You get up. get reacly for the clay. ucl go off to school. knowing that you •ll have to f ac:e JDauy uew · obstacles . Whether it•s taking pop quizzes or having to speak iu front of au e),ltire classrooJD full of classJDat es. or just surviving the cliff ereut bell sc:heclules. c:ro wclecl halls. aucl uew c:oustruc:tiou cletours. you c:au at l east be pretty sure that it wou•t be boring.
You never know for sure what life will throw at y ou - what surprises it has arouucl the next c:oruer f or you. But even though soJDe see life a as a gaJDe. y ou shoulcl always live it to the fullest aucl never take i t f or gradea. because it c:oulcl c:hauge iu the bhuk of au eye. You c:oulcl ac:e the final exaJD. or you JDight h ave to retake a class over the SUJDJDer . You c:oulcl t ra vel to soJDe exotic: place as part of a school trip. or y ou c:oulcl stay huclcllecl iu your freezing c:olcl/boiliug h ot classrooJD all clay . You c:oulcl receive au awarcl or soJD e public: rec:oguitiou for your work. or you JDight be seriously iuJurecl iu au ac:c:icleut.
Whatever c:arcls are clealt to you. the c:hoic:e of h ow to play theJD is always up to you .
"Whatever you do in life, do the very best you can with both your heart and Dlind. • - Lakota Instructions for Ltvtn
Bow clicl you play your gaJDe of Life this year? Diel you sail through the boarcl grabbing up all of the treasures. or clicl you encl up with nothing iu last place? Or were you soJDewhere 111 between? Diel you even show up? Auel how clicl you f ac:e those c:halleuges? Diel you c:ougratulate your opponents. or clicl you take your ball aucl go hoJDe?
The JDost iJDportaut lesson to learn is that. as a result of whatever you fac:ecl. you know JDOre about yourself aucl your c:harac:ter . What are you going to clo with that kuowleclge uow? Bow clicl you hauclle the triUJDphs? What kiucl of a person clicl these trials aucl tribulations JDake you? Diel they JDake you stronger aucl JDOH cleterJDiuecl? Or clicl they kuoc:k you clown? Will you stay clown. or will you gather up the pieces aucl keep trying?
Regarclless of the outc:oJDe. try to see your experieuc:es as opportunities for growth Make your hf e aucl the lives of other better through your worcls aucl ac:t1ous
Leave the wor lei a better place. Start now Go!
The Hfe l touch for good or mwfil touch nother Hfe, and that tn tum another, until ho knows where the trembling stops or 1n hat far place my touch wDl be felt.•
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omecom.in{J 2007 tumec out to be. a wonce.rful night, cc>l%ice.rin{J the. fact that hom.e.com.in{J h one of on.ly two cane~ that )...Hg i1 able. to have. prom.I Man-y 1tuce.n-t1 love. to can-ce. anc han,g with frie.~, 10 it 1e.e.~ unfortunate. that we. we.re. on-ly able. tc> have. two cane~ in- the. 1chc>ol year. The.re. w~n-'t an-y probte~ throughout the. night, it ran- ~m.c>c>th anc everyone hac a gooc rime.. No tornaco warn.in,g1 or an-ythi»fJ to m.a.ke. 1top canci}'lfJ. gince. l~t year we. ~pent more. than- half of hom.e.com.i»fJ in- the. J...incc>ln- High b~e.m.e.nt cue. to an- e.m.e.rge.n.cy tornaco warni»fJ. The the.me. thh year w~ "A Night in- a french Quarter/' which i~ like. Marci ar~. Even. though itw~ Very hot in- the. gc>uth CcYm. everyone kept aanci}'lfJ, The. -Pi w~ great anc itw~ i~t a night to rem.e.m.be.r. r.oyalty ca.nciaat~ thi1 year inclucec: ge.nior1 Mike. Maly, Erin- Kre.n-k, Courtney ~h, J~h Rhe.r, WiU 'Ben.net, anc Ancrea Mack. Junior~: 'Benito ganc~ ghan,n.cm Harrh, Mitch He.ncric~, gte.Ua Yc>c>n-, John- Kin{J~ton-, anc Maci10-n- Jo~, gophc>m.or~: \)in.cent gm.a.it, Joan.net Harrh, -Pom.inique. Qran{Je.r, Tori Jar~ke., anc Tyler Qib~o-n-, fr~hm.e.n-: C~e. White, Kaleigh l<in{J1ton-, Ati Taylor, J~h H~o a e.[m.a. gam.
