2020 Image Senior Magazine

theimagemagazine Lafayette High School • Wildwood, Missouri • Class of 2020 • Senior Edition

Class of 2020: It went by in a Zoom

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Opening

Class of 2020

In This 4...Senior Staff Columns 8...Class of 2020 Future Plans 10...Teacher Shoutouts 13...Classmate Inspirations 16...Senior Superlatives 18...High School Culture

19...Trends To Forget 20...Four Year Review 21...Lasting Memories 24...Future Predictions 27...Embarrassing Stories 28...Parting Words

Senior Image Staff:

Editors in Chief • Kayla Carpenter & Delaney Stulce Web Editor • Chloe Baker News Editor • Hayden Cottrell Opinions Editor • Alex Rozar Lifestyles Editor • Grace Kirtley Social Media Editor • Jack Weaver Artist • Alex Vancil Staff • Abby Stebner & Kennedy Willhite

Editor's Note: The Senior Magazine is a special edition produced by the graduating staff members of the Image magazine. It is made up of information provided by seniors via a survey sent through email to all class members.

Additional details about post-graduation plans was provided by the Guidance Office.

• cover and back cover photos by DELANEY STULCE

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Senior Awards

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Awards Each year, the Senior Class is celebrated and recognized at Senior Awards Night. Various recognitions are announced at the event. The 2020 Senior Awards Night was scheduled for April 22, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was canceled. Administrators surprised the Lancer Award and other winners at their homes on April 22, and all other recognitions were announced on May 15 in a video released by administrators. Here are some of the award recipients.

Student-Selected Awards Extra Distance Teacher Award...

Nancy Smith & Paul Jaycox Leadership Award...

Claire Lister & Jake Dederer Service Award...

Laney Tvrdik & Derek Schreiner Sportsmanship Award...

Madison Chester & Jake Nelson

Teacher-Selected Awards Lancer Award...Grace Kirtley Outstanding VICC Student...Taji Israel-Cazembe Department Awards: AFROTC...Cassie Gammill & Vrisha Jagdish Art...Karan Tandon Business...Ben Augustine Drama...Lily Tomasic Family and Consumer Science...Mason Settle Industrial Technology...Carson Albers Language Arts...Ashley Skaggs Mathematics...Madison Chester Music...Aden Black Physical Education...Jalin Reese Science...Casey Uffelmann Social Studies...Zoe Spriggs World Languages...Grace Fick

GRACE KIRTLEY was surprised at her home on April 22 by the LHS administration team with the 2020 Lancer Award. The Lancer Award is voted by the entire staff and given to one senior each year for their embodiment of scholarship, leadership, character and community service throughout high school. • photo by JACK WEAVER

TAJI ISRAEL-CAZEMBE takes a selfie with Assistant Principal Kirti Mehrotra and LHS administrators.

Israel-Cazembe was recognized with the Outstanding Voluntary Interdistrict Choice Corporation (VICC) Student Award which is voted on by the entire staff. • photo by JACK WEAVER

JAKE DEDERER and his family celebrate his Leadership Award recognition. The Leadership Award is one of the three studentvoted accolades given to one boy and one girl in the Senior Class. The other student-selected awards are the Service and Sportsmanship Award. • photo by JACK WEAVER

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Staff Columns

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Class of 2020 staff members reflect over past four years

Each year, each senior on the Image staff writes a column that exemplifies why their time at Lafayette was impactful for them. This is seen as a rite of passage for staff members who make it to the end, as it is an important and personal writing to each individual.

It is the last thing they get to write as an Image staff member and student at Lafayette. It is a way of ending this chapter of our lives.

In these columns, you will see perspectives of many different types of people, who lived completely different lives outside of the newsroom.

These columns reflect the diversity of the staff, and show how being apart of this community and many other communities impacted their life for the better.

Alex Vancil

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Kayla Carpenter • Hope College •

Delaney Stulce

• Arizona State University •

Chloe Baker

• University of Missouri, Columbia •

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Do you remember what those blinding neon green Freshman Fish Dance shirts said? “2020. We see our futures clearly.”

It seemed like the perfect cliché. We would certainly spend four full years at LHS. We would certainly be preparing to graduate in 2020.

That was a lie. We certainly did not see our futures clearly. Four years ago, we had no idea how much loss we’d experience.

We didn’t know flood days or FLEX would become a thing, and we had zero clue that a microbe would hijack our senior year.

But four years ago, we also had no idea how many amazing things we’d experience. We didn’t know about the incredible friendships we’d form, the academic or athletic achievements we’d accomplish or the passions we’d develop.

We did not see our futures clearly; so many unexpected things occurred, but I’m glad it happened that way.

Over these four years, I’ve learned how

important it is to have people to lean on.

I’ve learned who those people are, and they’re not the same people I would’ve expected four years ago.

I’ve learned how much stronger and more resilient I’ve become whether it was from classes, basketball or pandemics.

I’ve learned how much the majority of the class actually cares about each other.

I’ve seen classmates genuinely enjoy supporting each other while they succeed in sports, theater, music or academics.

Through everything, I truly hope you’ve also found your people, become more resilient and appreciated everyone from your best friends to your freshman year locker buddy. So it doesn’t really matter that we can’t see our futures clearly. We should embrace the fact that we don’t have 2020 vision. It’s exciting that way.

Control what you can and learn from everything that happens, even if that be that neon shirts are not where it’s at.

Like many of my peers this year, I was ready for this year to be over. I was ready to close this chapter of my life that seemed like it would never end. I spent a lot of time focusing on where I would be going next year and being pessimistic rather than soaking in the short amount of time I had in this period of my life.

Don’t get me wrong, I took part in every major event in the year, but I took for granted all of the small gifts each and every day was in this school. Although those big moments like Homecoming and Friday night football games are a big deal, I am realizing, now that my time is cut short, that all the personal connections I made throughout my four years here, whether it was a teacher, a coach or a classmate were too.

I was lucky enough to have multiple teachers in this school who truly cared about me and pushed me to be better at whatever I wanted to do. No school dance

could ever overshadow the love I felt from these people.

I hope each and every person at Lafayette has had the opportunity to make close knit connections with someone at the school, whether that is a teacher or a friend, because I cannot fathom the idea of high school without the closeness and acceptance I received from those around me. I was lucky enough to be involved in many activities and classes that provided me the opportunity to do so.

I cannot imagine who I would have been at the end of these four years without the influence of those around me.

I regret not making the most of the time I had this year with each and every person that I will not have access to for the rest of my life.

I wish nothing more than to have had more time with these people in my life. Of course, I wish it didn’t take a pandemic for me to see that.

My first day of high school was filled with terror, confusion and blindingly yellow hallways. Only three months prior I had walked out the doors of my middle school for the last time, arms linked with my four classmates. Yes, you heard me, four. Leaving such a small and tight-knit community terrified me. While I knew the day I would transition into a public school of nearly 2,000 students was coming, it still came as a curve ball.

My passing periods were spent frantically trying to find my next class, lunchtime was spent aimlessly wandering the commons and classes were spent awkwardly starting conversation with people.

Those first several weeks were anything but comfortable. But they were some of the most influential weeks of my high school career. They pushed me to talk to new people and try things I would have never considered.

If it wasn’t for those first couple weeks, I would have never joined water polo, where I found a team and a leadership opportunity. I would have never joined student publications, which gave me a family, and an opportunity to do what I love. The growth that came from those first couple weeks and throughout the last four years far outweighs my initial frustration.

As I reflect on the past several years, I also look forward. Next year, I think many of us will be in a similar position that I was in, frantically trying to get a firm grasp on our next stage of life. I can guarantee we will experience discomfort. But that is how we grow and learn. It is what will make looking back rewarding. Take hope in the fact that your discomfort is a part of a much bigger journey.

While I can’t say I will miss those first few weeks, I can say I will miss the people and experiences that helped me grow

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Jack Weaver

• University of Kentucky •

Hayden Cottrell • Baylor University •

Grace Kirtley

• Vanderbilt University •

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They weren’t kidding when they said these four years would fly by. But in case you blinked, I probably have a photo to fill you in.

Our short time at Lafayette can be measured by the hours we spent in class, by the grades we earned or by the friendships we’ve made. But the measurement that represents my time best is the 12 out of 12 pep assemblies I’ve witnessed through a camera.

The assemblies themselves aren’t necessarily what define my time here, though. For the past four years, I’ve documented assemblies and, more importantly, everything in between.

From the court to the stage, I’ve witnessed my classmates pour their hearts and souls into their crafts. If it weren’t for being behind the camera, I may have never taken this opportunity.

To the athletes, musicians, theater kids and everyone else, thank you for not only

giving me something to capture, but for making Lafayette the experience it’s been.

Your dedication was truly inspiring to watch.

And to all the spectators, I hope you, too, were inspired. I hope you took the opportunity to die laughing at an improv show or to lose your voice cheering from the student section. These events shaped our time in high school, and I promise our classmates appreciated our support.

As we part our ways, I hope you never stop supporting others. Read your college newspaper, support an under-appreciated sports team or exchange a smile with a stranger.

And just like that, our time together is over. As I have unknowingly captured my last of thousands of frames of the Class of 2020, I hope our unfortunate ending reminds us of the countless memories we’ve made together and the power of unconditional support for one other.

Unlike the majority of the class graduating with me, I did not start off my high school era attending Lafayette.

I actually transferred here the summer before my sophomore year began.

When I arrived here, I was afraid to stand out and be a part of the clubs I had been previously a part of at my old high school.

I did not want people to look at me and assume things just because of the activities I wanted to be involved in.

So, I shied away from the classes and clubs that interested me.

It took me a while to realize that life was boring without them, and that is something that I was kind of ashamed of until I decided to start doing what made me happy.

The second I decided to go after the things that made me happy, like a debate club, journalism classes and social studies

electives, I found people who shared the same values I did. They were so happy with what they did, and that impacted me.

I am a better person now because I reached out and found my place alongside them.

Had I not done that, I would have missed out on so many people and things, big and little, that have changed the way I view the world.

It is important to find your place, whether that is in a social studies class listening to a lecture about the brain, a debate tournament passionately speaking or in the journalism room designing pages.

Doing what makes you happy with the people who make you happy matters more than any kind of social standing.

If I had to do it all over again, I would not change or trade in the memories and connections I have made for anything in the world.

“What a life we lead.”

If you have spent a day with me, you have heard this cheesy phrase I say.

Yes, I know it’s something a nostalgic 50-year-old Midwestern dad would say, but I think saying it has changed how I live my life.

The sentence is simple, but it speaks to more than just a moment. It speaks to what I am doing, who I am with, the history that has gotten us to this moment.

It always makes me think of more than just this exact moment and brings a layer of gratitude to moments that we usually aren’t grateful for.

It helps me be grateful for awkward pauses in conversations, difficult runs with the team and even essays that keep us up late.

Of course, so much in our lives has been exhausting and difficult and heart breaking.

So, when we realize how amazing sitting

with our friends at a lunch table is, or how fun it is to say hey to people it makes the difficult days easier.

For example, in newspaper it was easy to buckle down and get the work done for deadlines, but if I hadn’t stopped and appreciated holding a magazine we made, or looked at my team with gratitude during one of the work nights then I wouldn’t love it as much as I do.

Moments that could’ve been stressful became unforgettable with just a little dash of gratitude.

I will always look back with love for my time on staff.

We’ve lost a lot of our senior year, moments that we would have appreciated, but if anything this situation has taught us to have a greater love for the small things that we lost.

I hope that once our life goes back to normal, every once and awhile we are able to say, “what a life we lead.”

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Alex Rozar

• St. Louis University •

Abby Stebner

• Southeast Missouri State University •

Kennedy Willhite • University of Tennessee •

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Class of 2020, as I pen my final missive to you, I cannot help but reflect on the unparalleled experience we have shared.

Together, we witnessed several once-in-alifetime events: a solar eclipse, a president impeached, a viral pandemic. For us, high school was truly unforgettable.

As the late Robert F. Kennedy once said, “There is a Chinese curse which says ‘May he live in interesting times.’” While the origin he provides is almost certainly apocryphal, his message holds merit at its core: experiencing history, while it may sound exciting, means witnessing times of turbulence and trauma. He was unfortunate enough to live in “interesting times,” and now, over fifty years later, we grapple with similar strife.

And yet, day after day, we’ve carried on, resuming life as normal (or some semblance of it) without stopping for retrospection. We’ve maintained our collective sanity by maintaining our

collective nature—reaching out to those who needed it most. The Class of 2020 has pulled off a miraculous feat amid incredible adversity: we have uplifted each other and helped each other succeed. In spite of everything, we’ve Zoomed our way to the finish line. We persevered like no other class before us, and now we’re here, on the cusp of boundless opportunity.

At the end of the journey, we anticipated a joyous celebration, one that now looks unlikely, at least in the traditional sense. Though the prospects of holding an official graduation ceremony seem doubtful, consider these your parting words: We are the Class of 2020. We can accomplish anything we will ourselves to. When others have fallen down, we’ve helped them get up.

Together, we have struggled and we have strived. And together, we will lead the world of tomorrow.

When I first moved here in 1st grade, I never knew that this place would give me my best friends.

Sitting in that 1st grade class with my pigtails and goldfish, I met my first friend Kayla Hoover.

We were the best of friends, and just like that in August we will be exactly 1,502 miles away from each other.

Everyone always said that high school goes by so fast, but we never believed them. From Chesterfield Elementary to Rockwood Valley Middle School to Lafayette High School, I have become friends with the best people.

I know it’s cheesy but Winnie the Pooh once said, “How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard”.

Not being able to finish the last two months of our senior year is difficult because those are the last memories we are going to have with the people we have

been going to school with for the past 12 years.

But the class of 2020 is special because we have this quarantine story that no one else has, and we will come out of it together.

It isn’t ideal by any means, but it’s definitely special to us.

Also, Lafayette Cheer made such a big impact on me and it allowed me to not only meet such amazing girls and cheer on my friends, but it gave me incredible role models.

Coach Levine, Coach Green, Coach Trankle, Coach Knox, and Coach Ehrhardt were all great coaches. Because of these women I have decided to continue my cheerleading career at Southeast Missouri State University.

Thank you to everyone, friends and teachers, who have been a part of my high school story. You have all kept it interesting and memorable.

I remember my freshman year hearing all of the seniors on my dance team talk about how high school goes by so fast and to cherish your time.

I remember laughing along and agreeing nonchalantly.

Now that my time as a senior has come to an end, I can truly say that they were right.

I remember everyday of my time at Lafayette, as the days were long but the years were short.

One of my favorite memories throughout my four years has to be the eclipse beginning of my sophomore year. When the entire school met on the football field, and we all sat waiting for the moon to block the sun.

I’ll never forget everyone’s reactions when the sky went dark for minutes.

I think that moment is a good representation of the Class of 2020’s time

at Lafayette.

Every year we had something monumental and memorable that helped make the year more interesting.

My senior year was nothing but special, and I can give some thanks to that to the newspaper staff and student publications.

I joined staff my first semester senior year, and frankly, had no idea what I was doing.

But, thanks to everyone on staff, I was welcomed and able to fit in so quickly.

I never thought I would end my senior year two months early and in quarantine.

But the circumstances of this year, and our time at Lafayette, match how special the class of 2020 is.

It only makes sense that a class so special, and a class so strong, would end so chaotically.

Thank you to the Class of 2020 for the time of my life, and thank you to Lafayette for the best four years.

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Future Plans

Class of 2020: Staff who American University Katie Greenstein Arizona State University Hannah Basom Madison Chester Kayla Hoover Delaney Stulce Art Institute of Chicago Jane Dunn Auburn University Meghan Ferguson Baylor University Hayden Cottrell Bellarmine University Lauren Marshall Belmont University Matt Jones Bradley University Karsen Jurenka Brigham Young University Rachel Clarke Clark Atlanta University Taleeya Stewart Clarke University Jonah Robinson Colorado State University Rachael Bierschenk Drake University Jack Saunders Drury University Alex Norvell Megan Scholl

Harding University Isaac Aston High Point University Braeden Williams Hope College Kayla Carpenter Illinois State University Kim Auzat Olivia Cohen Laura Held Lilly Shaikun Indiana State University Mihir Chandra Sarah Higgins Megan Jefferies Gabby Trottier Indiana University-Kokomo Jessica Ehrmann Johns Hopkins University Alyah Deugarte Malayka Walton Juniata College Tom Montgomery Kansas State University Jake Dederer Lindenwood University Carter Miller Emma Cole Finnegan Stewart Louisiana State University Sarah Godefroid Loyola University Chicago Karan Tandon

Emory University Alexander McMillen

Marquette University Sarah Schoenfelder

Fairfield University Maggie Rogan

Maryville University Grace Annunziata Ryan Campbell Callie Harrison Rachel Martin Emma Petrowsky Jalin Reese

Florida State University Gracie Upbin

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George Washington University Sadhana Matheswaran

Eastman School of Music Jacob Hinton

Florida International University Bella Barbosa Kitzelman

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Miami University Caitlynn Sigman

Miami University Natalie Karlsson Michigan State University Ashley Freestone Middle Tennessee State University Alexander Scheman Missouri Baptist University Shannon McLain Anthony McRoberts Michael Olson Missouri State University Carson Albers Hannah Allen Carson Boren Reece Canby Adam Davidson Isaac Dixon Cole Doherty Sophia Eble Josh Hansen Megan Heckmann Claire Holestine Owen Hueckel Carissa Lieberman Ella Miget Gavin O’Neill Sam Schnellmann Ashley White Missouri University of Science & Technology Peyton Kemmerling Andersen Lohr Sara Morgenthaler Gwendolyn Schweiss Gabriel Snyder Lalit Trivedi Tyson Trost Northern Arizona University Tyler Harwood Northwest Missouri State University Ashley Middleton Northwestern University Matthias Neumann Oklahoma State University Adam Lawson Chris Settle Mason Settle Old Dominion University Danny Moeller

Purdue University Geoffrey Ladue Dev Patel Rhodes College Jennifer Benton Southeast Missouri State University Lexi Brewer Jordan Hunter Sam Knutson Ty Stauss Abby Stebner Jenna Quist Spring Hill College Brooke Borgmeyer St. Louis University Riley Allen Kaitlyn Barefield Yosef Bedair Aksheytha Chelikavada Natalia Ferreira Nick Finefrock Andrew Kodner Grace Lin Blake McCarthy Sara Parikh Neha Patil Nisha Ravikumar Nithya Raman Alex Rozar Nicole Soest Colin Swan Henry Thomas Rosa Wessel State Technical College of Missouri Max Kennington St. Louis Community College Orquidea Campbell-Espinoza Sharayah Chavers Taji Israel-Cazembe Abbey Ferguson Emily Gauvreau Garrett Henry Audrey Krone Austin Laves Hannah Muse Josh Robinson Katie Sallet STLCC-Forest Park Kayonna Young STLCC-Meramec Chase Pultman

theimagemagazine Class of 2020 STLCC-Wildwood Connor Brodie Ryan Findlay Allison Horstmann Blaiz Mcpeek Tarleton State University Marsean Fisher Tennessee State University Lauren Liggins Texas Christian University CJ Jaggie Caroline Kesting Michael Lang Texas Tech University Zoe Hertlein The Ohio State University Jake Nelson Truman State University Allison Beaton Blake Gordon Ellen Moloney Rena Owens Laura Toenjes UC Berkeley Abhishek Ganesh U.S. Army Joey Christian TyChicus Thomas University of Alabama Kate Billings Ethan Karr Austin Taschler University of Arizona Ines Abdennadher University of Arkansas Jordan Clark Paige Daws Marilyn Fogarty Ben Townsend

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University of Central Missouri Morgan Shelton

University of Connecticut Caroline Foster University of Illinois Mason Divine Natalie Phelps Kshitij Sinha University of Iowa Carsyn Schneider University of Kansas Aiden Murphy Kevin Weaver Luke Boyette Rachel Paese Reese Eckert Siena Meyrer University of Kentucky Cailey Bingham Mason Hewlett Derek Schreiner Jack Weaver University of Memphis Meg Nemnich University of Mississippi Addie Brennan Leenie Johns Carissa Lewis Lily Oberlin Emily Panasci Abby Robeson Audrey Samples University of MissouriColumbia Josh Abbott Benjamin Augustine Ethan Bailey Chloe Baker Alexis Berry Alyssa Berry Nick Berry Brin Bodker Megan Breese Zach Bryce Kamren Canova Regan Carpenter Jack Chubb Antonio Cooper Keara Cronin

Future Plans Kyle Dunn Maura Ference Grace Fick Max Fruscella Christian Garlik Lucie Garza Lauren Gebel Ethan Gebhardt Claire Geurkink Cullen Grant Katie Hallums Trevor Heckmann Shadley James Kari Kamrud Matthew Kanan Cameron Kelly Cassandra Limon Sam Londono Sricharan Manchikalapudi Michael Monfort Sydney Monninger Caroline Morales Jonah Nickerson Lucas Nickerson Bryce Niewoehner Sam Nixon Jacob Oberkirsch Sarah Ortiz Lucas Ortman Max Oscarson Alexis Pietro Jake Powers Savana Presson William Przybylski Eli Rosenbaum Alyssa Ruckman Ryan Schneider Laurel Scott Jake Sherman Zach Sortor Mia Staehling Vito Stallone Dylan Stovall Easton Sweeten Max Tabor Katherine Tremper Blake Tulloch Natalie Tuttle Brooke Tvrdik Laney Tvrdik Casey Uffelmann Sanjana Vennam Sam Vishion Reese Ward

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Ryan Ward Jackie Wildt Thomas Wilson Shannon Worley Tyler Wuestling Kyle Yerby University of MissouriKansas City Sarah Collins Olivia Kalamboukas Rachel Perera University of San Diego Audrey Agnew University of South Florida Brooke Ferman University of Southern California Aden Black University of Tennessee Marlow DeGraw Lillie Franzen Maggie Franzen Parker Ockerhausen Kennedy Willhite University of Wisconsin Elijah Southman Vanderbilt University Grace Kirtley Washington University Hannah Long Max Schoening Rahul Suresh Kanna Teni Toriola Webster University Emily Budde Zuko Hajrovic Shannon McGinnis Andrew Schatz Lily Tomasic Western Michigan University Vrisha Jagdish William Woods University Hannah McDaniel

Congratulations!

