by Ayrton Ostly
Editor-in-Chief


Like many other Americans, freshman Adam O’Regan and his family celebrate a multitude of holidays. However, when it comes to Thanksgiving and Easter, O’Regan and his extended family stand out in their traditions.
For Thanksgiving, aunts, uncles, cousins, and other extended family members all come together to enjoy each other’s company, but in a very unusual way. As a group, they dress up as characters from Harry Potter, march into and around a large room with tables set up like the Great Hall, and proceed to feast, all the while listening to the Harry Potter theme song. As an encore, Easter marks yet another day of eclectic celebrations; however, while the kids enjoy an egg hunt, the adults of the family all compete to create the best Easter-themed invention. “It gets pretty intense,” O’Regan said, “all the aunts and uncles want to come up with the best invention.”
Beyond the atypical holiday rituals, O’Regan enjoys the freshman life at LGHS, enrolled currently in Metals, Spanish 2, Regular History, Algebra 2 Accelerated, and Honors Biology, with Biology interesting him the most. He recently tried out for and made the boys’ soccer team, and looks forward to a promising season. When he’s not catching up on homework or bending it like Beckham, O’Regan spends time volunteering at a community retirement home in Saratoga, helping the staff with any necessary deeds. A self-proclaimed avid food connoisseur, O’Regan advocates for the appreciation of soup, and likes a lot of music, preferring “whatever sounds good. I kind of float between stuff.”
When asked about his favorite color, O’Regan simply responded with “there are lots of good ones; something like blue or purple sounds good;” although it’s a simple answer, it reveals O’Regan’s true sense of being. He is a young man interested in many different things, be it his biology class, soccer, or watching Finding Nemo, and overall enjoys the various activities available to him. There are many things he plans to try in life and, with his motivation and drive to succeed, anything seems possible.
As far as his future is concerned, O’Regan isn’t thinking too much about college and specifics of his future, only hoping to “do something that’ll impact others in a good way.” Regardless, he’ll find whatever makes him happy, approaching it intuitively and altruistically.