Alaynct }<ech.ely (11) a~ t<etli g;lva (12.) can.ce at homeoomil'l{3. 130th. gilva a~ }<ech.ely are on. th.e l..in.coln. High. can.ce team, ')?omali~.
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!al• Curtls-8eard ( 10)
Tim Ctartls-8eard (9)
Koble Higglson ( 11 )
Rebecca Stout (9)
T his year the LinC(}lr#f,f",...,, ff ig h Bo wling te·al!N"'"1,d the i r best anc;igadlots of fu n a lo ng the way. Boys' their share of wins dy Links won 'JYHSBF Class A Championship
Just by hangthese lively stucoaches you can wse they have all er the season, and e bowlers say eturn next year. owling teams, om all grades, at Sun Valley Lanes
Clil!!~ hours in the eveuple of nights The coaches say a good way to out of trouble and something /'40::, l, to do. Pervlous m the team will te bowling balls sure everyone has at the game. We two bowlers on ' team from Malwould be unable not for the Uncoln day winds ctice, and the das are about and girls offjust
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Front row ( o R) Jordan Scribner, Sheld Kadavy, Ben Nabity. Back 11 w (L to R) Reed Brodersen, Head Coach Les Amory, Ben Bigbrett.
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Upper Left: Kristine Foreman ( 12) is on the hunt for the proper bowling ball to get her a strike while practicing at Sun Valley Lanes.
Bottom Left: Michael Ring (9J tosse s the ball down the long alley way, leaving him with t he ten pen. Rin g i.:, o ne of the two bo w lers from Malcon1 ffigh School.
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lhe lmp team rolls Mound e,·ery February lo begin praC'licc al the Lincoln Trap mid Skeet Club. lbc season always begins with t1 chill and warms around the end March. lbe team practices till April whc~n the competitions bf'gin, and . go until about the end of the yeur. Alumni even come back , ,; during practices lo gi\'e hetpful hints and say that it feels good lo be around their team again.
Each practice consist of fifty rounds, in two sets of lw nl y five. Trap differs from skeet because il is shot on the g · und us opposed lo in a lower, as is done in skeet shooting. lllill.f:if1. ;,;J , M95t of the boys on the team have been shooting for An'1 r(~ ye s, und say that they do trap and hunting in ,. • but do love coming out lo pn1clice and being ·riends.
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~t1lc Oishnum (12) shoots t1l <1 round on t1 cold Februt1ry dt1y <1l llw Lincoln Trup und Skt~ct. 'll1is will be 01shmans' second yeur n the Uncoln I liqh Tru11 leant
TI11s yea1· saw a number of first~. a11.i the continu 1t1011 cf ti 1.i1t1011B. TI110 Wa6 the f1 :t y ar lus offeTcd AP Studio Art in which stu.ient~ f>t .11-t d this ye.1r witll .l focw e1t-he1 Otl D 3[) Desig11. The LHS Winter & Spring A,-t sl1L-w0 Cc't1t111uej tlleu- tr,1,i1tJ..,11 of over 5 ye I Youth Art Month (March) had 30 stu.ie11tt; .iif>!-'lay their wc:ni. it Bennett M:111'411 Li ao,,vr11va11m
But the big news this year was when eioht. L,tu.ient0 tne.llle.i i11 the ~h·afka stat Ct1 111retitio11 this year. (See photc1 at- riaht) Li11ccl11 H10h Wrntk~l'l:.• 111clu.ie lBai.i ~w f1 L, Left DvtT.1k, Jx.ol, A11c1erson, anj Mike Maly. (Frc111t ~,w frc'tti Left) Etlu11 Nid1c1ls, U11 i£,ey frejl', Ditta aid Mc'l'e111 Kassim. (Not picture,i Daniel Leij.1l. Jx.,[, A11..ier·t•o11 reGeJve.i 2 L~oli Me fab. Oi,ta Hue,ov1 Etlun Nichols, Meren-1 Kassi111 receive.i Silver,:,,, aid C...1thc'r1t 1e [)\ c'r..1k, (') mc'I Le.lj.1, Mile Maly, and Un..:16 y frejc' received Bronzes.
