Ailey Takashima

Members of SJS's International Club at their first meeting to welcome Nikolozi Chikobava. Back row, from left: Ailey Takashima, Angela Mu, Lillian McEnany, Vivienne Fox, Kaitlyn McCain, Riley Canonico, Sophia Gidi, Madeleine Stelmak, Arabella Mordy, Catherine Dick, William Burgess, Mabrey Stokes, Aurelia Shaitelman, Tatiana Duque, Creighton Garcia, Amelia Guinn; front row, from left: Arjuna Alagarsamy, Nikolozi Chikobava, Emily Xie, Anjilea Holm, Journey Zulueta, Reese Williams, and Elizabeth Phillips. (Photo: Aline Means)

Students of Chinese III gather around their Lunar New Year themed Chinese paper cut-out. (From left: Emily Yen, Kenzie Chu, Lachlan McFarland, Daniel Pan, Wesley Chu, Ailey Takashima, and Angel Huang) 

One Acts Freshmen pose for a fun picture. From left: Avery Arredondo, Mila Craig, Amelia Paine, Benjamin Armstrong, Colin Kelly, Catherine Phillips, Ailey Takashima, Emily Hines, Wanya Zafar, Aris Hanna, and Shelby Kuhl.

SCHOOL BUZZ A group of 2024-2025 School Buzz reporters gathered at The Emery/Weiner School to meet each other and take headshots for the upcoming year. Front row, from left: Megan Wang (Bellaire), Gray Hevle (Memorial), Kate Burke (Emery), Jordan Muscal (Kinder HSPVA), Agnes Tang (Westbury Christian), Ana Sofia Maguchi (Duchesne); second row, from left: Beatrix Gnemi (DeBakey), Alden Farrow (Memorial), Sean Boyle (Strake Jesuit), Runo Mukoro (Saint Thomas’ Episcopal), Eden Williams (Westbury Christian), Keira Donovan (Memorial), Sophie Lighvani (Kinkaid); third row, from left: Jake Rodriguez (Kinder HSPVA), Colin Wu (Emery), Vishakha Medha Rao (Awty), Shaivi Moparthi (Kinkaid), Siddharth Dasari (Carnegie Vanguard), Nina Koshy (Village); back row, from left: Alexandra Wong (St. Agnes), Ailey Takashima (St. John’s), Anya Bhojwani (Awty), Wesley Taaffe (Lamar), Madeleine Skaufel (St. Agnes), Ryan Mantel (Post Oak), Kelsy Donovan (Memorial), and Lucy Walker (St. John’s).

Ailey Takashima, age 8, was a Grand Prize Winner. (Photo: Dee Zunker Photography)