Being the n.e-w-est sch.(X)l i:n. Lincoln., North Star rmn.en.ts about the extreme diversity, the title of' the ''pe champion.ships -w-ere tossed arou.n.d.. Stud.en.ts searc.h.ed. f'o:r:~i;-.r;;..a,-i;.aM d.id. they kn.o-w- i:n. the mid.st of' their search. they -w-ere d.ef'i:n. d.om:i:nated in. and. the -w-alls that surrou.n.d.ed. them All N aviga selves in.to really sh.o-w-in.g Lincoln. -w-ho North Star ffig h Sc.h.(X) years since North Star -w-as i:n.trod.uced. in.to LPS, tra torf'est, s-w-itch. rallies, the Na
n.e-w-spaper and. the light d.id. f'ron.t of' them everyday, tho1.:~ri\ :t;.rle;SC!'Jli:ii
hbRi--t--, ,, -tt d_ soul of' Lincoln. th her positive dent' s biggest fun "Whether it pepping each. student u..p during -w- leaving -w-ou..ld. be hard. on. ooth f"~~t'.' ~-;e."i.~to f'u..lly believe in.North Star:
o-w- and. learn But -w-ith stud.en.ts, athletes, and. a st.af'f' like the h.. 'rh.e navigators -w-ill al-w-ays be charti:n.g the course, n.avi0 Vicki Bourg, and. all of' Lincoln. believed. they could.
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It w-as:n.'t alw-ays a smooth transition. going f'rom one school to the other, especru]y w-h.e:n. you. ma.de the big ju.mp f'rom middle school to high school. 'rh.e experience could be f'u.:n., stressf'ul, difficult, a:n.d f'or some easy. 'T t w-as a:n. easy transition. f'or me: t.h.e classes w-ere a lot easier to fi :n.d th.en. ;r th.ought they w-ould be," Je:n.:n.i lv1:oo:n. (9) ex:plai:n.ed, 'T th.ink t.h.e thought of' being a part of' a large student body is ex:citingr lv1:oo:n. played on the JV sof'tball tea:rn. in t.h.e spring and also swru:n f'or N ort.h. Star ::E-Ier goals f'or the year w-ere to letter in. S'Nirnming, have all A's, and just have a good f'resh.r:na:n. ex:per~e:n.ce.
As f'resh.:rne:n. entered high school rn.a:n.y of' th.em ex:plored :n.ev-r activities an.d f'ou.:n.d areas that interest them lv1:orga:n. Bruggeman. (9) alw-ays loved singing, acting, a:n.d sof'tball: u.pa:n. entering p.igh sc.h.ool she -made the JV sof'tball tea:rn. and f'ou.:n.d herself' involved. in. choir and the One Acts. For her, t.h.e :transition. w-as dif'f'icult be.tw-een. ma.ki:n.g new- f'rien.ds a:n.d getting all of'her homew-ork done daily. "R:ight now-, I'mjust f'ocu.sing on. lettering i:n. th.eat.re and :passi:n.g :my Oral Cornrnu.:n.ication.s class," Bruggeman. b"tated.. :Each year w-he:n. new- f'resh.rne:n. entered high school it mea:n.t new- possibilities in sparts and sparts is just about all Zach Jackson. (9) thought about Jackson. spent near]y all of'his f'ree time either w-or:king out, playing f'ootball or han.gi:ng out w-it.h. his brothers Jackson. started playing f'ootball w-ay ba.ck even. bef'ore kin.dergart.e:n., w-hich led to him making t.h.e varsity f'ootba.11 tea:rn. as a f'resh.r:na:n. ::E-Ie also played baseball a:n.d participated in vV"restling to help him vV"ith f'ootball. As far as his transition. in.to h:igh school w-e:n.t, Jackson. cJa±rn.ed. "school corn.es easy to me, so t.h.e transition. w-as easy Plus my last school w-as so s-rnall it w-as lil"\:.e a closet, so I like being in a bigger setting." Jackson. doesn't like to th.ink of' shortterm goals, :i:nstead he looks complete]y to t.h.e f'u.tu.re.
Sparts seem.ed to af'f'ect a lot of' decisions in h:igh school, especially the decision. to come to public school f'or the opportu.:n.ity to fhrther a sparts career :Heidi Bartsch (9) was home schooled until high sc.h.ool w-h.en she :made the big" change and ntered public school in order to play soccer. &:>ccer w-as her passion She started playing in kindergarten.. She played as a f'orw-ard a:n.d loved to score goals. Bartsch also used to play basketball hut quit to f'ocu.s e:n.tire]y on soccer T t got to be a lot w-h.en. I w-as playing on. three basketball team.c; a:n.d tw-o SCX!Cer teams at the sa:rn.e time," Bartsch. said She also en.joyed draw-ing a:n.d h.a:ngi:n.g out w-ith her f'rie:n.ds. ''Corning to public school has been a lot ea.mer th.en. I th.ought it w-ould be: the hardest thing is getting u.p earlier w-h.e:n. I used to be able to sleep in," 13artscb. said ::H:er goals w-ere to get a good edu.catio:n. and continue her soccer career.
Nguyen David Nguyen Hang Nguyen Jennifer Nguyen Johnny Nguyen
Jonathan Nguyen Kelvi Nguyen
Kenny Nguyen
Khoo Nguyen
Kim Nguyen
Phu Nguyen
Ttii Nguyen
Thu-Ngan Nguyen
Manzel Nimox
Norma Nimox
Shane Nisley
Alexandria Nolin-Coulter
Cole Norris
Yuriy Nurbabayev
Brant Nutter
Tanner Ogden
Rachel Oliver
Nikki Olsen
Cindy Ortega Sanchez
Jaydon Osborn
Nolan Osborn
Khalid Osman
Morgan Ouellette
Payton Palmer
Anahi
Gisela
Mikayla
Dhakiya
Sandra
Brianna
Tristen
Mckenzie
Kelly
Karen
Jonathan Tuchardt
Kimberly Valladares-Juarez
Rachel Van Arsdall
Vanderlinden
Kevin Vargas Mendez
Vasko Skyler Vaught
Vazquez Marin Justin Vermillion Susan Vodraska Aaron Vu Tina Vu Jody Vuong Michelle Wade
Michael Wagie
Taylor Wehrs
Zachary Werner
Heather Westfall
Joanna Westwood
Sarah Wetzel
Baylee Whetstone
Erika White
Nyayiech Wie
Joel Wienhold
Scott Wiese
Morgan Williams Laurie Wilson
Winkler
Gage Woolsey Damian Wotruba
Kyrie Wulf Richard Ybarra
Harley Youngblood Christopher Zarate Noah Zetocha Jake Zigler Chellsey Zweerink
Fram. ~r . .Lloyd in. Civics to 'Mr Bcxik for AP -W-o.rld. from s Frack in. P}-xvsical Science to 1\/1:iss Schmitt fbr Biology. teachers vVereT.1.'t the only th.at changed. £or the c.lass or bet T.1. rresh.rna:n. and. sophomore years.