The Ar-t Depa1-'tme11t wol'ke.i hi!d this ye.11· t,y111L1 t1., get e\e1y s•tu,ient to 11£ :-ve1 tJ,e-11 ·111ner 1rti.st," accor.iing to Depart111ent Chair Shdwn St o~et.'. ·we jo not ~1ive cii.we,elvee; en..1Uf.Jh ~·e t~ve rLiy ti111e i11 our live.s. Our society couLi [,e 01·eatly 111fluenc<-j if we 011ly ,ievekip 'teet tM ' i 1 ,t creative 'innovators,'" Stokee,.
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ro m ma ny dtfferent countries, witb experiences and sk__,ills tbat most otber :Jfc3 st udents can't e1Jen imagine. 'I'bere are currently 14 cL:L: students at :Jfc3 sp eak__,ing 19 languages and representing 25 countries including r aq, c3 yria, :7ran, u-ff gbanistan, cgypt, 'l<!!ssia, <Balarus, Cbina, Vietnam,
a mbodi a, r:Yr[yanmar, (lermany, r:Yr[exico, (luatemala, Colombia , Cuba, cl c3a/1:J ad or, 7..1 k_,raine, u-11 bania, <Bosnia and from places al I 01:Jer u-ff rica Jik_,e
u dan , <Burundi, eYenegal , eYomalia, and Zftmbia. 'I'bey come in bopes of a bet ter /if e and a new beginning, and tbey bope to be welcomed and appreciated. :7n addition to learning a new language (for many, cnglisb will be tbeir 4t b or e1J en 5tb language), tbey also ba1Je to na1Jigate tbe confusing World of a new
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Above: Kayla Meskimen (12) spots Ronesha Hoagland ( 12) while she squats during their 2nd period Weight Training class.
Left: Health Teacher Joe Shandrea helps Nyabalach Makuey (10) with an assignment during his 3rd period Health class.
Above: Students workout in the-aerobic room during P.E. Teacher Lawrence Chri stensen's 3rd period Team 0 Sports class.
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Lo Rotschafer ( 11) practice during 7th period Concert Band
M:ildleR~ C seaHeamn(12) aml 'Iiffany :Maske (12) give the class their tmughm aoout the routine..
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Bottom Left: t.an nauuen (11) and brlon barnes (11) Form escers In science ceacner sean oucnam s period cwo aduanced cnem1scru class an est.er Is a compound produced ou a react.Ion oecween an acid and an aLconoL w1cn cne eum1nac1on oP wot.er molecule
The spUtdng of the atom, the creation of penicillin, the discovery of relativity, all began with the basics of sdence, which Lincoln High students learn everyday thanks to the LHS science department. "There are a lot of subjects that I can teach." said Physical Science and Chemistry teacher Kelly James. Students can take classes ranging from physical science, to Geosdence, to physics, and advanced chemistry.
"l lilce teaching science because I am able to enlighten young minds." stated LHS Science teacher Richard Jackson. Students learn new things everyday and are able to obtain hands on knowledge. Karina Ruiz-Vargas (12) stated "I can work hands on." when asked what she lilced about sdence. Science combines discovery with math, logic, and experiments to unlock the secrets of the world around us.
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decorated these cookies during trick or treat for disabilities.
Students and staff enjoy the Thanksgiving Dinner provided by Student Council on November 2 I. 2007 in room 302.
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"I liked the idea of a small school." said "Zoo School" Senior Erin interes ted in." said Arts and Humanities Senior David Frenzel. "The Science Foe s I was looking for." said "Zoo School" Sophomore Dakota Sicking " I wanted to wor Stillwelldler. These are just some of the reasons why LPS students choose to go to a 1 PS
The idea for the focus programs originated in 1995, when some teach program and part time at their home high schools. The central cOncc::tHi•ll alternative to regular high school. The teachers' vision consis enough to express their individual talents, ideas, and take conUO.t teachers . " I love the opportunity to work with kids in techno why s he choose to work at a focus program.
The first focus program was the Science Focus Ptvurtllfi the Arts and Humanities Focus Program opened across from the next focus program to be created followed by the Entrepren
At all of the Focus Programs, except ITFP, the students ta'k their focus program. Zoo school requires a year long science project of the year. The Arts and Humanities has various art projects that their The E ntrepreneurship Focus Program has students have to present a po th e y have worked on during their entrepreneurship classes.
