Compiled by Nadya Agrawal, Danny Auerbach, Mark Levin, Michelle Madani, Courtney Moulds and Brian Walz

Most Dedicated To Learning: Holly Yort, Nima Emami
Most Dedicated To Anything But Learning: Nikki Pho, Erzan Ugyur
DMV's Most Wanted: Brittany Skinner, Toby The
Biggest Flirt: Courtney Sandlin, Cameron Kashani
Most Likely To Win An Oscar: Kate Corbin, Elior Ilishah
Most Changed Since 9th Grade: Emma Fulcher, Geoff Stanley
Class Clown: Andrea Infeld, David Burr
Best Dancer: Anna Buurma, Udaya Tenneti
Best Laugh: Anna Schneider, Greg Seyfarth
Friendliest: Erica Best, Derek Koehler

By
Trisha Nangia
Udaya Tenneti
Staff Writers

Kristin Rimbach
Senior Kristin Rimbach will attend UC Berkeley next year for track. Kristin was recruited as a high jumper.
“My favorite part about track is that it’s an individual sport as well as a team sport,” Kristin said. “Individually, I am responsible for how I train and compete, but at the same time the sport has a team atmosphere and everyone’s success helps win a meet.”

James Sweetman
Senior James Sweetman, an all-state senior athlete, is going to play soccer at UC Santa Cruz in the coming year.

Before I started writing this column I told myself that I would avoid a cliché end-of-the-year piece. I was determined to find something to write about that would be different from the other columns for the final issue.
After searching the web, I only found a video of a baby that can make a surprisingly “serious face” and a video of an old grandma going all out in an XBox 360 commercial. I decided to take a break and turn on the TV because, after all, the season finale of “Scrubs” was on.

By Jessica Lukrich
Staff Writer

For students, the advent of summer means relaxation and a break from being full-time students. For several teachers, however, summer provides an opportunity to continue in their mentoring roles. These teachers travel the world, passionately working to better the lives of children in countries like Haiti and South Africa.

Keren Robertson
English teacher Keren Robertson will pack her bags and head to South Africa this summer.

By
Katelyn Stangl
Staff Writer

Robed teenagers are zooming around on broomsticks, flying after winged gold balls and dodging magical iron spheres. This is Quidditch, the magical sport featured in the popular “Harry Potter” novels. Yet this sport is no longer just for witches and wizards any more. There is now a version adapted for us Muggles (non-wizards/witches).
Quidditch is a simple game, with seven players on each team. There are four Chasers, two Beaters, one Keeper and one Seeker.

By Daniel Son-Bell
Staff Writer

Since it began four years ago, dodgeball has become one of the most sucessful spirit-generating activities at the school. For nearly two weeks every May, the entire school is on its feet, whether cheering in the stands, providing in-game commentary, fighting for their lives on the court or dressing up in zany costumes.
“We never see this many students getting this excited on this big a scale,” ASB President senior Nima Emami said.

Por Mayra Ochoa
Translator

Los estudiantes quizás la conocen simplemente como la señora que sonríe al distribuir los libros al comienzo del año escolar. Quizás la conocen como la señora que hace marcadores de libros hechos de fotografías de la naturaleza, los cuales han encontrado su lugar en los libros de los estudiantes. Su nombre es Dianne Hunt, y ha viajado a más lugares que la persona ordinaria hoy en día.

Written By
Jessica Lukrich
Gilberto Orozco, Jr.
Staff Writers

As summer approaches and school comes to an end, spring sports close their seasons with CCS in mind. The views expressed are written with the opinion of The Talon.

Boys Tennis
Although this season has not been the strongest for the boys varsity tennis team, coach Cuong Duong explains that the boys have shown a great deal of effort and improvement.
The team placed seventh out of the 7 teams in its league, with a final record of 1-11. The team did not advance to the CCS championships this year.

By Jessica Lukrich and
Kalyn Nakano
Staff Writers

In the famous words of Jerry Seinfeld, “People’s number one fear is public speaking; number two is death … This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you’re better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.” It might thus come as a surprise to discover that a group of students at the school does public speaking for fun and that they do it quite well.

Textbook Center Coordinator documents road trips through photo bookmarks
By Kimberly Shannon
Staff Writer

Students may simply know her as the kind textbook lady, who smiles and hands them a new pile of books at the beginning of each school year. Or perhaps some know her as the bookmark lady, whose glossy bookmarks of nature photographs have found their way into the hands of curious students. Her name is Dianne Hunt, and she has traveled to more places than most people do in their lifetime.