Before the most recent iteration of the webpage for KAMSC, the site header contained a randomly generated quote from a database of alum quotes. As luck would have it, a student retrieved the quotes a mere month before the site was updated. These witty remarks and KAMSC jokes from graduates past are preserved below.
In 1986 (yes, I'm an original class member), we didn't have lockers, chairs, or even desks. However, it still was the best experience. Live it up freshman. You have it good! -TERRI BECK (1990)
KAMSC World - I am teaching Quantum Mechanics to doctoral candidates at U Illinois - UC. Matt Zwier ('99) is in my group...and doing well. -BEN MCCALL (1991)
KAMSC charted a new direction for my life. It taught me that although life is hard, a life of learning goes a long way. -BRIAN PARDEE (1992)
I learned a TON in Dr. Elzinga's physics and calculus courses, which helped immensely in college. KAMSC is a great environment to learn. -KYLE HERRITY (2000)
Even as the token artsy kid, my KAMSC education gave me a wicked edge in the 'real world'. Who knew critical thinking and scientific inquiry could be so useful! -LILY BRISLEN (2000)
I didn't realize it until five or six years out of KAMSC (and after a year or two of teaching my own class), but I've never had a better instructor than Mr. Sinclair. -CONOR WILLIAMS (2001)
KAMSC isn't easy - but then again, nothing worth doing ever is. -KAUSTUBH SAGDEO (2001)
My KAMSC friends have proved to be my truest friends. Six years after graduating high school, those are the "high school" friends that I invited to my wedding. We were so lucky to have been brought together through KAMSC. -CYNTHIA CLEMENTI (2002)
Never do I miss KAMSC more than when I tell my own students to "enjoy the mathematics" or use the word "twizzle" and they have no clue what I'm talking about. -ROSS JENSEN (2002)
I miss you KAMSC!! It's so hard to try to explain KAMSC to people out here at Brown....I think my friends still don't quite get it... -CARLA THACKER (2003)
Calculus class at KAMSC is so much fun that it should be a sin. -DALE BRUNNER (2003)
Compared to KAMSC, college has been a breeze. -MARIA MARKUS (2003)
KAMSC made U Chicago undergrad seem easy. -AMBER MERIWETHER (2004)
KAMSC prepares you for college... i've learned that very quickly (because in college, most of the material is review!!!) -KIMBERLY CRAMPTON (2004)
KAMSC is one place where you definitely make life long friends. -ZEIL SHAH (2004)
After KAMSC, everything just seems easier. -ANDREA SMELTZER (2005)
KAMSC is like math and science on steroids. -EWA SLOTWINSKI (2005)
"""Think about it!"" -SARAH MORGAN (2005)
Honestly, I had to work harder for good grades at KAMSC than here at West Point. -TOM ANDERSON (2005)
Enjoy KAMSC....believe me someday you will miss it! It was one of the best times in my life -ALLISON PELLERITO (2006)
How much plus could a C plus plus if a C plus could plus plus? -AMANDA RUTISHAUSER (2006)
I have as much homework in a week for my Honors Calc class at U Michigan than I had at KAMSC in one night! -AMANDA RUTISHAUSER (2006)
It's a known fact. KAMSC kids can do just about anything with a TI-89. It's like origami for smart kids. -ANDREW FRANKS (2006)
Grades? Who cares? Its learning I like! -ANDREW JOHNSON (2006)
Knowledge speaks but wisdom listens. -ANDREW JOHNSON (2006)
The truly educated never graduate -ANDREW JOHNSON (2006)
"I love KAMSC soooo much!!!!!!!!!!!" -ANNA BROWN (2006)
"Close doesn't cut it in math. Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. And perhaps curling, and nuclear warfare." -Milka -BENJAMIN ENGLISH (2006)
I'm studying Art & Design at U-M, but I still go to physics lectures. On Saturday mornings. It's like church. -BENJAMIN ENGLISH (2006)
KAMSC Athlete: n. One who does not use the elevator. -BENJAMIN ENGLISH (2006)
KAMSC is the blossoming oasis in a desert of education! -DAVID TINDLE (2006)
Despite adverse conditions in today's world I still went to college...thanks to KAMSC -HYDEN ZHANG (2006)
"""I love KAMSC forever"" -KEENAN MCCORMICK (2006)
KAMSC made my college classes easy...and my friends hate me for that. -KEENAN MCCORMICK (2006)
KAMSC has some of the best people on earth! -SHANITRA WAYMIRE (2006)
When you hear, "Happy binary day!" and you actually know what that means, you're officially a KAMSC nerd. -CHRISTINE KNASEL (2007)
At my home school, I felt really smart. Here, I feel really dumb. Amazing how that can change so fast, isn't it? I love KAMSC! -COLLIN BARRETT (2007)
