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Cape High Class of 2025 captured by drone

Photography students plan, map out aerial shot in annual school tradition
The Cape High Class of 2025 is captured by drone thanks to efforts from Jason Fructhman’s computer art and photography class students. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Ellen Driscoll
November 12, 2024

It’s not the fall season at Cape High without the annual drone-photo capture of the senior class on the turf at Legends Stadium, this year spelling out the number “25” to represent their graduating year.

This is the 11th year that computer art and photography teacher Jason Fruchtman’s class has made the keepsake photo for publication in the annual yearbook.

To set up the photo, students map out the field and create a grid to mark out the number 25 in straight lines. Photography students planned and calculated the area given the number of students participating, then taped areas where seniors were to stand.

Everyone came together Oct. 30 to line up and form the number 25 with a circle around it, while junior Lauren Marchetti flew a drone to take the photos and videos, and her photography classmates documented the event from the ground.

Junior Lauren Marchetti takes control of the drone while Regan Best, left, and teacher Jason Fruchtman observe. ELLEN DRISCOLL PHOTO
Capturing the action from the ground are students (l-r) Garrett Vansant, Shane Risse and Reed Williamson. ELLEN DRISCOLL PHOTO
Teacher Bruce Leibu experiments with a drone. ELLEN DRISCOLL PHOTO
Teacher Bruce Leibu interviews student Lauren Marchetti, who flew the drone to capture the Class of 2025. ELLEN DRISCOLL PHOTO
Reviewing photos are (l-r) Regan Best, Lauren Marchetti, teacher Jason Fruchtman and Ezequiel Escalante-Parez. ELLEN DRISCOLL PHOTO
From the ground, the arrangement looks just like a normal crowd of students. ELLEN DRISCOLL PHOTO
The Class of 2015 reassembles for a makeover shot to form the number 15 after first gathering in the circle in the center of the field. SUBMITTED PHOTO
The Class of 2016 takes its place. SUBMITTED PHOTO
The Class of 2017 fills out the space. SUBMITTED PHOTO
The Class of 2018 takes its place on the turf. SUBMITTED PHOTO
The bottom of the circle for the Class of 2019 grows larger as enrollment increases. SUBMITTED PHOTO
The Class of 2020 was able to gather for their photo before COVID closed schools in spring of that year. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Due to COVID distancing, the Class of 2021 was represented by five students who moved to different positions, and their images were edited later. SUBMITTED PHOTO
The Class of 2022 is fully represented with the easing of COVID restrictions. SUBMITTED PHOTO
The circle around the Class of 2023 deepens. SUBMITTED PHOTO
More than 460 students assembled for the Class of 2024 photo. SUBMITTED PHOTO

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