• e-veryon.e dreamt of'th..e day that would begin high school As a fresh.man. it vVas your year to get in the swing 0£ thin.gs and adjust to the difference between. nixldle a:!h.ool and. North. Star As a sophor.nare yau. had been hare or a year a:n.d teachers didn.'t 1:el:,yyou l:ika they did w-hen. y0U. vVere a £resh.rna:n. "'I'h..ere 'W8S a lot ZXlOr8 honlaworlt.. e.:nd a lot more drama," said Jordan. es ( l 0) agreed. "Last year was a lot f'-u:n.. but th:is ear v'V'as more serious -with. a lot more .......,~..,_.,, w-ere a:n. optioT.l. £or the first tinle, a:n.d n.ts took ad-va.n.tage 0£ that in. order to nnprove '.As. Sophomores could also ak.e a class at 7 a.n1.., the popular being 1\/1:r. 'sAP v\Torld ffistory, vVhere u.deT.1.ts could alvVays c a.n.d in.terest±:ng sto • t OT.l. const.a:n.t study qu.estion.s
Being a y older a.n.d a year v'I.Tiser see:rn.ed. to be one thing that g eT.1.ts more com£ort in. co:rnj:ng be.ck. to ( l 0) said her favorite thing w-as "gettc>~CTl.OfJi!f- more pe.ople " 1\..1::a:n.y stu.den.ts took to athletpass the tin:1.e, 1\/1:orga:n. Cale ( l 0), aju.n.ior -varsity .,J:11:!lSl!~t'.:.bail player, said th.at sophomore year w-as "just one rr e year closer t grad.ua.t::ion.• Ca.it.1y:n.n. :fwrn.eyer ( l 0) man.
cmt10re year brow,rht •YXlOre ex:ci ti:ng" thin.gs she hoped. that bai- varin:t::v soccer t.ea.rmna.tes £u:n orb.er as :in,.Jab. si:ru!Je she vVasn.'t a fresh.-
Leah Abebe
Nathnael .A:braham
Ryan Adden
Joe Addison
Vanessa Aguayo Suarez
Jaron Ahmann
Daniel Alatriste -Flores ;i Zahra Aldekhel
Jacob Alexander
Katie Allen
Andrew Allgood
Alex Alonso
Selena Alvarez
Joceline Andrade
Mario Andrade
Preston Appleton
Shatice Archie
Brandon Arnold
• Joe Arroyo
Emilie Ashenbach
• Derrek Ashmore
Ac cel Ayala
Ale jandra Ayo ti tla Cortez
Johnathan Baade
Gerald Bailey
Lizzy Bales
Karen Barrios
Teagan Bassinger-Nelson
Brock Bauer
Sarah Benedict
Anissa Benson
Harrison Biehl
Mia Billesbach
Trevor Birdzell
Sam Bishop
Joseph
Kevin Castellanos Lopez
Samantha Chessmore-Farr
Tierra Choma
Samantha Christenson
Uyen Chu-Nguyen
Randi Cifarelli
Dalfotta Clark
Samantha Clauson
Adam Claypool
Brooke Clemens
Hunter Cloud
Matt Coffey
Brooke Colbert
Cameron Corey
Tyler Coufal
Zach Covert
Samuel Crane
Erica Cronin
Kyle Crowder
Mikayla Cruickshank
Warel Dak
• Devin Deklaus
Je ffre·{ Delgado
Ol eksandr Denysyuk
Jade Derock
Jasmyn Derock
Gabe Dickinson
Holly Dillard
Courtney Dinh
Ajing Dong
Kelsey Dooley
Auston Dormer
Nathan Drake
Jonathan Farber
D. Michelle Garcia
Jacqueline Garcia Castorena
Diana Garcia Rubio
Brenda Garcia Segura
Katie Garrison
Elizabeth Gehle-Ivey
Haleigh Gerlach
Nathan Gillispie
Katie Glaubius
Maricruz Gonzalez Figueroa
Delveion Graham
Laneisha Gray-Sawyer
Audun Green
Austen Green
Ashton Greenfield
Jake Greenrod
Joelynn Griess
Jenna Grimsley
Trayten Grubb
Zachary Grunder
Bakhita Gum
• Arisbeth Gutierrez
Daniel!e Haen
Cody Hahn
Kelly Hales
Haley Hall
Ashley Hansen
Terron Hansen
Sydney Harpham
Lucas Harrison
Anthony Harvey
John Haug
Jordan Havlat
Austin Hawkins
Peyton Haynes
Milla Heikkinen
Michael Henn
Emalee Henning
Nathan Hennings
Erika Hernandez
Monica Hernandez
Taylor Herzog
Delio He
Tiffany Hofmeister
Alec Hogan
Whitney Hollingsworth
Caitlynn Homeyer
Britney Hood
Samantha Hoover
Austin Hora
Noah Hous an Hunt ack Inness
Nicholas Irons Hana Jaber
Trevor Jacobson
AlexJohn on
Latrentis J nnson
Bent Jo es
Wilber Joya Pereir
Randy J arez
Haeder Kasem
Keny Kennedy
Mic aei Kesner
Eddie Key
Raja-Nee Keys
Tran Khoo
Elias Khoudeda
Breanna Killin
Rachel Killingsworth
Gloria Kluck
Crystal Knight
Augustine Kolb
Quincy Koll
Tessa Kometscher
Haley Korth
Mimi Kout
Markus Krogh
Sharaia Krogh
Isabelle Krzycki
Sabrina La Pour
Jean Lado Andrea
Kevin Lam
Dylan Lamb
Kasey Lamborn
Angelo Lantos
Jacob Lapp
Ga be Laughlin
Rachael Lehr
Nicholas lien
Richi Linares
Gerardo Linares Diaz
Deyon Livingston
Gage Livingston
Justin Lomison
Tania Lopez-Chavez
Taylor Lolhson
Emma Lubker
Ellie Lucas
Lueth Lueth
Cuong Luu
Mercedes Natas •
Andrew Marr
Laura Mortin
Cruz Mortinez
Justin Martinez
Shelby Mortinez
Turrubiartes Martinez
co cBride
e 'ah McElroy
inya McGarrell
Cody McGrath
Tyler McKimme Bryce Hn
Holly Nutter
Ruth Nwaturuocha
Joseph Odem
Destiny Olsen
Paola Ordonez Flores
Elias Osman
Nasima Osm Aleja uin
Alexandria Paulissian
Taylor Pence
Oscar Perez
Kyl Peters
Samantha Peterson CatebPetty
John Pham Lien m
Qu h mTran
V Pham Tran I ert Phannick Amber Pietenpol Zach P
Joe Saltzman
Carlos Sanchez
Savannah Savick
Mataya Scerini
Marissa Schild
Brianna Schoonover
Zak Schrunk
Megan Schuller
Brooke Schwisow
Beth oney Seher
M issy Sharp
Alisha Sheets
Kimberly Shoemaker
Ashley Sigler
Jaimie Sigler
Destiny Siriphone
Summer Skaggs
Nevin Sladek
Jackson Slechta
Brittanie Smalley
Carrisa Smith
Casandra Smith
Zachary Smith
Jordan Snodgra • oe
Blan la to dt rg
Marinah Steams
Casey Stokes
Ruveem Strilklvsky
Alexander Strough
Kylie Stuart
Armir Sulefmanovic
Ceqouia Summers
ttzamara Tafotla
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Jose'Tello
alerie Thomas
Nick Thompson
Richard Thornton
Derrick Tinner et Nanc orres
1meTran
Livia Tra
Quyn Tran
Ange a Trang
Mar us Truiillo
P ilip Truong
Br ndon Tubbs
Roger Valdovinos Gonzalez
Edgar Vargas
Reanna Varley
Ashley Vaughn
Alex Vicars
Hung Vo
NhuVo
Andrew Vu
Jacqueline Vu Trinh Vu Tran
Ari Wait
Leah Waldvogel
Charlie Ware
Donald Washington Jr
Avery Wayman
Kiersten Wegner
Morgan Weiner
Jonathan Westwood
Vanessa Wheeler
Shelbey White
Seth Wilder
Jared Williams
Kab rianl Williams
Roy Williams
Kristi Wintermute
Megan Witcig