Left: ITFP students work on their graphic design projects during the morning at ITFP. Teacher Di Ann Fowler helps ITFP jun i or Matt Thornton with his project.
Right: Adrienne Lemer (12)holds a heart monitor, while Burgandy Coy ( 11) monitors her heart rate for a project in their Science Focus Program Anatomy/ Physiology class
''Education is too important to be left solely to educators.
Top Left: Chhean So ( 12) of Lincoln High works on his graphic design project during the morning sessions at the Information Technology Focus Program. Top Right: Grey son Siegert ( 10) draws a picture of an artistic betrayal of a bird at Arts and Humanities Focus Program during lunch. Middle Left: Students work in advanced English class at Entrepreneurship Focus Program. Bottom Left:National Geographic Photographer Joel Sartore speaks to Zoo School about conservation and his photography projects. Bottom Right: Lincoln High junior Chelsea Hayes opens her note book to take notes during her history class at Entrepreneurship Focus Program.
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This year's Cross Country season went very well, according to Coach Jon Dawson. "Nearly all of our athletes either set or lowered their personal record times for this year," he said. Seeing all of the athletes make tremendous progress was a high point for Dawson and the team, including Paul Pape's 14th place medal at state, and Ama nda Costello's 21st place finish. Both Pape and Costello earn_ed AJl Cit ,_Ho~n~o rs.
One of the biggest challenges this year was "getting more athletes to come out for our sport," Dawson said. The good news, though, is that the team will have many returning runners next year, including: Karis Parker, Am an da Costello, Emily Grafton, Storm Mellick for the girls team, and Paul Pape, Ryan Hammack, Cooper Soton Thuong La, Connor Goodwin, Charlie Neibel , Alex Neukirch fo r th e boys.
Below: Kar is Parlier (12) stays on the heels of a Sout h west runner. Rir:ht: Benito Sanchez (11) lieeps aheaa of the ach at the Bryan Invite.
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front row (L to R): Tori Jarecke, Emily Martinez. Jessica Svec, Aylena Solomon, Jennifer Vernon, Mariah Johnstone, Ellen Tesch
second row (L to R): Coach Gallagher, Kaleigh Kingston, Ali Taylor, Kas· Siebrandt, Britt Ehly, Haley Keller, Malea Cole, Jamie Fasnacht
Ashley Pew (11), who also plays on the Varsity team, serves the ball during a game. Ashley also plays basketball and is in band.
Riser moves his way around his defender and drives to the hoop during State.
(above) Junior RJ Richardson jumps through the wall of defenders for a lay -up duri ng State.
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The process of producing a yearbook is fun, interesting, educational, and stressful at times It is up to students to design everything Walsworth Publishing Company does the printing The most important thing is to meet deadlines that Walsworth sets At first students decide on pages, and pages get assignee/ Then follows the designing and hard work of yearbook staff, witch consists of LJ-1S students.
The designing doesn't just take a day or two It could take up to a month to be completely done with the spread. The information and pictures weren't there for students to use They have to go out and take pictures, do interviews, and use their computer skills to complete the task they were assigned All this process gives them good skills in photography, journalism, and designing. On top of this there is always a deadline after deadline waiting It is a stressful process Junior Brittany Rice said, " If you sign up for yearbook don't expect it to be easy, expect stress every day. "
At the end of the year things don 't look as bad as they seem. Every person on yearbook staff is proud that they had part in schools yearbook Senior Ronesha Hoagland said, " The yearbook comes out as students want. " This is one of the important things Students design pages, and not the teachers or other people Th e ye a rbook is in s tudents h a nds to design, and everyone does their best to get a good y earbook p u blished
Two of the five freedoms that are granted for American people are freedoms of press and speech They are exercised by Uncoln High in the form of a newspaper called Advocate. Students are the writers of it and have no limitation to write about what is important to them. The ideas come at brainstorming sessions They are held to create ideas and discuss latest news. There were some interesting stories to discuss this year, like Chuck Hagefs visit and State Championship teams.