I love KAMSC. Here, they don't care if you're a nerd, a geek, or even just flat-out insane. Like me. -DYLAN CAPLE (2007)
The stars don't hang quite as high here, KAMSC is a home, a family, everyone matters. -ERIC MOTT (2007)
Every time I talk to other people at college about the classes I took at KAMSC, they just look at me like I'm crazy... -KATHERINE CROSBY (2007)
There is no place like KAMSC -SVETLANA IKONOMOVA (2007)
KAMSC is the one place where you're not the smartest. -AAKASH GUPTA (2008)
KAMSC is like World of Warcraft, jocks are outsiders and nerds rule!!! -ELLA LOZON (2008)
KAMSC is my everything!!!!!!!!!! -ELLA LOZON (2008)
kamzzz is MY LIFE!. -ELLA LOZON (2008)
KAMSC is a place where everyone is trying to help you reach your goals. -MOLLY KEMP (2008)
"""Freshman and Sophomore year, KAMSC is an advanced high school. Junior and Senior year...Welcome to college!"" -VERONICA SHEPPARD (2008)
I swear IS (Interdisciplinary Studies) was designed to knock the procrastinator out of you! -BETHANY MATECUN (2009)
I love KAMSC! -CLAIRE PEARSON (2009)
I just feel like curling up with a good biology book right now -HUNTER FERACO (2009)
if KAMSC was a fruit it would be "awesomeberry" -HUNTER FERACO (2009)
Kool Area Meeting Student Career -HUNTER FERACO (2009)
I love KAMSC, they make you feel comfortable talking to your teachers, and everyone's encouraging each other. I love my KAMSC family! -KHALIAH GRIFFIN (2009)
KAMSC is a great place to challenge your skills. -SONALI SHARMA (2009)
KAMSC is the new Harvard. You tell people you go here and you get a dropped jaw. -ANDREW ELLURU (2010)
"""Duct tape is like the force; it has a light side and a dark side, and it holds the universe together."" -ANNE FLYNN (2010)
You know you're a KAMSC kid when you start writing a computer program in your head for everyday, simple tasks -CHELSEA ANGEL (2010)
"""Success is accomplished through the perfection of small details"" -COLIN MONROE (2010)
"Have a healthy disregard for the impossible." - Larry Page, co-founder of Google -EVAN FLETCHER (2010)
At KAMSC, insanity isn't just common. It's a prerequisite. -EVAN FLETCHER (2010)
I used to think KAMSC comprised of elitists, now I know that we really are smarter. -GINA CALCO (2010)
In biology you have three choices when a test comes in order to pass it...1)study 2)study 3)study, or of course you could study if you wanted to! -GINA CALCO (2010)
My French teacher went to Project Day, and told me this morning she was VERY intimidated! -KATHARINE NAGLER (2010)
KAMSC is cool- -KYLE KROB (2010)
Coming to college, I feel like I already completed a biology major with Dr. Goudie! -VIRGINIA GREENBERGER (2010)
"""Friends don't let friends turn in bad lab reports."" -AMANDA KRONEMEYER (2011)
The KAMSC experience only starts when you witness a Starwars debate, leading to rather strong words. -AVA FEIRER-GARRISON (2011)
Colleen says "Only KAMSC kids wear their flash drives" guess that means I'm branded for life -BAZSA MILLER (2011)
KAMSC kids don't need watches, we have calculators for that -BAZSA MILLER (2011)
Some one told me that the most miserable people he knew were KAMSC kids, I told him it was because they had graduated and wanted to come back -BAZSA MILLER (2011)
Only KAMSC students wear their flash drives. -COLLEEN UNSWORTH (2011)
Homework...KAMSC they just go hand in hand -DANIEL KARN (2011)
KAMSC the place were i started carrying lectures on my Ipod -DANIEL KARN (2011)
If you clean your room then tell your mom that you "decreased the entropy of your biome", you definitely go to KAMSC. -DUSTIN ROWLAND (2011)
"If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut. -EMILY DURHAM (2011)
Your social status doesn't change when you're in KAMSC, but at least there's a higher percentage of nerds just like you. -EMILY DURHAM (2011)
I walked into KAMSC hoping to make new friends...I walked out with a whole family. -FATIMA MIRZA (2011)
"HEY EVERY ONE!!! -JENNA FIORE-ANEMONE (2011)
I always wanted to put a quote up here... everyone at KAMSC is amazing, ily all! -JENNA FIORE-ANEMONE (2011)
KAMSC ROCKS!!! -MATTHEW CRAVEN-JOHNSON (2011)
I've met some of the most amazing people in KAMSC. So what if their nerds... -MITCHELL COULTER (2011)
KAMSC got me to where i am now, and is going to help me get to where i want to be -MITCHELL COULTER (2011)
Looking back on my time at kamsc, i would definately do it all over again. -MITCHELL COULTER (2011)
