolculture and tradition. It is a opportunityfor students to show their creativity andhave a closer understanding to theAmerican culture. This year, morestudents dressed up compared to lastyear; Next year, hopefully there will bemore people participating, andenhancing our school culture.Remember those amazing moments,you will laugh whenever you look at it.

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EFIA successfully organized the LunarNew Year 2011 with the participation ofall IA students. We sang, danced andtasted traditional Chinese, Vietnamesefood. Every Lunar New Year comesand the students who live far away fromhome miss our parents, siblings andtraditions in our country, therefore, thisevent makes us recognize the value offamily. So far celebrating New Yearhere helps us rid the feeling of beinghomesick, feel warm in the AmericanWinter weather, discover ourselves andcrucially share the cultural customs withour friends from all over the world. -Nguyn Hoàng Ngân

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Dedication to Grease

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Why Grease? After seeing many directing and watchingmany high school musicals over the years, I wanted tochoose a show that our young people from all over the world could respond to. As the one of the most successful movie musicals in history, I thought that there was a chance many of them had some previous knowledge or background of the story, or at least their parents did! Also, there is a large cast, with the opportunity to add ensemble parts, and they were evenly distributed between male and female roles. In addition, they were “cool” which students from all over the world could identify with. As I said in my director’s note for the program:

Theatre is a collaborative art. Many of our talentedteachers stepped forward to offer their assistance. Whatmade is possible was our excellent creative team of fellowteachers: Ms.Beerman (Science), our choreographer, Mr.Kwabi (Math) as musical director, and Mr. Lupo (ESL), asBand Director. In addition, Dr. Pohland (German) offered tosew our costumes and Tim Barnes (History) helped withsome of the initial set construction.

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Theater can be a unifying experience for all, creating a sense of “family”due to the intense hours of rehearsals, commitment, emotionalinvestment, all extra-curricular. This is especially important in our school,I believe, because we are a boarding school and our students do not gohome to their own families every day. Teacher participation in studentlife outside of the classroom helps to strengthen the sense of communitywithin our school and build lasting bonds. It was a great success usingsome of our teachers for the first time last year in ourproduction of The Laramie Project so I decided thatthe two adult roles in Grease should be played by ourtalented teachers as well.

I want to thank all the student cast and crew,faculty members, along with our first ILSpartnership, who devoted so much time andenergy into creating EF International Academy’sfirst musical – a true collaboration! We hope youenjoyed the fun-loving spirit and immortal songsthat make Grease a favorite among rockand roll fans of all ages.

By Ginny Borton

Gratefully, Mr. Knight (History) and Mrs. Walsh(English) happily agreed! The laughter and cheersfrom our student audience helped to validate thischoice.

Grease doesn't have a message ... it gives a flavor of being a teenager in the50s when rock'n'roll and putting grease on your hair were the most importantthings in life. Teenage angst and love's young dream remain timeless anduniversal themes.

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Sports are anessential part ofour lives. We needto find the balancebetween ouracademicendeavors and ourathletic activitiesbecause as thelatin phrase says:Mens sana incorpore sano (asound mind in ahealthy body).Here in EF we gotmany options tostay active: fromsimple anddifferent clubs tomore committedvarsity sports,which we don’t dobecause of CASbut because we,students, enjoythem. Theseactivities keep usdynamic andenergized which isbeneficial for us inmany differentways.

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As a first year program at EFIA, the Varsity Soccer team spent the year in 'building' mode. In our contests, the teamplayed well, but suffered from a scoring affliction. With capitalization on just a few of the many scoring opportunities,the team, would easily been at .500 for the season. One of the greatest outcomes this season was the sense ofcamaraderie built among the members of the team and our coachign staff. I want to congratulate all members on aninspoiring season to build on next year.

EFIA Soccer Team

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EFIA Basketball Team


"Many athletes have tremendous God-given gifts, but they don't focus on the development of those gifts.Who are these individuals? You've never heard of them-- and you never will. It's true in sports and it'strue everywhere in life. Hard work is the difference. Very hard work." ~ John WoodenThe Boys and Girls Varsity Basketball Team worked very hard this season under the direction ofCoaches: Michael Lockett, Denby Christ, and Patrick Dunn. The enjoyment, dedication, and heart feltmoments made this year one for the ages.