Advocate has been running for many years , and this 2007 - 2008 school year has seen a slight change A new adviser appeared on stage, who is Chris Maly. He really enjoyed advising a student-created publication It has been a very good year for Advocate Genni Bachinski who worked three years on Advocate and is graduating this year said " Its been a great three years and rm really going to miss Advocate when I graduate." Other students had also many positive remarks about this year A second year Advocate staff member Emily Rejda said, " I have really enjoyed working on staff and we had a really fun and great year "
Work on Advocate requires skiUs and dedication. The newspaper has a cira.;tation of 2 ,000 papers. It is a significant product of our school because it promotes reading and thought. Advocate advisor Chris Maly said, "I find the newspaper to be an important tool for students; it allows thoughts to be worked out and prcx:fded, rather than simply being 'instant' There in a big difference between these processes." Natalia Ledford has worked on Advocate three years as editor in chief. Her work on Advocate inspired her to be a journalist, and this year she was chosen to represent Nebraska at national conference for aspiring journalists in Washington DC. Hard work alvvays pays off, thanks to he newspaper staffs hard work Advocate is published
Page Hutchinson ( 12) is writing a story for Ad-
Left: Advocate Staff. (Left to Right) Bi Barney, Katy Hoover, Emily Stanfield, Paige Hutchinson , Jared Vivier, Zach James , Alex Durrant, Michael Fairchild, Emily Rejda, Leighanne Kroeller, Nate Yound, Josh Bradley, Francisco Gonzalez
We asked teachers and staff members to bring in pictLwes of themselves as child1·en. It's pretty hard to imagine adults as little kids, but here's the p1·oof that they were once adoi-able babies and toddlers, too.
We also asked them to share a childhood memo1·y eit,her related to the photo 01· just something they recalled from when they were gi-owing up. They have taught us a lot an"'1 made "us" feel proud of ourselves to have to come this far and to believe in us to go as fa1· as we can in life.
For some students it is a big step to have to succeed in school and to just be in school.
So tha11ks to all the teache1·s a11d staff who have worked so hard for us. You a1·e the faces that can neve1· be forgotten.
And also thanks to all of the teachers who tried and who are still trying so hard for us and who keep 011 pushing us. We appreciate it, even if we don't always show it or say it.
to some renovations at Goodrich Middle School the students from Goodrich will be transferred to Dawes , which means that Dawes will stay open for about four more years. Hawthorne elementary will be closing at the end of the year.
Right: LPS Science Focus Program Teacher Sara LeRoy Toren , Lincoln High Students Hannah Pinneo (12), Lauren Pudenz (12), and Lincoln Children's Zoo Director John Chapa display the check they received from the State Farm Grant for Science Day. Science Day is an idea that Pinneo and Pudenz came up with and made a reality. The Science Focus Program students and Lincoln Children 's Zoo staff will teach elementary students about various ty])es of scie through fun exp mc1 ts and games.
Nebraska was the only state that required the use of the electric chair when conducting the death penalty. On Friday , February 8, 2008 Nebraska's Supreme Court declared that electrocution is torture and violates constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment.
Top: A 1988 photoraph of the Nebraska electric chair.
Above: Lord Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London Roger Bramble spoke to the Lincoln High School Band on September 25, 2007. He wanted to officially thank the LHS band fo accepting their invitation to play in the 2008 New Year's Parade in London England The LHS band was one of twelve American bands who will travel to London in December to play for the world in the New Year's Parade.
This school year saw a total of 14 new staff members here at Lincoln High. Along with the veterans, they had to face a number of challenges in and out of the classroom throughout the year.
Construction projects made things difficult for staff and students this year, but the forged ahead despite the obstacles. From construction detours and noise, colsed hallways, having to move out of rooms or travel from room to room, teachers and staff have met the challenges with their usual stoicism.
And even though we hardly had a single week without some kind of interruption - assembly, testing, fire alarm, student walk-out, or adjusted schedule - we all managed to make It through.
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Principal Or. Mike Wortman speaks during the got milk meeting. Lincoln high recieved a chech for being one of the top 25 most healthiest schools in the nation.
lnfHsh teacher Alyx Kelpt teaoha one of her EetHsh olassn. Kalpt Is one of the many teachers wflo p..tlolpated Ill spirit week 1,y clnas· .. waolcy, on waoky day.
