ABERDEEN, Md. — In today's technological world most of us use emojis to express our feelings and thoughts.
Everyone has their favorites, from smiley faces to hearts.
Soon smart phone users will have yet another choice, thanks to a local teacher and group of high school graduates.
In 2019 Sarah Ashley and 12 of her students in the Science and Mathematics Academy at Aberdeen High School, submitted a trombone emoji for use in the Unicode library.
It took five-years, but their proposal was finally approved.
The trombone idea came about when Ashley and company notcied there weren't many musical instrument emojis.
They created the trombone emoji to be humorous, representing the all familiar “womp womp” sound often associated with a mistake.
“This approval is the perfect end to a five-year journey filled with hard work and creativity. I couldn’t be prouder of these graduates for taking a concept and turning it into something that will now be used worldwide,” said Ashley.
Here are the Aberdeen High alumni credited with creating the emoji. Each graduated between 2020-2021.
- Brendan Althoff
- Brandon Brown
- Dillon Capalongo
- Gabriel Cardell
- William Davis
- Evan Demos
- Nathaniel Dimick
- Kristen Doresy
- Ian Leach
- David Oguh
- Cristopher Pappas
- Mark Rosser
The trombone emoji will soon be available for all to use digitally.
