Page 26 - 2017 yearbook

Top to bottom: Sixth grader Christian Beaubien, eighth gader
Alexandre Beaubien and freshman Sean Luc Beaubien.
Freshman Lucas Rodriguez and seventh grader Tomas
Rodriguez.
Sophomores Michael and Gabriel Aparicio.
Sophomores Matthew and Joseph Schultz.

Brotherly Love
By: Javier Hernandez

Having siblings in this school was Unlike the Aparicio twins, the Schultz
never an uncommon thing. It was simply easier brothers, Matthew and Joseph, shared very
to take all the siblings to one school every day similar interests. They were both part of the
than battle the morning traffic to two different varsity football team and they both hung out
schools on a daily basis. As easy as it was for the with the same group of friends. However, you
parents and the commute, it wasn’t always that would never suspect that they were brothers,
easy for the siblings to be together in the same much less twins, because they did not look very
place all day long; especially when they shared much alike.
classes or even teachers. Coming from a family of three
The Beaubien brothers went through brothers, seventh grader Tommy and his big bro
this struggle on a day to day basis. Being three freshman Lucas Rodriguez knew the difficulties
students in the same school, and having very of going to school with a sibling (their oldest
similar faces, it made it easy for teachers to get brother, Carlos, graduated in 2016).
their names mixed up. Both Tommy and Lucas shared very
“Most of the time I just ignore it, but similar interests when it came to their extra
sometimes it gets annoying when my teachers curricular activities. They both excelled in sports
call me by my brothers names. I can barely go (football and lacrosse), and enjoyed fishing on
through a day of school without being called the weekends. They both admitted that there
‘Sean’ or ‘Alex’,” said sixth grader Christian could be perks in having an older sibling in
Beaubien. school.
The Aparicio twins, Gabriel and “Having an older brother in the school
Michael, although they shared the same helps a lot because he’s already gone through
birthday, were actually very different. the process. He always gives me advice on what
“Although we may share the same to do and how to do good with certain teachers
last name, the same parents and the same house, and classes,” said Tomas.
we are very different. We are both athletes, but Whether a good thing or a bad thing,
we have different interests when it comes to one thing was for certain: having a sibling in
sports,” said junior Gabriel Aparicio. school was definitely different.