The Sagamore’s Portraits of BHS

"We [Camerata Choir] have a really cool opportunity where we are taking a trip to Spain where we are singing at a bunch of different theaters all over, including Madrid. I think it is a really cool opportunity that only comes once in a lifetime. We have been working on how we sound for the past year and I just can't wait to see how the hard work pays off. It's a really good group of people and I’m...

"I do a lot of music and I wanted to spend more time with the viola and composition. But doing a full academic workload and then trying to practice two or three hours a day and having time to compose, it wasn't really working out, it wasn't practical. I didn’t want to stop doing music though, so I came up with a plan with the headmaster at the time and my dean. We split my senior year over two y...

What has your experience been in the student government? “When I first went up, I wasn't 100 percent ready to, but in the back of my mind I was like, ‘I know a lot of people in the school, maybe I can represent them well.’ So I gave my speech and they put me on the ballot and I was elected. I started going to the meetings and my voice is heard more in student council. For example, the love ...

What it was like moving to Brookline? "I moved here in fourth grade and the community was really welcoming actually, but I was pretty clueless back then, so sometimes when I would tell people, 'Oh ya, I'm from Iran' they would kind of start acting strange or they’d just never talk to me again." How has Trump's election affected you? "It’s kind of nerve racking in some ways because with his e...

What are your plans for next year? "My parents both work in developing countries so they spend a lot of time in Africa and South Asia and we decided that I would graduate high school half a year early and go live in Kenya for six months. While we are there my parents will both be working and traveling around, my brother will be in a private middle school there and I will probably be volunteering for...

Have you felt welcomed here at the high school? "I have felt very welcomed here at BHS, both by teachers and students. I am very sad to leave because I have had such a good experience, but I also have a responsibility to build my own country as well."

“I sort of came out as bi slowly.  I knew that I live in Brookline, and that there are plenty of other bi or gay people at the school and that no one was going to treat me differently or anything, but it was still kind of scary. I think part of it was that people would always assume I was gay from my personality and the way I dress. I didn't get bullied or anything, but people would say, ‘You're...

"My brother rock climbed before me and I did some summer camps and really enjoyed it, so in highschool I joined the metro act team. We work on strength and endurance because some of the routes are long and you can be on the wall for a long time. We also have mental training, which is the most important thing we do because anyone can be physically strong but not everyone can be mentally strong. That’s...

“Right now is a really big transition point in my life. This is my first year full time at the main campus [after moving] from Winthrop House. It's been a really difficult transition and a lot went wrong or didn't go as planned and it really set me back. Also, my girlfriend is in transition [from male to female] too and that is huge. So, those are two major transitions going on in my life, and it'...