Today is your day.

You’re off to Great Places!

You’re off and away!”

Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

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LHS Staff Shoutouts

Class of 2020: Staff who Josh Abbott: Mr. DeBlasi. He pushed me to be the best I can be.

Ines Abdennadher: Harmon always knew how to make class interactive and interesting, she always made me feel welcome in class.

Audrey Agnew: Deken. He helped grow my love for economics.

Carson Albers: Ahlers. He is so lighthearted and does cool things.

Riley Allen: O’Donnell. She’s never sad, and I thrive off of her positive energy. She’s a great role model and she’s always there when I need good advice, a hug or Ritz Crackers.

Eric Allison: Mr. Deken. He seems to legitimately love each and every one of his students and the content he’s teaching them. The passion inspired me to pursue a career in education.

Grace Annunziata: Mrs. Zang. She is a great teacher who pushes you.

Isaac Aston: Mrs. Zang. While being the best teacher in the building, she also made my hardest class fun.

Benjamin Augustine: Mr. Steffens.

He taught great leadership skills while treating every student like a close friend.

Kim Auzat: Ms. Marasigan. She pushed me when I had no motivation and didn’t give up on me. She cares about her students and always made me feel important.

Ethan Bailey: Mr. Decker. He helped me with chemistry, at first I was horrible but he helped me get an A. Chloe Baker: Coach Kempf, Coach Waeckerle, Smitty and Ms. Schumacher you all pushed me to be my best and taught me what it means to be a leader.

Bella Barbosa Kitzelman: Mr. Klawiter. I just learned so much in his class that I will actually attain and use.

Kaitlyn Barefield: Mrs. Zang. She was like a mother to me and was able to make things fun while serious.

Hannah Basom: Coach Manne is always kind and positive.

Allison Beaton: Mr. Ell. He was always there for me when I needed advice, help, to vent or a good laugh.

He helped me to be the best I could be, not just in school but also in life.

Jennifer Benton: Mrs. IF. She balances teaching, being a mother and furthering her own education.

She always has time for me and I always leave feeling monumentally better than when I walked in. She inspires me to be not only the best student I can be, but the best person.

Alexis Berry: Ms. Brown. She knows how to empathize with teenagers and overcame a lot. It inspired me that I can get through anything.

Alyssa Berry: Kaylah Brown because everyone cherished her two years here and she really cared to help students. We all could relate to her.

Nick Berry: Mrs. Fischer. She is the epitome of a strong woman that leads with love and effort that reflects onto those around her.

Rachael Bierschenk: Jaycox. He made everything in class so much

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fun. He is a very genuine person and builds strong relationships with his students. He always makes people feel cared for and constantly checks up on us. He is always there for us.

Kate Billings: Ms. Hruby. She serves as a role model for the person I want to be.

Cailey Bingham: Mrs. Sakowski. She always made sure to challenge me because she knew I could do better.

Aden Black: Mrs. Bolton. She always inspired me to really follow my dreams, and to continue with music.

Brin Bodker: Mrs. Mehegan. She’s always there, whether you need a shoulder to cry on or someone to talk to.

Carson Boren: Joe Wier. He’s helped me get stronger throughout my life.

Brooke Borgmeyer: DeBlasi because he is always himself.

Megan Breese: Mr. DeBlasi. He’s experienced a lot. He’s very wise and informative. He makes you feel like the most important person in the world.

Addie Brennan: Mr. Landwehr is very kind and understanding.

Lexi Brewer: Coach Spencer was always there when I needed her.

Connor Brodie: Jason Long because I have spent seven years with him through middle and high school so he became a part of a second family.

Ca’Mijha Brooks: Mr. Stockwell. He helps me, he’s there for me when I need him, and he’s the best.

Zach Bryce: Ms. Brown because she was the easiest to talk to.

Robbie Burtelow: Mrs. Fischer. She always wants her students to do their best, and she loves what she does.

Ryan Campbell: Ms. Marasigan. I thought she was really cool and nice.

Orquidea Campbell-Espinoza: Sakowski! Thanks for being such a mom and helping me grow as an artist.

Reece Canby: Mr DeBlasi Kamren Canova: Mr. Steffens and Mr. Wier. Both had a smile regardless of what was going on and went out of their way to make students excited about learning.

Kayla Carpenter: Meyer. She’s a ferocious, dedicated, supportive and caring coach who pushed me to be a better, more confident player while also inspiring me to be a strong, positive and fearless person. She is the epitome of practicing what she preaches, and she’s taught me how to be unapologetically true to myself.

Regan Carpenter: Mr. Jaycox. He never failed to keep us intrigued.

He’s one of the best advice-giversn.

Hearing him speak made the world seem much less overwhelming and a little more attainable.

Mihir Chandra: OC. She always lets us come into her room and talk.

Stella Chang: Mr. Marx because he was a dang good teacher.

Sharayah Chavers: Hagglund inspired me to go after things I never thought would have interested me.

Aksheytha Chelikavada: Miss Gladden inspired me to be true to myself.

Madison Chester: Mrs. Loeffler. She’s a hard worker, and always wants the best for students. She’s curious and expands her knowledge. She would go out of her way for anyone.

Joey Christian: DeBlasi. I really connected with him.

Jack Chubb: Mr. Willard. He taught me vital skills that will help me in college.

Jordan Clark: Mr. Krull. He taught life lessons that go beyond school work.

Rachel Clarke: Mrs. Shaffer. She has always been genuinely interested in my life and truly wanted a relationship with me and all of her other students.

Olivia Cohen: Mrs. Keillor is extremely inspiring. She is very strong and she cares for her students so much.

Sarah Collins: Christy Shaffer. She always wanted me to be the best I could be and believed in my abilities.

She was always there with a hug.

Antonio Cooper: Mrs. Landwehr.

She is just my favorite.

Keara Cronin: Mr. Landow. He is so passionate about teaching and he really cares about all of his students.

Adam Davidson: Mr. Krull. He made me have fun while taking math, and taught me what an Easy A really was.

Erin Davis: Ms. Gladden. She always knew what to say to help and she was someone I was comfortable talking to.

Josie Davis: Mr. DeBlasi and Mrs. Smith because they helped me to be responsible and were always there from letting me sit in their classroom or to chat before and after class.

Paige Daws: Wright Kempen because of her dedication to her students.

Jake Dederer: Mrs. Campbell because of her success in the field she teaches, her unique teaching style and her sense of humor.

Marlow DeGraw: Landow. There was never a time he wasn’t excited to learn.

Kate DeLine: Mr. McAllister. He has his students’ best interests at heart and truly cares about them. He does everything to make sure they are keeping up with school, but also cares about the needs of us outside of school-related matters.

Matt DeSarno: Mr. DeBlasi because he made learning fun.

Alyah Deugarte: Mr. Lofgren.

He made his classes so much fun and he also always found a way to explain things in a way that kept the classroom captivated.

Mason Divine: Frank Consolino.

His commitment to helping Mrs. Campbell teach physics.

Isaac Dixon: Jill Harmon. She stayed on me about homework and class work. I’ve seen improvement ever since I had her.

Cole Doherty: Mrs. Fischer. She’s very creative, outspoken and also a shoulder to cry on. She’s always been there for me.

Kyle Dunn: Mr. DeBlasi because I love the way he teaches and connects with his students.

Sophia Eble: Krull was an amazing teacher and person to lean on. He opened up to students. He showed the hardships of life and the values of pushing though, working hard.

Reese Eckert: Mrs. Sakowski. She’s incredibly selfless and always has a positive attitude.

Maura Ference: Mrs. Green because of her positivity and compassion.

Abbey Ferguson: Mr. Kreienkamp.

He brought my view of the world into place.

Meghan Ferguson: Mr. Jaycox.

I could listen to him talk about superheros all day. He’s a hilarious and fun teacher and I enjoy every moment I have with him.

Brooke Ferman: Mr. DeBlasi. He made each lesson so fun and he was always someone I could talk to.

Grace Fick: Coach Spencer. She always had a smile on her face regardless of what was going on. She was energetic about what she was teaching and it made it that much more valuable to be learning.

Ryan Findlay: Mrs. Lee. She makes being in class enjoyable and makes kids want to learn.

Nick Finefrock: Mr. Landwehr because he is a great teacher who shows kindness and support for all of his students. Also, I could always come to him for advice.

Marsean Fisher: Coach Hicks and Coach Warren. They developed me into the man I am today. They were like father figures. They instilled drive, work ethic and leadership traits that I will carry with me for the rest of my life.

Colin Flowers: DeBlasi Marilyn Fogarty: Ms. Osborn. She has always been my go to person when something happens. She always helped reason through my decisions in life and supports me no matter what.

Caroline Foster: Mrs. Bolton. She is so incredibly passionate about guitar and has cultivated my passion. She is connected with her students, and becomes a therapist for us all. She is a one in a million kind of person.

Lillie Franzen: Mr. Steffens. He helped me find my passion.

Maggie Franzen: Mr. Krull. The story he told at the end of the semester.

Ashley Freestone: Coach Spencer.

She never gives up on any student.

Max Fruscella: Hill. We connected right away. He’s watched me grow.

Abhishek Ganesh: All of them inspired me because of their consistent yearning to educate us and watch us grow.

Christian Garlik: Mr. Krull. He teaches his finite class is unlike any other class.

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Lucie Garza: Ms. Marasigan has always been someone I can go to for advice, stress relief or help with school. She has pushed me to be my very best and go after what I want.

She has constantly reminded me to stick to my roots and go with my gut.

Emily Gauvreau: Mr. Gutowski. He always talked to me in the hallways and made me feel very welcome. He reaches out and knows everyone’s names and makes you feel like a part of a big family.

Lauren Gebel: Willard. He’s insanely smart and funny.

Ethan Gebhardt: Krull. He is completely in love with job and routine of life.

Claire Geurkink: Marasigan. She inspires me to be the best person I can.

Sarah Godefroid: Ms. Hruby. She always made me believe there was nothing I couldn’t do and she is someone I aspire to be like in everything I do.

Blake Gordon: Kempf. She encouraged me in water polo and school.

Cullen Grant: Ms. Title. She had such a great attitude.

Katie Greenstein: Zang. She pushed me to get involved in government.

Violet Hainz: Dr. Spurgeon 100%.

She has helped me tremendously especially when I was going through a rough times in my life. She has one of the kindest hearts.

Zuko Hajrovic: Mr. Hicks and Mr. DeBlasi Katie Hallums: Krull without a doubt. He is the most courageous person with the biggest heart. He knows how to bring a classroom to life, no matter the situation. I have never seen a teacher open up to students the way he does.

Josh Hansen: Mrs. Bolton because she made class fun everyday and gave everyone an opportunity to do something they love through music.

Callie Harrison: Denise Meyer. She has always been such a role model for me on and off the court.

Tyler Harwood: There are too many teachers to recognize for this list.

Megan Heckmann: Ms. Gladden.

She is down to earth and real. She makes her classes fun and cares about students.

Trevor Heckmann: Mrs. Fischer because she cared about me.

Laura Held: Willard. He was amazing and the only teacher I’ve ever had that seemed to connect with every kid.

Garrett Henry: Zahradka and Smith both have played a large role in the man I have become today.

Zoe Hertlein: Lofgren because he let us explore so many new ideas in his class.

Mason Hewlett: Matt Landwehr because of his passion and energy for teaching, coaching, and life in general.

Sarah Higgins: Spencer, even when she would get trouble for being so young, she continued to do what she loves.

Jacob Hinton: Mr. Gutowski. He has always supported me and advocated for me in all my musical endeavors.

Claire Holestine: Ms. Shaffer. She was always so encouraging and made me love music. She genuinely cares for every student she has and does everything to make them feel special.

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Kayla Hoover: Mr. Willard always pushed me to my fullest potential.

Allison Horstmann: Ms. Gladden and her breathing exercises.

Owen Hueckel: Ms. Marisigan, Mrs. Zimmerman, Mr. Beaver, Mr. Steffens, Mrs. Brown Perez and Mr. Allen. All shared a common goal to better me as a student and as a person.

Dylan Hunter: Mrs. OC. She always had my back no matter what.

Jordan Hunter: Mrs. Sakowski. She is the reason I want to be an artist. She pushed me to apply for art school and pursue what I really wanted to do. She always had my back, I really developed who I am not only as an artist, but as a person in the walls of Room 99.

Taji Israel-Cazembe: Colonel Smith inspired me to push myself to sell cakes and to see that there is a market for my baking products.

Vrisha Jagdish: Lt. Colonel Smith.

He’s believed in me as a leader. His uplifting, optimistic personality inspires me to see the good in other people. Despite hurdles, he has continued to be one of my main supporters.

CJ Jaggie: Imler. She believed in me.

Shadley James: Mrs. Schumacher.

She taught me that as long as I try my best, and work hard I will succeed.

Megan Jefferies: Mr. Schneider. He was always willing to go the extra mile. I knew he would be there if I needed help with anything, and was always willing to trade bad jokes.

Leenie Johns: Mr. Willard inspired me to read a lot and keep learning even after school. He also makes me laugh a lot.

Matt Jones: Mr. Balog inspired me with his leadership and passion for music.

Karsen Jurenka: Ms. Keillor. She taught me so much and she had the widest open door policy so I could talk to her about anything.

Olivia Kalamboukas: Mrs. Dill helped me feel confident not only at school but also on stage. She was also the first person to give me an opportunity to express myself.

Kari Kamrud: Mrs. Gladden because of her genuine love for all students.

Matthew Kanan: Ms. Harmon. With this her first official year teaching, she has done an excellent job transitioning into a full time teacher.

Natalie Karlsson: Mr. Willard. When I was going through a lot, he was always there to listen and to share chocolates. Kelly Keiter: Mr. Willard always makes his students feel like a priority and is always available to help or chat. He offers great advice.

Cameron Kelly: Mr. Decker. He cared for his students and subject.

Peyton Kemmerling: Ms. Gladden.

Her class helped me through a tough time and got me to want to write stories.

Max Kennington: Mrs. Trankle. She showed me that work doesn’t have to be boring and what 110% effort is!

Caroline Kesting: Mr. DeBlasi. We have a close relationship. I feel like I can go talk to him about anything and he always encourages me and supports me.

Grace Kirtley: Mr. Balog always cared deeply about all his students and has an inspiring passion for music.

Sam Knutson: Krull. It was exciting to go to his class every day. He

showed us it was good to be ourselves and embrace what makes us unique.

Andrew Kodner: Mr. Krull. He has so much dedication to his students.

He thinks so far outside of the box as to creating a whole show out of the class he teaches. Every little detail has a meaningful connection. It’s apparent that Mr. Krull has tons of empathy.

Audrey Krone: Mrs. Bolton taught me so much about music and inspired me to be the best version of myself. She is so encouraging and easy to talk to.

Megan Kulick: Mr. Young because he could always make my day better Geoffrey Ladue: Mr. Schneider had a profound impact on me. Even though I was taking calculus and dying half the time, he was always there to help me.

Austin Laves: Mrs. Fischer. She has helped me overcome all my challenges. I can’t explain her impact she has had on my life in words.

Adam Lawson: Mr. DeBlasi. He has shown me what it truly means for a teacher to be different. He creates his own way and his own lesson, and with the risk of sounding cheesy, I’d say he brings history to life.

Fiona Lazzaretti: Mr DeBlasi. He’s always in a good mood and is always there If I need advice.

Ethan Leslie: Mr. Klawiter. I only knew him for one year, but I learned that he cares about his job and his students more than any teacher I have ever had.

Carissa Lewis: Mr. Krull. He always put his students first and made learning fun. He loves his job and his students and he makes it very clear by always using students names which is a small thing, but it makes kids feel known.

Carissa Lieberman: Sigan and Choate. They both make learning into something fun and not high pressure. Sigan was the one teacher I went to for advice and talked to when I was feeling low.

Lauren Liggins: Mrs. Landwehr and Mrs. Fisher. They care so much about their students. Seeing this makes me want to care more for others.

Claire Lister: Mr. Lofgren. He held me to a high standard and never accepted anything less, all while being an amazing teacher and mentor. His teaching style is efficient, thorough and engaging. He taught me invaluable life lessons and always provided a good laugh.

Andersen Lohr: Mr. McAllister. He reinforcing my love for engineering.

Sam Londono: Mr. Krull. He’s so passionate about teaching and is always having fun.

Hannah Long: All of my teachers have been amazing, and have taught me lessons and inspired me.

Max Loomis: O’Donnell. She is always in a positive mood and listens to me when I need to rant or ask for advice, she always puts her students needs before hers.

Carson Luther: Mrs. Zimmerman.

She helped through a time I needed it.

Shreyaa Mark: Ms. Kempf, due to her very positive attitude. She makes class so fun through her charm, humor and kindness. She made it evident that she deeply cares about all of her students.

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Lauren Marshall: Coach Schroeder and Coach Meyer have inspired me to become a better athlete and person. I’ve looked up to them and wanted to make them proud.

Rachel Martin: Ms. Wright Kempen made me love Spanish.

Sadhana Matheswaran: Mrs. IF. From being one of the most die-hard feminists I know to being the teacher that constantly encourages and supports her students, I can’t imagine getting through school without her.

Blake McCarthy: Hicks, he’s a unit.

Hannah McDaniel: Mr. DeBlasi. He was the one person I could put my entire life into his hands and trust.

Shannon McGinnis: Natasha Fischer.

She showed me how much I would love to teach. She has made me stronger and helped me throughout hard times.

Shannon McLain: Mr. Ell and Mr. Landow were always there to build me up and help me do my best. They always cared about my well being.

Alexander McMillen: Schneider because of his mustache.

Blaiz Mcpeek: Mrs. Trott. Not only is she a great teacher but shes an amazing friend. No matter what I was going through or what time of the school day it was I could always count on her to go to.

Siena Meyrer: Mrs. Trott has been my guide. It is easy to see she makes each student feel welcome and like they belong. She has the best advice and is always available to talk.

Ashley Middleton: Mrs. Lee because she pushed me to be my better self.

Ella Miget: Schumacher, because she relates to her students but maintains a professional environment.

Carter Miller: Jaycox because of his hospitality, just about every day I would go in his room during Flex just so I had somewhere to eat.

Carson Miriani: Ms. Bolton Danny Moeller: Mrs. Fischer. She’s a very real person who cares about everyone and is passionate about what she does and believes in.

Ellen Moloney: Coach Spencer with her dedication and help with Best Buddies.

Michael Monfort: Meghan O’Donnell showed not only me but scores of others true friendship and kindness.

