chool

Kaczynski pictured in his high school yearbook

Photograph of Kaczynski in high school with three boys and a girl
Kaczynski (bottom right) with other merit scholarship finalists from his high
school
Kaczynski attended Evergreen Park Community High School, where he excelled
academically. He played the trombone in the marching band and was a member of the
mathematics, biology, coin, and German clubs.[14][15] In 1996, a former classmate
said: "He was never really seen as a person, as an individual personality ... He
was always regarded as a walking brain, so to speak."[9] During this period,
Kaczynski became intensely interested in mathematics, spending hours studying and
solving advanced problems. He became associated with a group of like-minded boys
interested in science and mathematics, known as the "briefcase boys" for their
penchant for carrying briefcases.[15]

Throughout high school, Kaczy