Mohammed Mahfuz '10

Encompassed – Bronx Science Stories

"I don’t know if this is okay, but I want to give a shout out to my best friend from high school Joshua Guitellman, who has now passed […] We had very different backgrounds but he was a great guy, always smiling and always happy, and we clicked […] Josh was the first person who passed away in my life that it took me a while to even get back to normal. My family was just like, “We don’t know what to do” […] It turned out to be his parents, who I had never met before he passed. Like I said, completely different backgrounds, but they opened their arms to everyone. Still to this day, around the time of his birthday, they’re always saying, ‘If you need to come over we are available.’ They always make time for us. They’re definitely the best remedy I’ve had since his passing and I’m so glad I got to know them [...] That's the great thing about a school like Bronx Science. You take kids from all over the city, all different backgrounds, and you bring them into one place."