Sydney Monninger: Mr. DeBlasi. He always kept the classroom fun and energetic while actually teaching us.

Joey Moorkamp: Coach Voss. He was always there for me to talk to and would provide very helpful advice.

Caroline Morales: Mr. Kreienkamp.

He is motivational and always in a good mood.

Sara Morgenthaler: Coach Meyer.

She always inspired me to live life to the fullest, to spread positivity, and to love and take care of myself.

Aiden Murphy: Mr. O’Connor for believing in the abilities of each and every student.

Hannah Muse: Mrs. O’Donnell and Mrs. Overcash. They taught me to always try my best and no dream is too big. They were my ¨School Moms¨ and were there for me.

Jake Nelson: Mrs. Hruby. She treated her students like they were her own kids, always making sure they got the help they needed.

Meg Nemnich: Mrs. Whelan because of her effort every morning to be friendly and energetic. She is

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the most organized teacher and is NEVER in a bad mood.

Matthias Neumann: Mrs. Sakowski.

She has always been receptive, kind and willing to give feedback. Because of her, I have improved more than I ever thought was possible.

Jonah Nickerson: Ryan Butchart. He is the perfect image of what a man should strive to be. He has taught me many lessons and is always there to support me and guide me.

Lucas Nickerson: Mr. Allen. He instills the idea that you can always be successful through hard work and it doesn’t matter where you come from or what you have.

Bryce Niewoehner: Mr. Klawiter because he genuinely cares about his students and is an inspiration for all.

Sam Nixon: Krull. He deserves the world.

Alex Norvell: Stefanie Buscher for her tireless generosity and commitment. She’s persevered through high water to reach this point. I will never stop being grateful for the example she sets.

Natalie Nouhan: Mr. Krull. He knows how to support you and cheer you up.

Jacob Oberkirsch: Mr. Willard helped me become a better writer and gave insight on college information.

Lily Oberlin: DeBlasi. He’s always real and doesn’t sugar coat anything.

Parker Ockerhausen: Overcash and Fowler. They took classes that were supposed to be challenging and made them unique and interesting.

Michael Olson: Mr. Ell inspired me to keep pushing, never give up and helped me become the person I am.

Gavin O’Neill: Mrs. Bolton because she’s nice and funny.

Lucas Ortman: Ms. Osborn Max Oscarson: Marasigan. Always made time for me and all other students.

Rena Owens: Mr. Allen. Even when things were boring, he made it fun.

Rachel Paese: Mrs Fischer has taught me to own myself unapologetically.

She has given me confidence that she constantly reminds me should be unwavering. Not only does she tell me to own myself, she shows me by doing it herself.

Emily Panasci: Mrs. Mabie is always kind and caring even on rough days. I aspire to be as kind as her.

Sara Parikh: Mrs. Keillor. She is so supportive, inspiring and an amazing teacher and HOSA advisor!

Dev Patel: Ms. Loeffler. I came into her class trash at math and left it amazing.

Neha Patil: Meyer. She inspired me to be the best version of myself, and to always work hard.

Rachel Perera: Mrs. Podgornik. She saw my potential and knew how to push me to achieve the most success.

Emma Petrowsky: Mr. Willard because of his knowledge and his willingness to help every student.

Alexis Pietro: Mr. Kreienkamp. He is a funny and personable teacher and taught life lessons.

Jake Powers: Ms. Marisigan was not only a great teacher but also a friend.

She would treat me with respect and encourage me to do great things in a way that seemed so genuine and caring.

William Przybylski: Choate made AP Lit enjoyable.

Chase Pultman: Christine Shaffer Nithya Raman: Ms. Pautz for letting me eat my Cheez-its even after I kept spilling them.

Nisha Ravikumar: Ms. Schumacher had a passion for helping students.

Before her class, I hated language arts, but she helped me with my writing and gave me confidence.

Jalin Reese: Sumner. He has guided me in the right direction and helped me find a place after high school.

Hailey Rhode: Mrs. Warnars. She has been there when I need someone to talk to or when I need help.

Abby Robeson: Marx taught me to come out of my shell and ask questions.

Jonah Robinson: Mrs Green. She’s helped me understand a lot more of what I want to do in the future.

Josh Robinson: Mr. Krull, Mr. G and Mrs. Koziatek. They all want me to do great things and see a lot of potential in me. I don’t want to let them down.

Maggie Rogan: Coach Voss. Since I started track he has been my favorite to talk to and always had my back.

Eli Rosenbaum: DeBlasi taught me not everything about grades in school.

Alex Rozar: Klawiter. His insightful lectures helped convince me to study history in college.

Alyssa Ruckman: Mrs. Shea and Mr. Hicks are always there for me when I need help and motivated me to become a better student.

Katie Sallet: Ms. Gladden. A great teacher, I enjoyed going to her class.

Audrey Samples: Smitty taught me how to be a leader and a follower. She helped me with time management, independence and teamwork.

Jack Saunders: Coach Hicks. He taught me the value of hard work and how if you believe in yourself you can accomplish anything.

Andrew Schatz: Mrs. Podgornik. She always helped me when I needed it, kept me on track and joked around.

Alexander Scheman: Mrs. Bolton.

She’s been the constant throughout my high school experience. I really value her work ethic both in class and outside with the rock bands.

Ryan Schneider: Ms. Marasigan. She always made class interesting.

Sam Schnellmann: Mr. McAllister, Mr. Balog, Ms. Fowler, Mr. O’Connor and Mr. DeBlasi. They each taught me something unique.

Sarah Schoenfelder: Choate for making class fun and giving constant lessons, such as, “Ladies, if a man ever gives you white flowers, walk away!”

Max Schoening: Landow. He’s inspired me to stay enthusiastic and keep drinking coffee.

Megan Scholl: Mrs. Hall. She is super supportive and a great mentor. She’s taught me so much and she is the reason I want to be a teacher.

Derek Schreiner: Ms. Hruby. She always helped her students as much as possible, whether it was dealing with the class or a personal problem.

She always kept things real and comforted everyone around her.

Gwendolyn Schweiss: Mr. Gutowski.

He was always there for me as a constant when everything else was changing.

Lilly Shaikun: Mr. Ell. He taught me how to be not only a better student but a better person.

Morgan Shelton: Jaycox inspired me

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to have faith in myself. In moments of fear that I would fail or I wasn’t good enough, he believed in me and helped me learn to believe in myself.

Jake Sherman: Mr. Beaver always inspires me to give my best because he believes if I just try, I can do something great, and Coach Hicks inspired me to start taking better care of my body.

Kshitij Sinha: Mr. Landow for his wholehearted, genuine passion for teaching. From the countless afterschool visits to discuss college plans and essays the long walks about the “anadiplosis” dinosaur, he inspires me to pour my heart into everything.

Allison Sink: Mr. Krull was so funny and really cared about you.

Ashley Skaggs: Ms. Fischer. She’s so strong and witty and takes every day on with a smile.

Gabriel Snyder: Mr. Schneider taught me to put in work to get results.

Nicole Soest: Mrs. Keillor always supported me and believed in me Zach Sortor: Mr. O’Gorman because the year I was missing a lot of school and failed a math class he helped me get my stuff together and showed me to just be happy and enjoy the moment.

Elijah Southman: Ms. Maricic was very encouraging and said kind things about me.

Zoë Spriggs: Mr. Choate because he inspired me to truly love literature.

Mia Staehling: Mr. Krull always makes people smile and makes sure every student is doing the best they can.

Vito Stallone: All my teachers, they each left a positive impact on me.

Ty Stauss: Coach Manne and his ability to remain positive and motivated.

Abby Stebner: Mrs. White. She has taught me so many amazing life lessons and her door is always open.

Taleeya Stewart: Ms. Gladden because she is nice and chill.

Dylan Stovall: Mr. Willard because he helped me in anything I needed.

Delaney Stulce: Nancy Smith. She has pushed me to fight for what I want and made me a more confident person.

Colin Swan: Landow for his quick wit and impossibly effective teaching style as well as the encouragement he has given me in my own passions.

Easton Sweeten: Mrs. Green. She’s always been an amazing human and taught me how to be a better person.

Max Tabor: Mr. Willard and Mr. Jaycox. Willard probably has the best American Lit class, and Jaycox is always encouraging you to write.

Karan Tandon: O’Donnell. The moment I walked into her room I finally found a safe place. She was the first teacher to recognize my passion, and she helped me grow into the person I am today.

Austin Taschler: I can’t name one without naming 15 others.

Chase Taschler: Ahlers. Dude kayaks like crazy.

Henry Thomas: Mr. Jaycox. I really enjoyed his teaching style.

Laura Toenjes: Mrs. Lee. Not only did she grow my love for softball but she guided me through school.

Lily Tomasic: Fischer was able to juggle teaching, directing and being a mom, and she was always making time for each of us. She gave me

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great opportunities and helped push me out of my comfort zone.

Teni Toriola: Ms. Schumacher Ben Townsend: Mr. Klawiter. He’s always fun-loving and caring.

Katherine Tremper: Mr. Lofgren. He is always able to find fun within any work that we do. He taught us that there is always time to joke.

Tyson Trost: Mr. Beaver always supported me as a coach and teacher.

Gabby Trottier: Mr. Young always helped me find the fun in everything, in the classroom or on the field.

Blake Tulloch: Mr. Atkins inspired me the most to be the best I could be.

Natalie Tuttle: Mr. Krull. He cares so much about each of his students.

Brooke Tvrdik: Ms. Shaffer. She always believed in me when I didn’t and she always picked me up when I was down. She is basically my school mom because I go to her for pretty much anything.

Laney Tvrdik: Mr. Choate taught me the importance of hard work and dedication, but always was a comforting shoulder.

Casey Uffelmann: Marasigan. She always takes the time to get to know students and connect with them. Also the nicest teacher you’ll ever meet.

Alex Vancil: Mrs. Fischer always pushed me to do my best, and I’ve come out of high school a much more confident person because of it.

Sam Vishion: Mrs. Bolton taught me to be confident in my abilities and how to be patient with learning.

Malayka Walton: Mr. Klawiter is such a consistently warm personality.

Reese Ward: Coach Hicks for his sunken boat speech and his view on living.

Ryan Ward: Gutowski. He helped me focus on more of the details in things.

Jack Weaver: Smitty taught me everything I know, including how to spell.

Kevin Weaver: Mrs. Fischer helped me realize I can be what I really want to be.

Rosa Wessel: McAll. Having him as a coach and teacher inspired me to push myself and to never give up since “the world is your oyster.”

Ajanay White: Mr. DeBlasi and Ms. Benner because they were the people I could talk to and trust at LHS. Ashley White: Mr. DeBlasi. He has always been there for me and he truly cares about all of his students.

Jackie Wildt: Ms. Shaffer. She has been there for me through some of the toughest times in my life and always checks in on me.

Kennedy Willhite: Kreienkamp. He really cares about all of his students and wants what’s best for them and their education.

Braeden Williams: Coach Hicks showed me the benefits of hard work.

Thomas Wilson: Mrs. Campbell allowed me to discover my true passion for Physics.

Shannon Worley: Mrs. Smith. She helped me find my passion for journalism and gave me a safe place at Lafayette to grow, thrive and become who I am today. She also manages three publications and four grown men at home. Not sure how she does it all.

Kayonna Young: Dr. Spurgeon. She has helped me become the person I am today.

Christian Zinngrabe: Mr. O’Connor

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Class of 2020: Students who Ines Abdennadher: “Emma Petrowsky. She is the strongest, sassiest person and she always knew how to put a smile on my face.”

Riley Allen: “My best friend Katie Tremper. She has been friends with me for six years through my highs and lows and always reminds me that it’s okay to have those moments.

She constantly is making me laugh, and she’s someone that I know I will be great friends with in the future.”

Eric Allison: “Zoë Spriggs because she’s dedicated to school, all of the clubs she is involved in and her friends. She manages to stay humble about her impressive track sheet and is genuinely kind to literally every person she meets. She’s also the funniest person I know.”

Grace Annunziata: “Megan Scholl.

She is an extremely kind and outgoing person.”

Benjamin Augustine: “Kelly Keiter.

She has the perfect balance between having fun and studying hard.”

Kim Auzat: “Chloe Baker because of her ambition and perseverance.

She pushes through challenges and becomes stronger because of them.”

Ethan Bailey: “Max Fruscella. He fought against the odds and made a three during a H.S. basketball game.”

Chloe Baker: “My fellow editors for the Lancer Feed. You all were always there for me and inspired me daily with all your hard work in 137A.” Kaitlyn Barefield: “Natalia Ferreira.

I have never seen a student more dedicated to her school work. She will stay up late to study while balancing other commitments.”

Hannah Basom: “Rena Owens because she always works hard with a positive attitude and inspires me to work harder on and off the track.”

Allison Beaton: “I had Multimedia 4th Hour and over time four of us, Austin Laves, Kelsey Johnson and Sarah Ortiz, created a little squad.

None of us were close before but we all sat together and became such good friends. We would spill tea, give each other advice, and so much more. I am so grateful for them, they taught me so much and honestly helped me to just be me.”

Jennifer Benton: “Chloe Baker.

I have had classes with her since our freshman year and to this day I’ve never seen her without a smile or a nice word to say to someone else. Even on days where she wasn’t having the best time, she always had time to cheer up others and look for the good in the day.”

Nick Berry: “Jake Nelson. He is a hardworking three-sport athlete that maintains stellar grades all while being the most genuine guy I’ve ever

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met. You simply can’t find someone that doesn’t like the guy.”

Rachael Bierschenk: “Claire Lister.

She is the smartest, funniest, athletic and artistic, genuine person and is so humble you would have no idea of her talents. She gives her all for everything she does. I can always count on her to have my back in any situation imaginable.”

Kate Billings: “Grace Fick. She is one of the kindest people I know.”

Cailey Bingham: “Jake Nelson for always working his hardest and being one of the kindest and funniest people I know.”

Aden Black: “Katie Greenstein because she truly is one, if not my best friend, and she always inspires me to be a better person, to make good choices and to put myself first before others in regards to self care.

She always inspires me to follow my dreams and heart.”

Brin Bodker: “Joey Moorkamp. He knows how to make your day bright.”

Carson Boren: “Carter Miller, Trevor Monninger, Wyatt Hughes and Tyson Trost because they welcomed me into their friend group and they gave me hope in others.”

Brooke Borgmeyer: “Audrey Samples. She showed me that friends can reconnect even after years of not talking.”

Luke Boyette: “Alex McMillen. He’s always at a high academic level.”

Megan Breese: “Haylee Crowe. She has moved so many times in her life forcing her to give up so much and she has been through the ringer.”

Addie Brennan: “Hannah Schneider because she has been the most cheerful and lifted up person.”

Connor Brodie: “Bryce Nicklaus. He has taught that most life problems can be done with perseverance.”

Ca’Mijha Brooks: “Hailey. She is there for me when I need her. She the reason I want to come to school.”

Zach Bryce: “Josh Abbott because he dedicated himself to his studies.”

Ryan Campbell: “Max Fruscella. He was a happy dude and was always great with priorities and friendships.”

Orquidea Campbell-Espinoza: “Teniola Toriola, for somehow always being able to stay motivated and be a positive force in my life.”

Kamren Canova: “Lucas Nickerson.

He’s a beast.”

Kayla Carpenter: “Stella Chang.

Whether it’s after I passed out after a race or after a bad day, she’s always by my side and willing to put her own needs aside to help others.

She’s extremely supportive, kind, optimistic and one of easiest people to talk to. She is one of the most dedicated people I’ve ever met; no

matter how difficult something is, she doesn’t stop until she’s finished, and she doesn’t have any limits on what she can do or accomplish.”

Regan Carpenter: “Olivia Kalamboukas. For this girl, talented is an understatement, for the amount she balances in her daily life puts most of us to shame. From missing a majority of school for dance, having a lead in the play, being in the musical and leading so many different clubs she pushed me to do more and inspired me to love my friends the way she does. Thank you for being my best friend and letting me live in your basement.”

Mihir Chandra: “Rahul SK. He literally is the definition of a great friend. I have never had a moment when I can not count on him.”

Stella Chang: “Kayla Carpenter because of her amazing dedication to basketball and school, perfect handwriting and kindness.”

Sharayah Chavers: “Lauren Liggins pushed me to go above and beyond for the things I wanted.”

Madison Chester: “Laney Tvrdik.

She is so involved and will help anyone who asks. She makes school fun for everyone and is a huge supporter of mine. She always asks me how my day is going and is one of my biggest cheerleader.”

Jack Chubb: “Clay Komor, because we helped each other with school.”

Jordan Clark: “Mia Staehling because of her constant hard work and dedication.”

Rachel Clarke: “Kim Auzat always encourages others to do their best and work hard. She constantly pushes herself to take hard classes and works harder than anyone else to learn the material and do well.”

Sarah Collins: “Zoë Spriggs. She is amazingly intelligent and is super friendly. She inspires me to do well.”

Adam Davidson: “Dylan Lunsford and Laney Tvrdik. Dylan taught me what it was like to have a true best friend, and Laney taught me to step out of my comfort zones.”

Paige Daws: “Kate Deline for not only being one of my best friends, but always pushing me to do my best. As well as, her ability to balance her school, work, social and faith life and make it look easy.”

Marlow DeGraw: “Abby Robeson because of how hardworking and determined she is.”

Kate DeLine: “Siena Meyer because she always has a smile on her face even through the tough times. She sheds a light on the world and is a very optimistic person.”

Alyah Deugarte: “Teni Toriola. She was devoted, organized and always

seemed to be on her game.”

Mason Divine: “Max Fruscella. He always leaves it all out on the field.”

Isaac Dixon: “Antonio Cooper and Brianna Reid because of how strong they are. Really keeps me going.”

Cole Doherty: “Rachel Paese because she’s the best advice giver and she always knows what to say.”

Kyle Dunn: “Max Oscarson. His dedication to learn is amazing and he is a great person to know.”

Abbey Ferguson: “Gracie Upbin.

She was always there to help me.”

Meghan Ferguson: “Ben Augustine.

He is the most hilarious person I ever met, the most wholesome individual and will always make me smile.”

Brooke Ferman: “Fiona Lazzaretti.

She worked so hard and kept a positive attitude while recovering.”

Grace Fick: “Shannon Worley. She raised thousands of dollars for STL Spark. I admire her for that. She truly cares about everyone she meets and always brings good energy.”

Nick Finefrock: “Drew Kodner because he is very ambitious and has not given up on his dreams of making it in the music industry.”

Marsean Fisher: “My brother Antonio Cooper. His fight and resilience when faced with a life changing experience will forever affect my outlook on life. He never quit on himself or on his family.”

Marilyn Fogarty: “Laura Toenjes.

She’s been my best friend since kindergarten and she inspires me to be my best self everyday.”

Caroline Foster: “Zoe Spriggs.

She is the most intelligent person I know and is kind and humble. I met her before I transferred to LHS and immediately took a liking to her. Being her friend has been an absolute honor. Her work in LTC has truly been a grounding rock for me; I knew I could look to her for help, guidance and overall compassion.”

Lillie Franzen: “My twin, Maggie.

We always had a competitive edge to ourselves. Which pushed one another to keep putting in our best effort and not to give up.”

Maggie Franzen: “Lillie Franzen. She made me push myself harder.”

Max Fruscella: “Joey Moorkamp because he tore his ACL just like me and showed me that I could recover too and it gave me hope.”

Abhishek Ganesh: “Every one of my classmates have something unique to bring to the table. One example was Ethan Leslie when I first saw him perform in the musical; it was cool to see the diverse talents of my friends.”

Christian Garlik: “My friend Robbie Burtelow because of all the work he does in his stand up shows and

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striving to become a comedian.”

Lucie Garza: “Claire Lister comes to mind because she is the most humble person I know. She’s one of those people who knows what she wants and goes after it with full dedication. She makes me want to work hard for my own goals.”

Emily Gauvreau: “Vrisha Jagdish has inspired me beyond measure.

She has overcome so many trials and I have watched her grow into an amazing person who can get through just about anything. She is very hardworking, dedicated, appreciative, detail-oriented, and very kind. She is everything LHS holds their students to as far as expectations are concerned.”

Lauren Gebel: “Nick Finefrock. He has tons of motivation, works super hard and is very smart.”

Ethan Gebhardt: “Geoff Ladue. His knowledge, abilities and charisma were perfect in a class setting.”

Claire Geurkink: “Siena Meyrer because she always had the best outfits and a smile on her face.”

