Southeast High 2005 Yearbook

We'll cheer you on to victory

i/e are the Knights of Southeast

And we will win this game ·you'll see

Ve will show you

That we 're behind you all the way

:o raise your black and gold on high

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friends wear? Few students do as each individual's style proves to be an expression of themselves. From piercings to tattoos to the clothes we wear, · the style of Southeast can be defined as strict but laid back. In a place where often jeans and t-shirts rule, students still take one or two days a week to go all out and dress their best. With styles from the past to today's "live strong" bracelets, the school will continue to be defined by the people in it who are, in turn, a reflection of what they wear.

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by Megan Dolan & Ryan Evans

There are certain changes that are bound to occur over the course of fifty years. The Southeast building itself has certainly seen better days. Social Studies teacher Brent To alson stated, "Southeast's reputation for excellence says a lot about the students and the staff. It's important to me that this does not change. Bringing in ninth graders and the addition of brand new schools within the last few years is not an excuse. It's easy to get discouraged because of the other facilities." Regardless of the physical condition of our school, those who are in the building on a daily basis are able to easily see that these shortcomings equate to very little. They realize that the students and staff make up the heart and soul of the school.

Every day, hundred s of individuals enter Southeast, each one different in their opinions and appearance, contributing to the school in their own way . Freshman Jared Jobes said, "Being a freshman is the time when we can really adjust ourselves to being in high school."

As the yea rs go on, students continue to grow and discover their place. "I can start to figure out exactly where it is I want to be and what I want to do this year," ·commented sophomore Suvad Bektic.

At the same time, juniors in the school are working to solidify their places. junior Sophie Vodvarka expressed this sentiment well, stating, "I feel really comfortable thi s yea r as a junior."

Finally, after thre e yea rs of high school, most seniors are ready to move on, as sen ior Sean Flowerday remarked, "I enjoy being able to look b~c;k on my academic career." While students work through these pr~xesses, the teachers and staff who surro und them do everything possible to provide a nurturing and po sitive learning environment. For the past fifty years, the character of Southeast ha s refused to be determined by the condition of the building. Its nature will always be a reflection of it s people

everlasting patience

Not many teachers can say they have been at Southeast for 33 of the 50 years it has been open Kathy Steinke, one of the gifted coordinators, has been here ever since she student taught in the spring of 19Tl, and began teaching full-

time in the fall of the same year.

One of the biggest changes she noted was the lack of electives in the English department. "There were no differentiated or AP classes before; all 600 Jumors took American Lit."

KathySteinke'sfaculty picture in yearbooks 1980-1986

"It was' difficult to than today." Not only challenge students with were electives eventually 35 kids in a class. It added, beginning with got tedious," Steinke Contemporary Literature, commented on the large but new ideas enhanced class sizes. She did feel, the curriculum. "We got however, that, "kids read a lot better at offering more challenging books multicultural perspectives back then; they were better in literature and m us1c. able to handle the challenge

We didn't read any African literature in 1972."

Steinke witnessed a sit-in in the front hall with the principal's son as the head of the protesting, a student lounge, and a smoking section behind the building. Additionally, she was the sponsor of the now defunct

pep club, in which points were earned to stay in the club and to become a part of the selective group of seven cheerleaders.

by Kelsey Harwood

faculty & staff

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"You don't know what you got until it's gone." This saying can apply to man1 th_ing~ in_life, but for many high school students, It will nng true after graduation, as it did for Psychology teacher Rob McEntarffer. As a student at Southeast from 1983-1986, he regrets that he let sqme opportunities slip through his fingers. "I missed deadlines and didn't realize at the time that a lot of the homework I wasn't paying much attention to was actually pretty interesting stuff that I would have learned more from if I'd taken it more seriously," he commented.

At the same time, in spite of missing some opportunities, he took advantage of many th~t came his way. He was involved in band, technical theatre, and speech and debate He even credits one of his English teachers, Kirsten Vandervoort with inspiring him to become a teacher. Of ~er, McEntarffer said, "She showed me that teachmg can be an intensely creative activity that a person can throw all of their passion and intellect in to."

After 13 years of teaching, McEntarffer has had experiences that go a long way in proving the

value of Southeast to him.

"I have worked with teachers from all over the country, and my colleagues at LSE are doing some of the most innovative teaching I've ever seen," he

observed. "LSE is ·a remarkable place, and I don't think people will really realize how remarkable it is until they leave it."

by Ryan Evans

Jane Bredenberg Reinkordt Class of '63

Ann Quinlan Class of '66

Tim Tidball Class of '73 Eric Sack Class of '76

Using the word 'ambitious' to 1982, Toalson said "I got along with all describe social studies teacher Brent Toalson three groups-jocks, nerds, and preps. I may be an understatement. The recipient was definitely not a jock-I was somewhere of three separate awards recognizing his between a prep and a jock." He played leadership in the school and the community trombone in band, was enrolled in Advanced in 003 alone, his · list of achievements Placement Classes, and was President of Key include writing the course proposal to Club, which he described as a turning point. the district for AP World History and "The leadership I developed as President designing and helping to build the handicap- of Key Club really helped my confidence. accessible playground at Antelope Park. Because of this, I am now a huge supporter As a student at Southeast from 1979- of clubs to get involved at school," he

This is the sort of thinking

can make it apparent to most why Toalson has received · the number of major awards that he has (ten since 1992). "The administrators and staff at LSE have been supportive of my efforts to help young people di cover their 'adership talents. The awards not only reflect my work in this area, but also the willingness of LSE staff and students to improve the lives of others in our community."

by Ryan Evans

"Teaching is a way for me to have a daily outlet of idealism. I can express my op1mons and help students to find things they are passionate about· STUCO allows me t~ do that, as does teaching AP curriculum," he said.

