GRAD SALON 2024
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Event Details:
Date: Friday, May 24, 2024
Time: 6PM
Location: Shinn House - 4410 SW 63rd Blvd, Gainesville, FL 32608 (NOTE: This is NOT where Grad Salon was last year, and you cannot access from Tower Road.)
Jackson Bansel
Favorite part of homeschooling: doing math with Jessie and lily
Favorite color: neon green and aqua
Favorite book series: The Scum Villain's Self Saving System
Favorite class at Santa Fe: Hip Hop 2
Favorite instrument: Bassoon
Favorite band: Day6, Cherry Bullet, Seventeen, (G)I-DLE, Shinee, Ateez
Favorite hobbies: reading and hanging out with friends
Favorite senior year moment: passing the FCLE
Nominate yourself for a superlative: "most likely to..." fall asleep somewhere
Jessica Shinn
Favorite part of homeschooling: I rlly like chorus and the close-knit homeschool group
Favorite color: Red
Favorite book series: The Ranger’s Apprentice
Favorite class at Santa Fe: (or UF)Human Sexuality
Favorite instrument: Piano or drums
Favorite band: Melanie Martinez, ATEEZ, Ashnikko, Guster, KiNG MALA, Gorillaz, Stray Kids
Favorite hobbies: Playing music, watching TV
Favorite senior year moment: Deciding to go to Kenyon (I’m so excited)!!!
Nominate yourself for a superlative: "most likely to..."
Most likely to stop and pet a dog in the middle of the street
Zack Sopko
Favorite part of homeschooling: Creative writing debates
Favorite colors: Neon Green/Purple
Favorite book series: "The Prince" by Niccolo Machiavelli
Favorite class at Santa Fe: Acting 1
Favorite instrument: The Kazoo
Favorite band: Frank Sinatra
Favorite hobbies: Filmmaking/Fencing/Defenestrating
Favorite senior year moment: I don't know, Noises Off?
Nominate yourself for a superlative: "Most likely to mess up Grad Salon."
Autumn Shinn
Favorite part of homeschooling:
I really like having the freedom and time to explore new hobbies and activities.
Favorite color: Purple
Favorite book series: The Skyward series by Brandon Sanderson
Favorite class at Santa Fe: ASL 1
Favorite instrument: Tie between electric guitar and piano
Favorite band: Paramore
Favorite hobbies: Music, Video games, Coding
Favorite senior year moment: Talking with Jeremy and Kira outside at my grandparents’ house
Nominate yourself for a superlative:
"most likely to...spontaneously combust”
Alivia Hunter
Favorite part of undergrad: My favorite part of undergrad was walking to my morning classes (not a joke) and getting opportunities to do extracurricular editing for my professor.
Favorite color: leaf green
Favorite book series: Lord Of the Rings
Favorite class at Santa Fe: (or UF) Conspiracy Theory: Ancient and Modern
Favorite instrument: Guitar
Favorite band: ummm, Hozier, the Oh Hellos, the Little Mercies and St. Pete Shanties and everyone else at the folk festival…
Favorite hobbies: Music (making and listening), reading, and collecting shark teeth.
Favorite senior year moment: Getting into and planning for grad school next year
Nominate yourself for a superlative: "most likely to..."
…correct your grammar.
Kayleigh Lefley
Favorite part of undergrad: Being adopted by the Hunter-Griffin homeschool gang and all of the music and craziness that came with it.
Favorite color: dark green
Favorite book series: Ranger's Apprentice
Favorite class at UF: Calculus 3 and Bioinformatics
Favorite instrument: Guitar
Favorite band: Hozier
Favorite hobbies: Archery, coffee, sudoku, stopping TV shows on math problems and trying to solve them
Favorite senior year moment: Apartment hunting via an excel document of pros and cons and finally signing a lease.
Nominate yourself for a superlative: Most likely to think about the game.