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Battle of the Bands kicked off at 6 p.m., with around 120 people there. The opening performance was LHS Drumline, performing three songs. Following them up , was Illusion Theatre , who performed two skits , called Classism, and the second being their Emily skit. Afterwards, UNL's all boy a capella group, Bathtub Dogs , came and sang 3 songs, Deeper than my love by Josh Turner, which they said,was the first country song they had ever done. They also did, I want to dance with somebody by Whitney Houston , and Keep your head up by Andy Grammer.
The week of January seventh to the eleventh Student Council brought on a challenge to Lincoln High School students. Asking to buy lanyards that said " Peers for Peace."
When buying one of these lanyards the s tudents were asked to sign a pledge stating they will not bully and will tell a teacher when seeing someone get bullied. Student Council did a survey about bullying within the halls of LHS and found some shocking answers. They found that 84 total students were bullied in the past year; 58% have been bullied or bullied someone else in the last year ;
Above : Students of UNL performs for the Bullying Concert. ( Photo By Zach Wheat)
Above : Emily Gasper (12) Begin the Battle of the Bands Rally Against Bullying. (Photo By Zach Wheat)
Above : Illu sion T h eatre s t udents performs one of their anti-b ulll yi ng kits at the co ncert. (P h oto By Zach Wheat)
Left: Lincoln High Drum Line members Perf at the Concert. (Photo by of Zach Wheat
Right: Lincoln High Student Council Prepares by spreading out programs and lanyards at the entrance Concert (Photo
By Zach Wheat.
Left: H u nter Oathing(l 1) speaks about how b ull y in g ca n hur t people for the one act performance at the Bands against Bullying. (Photo by Zach Wheat)
Below: Student Council Members That host the Battle of the Bands Against Bullying rally. (Photo by Unknown)
Above From Left to Right: Jo a nn a h H ejl ( 9 )
(9 ) and And y Ngo (1 1) spe ak
of Anti - Bull y in g (Photo by Zac h Wh ea t)
Above: W ill Roper (11) p l ays the drums in his band. (Photo by Zach Wheat)
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31 % say they have witnessed bullying daily; 56 % say they ha ve witnessed bullying in classrooms ; and 70 % h ave said they witne ss bull y in g at lea s t once every month.
Many other teacher s talked to their students in Advi sory a sking if they really saw this , and when s tudent s began s tanding up and saying , " yes " many were shocked.
One of t he t e a che rs that had the most e motional op i nion s wa s Nancy Grant-Col son , a social s tudie s teacher and one of the senior Advi s ory teacher s Her s trongest fear s were brought to life when s he heard the s tati s tics a bout how much student s saw bullying within the classroom . " I think the thing that struck me the most wa s knowing how much s tudent s saw
bullying within the classroom," Grant-Colson said. " It made me sad to think I overlooked these behavior s for so many years I need to stand up and take notice."
" Not only did we have a great turnout in raising money by selling lanyards, we had a great turnout to the concert ," Student Council President Emily Gasper said. This Student Council ha s shown a lot of want and desire to s spread awarene s s to s top hate everywhere.
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b ove: Students and teachers begin to file into the Ted Sorensen Theatre and talk about what is to
come throughout the night. (Photo Above: UNL girls in the band Puss & Boots perform
By Zach Wheat) a beautiful number for the Concert. (Photo By Zach Wheat)
Abo ve : Illusion Theatre students perrform for the audience at Battle of the Bands Against Bullying. (Photo By Zach Wheat)
Ri ght : Stu de nt Co un ci l me mb ers (left to right) Joanna Hejl (9) Ly nn Di e p (l l) C l ara Higg in s (9) a nd
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befo re going on stage (Photo B y Zac h Wh eat)
Above: Lincoln High Drum line member perform for the Bands Against Bullying. (Photo By Zach Wheat)
B e l ow: Is the Banner Student Council posted to promote people to sign the pledge to not bully. (Photo by Zach Wheat)
B e low : A UNL student sings his heart out against bullying. (photo by of Zach Wheat)
Abo ve: Jim Ryan(J 2) and Sam Costello (12) play their guitars and sing for the Concert.
Photo By Zach Wheat
Abo ve : Clara Higgins(9) speaks to exeryone about what the night will include. (Photo by Zach Wheat)
Lincoln High is unique in many ways, but one of the most enjoyable things that sets us apart from the other high schools is definitely Festivus. Its the one event that literally every single person in the school can get involved in, and its something that no other school does. Each year, sometime during the first month or so of school, students and staff get together outside in the fresh air and just unwind for the afternoon.
Clubs host booths with food, games, activities, music, and fun. Its all part of an annual celebration that began as the Back to School Bash in the late nineties. It has become Lincoln Highs signature event. "Its about building a community;' Associate Principal and Festivus coordinator Jill Able said "Having a day where students and teachers can have fun, climb a wall against each other, you know compete. You can dunk your favorite teacher or administrator whatever the case may be:'
Organizers and students tried to make it not only a fun activity, but also a way to benefit the school by raising some extra money. Each student got four free tickets to spend on whatever they wanted, but they also bought more This year we sold out before the day of the actual 5iiiiii........------.---, event. "We sold more tickets [20,000] than we every have before;' Able said.
Clubs got to keep any extra funds they raised to help them with activities during the school year. "It means building a sense of community and having that fun time for teachers and students to make connections:' -
Some of those connections came in the form of healthy competition between students and staff. Students signed up
to challenge specific staff members on a variety of equip-
ment, from the rock wall and the obstacle course to jousting.
Senior Abigail Young defeated Spanish teacher Amy Stetson on the joust. "Before I went on the joust with Mrs. Stetson, I motivated myself with a lemonade and some hot wings;' Young said
Senior Sam Allen went head to head {but lost) against German Teacher Marissa Wanamaker. "I didn't even do a dry run:' Wanamaker said beforehand. "I just wanted to make it a fair race:' Allen suspected that his opponent might have an edge. "She rides her bike to school everyday," Allen said In the end, the faculty won more events than the student challengers {6-4), but it was all in good fun.
The line at the dunk tank never let up, and the Pie-aPomalink booth had a steady stream of customers. The egg rolls flowed, and the music kept everyone moving all afternoon long.
As the bell rang signaling the end of the school day, students were still squeezing in the last moments of another Lincoln High Festivus celebration, and some seemed reluctant to leave. How many other schools can say that?
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from a country far, far away..... .
Lincoln High is a Class A school with about 1,600 students, many of whom have come form all over the world.
We all participate in different activities, and our Interests, hobbies, ways of life, and home lives are what make us unique.
But we also connect with each other in a variety of ways. We share experiences and bring different perspectives to our daily routines.
Below are just a few students who came to LHS from far-off places. Our individual tales are now woven together to make a new story. We are now part of each others' lives.
And our experiences and perspectives are what make LHS stronger, richer, and mo~ diverse
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Victoria moved from Jalisco, Mexico to the United States just a few months ago. She prefers Mexican food over American food. A couple of holida~ traditions she celebrates are Da~ of the Dead and The Night of the Kings. She plans on going to college to become an animal vet.
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EhTee Came from Thailan in 2008 to the USA. Her family chose Nebraska because other family members lived here. Another reason th~ moved to the USA is f9r a better future and free education. In Thailand the rules in school are different. You have to bow your head to your teachers , if you can't pay for school y_ou don't get to go, and its more strict with homework and grades. A quote she lives by is "Try hard and never give up."
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While most students were enjoying their last few days of summer vacation traveling, at the pool , and barbecuing , 98 freshmen were getting to know Lincoln High School. This past summer marked the 3rd annual Summer Bridge Program. The program was created to help incoming freshmen transition into high school. During the days of July 31 to August 3, the freshmen and their coordinators participated in many different activities. One of these many activities was the rope course. The students go out to a ropes course in Ashland, Nebraska in groups. There, they did many climbing activities and although it was extremely hot, they had a lot of fun with ropes while fighting off bees and weat flies. They also had a ton of fun climbing the rock wall. Another activity was they made a handprint banner with their handprints that they will have at their graduation. The students also took a school tour in which they were led by 10th graders who were in the Summer Bridge Program the previous year. Many sophomores who participated in the program last year came back as leaders to the freshman. The students had a picnic with the families in the cafeteria, withe food that was generously donated from different places including KFC. Freshman Emily Hancock, who attended all four days, says, "My favorite part was meeting new people." The 98 freshmen participated in a scavenger hunt that was designed to duplicate the reality TV show 'The Amazing Race' which turned out to be one of the favorites. Students had different classrooms and different parts of the school to go to , and once they got there, they had a clue they had to figure out where to go next. Isabella Spaulding said, "With the scavenger hunt, we had to go all around, so when I got here, I wasn't lost at all." The four-day program helps student get comfortable with the school, meet students they might have classes with, and build relationships with teachers and administrators. "It's a program we developed to help incoming freshmen feel more comfortable at Lincoln High School." Coordinator Kim Szelag said. "We want to do what we can to make 9th graders feel like part of the school before they even arrive." The students that took part in the program are encouraged to take part in the Summer Bridge Program next year as leaders of the new freshmen. "We learned a lot about teamwork and stuff like that. I would like to be a bridge leader next year." Freshman Laura Tharnish said "It helps students meet new people there that you'll see around." The other popular activity was climbing the rock wall. As popular a it was , freshman Andres Diaz- Debose didn ' t participate in the climb. "I don't really like height so I didn't go on the rock wall, but the rest was pretty fun." The students met new people and got to know the school, while having fun in just four days. It's clear that the program was both a helpful and fun experience for the new freshmen.
RIGHT : Sophomore Leaders
Maluba Mudundulu and Emily Reed Stop to pose with fre s hmen
' Tanna Spahn .
LEFT: Cody Hoaglin (9), Jake Skarp (9), and Christian Stoneall- Nelson (9) have fun pulling the rope.
fellow students at the ropes course.
LEFf: Jordan Smith (9) concentrates while having fun doing a rope activity
ABOVE: Students line up at the ropes course and get ready in the blazing hot weather
All Photos Courtesy Of Kim Szelag
Righl: LHS Alumni being acknowledged at the homecoming game.
Above: Plt1yers from LI-IS t1nd Fremont plt1ying in lhe homecoming gmne on Fridt1y, October 12, 2012.
Righl: Everyone scrambles into their positions on lhe field
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On Friday, Octol5er 12, Lmcoln High fans were built with enthusiasm as the teams
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Yes, the game was a bit of a set back for us, and hopefully next year we will do better Just know that if teams have a great audience cheering them on, they will have the courage to do their best. Even though the score was 41 to 7 we still want to support the losing team because we are supportive. There were also LHS alumni watching the game from a separate stand where them and their family could sit and watch the game. Everyone in the alumni stands were acknowledged and photos were taken. One of our sophomores, Maygen Middleton, was extremely surprised by the outcome of the game, none of her friends understood why she had that much of an emotional attachment to the game.
The great thing about the night was the marching band. They had one of the best performances I have seen. You could almost call the performance as "perfectly exquisite." By the ending of the night we had lost the game but everyone wasn't sad, no, not on this night because they were waiting for the dance. Thus, ending the night with dancing, laughter, and balloon popping.
ottom Right: Chearleaclers and students help the football team gain conl'iclence when the l'ans ~heer
Photos b : Marlene and Blaise Rashidi
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New shoes, new outfits, and a new hair style to show off our Lincoln High school spirit as students file in the south doors of Lincoln High reminising about the game, shouting and screaming come from around the corner in south gym where our yearly Homecoming dance is held. This year the theme to our dance was, "Candy Craze." I thought it wouldnt be that big of a hit but everyone really got into the school spirit and put a little color in there "swag" this year to show that candy craze was a really colorful time to spend with their friends. Just dancing and having a blast with friends could have been possible without the set up from our Lincoln High Student Council. Mckenzie Clein said, "I am very excited to experience my first homecoming dance, and to see all my friends." With the hard work of Lincoln High Student Council this year we had a great turn out with the decorations. Many of the students posed by the master pieces of candy spread throughout the swimming pool hallway. As the night began to come to an end and the Royalty was about to be announced and the students were getting excited. The big reveal that everyone was waiting for was who was going to get Queen. As Emily Gasper (12) and Meghan Biegert (12) stand beside eachother and wait the results Emily hears her name called and Meghan Biegert (12) being a very good sport gives Emily Gasper (12) a hug and congratulates her for winning homecoming queen for 2012.
Above: Lincoln High's Homecoming 2013 Royalty (Back Row, Left to Right) Princess: Allison Holt, Prince: Landon Beard, King: D.J. Castillo, Queen: Emily Gasper. (Front Row, Left to Right) Duke: Blake Costello, Duchess: Cassidy Taladay, Lady: Rebecca Haug, Lord: Caleb Martin. Photo By: Andrew Carlson
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Above: E'milo Garcia (9) poses for a fashion photo during 8th period in the south building third floor east hallway. Emilio is wearing red and white vans, gold necklace, and a black button up shirt. He describes his style as "Vintage"
Photo by Je,kerra Hopper ' Fashion
Above: Emma Craig ( 10) poses for the Fashion photo during eight period in the east hallway. Emma describes her style as chic,casual and girly. Photo by Sabrina Crow
! Left: Heather Wilson (12) ~oses elegantly for a fashion
photo in the media center
during 2nd period. Wilson de-
scribes her style as, "cute and
girly". She is wearing a white foardigan, hot pink dress, and lapair of brown ankle boots.
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ABOVE: Ahmed Othman (12) poses for a fashion picture during 8th on the 1st floor. He is wearing a red v-neck some blue skinny jeans and white slip on shoes. He describes his style as classy.
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Above: Thien Phan (11) poses for a fashion photo during 8th period in the main building during the 1st floor, East Hallway. Thien is wearing a Jean shirt, necklace, Vans, Skinny Jeans, and Bracelets. He describes his Style as "G+1". Photo by Je'kerra Hopper
Right: Alexis Graewe (11) poses for a fashion photo during 8th period in the 3rd Floor South Building. Graewe is wearing a Lincoln High '----"..;:,.._,-"--
girl's basketball shirt, a white hoodie, red Nebraska sweat pants, black Nike socks, and black Jordan sandals. She describes her style as "athletic:'
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FRESHMEN
~re was once a huge castle in 1 the middle of a small city. Be-hind its gates were the most artistic, creative, athletic, and scholarly se-niors in the whole town. They began their high school joumies just four years before, but those years seemed to slip right f ram underneath them, and their senior year passed by in a flash. Though they will never forget their previous years at LJncoln High their senior year stuck out the most.
Senior year was hectic with col
lege visits/applications, clubs, activi-ties, and on top of all that they still had to keep up with homework.