Jodi Blazek Gehr Class of '84

Ron Paulsen Class of '79

Sherry Biel West Class of '86

Kim Paul Class of '81 Brent Toalson Class of '82

Aaron Svik Class of '91

Melody Anderson Jones Class of '83

Clay Hollman Class of '96

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Toan Chu

Tvler Churchill

Al yson Clevenger Ca rolyn Co lli er Philip D'Ercole David Deibert

Eric C lymer Michael Combs Codv Dam ian Gr iff in Depriest " 0 k a Y T"lc' Co""lt J essi~ D,nahec

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do have to make deep breath. Books? h h the experience, sacrifices, but all in all the Penci s? ec ' fi;st year. "Being in act1v1t1es students are encourage to experience was awesome.

I'm forgetting? Oh yeah.·· h l A LOT. Everyone on dive right in. "You do a lot I liked the challenge of my sanity!" Some freshmen e ps;eam has helped me with your team like practice, representing Southeast." may experience a . little my sition to high school." pre-games, and awesome bus h . h h 1 1 c but tran • h .d "Y by Kelci Shipley pre- ig sc oo pan , In the first year, wit trips!" Henning sa1 ou freshman Makaela Henmng new things to h d f · g so many as some a vice or gettm

Christina Cane Seth Carpenter

Danie l Cas ill as Fdicia Castillo

Juli an Cecere

Nathan Cech Sawyer Chambers Nathan C havez Col in Christensen

Macaela Danielson

B;·andon C lark Ju stin Cochran Brian Cra~dord Taylor-Darlington

Jalyn Cla rk Jacob Colerick Kelsi Creal Kristen Debban

Brian Derr Daniel Devries

Becc ,1 Dewitt

Karl Dietrich Tram Dinh

Vu Do H annah Dodds

Sara Dodds Er.in Dolan

Peter Donkin

Brianne Gutknecht

Co urtn ey Gu t knecht

Alic ia Haakenson Brandon Hamka

Evin Hale Anna Hardckopf

Kelsey Hamik Tori Hartley

Joshua HartMg

Justin Harvey

Jeff Heidinger

Patrick Heike~

Philip Hejl

Meredith Hellman

Russell Hendricks

Maddie Henning

Makaela Henning

Tcm · Herring

Ros~ Heydt

Morgan Hcvcn

Robyn Higgins

Kaitlin Hildreth

Eddie Hill

Heather Hill

Lucas Hill

Hannah Hillis

Cn·stal Hobson

S,1;ah Hoehne

Drew Hofferber

Lucas Hoffman

Matthe,, House

Durea Ho" ard

Ashle~ · J:-{ohc 115 ee Jordan Ho,, cn

Kelly Hoogevccn Sarah Howsden

Josh Hoover-Rathjen Sam Hubka

Brittne,· Horn

Jessic ,1Hotchkiss

Matthew Lafollette

Matthew Lafon

Jake Lamphere

Andrew Larson

Robbie Larson

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Benjamin Loo s Jacob Man_in Cc,;)y Loccnz Mm Ma":"'n n Loschen Ddan M,1so

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Ta\ lor Miller Tr:wis Miller Tr Mills · .f, Molzcn Jem er Monk Am ,mda

ichol as Reigert

Jenna Reim ers

Darb y Rein ers

Chloe Rein wa ld

Alex Redfern -C ook

Courtney Rentfro

H anna Riner

Morgan Robb

Ashton Robinso 11

Scan Rocke

Bri ,111 Roden

Bobb\' Rodriguez

Douglas Rohde

Andre~v Rojas

J oanna Rouch

Chri-;top her RmYc

Vin ce Ruhl

Cruz Sandusky

J ordan Sap~-

Lucas Schettert

Nick Schleich

Steven Schmid t Ar iel Schmiedi ng

Rachel Schmit

Kelsey Schrader

Rebecca Segieda

Kendra Sell

Andrew Sexton

Chelsea Shafer

Alyssa Sclw,art in g Andv Sheets

Pors chc Shepard

Ben Siemsen

Mattie Sim B;:ircclos

Cryssa Sittlcr

Nicole Skarp

Cl in ton Smith

Sondrea Smith

Tyler Smi t h

Willie Smith

Qetting a Qrip

Can you imagine going to a high school that has five different buildings and only have five minutes for passing? Well you don't have to imagine any more, you can visit with Caleb Conrad who did just that at his old school in Norwich,

Connecticut. At the NFA (Norwich Free Academy) the classes were much more strict and w;re harder for him than his classes at Southeast.