Kupfer , Ruth
Lacy , Constance
Larson , Mark
Latt imer , Debra
Lefeber , Carole
Legg - Mccarty, Kimberly
Le ick , Janet
Lopez , Linda
Lorraine , Nora
Lugn , Greg
Maly , Christopher Marr League , Schawn
Mazurek , Maria
McClung , Paula McGinn , Deborah
Meyer , Shaunna Monger , Marsha
Myers , Mary Ann
Myers , William Newcomer , Marjean
Okereke , Elizabeth Olsen , Don
Ossenkop , Paula
Patterson , Janice
Pe rry , James
Pierce , Jeff Pierce , Susan
Plettner-Nelson , Glenda
Putnam , Sean
Quiring , Stephen
Reed , Ashlie
Reinmiller , Michael
Rickover , Anne Rine, Shirley
Robinson, Pamela
Rush, Terry
Rynearson, James Sand, Nancy
Sandberg , Todd Schaffer , Marilyn and Staff
English teacher Julla Doerr sits and relaxes as she gets her face painted at fall Festivus.
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You have made it through your freshman year, and now you are ready for the middle of your high school years. You've been through the drama, hard times, and through having to pass geometry. You know your way around school and know many teachers. This year is a year to remember your memories of being a sophomore. You 're not the newest kids in the building, but not quite top dogs, either. You've got a bit more freedom , and not yet too much responsibility. Enjoy it while it lasts.
Many of you have turned sixteen this year and now are driving to school and not having your older brother or sister or mom drive you to school because you can drive yourself. Others are passing the classes you thought would be impossible to pass. And of course many of you also have jobs you have to go to so you can get money for the mall or the movies.
Now it ' s also time to think about the future, what you want to be and how you will get there . This is the time to think about c oll eg es and scholarships. You may think it's too early to worry about it, but the more you do no w to p repare, th e e asier it w ill be when you get to be a junior or senior.
Aguilera De La Torre, Omar
Ahmose, Christian
AI-Badry, Zeinab • AI-Rebaie, Ali
AI-Waely, Khuloud
Alder, Jamie Ali, Mohammed Allen, Chelsea Allen , Christopher Alley, Jasmine
Treffer, Adam Trout, Kierra Troxel , Nick Truong, Ngoc Urzedowski, Tati
V~ladores, Marie Vanscoyk, Pameila Venegas De Luna , Adrian Vivier , Jared Vrazalica, Rahela
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(Right) Brittany Cook (10) works on note s in her 3rd period math class.
Waller, Ashley
Watson, Miriah
Wa tson, Vancordeyah
Wellman, Stephan ie Wheeler, Ben
White, Devante
White, Shaneiqua
Wilford, Michael Williss, Katy
Wilson, Andrew
Woullard , Taylor
W urm, Trevin Yaskevich, Sergey Yound, Nate
(Left) From left Shakelia Holmes, Desiree Jordan , and Asia Green hang out together at Homecoming
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Aguilar , Caitlin
Alsaadi , Nora
Alvarez, Mariah
Anson, Justin
Atai, Mehri
Avila , Journey
Baker , Keith
Bartek , Dustin
Bowman , Christopher
Breyer, Joshwa
Brichka, Anzhela
Bustamante , Claudia
Butler, Stephany
Castellanos, Isabel
Coleman , Samantha
Oak , Cece
Delarosa , Devon
Demers , Ryan
Dinh , Jackson
Divers, Paris
Doan , Do
Doan, Tu
Donnell , Lakrecia
Doring , James
Dorn, Gregory
Engnell , Trekuic
Fomin , Michail
Fynbu , Molly
Gamez Zavala , Leobardo
Garang , Atem
Geng , Geng
Gheran , Mustafa
Godinez , Nicholas Gonzalez
Zepeda , Eloisa
Granger , Dominique
Green , Asia
Greer , Dwayne
Hadgi , Omar
Hardesty , Danielle
Harpham , Erika
Hatcliff , Ricky
Hendrick , Kalynn
Hernandez, Bryce
Hernandez , Luis
Hiles , Desirae
Huynh , Virginia
Jamoliddini, Olimjon
Johnson , Raphael
Juber, Matthew
Kambal , Gabal
Kiczek , Micheal
Klein , Tara
Lacefield, Ricky
Lantz , Eric
Lewy , Aimee '
Lin , Qinling
Majid , Dana
Maldonado , Marlene
Malloy , Samantha
Mccaffrey, Lindsey
Mccoy , Breann
Mcdonald, Trei
Mcnally, Corey
Medina , Destiny
Miller, Terrence
Moo, K' paw
Morales , Cristina
Morgan , Alexis
Myles , K'tangela
Nguyen , Binh
Nguyen , Trieu
Nguyen , Xuan Trang
Orozco Aguirre , Dulce
Ramirez Salmeron , Marisol
Reeves , Madeline
Robinson , Dustin
Romero , William
Ruiz , Juan
Scarpino , Kristeena
Shear, Heather
Shokai , Martin
Snydstrup , Grant
Sun , Mike
Tackett , Jeremy
Timmerman , James
Vidusic, Almira
Weirauch , Stephanii
White , Logan
Wilkinson , Detavion
Wolfe , Cassidy
Yoakum , Zach
Young , Knezha
mo!:I lo the fop. Almo!:I made if. One more year lo go. Now a!: a junior many fhe!:e thing!: have changed for you: you can go out lo lunch. many people gel their firnfjob!:, you gel lo park clo!:e lo the !:choo/. and you've maybe worked up the nerve lo a!:k !:omeone lo Prom.