Megan Woodard ' Bailey Worster
Martin Wyant
Halie Wyatt
Erica Yori<
Cora Yost
Muhsin Younis
Behdad Zahroni
Shahrzad Zahrouni
Jesse Ziegenbein
Ne-wclasses, ne-w- people, a ne-w- school, a:n.d most unporta.n.tly, a ne-w- coun..try are -w-h.at a-w-aied. Foreign Ex-ch..an.ge studen.ts. 'I'h.ose studen.ts --w-ho attended. North Star first semester -w-ere throw-n. in.to Arn.excan l:i£e 'W"ith. little preparation.. Despite the in.i • • difficulties 'W"ith commu.n.:ication., North Star stu..den. < • -w-elcorned th.err £orejgn. coun..t.erparts and everyone --w-as lert -w-ith vv-arrn unpression. on. each. other's hearts.
North Star -w-as ru..11 or e..xch..an.ge stud.en.ts th.lS year. Isabella Ex1er ( l l ), Laura Libe:r:a ( l l ), Fra:nzfak.a ~eyer ( l l ), Lea Renz ( l 1 ), Alissa £er ( l l ), a:n.d 1v.rax:i:rr.ril Schuerbu.esch.er ( l 1) -w-ere rrom Gerni.any, ~aryAn.n. Breu:rn ( 1 l) -w-as £rom Den.r.nark ~ariya N ezhy-va ( 1 1) rrom Ukraine, a:n.d :Helen.a Szoke ( 1 1) £rom Belgium. These e..xch..an.ge students ass:in:rilated. "W"ell in.to American culture and activities. &me joined theater, played in. ban or -w-en.t ou..t £or sports. Stu.den.ts ort.en. had to e.xplain. Arnencan. slang to therr £oreig:n. rriends, vv-ho attempted. to use ha:ndh.eld diction.aries to better u:nderstan.d. Anierican English.. ~eye:r: -said "For me the hardest thing -w-as the slaaj "W"ords like su.cl-:i:s [-w-ere dirficult}" Anot.b.er charact.eristic that came 'W"ith. £oreig:n. e..xch..an.ge students --w-ere the accents the brough-t. rrom therr homela:n.d. &me accen.ts vv-ere heavier others, or course S:!h.ae:fer had only taken. Er.tglish. £or tvv-o years bef'ore coming to North. Star. '-:My En.gUsh. vVas terrible vv-hen. I got here, a:n.d that's vVhy behaved kind or shy at the beg:i:n.n.ing,'' she said Sch.aerer began. to open. u..p and people u..n.derstcx:xi her better art.er spending time -w-ith her in. small groups or fhen.ds alor.tg -w-ith. her host sister, Janice "Wien.hold. i l 2). As th.err classniat.es grew- more accustomed to deciphering vVhat the e..xch..an.ge students vv-ere tryi to get across, it became secon.d n.ature.
North Star studen.ts also taught the ex:ch..an.ge studen.ts about American. customs. It vv-as therr £rrst Tha:nksgivin.g £or many or them Schaerer com:rnented., 'T [thought] my Thanksgiving was a little di££eren.t than. the usu.al ~vi:n.g] or at least how I :i:r:nagi:n.ed. because I thought you. sit [at] one 1 table, you. pray together, then. you. eat everything tog-ether, talk a lot, a:n.d sit £or hours at the table eating and eating. I th.ought it [w-as] more tog-eth.ern.ess duri:n.g the meal but it was [great].'' rrhey learned. or the history o£Tharik.sgivi:n.g and. "W"P..re able to consume large amou..n.ts or turkey, stu..££i:n.g, s-w-eet potatoes, rnash.ed. potatoes, corn., a:n.d most importantly, pu:rnpki:n. pie. North. Star students taught them about hOV\T Tha:nksgivi:n.g w-as a time £or gre.at laughs. togetherness, and. flunily, all surrou..n.ded by a warm, home cooked meal
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Sirous Abak
Nafisa Abdul Basir
Kany Adam
Jayden Adams
Drew Addison
Brittany Aden Yasmine AI-Shdifat
Najid AI-Tubi
Dalya Alisandro
Austin Alm
Jay Amin
Ezra Anderson
Daniel Arbaugh
Alyssa Archuleta
Taylor rizola
Ashley Arredondo
Abbey Arrigo
Justin Ashley
Yama Attaie
Christian Avelino-Amador
Trevor Baade
2010-2011 Foreign Exchange Students (Left to Right): Lea Renz , Isabella Exler, Laura Libera, Mary-Ann Breum, Max Schuerbuescher, Helena Szoke, Franzi Meyer, Alissa Schaefer , Mariya Nezhyva
Kayla Bailey Lukas Baker
Eduardo Balderas
Kacy Bartels
Crystal Baumann
Rachael Benedict Matthew Benes
Janay Berks
Berndt Salwa Berwary
Bieh Tori off
Birdsell
Paul Blose
C se Boeselager Rebecca Bohaty Jasmine Book hykeerra Booker
T nner Borzekofski ustine Boucher
Ca idy Brazer
Roland Bre eier
Kyle Brennfoerder
Mary Br um
Dantevian Brt>oki s Ran a ooks ~dam Brown
Deonte' Brown Logan Brown
Mesie Brown
Thomas Brown
Miranda Bruckner
Sam B lier Tenia ulloc
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Aimee Ostiguin
Mimi Ostiguin
Cory Owen
Amanda Owens
Alfredo Padilla
Suruj Pal
Eduardo Palomino
Gabrielle Palomo
Daniel Paolini
Jose Parra
Tyree Partee
JaY. o1el
Lindsey pard se.Perez
A.J. Peters
Dylan Petrie
Chase pfanstiel
Amene Phannick
Kelli Pietenpol
Hannah Pool
Victoria Pooler
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Neri Rendon-Lopez
Tyson Rens enz ettig yes
Paul Reynosa
Jordin Rice
Nicolas Riebel
Eliseo Rios
Austin Robertus
Jessy Romero
Amber Ro kran
Evelyn Solis
Erik Soncksen
Claire Spahn
Tyler Spevak
Will Spickelmier
Michael Stahl
Colton Starkweather
Jessie Steager
Katy Stege
Brittni Sterba
Ra Jase
Sule;manovic
Asia Swift
Han Ta
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Jeniffer T n n n er
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Rebeca Umana
Trephon Valderrama
Karla Vargas Mendez
Michelle Vasquez
Azenet Vazquez M rin
Mathew ,nzant
Davi Vlasyuk
Kenny Vo
Krloi Vo
Lieu Vo
Natausha Vodraska
Bradley Volz
Anna Vu
Brenden Zegers
Devon Zwiener
Amanda Walla
Brady Walling
Marcus Walton
Corley Warner
Tauheedah Watkins
Tyler Waymon
Allison Weber
Dylan Weber
Jacob Wells
Kyle Wentworth
Michael Wenzl
Kaytenda White
Brittany Wiechman
TaranWiedel
Chrisheena Wills
Jory Winters
Alyssa Wintz
Logan Woslager
Marcus Wright
Yuliya Yefimchuk
Quriosity Young
~ingb_jgh school was a giant step i:n. life and that it --w-as the start.mg paint i:n. a life jou.rn.ey --w-~ a huge understatement. ~h sc.h.ool --w-as its ow-n.