The last year of high school isn't just about these things. It was about building friendships and maybe even meeting your high school sweetheart But more importantly it was about strengthening the link that has held every LJncoln High student together for more than 100 years
Coming into high school fresh-man year and entering the gates of
the great Lincoln High Palace was a life--changi,ng experience. Most say it's not like any other school. In its own way it was like a fairytale, and flip-ping through the pages of your class yearbook brings back the memories that were once your reality. We think to ourselves, "Are those days really over?"
And when it's all said and done, the gates close, and we realize that it's only the beginning of a happily ever after.
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Zach Breck Victoria Bretthauer Dakota Brezina Ashley Brooks
Jarelle Brooks Jeffery Brooks Jasmine Brown Sariah Brown Torran Brown
Rambo De Kurstin Dean Crystal Decoteau Donald Delaine Claire Delaney Adelina Deleon
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Gateway to the world.
Lffe for senior Tea llic is an adventure every time she travels to a new place. Tea was born in Hamburg, Germany and moved to Lincoln, Nebraska when she was three and a half. Every summer Tea visits her grandparents in Croatia. "It's a different world. Ten times the better life," Tea says about Croatia. Going back every summer has shown Tea how great her life is in the U.S. and how fortunate she is to have the things she does. "Sometimes l take things for granted." Things there are different from what she is used to here. "When l go back there every summer they (her family in Croatia) think I'm that crazy American girl."
That's not the only place she's been. Tea has been all around the U.S. During winter breaks and spring breaks she's traveling to different places. Tea's mom's job involves a lot of traveling so it gives Tea the opportunity to travel along.
Her next dream destination Australia! Tea has an aunt who lives in Australia, and she would love to go visit her soon. Her dream is to travel around the world. "When you travel you get grasps of different cultures, ethnicities, and personalities," Tea says.
Tea doesn't only want to travel, though. She also wants to help others while doing it. She is planning on joining the Peace Corps after graduating from UNL. She has already completed 10 hours of service by helping out around local Catholic and Christian churches. She organized and herped set up fundraisers and donations.
"You only live once, so why not?"
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Joe Griffin Whitney Gropp Paul Guerrero Stephan Gugat Socorro Guiza Daisy Guiza Beltran
Austin Hilton Huong Hoang Kim Hoang
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Her father , cousin, and uncle all attended Lincoln High, so senior Jayden Smith was destined to be a Link. Smith attended Southeast her freshman and sophomore years but never really liked it. She always felt like she didn ' t fit in over there. "The atmosphere there didn ' t blend in w·th my personality. I felt like I couldn ' t be myself, " Smith says. She was never happy there and wanted to go to Lincoln High so she talked to her counselor and got transfer papers.
Anxious to go home and tell her parents how she was feeling, she wrote a list of pros and cons of leaving to present to them. After telling them what she wanted they told her to sleep on it and make a decision in the morning. She had her mindset and knew exactly what she wanted.
Coming into Lincoln High as a junior wasn ' t easy. Leaving her friends and the Southeast band made things harder, but she knew she would be happy. Her first day went great , and she loved Lincoln High. " I just think Lincoln High is the most amazing school," Jayden says about LHS. She is a head drum major for the Marching Band and precisionist in the Jazz Connections. She volunteered at Madonna ' s Rehabilitation Hospital, the Community Blood Bank, and volunteered time helping out the band. She is in the Red Cross club and Young Conservatives.
She has definitely found her place at Lincoln High and doesn't regret switching ~c hools. "People here accept you for who you are. It was definitely one of the best decisions I've made. "
Some say she has the voice of an angel. Senior Jamie Tran is involved in Jazz Connections, Musical Theatre, and Marching Band. She is also in four different Honor Choirs at UNL, Doane College, Hastings College, and UNK. She got picked to sing at these colleges out of about 400-1000 people! Jamie was the only Link to attend All-State at UNL. "It doesn't matter how long I've performed, I'm always nervous before I do," Jamie says about performing in front of people. After High School Jamie will be attending the University of Nebraska- Omaha.
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Zach Wheat and Jamie Tran perform in Jazz Connections on March 5, 2013. Photo By Kylee Johnson
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Carlos Perez Barrientos
Brooke Putty Shazia Qadir
Nahlah Qasim
Dante Quinn Dom Radcliffe-Hine s Astrid Ramsay
For rnost of us dancing isn't the easiest thing to do but for senior Trung hoang it coh-,es almost naturally. Hoang v1as born 111 Bien Hoa. Vietnam. His first performance was there at his old high school where he performed 111 front of 6 000 people at a graduation ceremony The ceremony included students grades 1st to 12th and their families. teachers. and staff members. He was only 15 years old then and had one of the best performances that day. Hoarg rroved to Lincoln r~E when he Vias 16 years old. Ever since then Trung has been helping out around the community by volunteering. For seven months he volunteered every Saturday from 2 p m. to 3:00 p.m. on a Vietnamese raci10 st.atton. He would talk about important things going on in Vietnam things happer1ng arourd the con-,munity. and he would cover V;orld news. Trung stoppeci doing thc'.'lt so ~e could volunteer his whole Saturday at church. Trung is 111 two dance groups-Ground Zero at Lincoln High and tv,f\lV-L1on Dance Team. He also teaches kids ages 10- 13 to dance. ''lney re passionate about dancing and theyJU5 t want to perform for fun.'' Hoang says about his students. "f17e Lion Dance 1s a trad t1onal ciance where the dancers put on a lion costume and m1m1c a 11011. The clance 15 a syrr,bol of wealth. health and luck. The dance consists of two people 1n one costurne. Trung wears the head and sits on his partners head or shoulders Inside the head be has levers and string to pull on to make the eyes. ears. and mouth move. It took Trung about a year to learn the dance. 'It was one of the hardest dances Ive learned '' Trung says about the uon Dance. He performs at wecici111gs store openings ancl during the Lurcir Year. '! feel anxious and excited every time I perform." 'I/1th hard Vvork and practice Trung Hoang s now one out of four main dancers.
Nicholas Ri nke
Milica Sari c
Tha Say Koryan Sawo Sable Sawyer
Jacqueline Schaaf Jacob Schmit
Danni Stanley Cheyenne Staton Teialana Steele Danisha Stone Jordyn Stover Anna Struble
Brison Thompson John Thompson
Alysha Toman
Celeste Torrence Rosi Torres
D'rnarquieyon Whittington Ory Wickizer
Natalie Wiebelhaus Bryteece • Williams Kaleigh Williams Kirsten Williams
Tabby William s John Williss
Kiristen Winters Raymond Wunder
Tyler York
Yost
Heather Wilson Jade Wilson
Melissa Wilson Shawn Wimer
Cady Xu
Edward Yankton Job Yapp Stanislav Yermakovich
Abigail Young Emily Young
Vanesa Zelada
l3iing a junior i$ mo$tly about oni thing: gifting elo$ir to $inior yiar. l)ou $tart off high $<:hool at thi bottom of a ea$tli'$ towir, and 8$ you movi up it git$ hardir and hardir. l3y thi timi you git to bi a junior if'$ liki biing niar thi top with ju$t a littli elimbing lift to do to. l)ou'ri almo$t doni with high $<:hool, but not quiti thiri yit, and thi littli way you havi lift i$ thi motivation to fini$h.
#Junior yiar i$ U$Ually thi hardi$t yiar bieau$i you havi to rially fo<:U$/' Ja$mini Kudron $8id. #Junior yiar difinitily ha$ hardir el8$$i$, but at lia$t wi git to graduati $OOn/' f arrah Whiti Buttirfly $8id. '(1mal Khalaf $8Y$, #&ing a junior mian$ you havi to $fay on traek to maki ruri you graduati on timi." Junior yiar i$ thi biginning of thi ind of your $torybook.
Abebe, Malachi
Abebe, Marytza
Achen, Zachariah
Afshoon Kar, Fares
Al-Jibory, Adil
Al-Saadi, Ali
Alatorre, Kacie
Albers, Brittany
Alley, Hayley
Allgood, Cody
Alsaadi, Hamza
Anderson, William
Arends, Symone
Arnold, Jonathon
Austin, Abbie
Avis, Kyle
Aye, Aung
Bailey Castillo, Phillip
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Baker , Taylor
Barr,Holly
Baxter, Kyly
Beard , Landon
Beltran Garcia , Jaime
Berg , Matthew
Berry , Darian
Biegert , Rachael
Bitz , Olivia
Bornstein , Lillian
Bradford, Taichae
Brandt , Amy
Brock , Raquel
Brooks , Breonna
Brown , Jacob
Bruyette , Erica
Buettgenbach, Kiersten
Bui , Penny
Burmeister , Chloe
Bustamante, Brenda
Camacena Cuevas , Erika
Carmona Beltran , Mari ol
Carpenter , Alexsis
Catalano , Isabella
Cather , Charlyn
Chau , Dung
Chistopolskaia, Alena
Chol , Nania
Chri stensen , Dean
Clark , Evan
Clemens , Jessica
Cope , Henrionce
Cortez Ramos , Irma
Crane , Larissa
Cresen , Larry
Crosby , Cody
Crouch, Ethan Crowe, Sabrina
Curtis-Beard, Charlie Dampeer, Levester Dang, Tho Darden, Christine
Dickason, Morgan Diep, Lynn Dierking, Marissa
Dimagno, Sarah Do, Christie Dominguez, Anna
Dom, Barbara Dreith, Zachary Duong, Thanh Duoth, Nyachar
Durham, Lexus Dykes, Ciara
Edison, James Ekker, Nataly Elias, Diyar Elias, Sawsan Engell, Antonio Escorcia Fernandez, German
Fellows, Savanna Fielder, Brandon Findlay, Craig Fisher, Emma Fletcher, Thomas Flores-Cortes, Michelle
Flowers, Larissa Fritz, Rachel Galloway, Devontay Garcia, Martin Garvey, Jes e Gibson, Demetre
Gib on-Shields, Nasta ssja
Godsey, Taylor Gonzalez Herrera, Jose Gonzalez Zepeda, Pedro Graewe, Alexis Green , Grace Greger, Alex Griffin, Brianna Groft, Walt
Guiza Beltran, Sergio Haar, Jenny Hadgi , Rima
Hagima, Asako
Haller , Samantha
Hamo , Ismaeil
Harris , Lenzen
Hawkins, Tiara
Heiden, Tommy
Heier, Sim
Helms , Ashley Helmstadter , Payton
Herbert, Kylie
Herman , Chandler Hernandez , Debbie Herrera , Gabriela Herrington, Wesley He son, Jake Hinrichs, Tori Hite , V ontesa Hite , Vontesaya
Hollamon, Mara Holt, Alli on Hood , Amanda Hopper, Je ' Kerra
Hosang , El a Howard , Deja
Htoo, Khu Huynh, Long Hyberger, Gage
Iwanski, Skyln Jenkins, Dantavious Jimenez, Elizabeth
~st people who transfer to a new school are behind and unaware of what is going on in class. Now imagine transferring from not only a new school, but also a new state. Junior Jordan Markham moved to Lincoln recently from Athens, Georgia after his mother got a job at the UNL.
With only 3 weeks in the semester, he says he is ready c to take his Geography final. His counselor, Sue Dutton, says Jordan's grades are outstanding. "I'm most interested in math ) and science classes," Markham says. r Mostly all of the classes he is taking c are advanced placement (AP) classes. Jordan plans on going to college after high school. "I plan on being an
engineer later on." Markham sister Melia '(v1arkham, a sophomore here, is in the 18 program. ___ .. ,....,.._......., ~ents here."
Lincoln High reminds Markham of his first high school in Wisconsin. He says people in Lincoln don't talk how he is used to in Georgia. "Well for one, people don't talk with southern ac-
While he likes it here in Nebraska, he says ifs a little windier than he is used to. Jordan is enjoying his time at Lincoln High ind we are glad to have him part of our ~hain.
Lopez Dominguez, Maria Lopez Guiza, Emmanuel Lopez Perez, Eduardo Lopez Perez, Jose Lott, Jazi Lucas, Julie
Lussier, Jordan Mai, Sandy Mai, Tai
Malone, Hannah Mang, Nang Martin, Daniel
ABOVE: Jordan Markham (11) [in the blue sweat1 shirt under the flag) reads his history book in Jeff Pierce 's 6th period Geography class. Photo by Rojeen Yousif
emma f1~h1Zr <1 1>wand1Zrn around thll caf1Zt1Zria during lunch timll dr1Z~d a~ a zombill to promok pr1Zp ~~ion for thll upcoming '(!CT t~t. Photo by N~ita ~mith-tiold1Zn
~ft to Right: bandon &ard <1 1) and 'Vidrich Wanamak(lr <11) list(ln att(lntiwly in Marissa Wanamak(lr's 2nd P!Z,riod 6(lrman Qass. 'Viitrich, thi son of frau Wanamakir, and has takin hir claSS!ZS all through high school. 1ifl says thi up sidi o f having hi s mom tiach at school is thi conwniinci, iriwr hi nflidfld somithing. Wanamakir i njoys having his mothflr thflri. ""I guiss it's cool if I iwr miss lunch, I can go to tfar and shfl'll probably haw food," says--Wanamakir. 'Viitrich is also an 1:13 studint. tk participat!ZS in cross-country and hoP!ZS to go to stati soon. &ard is wry actiw in thi Tfiiatri dipartm(lnt. 1ii playid Tom in ""To Km a Mockingbird" this yiar. Pjoto by Photo by :Brycfl Tylir
Na st in , Nikita
Nel e n , Elizabeth Newbury , Dalla
Ngo, Andy Nguyen, Binh Nguyen, Hoa
Nguyen, Hoang Nguyen, Khoa Nguyen, Loe
N g uyen , Quang
Nguy e n , Tam Nguyen, Thuy
Obermueller , Trevor
O g burn , Breanna
O g den , Trip
Oken g, Walker
Olguin Chavez, Jonathan Ol se n , Chay e Ol so n , Jo hua
Orti z Juare z, Valeria 0 orio, Carrie
Othlin g, Hunter
Owu u - An sa h , Frank
Pageler, Rachel Paice , Trevor Park , K e iteyana Paw , Her
Paw, Tha Peake, A very Perez-Pesina, Heladio
Perry, Sierra Phan, Thien Philippi, Kylie
Phipps, Austin Phipps, Coltin Plugge, Sarah
~hi was running across thi gym and OOOM, thi ball hit hir in thi faci. K.iifiyana Parks <1 1) discribis what hapwnid at a volliyball gami. ,.,It was imbarrassing and hurt. I did fid bitfor whin liki two othirs also got hit. Parks has biin atknding btl~ for thrii yiars. ~hi plays volliyball and dois track. ~hi is a straight- '(l studint and hows to 89 to Kansas ~tak aftir high school. ,,1 haw likidl{ansas ~tak iwr sinci ITTh gradi."
