Name: Nick Atanasio
Graduation Year: 2014. Boom.
Residence: Fauquier County, Virginia
Interests/Hobbies: Marching Band (TAMBOURINE!), Swim team, Our school’s spring musical, the movies Star Wars, James Bond, Indiana Jones, and Back to the Future (in that order).
Future Career: If I told you, then I’d have to kill you (Filmmaker)
Intended College(s): VCU, possibly going to the local Community College (LFCC) first.
Fun Fact: I’m assembling a full suit of screen accurate black and gold Stormtrooper armor. Some say that they are larger than life. I consider myself to be about the same size as life.
Special Skill(s): I can carry my own in games of Star Wars trivia. Once I’m really motivated to do something, I work on it REALLY well. I can play the tambourine like no other.
What you learned: How to use some basic and some more advanced aspects of Adobe Flash. How long it takes to animate a lightsaber fight. That one does not pronounce the “K” in the word “Knight”.
What you enjoyed: It was all awesome! I had a lot of fun with great animating programs, a great teacher, and fun classmates!
Graduation Year: 2014. Boom.
Residence: Fauquier County, Virginia
Interests/Hobbies: Marching Band (TAMBOURINE!), Swim team, Our school’s spring musical, the movies Star Wars, James Bond, Indiana Jones, and Back to the Future (in that order).
Future Career: If I told you, then I’d have to kill you (Filmmaker)
Intended College(s): VCU, possibly going to the local Community College (LFCC) first.
Fun Fact: I’m assembling a full suit of screen accurate black and gold Stormtrooper armor. Some say that they are larger than life. I consider myself to be about the same size as life.
Special Skill(s): I can carry my own in games of Star Wars trivia. Once I’m really motivated to do something, I work on it REALLY well. I can play the tambourine like no other.
What you learned: How to use some basic and some more advanced aspects of Adobe Flash. How long it takes to animate a lightsaber fight. That one does not pronounce the “K” in the word “Knight”.
What you enjoyed: It was all awesome! I had a lot of fun with great animating programs, a great teacher, and fun classmates!
Name: Daniel Ju
Graduation Year: 2015
Residence: Springfield, Virginia
Interests/Hobbies: Tennis, Track, Frisbee, Gaming, Sleeping
Future Career: Computer Engineer
Intended College(s): MIT
Fun Fact: I’m double-jointed.
Special Skills: I play piano, can juggle, and can create origami.
What you learned: How to use Adobe Flash to create animations and tweens, how to incorporate physics in the Composer Studio application on the iPad, and how to be patient.
What you enjoyed: I enjoyed creating my own designs for everything I did in the class.
Graduation Year: 2015
Residence: Springfield, Virginia
Interests/Hobbies: Tennis, Track, Frisbee, Gaming, Sleeping
Future Career: Computer Engineer
Intended College(s): MIT
Fun Fact: I’m double-jointed.
Special Skills: I play piano, can juggle, and can create origami.
What you learned: How to use Adobe Flash to create animations and tweens, how to incorporate physics in the Composer Studio application on the iPad, and how to be patient.
What you enjoyed: I enjoyed creating my own designs for everything I did in the class.
Name: Xavier Christopher Zevon Lakin
Graduation Year: 2014
Residence: Newport News, Virginia
Interests/Hobbies: League of Legends
Future Career: Computer Science/Engineering
Intended College(s): MIT, VT, UVA
Fun Fact: I built my own desktop computer
Special Skill(s): Computer Skillz
What you learned: How to use Flash efficiently and how to make animations.
What you enjoyed: Everyone was very devoted to their work and everyone helped each other out with suggestions and critiqued and shared opinions to produce higher quality work while still enjoying the time spent.
Graduation Year: 2014
Residence: Newport News, Virginia
Interests/Hobbies: League of Legends
Future Career: Computer Science/Engineering
Intended College(s): MIT, VT, UVA
Fun Fact: I built my own desktop computer
Special Skill(s): Computer Skillz
What you learned: How to use Flash efficiently and how to make animations.
What you enjoyed: Everyone was very devoted to their work and everyone helped each other out with suggestions and critiqued and shared opinions to produce higher quality work while still enjoying the time spent.