jou.rn.ey. Critical to help fi:n.d on.e's sel.£ a:n.d place i:n. society, high school--w-as a student's 11:fo £or £our years. The :rrst day the class of 20 1 l ;walked through North Star's doors, each --w-as faced --w-ith hevable choice of' paths, a:n.d each. person took his or - ~....,.-~.~sch.ool chan.ged. people: it--w-as as simple as that. People realhat -w-as truly nnporta.n.t to them, and -w-hat they --w-anted. to do their lives. In. many cases, people--w-a.J..k.ed in.to high school thinkthey -w-ere going to become one thin.g, but as they :made their --w-ay ough b_jgh sch.cx:>l they d.ecid.ed to focus on sometb.i:n.g- entirely difL e:n.t. Ra.:msey Jaber ( l 2) experienced a great shift in his focus for the fu: :ure, "I've changed my focus tow-ard t.b.e medical field, and have taken. relevant to it,.. said Jaber. ''A.s a fresb..:rnan I -w-anted. to be a J::ia.nd r, bu.t I've realized that's not -w-hat I --w-ant to do "" ~ •~h b_jgh school -w-as geared to-w-ard learning i:n. the class-roorn, there -w-ere several other that -w-ere ju.st as trnporta.:n.t, especially the social People su.ch. as Jacob -:Meysenbu.rg ( 1 2) found that being soofil ed. £ram his f'resh.r.nan. year. "It became easier to talk to pe le as high school -w-en.t along. Also, I -w-as able to put my ideas out re d sh.are them --w-ith others; said -:Meyse::n.bu.rg Other peaple --w- o had gone through changes sirn.:ilar to 'lv1::eysenbu:rg learned to ju.st fot themselves be heard
People -w-ere also ch.an.ged by experiencing ne-w- things. Stu.dents srrn.ply tried out • eren.t activities, and fbu:n.d themselves by doing something th had never before experienced.. Hu:yen Le ( 1 2) decided to get i:n.vo :ved. • several clubs such as College Club, and by doi:n.g that, got an . Sou arwhat sh.e--w-a.:n.ted to do after high school 'T--w-a:n.t to go to Cornmu.:n.ity College, and passibly become a hairstylist." iah N orth-w-ay ( l 2) t.ransf'erred. out of North Star before h.er or year -w-he:n. she :moved. to Ohio, but ca:rne back as a senior 'rh.:is - 11"'-:..I. .i..a...L.u,.i e led to many chan.ges £or Northway-. "'It -w-as a good switch. because I learned to read.apt to the curricm.lu.zn. but SCX!ial].y I feel like I missed out on a ot,"ex:plain.ed. Nort.h.w-ay, -At the same time, I got over the idea of need in.to several'' to belong in. a group. and consequently, --w-as accepted
Not eve one-w-e:n.t through as d.rru:.--tic of'a: tra::n.sitio:n. as leavi:n.g a::n.d comi:n.g to North Star, bu.t everyone noticed themselves ch.a:n.gi:ng du.rtn.g their tizne tn. rugh school. "Whether it--w-as i:n. themselves, friends , or surr'OlJJJi.d,jinc;:rs, everyone experienced gro-w-th a.:n.d develaprn.ent, kno-w-i:n.g th.at it wuuld help them as they -w-ent on to e2Cperie:n.ce even greater changes after lugh sch.ooL
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l. Larissa Flowers (9), JP Murray (l0), Queen Ohamara (12), Martha Mendez (ll), Rosalinda Gutierrez (12 ), Zain Saleh (ll) , Kimberly Euter (l0) , Alejandro artinezturrubiartes (l0), Lainey Nebesniak (l l), and Teagan Bassinger-Nelson (10) watch and prepare for a short presentation of what they have learned. Mac Jme Cara Heminger teaches all levels of French along with Madame Cynthia Rockwell.
2. Kourtney Klein (lll, Haylee Fischer (l0l, and Robert Salistean are astonished by the demonstration at the front of the class. Salistean is the band director as well as a music teacher.
3 Nigel Campbell (12) listens to Jason Ahlberg lecture in his fifth period Government and Politics class Government and Politics is a graduation requireme n oper only to seniors
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Mitchell Hunt (12) practices his musical talent in Guitar l Having guitar be available to students at school gives them an opportunity to learn something y otherwise would not have pursued.
During Career Education, Austin Robertus (l ]) surfs the web for information on his possible careers in the future Robertus ropes to become a landscaper, fgiowing in his father 's footsteps.
6. Rochel King e xpla ins to students how to write a proof for geometry King is the Tearn A Ninth Grade Leader.
7 Haden Wroblewski (12) leaps off the diving board during swim class. North Star offers a variety of swim classes from lifeguard training to water sports
8 Amanda Maxwell
and Marcus Walton (ll) record notes in their Algebra two class Maxwell and Walton are both dedicated honor role students
North. Star's ch.ief'Navigators w-eldorTied. a newrneniber :in. the 20l.0-201 l. school year when they hired Assista:n.t At.b.l.etic Director Odell Santos. Sa:ntos -w-as -w-elcom.ed. as the :firth n.e-w- ad.m:i:n,jstration nJember three years. Santos stated. 'T to North Star because great things are happening here." Santos, favorite sport -w-as golf. moved. his :furn:ily to Lincoln £or the Opportunity to -work "{,V],th North Star's ~l.:iSitration.. Leaving his pasition as an Outreach. Consultant in Lind.say, Cal:i:fbrnm. he joined the North
• • tion :in. pert. orw-hat has becorne an unintentional trend - h,jgh. positive turnover.
