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Sarah Ahsan

Major/Goal: Law
Email: sarahahsan03@gmail.com

So, the end is here, we’re finally graduating. I spent 11 years in this school waiting for this day
and now it’s finally here. I won’t say it was easy, there were so many ups and downs. Too many.
The supposedly never-ending rollercoaster has come to a stop but not without a final loop.
On the bright side, at least Mr. Hassanein doesn’t know my name for all the wrong reasons.
Honestly, I wouldn’t have even made it through half of high school without La Café and Taha.
They helped me even with the stupid things that someone my age should know. There were so
many unforgettable moments this year. I’ve made so many friends here, people younger than me,
older than me; they all have impacted my life and that’s what I’ll miss most.

Shaza Yousef

Major/Goal: Corporate Law and Engineering
Email: shazayousefak@gmail.com

Not with standing the deadline for me to write this, I can’t actually bring myself to do it. Every
year since I’ve been in this school, I remember always glancing through the senior profiles in
the yearbook - and, every year, the thought of me graduating became less and less real. Now,
it’s almost like a distant dream that I can’t quite wrap my head around. I can hardly imagine a
day in my life without factoring this school into it, let alone being apart from the people within
it in by the end of this year. I am forever indebted to my parents, who decided to put me in this
school in the first place on a whim 14 years ago; to my siblings (and particularly my sister), who
both accompanied and supported me in this whole process; to every single one of my teachers,
who have fostered within me the qualities that are the essence of who I am today; finally, to my
friends, who I will always carry with me through the next chapters in my life - in my heart through
the memories I share with them, and in myself as a person through the imprint they have left on
me. Each and every one of the ITL sessions, tears, all-nighters, breakdowns, essays... the list goes
on. They were all worth it. This is our final curtain call in Choueifat, and I hope to take a bow
alongside my friends with tears in my eyes and a smile on my face.