Blake Gordon: “Kyle Dunn. He is cool and funny.”

Katie Greenstein: “Aden Black. She pushed me to explore my love of music and open up to performance.”

Katie Hallums: “Mia Staehling. She always puts school first and is always there for me whenever I need help.”

Callie Harrison: “Laney Tvrdik. She works so hard and does so much for LHS I look to her for motivation to get through tough times.”

Tyler Harwood: “All of my friends.”

Megan Heckmann: “Allison Beaton because she worked really hard at school and at the same time played club and high school volleyball.”

Trevor Heckmann: “Jake Sherman because he’s an inspiration to us all.”

Laura Held: “Reese Eckert. She always pushes to do the best, while juggling school, a sport and a job.”

Mason Hewlett: “Parker Ockerhausen because he knows his faith and he knows himself.”

Sarah Higgins: “Haylee Crowe because she moved to Georgia for her junior year of high school, and was offered the decision to move back to Lafayette for her senior year and she jumped at the opportunity to be back with her friends again.”

Jacob Hinton: “Abhishek Ganesh because he always makes me laugh while also remaining by my side and supporting me no matter what.”

Claire Holestine: “Rachel Paese because of how caring she is. She always takes care of other people and puts them before herself.”

Kayla Hoover: “Callie Harrison. She is unapologetically herself.”

Owen Hueckel: “Everyone that helped me in and out school inspired me to keep pushing for the amazing grades and high test scores.”

Jordan Hunter: “My group of friends: Jackie, Orquidea, Vivian, Jane and Francesca. They bring out the best in me and each other.”

Taji Israel-Cazembe: “Derriona Johnson because she pushed me to work harder in wrestling.”

Vrisha Jagdish: “Sadhana. Her constant positivity and dedication

toward her life goals is what I aspire to have. She is the type of woman that could never hurt a fly but will significantly impact her community.”

CJ Jaggie: “Max Frucella. Self explanatory.”

Shadley James: “Cody Jordan. He taught me that putting a smile on your face can help the most, even when times are rough.”

Leenie Johns: “Rachael Bierschenk inspires me to live like her. She is so caring and always checks up on her friends. She lives her life to the fullest and has a great outlook.”

Matt Jones: “Ryan Luedloff (Class of 2019) pushed me to learn more about audio.”

Karsen Jurenka: “My two best friends because they’re the first real and true friends I’ve ever had.”

Olivia Kalamboukas: “Ariana Magafas. Through the best and the worst, she’s been there for me.

She’s extremely dedicated, and has the biggest heart. She deserves the world (and Chris Evans).”

Kari Kamrud: “Grace Fick because of her confidence in spreading the love of God to everyone she meets.”

Matthew Kanan: “Mason Hewlett.

He is a multi-varsity athlete who is able to sustain exemplary grades..”

Kelly Keiter: “Delaney Stulce is such a kind-hearted person. She maintains good grades and a difficult school work load while also being editor in chief of the Image. She also is a very helpful person who is there for all of her friends no matter what she has going on in her own life.”

Cameron Kelly: “Audrey Agnew because she was always there for me and helped me get through a lot.”

Peyton Kemmerling: “Sam Mickel.

He’s outgoing and friends with basically everyone. He always seems comfortable in social situations, whether or not he knows anyone.”

Max Kennington: “Sam Knutson because he was always organized and on top of his school work.”

Caroline Kesting: “Vito Stallone.

Every time I see him at school he always boosts my mood. We have deep meaningful conversations and funny ones. He always listens to the writings I show him and he loves and appreciates them, which is truly a blessing. He is one of my best friends and I am so thankful for him and the impact he has had on my life.”

Grace Kirtley: “Sadhana has always been a hard worker, her motivation is always to help other people. I know she will change the world.”

Sam Knutson: “Josh Robinson has been one of my longest friends and has always been by my side.”

Andrew Kodner: “Nick Finefrock.

He excels at basically everything he tries, he’s well-rounded, he always thinks outside the box when it comes to challenges, he started his own business and he is extremely humble and chill. We’ve have lots of similar passions and have been friends for a long time.”

Audrey Krone: “All my classmates have had an impact on my life.”

Megan Kulick: “Vito Stallone. I had four classes with him my last semester and he always made me

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Geoffrey Ladue: “Raegan Stuckey inspires me every day. She’s my best friend and always pushes me to be my best. Raegan works harder than anybody I know so there’s always a reason for me to be motivated.”

Austin Laves: “Rachel Paese. She has taught me that being goofy, stupid and dumb is always acceptable.”

Adam Lawson: “William Fink. He is a real life example of how iron sharpens iron. Becoming friends with him is one of the best things that has ever happened to me. The kid is downright genius.”

Fiona Lazzaretti: “Sedona Turner.

She always works hard.”

Ethan Leslie: “Abhi Ganesh. I don’t know how he does it, but there is not a single thing he isn’t good at.”

Carissa Lieberman: “Grace Fick. She helped me through so much whether it was boys, stress or I just wasn’t feeling good. She would contact me in some way when I was in a bad spot. She always knows the perfect thing to say, and I couldn’t imagine having a better friend. She inspires me to grow in my relationship with God, friends and family.”

Lauren Liggins: “Sharayah Chavers.

She’s a very smart individual, whatever she wants in life she goes for it, no matter what.”

Claire Lister: “Siena Meyrer has inspired me the most with her resilience and positive outlook on life. Every challenge that is thrown her way she meets with the utmost strength, and she is always looking out for the people around her. She has such a strong dedication to service, and everything she does is done with passion and kindness.

Even if she does not realize it, she is a bright spot in the lives of everyone around her. Lastly, her sense of style is impeccable.”

Andersen Lohr: “Austin Taschler. He pushed me to study harder and get the best grades possible.”

Sam Londono: “Matt Kanan.

Regardless that he’s one of my best friends, Matt is a great example of a student athlete. He’s always on top of his work and athletics.”

Max Loomis: “My friend Claire Lister. She is always there for people whether it be they need advice, help with school etc. and is a very hard worker who I look up to and respect.”

Ariana Magafas: “Olivia Kalamboukas. She has always been a constant support in my life and I’m always going to remember the funny moments and memories we made in resource junior year.”

Shreyaa Mark: “Thomas Trout due to his hard work and dedication towards school and his loved ones.”

Lauren Marshall: “Emma Petrowsky..

She is one of the strongest and most resilient people I know. She’s had a challenging year, but always finds a way to smile and be positive. She has a big heart and is always willing to stick up for what is right.”

Rachel Martin: “Claire Lister, because she takes a ton of AP classes while being an athlete, still managing to get amazing grades.”

Sadhana Matheswaran: “Vrisha

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Jagdish. I’ve always admired Vrisha’s tenacity and the way she chases after her dreams and goals. Also she’s one of the fiercest leaders I know. From being ROTC commander to leading a local non-profit, she’s shown me how to carry command, but also how to be there for people as a leader and as their friend. She’s the most multitalented and kindest human beings I know. I’m excited to see all the amazing things she will accomplish.”

Blake McCarthy: “Jake Nelson because he’s a unit.”

Shannon McGinnis: “Austin Laves, for how long I’ve known him, it’s crazy how much we’ve grown. He has shown me that it’s okay to be you and not to care what people think. I can’t wait to see what he does in the future cause he’s such a strong individual and amazing person.”

Shannon McLain: “Maggie Rogan!

She is one of my best friends and always makes me feel better if I am sad. Maggie has one of the best personalities as long as being so positive through any situation.”

Blaiz Mcpeek: “Rachael Bierschenk.

She taught me to always keep my head up no matter what.”

Siena Meyrer: “Claire Lister. She strongly dislikes recognition, but deserves so much of it. Claire possesses an extraordinary amount of talents such as art, soccer, education, etc., but on top of this, she has a huge heart. It’s been amazing to watch her achieve all of her many accomplishments.”

Ella Miget: “Cassie Gammill. She is extremely hard working and maintains a personality.”

Carter Miller: “Regan Carpenter keeps pushing me to achieve my dream of being a firefighter.”

Danny Moeller: “Derek Berardi cause he’s simply the goat.”

Michael Monfort: “Robert S. Burtelow inspires everyone he meets to be the realest person they can be.”

Sydney Monninger: “Grace Fick.

Her optimism and self confidence is such a motivating factor everyday and the way she is with her faith has really always inspired me.”

Joey Moorkamp: “Dylan Stovall because he would always puts in work to be the best.”

Caroline Morales: “Max Fruscella.

He inspires everyone he talks to to be who they are.”

Sara Morgenthaler: “Max Schoening because he always showed kindness to everyone and made me believe in myself.”

Aiden Murphy: “Alex McMillen, for being a great friend and amazing person, as well as for standing up to life’s up and downs.”

Hannah Muse: “One of my close friends, Ashley White, because she’s always so positive and can make me laugh when I´m sad or upset about something and I’m so beyond grateful to have her in my life.”

Jake Nelson: “Mason Hewlett. I’ve played sports and had classes with him since elementary school and he’s always kept his focus on academics while working as hard as he can every day at practice.”

Meg Nemnich: “Madison Chester,

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she has remarkable work ethic. Her determination times is contagious and like no other.”

Matthias Neumann: “Jane Dunn.

She inspires me to create, to work hard and to care for others. She pushed me when I needed it most, supported me in anything I wanted to do, and motivated me when I felt lacking. I honestly believe I wouldn’t have been able to half of the things I’ve done without her.”

Jonah Nickerson: “My twin brother Lucas Nickerson because he showed me that the impossible is in fact possible and that there are no limits to what you can accomplish.”

Lucas Nickerson: “All my best buds for making this ride enjoyable.”

Bryce Niewoehner: “Jake Sherman because he is one of the most outgoing people I know.”

Sam Nixon: “Max Fruscella for being the best basketball player.”

Alex Norvell: “Chloe Baker for her endless faith in me and humanity, no matter how much of a screw-up I manage to be.”

Natalie Nouhan: “Shannon Worley.

She always knows how to cheer me up and always helps me with my work whenever I need it.”

Parker Ockerhausen: “Jake Sherman. He is always ready for the next adventure and is always ready to lift people up.”

Michael Olson: “Shannon McLain has helped me out so much the last two years that I don’t think I would be in this place without her motivation and help along the way.”

Gavin O’Neill: “Josh Hansen because he’s one of my best friends.”

Lucas Ortman: “Carter Przybylski.”

Max Oscarson: “Daniel Xu. Always helped me with everything.”

Rena Owens: “Andrea Reando.

She juggles so much outside of the classroom and still managed to get good grades and show up to school.”

Rachel Paese: “Grace Kirtley. For as long as I’ve known her, she has always done what she loves no matter what, never compromised who she is for anything or anyone, and loved the people around her in a selfless and extremely admirable way.

I look up to her in a million ways.”

Emily Panasci: “Kayla Carpenter.

She is always there for everyone.

She is a great friend, and volunteer.

Despite being in challenging classes that take up a lot of time, she always volunteers and finds a way to study and give back to the community.”

Sara Parikh: “Sadhana, you truly do have a heart of gold! You genuinely want to make the world a better place, and are there for all your peers. And I just want to say that I love you and admire you so much for that, among many other things!”

Dev Patel: “Abhi Ganesh. He is excellent in academics and knowledgeable about everything, he is also the funniest and most genuine person out there. I, and many others, strive to be who he is.”

Neha Patil: “One of my close friends Bre was constantly inspiring me, to be a better person and to always keep going. She always believed in me, supported me. I don’t know

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what I would have done without her.”

Rachel Perera: “Zoë Spriggs inspired me the most because she never gives up and always goes into a situation looking for the positive side.”

Emma Petrowsky: “Siena Meyrer.

Her ability to push through tough times with a smile on her face.”

Alexis Pietro: “Lillie Franzen because she was always so organized and on top of school work and helped me whenever I needed it.”

Jake Powers: “Nick Finefrock. He is more motivated than anyone I know, he was always pushing me to learn and do more. Not only this, but he is strong in his faith.”

Nisha Ravikumar: “Madison Chester. She literally did it all.

Madison played multiple varsity sports while also taking lots of AP classes and on top of that was a very nice, genuine person.”

Jalin Reese: “Jonah Robinson. He makes sure that I do all my work and turn it in on time and keeps me on track during sports too.”

Hailey Rhode: “Ca’Mija Brooks. She has been with me since day one. She has helped me through so much in my life. She also is a great friend to me. I love her so much.”

Jonah Robinson: “Max Fruscella, no explanation needed.”

Josh Robinson: “Well there isn’t one, I think most of my friends are all inspired by each other.”

Maggie Rogan: “Siena Meyrer. She is the most genuine and selfless person I know. No matter what she goes through she keeps a smile.”

Eli Rosenbaum: “Drew Kodner because of all the hard work he put into his music career.”

Alex Rozar: “Jack Weaver was consistently diligent.”

Alyssa Ruckman: “Brin Bodker.

She is always so motivated and determined with everything she does. She has helped me stay motivated, I don’t know what I would have done without her.”

Katie Sallet: “Fiona Lazzaretti because even after her car accident she never gave up hope or trying.”

Audrey Samples: “My best friend Callie. She is so involved and determined to succeed at everything she does, she’s just the best.”

Alexander Scheman: “Sam Vishion because I’ve been friends with him the longest since attending LHS and I’ve gotten to see him live life to the fullest throughout high school.”

Ryan Schneider: “Jake Sherman.

He’s a great student section leader.”

Sam Schnellmann: “Elijah Southman. He pushed me to code and get interested in it everyday till I could finally say that this is what I want to do for my future.”

Sarah Schoenfelder: “Grace Fick because she is always so kind and welcoming to everybody she meets.”

Megan Scholl: “Grace Annunziata.

She doesn’t let anything stop her and always does her best. We laugh together, I love being her friend.”

Derek Schreiner: “Jack Weaver because he multi-tasked so much. He ran Lancer Feed and went to nearly every game to get pictures and action shots for players, attended

hundreds of events in order to tell the story that went along with it, all while keeping up with his homework and keeping steady grades.”

Lilly Shaikun: “Vito Stallone. He has shown me what a loyal friend is and how to become a better person by helping others before yourself.”

Morgan Shelton: “Andersen Lohr.

Not only has he been my best friend and helped me through many good and bad times but he is a amazing person. He is kind, extremely smart and gives every single thing he does his whole effort.”

Jake Sherman: “My friends, because they changed my mind about high school when I arrived to Lafayette.”

Kshitij Sinha: “Malayka Walton for being the most outgoing person I know and inspiring me to take risks and step out of my comfort zone.”

Allison Sink: “Fiona Lazzaretti because of her determination and always having a smile on her face.”

Ashley Skaggs: “Zoë Spriggs. She always knows what she’s doing and doesn’t care what anyone thinks.”

Gabriel Snyder: “Vrisha Jagdish.

Because she is a beacon of confidence that helped me to respect myself more.”

Zach Sortor: “My friend Robbie Burtelow, he also showed me to just smile and enjoy the moment.”

Elijah Southman: “Kam Culberson inspired me to be more confident.”

Zoë Spriggs: “Malayka Walton simply because she is iconic.”

Mia Staehling: “Matt Kanan. He always has a smile on his face.”

Vito Stallone: “Caroline Kesting, When I talk to her I always have a smile on my face. We just click and she always puts me in a good mood.

We are so close and best of friends.

She is an amazing person and I would do anything for her.”

Ty Stauss: “Mason Hewlett because of his dedication in the classroom, and always getting stuff done.”

Dylan Stovall: “Joey Moorkamp.”

Delaney Stulce: “Madison Chester.

I have never met someone who is so smart, driven, talented and genuinely such a good human being.”

Colin Swan: “Karan Tandon for the hard work and effort that he has put into every aspect of his life.”

Easton Sweeten: “Ty Stauss. He always works hard at what he does.”

Karan Tandon: “My best friends Natalie and Colin. Colin always managed to make me laugh on my saddest days. Natalie manages to put on a smile everyday no matter what.

They both inspire me to be myself. I am so lucky to have best friends that make saying goodbye so hard.”

Austin Taschler: “Andersen Lohr because he helped me stay focused.”

Chase Taschler: “Andersen Lohr, he’s a bot.”

Henry Thomas: “Drew Kodner. I’ve watched him develop his musical talents and it’s been very inspiring to watch him follow his dream of becoming a rapper.”

TyChicus Thomas: “Marsean Fisher. I admire and respect his determination.”

Laura Toenjes: “Marilyn Fogarty.

She had been my best friend and has

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stuck by my side through it all.”

Teni Toriola: “Orquidea.”

Ben Townsend: “Max Kennington because he’s always positive.”

Katherine Tremper: “Abby Robeson. She is the most sweet and compassionate girl you’ll ever meet and she always makes time for you even when she’s super busy with her own homework, volunteering and life in general. I always know she’s just a phone call away with her amazing mom-advice.”

Tyson Trost: “Carter Miller. He’s a long time friend and taught me the importance of RC rock crawlers.”

Blake Tulloch: “Michael Monfort because he was a great friend to me these past four years and I wouldn’t trade that for anything.”

Natalie Tuttle: “Brooke Ferman. I had so many classes with her and she is the only reason I passed chemistry.”

Brooke Tvrdik: “Kelly Keiter. She has been a rock for me. She is always there and knows what to say and is one of the smartest gals I know, she’ll do amazing wherever she goes.”

Laney Tvrdik: “Callie Harrison, she took on so much and was always a friend to anyone who needed one.”

Casey Uffelmann: “Kevin Peng, he’s always genuine and positive.”

Alex Vancil: “Sam Mickel is by far the nicest, most energetic guy I’ve met and without him, I would’ve made as many friends as I did.”

Sam Vishion: “My friends all inspired me on some level.”

Malayka Walton: “Silent Sadhana inspires me the most because of her incredible work ethic and loyalty.”

Reese Ward: “Jake Nelson because he’s extremely dedicated.”

Addie Watson: “My friend Sarah.

Her ability to balance school and sports is inspiring. She always knew good ways to study and was there for me when I needed a friend.”

Jack Weaver: “Jake Nelson has shown me what it’s like to be so dumb yet so intelligent. What a guy.”

Rosa Wessel: “Shreya Chengalvala (even though she graduated last year). She demonstrates a role model who inspires me to push myself to always be the best I can be.”

Ashley White: “Cole Doherty.

Even though he has gone through hardships, he always brings a positive energy wherever he goes.”

Jackie Wildt: “Rachel Paese. She is involved in so many things and somehow juggles it all without complaining. She also gives the best advice and is always there to talk.”

Braeden Williams: “Mason Hewlett bouncing back for his senior year of basketball and lacrosse after suffering a injury last year.”

Shannon Worley: “Siena Meyrer.

She loves people so effortlessly regardless of what’s going on in her life and always manages to greet you with a smile and put a smile on your face.”

Kyle Yerby: “Sarah Collins. She told me, when I was planning on quitting music and becoming something else, ‘I don’t know why, but it’s really important to me that you become a musician.’”

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Class of 2020 Senior

Most Intelligent: Claire Lister, Abhi Ganesh

Best Dressed: Michael Monfort, Siena Meyrer

Most School Spirit: Laney Tvrdik, Jake Sherman

Most Athletic: Jake Nelson, Callie Harrison

Most Gullible: Mia Staehling, Shadley James

Apple Polisher: Brin Bodker, Jake Dederer

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Class of 2020 Senior

Friendliest: Grace Fick, Jake Sherman

Most Talented: Aden Black, Nick Berry

Class Clown: Robbie Burtelow, Malayka Walton

Biggest Flirt: Carly Morales, Joey Moorkamp

Most Likely To Be A Billionaire: Mason Divine, Claire Lister

Biggest Heart: Parker Ockerhausen, Grace Fick

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Survey

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SURVEY

*278 SENIORS RESPONDED TO AN ANONYMOUS QUESTIONNAIRE

71.6%

have had alcohol

45.3% have skipped a class ha sc ve ho be ol en da to nc a e

Main Girl

95

%

Are you cheating on me?

Yes... Who told you?

Why does it matter.

I can’t believe you would do this to me.

We are done.

met someone on Tinder 14.7% have

85.3%

have not

Please don’t do this

24.1%

of seniors have been cheated on

79%

believe in a higher power

&

8.7%

of seniors have cheated on someone else

28.4%

have NOT been in a relationship

84.2%

have or have had a job

52.1%

Republican

30.7%

Democrat

Pick A Party!