Of courne you walk down the hall!: with your head up high a!: the undercla!:!: gfudenf!: look up lo you. If!: the be!:I yea becau!:e you're not the new kid!:, but you don't have all of the !:Ire!:!: of being a !:enior yet . Eryoy if while if fagfgf More change!: await you next year.
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Jefferson, Pierrie Jensen, Michael Jesionowicz, Kayla Jesionowicz, Kylie Joeckel , Alexandra Johnson, Ellie Jones, Kellie Jones , Madison Juresic , Ivana Kassim , Marwa
Tadysheva , Diana Taylor , Joseph Taylor , Zeb Teater , Jake Temple , Lonnie
To , Duong
Toplica , Mirsada Tran, Kim Tran, Thi Tran , Trang
Aaron , Chase Bruyette , Adam Hansen, Corbin Khalaf, Farida Martinez , Al e xander Agud o, Heather Bush, Johnny Hartley, Sarah Khalaf, Marwan Mason - Rekte. Natassia AI-Timimi, Ali Byron, Jamia Haught, Chad Kincannon , Jacqueline McCauley. Zachery Aleu , Amor Carlsward, Ashley Hernandez, Marilyn Kombluh , Joshua Mclaughlin , Zachary Alfonso , Jose Castillo Padilla, Diana Heston, Mackaine Lee, Veronica Moore, Kevin Alvarado, Edith Daniel son , Nicolas Hobart, Andrew Leija , Marco Morgan , Tiffany Andrews , Derrick Dimas , Aly Hodge , Kendra Lopez Guiza, Evelyn Northup , Cameron Barbos a-Almazan , Fletc her , Saule ' ah Howard, Brandon Loyola. Meybool Nunez, Vanessa Armando Freri c hs, Alli son Jackson , Haley Lucht , Breann Osorio, Morris Barney , Eli Fuksa, Tonya Jangir, Kajien Luther, Jarrod Philippi , Jeremy Barnhill, Janette Garm a n , Timothy Jones-Brown , Timothy Lutumba , Sarah Powell, Phillip Berry , Ebo ny Gonzalez, John Keating , Alex Majid. Negar Puentes-De, Luis Blacketer, Tyler Hall , Megan Kendall, Crystal Mantilla Pinto, Andres Ramirez, Rebeca
Weeks, Kelsey Weldon, Amanda Whitemagpie, Chalawanda Whyrick, Chelsey Wiebelhaus, Jared
Williams , Carly Williamsen , Seth Wilson , Blake Wolfe , Madison Wright , Alley
Wroblewski, Hannah Wycoff, Elizabeth Yaskevich, Tatyana Yoon, Stella Yost, Mitch
Youngs, Kellie Zakaria, Emmanuel Zakharchenia, Alex Zollicoffer, Demitria
Reeve , Sara Tackett, Joshua Renteria , Demetrio Torquati , Gabriel Reyes, Mia Tran , Kien Reyes Medina , Uriel Tucker. Elliott Roman-Perez , Francisco Uribe, Shelby Rosenburg, Quinten Van Lear, Rachelle Russell, Michelle Vrazalica , llhana Scott , Steven Whitton, Keri
Shade , Fe li cia William, Daniel Shelor, Steven Williams , Nata~ha Shook , Jared Zerfass, Tasha Stagemeyer , Ashley Stutzman, Cody
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From day one you have brought sunshine to our lives. We have had some q:xxi times and bad, but through it all we have mana~ to ~t by. &ion you will be taking the next step in !ife and like always you will do well We are proud of whom you have oo:ome and the accomplishment you have achieved. We have enpyed having you in our lives and look forward to the new adventures your future will bring. Congratulations We foveyou, llid, Bev, GJrrett, and Ariana
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Cody,
May you have new horiwns to explore and new experiences to enpy each new day of your !ife. Congratulations on your Graduation!