Photo by ;Brianna tlunt
Prentice, Bryan
Prinsloo, Jenny
Pritchard, Hunter Quinn, Rian Ramos, Marco Rashidi, Marlene
Ratumaimuri, Tony Reh, Lu Reineke, Zoe Rezac, Sarah Rivers, Sage Roach, Marion
Roberts, Alyssa Robinson, Jayquawn
Robinson, Sierra Rodriguez, Alejandra Rodriguez, Magali Rodriguez, Maximino
~my :Brant <1 1) strikllS a po~ in thfl Mfldia C'flnkr during hflr study hall. .,.,ewryonfl always dollS thfl samfl po~ 1n pictur\ZS, so I wankd to do somflthing diffrflnt" shfl said. ~my is rflally into Thflatrfl. ~hfl participat1ZS in all thfl shows and is on Thflatrfl :Board. :Brant is also an I:B studflnt with outstanding grad\ZS. ~hfl says /':Bfling in I:B has prflSSUrfl and high flXPflCtaitons which can bfl a lot for anyonfl."0n b rz ing a junior, :Brant says, ''lt can go so fast. I don't bflliflW l'm going to bfl a ~nior nflxt yflar. It's crazy!" :Brant is flXCikd to graduak and says it will bfl grfla t.
Photo by ~nna K.a~ris
Rodriguez Sidgman , Carla
Rodriquez Del , Rio , Je s u s
Roman-Perez , Uriel Romero , Roberto
Roper , Will
Ro s , Aliecia
Rotert , Dy Ian
Ruiz , Ricardo
Rus ell , Nidgah
Sachtleben , Theodore
Sakilla , Rebecca
Salter , Blake
Sanchez , Leah
Sandin, Alex
Sargent , Jenay
Schuurman s, Race
Shamo , Roza
Shee , Lah B we
Shepherd, Brandon
Sherman , Joey
Shokai, Y ohanna
Siefker , Rylee
Sierra , Dimitria
Smith Holden , Nesita
Smith Holden , Nonyea
Snider , Jesse Snyder , Mason
Sorge, Jordan Spencer, Angela
St. Martin, Adrian
St. George, J aid en Stanley, Caleb Staton, Makayla
Stine, Mary Stroman, Jacob Sullivan, Marvin Swetland, Micah Swope, Madeleine Tate, Devin
W ~echter, Emma Louise Wagnitz, Brian Wah, Hser Wah, Hku Wah, Paw Wallace, Miata
Not Pieturid r:~;i~reir
Brenden Dewitt
Wanamaker , Dietrich
Water s, De irae
Wenciker, Joey
Wheat , Jo se phine
White Butterfly , Farrah
White , Joel
Wiebe , Victoria
Wiggin s, Deunte '
Wilford , Erin
Wilken , Cacey
William s, De shawn
William s, Sativah
Wil s on, Sammi
Wil on , Trevor
Wil on , Ty on
Wimer , Eric
Wither spoon , Jordan
Wood s, Tila
Worley , Jame s
Wra sse, Parker
Wuol , Guandon g
Yousif, Rojeen
Zempleni , Anika
Zimmerman , Holli
Zunaibi, Ja a
Kenneth Jones
Juaquin Luera
Daniel Slivka -Molina
Shania Williams
Sabrina Barbella
Tommy Lathrop
Tasha Leach
Kragen Ritter
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Varsty ch!Z!Zrl!Zad!Zr b!Zxi Carwnkr <i i) is all smil!ZS as sh!Z donat!ZS blood at th!Z R!Zd Cross :Blood <vriV!Z. Photo by Jasmin!Z Rog!Zrs
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eviyoni has imbarrnssing momints, and whin growing up you karn how to laugh at thim. ~omi sophomoris sh arid thiir funny storiis. tiavi you ivir falkn on thi stairs? frnnk Cuddy said, "I havi, thri~ ti mis going l!J2 thi stairs." Garritt Griffin also ixplainid, "Whili going to lunch I wasn't looking bicausi I wm on my phoni, and I missid a stip, fill, and landid on thi stairs, and iviryoni was ,laughing at mi." \linus '{llkn's imbarrnssing momint is viry uniqui. ~hi said, "I was trying to jump ovir a finci and got my boot stuck, so I was hanging upsidi down and nobody would hilp mi."
eviryoni has thiir momints of imbarrnssmint, but dispiti thim studints also havi favoriti momin t s at bincoln tiigh ~chool. "My favoriti thing about biing a sophomori is not biing at thi bottom of thi food chain," Griffin said. Tihya l,irch said, "My favoriti thing about my sophomori yiar was biing hypi at football gamis and also thiri is no othir school liki bincoln tiigh " Whin askid about what thiy look forward to during junior yiar, most sophomoris said wanting to liavi school during lunch to bi with thi uppirclassmin. ~ophomoris at bincoln tiigh ~chool hav i griat mimoriis that will nivir bi forgottin.
3,y ®imitria ~iirrn and Nikiya Gigir .
Jedin Brown's (10) favoriti fairytak is Gindirnlla.
Photo by ®imitria ~iirrn
Addison, Jekyhria
Agena, Riley Aguilar, Brian Ahmose, Jama Al-Kazahy, Ali Al-Waely, Mortadha Allen, Bethany
Allen, Venus Anderson, Qua'yanna Arevalo Ca tillo, Silvia Arizola, Sophia Arkfeld, Taya Askar, Malik Ayala Tapia, Joel
Baker, Sai Veon Barakat, Parhan Barth, Cohren Bayer, Sam Bearkiller, Halona Belt, Chris Beltran Tinoco, Jaqueline
etisia Midina-Jordan's (10) favoriti fairytali is Biauty and Thi Biast.
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frnnk Guddy's (10) fevoriti fairytali is ~now Whiti.
Crawford-Thiel, Ally on Cruz , Alexis Cruz, Garret
Cuddy , Frank
(f\bove) Tiauna Lewis (10) and £mma Craig (10) work on their math homework in the media center. Photo by 1\driana Montez
Frank Cuddy, Garrett Griffin, and Jose Blanm Perez (10). Photo by Dimitria '5ierra
Daraji, Farnaz
Daraji, Sanaz
Davis, Jamie
Delano, Alan
Delgado, Amanda
Delgado, Monica
Deroulette, Izzy
Ditson, Zachery
Dodge, Joseph Dominguez,Alfredo
Dooley, Aren
Dorffler, Dece
Dorffler, Patrick
Douglass, Billie Dut, Alut
Dyas, Robert Dyer , Shavorrne
Eigbrett, Micah Elias, Diana
Epps, Dominique
Ernst, Jocelyn
Ewings, Jerrin Falcon, Davina Farmer, Alex Flores, Angel Flores, Mariah
Forsyth, Phoebe
Fowler, Da Andre
Franklin, Victor Frey, John Fronferhouse, Marquetta
Gadeken, Ly la Gallardo-Franklin, Kevin
Garcia, Gavin
Garza, Victoria
Gaunt, Brianna Goldenstein, Alison
Gonzalez, Alejandra Gonzalez Ballina, Mario Gordon, Grant Sophomores
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When you think of fairytales you think of love or princesses, but that's not all fairytales.
Meosha Wallace said, "I would have been Cinderalla but she gets treated badly, so I pick Rapunzel."
Kierra Ward explained, "I want to be _ "" ''""' the princess with the long hair, and I want to be the wolf in the Three Little Pigs."
Lyla Gadeken said, "My favorite fairytale is '5hrek, berause in the story '5hrek isn't the best looking guy and the princess still loves him for who he is."
Jose Blanm Perez also explained, "I want to be Donkey in '5hrek berause he is funny and always happy like me." Fairytales are always fun.
Grady , KyJe
Graff, I saac
Grav es, Brittney
Gray , Jenna
Green , Ayanna
Gregg s, Traviou s
Gre se r , Morgan
Griffin , Garrett
Guern , Ja s on
Guerrero , Victor
Guiza , Luiz
Hadl e y , Ben
Haeffner , Mckenzie
Hahn , Andrew
Hamann , Megan
Hameed , Sarah
Hammond , Kiarra
Handy , Donella
Harmon , Jordan
Hein , Ca ss ie
Herbel , Chel ea
Hernandez Dominguez , Jo se
Hernandez Zavaleta, J a mine
He s o , Bayan
Hillebran , Holly
Hoaglin , Cody
Hoaglin , Erin
Hoang , Trang
Holden , Saleem
Holman , Alex
Honnor, Thoma sse n
Howard , Ja s mine
Htoo , Bo
Htoo, Care Roh
Htoo, Ku
Hubl , Caelum
Hurtado , Raul
Huynh , Toan
Itzen , Ashley Ivory, Orlondo
Jackson, Jaida
Jensen, Anders
Jilg-Brown, Jaden
Johns, Ciera
Johnson , Blazek
Johnson, Kylee
Johnson , Nick
John on, Sydney
Jones, Kylee
Jones, Tykele
Jones , Tyquan
Joseph , Christina
Ka sseris, Anna Kausch-Varley , Ceara
Keller, Johan
Khual, Khual
Kim, Soowan
Knapp, Brianna
Kroese, Robby Kuku, Guma Kulovac, Lejla
Kuol , Nyasebit
Laisy , Athena Laravie; Montpya Laravie , Steve Larson, Uta
Lass , Joshua Le , Peter
Le, Trang
Leazer , Leonard Lewis, Tiauna
Lofton, Georgia
Lott , Adrianna Lottman, Andrea
Luethje, John Lujan, Wilmer Majid, Sonoor
Jason Towery (10) on Black and Red day for Spirit Week.
Photo by Mallak Muhammad
Majo , Fadhil
Majo, Naji
Malcom , Alberto
Maldonado , Eduardo
Mar s hall , Shyann
Mar s hall , Taylor
Martin , Kolton
Martin , Kri s tan
Martin ez, Emilia
Lloyd Blessing (IO) poses for the ramera on wacky day for '5pirit Week.
Martin ez, Martha
Martine z Suazo , D ev in
Martine z Suazo , Edwin
Ma sc hman , Jay son
Maughan , Mari ssa
Maxwell , Nickola
Mayhew , Jonathan
McBride , Apassia
McCarter, Austin
McConnell , Victoria
McLachlan , Trevor Medina , Julia
Medina -Jordan , Eli ia
Mendoza , Rafael
Merli ss, Rachele
Me ski n , Baran
Michal ski , Alivia
Mich a l ski , Wade
Middleton , May ge n
Miller , Nathan
Miller -Schell , Andrew
Minnitte , Torri
Mitchell , Shaequ a n
Molzen , Arianna
Moo , DerLwe
Moreno Nunez , Meli s a
Morgan , Jo iah
Moyer , Jordan
Mudundulu , Maluba
Murry , Steven
Mu se , Dashon
Mu s tafic , Almedina
Myer s, Hayden
N eeley , Duran g o
Nel s on , D e anna
N go , Selena
Ngoh , Raw s on
Nguyen , Anh
Nguyen , Anh Thuy
N g uy e n , Connie
Nguyen , Cuong
Nguyen , Thuy Anh
Niemoth , Ronald
Nooka , A vina s h
Novak , Jake
Nwe , Hla
Nyberg , Catherine
Ochoa , A s hley
Okeng , Isaac
Olney , Kier s ten
Oppe g ard , Corbin
Oregel , Enrique
Ortiz , Lia
Ortiz G ay tan , Lui s
Ortiz Ju are z, Paulina
O s born , Andrew
O s tiguin , Alex
O s tojic , Dona
Othman , Mahmoud Palmer , Jaz]yn
Palmer-Tonnig e , Austin
Patenaude , Jacob Pau , Suan
P a w , H ser
Payne , Ju tyn
Peery , Na than
Penc e, Nathan
Peralta Velazquez , Chri s tian
Pere z , Diana
Per e z Blanco , Jo e
Perez-Juarez , Ivonne
Peter s , Aron
Peterson , Damian
Peter s on , Sara
Pham , Shannon
Pham , Tracey
Phan , Vincent
Phillip , Isaac Poe, Wah Pond, Jake Pool, Roman Powell , Jacob Preus, Schuyler
Proctor , Delano
Puentes , Je ss ica Radcliffe, Noah Reed, Emily Reis, Markeil
Renteria Carrillo, Ricky Reynolds, Jovahna Reynoso Tello, Maria
Rothwell , De Anthony Ruelas, Victor Ruiz Izaguirre , Jesus Sakilla, Abraham Salahaldin , Shahab
Saleh , Ali Sanchez, Marisol Say , Khu Say, Klo
Say,Paw Say, Ree
Schack, Paul Schildt , Ethan
Schneider , I abel
Schneider , Tayler
Schultz, Channing
Schultz , Tim
Sophia Arizola (10) on Black and Red day for Spirit Week. Photo by Maliak Muhammad.
Schwartman, Talia
Serna , Guadalupa
Sheppard , Sage
Sheridan, Tyra
Smith , Ashlee
Smith , A s hley
Song s ter , Cali
Sparr, Mikaela
Spooner , Logan
Stabler , Kiana
Stangl, Katherine
Stetson , Teawna
Stickney , Jay
Streckfuss, Zoe
Taladay , Cassidy
Tesch , Douglas Tha, Pa
Thoma s, Kirsten
Thuss , Lauren
Toman , Emily Torres, Jacob
Towery , Jason
Tran , Kevin
Tran , Richard
Trevett, Grace
Van Oteghem, Eric
Vanlaningham , J ordyn
Vanneman , Rebecca
Vasquez , Stephanie
Vega Orozco , Peter
Vega Rodriquez , Erika
Yelder , Tristen
Vella, Noah
Grant Gordon (IO) workis on his math review for his test. Photo by Cheyenne '5taton.
Venega s De Luna , Emili
Villela, Aly sia
Voss , Sarah
Vyhlidal , J aiden
Wagner , Mari ss a
Waldo May , Brigeth
Wallace , Meosha
Walton , Dante
Wang , Emily
Ward , Kierra
Warne , Chloe
Wa shington , Isiah
Watson , Dasia
Watson , T.J.
Weber , Noah
Webster, Deja
Wei , Carissa
Well , Leandra
Whirl , Raven White , Troy
Wickizer , Mary
Wiebelhaus , Katherine
Wieser , Violet
Wilkin on , Deshaun
Wilson , Ke hawn
Wil on , Zach
Win , Thu Ya
Windle , Hannah
Witzki, Thomas
Wood,Shey
Yar , Yo Shi
Yelkin , Samantha
Zayzay , Emmanuel
Zee, lvona
Zimmerman , Michelle
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Abubaker Abbas
Raven Stoll
Maria Medieta Gonzalez
Melia Markham
Paw Htoo Moo
Right: Emilia Martinez (10) and Brandon Rodriguez (1O) work on their shape rollage during Yvonne Meyer's 8th period 2D Design class. They both use paint to draw geometric shapes.