Name: Veronica Lam
Graduation Year: 2014
Residence: Charlottesville, Virginia
Hobbies/Interests: Drawing, Listening to music, Quiz bowl, Maintaining a blog about pizza, Spending unhealthy amounts of time on the Internet
Future Career: Starving Artist/Proto-Slavic Historian/Linguistics Professor
Intended College(s): Stanford, Calarts, UCLA, Caltech
Fun Fact: I can’t pronounce “th” sounds.
Special Skill(s): Doing everything incredibly quickly without sacrificing quality
What you learned: The full capabilities of motion tweening post-Flash 8
What you enjoyed: The working environment and freedom to make my own choices
Graduation Year: 2014
Residence: Charlottesville, Virginia
Hobbies/Interests: Drawing, Listening to music, Quiz bowl, Maintaining a blog about pizza, Spending unhealthy amounts of time on the Internet
Future Career: Starving Artist/Proto-Slavic Historian/Linguistics Professor
Intended College(s): Stanford, Calarts, UCLA, Caltech
Fun Fact: I can’t pronounce “th” sounds.
Special Skill(s): Doing everything incredibly quickly without sacrificing quality
What you learned: The full capabilities of motion tweening post-Flash 8
What you enjoyed: The working environment and freedom to make my own choices
Name: Austin Lamrouex
Graduation Year: 2015
Residence: Wytheville, Virginia
Interests/Hobbies: Hanging out with friends, Playing sports, Video games, and the card game Magic
Future Career: Undecided
Intended Colleges(s): Roanoke College, Radford University, Ferrum College, University of Virginia, Emory and Henry College
Fun Fact: Well I placed in state in wrestling.
Special Skill(s): I'm good at video games, soccer and wrestling.
What you learned: Basically on using Flash, and Composer Studio, which I have never used before.
What you enjoyed: Met and learned from others in my class and teacher, which helped me through some of my problems, but had to also overcome some myself. Enjoyed learning how to use Flash, had a great experience and hope to use what I learned in the future.
Graduation Year: 2015
Residence: Wytheville, Virginia
Interests/Hobbies: Hanging out with friends, Playing sports, Video games, and the card game Magic
Future Career: Undecided
Intended Colleges(s): Roanoke College, Radford University, Ferrum College, University of Virginia, Emory and Henry College
Fun Fact: Well I placed in state in wrestling.
Special Skill(s): I'm good at video games, soccer and wrestling.
What you learned: Basically on using Flash, and Composer Studio, which I have never used before.
What you enjoyed: Met and learned from others in my class and teacher, which helped me through some of my problems, but had to also overcome some myself. Enjoyed learning how to use Flash, had a great experience and hope to use what I learned in the future.
Name: Emily Lien
Graduation Year: 2015
Residence: Annandale, Virginia
Interests/Hobbies: Reading, Playing the piano, Sleeping, Eating instant noodles
Future Career: Programmer
Intended College(s): Somewhere instate
Fun Fact: When I was little I would plug my ears and talk to the mirror because I thought it reflected sound.
Special Skills: I can burn anything in the microwave.
What you learned: I learned how to create my own drawings and animations completely from scratch. I also learned a little ActionScript and the basics of how to create animations and flash games through Adobe Flash.
What you learned: By the end of our class, we all have created multiple projects that we have entirely constructed on our own. I wouldn't have been able to create any of my projects if I had not taken 2D Animation.
Graduation Year: 2015
Residence: Annandale, Virginia
Interests/Hobbies: Reading, Playing the piano, Sleeping, Eating instant noodles
Future Career: Programmer
Intended College(s): Somewhere instate
Fun Fact: When I was little I would plug my ears and talk to the mirror because I thought it reflected sound.
Special Skills: I can burn anything in the microwave.
What you learned: I learned how to create my own drawings and animations completely from scratch. I also learned a little ActionScript and the basics of how to create animations and flash games through Adobe Flash.
What you learned: By the end of our class, we all have created multiple projects that we have entirely constructed on our own. I wouldn't have been able to create any of my projects if I had not taken 2D Animation.