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This is an all out ACTION club! We will head into Manhattan to rent bikes and enjoyCentral Park over certain weekends. We will also rent bikes in Tarrytown and cycle in thearea. Since this club depends on renting bicycles, you are NOT required to attened everybike outing we program. -Mr. Oscar Jiménez

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The Cheerleading Club this year has consisted of several cheerleaders who consistently participatedin cheering for both the boys and girls basketball teams. These ladies have worked hard to perfecttheir skills and show spirit through everything they have done, and for many of them this was theirfirst time cheerleading. Some cheerleaders also participated in the school musical, Grease.The cheerleaders are coach by Ms. Berube. The ladies on the team are Luiza, Luisa, Isadora, Lais,Venus, Ana, Vera, Salma, Cristina, and Yaiza. The cheerleaders look forward to some hard workduring the spring in hopes to become a varsity sport next year and compete at local competitions, aswell as cheer on all the different sports at EFIA. Great Job this year girls.“Ms Berube, can we pleeeeease wear our hair down?" - Ms. Amanda Berube

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The EfIA swim club is for all students of every level who want to get intop the pool for funand exercise. It is a non-competetive club, but those who are interested in competetiveswimming are certainly welcome to join us. The swim club also sponsors the anual Swim-A-Thon to raise money for local charities.

The Cheerleading Club this year has consisted of several cheerleaders who consistently participated incheering for both the boys and girls basketball teams. These ladies have worked hard to perfect their skillsand show spirit through everything they have done, and for many of them this was their first timecheerleading. The cheerleaders look forward to some hard work during the spring in hopes to become avarsity sport next year and compete at local competitions, as well as cheer on all the different sports atEFIA. Great Job this year girls. Quotes: “Ms Berube, can we pleeeeease wear our hair down?” - Ms.Amanda Berube

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The Volleyball Club grew legs in its first year, playing well in their only game of the season.As a co-ed team, EFIA students used their superior language skills to communicate both onand off the court. They are hoping to grow into individual boys and girls teams in the Fall of2012 and Spring of 2013.


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We hope thateach time youopen this book,all those crazymoments willrefresh yourmind. In a smallvillage in theUnited States,we met all thoseamazing, brightand uniquepeople andspent our mostunforgettableyears with them.Something thatwe will neverforget.

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"WE ARE THEBEST!"

A two-year journeyis soon coming toan end - and it wasquite a journey foreach and everyone of us.

When we firstarrived here atEFIA, we did notknow each othernor did we knowourselves.

These two yearshave been adiscovery of ourown identity, ourculturalunderstanding andour own place inthe world.

Who we were orwhat we will bedoes not matter;what matters iswhere we standnow.

We have becomea family. No matterwhere we will go -we wish all the bestto each and everyone of us.

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Tomislav MacanChindalay

PhonsavathCaroline Holtgrefe

Eddie HsiehAlisa Babikova

Mara BambergerMiimmi Lindquist

Ying ChaowanichJackson Nguyen

Vanessa Wang

"What lies behind us and what liesin front of us are tiny matterscompared to what lies within us."

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Harry LoGina Chang

Dameli UshbayevaAlice Um Colombe

Inna Thalmann

Steven WangPhilipp Ahlbrand

Ye Hoon ShinReyna JaimesTommy Zhang

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Soo Min BaeKarlos OrbeaAnastasia ShakovaEvelinaChumashkaevaLena Sun

Peter FengAnna-Lisa JanischJosef GhanimaNgan NguyenPaul Ryu

Jessica HuangSupakornChumchuayBeatrice LeeDonny KimDenisse Acosta

Cherry LeiMira RamadanKeon Ung LeeElaine SuLidia Russkova

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From Seniors with Love... IFriendships that will last a lifetime. A second family. Some wise words by our EFIASenior Class 2012 - their hopes, dreams, reflections.

“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because ithappened.”“We have finally survived IB after twoyears of stress, less sleep and desperation. By theday we’ll leave this place, our second home, Ipersonally can say these were two incredible,memorable and breathtaking years that I will alwaysremember.” Anna-Lisa Janisch, GERMANY

“I had the time of my life at EFIA, Thanks to myfriends, teachers, security and New York City.”

Kamilla Lien Kronholm, NORWAY

“It's not easy to meet everyone here, since we arecoming from all over the world. Everyone is veryspecial to each other. I really hope we can keep intouch in the future:) Missing everyone already! :P”

Harry Lo, HONG KONG

"During the time of staying here far from hometown,I feel I growing up and getting to know more aboutmyself. It's lucky to meet all of you here even IBseems like an infinite suffer. Anyway, congratulationsfor graduation. We are all winners!"