Zoz , Maggie
Cha,pta,-, 9 : r,-,a~hman
f It fhen you're a freshman. hi9h sc.hool c.an be a sc.ary eXperienc.e at fir5t. When you look bac.k on this book in Io year5, VVor 20, you mi9ht have memories of feelin9 lost on the fir5t day or bein9 overwhelmed at the size of the full cafeteria.
But for some freshmen. bein9 at LHS was an opportunity to showcase their talent. Isiah Kin9 found an audience for his music. by rec.ordin9 and sellin9 his own album on Soundc.loud.c.om. It's a lot of different son9s and about me and the kind of per5on I am," Kin9 said.
The album. c:alled Mlt\ (My Invisible t\c:c.urac:y) features ori9inal lyric:s and beats. "I also play the piano on the son9 Mlt\."
In addition, Kins is makin9 a deluxe ver5ion that has 3 extra son9s. "We're sellin9 that one here for $5." People order online. and then he brin9s the C.Ds to sc:hool. "I was 9ivin9 out the re9ular ver5ion, and those are just my intro and 13 son9s. but the deluxe ver5ion will have lb son9s."
Kin9 9ot help from fellow LHS freshmen Jevon Kempkes and c.esar Avila who mastered all of the son9s and helped desi9n the album c.over.
Kin9 moved bac:k to Lincoln last year after Iivin9 for a few year5 in Gary. Indiana. He likes LHS. "Ifs a 900d sc.hool," he said.
Above: Karynn Brown (9) and Seven c.ronin (9) po>e for a photo durin9 Spirit Week on Wacky Wedne>d.ay durin9 Deborah McGinn'> 9th Grade En9li>h c.Ia». Photo by c.har c.ather
Smith, Alexandria Smith, Breanna Smith, Jordan Smith-Parrott, Kobi' Spahn, Tanna Spaulding, Isabella Stahly, Kira
Starr, Monica Stencel, Na' Jazia Stoneall-Nelson, Christian Storonskij, Isaiah Strozier, Adren Stuefer, Samantha Svoboda, Courtney
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Abba s, Abba s
Al Saadi Bu ' Alaq , Saadi
Amador Dominguez , Ericka
Bluford , Tayler
Bonilla Mu sito , Yuritzy Yunue
Brown , Justice
Bryant , Phill i p
Diaz , Lesly
Dominguez , Mercedes
Falcon , Damien
Garza Zuniga , Jesus Gray , Kaylee
Hajda , Peter
Jarzynka , Adam
Krogh, Hayden
Le , Van Mai , Vy
Ochoa , Eli
Pavey , Jamie
Paw , La y Yay
Raturn airn uri, Sa sha
Renteria Ort i z , E stefani
Scott, Chri stian
Scott , Damion
Williams , Tyrone
Talbot , Melanie
Taw, Moo
Tharnish , Laura
Thiel , Rachel
Thomas , Mckenzi
Thoo, Tha, Lean
Tracy, Trevor
Tran, Dat
Tran , Kenny
Traylor , Autumn
Truong, Shaylena
Tshiela , Abraham
Uhlmann , Reagan
Uldrich, Roni
Vanlaningham , Gage
Varela , Gabby
Verbitskiy , David
Vo , Vuong
Vu , Thu
Wai , Yu
Waldman - Shank , Lela
Warner , Madison
Watters , Joshua
Webber , Caitlin
Webster , Tyra
Wheat , J ordin
Wheeler , Leighton
White , Antanea
White, Hunter
Williams , Deja
Wilson , Ashley
Wirthele , Katie
Witte , Daniel
Wolfe , Tanner
Wood , Bailey
Wright , Kyle
Yost , Elizabeth
Young , Camden
Young, Jackson
Zahrouni , Mehran
Zuniga , Jesu s Zweerink , Bonnie
eac ers a e a unique po er t a no ot er emg 1as. 1e po er to qmet a c ass, to mo e a arge group of people to the same place, to enforce rules and regulations, to take something thats good and make it great. With great power comes great responsibility though. Teaching and talking are two different things, while some teachers may talk, all Lincoln High Staff do way more than that. They teach kids not only book material, but as Science teacher , Mrs. Sharill Luedkte says, they teach real world experiences. , Teachers become a huge impact for students later in life. When it comes to college, many students use their previous high school students as reference letters and references. The same goes for applying for a job , students use their coaches and teachers for references. Teachers are remembered for a life time , and maybe more as students grow up and pass down stories to their children about their favorite teacher and eA7Periences with him/ her.
Able, Jill Anderson , Ardella Anderson , Donna Anderson, Lindy Aten, Laura Avery , Su an Baker, James Baltensperger, Rob Bargar , Jeff Bargen , Andrew Beck, Alicia Beck, Nancy Belford, Kimberly Betts, Alice Bollen Jr, Richard Borgialli, Mike Bozek , Jane Cariotto , Amy
Story and spread done by: Renessa Crowl
Carlson, Jessie
Carl s on , Marlyce
Champoux, Daniel
Chew, Sara
Chri stien sen , Bump
Clau s, LaDona
Conradt , Richard
Craig , Denise
Cramer, Su s anne
Daw son , Larry
Daw s on , Susan
De Vrie s, Chri s tia
Denkovich , Sally
Diaz-Debo se , Chandra
Domeier , Trudi
Dougla , Sarai
Dowd, Robin
Droud , Rodney
Dutton , Sue
Dvorak , Emily
Es , William
Fargo , Shelly
Fletcher , Lake s ha
Foley , Brian Frerich s, Kellie
Frie s, Ca sey
Gatzemeyer , Patrick
Genrich , Andy
Ghormley , Jana
Gi s h , Lenny
Goodbrake , Brian Goodwin , Carolynn
Graham -Rowe , Lynda
Grant-Colson, Nancy
Green , Jarrell
Gruett , Jon
Haas, Stanley Haller, Susan
Hamby, Leann
Handley, Genee'
Hansen, Katie
Hardy, Barbara
Hattersley, Graham
Heibel, Micah
Heineman, John
Hertzler, Susan
Hickerson, Betty
Higgins, Joseph Hill, Roger Hillhouse, Alice Hitz, Rustin
To stop teaching after several years is a big nge in life. Everyone is going to miss English teacher Alice Betts after she retires this year. Towards the end of anything one often thinks about the beginning. How did Ms. Betts decide to go into teaching English? "When I was a little girl and I would baby sit, I would always play teacher, and they would be the students, "Betts said. he earned her degree at the niversity of ebraska and then went to Tucson, where she taught for 10 years. he came back home and continued to teach here at LHS until this yea r. She will never be forgotten in LHS or with her students she taught. She says she relates to the tortoise and the hare in the world offairy tales She went part time to college so it took h er longer, but in the end she was success ul.
James, Jack J anike, Patrick Jeidy-Brown, Laura
Johnson, Michelle Johnson-Flowerday, Linda
Kaiser, Tamara
Left: English Teacher Alice Betts will retire at the end of this year after 24 years at LHS.
Photo by Leah Kash-Brown
Keefe, Debra Keefe, Terrence Keller , Greg
Kiely, Lisa Knight, Sarah Koch , Benjamin
A teacher to;th a heavy load but stm successful? 1t sounds l;ke a descr;c,t;on of most teachers, but one teacher that has a heavy load ;s a sc;ence teacher. Sharm Luedtke. She ;s an ass;stant sto;m coach, a full t;me teacher, and a mother of three Onclud;ng tto;nsJ It may be a blur at t;mes, e~c,ec;ally when sto;m season comes around, but shes able to handle ;t. She says she ;s most l;ke a merma;d ;n the fa,ry tale toorlcl, because herl;fe ;s surrounded by tooter to;th her two boys be;ng ;n sto;mm;ng, and her daughter help;ng manage the sto;m team.
Kreimer, Sharon Lacy , Constance Larson , Mark Lefeber , Carole Legg -Mccarty, Kim Leick , Janet Limbach , Paula Lindgren , Laurie Lorraine , Lynnor Loth , Kim Luedtke, Sharill Mack , Bryan Macke,Mark Maier, Zoe Males, Joh Maly , Chris Marr , League , Schawn Mason, Amanda Mason , Joseph Mason , Wallace McClung, Paula McGinn , Deborah Meyer , Shaunna Meyer , Yvonne
Right: Science teacher Sharill Luedtke helps two students dissect a frog during class Photo By: Leah Kash-Brown
Munger , Mar s ha
Myers , Jason
Newcomer , Marjean
Nguyen , Van Noble , Dan
Oetken , Jill
Ogden , Tiffany
Okereke , Elizabeth
Orellana , Hugo
Patter son , Janice
Pena s, Bryan
Peterson , Mandy Pierce , Jeff
Plettner-Nelson , Glenda
Putnam , Sean Rau , Wendy Redwine , Ma r cus
Rempfer , B e th
Renning s, Lorrilyn
Rikli , Laura
Sand, Nancy
Sandberg, Todd
Saporta, Virginia
Schaffer, Marilyn
Schlake , Charlot
Schneider , Jacob
Schu s ter-Graff, Mary
Shandera , Joseph
Simp son , Donald Simpson , Fred
Sjut s, Michelle
Smith , Nathan Smith , Will Sprouse , Carl
Stetson , Amy
Stoebner , Kimberly
LHS STAFF
N&"t° Pie"t"wred: Bates, Shelly
Brestel, Ann
Brison, CJ
Calhoun, Gary
Hardin,Janice
Himmelberg, Kebbi
Jiles, Vernon
Keown, Ben
Mathiason, Wendy
McKathnie, Laurie Medina, Dave Meyer Chad Mueri,Jeff
'Rig fit: Socia[ Stuaies teacher Lucas Yar[ey discusses tfie three 6rancfies of government witfi fiis Civics dass. Pfioto 6y 'Bara Jvt.eskin
Stokes , Shawn Swartz, Shelley
Szelag , Kim
Tegeler, Becky
Te t , Meli a
Thacker, Karen
Thiessen, Lisa
Thoma, Molly
Tolliver, Lisa
Tran, Toan
Trembley , Julie
Van , Ar dall , Jr , Ward
Varley, Lucas
Vlasnik, Amber
Wanamaker , Marissa
Ward , Steven
We t, Michelle
White , Robert
Wi e d e n, Sheri
Wiedman-Tidball, Laura Wiig, Shannon
Willem en, Nancy Wolfe, Nancy Woog , Samantha
rs and actors. Photo By: Leah Kash-
What does it mean to be in 18? International Baccalaureate is an advanced program for students that want to take the challenge, and receive college credit in high school. These students work all throughout high school to get to this point, but when their junior and senior years hit, it's on!! They must take six core classes including English, World Language, Social Studies, Math, Science, and the Arts. Students are also required to take a Philosophy class entitled Theory of Knowledge, complete a 4000-word research essay, and complete 150 hours of school involvement a·nd community service . This prepares students to meet all the college challenges.
Students prepare for these courses by taking classes their freshman and sophomore years designed specifically for the philosophy, exams, and assessments that they witl be facing in the upcoming years. "One of the exciting things this year was, again, our 18 Honors Academy for eight graders," 18 Coordinator John Heineman said. "Our numbers have really exploded. We'll have 5 sections for gifted kids for the honors academy next year. That's the biggest we ever had."
gra had 17 taking i "Thatexa examiner had both in Trinidad and we've had In AnlBdi students receiv~ isty in the world! Being in IB • growing. Lincoln Hig the IB program means m portunities for the future
BOVE: Student~ in De?orah Mc?inn Photo B : Jordan Master 'ddle of discussmg their new ass1gnrne~t. h d' y ss1·on in his eighth period IB History • •stens dunng t e 1scu
arrah' s art piece 'Something Like hadows.''
By: Leah Kash-Brown
Thi$ y{lar, thr{l{l $tUd{lnt$ got award$ at th{l t.i{lbra$k8 ~hola$tie flrt ~how in Omaha. lh{lg ar{l Jounior l$8b{llla Catalano, fr{l$hman Camill{l t1aIT8h, and ~nior ®avid Plaez{lk. l$8b{llta Catalano r{le{liV{l(i 2 ~lV{lr Kfzy award$---On{l in ®rnWing for h{lr .,~d &:,rd{lr" ink pi{le{l and on{l in Cornie flrt for a 5-pan{ll digital pi{le{l titl{ld "fill in a 'Vay'$ Work''.
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{lnd of Mareh. fll~, f>uring Mareh $tUd{lnb; got th{l ehane{l to $how th{lir artwork at &nn{ltt Martin ~brary. lh{l artwork ineludSZ$: photography, draWing, painting, e{lramie$, print making and digital pi{le{l$. oom{l of th{l ${lnior $tUd{lnt$ that ar{l pur~ art aft{lr graduation ar{l ~rittanyy Tuttl{l <mid-t{lrm graduat{l), Caitlin ttolman <going into P$<Jeh or Vi$C.18l arb, and fllieia f>yan {MU$(lUm euration and ftn{l art$.)
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Photo By: Hiyam Hesso
Above Middle: The audience looks at the art work of Lincoln High students at Lincoln High Art Show.
Photo By: Hiyam Hesso
Above Right: Ory Wickizer ( 12) works on his sculpture during art teacher Shawn Stoke's sculpture class.
Photo By: Leah Kash-Brown
Left: Holly Barr (11), Anika Zempleni ( 11 ), and Hana McmahonCole ( 11) look at art work during the Lincoln High Art Show.
Business/ FBLA
Job Fairl State competition o upopportuniti es for LH S stu
The LHS Business Department kept things lively this year, whether students w job or just wanted their picture taken with Santa. On October 30, 2012, IO local bus Lincoln High to look for potential employees. Students could talk to employers, fill and in some cases, even interview during the job fair.
"This was our 2nd year of the job fair," Business Department chair Marlyce Carl were about 65 students who attended, and 3 were hired on the spot!" Carlson added Other Business teachers, like Nancy Wolfe, and Instructional Coordinator Chand helped supervise during the fair and helped students fill out applications.
During the winter holiday season, FBLA members offered family photos with draiser. LHS families enjoyed snacks as well as movies (Elf, and Polar Express), c cocoa while waiting to have their pictures taken with St. Nick. They could also orders cars which included the photo.
At the State FBLA Competition, senior Catherine Burns placed in four events a Nationals which will be held this summer in Anaheim, California. She placed 3rd in munications, 8th in Job Interviews, and she got Honorable Mentions in Business . Hospitality Management.