Name: Eli Monzon
Graduation Year: 2015
Residence: Norfolk, Virginia
Hobbies/Interest: Drawing, PC Gaming, Hanging out with friends
Future Career: Undecided
Intended College(s): Undecided
Fun Fact: I once proposed to my babysitter with a Ring Pop when I was 4. She ate it and I had my first heartbreak.
Special Skill(s): Sew and cut my own hair, dancing, designing t-shirts
What you learned: How to make interactive apps on the iPad and animations in Flash, copyright and how to avoid legal conflict, incredible potential of final programs.
What you enjoyed: Class was chill, Ms. Harris inspires creativity in all of us, and the freedom we are given in our projects.
Graduation Year: 2015
Residence: Norfolk, Virginia
Hobbies/Interest: Drawing, PC Gaming, Hanging out with friends
Future Career: Undecided
Intended College(s): Undecided
Fun Fact: I once proposed to my babysitter with a Ring Pop when I was 4. She ate it and I had my first heartbreak.
Special Skill(s): Sew and cut my own hair, dancing, designing t-shirts
What you learned: How to make interactive apps on the iPad and animations in Flash, copyright and how to avoid legal conflict, incredible potential of final programs.
What you enjoyed: Class was chill, Ms. Harris inspires creativity in all of us, and the freedom we are given in our projects.
Name: Rachel Pehrsson
Graduation Year: 2014
Residence: Fairfax Station, Virginia
Hobbies/Interest: Painting, Drawing, Computers, Musical theater, Singing, History
Future Career: Computer Scientist
Intended College(s): UNC, UVA
Fun Fact: I love to cook, but rarely cook the same meal twice. I always want to try something new!
Special Skill(s): Drawing, Web design, Graphic design, Writing
What you learned: I learned the basic workings of Flash, including keyframe animation, motion tweens, buttons, bone tweens, and sound effects. I also learned some on the IPad, including drawing using ProCreate and making books and games.
What you enjoyed: I loved working with Flash and actually getting to animate the things I draw. Having seen Flash animation on websites for much of my childhood, getting the opportunity to see how it was all made and make similar animations myself was a wonderful experience. The freedom given encourages everyone’s creativity.
Graduation Year: 2014
Residence: Fairfax Station, Virginia
Hobbies/Interest: Painting, Drawing, Computers, Musical theater, Singing, History
Future Career: Computer Scientist
Intended College(s): UNC, UVA
Fun Fact: I love to cook, but rarely cook the same meal twice. I always want to try something new!
Special Skill(s): Drawing, Web design, Graphic design, Writing
What you learned: I learned the basic workings of Flash, including keyframe animation, motion tweens, buttons, bone tweens, and sound effects. I also learned some on the IPad, including drawing using ProCreate and making books and games.
What you enjoyed: I loved working with Flash and actually getting to animate the things I draw. Having seen Flash animation on websites for much of my childhood, getting the opportunity to see how it was all made and make similar animations myself was a wonderful experience. The freedom given encourages everyone’s creativity.
Name: Sean Pritchard
Graduation Year: 2014
Residence: Bristow, Virginia
Hobbies/Interest: Soccer, Guitar, Music
Future Career: Undecided
Intended College(s): UVA, VT, Carnegie-Melon, Johns Hopkins
Fun Fact: There are over 2,000 different species of cacti.
Special Skill(s): Bicycle kick
What you learned: Proficiency in Flash, Composer Studio, and iPad interface.
What you enjoyed: We were given the freedom to choose our projects and work at our respective paces.
Graduation Year: 2014
Residence: Bristow, Virginia
Hobbies/Interest: Soccer, Guitar, Music
Future Career: Undecided
Intended College(s): UVA, VT, Carnegie-Melon, Johns Hopkins
Fun Fact: There are over 2,000 different species of cacti.
Special Skill(s): Bicycle kick
What you learned: Proficiency in Flash, Composer Studio, and iPad interface.
What you enjoyed: We were given the freedom to choose our projects and work at our respective paces.
Name: Faiza Sohail
Graduation Year: 2014
Residence: Herndon, Virginia
Interests/Hobbies: Running, Reading, Writing
Future Career: Math/Science related
Intended College(s): UVA or Virginia Tech
Fun Fact: My name means victorious, I have starred in two silent movies, and I don't have a middle name.
Special Skills: I can speak french and make silent movies.