Love, Uncle Mike and Aunt Llnda "You're going to be deciding as the days, as the years unfold what you will do in life - What you !ife's work will be. Set out to do it well .. ."-Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Heidi Your pumeys and experience; growing up have led you to take the high rood of life, not everyone can experience what you have and do that You are abeautiful young woman both inside and out We wish you nothing but the best!
Love Mom and llid
Ronesha Hoogland
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Heidi Paneitz •
Amy,buhaver:wn up to me a utiful young woman. Remember to step outside than box and you can do anything you want We are very fi roud of you. G'XXi uck in the future with whatever you decide todo.
Love, llid, Mom, Zach and Sara
Alex, We are so very proud of you. Were so anxious to see how god will use thefts he'si·ven you in e next apter of your life. Asboe always and forever. All our love to you, Mom,llid,Ernily,Eric & Bethany
Luke, Congratulations! You are a talented young man and god will use you greatly. We love you, Mom, llid and 8lyn
Kristine Foreman, Look at how much you have grown WE are so proud of the person you have become. You can do anything in life that you set you mind to. Remember we will always be there for you, through the cp:xi times and the ood Ga out and get all that "' you can in this world
Kristine Foreman We love you. Mom and llid
jt55ie, Looking at the precious little girl to the beautiful, carin~ young lady you've come makes my heart go Boom shaka !aka __ .I am so proud to be your mom Love you bunches, Mom
Tarah,
From my little princt55 to a beautiful young la~, you are my pride an py. Iam so proud of you. Your determination,strength,and attitude will take you to the top. Ibelieve in you, always believe in yourself.
Love you with all my heart, Mom
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Matt-Lee
We are very thankful and proud to call you our son You have grown into a wonderful young man and we know you'll use your talents in a great way. Neve~ loose
Amy Thelen
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J~e Dillehay
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Matt Stubblefield
Tiffany,
To our little dancer! You have grown into a oomtiful young woman. We are so proud of everything you have accomplished. You have been ble5Sed with many talents and we know that your future will be bright! Follow your dreams,shoot for the stars, and keep on dancingnill
We love you! Mom and lxld
Tiffany Maske Angie and Jffi.Sica
Hayley-
You are an amazing daughter, sister and friend Always be true to yourself be true to yourself, your JXli5ibilities are endless. May all your dreams come true.
Love,
Your Family
Hey Spiffy!
We love you At three or eighteen your smile still liqhts up our days. Thanks for the py. Remember lames 1:2-3 and Phil 4:6-7
Peace, Mom, lxld, Sam, Grade &Nora
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You've grown from a precious girl to a beautiful young woman both inside and out Stay the same wonderful person you are! woo Luck with your continued success in the journalism Program at UNL Love you always! Mom and Christian
D.urChelsea, Qxl has richlyblessed us with a beautiful, extremely talented, intelligent, loving daughter. You have aheart of ~Id and see only the , in everyone. We are immensely proud of you and your accomplishments rlolasticallyand in dance.
WE LOVE YOU VERY MU(]!
I:xld, Mom & Walt
Maddy Hager Madison like in the movie, Madison like the train station, Madison like the avenue, Madison like the capitol, Madison like the 4th President, Madison becauseWe know you will make a name for yourself.
Love, your Mom,I:xld Mc:idron Hager and Nick
We are-SO proud of you Always trust in Cm, believe in yourself, and follow your dreams! Congratulations. Love, Mom, lxld, Matt, Nicole, Nathan, Nolan and Mikayla Ashley,
Adaughter is the wonderful memories of the past, the amazing moments of the present, and the promises of an incredible future.
You were such a sweet little girl with a pretty smile. Now you have grown up to be a beautiful young woman with a gorgeous smile,a caring heart and a personal commitment to succeed. I am so proud of you.
Love Mom
Hqyley Jones
Jade Novotny
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Amy,
You are the best daughter and friend Icould ever ask
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All our love, ploce. Thank you for makMom and llid ing me a proud Mom and
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