Friday, May 25, 2018

SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: RYAN GIL AND TOM CUDMORE

By: JACK PALMER
At Washingtonville, there are students who are best friends, but then there are the ones who consider teach other family.  There is no shortage of students at WHS who spend their time together, but then there are students who spend all of their time together.  For these two best friends, Wizards will see them together at every turn of the head, whether it’s in the school parking lot every morning, or at each others’ houses on the weekend.  

Ryan Gil and Tom Cudmore are inseparable. Anyone who parks in the senior lot can see a Dodge Challenger: that would be Ryans.  Look right next to him and you’ll see Tom in the passenger seat.  If you take the time to look closely enough, you will see that Ryan is actually  sound asleep.  The early morning naps started this year, according to Tom.  “If Ryan doesn’t have any homework due that day, he just passes out for a half an hour.  The best part is waking him up and seeing his facial expressions.”  

JACK PALMER FOR THE WIZARD WEEKLY
Their friendship started in 7th grade when Tom moved down the street from Ryan.  The two say that their first memory together is when Tom had to sit on the bus next to Ryan, and he barely even knew him.  From that moment on, “it just took off,” reminisced Ryan.  It only took a year for the two to become best friends.  They have endless memories together, each with their separate own favorites.

For Tom, it was setting up a scavenger hunt for Ryan’s eighteenth birthday, using none other than eggplants. The end of the scavenger hunt led to a rather unsavory gift which will not be mentioned. For Ryan, his favorite memory with Tom was “everyday in Mrs. Frey’s AP U.S. History class, just laughing and making memories.”

Any student who knows Tom, also knows that he is the biggest AriZona Green Tea fan in the school, perhaps even the entire 845.  Ryan explained how Tom’s love for Green Tea started “sometime last year; he wanted regular iced tea, but I got him Green Tea, and he's loved it ever since.” 

Never be afraid to branch out and find a new friend. Never tell someone he can’t sit with you on the bus; that person just might turn out to be a best friend, and the memories created just might last a lifetime. 

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