'v'\Te have had a lot or turn.over in the ad:rnin.istra.tive ranks these past ejqht years," said 'Dr. Nancy the principal since North Star epen.ed :in. 200 3 Becker :is one of' only five ren::urin:i:ng f'rozn origin.al ad.r.nin.ist.ration.. 0£ the ad.min:istrators w-ho have left.. tw-o have gone on. to be principals at .L±ncoln scihools. Becker said she -w-as, "very proud of' the n :u.rnber of'North. Star staff -w-ho are :nown:b:iistrators in other t.OY.rDS or Ll?S bu.il.di:n.gs."
During the 20l.0-201 1 school year, the adm:in:istration. 'WSS faced 'W"ith. the daunting task of' pt.ing to raise reading and math. scores. Becl-ter said the task. "<Kept nlS) u.p at n.:ight" This sort of' tion w-as w-hat d.:istingu:ish. North Star's adm:ir.ristration as a great team of' co:ncernad. leaders. Th.ere could be no doubt that North Star's adm:ir.ristration was a:rnan.g the best :in. the state. .Aft.er all nmny sob.cols had a principal -w-ho -would even co:nsid.er the use of' a cow-bell as Becker liked to on. ga:rn.e s or during a £arned. Gator -W-alks? Or an. Associate Pri:n.cipal -w-ho -w-ou.ld volunteer to dive into the :pool, Wly clothed, as 1'.tfik.e Gillotti did in. the n.a:me or charity during the 200 9- 2 0 1 0 year? "When asked t her st.a.££ Becker said. 'T kn.ow- -w-e do good. -w-ork at N orth Star."
'T'he students couldn't have agreed more .
Karla Tinius shows off her collection of her favorite college football team , Iowa State inius works with Student Discipline for 9th grade
Vann Price and Craig Jacobson d iscuss their administrative policies during a p a ss ing iod. Price and Jacobson have both been on staff since the school opened in 200 3 Coordinator Mike Gillotti organizes his plans for the upcoming week. Gillott i oft en spends his t ime in his office assisting students during school hours Gus Jacobson, Associate Principal, spends his free time on the internet and si ppi ee. Jacobson helped with SPED students before becoming an Associate Princi pa
5. Left to right : Odell Santos, Lor i Devine, Edward "Gus " Jacobson, Nancy Becker, Tom Foch t , Sharilyn Bullock, Mike Gillotti. Not pictur e d: Vann Price, Karla Tinius, and Craig Jacob so n.
6. Odell Santos rarely gets time to rela x, so when he gets the chance , he ta kes it Santos enjoys t he ne w at mosphere a t N ort h St ar
7. Assistan t Athl e ti c D irector , Ode ll Santos, enjo y s he lp ing out cus t od ian Glenn Steider. Santos recentl y mo v ed to North St ar from California
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1. Kathleen Wiechman helps a student with a cut on his hand. The health st c sup pl ies first aid for the students when injuries occur
2 Sheryl Wood w ard listens to a student's concerns in her office The Healt h ) Hice help multiple students each day with their individual needs
3 Kathleen Wiechman types a student's information into the system The nur s are responsible for keeping records of your visits to the health office
4 Jodi Vanek types up information for a future North Star student As the s 1ool' s Registrar , Vanek works with transferring students at North Star
5. Bonnie M itchell wor ks off her computer in the main office Secretaries help North Star run as smoothly as it c ies
6 Dana Tucker ta kes ca ll s to keep track of attendance. The attendance office has hundreds of calls and messa \ 3S dai~
m ta es ca ata rom students in the counsel ing center Students have to check in with her when they arrive in the counseling center
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sandwiches for lunch It takes the cafeteria staff multiple hours to prepare for North Star 's lunch rush
keeping North Star clean Custodial staff is on call 24 hours a day to keep the school looking its best
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the chocolate cake before the lunch crowd arr ives The Cafeteria staff has to prepare dozens of items daily
Goodwin takes the sandwiches out of the oven The lunch staff not only has to prepare food but also keep the cafeteria sanitary for the stu c :nts
Teena Ware finishes wrapping
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the senior lockers,
10. Glenn Ste ider collects trash after first lunch Steider has wor ked for 30 years
Yvonne Cook sets out
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13. David Balkus sends a message to another
security guard about a student The security staff constantly monitors the halls throughout the day
14. Matt Lickliter listens to a student's concern at the front desk. The security staff is in charge of checking that all students have 1.D.s on 15. Lanny Bolles talks to an administrator about a student The secur ity staff keeps in touch with all ad~inistration so everyone knows what's going on
16 Eric Wi lliams helps North St~ alumni Kim Huynh w it h a temporary ID. All students and visitors need an ID. to get past the front desk · and into the schoo l.
Suppart St.affv.rere those people v.rho helped North Star stay ru.n.:n.in.g. 'I'he lunch st.aff'v.rorked. to pree and serve lu.:n..ch The custodial st:.aff'l-i:.ept our sc.hool a nice lace to learn th.at seemed. to alv.rays be spotless and v.rithou.t secretaries our sc.hool records and transcripts v.r be nn.possible to access.
Suppart Staff has evolved since the cpe:n.in.g or North Star: many have co:rne and gone throughout the years. Eric "W"illia:rnsjoin.ed. North Star's security team :four years ago and had been. a security guard :for seven. years. 1'/.Catt Lichliter had v.rorked. v.rith "W"illianlS :for all :four years he had been. employed at North Star. 'When. "W"illm:r:ns car.ne to North Star he said. the only thing th.at differed. f'rom Lincoln. Southv.rest -w-a.s th.at "'the drive is longer" but other th.an. th.at "stud.en.ts are the saxne, faces are different"
One thing th.at has prog-ressed. over the years is "the }tids' v.rill:ingn.ess to listen." Vvillia:rns expla:i:n.ed. Stu.cl.en.ts '1.ist.e:n.in.g has gotten. better " Lickliter agreed. v.rith "W"illia:rns th.at "the kids are more apt to v.rork v.rith us because they kn.ov.r v.re aren't here to screv.r them over" "W"illia:rns explained. th.at v.rhen. he told students the reasons behind the actions of the security guards. "'the stud.en.ts are more prone to do v.rh.at you. say". For example "ID.'s protect ltids" by "keeping people v.rho are supposed to be here, in the building, and those --w-ho are not. ou.t."
