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The Official Student Paper of Riverside Poly High School

Senior Issue 2019

May 14, 2019

Most Embarrassing High School Memory

  • Isabel Morehead “Accidentally scratching someone’s car while pulling into my parking spot and coming into class crying after.”
  • Kelsey ChamberlainWhen I got dress coded freshman year and the office forced me to wear my softball pants back to class.”
  • Chloe Vega “Getting dumped at homecoming.”
  • Andrew Carlson “Every time I ever hugged a girl at a dance and stepped on her feet with my giant clown dress shoes.”
  • Cameron Brewer “All of freshman year.”
  • Emma Carson “Breaking my elbow hurdling freshman year.”
  • Rachel Inaba “When I burnt macaroni and cheese in the microwave my freshman year in ASB.”
  • Abigayle Palomares “Falling face first running from Priscilla because I didn’t want to get a pass.”
  • Hailey Keefer “Dry heaving into a trash can during the slam poetry contest my junior year.”
  • Humberto Romo “Ate a burger.”
  • Kylee Torres “My friend crashed my car.”
  • Nathan Elerts “Wearing only Adidas sweatpants sophomore year.”
  • Emily Guevara “Walking into the wrong class 2 times on the first day of freshman year.”
  • Unique TorresTaking all my books to school on the very first day of high school.”
  • Robert Viramontes “Jumping over the baseball mound with a bmx and failing miserably.”
  • About 50 other people “Falling up/down the stairs.”

 

Biggest High School Crush

  • Kelsey Chamberlain “Nathan Elerts.”
  • Cameron BrewerI’m not about to out myself.”
  • Andrew Carlson “She doesn’t go to poly but she’s going to the same college as me so fingers crossed.”
  • Isabel Morehead “Andrew Carlson.”
  • Chloe Vega “Mason Bates.”
  • Rachel Inaba “Samuel Gleason LOL.”
  • Hailey Keefer “This guy who only speaks Spanish.”
  • Mackenzie Gallagher “Hispanic boy from theater.”
  • Electra Wickersheim “Kamdin Karmann.”
  • Humberto Romo “Humberto Romo.”
  • Erin Gagne “Logan Pennington of 3 years (and is my current boyfriend).”
  • Jacqueline Lopez “I didn’t hold any crushes.”
  • Bianca Huerta “No one ever caught my attention.”
  • Yair Sanchez “Selena Gomez.”
  • Mario Cueto “Selena Gomez.”
  • Sarah Cowles “Cameron Thomas (I don’t know him like that but he’s cute).”
  • Neia Nagum “Johnny Alvarez aka my husband.”
  • Christopher Strand “Gabriella Harrison for 3 years.”
  • Megan Delgadillo “Poly guys are gross.”
  • John WhitneyKalysta Garland.”

 

College Attending (Or Plan After High School)

  • 12% of responses “RCC.”
  • Yesmin Anguiano “UCR.”
  • Nathaniel DeforgesNorwich University, VT.”
  • Roxana Gomez “CSUSB.”
  • Megan Delgadillo “Brigham Young University.”
  • Kelsey Chamberlain “Cal State Monterey Bay.”
  • Cameron Brewer “I’ll be an English major at UCLA.”
  • Ashly Velasquez “Navy.”
  • Genesis Jacobsmeyer “RCC then UCSB.”
  • Abigayle Palomares “USC.”
  • Lexi Horiuchi “NAU.”
  • Ashley Botello “Cal State Fullerton.”
  • Celeste Ponce “Mercyhurst University.”
  • Electra Wickersheim “University of Oregon.”
  • Humberto Romo “Get a job.”
  • Dianna Bahling “University of Nevada: Las Vegas.”
  • Amarilis Mostacero “OCC.”
  • Unique Torres “CBU.”
  • Andrew Carlson “Point Loma.”

 

Favorite Teacher

  • Kelsey Chamberlain “Mr. Booth.”
  • Cameron Brewer “Mr. Ayres, hands down.”
  • Chloe Vega “Madame Kund.”
  • Marissa Serrato “Mr. Del Campo.”
  • Emma Carson “Mr. MarkerMorse/ Mr. Ayres/ Mrs.Walton/ Sra. Garcia.”
  • Brianna Castillo “Mrs. Beck.”
  • Christopher Strand “Mr. Finfrock.”
  • Nathaniel Desforges “Mr. Schindler.”
  • Victoria Fernandez “Mr. Lowry.”
  • Yesmin Anguiano “Mr. Van.”
  • Jessica hernandez “Mr. Schulte.”
  • Daviana Soria “Mr. McKinnie.”
  • Heidi GiordanoMs. Rahm

    an.”

 

Most Important Lesson Learned During High School

  • Andrew Carlson “Never ever run interval workouts on the track behind someone who always farts.  There is no way to escape.”
  • Cameron Brewer “Try to laugh at the world, cause it’ll certainly laugh at you.”
  • Isabel Morehead “Some of y’all is fat.. and ugly.. and unattractive. But that is okay. Just be who you are.”
  • Rachel Inaba “People are dumb.”
  • Chloe Vega “Our Earth is actually dying.”
  • Daviana SoriaDo what you want.”
  • Kylee Torres “There’s no reason not to be happy.”
  • Hailey Keefer “You have your whole life ahead of you, don’t rush into everything.”
  • Erin Gagne “It’s not hard to be a decently nice and caring human person. If not for yourself then for someone else to at least feel loved!”
  • John Pfeffer “Get your work done.”
  • Caden Brugger “Live it up.”
  • Katherine Garcia “Don’t always expect the best from everyone.”
  • John Whitney and Robert Viramontes “Existentialism in Ayres.”
  • Julissa Lopez “You can’t rely on anyone but yourself.”
  • Emmanuel Sanchez “How to think more openly and more as an individual.”

Favorite High School Memory 

  • Isabel MoreheadBeing in a lab group with Kelsey sophomore year in honors chem!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
  • Kelsey Chamberlain “Winning league with my water polo team senior year.”
  • Cameron Brewer “Going to RYLA/All of my Philosophy class.”
  • Mariana Corona “When I performed in front of people at an assembly.”
  • Marissa Serrato “Cheering at Friday night lights.”
  • Rachel Inaba “The puente junior trip.”
  • Humberto Romo “Hitting the meanest trickshot with a basketball.”
  • Neia Nagum “Winning homecoming queen and winning my last high school wrestling duel against North High School.”
  • Mario Miranda “Being able to connect with most of my teachers and creating relationships with them.”
  • Nathan Elerts “Quitting soccer.”
  • Jacqueline Lopez ”During junior year, my art class went on a class field trip to downtown to visit the Art Museum. We got a tour of the place and relaxed on the rooftop of the building. I visited a cupcake cafe there and got myself and Mrs. Morrow a cupcake. When I surprised her with the cupcake, she was so surprised and happy. It feels great to surprise someone and to make their day.”
  • Caden Brugger “Messing with the seagulls.”
  • Oriana Bedina “Senior ditch day.”
  • Ashley Botello “Waiting for the bell to ring and going home.”
  • Emma Carson “Being in Wedding Singer my freshman year.”
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