What you learned: I have learned how to use Adobe Flash and different apps on the iPad. I have also learned how to create interactive stories and games for children which is something that I would be interested in continuing to do in the future.
What you enjoyed: I like that I can express my creativity more through what I have learned in this class and that there are endless possibilities of how I can continue using what I have learned.
Graduation Year: 2014
Residence: Herndon, Virginia
Interests/Hobbies: Running, Reading, Writing
Future Career: Math/Science related
Intended College(s): UVA or Virginia Tech
Fun Fact: My name means victorious, I have starred in two silent movies, and I don't have a middle name.
Special Skills: I can speak french and make silent movies.
What you learned: I have learned how to use Adobe Flash and different apps on the iPad. I have also learned how to create interactive stories and games for children which is something that I would be interested in continuing to do in the future.
What you enjoyed: I like that I can express my creativity more through what I have learned in this class and that there are endless possibilities of how I can continue using what I have learned.
Name: Adriana Sprouse
Graduation Year: 2014
Residence: Gordonsville, Virginia
Hobbies/Interest: Computer Programming, Field Hockey, Organizing
Future Career: Computer Scientist
Intended College(s): UVA
Fun Fact: Hot chocolate solves all the world's problems.
Special Skill(s): Fast Learner, Computer Genius
What you learned: How animation works and how to make your own animations easily.
What you enjoyed: The freedom we had in class and meeting new and different people with all sorts of interests.
Graduation Year: 2014
Residence: Gordonsville, Virginia
Hobbies/Interest: Computer Programming, Field Hockey, Organizing
Future Career: Computer Scientist
Intended College(s): UVA
Fun Fact: Hot chocolate solves all the world's problems.
Special Skill(s): Fast Learner, Computer Genius
What you learned: How animation works and how to make your own animations easily.
What you enjoyed: The freedom we had in class and meeting new and different people with all sorts of interests.
Name: Ezzy Sriram
Graduation Year: 2014
Residence: McLean, VA
Hobbies/Interests: Exercising, Learning, Spending time with friends and family, Entrepreneurship
Future Career: Chief Executive
Intended College(s): Virginia Tech
Fun Fact: I don't like heights!
Special Skill(s): Motivational speaking, Athletic ability, Problem solving
What you learned: I learned the correct approach to animation project work.
What you enjoyed: I enjoyed the unique styles that classmates demonstrated and our collaboration on projects.
Graduation Year: 2014
Residence: McLean, VA
Hobbies/Interests: Exercising, Learning, Spending time with friends and family, Entrepreneurship
Future Career: Chief Executive
Intended College(s): Virginia Tech
Fun Fact: I don't like heights!
Special Skill(s): Motivational speaking, Athletic ability, Problem solving
What you learned: I learned the correct approach to animation project work.
What you enjoyed: I enjoyed the unique styles that classmates demonstrated and our collaboration on projects.
Name: Ryan Stanley
Graduation Year: 2014
Residence: Lorton, Virginia
Hobbies/Interest: Theater, Golf, Bowling, Sports, and It’s Academic
Future Career: Chemical Engineer/Computer Scientist/ Defense Attorney
Intended College(s): MIT, RPI, Virginia Tech, University of Florida, Georgetown, or Harvard
Fun Fact: I have lived in 8 houses in 16 years and been to 13 countries.
Special Skill(s): Sarcasm
What you learned: How to animate with flash, design books in Composer Studio, and create a more creative thought process.
What you enjoyed: I met some great people and saw their amazing minds at work creating incredible artwork, all while I learned about my own abilities.
Graduation Year: 2014
Residence: Lorton, Virginia
Hobbies/Interest: Theater, Golf, Bowling, Sports, and It’s Academic
Future Career: Chemical Engineer/Computer Scientist/ Defense Attorney
Intended College(s): MIT, RPI, Virginia Tech, University of Florida, Georgetown, or Harvard
Fun Fact: I have lived in 8 houses in 16 years and been to 13 countries.
Special Skill(s): Sarcasm
What you learned: How to animate with flash, design books in Composer Studio, and create a more creative thought process.
What you enjoyed: I met some great people and saw their amazing minds at work creating incredible artwork, all while I learned about my own abilities.
