Gifty Baah is a 17-year-old 5-Day Boarder from The Bronx. In her photo, she wears the necklace she describes in her piece, “Here and There.” Her favorite phrase is “get me out of here” every time she has to stay an extra weekend and her ever more frequent hobby is blasting music as she contemplates her life choices. Gifty is a self-proclaimed romantic, but tends to dabble in the art of hater, for balance!
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Rachel Bermont has been at the Masters School since her sophomore year. She lives in Manhattan with her parents and little sister. She leaves her prized possessions—lip liner, stickers, and digital camera—to the girls in Cushing. Wait, this is for the yearbook, right?
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Parasocial Summer , Middle School, Myth, and Margaret Atwood
Kai Biddulph West is an immature adult originating from Vietnam, who still sleeps with the same stuffed animal since he was 3 years old.. He’s an unathletic varsity athlete playing both squash and volleyball. Some of his other hobbies include sleeping, eating, dinosaurs, and his phone. Kai is supposed to go off to college, attending CUNY Queens College in the fall majoring in archaeology.
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Samuel Chernomorsky is a lanky born and bread New York Jew. His residence lies on the bougie strip of Riverdale, qualifying him just enough to be called “a new yorker”. Of Ukrainian descent, Sam speaks fluent russian, however he has yet to be heard speaking it. In his free time he is an avid small-boat sailor, and a rockin’ guitarist. He can often be seen shuffling through various online games.
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Sarah Christie is your “average” 18-year-old Brooklyn, NY native. If she’s not crying about her upcoming track workouts or going around campus looking for candy, she’s probably soundly sleeping in her dorm.
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Jameson R Furniss is an agnostic half jew with a full jewfro. He lives in P-Ville where he makes grilled cheeses at midnight and plays guitar in his basement. He has been attending The Masters School since the seventh grade and has been creatively writing– in his head– ever since. He is often busy doing important things like, playing music, sometimes for class, writing about music, listening to music, etc. Additionally, he is very good at Tetris, pushing a high score of almost 500,000; still not high enough.
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Are You Experienced , Imitation: The Lowest Form of Flattery
Misha Ioukhnovets is 17 years old and from Putnam Valley New York. Living in Putnam Valley with not much around, she likes to spend her time cooking, reading, watching movies, and laying outside wishing she lived somewhere else. Misha has attedned the Masters school since 5th grade, leaving during her 8th and 9th year but finishing the rest of high school back at Masters. Next fall she will be attending Occidential College in sunny California where she will be majoring in media arts and most definitely not missing the cold.
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Eva Khavin is a 17-year-old from New York City, and spends her weekends and summers in New Jersey. She loves baking, science, and exploring new places with friends and family. Eva has been at Masters since 9th grade, and is looking forward to starting college next fall at Colgate University, where she hopes to major in Neuroscience on a Pre-Medicine track.
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Remy Morra Pearlman is a 17 year old romantic with not much luck in love. She enjoys listening to all of her favorite music while writing love poems and frolicking outside with friends and cracking bad jokes and collecting trinkets and playing guitar and also run on sentences. Remy is overjoyed to study next fall at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs where she will pursue her dream of spending as much time barefoot as possible.
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Sophie Moussapour is an 18-year-old from Larchmont, NY, who has lived in Dobbs Ferry for the duration of her time at Masters, which is ending very soon. She loves good food, city days, music, art, or doing any of the above with her loved ones – oh, and she likes writing too! In the fall, Sophie will attend Williams College in western Massachusetts, where she intends to major in political science, history, or economics.
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Luke Puthiyamadam is a 17-year-old from Mount Pleasant, NY. He has attended The Masters School since the 9th grade and has enjoyed every moment of it. He enjoys traveling, playing sports, and spending time with family and friends. He will attend New York University this fall and plans to study economics and business.
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Leah Thomas is an 18-year-old from Yonkers, NY, and has been part of The Masters School community since ninth grade. This fall, she’s off to begin an exciting new journey at Hampton University. In her downtime, Leah enjoys good food, snapping selfies, and soaking in life’s little moments. She’s all about summer nights, city adventures, and Sunday reset rituals.
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Richard Wu is a proud 17-year-old boarding student at the Masters School. Since arriving his sophomore year, he has fallen in love with the community, making it his home. Richard has helped make it a home for many newly arriving students struggling to adjust, similar to the position he was in when he first stepped on to the campus. As he leaves behind his high school life for a new chapter at Boston University, he plans to leave all the mischief in the halls of Strong Dorm…
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