Top: Vonteseya Hite (11) submits an application to the representative from Wiese Research Associates during the Job Fair in the West Gym. Above Left and Above Right: Students fill out applications for the various businesses that came to look for potential employee during the Job Fair.
Above Right: Catherine Burns (12) hleps check families in during the Santa photo shoot event.
Far Left: Devin Hildebrand ( 12) greets families at the door.
Left: Principal Mike Wortman takes a turn ~ta.
All photos by Hiyam Hesso
Top: English teacher Laura Aten and her family take advantage of the opportunity to have their picture taken with Sant for their holiday greeting cards.
Above Left: Associate Princip Jill Abel's husband snaps a photo of their son with San
Right and &low: ~rai ®ouglas' e66 tivil 1 studints work on thiir assign mints.
Photos by Blaisi Rashidi
AboYe: Linooln High students listen to New York rum director .John Soren.sen. talk about his rum pr0ject about Sudan en.titled, "The Quilted Couscien.ce." Artist in residence Peggy Hartwell direted the qui.It project. Photo by Elena Lovorn
~ w, S ~ imer (E~ Teacher) e ps her students review an assi~nment in her 2nd eriod ELL Level 1 class.
Above Top Rlg~t: St1,1devits 1,1se electrovilc travislators to do avi assigvimevit.
Photo by Tiauna Lewis
Above Top: ELL st1,1devit foc1,1ses ovi worR t~at vieeds to be dovie, Above: ELL classes listevi to a speaRer t~at came to Llvicolvi Hlg~. P~otos b~ Elevia LovorN
Lincoln High has a long tradition of providing English instruction for students who have other languages as their first language. The program used to be called ESL (English as a Second Language), but it was changed i to ELL (English Language Learners) because many of the students already knew a second (and sometimes third or fourth) language.
These students bring rich experiences and knowledge to Lincoln High from as many as 20 different countries, speaking dozens of langauges.
This year, as part of an LHS tradition, Student Council cooked a Thanksgiving meal for all of the ELL students. Even though the food was different than in their home countries, they enjoyed the meal and the company.
ELL Teachers at Lincoln Hi~h
Left to Ri~ht;
Front Row; Lindy Anderson, Susanne Cramer
Back Row; Liz O kereke, Sarai Dou~las-Schulz, Sharon Kreimer, Susan Hertzler
Above: ELL sttAdevits at a TnaviRSglvlvig Meal neld by SttAdevit CotAvicll P~oto by Reviessa Crowl
Photo by Gre~ Keller
Above: SttAdevits avid teacners eat tne TnaviRSglvlvig Meal neld by SttAdevit CotAvicll. P~oto by Reviessa Crowl
Above: SttAdevit CotAvicll wrote Happy T~aviRSglvlvig lvi dlfferevit lavigtAages for t~e ELL sttAdevits. Pnoto by Reviessa Crowl
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By lliyamHesso
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English teacher Jacob Schneider is new to Lincoln High this year. He had substituted for the English department many times before, and that's how he knew he wanted to be a teacher here. His very first time coming into Lincoln High he was intimidated because of all the rumors he had heard. After coming in and teaching he thought it was the perfect school to teach at.
English classes aren't just about preparing you for the ACT or NeSA. They teach you to write a story or speak in front of a class. Oral comm is one class that everyone has to take. Beth Rempfer, the oral comm teacher, explains that she lets the students pick what they want to write about instead of giving them a prompt. This makes students more comfortable speaking to the class.
Top: Trey Anderson (12) reads a poem during the African American Read-In during 7th period in the Media Center. The annual event was sponsored by the English Department.
Above Left: Engli s h teacher Deborah McGinn' s second period 9th Grade Engli h class li s ten s to instructions. Photo by Jordan Masters
Above Right: Amanda Hood and Haily Ally work in the hall on their English project.
Photo by Char Cather
Above: Danielle Nzihou Batsa (12) works in Lori Renning's English class on third floor in the main building.
Below: Jacob Schneider passe out notecards to his second period English class. Photos by Ariel Milsap.
Above: Emily Hancock (9) during American Literature reads "After River" by Donna & Composition with Jacob Milner for Deborah McGinn's Schneider. Photo by 2nd period English 9 class. Cheyenne Staton
Left: Amy Brandt (11) - chops onions for her cooking class assignment.
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Above Right : Megan Hamann(lO) prepares her food as her partner Sontwanic Walker (12)
Below :Colton Hoferer From North star with Maxwell Ihrie(12) Dee Moo(12) at their big Culinary skills competion. (Photo courtesy of Sheri Wieden)
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Its a little something south building at Lincoln High is cooking. (literally) Students pack on the approns and bust open the oven and get their cook on in the FCS cooking classes.Many people would say its their favorite class, we can sure smell why that is. Even other LPS highschools attend our amazing cullinary skills class. "Its just another Lincoln High job well done!"
Above
: oa on(ll m FCS
prepares his dough. Photo by Cheyenne sta ton
Above : Students P.reparing a hardy meal in FCS cooKing class. Photo by Pi heyenne Staton e ~ w : Adam Beg 12) Eva Vicro 12 and Norman ~ard (12)have fun coo ing and cracking jokes. Photo by Unkown
Left: Nancy Hunt smiles at Malina's "cheese face"
Below : Kim Belford cleans out the inside of the pumpkin before each child get their turn.
(Photos By: Brittany Warta)
Above Left : John Willis(12) Hold his daughter Ivy while enjoying the outdoors.
Above Right : Alicia Martinez( 12) and her son enjoy the nature walk together.
(Photos by: Brittany Warta ,.
Since about 1993 there have been the sounds of little pitter patter in the halls of Lincoln High, this is when the SCLC became the great supporter. of stu.detns with children. Many people think bad our dont think at all because they dont know how helpful it
Photo By: Brittany Warta is to be able to come to school and make a future for not just themself but for their children. To help make these student parents successful they must keep up their attendance and their grades which is the best surcumstances their could possibly be for a growing student and their family.
Right : Arianna and Malina have fun dressing up and playing with their dolly's.
Above: Children play with toys and enjoy eachothers company.
Lower Left : Parents JT MCcarter(ll) and CharJyp Cather(! 1) hole"!_ ope.n a goody bag with their son Jesse.
Lower Right : Elena Lovorn(I2) and daughter Daniela play in the pumpkin (Photos by: Brittany Warta)
Above : Mother Jazmine Mendoza (12) and Daugter Zoe play in the pumpkins
Right : Parents and children have some fun group coloring.
(Photos By: Brittany Warta
Photo by Britany Warta
Left : Davina Falcon( IO) and her daughter Malina walk hand in hand on a nature walk
Page, story and Pictures By:
Renessa Crowl
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Kenny Tran, (09), Work on ona of tha Balaylng knots.
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nlon Collage spaakar Aaron Kan hows students basic safety agulat1ons and how to put tha qulpmant on for balaylng. Aaron ant Is tha Outdoor [ducatlon and achnlcal Rascua Instructor. Ua s also part of tha lntarnatlonal ascua and Rahaf.
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Zach Wheat (12), sits at tha top of tha Double Duo, ready to rappel to tha bottom.
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Ory Wickizer, (12), puts his hairnets on after a demonstration by a Union collage spaakar, Aaron Kant. &tudants naad hairnets In order to belay.
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Zachary Wheat, (12), picks up Kenny Tran, (09), by his Balaylng harness. Tha harnassas hava to ba sacurad vary tight, for their support.
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These Few words are describing one ot the man!::} activities that Outdoor adventures otters. What is this activit!::j? Its none other than .5ela!::jing. When !:JOU bela!::J !:JOU need to know certain knots tor the ropes !:JOU use Stude~ts who take this class learn those knots , how to put their harness on , and put their knowledge to the test and bela!::j! .5ela!::Jing isn ' t the onl!::J activit!::J students learn in Outdoor Adventures. This class tters camping, ka!::Jaking, swimming, and more Ms. Am!::J Cariotta , PE: teacher at Lincoln High , changed the class a little bit , b!::J setting it to have a more surviva l set ot ski ll s. " It's akingsome otthe things we learn in class and having a l ive experience ." She is taking the kids camP,ing once during the class and having outside grouP,s come and help the students.
The class also goes ott campus to the zoo , park and to the lakes. What would this lass do at the zoo? We l l, the!::} do a little scavenger hunt! " Doingstutt l ike this makes it a l itt le more exciting" Mrs. Cariotta exp lains. You h it the lakes tor ka_yaking, and fishing, and ou go to places like the park to rock climb. Taking the class outside ot Linco l n High's campus is an exciting wa!::J to have kids experience what the!::} learn in-doors.
The wa!::J Mrs. Cariotta teac h es her class is ditterent than how most PE: teachers each their classes .5etore the!::} begin to do a n activit!::J , Mrs. Cariotta shows the students video ot how professionals do the activit!::J , or she would have a speaker come in and talk o her class. For example, it their activit,y was rock climbing, the!::} would watch a video ot professional rock climber's experiences before the_y started going over. This is done to show tudents that it the_L:J wanted to further an activit,y tlie~ are aS le to.
Outdoor adventures is one ot the man!::} tun dasses to take at Linco l n H!gh. There re man!::} other P. E: classes _you can take , suc h as Da n ce 101 , swimming, advanced weigh t raining, fitness tor l ite , and -team sports.
Jim Ryan , (12) , and Zach Whaa.t (12) , chm bad to tha top of tha Da.ng la Duo. ----------------'!Thay laa.rn a tachnlqua ca.llad
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Joyce Oso ri o, (1 2) gats ha r harness , raa.dy to put 1 t on and pr act ic e bala.ylng.
Ra.ppalllng. On tha ground Is thalr ( lg ) taa.m for support whan thay chmb and &tudants ma.da groups of ,___......__ra.ppal. ___,i /5 to ba tastad for bala.ylng. .-----=----hay 'ra practicing bala.ylng In tha Johnson gym
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asslca. Ba.rtak , (12) , follows Union Collage 's spaa.kar. Aaron Kant on how to corractl ut on Bala In aqul mant (Laft)
Joshua Lass (10) , Rappels down from tha Da.ngla Duo. Ra.ppal Is tha tachnlqua usad to lowar yourself to tha ground without any halp.
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Ua.yl ay Allay (11 ) and Lauran Mcc all (09) a.ra ma.king assantla.l knots naadad to Balay.
By Bodie Lame
gkilled Technical gcience classes are sorne of the rnod interactive classes at this school. The classes range frorn Welding Technology. Auto Technology to Graphic Cornrnunications and _Digital ~ledronics. These classes are hands-on problern solving education. which is preHy useful for life after high school.
gorne of the classes have cornpetitions and tournarnents during the school year. F=or Auto Tech there are about 4-5 different tournarnents. including F=ord's AAA g Troubleshooting contest which is in the spring. "It darts out with a written test and then after the test the top ten schools in the date participate in a hands-on cornpetition.'' gTg teacher Don girnpson explains.
As for the other classes like CAD (Cornputer-Aided Design) and Intro into ~ngineering taught by gtan l--laas. there are a couple of tournarnents. "~-Week is one of the bigged tournarnents we have every year.'' l--laas said. "It is usually placed at UNL Carnpus. ~-Week is either a bridge building contest c3gaind all the other schools involved. unlike lad year when it was a trust building contest. Also there is one with l--lornebuilders Association where we are given a lot of land and the students design a house and build it within 4-5 weeks.'' l--laas said. "Great careers. good paychecks corne frorn thes~ type of classes." he added.
(Left)
Austin Catron (12) carries a piece of metal to weld in 2nd period Welding class with Stan Haas. Photo by Kirsten Williams
(Right)
Sean Shear (12) welds his straight weld very carefully in Stan Haas's 2nd period Welding Tech. Class. Shear says welding is one of his favorite classes. Photo by Shyann Johnson.
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Ezra Lasenieks (11) welds his assignment in Stan Haas ' s 2nd period welding tech. Photo taken Shyann Johnson
Walt Groft (11) makes a bead in his Arc welding booth 2nd period in Stan Haas welding tech class. Photo by Jason Yelder.,
and Jim
at the underside of his car during Don Simpson's 8th period Auto • Tech class. Auto Tech can be used as an Applied Art.
(Above)
Nick Hager ( 12) works on his car in Don Simpson's Auto Tech class. Photo by Christian Luedke.
(Left)
Daniel Martin ( 11)
Rhian (12) look
Photo by Reagan Myers.
(Above) Austyn Stutheit (12) and Zachary Wheat (12) try to figure out how to fix the engine in 2nd period Advanced Auto Engine cla
Photo by Kirsten Williams.
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Top Photo: Back row: Coach Maier, 8hawn Wimer, Raymond Wunder, Pva~ Chisho lm, Cameron 8paulding, Jenny Uaar
Middle row: Trung Uoang, Landon Beard, 8arah DiM agno, Uannah Uoffman, Cady Xu, [mily Wang
front row stan din g: Lillian Bornstein, 8tella Uiterwaal, Cing Ciin
row kneeling: Uana McMahon-Cole, Ueladio Perez, Ngan Nguyen, Abi Paudel, Linh Nguyen
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Above: Stucwnls work on the works eel Zoe Mtiicr gm'c them i dtiss. Most ot· the sluden s tire intcrtwtivt1' m1d
Some of the classes our math department offers are Tngonometry, t1sk qu .slions. G eometry, Algebra, and so much more. Lenny Gish says, "Trigonometry is hard for students the first time they take it, because they have no experience yet."
Gish and Zoe Maier love being math teachers because they enjoy when their studen ts have that "aha" moment when the student doesn't understand the problem and then they suddenly get it. Being a math teacher has its flaws, they don't like it when their students do NOT do their homework. Maier is also coach of the Math Team. The team consists of President Linh T. Nguyen, Vice President Shawn Wimer, Secretary Jenny Haar, Spirit Coordinator Tyler York and other students from Advanced Algebra or Higher levels of math classes here at Lincoln High.
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Above: Student watch as Shannon Wigg teaches them their lesson for the day.
Photos by: Savanna Fellows
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By Maygen Middleton
The theme of the Lincoln High Marching Band this year was "Complex", and their song was the Blue Man Group. The routine was a crowd-pleaser all season.
Instrumental music director Chris Watson brings his passion and experience to the bands. "I love being a band teacher, because I love music, sharing music with others, and what my students accomplish," Watson said. He also plays two instruments: the piano, and the trumpet. He can play other instruments but not as well as those two.
Before the band starts to perform, he says that he tries not to freak out by deep breathing, and he tries to relax his nerves. When the band is rehearsing before performances Watson talks to them about what they are going to be doing, discusses what they achieved, and just talks to calm their nerves.
