He/him
Day Student from Cambridge, Mass.
Previous School: Shady Hill School
What are you involved in at CA?
I am captain of the Ultimate frisbee team, a tech crew mentor for CAs winter mainstage production, as well as a member of Chess club and Linguistics club. I am also a student representative on the Council for Community Life (a committee of students and faculty that observes and works to improve CAs social norms).
Why did you choose CA?
One of the main reasons I chose CA was the academic freedom the school offers. I was intrigued by the variety of course offerings at CA, and I loved that CA gives students the freedom to take classes that interest them across all four years in almost every subject. I also loved the atmosphere of community I felt from current students at the time, as practically everyone I met who attended CA was incredibly friendly and welcoming to me.
What is your favorite activity at CA and why?
I love the photography darkroom. There is something both so satisfying and relaxing about developing and printing film, a joy I never would have discovered without CA. There is a magical feeling to watching images that I created appear on the light-sensitive paper. I have to recommend that, if you have the opportunity, you give film photography a chance.
Favorite class you've taken at CA and why?
US: Utopias is one of CAs mid-level history courses in which we learn about 19th-century Utopian (and usually communist) experiments in the United States. The class first covers the founding of the U.S. itself, then dives into individual utopias. The class culminates in a big, multi-layered project in which groups research a specific utopia. At the end of the semester, the class hosts a Utopia Expo, where groups pitch their utopia to relatives and other members of the CA community. Groups must dress like members of their utopia, have food from their utopia, have a physical 3D representation of their utopia, and much more.
Share a moment where you knew you belonged at CA.
One rainy day in December, my 9th-grade year, my friends and I were looking for something to do during lunch. We decided to run through the downpour to a local Concord grocery store and get two gingerbread house sets. We brought them back to CA and had a gingerbread house-making competition while blasting music in the student lounge. In that moment I knew I was in the right place, with people I love to hang out with in a place that supports our random, creative adventures.