56% have vaped or smoked

10%

of seniors who responded identify as LGBTQ+

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Trends

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TRENDS that have to go

FAKE TANNING

“Tucking sweatpants into socks...”

“For whatever reason, at the end of my junior year, like six of the guys in my year had mullets.

I didn’t appreciate that.”

“TikToks & VSCO girls”

“Fruity sme ing bathrooms.”

“Fidget spinners.

The kid who sat next to me in Biology had one and would use it all the time.”

“When people use the word "tea" as a term for gossip...or when they say ‘and that's the tea.’"

“AIR FORCE ONES. BIRKENSTOCKS. CROCS. FILAS”

• graphics by DELANEY STULCE

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Four Years in Review

Four years of

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BIGNEWS

• photos used with permission from MCT Campus/Legend staff

For the first time in 99 years, a total solar eclipse is seen across the entire country.

Donald Trump is elected president of the United States.

Spring flooding causes a week long school cancellation.

LHS builds a new science wing with additional classrooms.

Rockwood launches 1:1 program, giving each student their own Chromebook.

The St. Louis Blues win their first Stanley Cup after being in last place in January. • page design by KAYLA CARPENTER

Rockwood introduces new Flex schedules at the high schools.

Coronavirus fears close the school building in March and classes move online.

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Class of 2020: What we will Josh Abbott: Hockey games Ines Abdennadher: School dances Audrey Agnew: Friday night football games Carson Albers: Writing down Schumacher quotes, hanging out with Ahlers during Flex.

Riley Allen: Football and basketball games. Getting to cheer and watch the amazing comeback, wins, excitement of the student section from the sidelines. Pep assemblies due to the excitement I feel both before and after the routines we do.

Eric Allison: Every day I got to spend with all the people I’ve come to love over the years.

Grace Annunziata: Anatomy class junior yearwas one of my favorite classes—we had a great time!

Isaac Aston: Great times running XC and track.

Benjamin Augustine: Being part of HoCo Court was amazing, especially being in the parade. I loved Male Escadrille as the whole male senior body came together to have fun & create a cool performance.

Kim Auzat: Choir class and being around my friends everyday.

Ethan Bailey: I’ll miss lunch with all my friends.

Chloe Baker: Playing water polo with the greatest team and hanging out in 137A everyday.

Bella Barbosa-Kitzelman: Just walking the halls and seeing all my friends everyday. Also, the football games and Homecoming.

Kaitlyn Barefield: I’m best friends with the Social Studies Department.

I’m going to miss walking down the hallway and talking to all of them.

They have been like family to me.

Hannah Basom: I will miss running track with my friends. Practices are tough, but the love and support of the team made running fun!

Allison Beaton: The Homecoming parades every year. They were so much fun to be a part of.

Yosef Bedair: Messing around with my friends during Flex time.

Jennifer Benton: Entering school first thing in the morning and seeing the people I’ve been with for everywhere from year 1-12. Catching up with them, hearing their stories.

I’m going to miss the people I’ve known since we were just 5 years old and being able to talk to them.

Alexis Berry: Mexican food from the lunch line.

Alyssa Berry: Once upon a time being able to order food until it got banned.

Nick Berry: I am definitely going to miss Kick-offs, Curtain Calls and all my good friends.

Rachael Bierschenk: Special Olympics, Homecoming Week and high school sports.

Kate Billings: Seeing my friends

every day.

Cailey Bingham: My fondest memories are of my friends and I at football games and school dances.

Aden Black: Tuesday Night Rock Band with all my heart. It’s a group throughout all four years that I have really enjoyed, and has been my family away from home. I will miss the guitar program in general, and the weird yet hilarious conversations we had everyday.

Brin Bodker: Stopping by Mrs. Mehegan and Dr. Mehrotra’s office eight times a day.

Carson Boren: Being able to see my friends at school.

Brooke Borgmeyer: Dances Luke Boyette: Classmates, I have known some of these people since kindergarten.

Megan Breese: Walking in the parade each year supporting a sports team with my friends, awkward dances, bonding with my lacrosse team as we play in the pouring rain, many football games cheering on our team decked out in spirit and going to Steak n Shake after, Lafayette always being the meet-up spot whenever me and my friends are car pooling.

Addie Brennan: Friday night football games, especially the rivalry ones.

Ca’Mijha Brooks: How fun I had with my classmates and my teachers.

Zach Bryce: The people Emily Budde: Going to Undefined shows and laughing with my friends.

Robbie Burtelow: All of the teachers and staff of Lafayette high school.

Ryan Campbell: Hanging with my guys.

Orquidea Campbell-Espinoza: All my friends.

Reece Canby: Football games.

Kamren Canova: Seeing all my friends every day.

Kayla Carpenter: Playing in home basketball games when either the Tuesday Night Rock Band or Home Court Advantage would add so much more energy making it 100 times more fun to play in since we only got a student section in the fourth quarter.

Regan Carpenter: Meeting Carter, late-night park hops with Olivia, Washington trips and eating an ungodly amount of Canes with “mom” Jenna and “dad” Carissa.

Mihir Chandra: All the people who I have met the past four years. They have literally made me into who I am today and it’s sad to think that I may never see them again.

Stella Chang: I’ll kinda miss witnessing the race of students running to their cars in the hectic parking lot to avoid being stuck behind the buses at the end of the school day (It is quite entertaining).

What We’ll Miss

MISS Sharayah Chavers: Hanging with my friends by “our wall” in between classes.

Madison Chester: I’ll miss my sports teams the most. My best memories from high school come from making memories with my teammates.

Joey Christian: Lunch with my friends.

Jack Chubb: The parade with the hockey team.

Jordan Clark: I’ll miss being able to see my friends every single day and the football games.

Rachel Clarke: Going hot tubbing, ice skating, and throwing surprise parties with all of my friends! I’m also going to miss choir and the musicals where I’ve met so many people that I call family and hope to stay in touch with for the rest of my life.

Olivia Cohen: I’ll really miss Flex time with my friends Sarah Collins: Being in shows with LTC. The atmosphere is so fun and I’ve met amazing friends there.

Antonio Cooper: The cookie stand Hayden Cottrell: Being able to walk around with my friends to de-stress.

Keara Cronin: Homecoming Week Adam Davidson: Lifetime Fitness with Schroeder Erin Davis: My friends and cookies from the cookie stand Josie Davis: Seeing my friends everyday and the couch in Smitty’s room.

Paige Daws: HoCo Week with my classmates, bringing us closer together, football games as a senior, and being able to come to school and see my best friends everyday.

Marlow DeGraw: Homecoming Week and all the fun activities the school put on and especially Special Olympics.

Kate DeLine: Seeing new faces every day and meeting new people. It can be easier to be stuck in your own friend group, but I enjoyed meeting new people. I’ll also miss the love the teachers had for me. I made some amazing connections with them.

Matt DeSarno: Playing football and baseball with my friends, senior Spring Break, hanging with all my friends in the hallways.

Alyah Deugarte: Everything.

Mason Divine: Senior Spring Break.

Isaac Dixon: Seeing all my friends and old teachers.

Cole Doherty: After Footloose when random people would come up and congratulate me on how the show and how I did even though I’d never met them before.

Kyle Dunn: Lifetime Rec and playing cards before school.

Sophia Eble: Honesty just about everything. Friends, teachers, coaches and teammates.

Reese Eckert: Getting to see my best friends every day.

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Maura Ference: I will miss cheering at Friday night football games. I have always loved the atmosphere of the games and it will be greatly missed.

Abbey Ferguson: The feeling of the last month of school.

Meghan Ferguson: Being a part of tennis. I made the best memories during my seasons. I will honestly miss each of everyone of those girls who made me laugh and smile everyday. I have a strong bond with them and I will never forget them.

Brooke Ferman: Dancing with my team at Friday night football games under the stadium lights. The vibe of a football game is memorable.

Natalia Ferreira: Dances and spirit weeks.

Grace Fick: Cookie stand cookies!!!!

Ryan Findlay: Playing football under the lights.

Nick Finefrock: Hanging out with friends in Mrs O’Donnell’s room during Flex time.

Marsean Fisher: Being stripped of my senior track season had been heartbreaking, the excruciating practices, winning meets, P.R.’s, big races, the state meet. There is so much passion in Lafayette track and I will never forget it.

Marilyn Fogarty: Being an Office Aide for Laura and Marie.

Caroline Foster: Strange and thoughtful conversations shared at lunch and Flex time in Mrs. Bolton’s room. Countless laughs, debates, smiles, songs, and new ideas shared during these times.

Lillie Franzen: The capability to see everyone you know every day. No matter how much time you spent with each person, you still had the chance to see everyone you knew in one space, it was a comfort I’ll miss.

Maggie Franzen: Homecoming Week!

Ashley Freestone: Powder Puff senior year, because we all stuck inside due to the weather but then someone started playing music and we all started dancing together.

Max Fruscella: Basketball, all my friends, doing stupid stuff, messing around in class and just the whole experience of going to school.

Abhishek Ganesh: ALARP, all of POE (Ethan’s burnt hand), Taco Bell runs, the AudioRodeo squad, Flex time marble races, when my friends surprised me with driveway art for my 17th birthday.

Christian Garlik: Going to the spot where me and my group of friends meet up between classes to talk and seeing all my favorite teachers.

Lucie Garza: The close friendships I’ve made and the events I was able to experience with them such as Homecoming, school dances, pep assemblies, Special Olympics, and so much more. Things will never be

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the same regarding how high school works compared to college and so I will very much miss the inclusiveness and school spirit this next year.

Emily Gauvreau: Honestly all of high school has been a great memory.

I came to LHS as a dual enrolled student just looking to have a firmer education, and now I’m leaving with amazing friends, hundreds of pictures of long nights with my friends, facetimes during corona I’ll never forget, and so much more.

Lauren Gebel: Lacrosse games and Homecoming Week Ethan Gebhardt: Football games, there is no better energy.

Claire Geurkink: The amazing teachers that I connected with throughout the four years.

Sarah Godefroid: Homecoming Spirit Week. So many people get involved and it’s the only time of year the school truly comes together on such a large scale to show spirit.

Blake Gordon: Online school Katie Greenstein: Watching Law and Order with Landow in AP Lang.

Violet Hainz: FNL and HoCo Week. And those two combined hit different. It’s like our school came together for one week and felt actually connected.

Zuko Hajrovic: Probably meeting a few people that I’ve managed to talk to.

Katie Hallums: Going to Mr. Young’s classroom anytime during the day just to chat!!

Josh Hansen: Playing sports year round and being a part of a rock band.

Callie Harrison: Definitely being in STUCO and being able to be a part of dance setups, pep assemblies and football games with the Superfans.

Tyler Harwood: Hanging out with all of my friends and skateboarding at the parks here in Missouri.

Megan Heckmann: The football games and cheering on the team with my friends.

Trevor Heckmann: Lunch was cool.

Laura Held: Friday football nights Garrett Henry: Honestly I will miss Friday Night Lights the most.

Zoe Hertlein: Sports events like football games and when they have games at lunch before Homecoming Mason Hewlett: All the relationships I made. Seeing my friends and teachers every day is the reason I enjoy school.

Sarah Higgins: The girls swim team—they made my senior season the best it could have possibly been.

Jacob Hinton: Going to MMEA and New York City with Symphonic Orchestra, Being able to relax and hang out with my friends during Flex Time my senior year.

Claire Holestine: The amazing friends I’ve made and my teachers.

Kayla Hoover: Prom Allison Horstmann: Having classes with my relatives.

Owen Hueckel: Sports. I played all four years of football and lacrosse.

One of the best things was coming to the first day of practices freshman year and meeting all new athletes that will soon become my friends for the next four years. I will miss the coaching staff, despite them

making the team run whenever we did something wrong. But in the end of my senior year all these friends I played with for so long are now no longer friends, they are my brothers.

Dylan Hunter: Football games Jordan Hunter: In freshman year, my friend and I would sit next to his locker in the morning and wait for the first bell to ring. Eventually, another person joined us. As we got more familiar with the school, and gained more friends, more people joined us. The best times and some of the hardest were shared here.

Every year, a few more people were added, some people left, but the ones who stayed became my best friends. Eventually I started coming to school later (mostly because I am terrible at waking up in time) and didn’t usually have time to sit and talk, but I will not miss anything more than the time we had there.

Taji Israel-Cazembe: Improv and winning wrestling matches Vrisha Jagdish: Track meets, Tribe recess time, the ROTC Florida trip and Breakfast Club in the mornings.

CJ Jaggie: Last days of school Shadley James: Playing on the soccer team with my friends, and having Joe be in the middle.

Megan Jefferies: Sporting events like football, basketball and soccer games.

Leenie Johns: My friends and teachers that have had such a huge impact on me. I will also miss dancing on Friday nights and at competitions with Escadrille. And yearbook!

Connor Jones: Walking the halls and seeing all my friends.

Matt Jones: All the activities that I could take part of at LHS. Karsen Jurenka: Being able to see everyone who I’ve known since middle and elementary school. and our football and hockey games.

Olivia Kalamboukas: All the friendships I made specifically this year. I met some of the best people ever, and I wouldn’t trade that for anything in the world.

Kari Kamrud: Going to all the sports games .

Matthew Kanan: I’m going to miss meeting up with friends during passing period.

Natalie Karlsson: Making TikToks with my friends during Flex and petting Mr. Dirnbeck’s snake.

Ethan Karr: Seeing friends in the hallway everyday.

Kelly Keiter: Friday of Homecoming Week, putting weeks of work into a performance and having all the stunts hit then being a part of the parade and cheering at the football game.

Cameron Kelly: Seeing my favorite teachers.

Peyton Kemmerling: Spending time in the guitar room with Mrs. Bolton and my friends. It’s something I actually look forward to at school.

Max Kennington: My fellow members of IKON (swim team joke).

Caroline Kesting: All the teacher relationships I have made. I will never forget those. I will also miss Prom and Homecoming dances, because those are some very special

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events where some of the greatest memories were made.

Grace Kirtley: The girls cross country team. I never thought I’d love running a 5k, but you guys make it fun and I’ll miss running with every single one of you.

Sam Knutson: Male Escadrille Andrew Kodner: Seeing a lot of great people I’ve met throughout the years. I think I’ll definitely miss coming home to my family every day as well. More responsibilities will come my way during and after college so I’ll miss the times where I didn’t have as much on my plate.

Audrey Krone: Sporting events, school dances and my teachers.

Geoffrey Ladue: Hanging out with the golf team after a tournament.

Unfortunately, I probably won’t get the chance to win a State Championship with those guys so I’m really going to look back and wish I could relive some of those moments.

I had no idea our most recent team practice would actually be the last.

Michael Lang: Soccer season Austin Laves: Walking the halls of such a memorable place.

Adam Lawson: I’ll miss great influencers and role models like Mr. DeBlasi and Ms. Title. These two stood out and above all in my eyes. Never had I felt I could be so comfortable and cared about with a teacher until those two.

Fiona Lazzaretti: Playing high school volleyball.

Ethan Leslie: I will never forget when we had a guest speaker in Forensics and they asked, “Does anyone know who to call if you find a dead body?” and somebody in the back of the room yelled “GHOSTBUSTERS!” Carissa Lewis: I’ve always loved going to football, basketball, hockey, lacrosse and baseball games with my friends.

Carissa Lieberman: There were highs and lows, but the thing I will miss the most is my connections with my friends and teachers. All my teachers have had an important role in my life and getting to where I am now. My friends are some of the most important people in my life because they were there for me through it all.

Lauren Liggins: I’ll miss the excitement leading up to Homecoming weekend.

Grace Lin: The cafeteria sandwich line.

Claire Lister: I will miss not only playing soccer for Lafayette, but more importantly the players and coaches I have had the privilege of getting to know and play with these last four years as a student athlete.

Andersen Lohr: Bonding with my teachers and teasing classmates.

Sam Londono: Senior Spring Break, it was a unique experience to be in Mexico with most of the grade having fun for five days.

Hannah Long: Homecoming Week Max Loomis: Seeing my friends five days a week and not seeing my favorite teachers.

Carson Luther: Talking to my sister and listening to music everyday.

Shreyaa Mark: I am so thankful to have made the amazing friendships

and memories throughout these four years. I will miss all the fun dances and the weeks leading up to them.

Lauren Marshall: Spending time with my friends and all the amazing teachers at Lafayette!

Rachel Martin: Going to Omaha for a soccer trip last year and the beginning of our season. So much fun.

Sadhana Matheswaran: Being involved with HOSA because HOSA brought me closer to some of my best friends and also brought me closer to Mrs. Keillor who has been another one of my greatest supporters in high school. I am really going to miss working on HOSA with Sara Parikh till 3 a.m. the night before the competition and making the best Trillers with Malayka Walton.

Hannah McDaniel: Members Only, it was a mini club I made with my friends and we would all meet in someone’s car before and after school.

Shannon McGinnis: The crazy things that go on in Fischer’s room, it’s never a dull moment in there.

Shannon McLain: Playing volleyball at Lafayette.

Alexander McMillen: Seeing Officer Mac greeting students in short sleeves when it was freezing outside.

Blaiz Mcpeek: Going on our group trip to Mexico.

Siena Meyrer: I will definitely miss the school dances most! Each and every one has been different but so special to me. However, the one that took the cake was definitely Senior Homecoming. It was the first time I really felt like a senior and it was so special to be there with my closest friends!

Ashley Middleton: Running track and field with my friends and teammates.

Carter Miller: A lot of the teachers at Lafayette are amazing.

Carson Miriani: Flex time with the homies in Zang’s room.

Danny Moeller: Performing with Undefined and Lafayette Theater and everyone in the department.

Ellen Moloney: Hanging out during Flex time with my friends.

Michael Monfort: Every conversation with Jim McDonald I’ve ever had...

Sydney Monninger: All of my friends that I normally see on a daily basis, as well as all the teachers that made my high school experience a good one and the ones that made classes fun.

Tom Montgomery: Freshman Friday, the story of the never ending saga of the freshman year of the Class of ‘09 Joey Moorkamp: Being the quarterback my junior year and beating Parkway South on our Homecoming game.

Caroline Morales: Sitting in my teacher’s rooms and bothering them during Flex time.

Sara Morgenthaler: All of the times where I would laugh endlessly in class because of our awesome teachers.

Aiden Murphy: Homecoming football games Hannah Muse: Going to Mrs. OD’s

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room at lunch and telling her all of my problems and us just laughing at them because they were also so minor and easily fixable.

Jake Nelson: Walking out to the football field on Friday nights hearing the band playing and looking into the stands to see all my friends and family and members of the community.

Meg Nemnich: I will miss school dances the most!

Matthias Neumann: Spending time with my friends in the mornings and after school. Being able to hang out in the hallways and have some of the strangest conversations and just vibe. I will miss seeing my closest friends nearly every day.

Jonah Nickerson: Quite honestly just all the friends I’ve made over the years who I have come to know so well and the teachers I have made great connections with.

Lucas Nickerson: Playing sports with some of my best friends.

Bryce Niewoehner: Physically going to school and seeing my friends in class.

Sam Nixon: Being the office aide for Mrs. Mehegan.

Alex Norvell: Late night shenanigans after the AP Studio show sophomore year, rooftop photos in the sunset with familiar strangers.

Natalie Nouhan: Being in yearbook.

Lily Oberlin: Everything.

Parker Ockerhausen: Football games. It was fun to be with all my friends leading the student section.

I will also miss playing baseball for both Lafayette and my club team.

I have been playing baseball ever since I was 4 years old.

Michael Olson: Getting second at State for volleyball and all the volleyball and basketball seasons that got me all my friends that I will have for a long time.

Sarah Ortiz: FNL Max Oscarson: Lifetime Rec class.

Rena Owens: Definitely going to miss the cookie stand.

Rachel Paese: In the girls 4th Hour Treble Chamber Choir, there are some days when everything is funny, and no one can stop laughing. Even Ms. Shaffer.

Emily Panasci: Meeting with my friends at the lockers in the morning and making “one second a day” videos.

Sara Parikh: My amazing friends and teachers, the excitement and fun during Homecoming week, and all the out-of-town HOSA trips!

Dev Patel: Chemistry Sachi Patel: Having fun with my friends every day.

Neha Patil: Special Olympics and club meetings!

Rachel Perera: Being a part of LTC and the amazing shows we produced.

Emma Petrowsky: Flex time Natalie Phelps: Playing high school soccer.

Alexis Pietro: Friday night football games and cheering on my best friends on the field and on the track!