The average class had 35 to 40 people and he had a rotating schedule of classes instead of the same classes every day. He came to

Southeast this year and has really enjoyed it so far. He likes it here at because there is less homework and it's easier to get around the school.

by Chelsea Schrage

Sarah Halsted Ty Hanley

Lauren Hanselmann Katie Hartwig

M~chelle Hansen Matthew Harvey

Enc_Harmes Elise Hatfield

Sam Hedrick Brian Heikes

Nathan Henjes

Nick Hergenrader

Patrick Heyen

Christina Hilger Katie Hill Lacev Hilligoss Ben Hinrichs Jamie Hinrichs

Cassie Joh anse n Colby Johnson

Sara Johnson

T yler John son

Ashlie Jone s

Ashton Ju arez

Gemma Kaizere

John Kamp fc

T yler Keller

Ben Kell y

Jac y Kern

Nicole Ker stin g

Shawn Ke ssler

Allison Kin g

Sam Kinger y

Ashton Kin sey

Meghan Kirchhoff

Mik aela Kleeb

Elizabeth Koehler Keaton Kraft

Ben Kr eim er Trav is Kr sul Tyler Kruid

Alex Krynskr

Kurtt Kuhl

Sanuntha Labrune

Me ga n Lafler Court ney Langdale

Zachary Lann in Natasha Las sek

Lincoln Legault

Dav id Lehmann

Jacob Leuenberge r Andy Li esve ld Joh n Liu

Lee Lohrberg Neil Lon g

Eli zabet h Lonn Shasta Lovell Dylan Lo ve tte

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friends forever

by Jay Carlson

Seniors Trent· Price, Jim · Dawson, Dillon Cornett, Tyler Peterson, and Tom Gift joke

around after a midget football game in 8th grade - they've been playing football together ever since. "It's really awesome to get together with the same guys year after year, and to have them be part of your life like that,'' qift said.

Best way to break a date ...

"You're ugly ." Spencer Hardie

"I'd rather be asleep."

Chad Mares

" My dog died. "

Britta ny Robertson

Sarah Butts

"I have to work."

Tom Gift

Claire Christensen

Erik Clarke Melanie Clift Lee Coo r

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"Fo' !!~i;,le"

"I'm so amped!" or "Donzo" or "It's burr .. "

T J Degenhardt

"I'm sayin"'

Justin Kramer

"Man" or "Dude"

Ryan Krieger

"Oh no!"

Meisha Hutchinson

Joshua Milano

Who is most-likely to be ...

"Rashad McPherson: superstar" . iDrew

Magsamen

"President: Jon Hedgecock because he is serious and Van essa O'Nee l concerned about others and is extremely smart "

Brittany Smith

"CEO at Hollister: Josh Ferdinand because it just sounds fitting." Drew Steen

"Global Rock Superstar: o rew Steen, almost there " Charlie Shreve

"Kristin Niewrzel is most lik'.ely to be a first lady :,, Sally Thompson

Best places tor a date ...

"Doesn't

Dani Winter

Kayla Devore

"The beach at sunset."

Christian Chadwick

"It depends. First date Second date " Emily Shelburne

"A restaurant because it gives you a one "The Grand Theatre, because it's new on one time to talk." and everyone wants to go there."

Jandy Rimovsky

matter where you go, all that matters is who you are with."

"Overalls. Or people who match too well. Guys who wear pants like they're expecting a flood."

Brad Jacox

"Chunky hair."

Ali Lundy

"Pointy-toed shoes, because they look like witch shoes."

Samantha Overton

Seth Wilson Kendra Win~hester Christine Wing Danielle Wi11ter Sarah W ojtasek Zachary W oltemat

Liz Zetterman

Eric Hohensee Eric Silvey

in loving memory

Having a good day ,snowboarding

Helping other people

The love and knowledge of airplanes

Watching your skateboarding tricks

Listening to your drumming

Most of all we will miss you

Smile and humor

Missed by your many friends

Love, Mom and Dad

Believe that today Will bring you courage And tomorrow will Bring you hope

In

Bobby w4s a helpful and active member of Southeast Young Democrats. He loved trap shooting with his dad and loved reading fantasy books, especially J.R.R Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.

In Memory of Joey Gebhard

Memory of Robert F. Lonn

knights ·& 1·adies

Out of the 85 nominated seniors, these five Ladies and six Knights were selected as those who best represented their class. This honor is bestowed upon those whom teachers deem to be "outstanding." These students are generally wellrounded, hav:ing participated in numerous extracurr icular activities as well as excelling in their acedemic studies This year's selection of Knights and Ladies include athletes, musicians, Thespians, singers and more, while many of the chosen students belong to more than one of these groups . Congratulations to all these seniors !

• Senior Jared Boll races to the goal on a breakaway play Boll led the USHL West Division in penalty minutes He was also featured on the cover of Junior Hockey Magazine

Senior Trent Price watches from the sidelines after suffering a torn ACL in a previous game. Trent was the captain of the varisty basketball team