The Lincoln High Band students are supposed to practice every time they think about practicing, whether that is twice a day for about 2 hours or three times a day for an hour a day. Watsonjust wants them to practice at least an hour or two minimum each time they think about it. The best thing about the Marching Band is that it's a great opportunity to succeed with team effort, and to have everyone's individual techniques at hand.The band will finish out the year by going on a trip to Worlds of fun.
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by: Brooke Put
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ing class time. He wants his students to remember the joy that music can bring to your life outside of school as well.
" l want them to remember the importance of being able to express yourself through music -not only listening to it but performing it as well, because it ' s life -long, " Gruett said "That ' s my hope is that they sing for a long time. "
Several students have taken that idea to heart. Students like seniors Tyler York, and Jamie Tran, and juniors Emma Waechter and Abbie Austin have committed themselves to the music program at LHS. " They are just some of the students that are consistently involved in music and theatre ," Gruett said. These four in particular had principal roles in the musical production this year, " Seussical: The Musical. "
"That was a large , combined production," Gruett said " lt was a very successful production, and also it had some instrumentalists and vocalists as well. "
One of the challenges of the show included a change in location for the orchestra and the conductor "The Orchestra was behind the stage. That was quite a bit different. Usually it ' s out front , so we had to hook up video cameras so the singers could look at the conductor - who was up in the balcony. "
"That was a challenge for sound people , too , " Gruett added. On the practical side of things, the Music Department did a lot of fundraising this year to raise money to purchase platforms for performances and practices.
"We ' ve done very welL l don ' t think we're going to get our goal reached this year - unless we have a donor step up and say, ' Let me help you out.' We have about¼ of the funds raised so far ," Gruett said.
With or without platforms , LHS vocal music students kept the crowds entertained at both concerts and theatre performances throughout the years. With a wide variety of groups to choose (Freshman Choir, Vocal Links, Concert Choir, or Jazz Connections) there was always a spot for everyone.
Christmas Carols
Top Left: Jazz Connections performs at Peru State.
Above: Trey Anderson ( 12) belts out a solo during a performance. Photos courtesy of Tammy Wheat.
Far Left Above: Vocal Links, let by Jon Gruett, entertain the crowd at the winter concert.
Above Left: Freshman Choir perfoms during the fall concert.
Far Left Below: The cast of Seussical: The Musical bring down the house during a performance that had to contend with a winter storm that canceled school on two of the performance days. Photo courtesy of Paul Schack
Bottom Left: Students in Combined Choir sing with Park Middle School students during a concert at LHS.
Below: Concert Chorale performs on the LHS tage.
Left: Jazz Connections members sang
in their favorite sweater for the winter concert. Photo by Kylee Johnson Below: Jazz Connections sings at the Governor's Mansion. Photo by Sammy Greer
Above: Ashely Itzen (10) works on her Spanish Level 1 assignment. Photo by Sammy Greer
- Kylie Phillipi (11) lks about what he brought to lass. Photo by ikiya Giger
Right: Spanish teacher Amy Stetson teaches her 2nd period Spanish level 2 class. Photo by Leah KashBrown
Marissa Wannamaker talks to her German 3/4 Class about the show and tell. Photo by Nikiya Giger
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tells the class about her show and tell items in Marissa Wannamaker' s German 3/4 class.
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By Debbie Hernandez
Catherine
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Photo by Nikiya Giger
Marlene Rhadshi ( 11) focuses on her work beet for French class. Photo by Debbie Hernandez
By: Shyann Johnson
Bocial Studies/I
World History, Government & Politics, US History, 9th Grade Honors Social Studies, Civics, Geography, Psychology, these are just a FEW of the Social Studies classes you can take during your high school career
As a freshman you are required to take two semester Social Studies classes and they are, Civics and Geography. Civies is the study of the theoretical and practical aspects of citizenship, its rights and duties; the duties of citizens to each other as members of a political body and to the government, and Geography is the study of the Earth, and you use lots of maps in this class.
As a sophomore you' re required to take a yearlong class called W odd History. W odd History teaches you about everything that goes on in the World from the early 1800's or even before to present day. You learn a lot about wars, poverty, and history that has made our world what it is today.
Then during your junior year, you are required to take US History; this is just factual information that has gone on in the United States through out the years. It this class you talk a lot about the wars that the US has been in, the propaganda for the war, 9/11, and the all the hard ships that the US has faced since the day they became a country.
Last but not least, during your senior year, you are required to take Government & Politics or GOPO. In this class you learn a lot about the Government, laws, Constitution, Amendments, and the President. In order to graduate high school you have to have one semester of GOPO and with this class you must do 20 hours of community service or volunteer work around the city, for church, for school or whatever you can find it for.
I think that social studies classes are very important. They help you know that your rights as a US citizen are, help you know more about your country, and the history that is behind you. All in all, enjoy social studies classed during high school.
Justice Brown (9) Cracks open a book in Jeff Pierce's Geography class. Brown is studying hard for the geography quiz.
LEFf: Akilah Akbar ( 12) Takes down notes in Mr whites Government and Politics class Photo By : Deunte Johnson
ABOVE: Kyly Baxter (11) works on her work outside of room 101, during 3rd period Lucas Varley gives her a hand on her work. Photo By: Adriana Monte1 BELOW: Lucas Varley and Andrew Bargen '·sweep" the hallways catching people who are late to class at LHS on the first floor. Photo By: Jasmin Rogers
LEFf: Nancy Grant-Colson explains to her 2nd perod Advanced Placement Human ABOVE: Students take notes as Jeff Pierce Geogrpahy (APHG) students why develop- teaches his second period Civics Class menl varies among countries. Gan-et Cruz ( 10), Cohren Barth ( I 0), and Victoria Garza (10) try to answer a question about why development varies among coun-
tries. Photo By: Thomassen Honnor
Five LHS students got the chance to do some hands-on training this year buy working at the Seed Lab on UNL's East Campus in the wheat department. Students work during the school day sorting the seed and performing quality control checks to make sure the seeds arc free of foreign objects or chaff. This makes it so that the scientists arc more able to studv the seeds without having to worry about outside contaminants.
"The students do an excellent job," Special Ed teacher Linda Johnson-Flowcrday said. She takes the students to the lab each day.
The students arc doing such a great job at the Seed Lab that one of the supervisors there brought them seed that the college students, who get paid to do this, were supposed to work. The college students' standards aren't set as high as our students, so they would rather have
students from our school work on them.
One of the benefits for our students is that they get a chance at job skills so they are prepared for a better future. These involve much of the social part of the job like taking breaks, how you interact with your coworkers, how you complete your task, doing what is required of you, and taking direction from a bo s. Another part that helps make them better prepared for their future i taking the city bus to and from class. This helps them to learn to navigate the city buses in order to get to where they need to be.
Lincoln High i very fortunate to have this program available to our students, and they represent us well through their hard work and top performance.
Photos by LindaJohnson-Flowerda
Above: Kayla Martin ( 12) focu se s on picking out the bu gs and chaff.
Above: Linda Edwards ( 12) examine s the g rain s of wheat for foreign objects ..
Abo ve: UNL Seed Lab workers. Front row: Kayla Martin (12), Linda Edwards (12). Back Row: Spencer Beard (12), Whitney Gropp (1
Belo r : Kevin Tran (n ) Tcdum 1 rpimnec (9 ) and Landon Beard control the music during jam scssion. (Photo Courtesy of Brittany \Varta)
Ahn 1c : Student Council members who helped with the ELL dinner.(Photo Courtesy of Renessa
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AbO\c : Emily Gaspcr(1 doing the hcrnic as an opener for the district convcntion ( Photo Courtesy of Zach \Vhcat) ., >O V< ' : Demse ra1g opens her baby shower Above :Letter from the gifts with ·a big smile white house.(Photo
Right: Student Council members with their anti bully ing campaign sign. (Photo Courtesy of Denise Craig)
Above: Celeste Luedtke (9) works hard to make the homecomin decor great. ( Photo Courtesy of Brittany 5 E N
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Above: Brittany Warta(12)
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Above: Grace Joseph(12)
Above: Bethelem Thok(12)
A b we : Stuco sponsor Denise Craig helps work on homecoming decorations
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0 1 .u : Brittany Warta(12) and Penny Bui (11) talk about the agenda for the day.(Photo Courtesy of Zach Wheat)
Abr) ,re : Lindsey Hastings speaking at District convention
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Jfey Stuco, JfOvV VO YO'U :rrEL? vVe aefinite(y fee{ goo£ after hosting one of the best district six conventions in the history of stuaent council This year Linco{n Jfigh stucfent counci{ hacf Lhe honor of hosting tfie c{f,strict convention. We y{annec{ maae yhone ca{{s and yut many hours into making it tfie best we court£ anc{ it a{{yaia off in the encl The morning of the convention every stuco member showea uy in their green "Linco(n uy {eaaershiy," shirts at 6:45am reacfy to get tfieir districti?tg on. The morning of :Nationa{ guarcfyrovidea breakfast an£ grouy yictures, where J-fy-Yee yroviaecf fruit ..'As yeoy{e began to fife in tfie south gym everyone came to reafization that tfiis was rea{{y hayyening. :Nohocfy cou{c{ even imagine what was to come next. ..'As we began to guicfe yeoyfe to the Tee{ Sorensen tfieatre there on stage was a great motivationa{ syeaker and vo{{eyha{{ y{ayer, Lindsey :Hastings. She ta{kecf about {eacCership ancf how we cou{c{a{{join together ancfmakes our generation the next {eaders of .'America .Jl{tfiougfi what Lindsey dicfn't reafize was we are afready {eacCers. This year our stuaent counci{ is macfe uy of a variety of stuaent hut our freshman toy the charts as our highest number of student counci{ member at Linco{n fiigfz for quite sometime.
':Everyone thinks that student counci{ yeoy{e just y{an stuff, hut that's nowhere near the trutfi . .'A.s a stucCent counci{ member we cfo y{an hut we afso set uy, take down, organize, buy the stufffor our events. Our events consist of Prom, Jfomecoming, TLL dinner, .Jlntibu{{ying concert, r.B{oocf cfrives, an£ two new tfiings we dlc( this year was having sfiacfows from otfzer {eacfers in surrounding towns, andfina{{y our one time event was hosting the district convention for V6 stucfent councifs. :for every event we have a committee hut we a{{yitcfz in. :No matter how harawe know it's going to he student counci{sti{{y{ans more events and cfoes an amazing job!
So tfie time you here a rea{{y {ow£. vVT :fTTL (jOOV, It just might he student counci{ members aoing their warm u , ee{ ooa chant.
A hC'"f Student Coun I Ih : Lincoln 1-Iigh's cil mcmcbrs decorate Amazing Student sunda) nioghr for Counci1. ( Photo by Ms.Craigs hab) showunkown ) c,r. ( Phc~t courtcssy of Shelly Swartz
rollection of stories, p1 was going ttfbe easy, but;ffsbard, getting the stories and the ii is really diffirult." sa i\asb8rown. Yes, the year ive but it is not a cl~ t you ran~ attend and T e to the making of the faking pictuf that are involved.in oo re school ends is not • 'teria Taking th th m an in oughout the k, is another criteria &>me things people may not know about the yearbook i pe~n. 1\ rompe~tion between schools aroun~ the stat
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(Far Rl9ht) Neslta Smith-Holden If f) and RoJeen Vouslf If f) wort on their first deadline pa9es.
Right: 2nd Seme er Slaff C ... Rl: Brittany Wart a, Au m Green, Def,t,ie He...nandez "1omas letcher, ftll!aOlre Putty, Sa11lfNII& Fellows, Leah Kash- Brown, Dimitria Sierra, Aaron Cook, Shyann Johnson, Briannah Hunt, Ren1Hnr~. Crowl.
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Page and stories By Renessa Crowl
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You pick up a paper, look down, see the color, the names, the pictures, the developed copy of what seems to be easy and well put together. What you don't realize is that same cop of the advocat school newspaper, was made by a very ots of time outside of class, and development.
rent columns, and different ways the stories can be nd developed come from different people, with difgrounds. For example, a young lady who is very soft closed to just herself, would write a different story;rtt,lan a big, tall, loud, young man acker of the football team. We are fortunate to have different b kgrounds come together and give us ression, and even a bit of personal d to each completing a segment of a story, to make er interestin and entertainin
(Top Left): Kylee Johnson and Grace Green hand out the advocate newspaper to another student.
(Top Middle): Micheal Scot.to (12) carries the box of newspapers after they get printed. (Top Right): A group of students both from Advocate and Yearbook attend NHSPA Conference.
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Above: Link Crew !,Dembers ~,_·lllf create a iauntlet to welcome
incoming freshmen durinf{
freshman Orientation in the Johnson Gym on,Aug! 18, 2012,
Right: Link Crew sponsor Amy Stetsqn leads incoming freshmen in a warm up and ice-breaker activity in the fohnsort Gym during Freshman Orientation on August 14, 2012. Photo by Katie Chiplaski
Orientation.
Top: Link Crew members fjre up the m,wd iiuring Fte.o;hman Orienµttion.
'Pomalinks perform at tlJe ffiall of America Ulnce Competition
(Left) The LHS Pomalinks pose with their 3rd place troph y from the Mall of America com-
(Above) Pomalinks perform at the fall I Pep Rally to excite and entertain the I students attending.
(Left) The Porna hnks preforrn at the winter pe p ra ll y
Dancing :is full of passion, :inspiration, love, and lots of practice. All of Uris showed in the Po:mabn.ks performances Uris year. From their a1TI.aZing routines at assemblies to their jaw-dropping show at the Mall of America the hard work and practice proved to be worth-while when they placed 3rd at that competition
Overall the Pomal:inks had an a1TI.aZing season. Jazi Lott said, 'My favorite thing about Pomal:inks :is performances.'' Ariel Millsap said,'T love it when we performed.and I heard everyone callin.g" our na:mes.'' Throughout their dance season they entertained people at foothul games, hlskethul games, assemblies, and dance competitions.
They have :in.spired several young ladies to try out and share a passion for dance. The Po:mabn.ks are role models and a big part of Lincoln ffig h School's tradition of spirit and excellence.
The Pomalinks; s;old pizzas; during Open J-lous;e for a f undrais;er during the year.