Jake Powers: Definitely football games. The vibe of a football game was a great one and always

something to look forward to each year. Also, I loved Homecoming Week and all of the “extra curricular” activities during the nights of Homecoming week.

William Przybylski: Playing gold and racquetball.

Jenna Quist: I am going to miss sitting with my friends before school started the most.

Nithya Raman: Definitely the cookies.

Nisha Ravikumar: The dances.

During dance weeks there were spirit weeks and I always had fun dressing up for them and taking pictures with my friends. I also love the HoCo parade where we get to walk around throwing candy at children.

Jalin Reese: All my sports teams and being a leader to some of them and the grind and hard work we put in over the years.

Hailey Rhode: The one thing that I will miss is all the dances that we have had so far. They were fun because I got to spend them with amazing people.

Abby Robeson: Eating lunch with all my friends and Flex time.

Jonah Robinson: Track meets.

Loved the energy of them.

Josh Robinson: Laughing and cracking jokes at lunch with friends.

Maggie Rogan: Seeing my best friends everyday.

Eli Rosenbaum: Friends that aren’t going to Mizzou with me.

Alex Rozar: 137A Alyssa Ruckman: Homecoming week and FNL Katie Sallet: Making new friends.

Even though I came into high school with the same friends I have now, I made more friends to join us.

Audrey Samples: Walking into school everyday with my best friends after sitting in our cars talking and laughing and quite possibly crying.

Alexander Scheman: Guitarfest, playing music at basketball games and doing puzzles with Bolton during Flex time.

Ryan Schneider: Male Escadrille Sam Schnellmann: How much fun marching band was. To see all your friends back from summer again and spend the first three weeks learning a new show to do at football games and competitions.

Sarah Schoenfelder: High school sports and my teammates.

Max Schoening: Being able to turn in late work with no penalty.

Megan Scholl: The cookie stand Derek Schreiner: Flex time in Hruby’s classroom, football games, dances and hanging out with my friends will all be missed.

Chris Settle: The simple conversations I had with my friends, never anything serious but always happy.

Lilly Shaikun: The Friday night football games.

Morgan Shelton: High school dances but especially Prom. Those dances were always fun with friends.

Jake Sherman: Leading the student section, without a doubt.

Caitlynn Sigman: The month or so at the beginning of senior year some of my friends and I tried to finish as many puzzles as we could

What We’ll Miss in the library. Hands down the most productive month of my H.S. years.

Kshitij Sinha: Vox Solus, HoCo parades with Choir, chilly football games, Pit Orchestra, indoor Male Escadrille and watching marble races during Flex and Engineering.

Allison Sink: Playing volleyball with my best friends and going to state twice Ashley Skaggs: I’ll miss after school, randomly getting called over by my friends and spontaneously deciding to get food or just hang out.

Gabriel Snyder: The teachers who care about how the students are feeling is what I’ll miss the most about high school because it is such a personal experience.

Nicole Soest: Hanging out with my friends during Flex.

Zach Sortor: Seeing my friends everyday and just seeing the teachers.

Elijah Southman: Friends.

Zoë Spriggs: Theater! I found such a great community in LTC and I will miss all of the kind, talented, and amazing people in LTC. Mia Staehling: I’ll miss the cookie stand most, even though it was sad it had to close early.

Vito Stallone: Winning Homecoming and Winter Formal court.

Ty Stauss: Sophomore Year, baseball District Championship.

Taleeya Stewart: The Library because it was chill.

Dylan Stovall: Sports Delaney Stulce: Seeing Mr. Krull in the hallways.

Colin Swan: Leading Robotics, getting too see those guys on practice days was something that could lift me up no matter what kind of day I was having.

Easton Sweeten: Football games the most and the student section.

Max Tabor: I guess I’ll miss lunch.

The boys were always cracking some hilarious jokes.

Karan Tandon: The endless laughter at my lunch table. Making art in Sakowski’s room every morning, getting ready for Male Escadrille, the car rides to Homecoming and the walks to FNL. I will miss experiencing high school, but I am glad I did everything. I wanted to do and more.

Austin Taschler: FNL Chase Taschler: Asking Ms. Title what’s up every day.

Henry Thomas: Wrestling. As much of a grind as it is, there is nothing more rewarding than finishing a wrestling season.

TyChicus Thomas: The actual, nonfake friends I had.

Laura Toenjes: A day Flex times with all of my friends.

Lily Tomasic: Tech week with the people involved in the shows because we all come together and it’s a big bonding experience. Being in class with Jaycox and Choate with their comments and the way that they taught as well as walking down the hall with Sakowski and talking about a current project or just life.

Teni Toriola: Getting ready for school dances.

Ben Townsend: Hanging out with my friends during Flex or before school.

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Katherine Tremper: How busy the beginning of the school year is, with Homecoming week, figuring out classes, football games, and my tennis season, it was always very stressful, but I always had a fun time.

Lalit Trivedi: Watching marble races with my close friends when we had free time in class.

Tyson Trost: Male Escadrille.

Gabby Trottier: Homecoming Week Blake Tulloch: I am going to miss all the Cafeteria moments, fun classes and sports.

Natalie Tuttle: My Escadrille family.

We understand each other like no one else and being able to compete with them the last four years has made my high school experience.

Brooke Tvrdik: Eating lunch in the choir room everyday with some of my best friends and Ms. Shaffer.

Hating the days I’d have to go to a different class. I’ll miss sitting on the two striped chairs with the roll out footrest that became two different chairs.

Laney Tvrdik: Talking and giving hugs to all my teachers - especially yelling down the halls to Krull.

Casey Uffelmann: Playing cards in the morning before school.

Gracie Upbin: Being with my friends everyday.

Alex Vancil: Just spending time with friends and having three unforgettable years of LTC. Sanjana Vennam: Seeing my friends everyday and sharing all our high school memories together.

Sam Vishion: Guitar class.

Malayka Walton: I’m going to miss Flex time.

Reese Ward: Hanging out in the Commons every morning.

Ryan Ward: I’ll miss going to the football games on Friday nights.

Addie Watson: Going on ad runs for newspaper.

Jack Weaver: Camera #98 and all the Lafayette moments we captured together.

Rosa Wessel: Playing field hockey, attending school sporting events and going to school dances.

Ashley White: Fall football games, even though our team wasn’t the best, our school spirit made it a blast.

Jackie Wildt: Homecoming Week is my favorite week of the year. I am going to miss it so much. I feel like it is such a good bonding week for our grade.

Kennedy Willhite: The eclipse during the beginning of our sophomore year.

Braeden Williams: Being with my best friends every single day. This quarantine has made me realize that we take this for granted and I am truly going to miss my guys when we all leave for college.

Thomas Wilson: Flex time.

Tyler Wuestling: Telling everyone that “I like band.”

Kyle Yerby: Raising Cane’s lunch runs with the ECP kids.

Kayonna Young: Being a wrestling manager and messing with Wade Pinkston.

Christian Zinngrabe: Definitely the Solar Eclipse day. That was probably the most exciting day since the start of high school.

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The Future

Seniors: 10 years in the Josh Abbott: Hopefully making a lot of money.

Ines Abdennadher: Living in Colorado.

Audrey Agnew: Just finishing law school and getting on with a company as a corporate lawyer.

Carson Albers: Owning my own business.

Riley Allen: Married and having kids. But I also hope to see myself in a position where I’m happy and doing a job I love, and having a great bond with my family and great friendships.

Eric Allison: Driving a flying car to my teaching job at a high ranking public school.

Grace Annunziata: Having graduated college and being a speech language pathologist.

Benjamin Augustine: Working at a sports club or company leading the marketing team.

Kim Auzat: A teacher, married, and with a kid.

Ethan Bailey: The owner of a Fortune 500 company.

Chloe Baker: Teaching journalism at a high school and going wherever God calls me.

Bella Barbosa Kitzelman: Happy.

Kaitlyn Barefield: Working to reform the current criminal justice system Hannah Basom: Working for the FBI and traveling.

Allison Beaton: In a lab trying to solve crimes or doing something with fashion while also being able to travel at least once a year to cool places around the world.

Yosef Bedair: Rich.

Jennifer Benton: Working with people.

Alexis Berry: Married to a hot rich guy.

Alyssa Berry: Being a Mrs. Nick Berry: Playing drums at Madison Square Garden.

Kate Billings: Married and working at a financial firm on the partner track.

Cailey Bingham: Successful in whatever career I choose and married.

Aden Black: Hopefully not working a banking job (no offense) and never not playing music.

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FUTURE

Brin Bodker: Graduated from medical school living in Chicago, Manhattan or LA. Carson Boren: Having a job and moving into my own place.

Brooke Borgmeyer: In medical school.

Megan Breese: Working on the pediatric floor at a local hospital and taking care of patients while bonding with them.

Addie Brennan: Living In the south with a career in NICU nursing.

Lexi Brewer: Married with a stable job.

Connor Brodie: Working as a physical therapist.

Ca’Mijha Brooks: Working and helping out my Mom with the house.

Zach Bryce: Making money.

Robbie Burtelow: Working in the Oval Office.

Orquidea Campbell-Espinoza: Living in a cottage in Holland raising cattle and making art.

Reece Canby: Working in the outdoors with something I love.

Kamren Canova: Employed in a high-ranking job in the field of finance having avoided the coronavirus.

Kayla Carpenter: Graduated college after winning a National Championship in basketball, be out of medical school and working as a resident somewhere while traveling the world as a food blogger.

Regan Carpenter: Owning a pancake shop and being a parttime nurse.

Mihir Chandra: Starting my own business.

Stella Chang: Traveling around the world and helping people along the way.

Sharayah Chavers: Working as a certified registered Nurse Anesthetist.

Madison Chester: Working for UNICEF in a Latin American country, teaching English and other life skills to children there.

Joey Christian: An Officer in the Army.

Jack Chubb: Received my MBA, and settling down with a job.

Jordan Clark: Working a successful job and traveling.

Rachel Clarke: Graduated from

college and working as a high school teacher with students that I love. Maybe I’ll be married, and will have traveled to some of the many places I would like to travel to.

Olivia Cohen: A successful doctor and have a big family.

Sarah Collins: Working as a professional opera singer and even conductor/director of new operas.

Antonio Cooper: Rich.

Hayden Cottrell: Working in city that I love.

Keara Cronin: Working as a nurse and traveling.

Adam Davidson: Working as a school counselor or missionary hopefully with a wife and kids but whatever God has is store for me is what I want.

Erin Davis: Owning a house and a nice job with my husband also working.

Josie Davis: I honestly have no idea. I just hope future Josie is happy with a nice life and she still is friends with some of her good friends from high school.

Paige Daws: Working at a hospital in a great city and hopefully married, getting ready to start a family.

Marlow DeGraw: Traveling a lot and working in a career that I enjoy.

Kate DeLine: Traveling the world and experiencing new things that I would never want to do.

Matt DeSarno: Working for a successful business.

Alyah Deugarte: Graduated from medical school to pursue surgery.

Mason Divine: Making the big bucks.

Isaac Dixon: Working as an MLB player or entrepreneur with my own business.

Cole Doherty: Selling/ marketing for a company or doing something else I love that God finds best for me.

Kyle Dunn: On a yacht.

Sophia Eble: Hopefully not in quarantine.

Reese Eckert: Working as a forensic scientist and having a family.

Maura Ference: Happy and

living in a big city with a secure job in marketing.

Abbey Ferguson: Living in a bungalow in Jamaica or the Maldives.

Meghan Ferguson: Working for a big architecture firm in New York City. I will travel up or down the East Coast rebuilding infrastructure to be more. cleaner for the environment Brooke Ferman: Finishing law school and becoming a lawyer.

Grace Fick: Working as an elementary school teacher and making a difference in the world. I hope to be sharing my faith and showing God’s love to everyone I can.

Nick Finefrock: An entrepreneur and real estate investor.

Marsean Fisher: Well off with a high-paying job, providing for my family.

Colin Flowers: Living comfortably with a full-time job.

Marilyn Fogarty: Doing public relations for a large business and still bothering my Lafayette teachers.

Caroline Foster: Somewhere in Europe, traveling without bounds and studying world cultures while writing. In other words, happy.

Lillie Franzen: Living in a big city downtown (somewhere warm) in my own apartment, with a job at a major accounting firm in the city.

Maggie Franzen: Living in Texas with some sort of medical degree, and hopefully married.

Ashley Freestone: In grad school working for my degree in environmental studies.

Max Fruscella: Making money and owning a ton of cool stuff.

Abhishek Ganesh: In California with a job.

Christian Garlik: Working at my family business as a salesmen.

Lucie Garza: Working my own job that I love and makes me happy. I want to be in a good relationship to start a family of my own. I don’t know exactly where I will end up, but Nashville has always been in interest to live in for me.

Emily Gauvreau: A successful

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paralegal, and married with children.

Lauren Gebel: Successful in my career.

Ethan Gebhardt: Doing what I love with the people I love and just trying to further my potential and relationships.

Claire Geurkink: Working in a hospital as a nurse with a husband and kids.

Sarah Godefroid: Successfully living by myself with at least four big dogs.

Blake Gordon: Living somewhere north with my wife and being wealthy.

Cullen Grant: Owning a dental practice.

Katie Greenstein: Living in Washington D C , working for a congressperson.

Violet Hainz: With a family and a good job outside of St. Louis that I worked my butt off for in college.

Zuko Hajrovic: I’ll let the future decide that question.

Katie Hallums: Still living in St. Louis, working as a school teacher.

Callie Harrison: Practicing physical therapy somewhere or at my own firm living in Nashville hopefully with a husband.

Tyler Harwood: Filming and making movies for big corporations.

Megan Heckmann: Married, two dogs, living in Missouri, and have a good job.

Trevor Heckmann: Meeting the love of my life.

Laura Held: Owning my own vet practice in Seattle or Wyoming.

Garrett Henry: Traveling the world with the military.

Mason Hewlett: In a perfect world, I’d have just left my job as a pediatrician at 5 o’clock to go see my wife and kids.

Sarah Higgins: With a nice job, married, and a child or two.

Jacob Hinton: Teaching music theory and cello at a university.

Claire Holestine: Working in social work, traveling and being able to help a lot of people.

Kayla Hoover: Working as a nurse.

Allison Horstmann: 28 years old.

Owen Hueckel: Living in my own house with a ton of property to roam around on. I will be married and my second or third kid will be on the way.

My work life will be nothing but the best and I will be able to work reasonable hours so I am

able to come home and see and hangout with my kids.

Dylan Hunter: Rich, somehow Jordan Hunter: Working a steady job in a creative field that I enjoy, but who knows?

Taji Israel-Cazembe: Welltraveled and confident in myself I’ll be very close (if not already) opening my own bakery. I’ll also have a special on Comedy Central.

Vrisha Jagdish: Working as a commercial airline pilot for a major airline carrier. I hope to have visited at least five other countries and be married/ thinking about marriage.

Shadley James: Working at a law firm specializing in intellectual property.

Megan Jefferies: Graduated college with either a masters or a doctorate in whatever area of study I decide to pursue and doing research labs in this field.

Leenie Johns: Happy with my career, helping others, and enjoying everything the world has to offer.

Matt Jones: Working in a career in the audio field and starting to think about having a family.

Karsen Jurenka: Teaching in a high school somewhere.

Olivia Kalamboukas: Pursuing a career in dance, and also teaching younger kids ballet. I also will probably have a golden retriever named Timmy (in honor of Timothee Chalamet).

Kari Kamrud: Happy with my job and married.

Matthew Kanan: Working a stable job and a girlfriend or wife.

Natalie Karlsson: Working in a lab with a biochemistry major.

Ethan Karr: Working a 9-5 job trying to find a path that I can declare myself happy with in life.

Kelly Keiter: Living on the East Coast in Massachusetts and working with architecture or the environment.

Cameron Kelly: Working in the medical field.

Peyton Kemmerling: Working with nuclear energy or computers. Haven’t quite figured out which I’d rather do.

Max Kennington: Owning an IT business.

Caroline Kesting: Helping people in some way.

Grace Kirtley: Working as an intelligence officer in the Army living on the coast somewhere.

Sam Knutson: Working hard with a job that I enjoy.

Andrew Kodner: In the last chapter of my music career with

a degree from SLU in business.

My music team and I will have opened the first record label in St. Louis and help industrialize the music scene locally.

Audrey Krone: Working as an ER nurse and starting a family and living in Colorado.

Megan Kulick: Being a cop with a family and a husband.

Geoffrey Ladue: Running the manufacturing or financial sector of a Fortune 500 company, buying my first house, and starting a family. I hope I’ll be living the dream .

Michael Lang: Midway through my medical residency.

Austin Laves: Working as a successful real estate agent with a smokin boyfriend.

Adam Lawson: Living my best life out West in my own compound with 10 feet walls so nobody can see in, arm around my baby mama, Hannah.

Fiona Lazzaretti: Absolutely no idea.

Ethan Leslie: Honestly, I’m lucky to have made it this far. I can’t even iron my own shirts.

Carissa Lewis: Teaching at a high school somewhere.

Carissa Lieberman: Working as a pediatric nurse practitioner, hopefully in the St. Louis area since all my family is here I also better be married and have children.

Lauren Liggins: Working as a registered labor and delivery Nurse, with a successful interior design business .

Grace Lin: Vibin’ .

Claire Lister: Working as a doctor in the public health field, hopefully overseas to develop healthcare systems in underdeveloped areas.

Andersen Lohr: Working as an engineer and improving the world.

Sam Londono: Starting my own business and with a family.

Hannah Long: Working in a rewarding field, traveling the world, and taking care of a dog.

Max Loomis: Working in a career I am passionate about and love, and hopefully starting to raise a family.

Carson Luther: Still playing with cars.

Ariana Magafas: Fulfilling my career and enjoying a happy life in an urban city.

Shreyaa Mark: Being content with the career I get into and traveling the world with my best friend.

Lauren Marshall: Working as a physical therapist with a happy

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family and lots of dogs. I also hope to still be involved with field hockey through coaching.

Rachel Martin: Working as a nurse in the NICU. I hope to be fluent in Spanish and Sign Language.

Sadhana Matheswaran: Finishing medical school and heading into the medical field.

I see myself working to ensure healthcare for marginalized and vulnerable communities. I hope to work with the World Health Organization and the Physician for Human Rights.

Blake McCarthy: Happy, healthy, and wealthy.

Hannah McDaniel: Living in Aspen, Colorado.

Shannon McGinnis: Teaching high schoolers at Lafayette and coaching the soccer team.

Shannon McLain: Teaching. I’m excited to be an educator when I am older. I love little kids and see them taking their first steps into learning.

Blaiz Mcpeek: Living my best life and doing all the things I could ever imagine doing.

Siena Meyrer: Working as an elementary school teacher. I would love to teach in a more urban environment.

Ashley Middleton: Working as a real estate agent.

Ella Miget: Living in a city with a cat.

Carter Miller: Working as a firefighter for St. Louis County.

Carson Miriani: Doing something I like for a living and not living in Missouri.

Danny Moeller: Living in my penthouse in downtown LA with as many dogs as I desire. If that doesn’t work out for some reason, living with a family and steady income would be chill.

Ellen Moloney: Having a good job in occupational therapy.

Michael Monfort: Married with small children and a steady job.

Sydney Monninger: Working in my own medical practice as a Nurse practitioner, married with kids, knowing exactly what my life plans are.

Joey Moorkamp: Working as a veterinarian or an accountant and living on the beach.

Caroline Morales: Helping people.

Sara Morgenthaler: Working as an Aerospace Engineer somewhere in the Northwest.

Aiden Murphy: Traveling.

Hannah Muse: Married, with three kids and an adorable dog.

Jake Nelson: Working a stable job, hopefully making a decent

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amount of money with a wife and one young kid.

Meg Nemnich: Playing professional soccer or owning a nutrition/fitness business.

Matthias Neumann: Studying or working as a clinical psychologist.

Jonah Nickerson: Wherever life takes me.

Lucas Nickerson: I have no idea.

Bryce Niewoehner: Working my dream job as a doctor or as a business owner.

Sam Nixon: Making a ton of money with my hot wife.

Alex Norvell: Doing what I’ve always done but maybe getting paid for it.

Natalie Nouhan: Owning my own business.

Lily Oberlin: Living in a warmer state like California with a family of my own.

Parker Ockerhausen: Living in Nashville with an engineering degree and hopefully my masters. I hope to have a nice house with some land, but I want to be close to the city.

