"Watermelon" by Yunyi (Jennifer) Dai won a Gold Key award for the 2016 Oregon Scholastic Art Awards
for “a six-way video conference software thing.” Welly recently penned a series of puns that captures these sentiments as well as the energetic nature of this collective friendship: “Next year is going to be Tufts without these girls. I’ll miss them
all a (Hamil)ton. Wellesley how hard it is to live in different (George) towns, but I’m sure we will all stay friends. Will(iams) U Mich us?”
STUDENT GROUP: JARED CLOUTIER, CHARLIE GOOD, PAXTON LEATHERMAN, ADAM NORGAARD, HARRISON NYE, JOHN PED, JOSH WADDELL On a sunny June afternoon, seven members of the Class of 2016 gathered around a cluster of desks. Teir faces are bright and smiling yet laced with mischief. Truthfully, it’s just a miracle these guys are indoors.
As Cloutier puts it, “A lot of our friendship centers on doing stuff
outside.” From skiing to lacrosse, from caving to backpacking, this crew of young men is almost always in motion. Cloutier explains that during winter of freshman year, the freestyle ski team served as the point of origin for what is now a close group of friends. As a result, the topic of sports surfaces often and serves as an opportunity for Norgaard to offer some advice to the Class of 2017: “If you really care about something, just do it, even if your friends aren’t doing it.” “What?” teases Good. “What did you do?” Cloutier breaks in with some seriousness: “Adam became easily one of the best lacrosse defensemen in the state because he didn’t spend as much time skiing with us.” Waddell chimes in, “Take advantage of all that OES has to
offer. Like Winterim and Tom Handel’s outdoor opportunities.” Winterim, the Upper School’s annual week of exploratory learning, has helped the group further bond while sharing incredible experiences. In addition to a backcountry skiing trip in 2015,
they’ve worked with Habitat for Humanity, learned the ropes of rock climbing, and traveled to Cambodia—all through Winterim. When asked what inspires these friends about one another, almost in unison they mention the one member who has been gone for several weeks at an international sailing competition in China. Ped is their “conscience.” Tey cite his hardworking nature and polite demeanor as admirable qualities; Ped once even brought his SAT book on a backpacking trip. Leatherman offers a rapid series of insights about his friends: “Josh has class—tons of class. Jared’s the most mature. Harrison’s super good
at talking to people. Ben is always the first to try anything.” Cloutier offers, “I’d say Charlie, once he finds something, he just goes for it super hard and does it really well.” “And Paxton,” says Nye, grinning, “he’s surprisingly, deceivingly
unathletic.” Te group laughs together. Leatherman, notably, did a backflip on skis for the first time this year. Nye isn’t all jokes, though. “I would tell underclassmen to take advantage of their time here,” he reflects, “because it goes by really fast.”
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