By Renessa Crowl
Front Row (L-R): Zoe Reineke, Erin Tharnish, Kamaya LongHawkins, Andrea Bowman, Miranda Fricke
Back Row (L-R): Jazzy Lott, Ariel Millsap, Adrianna Lott
Photos; by Zachary Wheat
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What makes band great? "I Jike the fact that we can , come together as a group and make something so beautifu1 11 • Senior, Ty1er York, says about marching band. The band has been working on their routines and their show since summer, "Its coming a1ong rea11y we11 11 Mr. Chris Watson, the Band Director, says, "I sti11 think band is the best thing you can do. in my opinion it 1 s the on1y activity you can do that is not direct1y competitive, but you are competitive with yourse1f. 11 There are a few new ssacrowl things this year, 1ike e1ectric keyboards and speakers, to make them sound oto by Rene even better. When it comes to band or co1or guard it may 1ook easy when
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ou 1 re sitting in the crowd watching them, but it 1 s far from it. In fact, ha1f of the band consists of freshmen. Mr.Chris Watson states, "I am rea11y proud of these kids for being more invo1ved, seeing what other bands are doing and thinking, very inte1egent1y, about it and making progress. 11
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'There is a first time for everythin3. 'This year for the musica( Linco(n ?ti3h _performed Seussicaf: r.The '1v1.usica[ "'To my recoffection, yes, it was Linco(n 'lfiBh'sjirst time yerformina the Seussica[" 'Director '1v1.o((y 'Thomas commented. 'Another first tim~ was when the orchestra yer{ormed behindthe sta3e instead of in the yit. You wou(d think the conductor was with the orchestra, Gut Conductor jon §ruett was in the "We had to hook uy video camera, so that the sin3ers cou(d fook at the conductor throu3h the video camera." 'Afon3 with doin3 new thir:,gs, is havin3 to dea( with the cha((en3es. "'lt was a cha(fen3e for soundyeoy_[e to 3et a([ of it ora.anized." §ruett said. 'There are many obstacfes withyerformin3 a y(ay. On Saturday, the actors and actresses had to _perform twice, because 'Friday was a snow day. "'The birds 3ettin3 use to their tai(s was quite interestin3. 'The first day Catherine 'Burns had hers, she 6roke it. :Emma Louise a(so had troubfe 3ettin3 used to it, due to her tai( 6ein3 as fon3 as the sta3e. We hadyro6fems with our cfover dray, where we droyyed the cfoversfrom the ceiUn3. 'The exyeriments and tryin3for that were quite humorous." 'Thomas said. 'There were other y(ays that went on this year. 'They are: 'To 'Ki(( a '1v1.ockin36ird, Pedro's '1v1.a3ic Shoes, 'Friday's Chi(d, Who's 'Afraid of the Vir3inia Woolf?, and Comedy of ~rrors.
Ri~ht: The cast of One !\cl p,.:rforrn at the Ted Sor~tc-n Theatre.
Photo By Greg Keller
Right: Mary Stine ( 11) sings with Landon Beard (11) during the Seusical: The Mussical.
Photo by Deb W aechte
Right: Alberto Malcolm ( 10) has a disagreement with Paul Schack (10) in the One Act play, Friday's Child. Photo by: Greg Keller
ight: Landon Bear tands trial at the Te oresten Theatre in the T ·n A Mocking Bird play. e holds his hand because e had damaged it an . ouldn 't use it. This wa ery important detail lay
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rs have put together four audience groups. They pecifically designed to eaking on bullymg and of those shows "Be the performers, Letheby, y Thomas. done in what is called, nsists of taking a group sic characters, and having r own personal fashion ience members ~ive in the audience 'magishow," Letheby said. allows actors to 'break ge the audience, creatroach. Senior performer e, in normal cases, is putience and not being able ok at them. However, in h the kids." are not limited to speakever else is on stage. ct their characters, dren in the crowd to efore the counseling when the actors act out a Hied, Lethe by (the direcsks the crowd something in this situation if it Kids, enthused to be ourageously raise their part of a group metagger than they are. The ildren' s ideas , creating was partially created by ation for doing that is to ining. Learning the script hy) 1s only half of the have to be comfortable about serious situations. allowed to come up to h individual performer, handled it correctly, or t in the future.
er show designed to tarow, the focus is directed t. This show does not and was not created by is a commonly used ed for over 15 years. on the different levWhat is a good touch?
o can I tell? Is it my harassed? Should it feel ry serious questions that nks to Letheby and the are.
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affect other students. The how explain that you could be more aware of others' feelings, and who you can talk to if a problem persist after you've •used appropriate anti-bullying methods. " This show is about teaching understanding, and accepting differences and diversity," Letheby said.
These actors want to be part of this program and love the idea of changing children's live for the better. "We do this for the tudents that get bullied," sophomore Cat Nyberg aid. "It's our job to let them know they don't have to stand for bullying they can stick up for themselves."
Illusion is not only investing time into changing the lives of those who have seen the show, it also ha made an impact on the actors them elves. Illusion is more than ju ta cla , sophomore Alberto Malcolm said. "Illusion i a home. School used to be, ' I want to hurry up and get through this o I can go home.' Now it' , 'I want to hurry up and get to my 7th-8th period class which is Illusion!'"
The cast originally consisted of 10 students, the majority from LHS one from East, and one from Arts and Humanities. Former East High senior Shanda Shappell said, "Illusion ... .led the way in making me fall in love with theatre. For once, I was happy with what I was doing." Shappell is now enrolled at LHS and is a full time student. What made her change school ? Shappell says Illusion played a huge part in her transfer. "One day it dawned on me, if these theater kid are this cool. imagine what the rest of them are like."
The group traveled around western Nebraska performing for elementary , middle, and also high schools almost every day throughout October & November.
Right: The Illusion ca t get the kids a little more invovled
Below: Jon Felix takes center stage in an Illuison performance
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Th.e LHS Bow ling Teams dents who qualified to represent don't get nearly the recognition our school at state this season. they deserve, but that doesn't stop Both boys and girls teams had this dedicated group of athletes record numbers of participants f rorn putting forth their best this year. They even had enough effort. to have a JV Boys team.
In fact, this year LHS sent a With the growing popularity team mem ber to the State C::::Om- of this sport, hopefully the future petition. Seni r Gage Niemann will see even bigger teams and was one of a number of LHS stu- • more recognition
Above: The Varsity Boys Bowling Team - Back Row: Ron Phillips, Micah Eigbrett, Dylan Rotert, Gage Niemann, Coach Scott Boltz.
Front: AndrewRosenau, Kenny Philllips, Mikey Hansen, Matt Scribner
Top Right: Boys and Girls Bowling Teams pose for a photo. In the picture is Joseph Dodge, Scott Bolts, Dillon Rotert, Kenny Phillips, Ron Phillips, Austin Thompson, Leah Ortiz, Laureri Thuss, Gage Neiman, Michael Hansen, Breanna Ogden, Andrew Rosenau, Jeff Lupo, Jordon Moyer, Laura Tharnish, and Matthew Scribner (not pictured)
Right: Boys Varsity Bowling Team member Gage Neimann (12) competed at the State Bowling Tournament.
The Var s it y Girl s Bowling Team - Back Row: Coach Ron Phillip s, Jordan Moyer , Caitlin Holman, Lauren Thuss , Coach Scott Boltz
Front: Briannah Ogburn, Lia Ortiz , Allison Goldenstein
Above: Caitlin Holman and Lia Ortiz
Below: The Boy JV team get ready for a game .
The JV Boy Bowling Tea~ - Back Row: Andrew Ro enau , Coach Boltz, Austen Thompson
Front Row: Jeff Lupo , Joseph Dodge
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Imagine running th,l g,,~~c~~!l~f earth planet, sunshine and rain, distances you could never imagine people would run. When you're almost out of breath but you keep on running because you love it. Is that you? No? But somewhere there are people that are willing to do it. they are called Cross Country Runners. When Frank Cuddy,sophomore, was asked, "What made you want to join Cross Country?" He responded, "Honestly, my whole family did it. I couldn't play football because of too many concussions." As the season started for the Cross Country Runners according to Coach Jon Dawson this season would be a good one. Even if it did rain during their time trails Cross Country runners did not see that as an obstacle.
Even when weather starts to become a major player also, runners will have to work along with it. As new team members adjust for the season along with former runners coming back it'll create a good mix for the Cross Country teams. When coach Dawson was asked, "Do you think that this years boys and girls Cross Country runners will have a chance to qualify?" He responded, "I think that the boys team is in a little better position to qualify for state at this point, and individually Frank Cuddy, sophomore, Rebecca Vanneman,sophomore, and Hana McMahon-Cole.junior, have a good chance to qualify."The season is yet to be over, still a few more runs before calling it the end of the season over. With their minds already set qualifying for districts and state. And to do wh9-tever the season will bring them to get to the finish line. So far everything is moving in the right direction, the teams have good chemistry, and working towards becoming a better team.
On Thursday, October 11th, 2012 the Lincoln High Cross Country team were at districts where they would found out who had made it to State. Sophomore runners Frank Cuddy,Varsity, and Rebecca Vanneman,Varsity, had qualified for state. They did a lot in order to make it to state. For Rebecca Vanneman it was her second time going to state and a reminder of last year. When as a freshman she qualified for state. For Frank Cuddy it would be the first time going to state since last year he missed the chance to go by 10 seconds and for that this year it would be something be remember. When Frank Cuddy was asked, "What did you feel when last year Rebecca Vanneman qualified for state?" Cuddy responded, "It was like bitter sweet but I was happy she made it but I missed it by 10 seconds. It was like I was happy for her but at the same time I wish it was me." But with hard work this season Frank Cuddy qualified for state.
They are both sophomores and with that they earned experience and practice for seasons to come. When asked, "What would you say to new runners and runners that have been here for a while?" Cuddy said, "Just to keep coming out there, I think it's a fun sport, I think everyone should to do man, it's a fun sport."Even though sometimes things get in our way we over come them and we focus on the goal that's important to us. At LINCOLN HIGH teachers and coaches want to see everyone be successful. Just like the saying, "It's better late than ever." But at the end Frank Cuddy's wish did com rue he went to State. 138 Cross Country
Girls Cross Country Front Row (L-R):Rebecca Vanneman , Brenda Alvis, Cassidy Taladay , Hana McMahonCole, Ami Naff , Mackenzie Healy Second Row: Mariana Ossenkop , Ashley Johnson , Marissa Maughan , Elizabeth Yost, Karynn Brown, Elizabeth Avery , Charlotte Guyer
Third Row: Emma Waechter , Alison Goldstein, Mackenzie Cline , Hannah Higgins, Coach Dawson
Boys Cross Country
Top : The Girls Cross Country team line up at the start line before taking off. On Sept. 27th , 2012
Left :Hana McMaHon-Cole (11 ) ,Benie Buzi(12) and Rebecca Vanneman (10), On Sept. 27th , 2012
Right: Coach Dawson , Coach Johnson , Volunteer Coach Brad , talk to Boys Cross Country Runner Frank Cuddy (10)
Below : Benie Suzi (12) runs at Pioneers Park On Sept. 27th , 2012
Photos by Emma Fisher
Front Row (L-R): Jack Young , Aiden Arnold , Judd Salem , Jordan Smith , Douglas Tesh
Second Row : Will lnamura , Frank Cuddy , John Frey , Ben Hadley Third Row : Joseph Carlson , Dietz Wannamaker, Sander Sieglaff , Heladio Perez , Coach Dawson
Top Left to Right : Will lnamura (12) and Ashley Johnson (10) run at Pioneers Park on Sept. 27th , 2012
Photos By : Joseph Dodge
Loyal fans, Heartbreaking losses
"The crowd, the support was outstanding especially when we were struggling as far as wins and losses," Coach Mark Macke says about the Lincoln High Varsity team fans. "The crowd was great especially playing here at Lincoln High and for that we were grateful," he adds. Links never disappointed the team. Every Friday, weather it was below zero or high in the 90s, they gathered up at the games and cheered on the team. "It kind of lets you know that if and when we do start winning, what kind of crowds are we really going to get," Coach Macke says. Dressed in that black and red Links showed pride in their school and the team. They believed in the team even at difficult times.
This year the team welcomed a new player. Tyren Baker is a freshman that starts on the varsity football team. He has probably played on the varsity team more than any other freshman to have ever attended Lincoln High. "Tyren had a great year as far as gaining experience and we expect him to get nothing but better," states Coach Macke.
Tyren is a 14 year old playing against 18 and 19 year old players, so at times it can be difficult for him, but he has shown everyone
"It kind of lets you know that if and when we do •start winning, what kind of crowds are we really going to get."
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just how hard he can play. "I had to come in every day during the summer and lift, put in the work, show up and I had the potential to play varsity," Says freshman Tyren Baker. Tyren looks up to players like captain Trey Anderson who sees Tyren succeeding in football at Lincoln High.
Anderson, who is a senior says, "I don't regret my senior year and how I played- I went out there and played my hardest." He especially feels proud that his teammates voted him one of the captains, "It feels good to know that I have their support," adds Trey Anderson.
The team may have not played well but they learned a lot- about themselves, their teammates and the game. There's always more to the game than just how much touchdowns you get. Senior Joe Addison feels they could have done better, "Sometimes we have our mental mistakes and breakdowns, hopefully next year the Juniors that will be seniors will learn from our mistakes." Coach Macke says, "The team is battling a lot of issues from previous years and sometimes it's easy for them to get down on themselves We 're still growing."
Front Row (L-R): Jose Perez Blanco , Austin Thompson, Marquis Kirklin, Jordan Snodgrass , Anthony Lewis , Joe Addison, Allen Corey , Stephen David, Payton Helmstadter
Second Row (L-R): Gage Niemann, Jeff Brooks, Cody Allgood , Wade Michalski, Curtis Russell, Trey Anderson, Tyren Baker, Garett Carter
Third Row (L-R): Mikey Hansen , Anthony Bryan, Coach Green , Coach Jackson, Coach Shandera, Coach Macke, Coach Christensen, Coach Beckmann, Coach Cerny, Coach Hitz, Na than Pence Martiez Prather
Fourth Row (L-R): Deontre Belford, Brandon Varrati, Jacob Brown, Nick De Yong, Yohanna Shakai, Jaden Jilg-Brown, Austin Phipps, Tyson Wilson, Dean Christensen, Jamie Davis
Fifth Row (L-R): Grant Jensen, Kevin Gallardo Franklin, Josh Matz, Evan Clark, Zach Breck, Chad Franssen-Cook, Jonathan Arnold , Cody Morse, Trevor Shriner, Hunter Pritchard
On Friday, October 19 2012 Vietnam Veterans, which are Lincoln high alumni, reunited in front of the main building. They had a little tailg ate party before the gam against Grand Island. They talked over chili and hotdogs on a frosty day. During half, time over 50 Vietnam War veterans walked onto the track to be honored by the crowd of Lincoln High students and their families. The crowd stood to pay their respect to the vets as the marching band played the national anthem. They_ rose to their feet and applauded the ve for their service. This year was tne 50t anniversary of the U.S. entering the war. Crnch Macke of the Varsity footbal team says about the service , "That was a nice ges ture it was very humbling, i put things into perspective and that was
Lincoln High alumni Vietnam War,Era vet, erans and their families gathered in the front of Lincoh1 High on Friday, Oct. 19, 2012 before a ceremony to honor their service
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By: Brooke Putty
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They were able to coh7pete in tournah1ents but were not able to keep score. because you have to have at least four players. But that doesn't h1ean they didh 't have a great season
"1he nice thing about having new players on the teah1 is that they don t really have any bad habits. they Just have fun.'' varsity coach Larry Elwood sa id "When playing in the varsity tournah1ents' the teah1 realized how other players' play and how h1Uch experience they had It was kind of hard for theh1, but for these three not having played golf they have done a really good job "
1he players on the teah1 are sophoh1ores Lia Ortiz. and Monica Delgado Gonzalez. and Junior Erin Tharnish
But soh7ething exciting Erin Tharnish got noh1ihated for the Sertoh1a award! And she also got the award!