Michael Olson: Working at a business and owning an apartment or house.

Gavin O’Neill: Working a great job and having a family.

Sarah Ortiz: Out of college and traveling.

Max Oscarson: In medical residency.

Rena Owens: A physical therapist and helping athletes become better and stronger.

Rachel Paese: I’ll be traveling the world to figure it out.

Emily Panasci: Working weekdays from 9 to 5 as an accountant. I will also be a mother and wife that comes home after work having to clean up after my family.

Sara Parikh: At a job I love, continuing to pursue my passions, and surrounded by friends and family.

Rachel Perera: A medical resident practicing medicine and working in the pediatric oncology field.

Emma Petrowsky: Out of law school and engaged to my future husband.

Natalie Phelps: Working a career in Biomedical Engineering.

Alexis Pietro: Working as a child psychologist.

Jake Powers: Working in a local hospital as a Respiratory Therapist.

William Przybylski: Successfully graduated dental school.

Chase Pultman: Working as a full time staff member of the St. Louis Zoo. Jenna Quist: Working somewhere I love.

Nisha Ravikumar: Working as a doctor hopefully and married.

Jalin Reese: Playing video games and being a house husband.

Hailey Rhode: Having a good paying job.

Abby Robeson: Working in a city, but really who knows? We’ll have to see.

Jonah Robinson: Working as a successful graphic designer/ animator.

Josh Robinson: Having a job.

Maggie Rogan: Happy, traveling and working.

Eli Rosenbaum: Living life as a multimillionaire.

Alex Rozar: Working at a law firm .

Katie Sallet: Living in a gorgeous home with a beautiful family.

Audrey Samples: Done with school and living in New York or back in Wildwood and probably married.

Jack Saunders: Married with kids.

Alexander Scheman: Working in the music industry managing bands or booking tours.

Ryan Schneider: Probably at Chipotle.

Sam Schnellmann: Working as the head of a software development company that I started.

Sarah Schoenfelder: 27 years old.

Max Schoening: Still in school, hopefully only a year or two away from getting a Ph.D. Derek Schreiner: Working a decent job, with a wife and a strong group of friends.

Gwendolyn Schweiss: Somewhere far away from here.

Laurel Scott: Married, working my way up in my career and starting a family.

Chris Settle: Making software that people can use easily without any annoying pop-ups or deceitful practices.

Lilly Shaikun: Working as a teacher and making a difference in many people’s lives.

Morgan Shelton: Married and as a successful pediatric nurse in St. Louis.

Jake Sherman: I can see myself anywhere good, doing anything good.

Kshitij Sinha: Working as a Software Engineer and paying off student debt.

Allison Sink: Working a good

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job and having a husband.

Ashley Skaggs: Out of college with a job in the field I went in for, maybe have a long term partner/spouse by then.

Gabriel Snyder: Working at a respectable company employed as an engineer or technical specialist.

Nicole Soest: Graduating medical school.

Zach Sortor: Working a business job whether it’s marketing or finance.

Elijah Southman: Going with the flow, doing what makes me happy and making a decent living off of making games.

Zoë Spriggs: Living somewhere awesome, playing music, and loving life.

Mia Staehling: Living in Florida as a nurse with a big dog.

Vito Stallone: Working my dream job and possibly with a family.

Ty Stauss: Drafted with two years of pro baseball under my belt and starting to settle down with my family.

Dylan Stovall: Working in business.

Delaney Stulce: Helping change the lives of the poor and struggling.

Colin Swan: Practicing therapy and maybe writing a new book Easton Sweeten: Filthy rich and running my own business.

Max Tabor: Making money in college and starting work.

Karan Tandon: Working for a creative advertising company in Chicago. Living in a loft with my future family along with my corgi.

Austin Taschler: Honestly couldn’t tell you. I guess we’ll see.

Chase Taschler: Doing a flip off of a different boat.

Henry Thomas: With a degree and a stable job.

TyChicus Thomas: Owning a decent amount of money, with my own house, a beautiful wife and probably a kid.

Laura Toenjes: Working as a pediatric occupational therapist, hopefully married with a pomsky.

Lily Tomasic: Living in New York with my best friend, designing the set or being the technical director on Broadway.

Teni Toriola: Working as a software engineer for Pinterest.

Ben Townsend: Working as an architect in Texas.

Katherine Tremper: Finally out of school in a corporate optometry practice and done some traveling.

Lalit Trivedi: Working in the field of computer science and software developing.

Tyson Trost: With a job, house and maybe a family.

Blake Tulloch: Working for a solid company with constant room for growth and more responsibility.

Natalie Tuttle: A business woman working in New York.

Brooke Tvrdik: Honestly wherever life takes me. I hope to have graduated college and get into a career I love.

Laney Tvrdik: Married with lots of kids, and working as a pediatric occupational therapist.

Casey Uffelmann: In my residency/rotation after graduating medical school.

Gracie Upbin: Working a job and living with a family I love.

Alex Vancil: Having a stable job and a successful relationship.

Sanjana Vennam: Graduated from PA school, working in a hospital in Florida and starting my own family.

Sam Vishion: Working in a chemistry related field and playing music.

Malayka Walton: In residency for some kind of medical specialty. I also hope that I continue to write and paint.

Reese Ward: Living happily with a dog and a family possibly.

Ryan Ward: Successful.

Addie Watson: Doing something I love while helping others.

Jack Weaver: Hopefully I won’t still be updating The Lancer Feed.

Rosa Wessel: Doing what I love and traveling the world.

Ashley White: Working as a veterinarian in either St. Louis or New York City.

Jackie Wildt: Working as a kindergarten teacher, married, with at least 1 kid.

Kennedy Willhite: Living with several pets and two degrees.

Thomas Wilson: Hopefully have a job and a family.

Shannon Worley: Writing for a newspaper in Washington D.C. and advocating for minority groups through my articles.

Tyler Wuestling: Working at Boeing, with a loving wife and baby, while also building my own house on a 10-acre lot.

Kyle Yerby: Struggling for money as a musician, or as an architect looking for music gigs.

Kayonna Young: Married with kids.

Christian Zinngrabe: Working, and paying off a house and car.

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Class of 2020: Embarrassing Carson Albers: “My pen popped in my mouth during class and I got a blue mouth.”

Riley Allen: “Wetting my pants from laughing so hard on more than one occasion.”

Alexis Berry: “First day of freshman year I banged my head against a pole while walking up the stairs.”

Alyssa Berry: “Walking into the men’s bathroom on the first day of freshman year in front of senior men.”

Nick Berry: “Dressing up as a fish in front of the whole school sophomore year.”

Brin Bodker: “Freshman year I was running from PE to the Commons for lunch, simultaneously talking to the person behind me. Next thing I knew I was face first in a trash can in the Commons. Worst of all, there were a bunch of seniors in my PE class so they all saw it. Humiliating.”

Orquidea Campbell-Espinoza: “My freshman year I said something inappropriate really loudly and I didn’t realize there was a teacher right behind me, and he made me sharpen his colored pencils as punishment.”

Reece Canby: “I almost ran somebody over in the parking lot.

Sorry, Alyssa.”

Stella Chang: “Dressing up as Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy during the APA and dancing in front of the whole school.”

Madison Chester: “During the first week of high school, I was in Health with Mrs. Lewis. She knew me from softball and decided to demonstrate the Heimlich on me. I almost fell over.”

Jake Dederer: “Mispronouncing ‘It’s a great day to be a Lancer’ on the morning announcements.”

Marlow DeGraw: “Freshman year my feet had been extremely pale from tennis season and I had put self tanner on them so they would match the rest of my body for Homecoming but they ended up turning orange.”

Kate DeLine: “Sophomore year, my friend and I dressed up as cows and played the game in front of the whole school where you have to knock each other off of the bouncy thing with sticks.”

Cole Doherty: “I walked out of class with toilet paper on my shoe and had it on for at least a class period and nobody told me.”

Maura Ference: “On a snowy day on the way out to my car I slipped on ice.”

Brooke Ferman: “I wore white leggings and had a stain on my butt.”

Marsean Fisher: “I was chasing Kevin Weaver the last day of school my freshman year and my shoe fell off so I lost all grip and my foot slipped and I slid into a door.”

Marilyn Fogarty: “Falling down the bleachers.”

Caroline Foster: “During Winter Formal this year, I was dancing with

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some of my friends, I jumped and landed sideways on my right foot. I crashed on the ground, tore my tights and embarrassed myself in front of a ton of people. I found out that I snapped the last bone in my foot completely in half.”

Lillie Franzen: ”Sophomore year I was running out to my car while it was pouring down rain in flip flops and my shoes slid off and I went face first into the ground in front of everyone.”

Abhishek Ganesh: “I had my middle school Pinterest account exposed my sophomore year, which consisted of selfies and a movie trailer about me saving the planet from an alien invasion.”

Ethan Gebhardt: “Getting hit in the head with a clamp and bleeding everywhere in woods class.”

Claire Geurkink: “I walked into the wrong class and started getting ready for class to start, but didn’t realize I was in the wrong hour until the teacher called me out in front of everyone.”

Blake Gordon: “I went to the wrong lunch for study hall and when I finished eating and came back to class, it was silent and full of people staring at me as I walked across the class to the teacher.”

Trevor Heckmann: “I farted in an elevator and blamed it on a war veteran.”

Mason Hewlett: “My shorts fell down in a JV basketball game.”

Jordan Hunter: “One time I was walking up the stairs to see my friends in the morning, and I full force fell on my face.”

Taji Israel-Cazembe: “I told a boy I liked him and he laughed awkwardly.”

Vrisha Jagdish: “Running into a senior holding a slushie sophomore year and having him scream at me while I cried in the hallway because it got all over his clothes.”

Megan Jefferies: “Me and a few other people were decorating a poster for a school dance, the sharpie bled through onto the floor, and there was a drawing of the earth stained on the cafeteria floor for over a year.”

Leenie Johns: “At a football game junior year I had to go to the bathroom really bad before halftime.

I was in my Escadrille uniform and ran to the bathroom with my poms. As I opened the door, my pom flew into the toilet.”

Karsen Jurenka: My music going off full volume after a test.”

Olivia Kalamboukas: “During sophomore year, I accidentally used the boys restroom and didn’t notice it until a guy came out of the stall and was super freaked out.”

Kari Kamrud: “When I fainted in the middle of the hallway and people had to step over me to get by.”

Matthew Kanan: ”Eating alone on the first day of school because I could

not find my friends.”

Kelly Keiter: “I was hit by a car when I was a freshman. I was running out to the parking lot behind my sister after school and I was really short and the driver of a big white SUV didn’t see me and they hit my backpack and made me trip. Luckily I wasn’t hurt but it was kind of scary.”

Grace Kirtley: “At track Districts I suddenly got the urge to sing Unwritten as we were being lined up to run. I thought that the other girls would sing along but it ended up just being me singing and dancing in the rain until I decided to stop and my competitors just stared at me.”

Andrew Kodner: “I pooped my pants during lunch.”

Austin Laves: “Ripping my pants at my senior year Homecoming.”

Ethan Leslie: “I sat down on an unfinished set piece during a Flex rehearsal. As I was getting up, my pants got caught on something. Long story short, I had to go the rest of the day with a hole the size of a baseball in the back of my khakis.”

Claire Lister: “On my first Zoom meeting, my screen name read as ‘Test Laptop’ for unknown reasons, and I was blissfully unaware of this.

They seemed very suspicious and also creepy, so my teacher repeatedly asked ‘Test Laptop’ to reveal themselves. It took several minutes and a text from a friend to realize that I, in fact, was ‘Test Laptop.’.”

Carson Luther: “I overslept and pulled up to school in my boxers.”

Siena Meyrer: “Freshman year I walked out of school to go to the bus and I didn’t realize how icy the pavement was. I took a significant fall in front of many people and also ripped a big hole in my leggings.

Reliving it is extremely painful for me.”

Ashley Middleton: “Freshman year cheering at a football game, I threw up in front of the whole crowd.”

Danny Moeller: “In the fall play Out of the Frying Pan my junior year, I had to go out on stage in front of a packed house in my underwear.”

Sara Morgenthaler: “Walking back to school from the practice fields after Color Guard practice and accidentally getting tackled by a football player.”

Meg Nemnich: “I got nailed in the face during the pep assembly when we were playing dodgeball against the teachers.”

Max Oscarson: “Only one in the class to get a test handed back upside down.”

Rachel Paese: “During an improv show I ran up to tell a joke during a lightning round, and the microphone fell off the stand, making an extremely loud noise and causing me to scream and flail around. I then proceeded to be unable to put the mic back on the stand.”

Dev Patel: “Sophomore year I was

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filming our JV football game. I accidentally started filming when the play wasn’t happening and not filming when they were playing. The film ended up a bunch of nothing.”

Nisha Ravikumar: “I went to the wrong class and didn’t even realize it but my teacher didn’t do attendance until the end of class.”

Katie Sallet: “Racing to the bathroom as a joke with Hannah Muse and completely face planting on the floor in front of everyone after body slamming the soda machine on accident.”

Sarah Schoenfelder: “Any time I was asked a question in Calculus.”

Max Schoening: “My freshman year I was drinking out of a water fountain and one of my friends made me laugh and spew all the water in my mouth out at somebody I had just met.”

Lilly Shaikun: “Falling down in the parking lot when I was running to my car after school.”

Gabriel Snyder: “I tripped going up the stairs.”

Mia Staehling: “When my friends signed me up to get crocs for Winter Wishes and I actually got them.”

Delaney Stulce: “On an out-of-town school trip I got strep and laryngitis, leading to a steroid shot I had to get on my butt and everyone found out.”

Karan Tandon: “My hair freshman year.”

Henry Thomas: “I farted super loud freshman year in my French and my face turned super red. I still denied it.”

Ben Townsend: “Losing a bet my sophomore year and having to wear a bright neon bra during after-school band rehearsals.”

Katherine Tremper: “During the tennis season, I had accidentally hit a tennis ball out of the courts and it hit a football player. I felt bad at how confused he was and how I couldn’t warn him in time.”

Natalie Tuttle: “I came across Room 137 in my Escadrille costume. The lights were off so I could see my reflection through the glass. I started to look at myself to make sure I looked okay. A few moments went by of me looking at myself and I thought no one was watching me. Then, I took a closer look and saw that the whole varsity football team was in there watching film on the SmartBoard.”

Jack Weaver: “I once dropped a GoPro off of the top of a ladder at a basketball game. Minimal damage acquired.”

Jackie Wildt: “When I did not understand how to use tweezers and only had half an eyebrow for most of sophomore year.”

Braeden Williams: “Male Escadrille.

But at least I stole the show.”

Shannon Worley: “I spilled marinara sauce all down the front of my jeans and after I got most of it off and it dried, it looked like period blood.”

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Class of 2020 Senior Josh Abbott: “Run that back, Turbo.” - Turbo, Drip Too Hard Ines Abdennadher: “Don’t let fear keep you quiet. You have a voice. So use it. Speak up. Raise your hands. Shout your answers. Make yourself heard. Whatever it takes. Just find your voice and when you do, fill the damn silence.” - Dr. Meredith Grey, Grey’s Anatomy Audrey Agnew: “Stay hungry.

Stay foolish.” - Steve Jobs Carson Albers: “I’ve always won, and I’m going to continue to win. And that’s the way it is.”

- Donald Trump Riley Allen: “I’ve always got the memories while I’m finding out who I’m gonna be / We might be apart but I hope you always know / You’ll be with me wherever I go.” - Hannah Montana, Wherever I Go Eric Allison: “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.” - Joseph Heller, Catch-22 Grace Annunziata: “Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.” - Mother Teresa Isaac Aston: “When you’ve seen beyond yourself / Then you may find peace of mind is waiting there.” - George Harrison, Within You Without You Benjamin Augustine: “Life is good, you know what I mean?”

- Future, Life Is Good Kim Auzat: “Goodbyes are bittersweet.” - Liam Payne, Walking in the Wind Ethan Bailey: “She like the way that I dance / She like the way that I move / She like the way that I rock.” - Pop Smoke, Dior Chloe Baker: “We’re almost there, but nowhere near it.

All that matters is that we’re going.” - Lorelai Gilmore, Gilmore Girls Bella Barbosa Kitzelman: “That’s hot.” - Paris Hilton Kaitlyn Barefield: “It’s an ugly world with some beautiful people.” - Tarrus Riley, Feel It Hannah Basom: “One day you’re 17 and planning for

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someday. And then quietly and without you ever really noticing, someday is today.

And that someday is yesterday.

And this is your life.” - Nathan Scott, One Tree Hill Allison Beaton: “No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.” - Taylor Swift Yosef Bedair: “Nights that I can’t remember, friends I’ll never forget.” - Toby Keith, Nights I Can’t Remember, Friends I’ll Never Forget Jennifer Benton: “Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.” Joseph Heller, Catch-22 Alexis Berry: “I swear I don’t love the drama, it loves me.” Taylor Swift, End Game Alyssa Berry: “Everything I do is blown out of proportion and it really hurts my feelings.” Paris Hilton Nick Berry: “If you’ve got a problem, take it out on a drum.” - Neil Peart Cailey Bingham: “Treat people with kindness.” - Harry Styles, Treat People With Kindness Aden Black: “You know, I wumbo, you wumbo, he she me wumbo, wumbo, wumboing, wumbology, the study of wumbo? It’s 1st grade, SpongeBob!” - Patrick Star, SpongeBob Squarepants Brin Bodker: “Everything is about to change / We face tomorrow / As we say goodbye to yesterday / A chapter ending, but the stories only just begun / A page is turning for everyone” - Hannah Montana, Wherever I Go Addie Brenna: “Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.” - Georges Duhamel, The Heart’s Domain Lexi Brewer: “It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become.” - The Once-ler, The Lorax Zach Bryce: “Hammer time.” MC Hammer Robbie Burtelow: “I’ll be

back.” - The Terminator Kamren Canova: “Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams.” - Dr. Ben Carson Kayla Carpenter: “Rest at the end, not in the middle.” - Kobe Bryant Regan Carpenter: “Today me will live in the moment, unless it’s unpleasant, in which case me will eat a cookie.” - Cookie Monster, Sesame Street Mihir Chandra: “In three words, I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.” - Robert Frost Stella Chang: “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.” - Christopher Robin, Winnie the Pooh Sharayah Chavers: “I’m not great at the advice. Can I interest you in a sarcastic comment?” - Chandler Bing, Friends Aksheytha Chelikavada: “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”

- Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Madison Chester: “Take me to your best friend’s house / Goin’ ‘round this roundabout, oh yeah.” - Christian Zucconi, Tongue Tied Joey Christian: “It sure left its mark on us, we sure left our mark on it / We let the world know we were here with everything we did.” - Jason Aldean, Tattoos on this Town Jack Chubb: “One bite, everybody knows the rules.” Dave Portnoy Jordan Clark: “If you want something, go get it. Period.”

- Chris Gardner, The Pursuit of Happyness Rachel Clarke: “Save your strength for things that you can change / Forgive the ones you can’t / You’ve got to let them go.” - Zac Brown, Let It Go Sarah Collins: “The old rules are crumbling and nobody knows what the new rules are.

So make up your own rules.” Neil Gaiman Antonio Cooper: “I might

come in first or second, but I won’t ever be last.” - Lil Baby, Sum 2 Prove Hayden Cottrell: “Every project has potential. If you allow yourself it see it and give it the respect it deserves, others may just follow suit.” - Moira Rose, Schitt’s Creek Keara Cronin: “Goodbyes make you think. They make you realize what you’ve had, what you’ve lost and what you’ve taken for granted.” - Ritu Ghatourey Adam Davidson: “Cinco más.”

- Javier Mendoza, Cinco Más Erin Davis: “If you keep on believing / The dream that you wish will come true.” Cinderella, A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes Josie Davis: “Sometimes the hardest part isn’t letting go but rather learning to start over.” Nicole Sobon Paige Daws: “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” Dick Buek, The Other Side of the Mountain Marlow DeGraw: “I have no idea what I’m doing, but I know I’m doing it really, really well.” - Andy Dwyer, Parks and Recreation Kate DeLine: “I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days before you’ve actually left them.” - Andy Bernard, The Office Alyah Deugarte: “Pretty sure the law of the land states that everyone has the right to be an idiot.” - Dr. Gregory House, House M.D. Mason Divine: “All I know is grind.” - Gunna, IDK Why Cole Doherty: “So yeah I’m a kid and I’m also a goofball.

