Congratulations to The Class of 2025

We’re pleased to share this year’s graduating class: 11 incredible individuals whose personalities are as unique as their TGS experiences. Yet, for all of their wonderful differences, each is united in having left an enduring mark on their educators, our school’s culture, and, most importantly, each other.

Without further ado, we present to you the THINK Global School Class of 2025!

Agnes Shao

Year Joined: 2023

From: Taiwan 🇹🇼 and the United States 🇺🇸

Countries Agnes called home: Bosnia & Herzegovina, Australia, Japan, Greece, Canada, Brazil, and Italy

Senior Quote: “People’s noses be everywhere but their work.”

What is your favorite memory from your time at TGS? Kali

What are the three aspects of TGS you will miss the most? I will miss my friends, stipend money, and having cute moments in pretty countries.

What’s next? I’m doing an internship at Symbiokinetics for a year and then going to university in the US.

Arryan Shukla

Year Joined: 2022

From: India 🇮🇳

Countries Arryan called home: Malaysia, Turkey, Oman, Greece, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Australia, Japan, Brazil, Vietnam, and Italy

Senior quote: “This for everybody going through tough times.
Believe me, been there, done that
But every day above ground is a great day, remember that.” -Pitbull

What is your favorite memory from your time at TGS? My favorite memory is Rite of Passage when i first met my best friends in Malaysia and hiked with them.

What are the three aspects of TGS you will miss the most? Freedom to pursue my passions and have supportive mentors, living and learning with my best friends, and weXplores.

What’s next? Institut Français de la Mode in Paris, France.

Haruka Shoji

Year Joined: 2022

From: Japan 🇯🇵

Countries Haruka called home: Malaysia, Turkey, Oman, Greece, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Australia, Japan, Canada, Brazil, Vietnam, and Italy

Senior quote: ““You have to say no to something. Otherwise, your yes loses meaning.” -Mark Manson

What is your favorite memory from your time at TGS? Swimming in the dead cold ocean while watching the sunset during the Turkiye weXplore.

What are the three aspects of TGS you will miss the most? Money for food, Sophie and Saila.

What’s next? Taking a gap year and going into our family business.

Jiana Waruhiu

Year Joined: 2023

From: Kenya 🇰🇪

Countries Jiana called home: Australia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Greece, Japan, South Korea, and Turkiye

Senior quote: “I ate my homework. No regrets.” -Kaya

What is your favorite memory from your time at TGS? Singing Mamma Mia songs on a rooftop in Santorini, Greece, while staying in a hostel that looked exactly like Donna’s hotel in the movie.

What three aspects of TGS will you miss the most? The people, getting stipend for food, and Educators Sam, Kenzie, and Shasta.

What’s next? Studying behavioral science at IE University in Madrid, Spain.

Jessie Mitchell

Year Joined: 2022

From: Switzerland 🇨🇭

Countries Jessie called home: Malaysia, Turkey, Oman, Greece, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Australia, Japan, Canada, Brazil, Vietnam, and Italy

Senior quote: “The future is mind.”

What is your favorite memory from your time at TGS? I have so many, but I’ll say the second morning of my Rite of Passage in Malaysia. We had spent the first day hiking up a mountain in 99% humidity, 30-degree heat, and every type of weather imaginable (rain, sun, clouds, rain again).

Then, when we reached the summit that night, it started raining, and our chicken coop/hut flooded, and everyone was absolutely freezing and soaking wet. The next morning, the educators woke us up at 5 am to watch the sunrise. And I remember standing there, sipping my coffee, all of us in complete silence, watching the most beautiful sunrise I had ever seen.

What are the three aspects of TGS you will miss the most? Travelling, learning about wildly different topics in module, and the people.

What’s next? I am taking a gap year to work and travel.

Kaya Andrade Polany

Year Joined: 2022

From: Brazil 🇧🇷

Countries Kaya called home: Botswana, India, South Korea, Greece, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Australia, Japan, Canada, Brazil, Vietnam, and Italy

Senior quote: Senior quote: “I ate my homework. No regrets.”

What is your favorite memory from your time at TGS? Following a kind stranger across the road to his restaurant, with Max and Yosef, getting offered “free milkshakes”, as he thought we were orphans, then getting an unexpected bill of the amount of our weekly stipend. On our first day of school.

What are the three skills you would consider yourself a master in? Human behavior, writing/poetry, and pretending to be an extrovert.

What’s next? Studying fashion business at Istituto Marangoni in Milan, Italy.

Mabel Carroll

Year Joined: 2022

From: Canada 🇨🇦

Countries Mabel called home: Malaysia, Turkey, Oman, Greece, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Australia, Japan, Canada, Brazil, Vietnam, and Italy

Senior quote: “If you’re going to be two faced at least make one of them pretty.” -Marilyn Monroe

What is your favorite memory from your time at TGS? I remember getting woken up by Adnan, my principal from my first year, when I was camping on an isolated island in Oman. There were turtles laying eggs on the beach, I was told, and so all my classmates got up and crept towards the spot where they were rumoured to be. There were, in fact, two turtles laying their eggs, and we got to watch this incredible process.

What are the three aspects of TGS you will miss the most? Stipend, Educator Shasta, and long vacations

What’s next? Studying English at the University of Glasgow.

Maximo Machado Rueda

Year Joined: 2022

From: Spain 🇪🇸

Countries Maximo called home: Botswana, India, South Korea, Greece, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Australia, Japan, Canada, Brazil, and Vietnam

What is your favorite memory from your time at TGS? A dinner I had at Shake Shack with some people after module.

What are the three aspects of TGS you will miss the most? Traveling, my TGS family, and stipend.

What’s next? University.

Nana Sarfo Ampofo

Year Joined: 2022

From: Ghana 🇬🇭

Countries Sarfo called home: Malaysia, Turkey, Oman, Greece, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Australia, Japan, Brazil, and Italy

Senior quote: “The time is always right to do what is right,” – Martin Luther King Jr.

What is your favorite memory from your time at TGS? Snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef.

What are the three aspects of TGS you will miss the most? Traveling, playing basketball against all the different people around the world, and the food from different countries.

Wonkyu Park

Year Joined: 2023

From: Botswana 🇧🇼

Countries Wonkyu called home: Bosnia & Herzegovina, Australia, Japan, Greece, Canada, Brazil, Vietnam, and Italy

What is your favorite memory from your time at TGS? Laughing with friends.

Senior quote: “When life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the eye.” -Cathy Guisewite

What are the three aspects of TGS you will miss the most? Travelling, food, and the experiences.

What’s next? University of Melbourne

Yosef Mizrahi de Santiago

Year Joined: 2022

From: Mexico 🇲🇽

Countries Yosef called home: Botswana, India, South Korea, Greece, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Australia, Japan, Canada, Brazil, Vietnam, and Italy

Senior quote: “Embrace each moment, person and place to the fullest of your ability; it will never repeat again.”

What is your favorite memory from your time at TGS? So so so many!!! For the sake of this, I’ll say our Rite of Passage in Botwsana — but mostly any nature weXplore and my experiences with other people.

What are the three aspects of TGS you will miss the most? Community, core values, and care.

What’s next? Regents University London