"I was really happy to get the award it was really cool to get it and h7e and h1Y coach were really close this year sot that was really nice. And I seen a lot of people froh1 Lincoln High that worked really hard. so it felt good to get that award" Froh-7 Erin Tharnish about getting the Sertoh1a award.
This is Tharnish 's first experience with golf "I thought it would be easy. because it looks like ah easy sport. It's harder than it looks People underestih1ate golf!'' Tharnish said
(Above) Left to Right- Monka Delgado Gonzalez (10) and Erin Tharnish (11) are walking up Ager course with other golfers.
But the only person Oh the teah-7 that had experience was Delgado Gonzalez. because she played golf during her freshh1ah year One of the best parts. according to Ortiz was "Just playing together and bonding with one another " All photos ta ken by Brooke Putty (12).
. (Above) Left to Right- Lia Ortiz (lo), Monica Delgado {aonzal ez (lo) and (rin Tharnish (11) pos es on Ag er cours e durin g practi ce.
(Left-Going from left to right) Lia Ortiz (10), Monka Delgado Gonzalez (10), and Erin Tharnish (11) posing for a funny picture. (At Ager course during practice.)
(Left) Erin Tharnish {11 and Lia Ortiz (10 are fo~ using on hitting the ball, Duri{lg practice at Ager 1eld. )
(Right) Erin Tharnish (11)
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(Below) Coach Larry teaches ~or~tca Delgado Gonzalez ,10, were you should stand when hitting the ball. (At Ager course during practice.)
(Above) Ua Ortiz (10) putts the ball and makes it in the hole! (At Ager course during practice.)
Top: Taya Arkfeld (10) pitches the ball to Grand Island during the Heartland Athletic Confrence Tournament.
Photo Courtesy of Mr. Thuss
Above. Left to Right: Amanda Hood ( 11) and Emily Gasper
( 12) do a team glove bump to get the game started against Fremont on 9-10-12.
Photo Courtsey of Mr.Thuss
Top Right: Lincoln High School Girl Softball Student Section. Photo Courte y: Emily Gasper
Above Right: Alexi Graewe ( 11) and Varsity Assistant Coach Jeff Pappas do a fist pound before a game at the Heartland Athletic Confrence on 9-812. Above: Casey Wilken (11) swings to hit the ball during a game against Fremont on 9-10-12. Photo Courtesy of Mr Thuss
Left: Jordyn Stover (12) get down and ready as she waits for a ball to come to the outfield on a game during the Heartland Athletic Confrence Tourney on 9-8-12. Photo Courtesy of Mr Thuss
The crowd screams, "LHS, LHS YOU KNOW!" The softball player look up and see their BIG student section - around 15 people who regularly came to support the girls. This was pretty much a first for oftball.
"My best memory this year was our supportive student ection," Senior Emily Gasper said. Gasper has played on Lincoln High' s Varsity Softball Team since she was a freshman. "In the past years the softball team ha never really had support from other students," (She gives a shout out to her fellow senior DJ Castillo and Shaundra Freeman for always being there cheering the team on.)
"The idea of having our very own student section was unreal, but they were very dedicated and supported us through many losses," Gasper said.
Having a crowd really pumped these players up this year. As Ga per aid, they never really had a student section, so this year was omething el e.
As for team bonding the girls tried to get together as much a pos ible to make the team closer. "We had lots of.bonding activities" Gasper said. They had team dinners at senior Victoria Bretthauer' s house. The varsity girls also made tye-dye T-shirts before districts, and it was fun being unified and wearing them to school she said.
"Even though we didn't win much, this year was one of the best years, becau e it was all about having fun and the team morale was best it ha ever been," Gaper said. The girls knew that if they didn't do well in practice or school, they got less playing time.They tried their hardest and made every second of practice and game time count.
"I will never forget winning our only game, the senior game!" Ga per aid. The girls had a tough season, but they pushed themselves beyond the limit.
By Shyann Johnson
Softball coach Li a Thie en i new to Lincoln High thi year, and she had a great experience working with the team.
"I enjoyed being a oftball coach. I have always wanted to have an opportunity to do high school coaching, o thi was awesome for me. "
Thies en also liked getting to know all of the player and ee them grow over the eason.
"I did feel like I built po itive relationship with some of the girl ," Thie en aid. " I could see progress at every level."
Left: Varsity and JV Softball Team
Front Row (L to R): Kaylee Gray, Pres ley Mittel tadt, Bobbi Oy a , Tyra Sheridan, Danielle Krauel, Olivia Bitz
Second Row (L to R): Devin Hildebrand , Aaron Selvage, Alexis Graewe, Victoria Bretthauer , Emily Ga s per , Jordyn Stover
Third Row (L to R) : Mgr. Shyann John so n , Taya Ark.fold , Cacey Wilken, Amanda Hood , Rachel Pageler , Lauren Thu , Fawn Byron
Caleb Martin (9) hits the ball to his Pi us opponent at Woods Park on Sept. 27, 2012.
Lincoln High Team total Score: 6
Race Schuurmans ( 11) and Austin Trejo ( 12) won first round against Bellevue East, but didn't win second round.
Aaron Cook ( 12) went to state for singles.
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Varsity and JV Boys Tennis
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Left: Varsity tennis player Caleb Martin (9) has a talk with Coach Sandberg during a match with Plus on Sept. 27 2012
Photo by: Penny Bui
Top left: Austin Trejo {12) get$ ready to serve the ball to his Pius op- ponent.
Photo by: Penny Bui
Bottom left: Christian StoneaU-N Ison (9) hits the ball to his Pius opponent at Woods.
Photo by : Penny Bui
Top Right: Caleb Martin (9) serves the ball towards his Pius opponent. Martin has a varsity tennis match at Woods.
Photo by: Penny Bui
Bottom right: Austin Trejo (12) and Race Sch ans (11 exchange a high five at the boys V • ennis inst Northeast at Woods court eptemb , 2012 oto by: Kir n Williams sity and JV Boy Tenni
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(Below) Brianna Kempel (11) sets Merissa Swinnerton (12) to attack the hilt
Photo by Christian Luedtke. (Right) The student section watch Lincoln High Varsity Volleyball. Photo by Cheyenne Staton. {Far Riglit) Student section making a tunnel to show support for the Varsity Volleyball. team. Photo by Malaik Muhammad.
LHS JV Volleyball
By: Briannah Hunt
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Iwas scared that I would fall off the rope, and nervous that I would mess up some how," said Christie Do as she crawled across the rope hanging upside down trying to rescue the princess.
The Lincoln High School JV volleyball team pushed their limits to learn how to trust and listen to their teammates in the beginning of the season. When the JV team went to the Nebraska ropes course they played intense games of "stay out of the ooze, and rescue the princess," while facing their fears of heights while their teammates cheered them on up the rock climbing wall. freshman Lela Waldman-Shanks said that it taught her team how to "trust each other in what we do, because in volleyball you have to trust them to get to their areas." Sophomore Meosha Wallace said, "it taught us how to work together as a team, and talk to each other on the court."
When the JV team moved further into their season, they continued to keep pushing and helping each other get through the season successfully. With all of the positive attitude and teamwork, the junior
varsity volleyball team defeated Omaha Northwest in the first two sets picking up their first win.
Photo By: Briannah Hunt
Tigers. This story shows that the team can laugh
The junior varsity volleyball team has had at the mistakes they make and come together as a many fun times together and good laughs throughout team to fix any problem that may occur. Another the season. One story that sticks out in the teams funny story that the team remembers is when they mind is during the Fremont game sophomore Meosha were on their way to the Benson tournament they Wallace caught the ball in her hands and froze due to made a music video cover of "yeah" by Usher on a miscommunication between her and the hitters on the bus. All of the laughter and fun they had making a free ball. Despite the miscommunication the team this video led to a couple wins in a row that night. pulled through the game and ended up beating the The JV Volleyball team ended their season
confidently by getting many blocks and serve receiving like pros. Coach Chelsea McMeen said " I had a blast watching the girls improve, and I am looking forward to see the improvement in the years to come!" All of the teams hard work throughout the season was great, but the bonds and friendships they made were even better. In the words of Christie Do, "It ain't over 'til it's over."
Lela Waldman-Shanks (9) spikes the ball during the Millard West Tournament white the rest of the team covers her hit.
This season was very successful for the Lady Links JV Basketball team. They started out their season with a win against Omaha South, battling it out till the end. The lady Links played the game like they were shooting stars. They never gave up on anything, and they kept lying down the court to get the ball and score. "We competed all the way till the last buzzer," sophomore Alexis Grawe said.
The girls made many memories along their journey to the end of the season; but the main thing that stuck out in their minds was their teammates. Teammates' trust and memories are the most important things on and off the court. "The bus rides with her teammates were he funnest part of the season. There wasn't a specific special event, it was just my teammates hat gave me great memories," junior Dimitria Sierra said.
The main struggle the JV Girls Basketball Team faced was that they had to work on keeping their heads up and not get down on themselves after a bad play. The girls worked hrough this struggle together, and by the end of the season they played with miles of confidence. These girls worked very hard to become the best team they could possibly be, and by he end of the season they achieved their goal. They played together and for each other the hole game, and that's all anyone could ever ask for.
As Alexis Grawe said, "Never ive u . Play like it's your last."
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s season t oys ars1ty as et team many ups an owns. ne ng t at ushed them a step back but also pushed them forward was when their teallllllate, a senior JaVon ones, ended up getting his appendix removed, and could no longer play basketball for the major·ty of the season. The boys were devastated and decided that they would play their next game for • . The team ended up winning their Senior night game against Northstar, and dedicated it to a Von. After this experience the boys learned that they needed to play for each other and as a unit. "We started off playing individually and it wasn't good, but as the season progressed we came ogether and it's gotten better," senior guardjoe Addison said.
Some good words for this year's Varsity Boys Basketball Team are "Trust" and "Belief." These ords symbolize the way the team grew stronger throughout the year. The word trust came into lay early on in the season as the boys realized it's a combined effort that can help to succeed in eir goals. As the team grew stronger together their goals became more and more achievable.
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State qua1ifier for the girls, Becca Vanneman ( 10) runs to the finish tine at Pioneers Park. State qualifier for the boys Frank Cuddy ( 10) talks to his teammates at Pioneers Park.
State this year. Junior Sarah DiMagno (right) brought home a First Place trophy (1===1 1 and qualified for Nationals! Celeste Torrence (12) and Mary Wickizer (10) made it to the final round. Soreti Teshome (11) was a semifinalist, Raymond Wunder ( 12) and Zach Hadenfeldt ( 12) were semifinalists, and Erin ( 11)
• P - Wilford and Trevor Obermueller (11) were / Q ? octofinali~ts.
State Qualifiers
•State Qualifiers for this year's LHS Boys Tennis team were Aaron Cook (12), Austin Trejo (12), Dang Dang (12), Race Schuurmans (11), Christian Stoneall-Nelson (9), and Caleb Martin (9).
The 2013 State Qualifiers for Wrestling. DJ Castillo (12) got first place at state, and Wesley Dawkins (9) got third place.
Soreti Teshome ( 11) placed 5th at the State Speech competition.
Your 2013 State Qualifier for Bowling Gage Niemann ( 12).
2013 Swimming and Diving State Qualifiers. Ashlie Izzo (12) got 4th place in Diving at State.
2012-2013
Jorge Mario Bergoglio "Pope Francis" becomes the 266th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church on March, 13, 2013 after Pope Benedict XVI retires. He is the first Jesuit and the first person from the Southern Hemisphere to become Pope.
President Barack Obama got reelected for a second term. He was sworn in on January, 20 2013
Hurricane Sandy formed on October 22, 2012 and Dissipated on October 31,2012. The Storm caused $7 5 billion in damages in the U.S. alone. 24 states in the U.S., Greater Antilles, Bahamas, Bermuda, and Eastern Canada were affected.
Sherman Hemsley from The Jeffersons (played George Jefferson) died on July 24, 2012. His life was taken by lung cancer.
90's R&B singer, Natina Reed, from the group Blaque died on October 26, 2012. She was hit by a car. She was in movies like "Bring it on", "V.I.P.", and "k{pney"
On October 14, 2012 Felix Baumgartner a 43,year-dd Austrian daredevil made the world record for skydiving, 24 miles high. He landed in New Mexico after 4 minutes.
On December 9, 2012 Jenni Rivera, Mexican, American singer, died in a plane crash in Mexico.
15 year old Malala Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban on October 9, 2012. She was on a school bus in Northwestern Pakistan. She was shot because she promoted girls' education and "western thinking" and criticized the militant group's behavior. The shooting sparked outrage all around the world.
"Golden Gabby." Gabby Douglas is the first African,American women to win the all,around Gymnastics title at the summer Olympic games on Thursday, August 2, 2012 in London, England. She is only 16.
eOn August 5, 2012, South Africa' Oscar Pistorius starts in the m n' 400,meter semifinal during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Smmner Olympics in Land n. Pistorius became the first double leg amputee to participate in the Olympics.
On December 14, 2012 20 year old Adam Lanza shot and ki lled 20 children and 6 adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School. He killed his mother at home before going to the school. Lanza committed suicide at the school.
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High School in California may have found the cure for cancer. Angela Zhang spent a lot of her time in the lab coming up with a way for a cure for cancer
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During the year McGinn sells treats o students in order to keep a budget for the Slam Poetry team. This year a former student of McGinn, Jennifer Davis-Korn, convinces Wayne's Body Shop to donate $1,500 to LHS Slam Poetry. The team was excited and very thankful for the care they showed. The money is used for travel exenses, snacks for their trips to Omaha and other things.
To the Lincoln High Slam Poets winning isn't everything. The other teams poetry always inspires them to do better and when they hear a piece they like they stand to applaud that person. Junior Lillian Bornstein hopes to win finals but says, "Th e sense of creation and comradeship with the other teams, I think, is more important."
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