North. Star ch.a:nged v.rith time, but overall the 1'tids still acted the saxne even. --w-hen. the security guards the-:rnselves thought about v.rhen. they v.rere stud.en.ts in hlgh school "North Star has more diversity, and that's a plus," said v\Tillia:rns. Lickliter sav.r North Star as an oppartu.n.ity to v.rork v.rith nev.r stu.clen.ts. :E-Bs favorite part about the job v.ras -w-at..ch.:i:ng the students grov.r :from :fresh.:rnan. year to seniors and then. rm.ally to college and beyond
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"When ma:n..y stud.en.ts thought about the -w--ord ''cou.nselor,'' they automatically though · or someone they -w--ent to so th.ey could cry a river and ra:n.t about everything that was going o i:n. their lives. The truth -w--as that cou..:nselors did mucl:t more than o££er emotional suppcrt. were the people who to set up student success through }ugh scl:tool and, hopefully, beyond
The deri:n.ition or counseling has evolved throu.ghout the years Counselors -w--ere not • th.ere to listen to lif'e stories, but they were there to lead students on the path from freshman. y to senior year . "Being a cou.:n.selor is new-, ex-citing, and run.," said Lionel Suarez, ·you wear many £ere:n.t hats and have :n:u:rnerou.s responsibilities."
Coun.selors w-ere faced w-ith dif'rerent situations to h.a.:n.dle every day There was never a where everythi:n.g "'IATas the same . The best part or being a cou.::n.selor is the students' energy and , 11111111•--• thu.s:iasrn., " said Susa:n. Seacrest, one or the fresh.man counselors 'Tt is a great privilege to see all kids gro-w-- in.to young adults and. enter the real world"
Coun.selors made an nri.pact on people's lives every day 'I7his w-as a job that ranged from working out students' scl:tedules and shOW'i.:ng them their way through high scl:tool to giving students an ear to listen. to any problems they may have had From f'ix:in.g a broken flip - flap, t preparing Gators £or college, counselors were always th.ere to help w-ith. life's u.n.ex:pected dilenux
l. Devonna Jones (ll) asks Li nda Klimm to sign her pass back to class Klimm is the secretary in the Counseling Center and helps coordinate st u need s in t he cen ter
2 L,onel Suarez talks to a parent about a North Star student Suarez is one of the four counselors that w ork wi th sophomores , jun iors , and se
3 Becky Tege ler f ields a parent phone ca ll about a students schedule Counselors must work w ith students, parents , teachers and adm :nistra t ensure st udent success
4 School Soc ial Wor ker Diane Ferr and counselor Susan Seacrest schedule a meeting for an at-risk student The counselors w or k closely wit em to address t he needs to students w ith serious emotional and personal issues
5. Virg inia Saporta g i ves a student tips on classes to take in high school. Saporta is the chairperson of the Counsel ing Department
6 Rick Boyle writes a pass to send a student back to class Boy le is in charge of assisting seniors find scholarship oppo r tun ities for the ir post -h school education
7 G inny Schnabel has a discussion w ith a student about a schedu le change Schedul ing is an impor t ant part of the counselors' wor k
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For :rna:ny students, the art department -w-as an. "importa:n.t part of' their lives that sorneti:rn.es develo:ped. in.to a career :path.. North Star's art department of'f'ered rn.a.:n.y opportu.:nities and classes to its students .Art provided u.sef'ul skills and. -w-as very therapeutic to r.n.an.y teens
.Art -w-as every-w-here, a:n.d -w-h.eth.er you students kn.e-w- it or not, art af'f'ected th.em day to day It -w-as a:n. idea that took pla:n.n.:in.g a:n.d gre-w- -w-ith th.eir irn.agination., and eventually it evolved in.to a person.al masterpiece
Kha:nh. "lv1:ai ( l l ) started -w-ith brai:nst.orrning a:n.d planned ho-w- she -w-ould carry out h.er ideas -w-hen. it -w-as time f'or her to be creative. 'Tn. the end. I'll smile -w-ith pridef' ex:clarrned. "l,./.[ai
Jessica Bui ( l 0) reflected on. ho-wmu.ch. art had evolved in. the last l O years "People are starti:n.g to discover n.e-w- materials to create art -w-ith," Bui said Darrell Hu.te, the photography teach.er, ch.ose to con.tin.u.e to teach. photography -w-ith film because it -w-as a "dying art" In. a f'e-w- years, th.e tech.n.iqu.es of' developing f'tlrn and u.si:ng a manual ca:r:n.era could be lost f'orever . But Kar li Jo Hitz ( l l) thought th.at the -w-ay art -w-as changing -w-as £or th.e better ".Art has become more arch.itectural," said Hitz.
Expression.through art -w-as a unique f'eeling that no on.e person. f'elt exactly the same about As "M::ai said. 'Tt makes me £eel free and open.. It also rn.akes me pa-w-erf'ul because I am th.e one in. charge. I get to make th.e ch.oices in. ho-w- and -w-hat I get to make."
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North Star's Art Department:
1. Zahra Aldekhel (10) works peacefully in her pottery class It is ' important to experiment with different tools to create the exact pattern and story the artist desires.
2 Dana Freeman (lO) frames his subject for his Beginning Photography class In Photography classes , students used manual cameras instead of digital ones
3. Kylie Peters (lO) doesn 't mind getting her hands dirty in her Beginning Pottery class. Peters learned to use slip to bind plastic clay together
4 Thanda Sae (l l) and Noah Housh (10) watch a demonstration by teacher Lynette Fast The students studied the 2/3 pattern of Ancient Greek pottery
5. Marcus Trujillo (10) works on his self portrait in Beginning Drawing. Darrell Hute teaches this class along with all of the t>hotography classes
Darrell Hu.te, Ly-n_ette Fast, a:nd. George Sedlacek
Technology ch.an.ged a great deal in. 20 l O and 2 0 l l.
Some stu..de:nt.s u..pgraded themselves f'rom an iPod. to the ever--sobetter iPad Others traded in. their flip phones f'or sleek and slender tau.ch screens. The compu..ters at·North Star -w-ere u..pgraded vVith £aster processors and lug~r memory Some of' these compu..~rs -w-ere u..sed by busin.ess students.
Bu..sin..ess in. J:oth sc.hCX)l and the real -w-orld had to adapt to all the ch.an.ges technology th.re-w- at them. -w-hether it -w-as replacing a compu..ter or upgrading the bu.si:n.ess platform as a -w-hole. North Star teachers had the e:xcelle:nt ability of' adjusting their lesson plans in. order to sh.ow· each stu..de:nt how- to e:xcel in. the constantly cha:ngi:ng busin.ess lif'e
Career E£lu..cation, Compu..ter Applications, Keyboarding, Digital 1'.1::edia. and Economic Perspectives all taught valuable lessons th.at carried in.to adu..lthCXJd Career E£l helped stu..de:nt.s prepare f'or f'u..tu..re college and job plans. Compu..ter Applications edu..cated peers on all of'the levels of'l\.1::icrosof't nee- f'ollovVing in..-depth _.--,--.:1 -::: directions th.rough Po-w-erPoin..t, -W--ord, and Excel. _ __,,_;:::;--- -.--=-·---~ - --:.--:-.,_-:..;_, Keyboarding show-ed stu..de:nt.s how- to improve their ~Yboarding skills and basic kn.ow·ledge of' the compu..ter Digital 1'.1::edia. e:xplored the endless :possibilities of' the -w-ay you.. can edit and adjust a photo. Economic Perspectives taught the responsibilities and value of' a dollar Alyson Va:nArsdall ( l 2) sa-w-f'irst-
ha:n.d the ch.an.ges of' the buJ;i:n.ess ~epartrne:nt -w-e:nt th.rough du.ring her }ugh sc.hCX)l career.