Amy Zhang, CHINA

“The moment I left Mexico I thought I was going tobe alone along this road. I was wrong. I found morethan classmates, roommates or friends . . . I founda family. You’ve made my life so much better, morecomplete. Thanks for the memories.”

Reyna Jaimes, MEXICO

“Great people came together to create acommunity. Thank you for making my year here.Who knew that just 12th grade in internationalschool would grant me another family?”

Dameli Ushbayeva, KAZHAKSTAN

“The smartest choice I made was coming back toEFIA for my second year after Christmas. Thereis nothing like a school with homework in everysubject every day, strict teachers, and too smartstudents, and a campus with thousand rules,terrible food and curfew hours. The teachers, thefood, the rules and the joy among the students iswhat made my high school years perfect.”

Margrethe Dammann, NORWAY

“Crazy, amazing moments, happening nowherebut here in EFIA.I am glad to meet all you guyshere and one thing I have to say: You all gave methe most remarkable life, I love you =) ”

Gina Chang, TAIWAN

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“I have been studying in EFIA for 3 years long. WhenI first arrived here, I hardly imagined how tough IBwould be. Indeed, through many challenging IBcourses, I have grown up knowledgeably and madeso many international friends who support meunfailingly. I hope everyone will be accomplished inthe bright future. This is my remarkable year, I willalways keep it in my memory. Thanks to IB, myfriends and all the dedicated teachers here, I amproud to say that I am well-built enough to go tocollege and to challenge everything. I will be backhere someday.” Jackson Nguyen, VIETNAM

"Two years have passed since we first entered.Everyone nervous and excited about what wewere about to embark on. And now being at theend of this journey, I can look back at everythingI have done here, all the friends I’ve made, all thelaughs and all the disappointments we’ve allshared together, and be glad. However, life goeson and so are we, and soon, we will leave to thesame place as from we came, all around theworld. We will meet new people and make newmemories, but what I’ve lived through here withall of you, is something I will never forget"

Josef Ghanima, NORWAY

“There are memories that cling on to my brain for along time. The ones that make me time-travel to themoment over and over in day-dreaming. Althoughonly one year, I am already sure that the days Ishared with friends, the growing up, and thelaughter at late night hallway talks at my home EFwill be greatly missed. Hopefully someday, I willcome back to this campus after achieving my dreamof being an engineer. I will remember you EF,remember me.” Yay Shin, SOUTH KOREA

“The greatest pleasure in life is doing what peoplesay you cannot do.” “Walter BagehotFiguratively and literally, Mr. Bagehot.“IB” wasnothing compared to getting our fridge through thewindow. At last, if I had met half of all the greatpeople I’ve met here during my entire lifetime, itwould have been enough.Break a leg!(not you Norwegians..)” Mimmi Lindquist, SWEDEN

“Coming to study here, in America and particularlythis school was probably one of the most importantdecisions in my life. Only staying here in a diversecommunity made me learn more than I couldpossibly learn at classes. After 2 years of studyinghere I have a lot of moments and stories toremember and to share with my friends and family.It was great unforgettable experience to studyhere. I am happy I graduate from EFIA!”

Anzhelika Minina, RUSSIA

"I'm Ying, short, small but awesome :DEFIA is my second home. Friendship will stay inour mind forever.It's one of the best moment in mylife to knowing people here andmeeting aton ofprecious experiences. How lucky I am ! I love youEFIA :D" Ying Chaowanich, THAILAND

to be continued...

"Don't mess with me! I did the IB, I am a masterof procrastination."

Soo Min Bae, SOUTH KOREA

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“Three years at EFIA New York are coming to anend. But actually it was just a coincidence that Icame to Tarrytown. My plan was to stay for only oneyear somewhere in California. I am happy to stayhere for this long time. During this time I made verygood friends and certainly I liked to live one houraway from Manhattan. Therefore it was anunbelievable experience and something I willsuggest to everyone I meet in my life. During thistime I build a strong character, become more self-confident and independent from my family.Certainly I gained a lot of academic knowledge formy future in Switzerland. I left my home to create asecond one in New York! Hope to see some of youand my friends once again... Alles Gute für dieZukunft!!!” Philipp Ahlbrand, GERMANY

“It was such a wonderful journey...I can't believe thatI'm done with it! There were many things happenedunbelievably during these two years in this school!Sometimes, I have done things which areunconsciously simply because of the IBrequirement. Although I've been through badexperience and memories, what can I say about it?It's life! I believe that everything will be better in thefuture when I do my best. "Trust in the Lord with allyour heart and lean not on your own understanding;in all your ways submit to him, and he will make yourpaths straight." – Proverbs. Finally, I hope everyonecan be successful and be blessed in the future!”

