Graduation 2021 Edition

The Blue and Gold
June 2021
Profiles
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Number 7:
Kenny Luong
Number 8:
Fabrice Brudent
Sandra Li
Managing Editor
Kenny Luong graduates from
the Class of 2021 and leaves
Malden High with gaining valuable
experiences. Even despite ranking at
the top of his class, Luong remains
humble as he does not “quantify
[his] ranking in correlation to [his]
successes as a student.”
Reflecting back on his high
school experience, Luong found that
as an incoming freshman he came
into high school believing that he
“could do anything,” as a result setting
these unrealistic expectations.
However, now that his high school
experience is coming to an end, Luong
has learned to “focus on what
you are passionate about” and that
it is fine to experiment during those
four years because ultimately, what
matters most is to “feel confident in
yourself when the time is right.”
During his time at MHS, Luong
participated in various extracurriculars
including Outdoor and Indoor
Track and Key Club. He found that
one of the more memorable moments
would have to be his volunteering
experience in clubs. Luong
explained that not only do you have
the opportunity to spend time with
your friends, you can also contribute
to some active work.
Leaving MHS, Luong will miss
the diversity that the school encompasses.
He believes that the diver-
sity has enabled him to recognize
the importance in learning from
different perspectives because “we
all have a story to tell” and it is significant
to take into “consideration
situations that we do not think of on
a daily basis.”
In the fall, Luong will be attending
Tufts University. As of right
now, he is leaning towards majoring
in Biology as he took an interest in
science-based classes because Luong
found that with these classes,
there is always a “specific order to
follow” where “you can always
make something out of that order,”
therefore Luong is looking forward
to exploring the field in the future.
Kenny Luong’s school portrait. Photo
submitted by James Valente.
Carlos Aragon
Managing Editor of Print and
Deisgn
Throughout his high school year,
Fabrice Brudent performed
quite well. However, to him, his
class ranking is really just a number;
he’s not really focused on comparing
himself to others, mostly just “doing
what’s best for [him].” The first
couple of years he was a bit fixated
on it, but he noticed his
rank was quite consistent,
and eventually, he just focused
on performing well.
For him, “being Top 10 is
cool” but that’s all it really
is.
Brudent feels that
his teacher Mr. Berryman
really helped him out,
academically speaking. It
was one of the only classes
he “consistently getting
B’s in, which was really
terrifying to [him].” Berryman
helped him realized
that he should be focused
on content learning a bit
more and less so on the
grade itself, and he had
to go after school for help
consistently. In terms of
his mental health, he felt
that Ms. Alexis and Ms.
Giberson really helped
him due to the fact that in
his English classes, “[he] spent a lot
of time focusing on essay writing”
and wasn’t getting a lot of sleep as
a result. “Those classes really taught
[him] that [he] needs to be looking
at [himself] mentally and as [he]
slept more, [he] saw [his] grades
improve.”
Brudent hasn’t really thought
too far ahead, although he plans on
attending Northeastern and becoming
a nurse later on.
Photo sumbitted by Brudent.
Number 9: Trang
Tranh Ngo
Lauren Mallett
Managing Editor of Print and
Design
Trang Tranh Ngo’s school portrait. Photo submitted
by James Valente.
Trang Tranh Ngo graduates as
number 9 in the class of 2021.
She was a recipient of the POSSE
scholarship but turned it
down to attend Princeton
University. She will double
major in ecology and evolutionary
biology. She hopes to
become a biologist one day
and “learn more about the
natural world as well as finding
ways to protect it.”
Ranking in the top 10
was “a bit of a surprise [to
her] because [she hadn’t]
thought much about where
[she] stands in [her] class after
[her] acceptance to Princeton.”
Ngo was part of the Peer
Tutoring program, Science
National Honors Society,
Arts & Crafts Club, Southeast
Asian Club, and did some
volunteer work outside of
school.
Number
10:
Andrew
Hoang
Andrew Hoang’s school portrait. Photo
submitted by James Valente.