And a wing nut. And a knucklehead McSpazatron!

But most importantly... I’m a goofy goober! - SpongeBob Squarepants Reese Eckert: “You live but once; you might as well be amusing.” - Coco Chanel Maura Ference: “Don’t stop believin’.” - Steve Perry, Don’t Stop Believin’

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Meghan Ferguson: “Welcome to the real world. It sucks.

You’re gonna love it.” - Monica Geller, Friends Brooke Ferman: “The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.” - Malcolm X Natalia Ferreira: “One cannot deny who one is meant to be” Ernesto de la Cruz, Coco Grace Fick: “If the stars were made to worship, so will I / If the mountains bow in reverence, so will I / If the oceans roar Your greatness so will I / For if everything exists to lift You high, so will I.” Hillsong United, So Will I (100 Billion X) Ryan Findlay: “There may be people who have more talent than you, but that’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do—and I believe that.” Derek Jeter Nick Finefrock: “Think big, make it happen.” - Donald Trump Marsean Fisher: “Turned up the city, I broke off the notch.” Gunna, Hot Marilyn Fogarty: “I’ve been livin’ life / Like I lived twice.” Slim Jxmmi, No Type Caroline Foster: “Let me be something every minute of every hour of my life; when I’m asleep, let me dream all the time so that no little piece of living is ever lost.” - Francie Nolan, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Lillie Franzen: “Take a look past our innocence / Take a step back to yesterday / When life would move slower, we would never grow up.” - Mako, Our Story Maggie Franzen: “The expected is just the beginning.

The unexpected is what changes our lives.” - Dr. Meredith Grey, Grey’s Anatomy Ashley Freestone: “Grownups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.” - Antoine de Saint- Exupéry, The Little Prince Max Fruscella: “GET SOME...

Go Every Time So Others May Everytime.” - Rick Vice, Division III: Football’s Finest Abhishek Ganesh: “I’m not convinced I know how to read.

I’ve just memorized a lot of words.” - Nick Miller, New Girl Christian Garlik: “Don’t let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy.” - Glenn Frey, Take It Easy

Lucie Garza: “I want to be great.” - Patrick Mahomes Emily Gauvreau: “The best revenge is massive success.” Frank Sinatra Lauren Gebel: “I would give myself an A+.” - Donald Trump Ethan Gebhardt: “Time flies, try to catch it.” - Mac Miller, Time Flies Claire Geurkink: “And when you get the chance to sit it out or dance / I hope you dance.”

- Lee Ann Womack, I Hope You Dance Sarah Godefroid: “No matter where life takes me, you find me with a smile.” - Mac Miller, Best Day Ever Blake Gordon: “Always be yourself, always be original! It’s you being happy with who you are.” - Post Malone Cullen Grant: “Life is too short to worry about what others say about you. Have fun and give them something to talk about.”

- Kevin Hart Katie Greenstein: “It’s the end of the world as we know it / And I feel fine.” - Michael Stipe, It’s the End of the World as We Know it (And I Feel Fine) Katie Hallums: “What’s broken can be mended, what’s hurt can be healed. No matter how dark it gets, the sun’s gonna rise again.” - Dr. Meredith Grey, Grey’s Anatomy Josh Hansen: “Life is pain— we’ve got to scrape the joy from it every chance we get.”

- Rod Kimble, Hot Rod Callie Harrison: “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.”

- Vince Lombardi Tyler Harwood: “Live your life off the wall.” - Michael Jackson, Off the Wall Megan Heckmann: “You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” - Eleanor Roosevelt Laura Held: “Something I stand for is being brave enough to invest in creative ideas that I firmly believe in and bringing those to life.”- G-Eazy Garrett Henry: “You ought to spend a little more time trying to make something of yourself and a little less time trying to impress people.” - Richard Vernon, The Breakfast Club Sarah Higgins: “The human world—it’s a mess.” Sebastian, Under the Sea Jacob Hinton: “Music begins where the possibilities of language end.” - Jean Sibelius Claire Holestine: “We didn’t realize we were making

memories, we just knew we were having fun.” - Winnie the Pooh Kayla Hoover: “You’re off to great places! Today is your day!

Your mountain is waiting, so... get on your way!” - Dr. Seuss Allison Horstmann: “Remember that people are only guests in your story—the same way you are only a guest in theirs—so make the chapters worth reading.” - Lauren Klarfeld Owen Hueckel: “Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.” - Wayne Dyer Vrisha Jagdish: “I have a lot of questions. Number one, how dare you?” - Kelly Kapoor, The Office CJ Jaggie: “I feel God in this Chili’s tonight”. - Pam Beesly, The Office Shadley James: “One lucky shot deserves another.” Shaquille O’Neal Megan Jefferies: “Part of the journey is the end.” - Tony Star, Endgame Leenie Johns: “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass.

It’s about learning how to dance in the rain.” - Vivian Greene Connor Jones: “Shut Up and fish.” - Maddie & Tae Matt Jones: “Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress; working hard for something we love is called passion.” - Simon Sinek Karsen Jurenka: “Dream on, dream until your dreams come true.” - Aerosmith Olivia Kalamboukas:”I’m going to go out, meet some boys and crush their hearts one by one.” - Jackie Burkhart, That 70’s Show Kari Kamrud: “I never look back, darling! It distracts me from the now.” - Edna Mode, The Incredibles Matthew Kanan: “Believe in your flyness. Conquer your shyness.” - Kanye West Natalie Karlsson: “Nothing ends nicely, that’s why it ends.”

- Tom Cruise Ethan Karr: “Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.” - Robert E. Lee Kelly Keiter: “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” Winnie the Pooh Cameron Kelly: “I’ve always won, and I’m going to continue to win. And that’s the way it is.”

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Peyton Kemmerling: “We are born of one breath, one word.

We are all one spark, eyes full of wonder.” - Pneuma by TOOL Max Kennington: “You can’t always choose the path that you walk in life, but you can always choose the manner in which you walk it.” - John O’Leary Caroline Kesting: “This I declare about the Lord . . . For he will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly disease. He will cover you with his feathers. He will shelter you with his wings.

His faithful promises are your armor and protection.” - Psalm 91:2–4 Grace Kirtley: “And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.” - John Muir Sam Knutson: “Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”

- Andy Dufresne, Shawshank Redemption Andrew Kodner: “Well, it ain’t perfect but I don’t mind because it’s worth it. Who really has the time at all?” - Perfecto Mac Miller Audrey Krone:¨We won’t be distracted by comparison if we are captivated by purpose¨ Bob Goff Megan Kulick: “Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end” - John Lennon Geoffrey Ladue: “There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn’t mind who gets the credit.” Ronald Reagan Austin Laves: “They laugh at me because I’m different; I laugh at them because they’re all the same.” - Kurt Cobain Adam Lawson: “It’s hard to keep an open heart, when even friends seem out to harm you, but if you could heal a broken heart, wouldn’t time be out to charm you.” - Axl Rose, November Rain Fiona Lazzaretti: “Love the life you live, live the life you love.” Bob Marley Ethan Leslie: “I was so unpopular in high school, the crossing guard used to lure me into traffic.” - Community Carissa Lewis: “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” - Dr. Seuss Carissa Lieberman: “It’s the oldest story in the world. One day you’re 17 and planning for someday. And then

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quietly and without you ever really noticing, someday is today. And then someday is yesterday.” - Nathan Scott, One Tree Hill Claire Lister: “You don’t have enough talent to win on talent alone.” - Herb Brooks Andersen Lohr: “A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” David Brinkley Sam Londono: “I tried to pay attention, but attention paid me.” - Lil Wayne, She Will Hannah Long: “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” - Jimmy Dean Max Loomis: “I get by with a little help from my friends” John Lennon Carson Luther: “If one day the speed kills me don’t be sad because I will have died smiling.” - Paul Walker Ariana Magafas: “Before we get started, does anyone want to get out?” - Steve Rogers, Captain America 2 Shreyaa Mark: “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” - Winnie The Pooh Lauren Marshall: “Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.”

- Kobe Bryant Rachel Martin: “Really try to follow what it is that you want to do and what your heart is telling you to do.” - Jennifer Aniston Sadhana Matheswaran: “Oh my god, she’s totally going to flunk us. I haven’t gotten an F since I failed recess in second grade.”- Amy Santiago, Brooklyn 99 Blake McCarthy: “If you can get through doing things that you hate to do, on the other side is greatness.” - David Goggins Hannah McDaniel: “I’d rather have loyalty than love, cause love don’t really mean jack.

See love is just a feeling, you can love someone and still stab them in they back.” - 21 Savage, Ball Without You Shannon McGinnis: “Sometimes I’ll start a sentence and I don’t even know where it’s going. I just hope I find it along the way.” - Michael Scott, The Office Shannon McLain: “Be grateful for today and never take anything for granted. Life is a

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blessing.” -LiveLifeHappy.com Alexander McMillen: “I just kept on going. I ran clear to the ocean. And when I got there, I figured, since I’d gone this far, I might as well turn around.” Forrest Gump Blaiz Mcpeek: “Every little thing gonna be alright.”- Bob Marley and the Wailers, Three Little Birds Siena Meyrer: “You cannot make a difference unless you’re different.” - Justin Timberlake Ella Miget: “Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.” Immanuel Kant Carter Miller: “Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.” - Donald Trump Carson Miriani: “Life’s simple: You make choices and you don’t look back.” - Han, The Fast and the Furious Danny Moeller: “It’s amazing to me how I’m eating so much and I still didn’t gain no weight.” - Lil Uzi Vert Ellen Moloney: “Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can.” - John Wesley Michael Monfort: “Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.” - Teddy Roosevelt Sydney Monninger: “All these words left unsaid, hanging over my head.” - Ruel, Unsaid Tom Montgomery: “Just do one thing or the other don’t try to be two people at once.”

- Arthur Morgan, Red Dead Redemption 2 Caroline Morales: “Don’t let anyone ever make you feel like you don’t deserve what you want.”- Heath Ledger, 10 Things I Hate About You Sara Morgenthaler: “It never hurts to keep looking for sunshine.” -Eeyore, Winnie the Pooh Aiden Murphy: “I know it hurts sometimes but you’ll get over it. You’ll find another life to live.” - Lil Uzi Vert, The Way Life Goes Hannah Muse: “Sometimes I’ll start a sentence and I don’t know where it’s going, I just hope I find it along the way.” Michael Scott, The Office Jake Nelson: “When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful.” - Eric Thomas Meg Nemnich: “A normal life is boring.” - Eminem, Lose

Yourself Jonah Nickerson: “Be somebody nobody thought you could be.” Anonymous Lucas Nickerson: “If people are doubting how far you can go, go so far that you can’t hear them anymore.” - Michele Ruiz Bryce Niewoehner: “Ain’t nothing but a thang.” - Tropic Thunder Sam Nixon: “Carole Baskin fed her husband to the tigers.” Joe Exotic Alex Norvell: “Footfalls echo in the memory, down the passage which we did not take, towards the door we never opened, into the rose garden.”

- T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets: Burnt Norton Natalie Nouhan: “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” - C.S. Lewis Lily Oberlin: “It’s something unpredictable but in the end it’s right, I hope you had the time of your life.” - Green Day, Good Riddance Parker Ockerhausen: “If nothing else in life, I want to be true to the things I believe in, and quite simply, to what I’m all about.” - Peyton Manning Gavin O’Neill: “Keep believing.” - Brian O’Neill Sarah Ortiz: “Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” Confucius Lucas Ortman: “Surprised Eddie? If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet I wouldn’t be more surprised than I am right now.”

- Clark W. Griswold Jr. Max Oscarson: “Chasin’ these dollar signs.” - Big Sean Rena Owens: “One thinks of all the hands. That are raising dingy shades. In a thousand furnished rooms.” - T.S. Eliot, Preludes Rachel Paese: “I am 100% sure that I’m 0% sure of what I’m going to do.” - Chris Traeger, Parks and Recreation Emily Panasci: “I’m sure it must feel as though everything is coming apart, but you can get through this.” - Christina Yang, Grey’s Anatomy Sara Parikh: “Evaporate, tall person!” - Sharpay Evans, High School Musical Dev Patel: “For a dreamer, night’s the only time of day.” – The Weeknd Sachi Patel: “The only way to fail is not to fight. So you fight

until you can’t fight anymore.”

- Amelia Shepherd, Grey’s Anatomy Rachel Perera: “Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.” - James Dean Emma Petrowsky: “We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough.” Helen Keller Natalie Phelps: “Just Keep Swimming.” - Finding Nemo Alexis Pietro “I may not know it, but these are the moments that I’m gonna remember most. Yeah, just gotta keep going.” - Miley Cyrus, The Climb Jake Powers: “No matter where life takes me, find me with a smile” - Mac Miller, Best Day Ever William Przybylski: “Why hit a conservative shot? When you miss it, you are in just as much trouble when you miss a bold one.” - Arnold Palmer Jenna Quist: “God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest.” - J.G. Holland Nithya Raman: “People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing everyday.” - Winnie the Pooh Nisha Ravikumar: “One person’s craziness is another person’s reality.” - Tim Burton Jalin Reese: “Sometimes as a man, you fear what you can’t see. Nobody can predict the future. Tomorrow’s not promised. The only thing you can do is live your life, hope for the best, continue to have faith, believe in yourself.” - Michael Vick Hailey Rhode: “Why fit in when you were born to stand out.” - Dr. Seuss Abby Robeson: “I have found that if you love life, it will love you back.” - Authur Rubinstein Jonah Robinson: “They’ve done studies, you know. 60% of the time, it works every time.” - Brian Fantana Josh Robinson: “I’m starting with the Man In the Mirror...and no message could have been any clearer. If you wanna make the world a better place, take a look at yourself, and then make a change” - Michael Jackson, Man In The Mirror Maggie Rogan: “My vibe right now is just living life.” Kourtney Kardashian Alex Rozar: “So it goes.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five Alyssa Ruckman: “I wish there was a way to know you were in

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the good old days before you actually left them.” - The Office Katie Sallet: “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” Winnie the Pooh Audrey Samples: “Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” Maya Angelou Andrew Schatz: “We don’t need no education.” - Pink Floyd Alexander Scheman: “Mr. Finish Line.” - Vulfpeck Carsyn Schneider: “Now that you’ve graduated, just remember: Bosses don’t usually accept notes from your mother.” - Melanie White Ryan Schneider: “I don’t think I’m a lot dumber than you thought that I think that I thought I was once.” - White Goodman, Dodgeball Sam Schnellmann: “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” - Albert Einstein Sarah Schoenfelder: “It’s going to be legen- - wait for it- dary.” - Barney Stinson, How I Met Your Mother Max Schoening: “You thought you were free?” - Far Cry 5 Megan Scholl: “This is just a part of growing up, a little adventure, a little rebellion, that’s good. Healthy, even.”

- Flynn Rider, Tangled Derek Schreiner: “Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy.

Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.” Michael Scott, The Office Gwendolyn Schweiss: “You ought to spend a little more time trying to make something of yourself and a little less time trying to impress people.” Richard Vernon, The Breakfast Club Laurel Scott: “Don’t follow the crowd. Let the crowd follow you.” - Margaret Thatcher Chris Settle: ““The Road goes ever on and on / down from the door where it began / And I must follow, if I can / and whither then? I cannot say.”

-The Fellowship of the Ring Mason Settle: “Could be worse. Not sure how, but it could be.” - A. A. Milne Lilly Shaikun: “In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.” - Coco Chanel Morgan Shelton: “Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do.

Don’t wish it was easier; wish you were better.” - Jim Rohn

Jake Sherman: “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” - Michael Jordan Caitlynn Sigman: “Sometimes you gotta work a little, so you can ball a lot.” - Tom Haverford, Parks and Recreation Kshitij Sinha: “Never tell me the odds.” - Han Solo, Star Wars Allison Sink: “Never say goodbye because saying goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.” - Peter Pan Ashley Skaggs: “People are strange.” - The Doors, People are Strange Gabriel Snyder: “Nothing gold can stay.” - Robert Frost Nicole Soest: “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”Eleanor Roosevelt Zach Sortor: “They did it! The game is over! The series is over! The wait is over! The St. Louis Blues are Stanley Cup Champions for the first time in franchise history.” - Chris Kerber Elijah Southman: “You are who you choose to be.” Hogarth Hughes, The Iron Giant Zoë Spriggs: “People aren’t supposed to look back. I’m certainly not going to do it anymore.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five Mia Staehling: “Memories have to be our most painful blessing.” - Kanye West Abby Stebner: “Girls just want to have fun.” - Cyndi Lauper Dylan Stovall: “I’m not a businessman. I’m a business, man.” - Jay Z Delaney Stulce: “Everybody needs a change / A chance to check out the new / But you’re the only one to see / The changes you take yourself through.” - Stevie Wonder, Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing Colin Swan: “Try to be the rainbow in someone else’s cloud.” - Maya Angelou Easton Sweeten: “I was a good student in school.” Kenan Thompson Max Tabor: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment.” Bible, Matthew 22:36- 40 Karan Tandon: “Don’t pick the prickly pear by the paw, when you pick a pear try to use the

claw.” - Baloo, The Jungle Book Austin Taschler: “When you have something to say, silence is a lie.” - Jordan B. Peterson Chase Taschler: “It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.” - Abe Fortas, Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District Henry Thomas: “The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.” - Christopher Hitchens Laura Toenjes: “Welcome to the real world, it sucks but you’re gonna love it.” - Monica Geller, Friends Lily Tomasic: “You could rattle the stars. You could do anything, if only you dared.” Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass Teni Toriola: “Treat people with kindness.” - Harry Styles Ben Townsend: “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Katherine Tremper: “I’m not good with advice. But can I interest you in a sarcastic comment?” - Chandler Bing, Friends Lalit Trivedi: “A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.” Nelson Mandela Tyson Trost: “You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” - Aaron Eckhart, The Dark Knight Rises Gabby Trottier: “12 inches is a feet” - TisaKorean, Crash The Party Blake Tulloch: “Say hello to my little friend.” - Tony Montana, Scarface Natalie Tuttle: “You know I’ve realized that I’m probably just perfect and it’s everyone else around me that’s got issues.” Scott Disick Brooke Tvrdik: “Seize the day, put very little trust in tomorrow.” - Horace Laney Tvrdik: “We’re all in this together.” - High School Musical Casey Uffelmann: “I got no feelings to go. I swear I had it up to here, I got no ceilings to go.” - Big Sean Adam Ulrich: “Keep fishing.

Never stop.” - Jon B. Gracie Upbin: “I haven’t even begun to peak.” - Dennis Reynolds, It’s Always Sunny in

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Philadelphia Alex Vancil: “You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.” - A.A. Milne Sanjana Vennam: “Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.” - Dr. Seuss Sam Vishion: “I am the egg man. They are the egg men.

I am the walrus. Goo goo g’joob.” - The Beatles, I Am the Walrus Malayka Walton: “It’s a horrible neighborhood. There are youths everywhere.” Winston Schmidt, New Girl Reese Ward: “You can’t kill him if he’s wearing people clothes.” - Homer Simpson, The Simpsons Movie Ryan Ward: “Anybody can pick something when they know what it is; it takes real leadership to pick something you’re clueless about.” - Russ Cargill, The Simpsons Movie Addie Watson: “It all begins and ends in your mind. What you give power to, has power over you, if you allow it.” - Leon Brown Jack Weaver: “This is an island surrounded by water, big water, ocean water.” - Donald Trump.

Rosa Wessel: “I think it’s time to shine, I’ve been waiting so long.” - Lil Tjay Ashley White: “I love muddy puddles.” - Peppa Pig Jackie Wildt: ¨How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” Winnie the Pooh Kennedy Willhite: “Have some fire. Be unstoppable.” Christina Yang, Grey’s Anatomy Braeden Williams: “I don’t know how to put this but I’m kind of a big deal. People know me.” - Ron Burgundy, Anchorman Thomas Wilson: “Stay Hungry.

Stay Foolish.” - Steve Jobs Shannon Worley: “If we could only have this life for one more day, if we could only turn back time.” - One Direction Kyle Yerby: “The trees’ shadows lie in black pools in the lawn.” - Charles Reznikoff Kayonna Young: “Goodbye everyone. I’ll remember you all in therapy.” - Plankton, SpongeBob Squarepants Christian Zinngrabe: “Sometimes you just gotta be drop- kicked out of the nest.” Robert Downey Jr.

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