Jessica Huang, TAIWAN

"I get by with a little help from my friends." -JohnLennon “Generation NANH NANH”

Alice Coulombe, RWANDA

“Still remember the first day in EF, now two yearslater, no matter what I really appreciate for what Ihad. My heart is always with you - my friend.”

Lena Sun, CHINA

I learned how to adapt here. I saw it. I burned it.Ipicked it up and made it out into somethingspecial,called love." Donny Kim, SOUTH KOREA

From Seniors with Love... II

“These two years of EFIA experience taught me oneparticular thing - to act independently and beresponsible for my own actions. We live here, onanother part of the world, kilometers away from ourfamilies not to disappoint them, but make them seewho we truly are in this world.I dream of doingsomething significant in this world, to accomplishsomething important. I do not have a step-by-stepplan yet, but I certainly know that once I discover mytrue potential, I will have this plan.”

Alisa Babikova, RUSSIA

Friendships that will last a lifetime. A second family.Some wise words by our EFIA Senior Class 2012 - their hopes, dreams, reflections.

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"EFIA New York is the place I called it as my secondhome for the past two years. This place is not justschool, but it is life. Thanks to my teachers foralways encourage and make the best out of me. Mybest experience which makes EF is EF is about theinternational living, I do not just make normalfriendship but long life friendship. And it does notmatter where we are from, we are together as onebig family. That is the memories that will go with meeverywhere when I think about EFIA New York."

Leah Saykaew, THAILAND

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“Every decision that you take changes your life,Choosing EF and came here without knowinganybody was hard, but through the time, you methere a lot of people, and made a lot of friends. I knowthat the end of senior year is just the beginning ofsomething even bigger. Maybe we can take differentways, but we all going to remember from where wecame from, I will miss you all. Hope that we can seeeach other again.”

Onix Cardenas Gomez, MEXICO

“I love EFIA, because I had lots of goodmemories at here. EFIA is like a big family, itconnects everyone together. I also want mentionthat I am so happy that I met Lena, Steven, Ginaand Josie. I love you all!”

Vanessa Wang, CHINA

“It was quite a journey. Two years that passed fast,because there always was something happening.It is hard to image my life without people who werealways there for me. Teachers who alwayssupported us. We all had a lot of fun during this time,but what I would remember is: who did you sharethis fun with. I will miss every single one of you,guys! And if I haven’t spoken with you that much, Iwish I would. Big Lidia’s LOVE to EFIA! ”

Lidia Russkova, RUSSIA

“I had amazing time at here, EF InternationalAcademy. I’m sure that we had the best high schoolexperiences ever! I met so many talented, unique,and interesting people who have given me the mostcolorful memories in my life. Thank you for being apart of my life. Everyone here is and will always beconnected, by our beliefs, in internationalism,diversity, understandings, love and peace. There isa whole world waiting for us, filled with challengesand opportunities. 2012 is not the end, but a freshstart. We are the ones who will determine the futureof the world, tomorrow will only be brighter andbetter.” Steven Wang, JAPAN

"Altogether we have been able to solve ourproblems, find the right solutions, and create ideasfor a better student life. And I am happy that I havebeen part of the student voice in this young school,and I hope this voice will get louder as years passby.This is IT. It has been cool, sorrowful; sunny-funny; nice-vice; ugly-snugly; graceful-painful . . .and happy-chappy and crazy-lazy for sure . . . "

Kiko Macan, SPAIN

"Greeted by the golden dome of Butler Hall,majestically looking down from the top of the hillsthe first time I arrived on camous, I knew the nexttwo years were going to be life-changing. I learnedto value life and its expectations again, be it thegood or the bad; and I got to know the mostincredible people from all around the world, eachone of them with their own motivations and dreamsand I will miss for sure. But this is what makes usglobal citizens of the world. Always on the move,looking for new challenges. Anywhere, anytime."

Chindalay Phonsavath, GERMANY

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"Most likely to . . ."