Va:nArsdall said, "Some rCX)ms got :ne-w- computers so thumbs u..p to th.a-cl" Another stu..de:nt fluniliar vVith bu.si:n.ess also agreed Ashley Arredondo ( l l)
d.ed, 'Technology has ch.an.ged majorly over the past f'e-w- years and I th.at's-w-hat :makes lear:n.in.g it so in..teresting ".
Bu..sin..ess quickly ch.an.ged around u..s all.
T~ers made the transitions and u..pgrades easy to adapt to V a:nArsdall stated, 'T -w-ill take vVith me -w-hat I 1earn.ed. about 1'.1::icrosof't Of'f'ice, applying f'or jobs, and also in.vesting in. stocks " Arredondo said, 'Technology is literally ru..n..:ning our -w-orld :now-, a:n.d vVithou.t it-w-e'd shu..t dovVn!' All stu..de:nt.s -w-alked ou..t of' their bu.si:n.ess class dCX)rS vVith ease, k:no-w-ing th.at as th.e bu.si:n.ess
in.to their even faster cha:ngi:ng lives.
1. Geoff Ware \12\ practices his Digital Media skills on a picture are has enjoyed all he OOs learned in the business department the st four years
Talisha Galaviz (11\ and Kylie Harpst (11\ work on their career contion proiect in Career Education This proiect will guide them into ssible directions of occupations that they fall under • Julia Dowlirg (121 helps CJ Hein 1111 in their eighth period Digital edia class Digital Media allows students to explore the possibilities in computer editing
4 The Business Department IL to Rf Shanron Ouible, Cindy Hoehre, John Matzen, Jennifer Satorie, and Dorann Avey. All five teacrers work hard to maintain updated lesson plans so each student can adapt to the constantly changing business department
5. Ashley Arredondo 1111 works on in class worksi'ret Arredondo r<ls taken two business classes in her high school career and plans to continue her busi·
ness education her senior year.
5 Jeff Cathey 1121 analyzes a library of pr<ltos lre picture he chooses w ill o tbrough a process of editirg skills that he has learned in his business class.
l. The English Department-First row (L to R): Chellie Olsen, Angela Christensen-Fischer, Stephanie Malone, Cale Prindle, and Lori Svatora Second row (L to R): Melanie Farber, Bryan Barnacle, Tara Moore, Sara Hollcroft, and Rachel Mack. Third row (L to R): Cyndy Maddu x, Marty Peregoy, Ashley Turner , Susan Paschold, and Brenda Broeker Fourth row (L to R) : Troe Smith Mike Musil Kristi Kotik Candi Musiel Alicia Williamson, Jodi Rethmeier aid Greg !Not P-teh.red Jess N\eyer)
2. Randi Cifarell, 00) ri'ttes a fTICJSk for a Greek play project Antigqne She will perform this play with her clas&nates n the next of weeks.
3. Michael Wenzl llU ood Janes McNd present their English poster project on gongs in front of their AP Language and Composition class. This project taught abou t ethos, pathos and logos.
4 Magcri Bruggeman 191 listens to Mike Musil explain what to do on an coming English project. Students have to bok over their rough draft ed,t ood turn in t heir final paper.
5. Jorda, Stroman 19) looks over his practice test for the Reading Graduah Demonstration Exam All students are required to take and pass this test to graduate 4 May Streeter 111) aid Carly Faller 111) laug1 as they listen to a classnate p resent English project on ethos pathos, ood logos This project was a h.n way to intro duce new material.
"Wb..en. -w-e -w-ere little our teachers an.d parents pau.:n.ded. sentences in.to our heads like, 'Nan. can. ru.:n...'' or "John. can. read" "When. -w-e con.ti:n.u.ed. thro-u..gh grade school, -w-e learned. ho-w- to f'irst -w-rite simple five sentence paragraphs. "Wh.en. -w-e -w-ere younger -w-e al l thought paragraphs -w-ere complex: and t ook so m u.ch t:iin.e. N o-w- that -w-e look back on. it those paragraphs that -w-e -w-rote -w-ere ju.st bu.:rn.ps in. the road 'I'h.en., in. middle school,-w-e learned. ho-w- to-w-rite more complex: eight to ten. sentence paragraphs. 'I'h.ro-u..gh our high sc:h.ool years -w-e -w-rote a complex: essay practical.1y every -w-eek From the time -w-hen. -w-e -w-ere little. to n.o-w-, our l"":It;~~:rtist:lrt:iamm'Brs t:i~re- 'lT.lroiJi::teid.1 ~Q."ist'Ja,:e:~:rr:rt:i::r.u;:rrX1E!C!.txa-:rn:!S"'i::n:t o our heads.
North Star helped in the d.eveloprnent of'w-riting by ad.ding t-w-o :ne-w- classes t o the English. D epartt in the 20 l. 0-20 l l sah.ool year: Spo:rt.s Literature, and Popular C ulture. 'I'h.ese classes -w-ere a dded to Jei-ne:n.t students' growing need £or diversity in English Ho-w-eve r , these classes -w-ere on.J.y offered. £or ,i.,._ In Popular Culture stud.en.ts d:isdovered cha:n.ges in A:rnerican. culture from the l 9 BO 's to present day. ~oord.:in..::'.I" to Cale Prindle the Pop Culture teach.er, -Pop Culture is basic en.terta:i:nrnen.t t-w-isted around that is htfu.l]y put together to actually r.naan sornethrn.g In. the clas:,:_;, Pop Culture students mu.st step a-w-ay from bat they love and look at it a:nalYt:ica].]. "
In Spo:rt.s Literature stud.en.ts studied. sports th.rou.gh reading fiction. and n.on.-£iction.. "'rh..e ma.stereotype of' Sports .Literature is that it is only a guys class, but -w-ornen. are involved in. it, too," said ~elanie her, the English. I>epartrnen.t Ch.air. Spo:rt.s Literature lcx:>ked. at sports o£ all tyPeS, past and presIt d.id:n.'tjust :focus on. men's sports either, -wor.nen.'s sports i-.ve r e also discussed In. Sports Literatur e :uden.ts studied short bool'ts, novels. and art:icles alx:>u.t sports history and present sports .As :for the £uture. other classes YXlBY be developed. in. the Englisb. Department The teachers 't -want to stop just here: they wanted to keep rnak:ing classes around student's desires.
l The E L Department (L to R): Jeremy Fischer , Em ily Gri mes, and Da v e Helle ri ch
2 Van Trinh (12) pays at t e nti on t o Mrs. Grime 's teachin g ne w v ocabu lar y. Learn ing Eng li sh v ocabulary helps students use more English in their daily lives
3 Mrs Grimes Level 2 ELL class reads and listens durin g a group discuss ion The ELL studen ts learn a lot fro m in teract ing with each other.