Be nice to nerds. You'll end up working for one someday.-Bill Gates -PATRICK SMITH (2011)
My sister also goes to KAMSC and she is a year behind. This stinks...She is smarter than me. -SCOTT MANSKI (2011)
"You have two ears and one mouth, use them proportionately" especially during class..... -WILLIAM VORBRICH (2011)
When you make a diagram relating prom to a black hole, you don't get mocked, you get helpful critiques. -ALEXANDER PINES (2012)
No where else do you find students discussing who has the best flash drive... -ALLYSON WILLIAMS (2012)
I'm a freshman, and I think KAMSC is awesome! Im really going to enjoy this all year! -BRENNAN KERKSTRA (2012)
It is really awesome and I'm so happy I was accepted!! -BRENNAN KERKSTRA (2012)
KAMSC is awesome, and great to get ahead so you can be ready for college -BRENNAN KERKSTRA (2012)
hmmm . . . what on Earth to say about KAMSC . . . -ELIZABETH CRANDELL (2012)
KAMSC is a life changing place. Many doors are opened with opportunities just waiting inside. -JASMINE JOHNSON (2012)
KAMSC is amazing and nerdtastic :]] -JASMINE JOHNSON (2012)
Nowhere else will you be able to shout "Happy pi day" and not be asked "What Flavor?" -NATHAN KUJACZNSKI (2012)
The teachers are great and the classmates are even better. KAMSC is my home away from home -ROBERT HEIDELBERG (2012)
KAMSC is awesome-no one can question that -SARAH MANSKI (2012)
People are blindsided by their homeschools. KAMSC has so much more to offer. -SARAH MANSKI (2012)
You can't compare the kind of friends you make at kamsc to friends anywhere else. -SARAH MANSKI (2012)
What a great place- I'm so glad I was able to slip in senior year! -STEPHEN JOHN (2012)
"There once was a lady named Bright -ABHIRAM KRISHNAN (2013)
In KAMSC, DIMM is a compliment. SIMM is an insult. -ABHIRAM KRISHNAN (2013)
In KAMSC, we have our own special scapegoats. We call them Java programmers. -ABHIRAM KRISHNAN (2013)
In the cricket meeting today...I learned that cricket somehow involves cake. Thank you to Mr. Sinclair. -ABHIRAM KRISHNAN (2013)
KAMSC Physics. The only place where you can lose 70 points on a 20 point problem. -ABHIRAM KRISHNAN (2013)
I don't even feel like a Portage Central kid anymore- I feel like a KAMSC kid. And you bet I'm proud of it! -GAURI RANGRASS (2013)
Whenever I'm in the middle of my homework and I feel like I'm slacking a little bit and I need to motivate myself, I just go to the KAMSC website and look at all the accomplishments of all the successful graduates. Then, I feel inspired and go back to doing my best work! :] -GAURI RANGRASS (2013)
I as a KAMSC student check my calculator for the time more than my cellphone. -JEREMIAH BOSWELL (2013)
"Close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, small atomic weapons, and geometric optics" -Mr. Sinclair -JORDAN LESLIE (2013)
KAMSC is about learning what you didn't even know you didn't know. -RAOUL WADHWA (2013)
don't listen to the seniors. it's not that hard ;) -TEVIN MONROE (2013)
"""Biology is a very small sub-field of Chemistry, which is a sub-field of Physics."" -ANSH CHAUDHARY (2014)
KAMSC teachers know enough to specifically forbid explosions. -DARCY BILLIAN (2014)
KAMSC has swivel chairs. -HUMZA KHAN (2014)
KAMSC is the Hogwarts of the real world. -JACOB FENTON (2014)
Deadline: there's dead, and there's a line. That's it. Pass the line, and your college paper is DEAD! -KATHERINE ROTHE (2014)
I love KAMSC kids. We are absolutely enthusiastic about learning, which is a trait you can't get anywhere else. :D -KATHERINE ROTHE (2014)
KAMSC- the place where a B is an amazing grade, and where we get automatic extra credit points in biology. -KATHERINE ROTHE (2014)
I've only been at KAMSC for 4 months, but I already love it. If only I could live here! -NAVEENA THOTA (2014)
If you look closely at the KAMSC logo you see an evil face smiling at you. Hm, I wonder what that means subliminally. -NICHOLAS GAUNT (2014)
I love KAMSC! It challenges me, yet I have a great time everyday! -STEPHANIE RAY (2014)
Only a KAMSC student would stress about leaving their TI-89 in the building during a fire drill. -STEPHANIE RAY (2014)
The KAMSC logo looks just like a smiley face, just so you all know. Which means KAMSC is an evil assembly of people who are too smart for our own good. ...That's a good thing. -TARYN WITHERS (2014)
I can honestly say that KAMSC has changed my life for the better. -THOMAS SANDELL (2014)