Jackson Melvin

StevenDonny/Mira

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MartinDong/Nagib

become President be Famous be a Stone

Marry First

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EvelinaNam

Change the world

Chindalay

MimmiSteven/Supakorn

become a Billionaire

Donny

PaulNhat/Carmen/Alex

get the Nobel Prize

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JosefSteven

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have 10 Kids

Diego

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Teach at EFIA

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become a Hobbit

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MintMimmi/Roman/Keon/Kiko

survive the End of the World

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Beatrice"nobody"

succeed Dr. TrewEvelina

Inna/StevenChindalay

become a DictatorStevenDonny

Aidar/Jackson

become a SpyAidar

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fly to MarsTam/Ying

Aidar/Soo MinHeriberto/Mimmi

become a TreeNagib

Peter/ValentinaAnzhelika/Paul/Viet

become a ChefReyna/Leah

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lose his/herMemoriesHerman

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change IdentityHedvigPhilippNgan

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EFIA Senior Superlatives 2012

Kiko & Angel Anastasia & Karlos

Lena & VanessaEddie & Keon

Quynh Anh & NamJoana & Syrkhan

Irene & JayMimmi & Tam

Best Bromance Cutest Couple The Two that should have Dated

Aidar & Gina

Most Beautiful Eyes

Alisa

DramaQueen

Lidia

Evelina

Best Smile

Mara

TamGina/Karlos

ClassClown

Keon

Ilya/Jackson

Unique Style

Evelina/Helena

LidiaSoo Min

Most Dreamed about

Irene

Tam& a lot of others...

Best HairGendy

VanessaIrene

The VoiceHedvigMelvinTam

Biggest Flirt

Best Nickname"Kiko" (Tomislav)"Yay" (Ye Hoon)

"Mint" (Phakdichol)Best Musician

TamAlexPaul

Best DancerSupakorn

IreneJessica/Evelina/Lidia

CarolineDiego

Heriberto

Most Creative

Easiest to Talk to

Kid at HeartJessica

Keon/Syrkhan/ValentinaPhilipp

KenSupakorn/Tam

Valentina

LeahMimmi/Steven/Angel/Caroline/Anna-Lisa/

Yay/Chindalay

Most SarcasticChindalay

JoanaRoman/Mimmi

Fitness GuruNagibQuang

Kiko/Bom

Most BubblyCarolineHedvig

Mint

"Chillax"Gendy

HermanTam

CAS FreakNganInna

Angel

Hedvig/ValentinaAnastasia

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UniversityBrenda KimballAngelo Carino

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AcceptancesC Dassandra Dragon enby Christ

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Dedication“To IB or not to IB – that is the question.” And for sure, itwas a question for many of us Seniors this year. Thesepast months have been months of struggles anduncertainty - but most of all, they are the last months ofour time here at EFIA. It was a time of discovery, of newchallenges; of friendships forged across all culturalbarriers that will last for life.

Back then, they created the schoolfrom scratch - and having thechance to contribute to thisdevelopment as a student issomething that we hope will inspirefuture generations as well.We are many kinds of students: theambitious ones, the lazy ones, theprocrastinating ones. Howeverexhausting it might seem at times –in the end, all that is left are thegood memories. No matter wherethe future might lead all of us; wewish you all the best and thank youfor your patience, time anddedication you have put into theschool and us. Thank you, Dr. Trew.

Among those who have made this experience possibleis Dr. Claudia Trew, who co-founded EF InternationalAcademy New York along with Gary Julian.

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The EFIA Graduating Class of 2012

written byChindalay Phonsavath

"As we come from different places, we leave todifferent places."

No matter for how long we have been here, wherewe came from; we have all gathered the courageto take risks, to open up our minds, explore theworld, gain new perspectives. Leaving this placebehind, we might never see each other again.But as much as we will miss EFIA, we are lookingforward to our future, without any regrets.As a Senior from last year said:

Thank you to our Counselors who have guided us not only in our universityapplication process, but also become our support and strength in our lives.You. Are. Incredible.

EFIA has become our home and the people we have met here our family.No matter how long we have been here, no matter if High School Diploma,IB Diploma or both - it was an exciting and emotional journey for all of us.Smiles were exchanged (and so were homeworks). Lives and rooms wereshared. Tears were shed, loved ones missed. But in all those times, we werenever alone. We had our new family.

Thank you to our behind-the-scenes magicians, especiallyAdele, Cindy and Denise - you know we love you!

Thank you to our teachers for their patience, their mercyand their love for teaching. You rock!

Last but not least, we would also like to thank Dr. Mahoneyfor making our last year as special as possible.

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