Cedric Lemaire ’25. Photo by Mr. Michael Aldridge.
Cedric Lemaire ‘25 is passionate about his dorm room. He has many items around his room to make it feel “homey” and comfortable. Throughout his three years at Northwood, he has changed his room often and had many new additions. Over the summer, Cedric volunteered at a church that had storage for kids who went to boarding school to store away their dorm room things over the summer. The church offered him the chance to choose anything from the storage other kids didn’t want anymore. That is where some of Cedric’s items are from. He has posters from traveling, cleats from over the years, etc.
This is Cedric’s first year in a single and he loves it. Although having a roommate was fun the previous two years, he could never fully arrange the room how he wanted, put up posters where he wanted, and it never completely had that homey feel he was looking for. This year, he gets to completely customize his room. He likes the shape of his room this year and will request the same room next year.
This is a poster from Göteborg, Sweden. Cedric traveled there when he was twelve years old for a soccer tournament.
Here’s Cedric’s bed. He lofted it to have space under it to create a whole new space that is blocked off from the rest of the room. This little lounge area has a different vibe from the rest of his room, and he likes to use it for video games or chilling after school if he has nothing to do and wants some chill time.
Cedric uses these four cleats equally throughout the year for games and training. Some have spikes and some have more rounded buds and are better for indoor soccer. He has obtained all of these throughout his past three years at Northwood. His favorite brand for cleats is Nike because they’re just the most comfortable for him.
This is what’s on top of his dresser. He has things like watches, cologne, OLLY gummies, plants, etc… Cedric has some things just for the look, like cool toy cars and a little turtle. Above his dresser, next to the whiteboard, there is a piece of paper that has his team’s core values on it. The whole team worked on it at the beginning of the year, and the design was Cedric’s original first pick. These values mean a lot to Cedric and Northwood’s soccer team.
Most people think the view from Cedric’s room is one of the best at the school. He gets to see the sky during sunsets and sunrises very well because he’s on the third floor, and the angle is nice because he can see everything that’s going on between the academic building and the main building.
