Departing Seniors By Junro Shibata Seniors, beloved seniors. Many have spent all their life here, killing themselves studying and earning points for their CAS. Despite all the stress that they have been put through for a large portion of their life, the seniors were always cheerful, caring, and immensely wise. They gave us all great memories to treasure, and forever they will be inspirational figures in our minds. However, before we really say our farewells, I’ve asked two of the veterans of this school, who have spent almost 15 years of their life at NIS, to tell us about their future and give us their final words of advice. I do certainly hope the best for these two seniors, Chethaka Ekanayake and Masaya Ando, for the best of their luck overboard, and that their words will mean something to all of us students left at school to endure the wrath of IB yet to torment us. continued on page 2 DOLPHIN WAVE What college are you attending? Masaya: Bentley University in Waltham, MA What will you major in? Masaya: Finance-Economics. As the name says, its a mixture between the mathematical concepts of finance and the theoretical concepts of economics. What do you hope to pursue as a career, now away from NIS? Masaya: If I could I want to be involved in the financial industry, say security firm, stock trading, or banking. I know it sounds realistic and all that, but it’s what I really want to be involved in. Please give a short account for the best and worst moments in your high school career. Masaya: It’s hard to narrow it down to one best and one worst because I’ve spent too long at this school but perhaps the best moment was when the boys baseball team finally got 1st place trophy for NIS this season. The fact that it was my last tournament of my varsity sports career made it even more dramatic. It was the first time in my life to cry to something happy. I never felt so proud of my teammates and myself for such an accomplishment. Well done, boys, and thanks for the good memory; I’ll never forget. And the worst moment... actually, there’s been too much good memories at school, I don’t quite recall an awfully bad experience. Chethaka: Playing soccer for the school team for 6 years and winning lots of titles and championships.
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Departing Seniors By Junro Shibata
Seniors, beloved seniors. Many have spent all their life here, killing themselves studying and earning points for their CAS. Despite all the stress that they have been put through for a large portion of their life, the seniors were always cheerful, caring, and immensely wise. They gave us all great memories to treasure, and forever they will be inspirational figures in our minds. However, before we really say our farewells, I’ve asked two of the veterans of this school, who have spent almost 15 years of their life at NIS, to tell us about their future and give us their final words of advice. I do certainly hope the best for these two seniors, Chethaka Ekanayake and Masaya Ando, for the best of their luck overboard, and that their words will mean something to all of us students left at school to endure the wrath of IB yet to torment us.
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DOLPHIN WAVE
What college are you attending?Masaya: Bentley University in Waltham, MA
What will you major in?Masaya: Finance-Economics. As the name says, its a mixture between the mathematical concepts of finance and the theoretical concepts of economics.
What do you hope to pursue as a career, now away from NIS?Masaya: If I could I want to be involved in the financial industry, say security firm, stock trading, or banking. I know it sounds realistic and all that, but it’s what I really want to be involved in.
Please give a short account for the best and worst moments in your high school career. Masaya: It’s hard to narrow it down to one best and one worst because I’ve spent too long at this school but perhaps the best moment was when the boys baseball team finally got 1st place trophy for NIS this season. The fact that it was my last tournament of my varsity sports career made it even more dramatic. It was the first time in my life to cry to something happy. I never felt so proud of my teammates and myself for such an accomplishment. Well done, boys, and thanks for the good memory; I’ll never forget. And the worst moment... actually, there’s been too much good memories at school, I don’t quite recall an awfully bad experience. Chethaka: Playing soccer for the school team for 6 years and winning lots of titles and championships.
Memories of NIS:Masaya: Honestly, I’m already starting to miss high school life. It was a weird feeling, but at the moment when the clock ticked 10:30am during my last IB test, I felt all the accumulated stress from HS flow out; it was a sensational feeling. But at the same time, I was left with this emptiness because I knew NIS would no longer be my ‘home.’ Being said, I know I will miss all my friends and I hope they won’t forget me even if I’m gone. Thank you NIS for 15 years. Chethaka: Being with the same friends or members for such a long time, some are even more than a decade. Meeting some influential teachers who taught me the importance besides textbooks, going on retreats, among all the experiences I had a blast by joking and fooling around with friends.
Please give us advice, as mentors, on how we can survive high school without our amazing seniors.
Masaya: Manage your time well. I really mean it. Study hard, exercise hard, and party hard.
Any other comments you want to leave at this school? Masaya: Here’s a little life lesson from me. It’s inspired from my favourite Mark Twain quote. I believe that everyone should always say ‘yes’ to an invitation to anything, whether it be an invite to a school-lead volunteer program or varsity sports or
whatever if they have an opportunity. During your long lifetime, there will only be ONE high school life and that’s it; you move on and live your college life and then you get a job, and so on. There is never a second chance to redo your high school life. So being said, I suggest people to enjoy their time at NIS and spend a lovely HS life so that you won’t regret anything in the future for the things you haven’t done during high school.
OUR BELOVED SENIORS
Terri KimWhen I interviewed Terri, she was away on her senior trip to Tokyo and seemed pretty excited to enjoy her free time after all of her hard working high school years:What college are you going to?United States Air Force AcademyWhat are you going to major in?Business Management What are you pursuing as a career?Executive Official or AdministratorHow would you reflect on your high school life?Tiring, but I’m glad I put all that effort in because it paid off. Do you have any advice to the rest of high school?Don’t look at school as a fun time; look at it as an opportunity to make something of your life. You need to be serious and hard working if you want to be extraordinary.
Sakura KatoI also had the opportunity to catch up with Sakura. She couldn’t make it to the senior trip, but Sakura did an awesome job planning out our 2011 prom at Plastic Factory on May 28th.What college are you going to?Oberlin CollegeWhat are you going to major in?Political ScienceWhat are you pursuing as a career?DiplomatHow would you reflect on your high school life?I regret not making the best out of my years in California, and I feel like I could have challenged myself more in my senior year since I grew really complacent and had crazy senioritis. Do you have any advice to the rest of high school?Don’t ever stop working towards success, not because your parents say so but because it really is for your future! And choose your IB subjects wisely! But remember to have fun in high school because you won’t be able to get back you high school years again.
