JR Potpourri
Every day, Mr. Brown reminds us to live out these four values. Together, they form the acronym ROAR.
What is
Respect
Ownership
Attendance
Responsibility
Njoroge's father
Who is Ngotho?
Groovy
What is cool?
The youngest son of Ngoto, he believes education will lift his family + free his country.
Who is Njoroge?
Though technically an obelisk, this structure commemorates our nation's first president—the only one to receive a unanimous Electoral College vote.
What is the Washington Monument?
He is the assistant principal over the freshman class.
Who is Mr. Minsker?
Jacobo's daughter
Who is Mwihaki?
The Fuzz
What is the Police?
Njoroge's surviving older brother, his wartime trauma compels him toward violent resistance.
Who is Boro?
Dedicated to the 16th president, this building appears on both the five-dollar bill and the penny. Honestly, fitting.
What is the Lincoln Memorial?
The 28th president of the United States and the 13th president of Princeton University, this Progressive Era politician is the former namesake of JR. He obtained his Ph.D in history and political science from Johns Hopkins, but a reexamination of his racist policies led the school to rename.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
Nyokabi's son
Threads
What is clothing?
This wealthy African chief served as a collaborator of Mr. Howlands. His assassination resulted from his association with the British.
Who is Jacobo?
Way longer than your standard Olympic natatorium, this long strip of water hosted a soggy reunion between Jenny and Forrest in Forrest Gump, and served as the location of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream Speech."
What is the Reflecting Pool?
Known as the Oracle of Omaha, he is one of the world's wealthiest men and arguably our school's most famous alumnus.
Who is Warren Buffett?
Jacobo's murderer
Who is Boro?
Fink
What is Snitch?
What is teacher?
Better known by this name, the United States Marine Corps War Memorial includes statues of six soldiers planting a flag that forever flies. Rumor has it, a thirteenth bronze hand helps the soldiers raise the flag. When asked to comment on the canard, the sculptor insisted that twelve hands were enough.
What is the Iwo Jima Memorial?
Alongside fellow JR classmate, this vocalist co-founded punk bands Minor Threat + Fugazi with drummer Brendan Canty.
Who is Ian MacKaye?
Mr. Howlands's Son
Who is Stephen?
Breadhead
What is someone with wealth?
Along with his brother, he fought for the Allied powers in World War II and ultimately lost his life. His death would continue to haunt his entire family.
Who is Mwangi?
While technically not in the District, the sculpture, in immediate proximity to the Pentagon, honors this branch of the Armed Forces and features three stainless steel arcs meant to evoke the contrails of a "bomb burst" — quite a daring skyward maneuver.
What is the United States Air Force Memorial?