4 Bibis Hernanadez (lO) studies vocabulary Students ar e g iven amp le class ti me for stu d yi ng
5. Ali A bdallah (ll) practices writing in English out of his w or k book. St udents par ti c ipa t e in ma ny writing act iviti es
6. Quy h Pham (lO) w or ks on an assignment given in cl ass St udents are g iv en amp le cl ass t ime t o work o assignments so the teachers can ass ist them.
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i-,es more djf'rictllt th.an. o:ne m:ight b,ave th.ought I t vv-as like someline ·who spoke E ng hsh his or her a,,hole ljf'e trying to learn Span:ish. ~er.night Stu en.ts :nevv- to the United States 1 ed to use the llngl:ish ,.,.-r,,..,..,-,.,.,i-,-,e through English YJa;lll'tJIJ:!!¥.J,!eLl~u r (ELL) classes.
There were f'our levels of' 8LL classes that of'f'ered direct i:n.stru.ction..: Level l (Newcomers), Level 2, Level 3, a:nd Level 4. Stu.den.ts took an. in.take assessment that detern:1.in..ed their ELL placement level. They vv-ere assessed o n. language, math skills, , reading, VITriti:n.g, a:nd listening. Esther ~u:n.denibo (9) said. ''ELL helps me vv-ith readi:n.g, VITriting, a:nd speaking I :reel like I can. speak to other people " ELL students vv-ere also taught vocabulary co:rrrr.no:n in. the English language The vocabulary beca:rne more dllf'icu.lt as they progressed through the levels of' English..
In. ELL students vv-orked out of'a 1:x::>ok, as vv-ell as doing speaki:n.g-related activities. It -w-as vital to practice writing a:nd speaking English. to f'clly u:n.dersta:nd it Stu.den.ts made errors a:nd the t.each.ers helped correct th.em md sh.ow·ed them the right way to say VITrite something Oscar Perez ( l 0) said. "I :reel comfortable when. I'm m ELL.'' A r egular day in. ELL depended on. the level the student vv-as tr1.. The Level l students had 4 periods of' classes per day, Level 2 had 3 ELL classes, Level 3 had 2 ELL classes, a:nd Level 4 had l. Generally, a regu.l.ar day in.eluded practicing to VITrite a:nd speak E n.g lish. learn 1 a:nd g;tlll:PJ;:!.Jli:IJ:: __ _ Stu.den.ts also helped o:ne an.other learn the English. language by correct · each other's mistakes a:nd communicating. Quyen. Ph.a:rn. ( l 0) said." ELL hel rne vv-ith my vv-ork in.. other classes a:nd vv-ith vv-ords." Although, it w-as dllf'icu.lt to l earn. a n.evv- langu.age, the ELL :u..den.ts were not d:iscou.raged. and. c on.ti:nu..ed. to prosper to un..der:rl:a:nd the langu.age.
Fron.ily Consu.:rn.er Science ~) -w-as al-w-ays a.l:xYu-t crea.tivit~, ..,...,a.c...!,.,l._-""-!-ork, an.d passion.. Stu.den.ts brought -w-h t they had o the le and got to sh.o-w- o.f£ the:ir ideas s • an.d dr sitting at a desk. but by participating i:n. hands--on. actiV"l.ties. Kn-nberly Rempel the c.h.a:ir of' FCS de,-r-..,:,, -v+-.......,..,,,..,n.t, ught Pregnant Stu.dent P en.ting Cul:in.a:ry Skills, and had been a teach.er at North Star f1t-w-o years.
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mpe1- She an.d other FCS ir students. R.e 1 learned ne-w- skills since co to North Star ''I've 1~ ,d_ to adapt lessons to teach English. la.:nguage learners," she • ffig h school had also ch.ang'"' -~ ...,.,..,.-1;~,.,.mpel -w-as in. schoo '"T'h.e classes are a lot bigger", Rempel said Ho-w-ever, Rem - 1 didn't al-w-ays -w-an.t to be a teacher Rempel lain.eel, • actually -w-an.ted. to join. the anny and xplore the -w-orl but my moth.e said I couldn't, so I decided teac.hin.g -w-as the best " Classes -w-e:ire never perf'ect a:n.d cou.lc al-w-ays have n. improved.. "I -w-ish. -w-e had more t:i.Tn.e f'o: r· f'ield trips so students ca:n see the relevance of' FCS in. the -w-orkfbrce," said Rempel_
Throughout R.empel's en.tire experience teach · Lt t North Star, she learned a ul of' n.e-w- thin.gs. Every she en.joyed. teaching her passi to students and sh.o-who-w- f'u.n. FCS should be Be.ca.use of' this, North S program continued. to evolve, helping to
1. Justi n Jorgensen starts y ro ing out t dough for his team. Jorgensen has to kneed the dough so the cinnamon rolls can
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Peterson (l 1) pours out a teaspoon of baking soda Peterson and her team are working on making cinnamon rolls
3. Jase Stevens (11) flours the surface and star ts to kneed and mold the dough Stev ns ma es sure not to nee t e ugh too much.
4. As Anthony Nguyen (12) butters the dough and prepares it , D oug Merrick (11 ) snags a roll to taste LaShal le Kleinert 02) and April Florentine 12) are gathering t ingredients fo r the cinnamon rolls while Colton Moferer (10) washes the dishes. They make sure they have equal jobs within the group.
Kimberly Rem I, J ic Meyers, and Cornelle Kinney are FC S teachers who he lp students be creative and love F S classes FCS teachers e decisions nd plans for a ll the creative, hands-on classes like Culinary Skill s, Food and Wellness and Cultural Foo ds.
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rribered making :masterpieces out or paper and g lu..e -w-hen. they -w-ere kids. j o ined an. I ndustrial T echnology class th.at paper and glue tu..rn.ed in.to cu.ting and -w- ld.in.g. 'T d o£h.ainster -w-heels -w-e TI.O"'li\T use gen erators to gather electricity," J a:rn.es Bitz ~lain.ed., ".Also the in. odu..ction. of' computers has helped u..s nnrnen.sely "
One rn.:ist.al-te could cost your "'li\Thole project to tumble to the ground That' -w-hy in. I ustrial Tech.n.ol oar n103S;1~enien.ts had to be p recise I n.dustrial Tech. clas:::es -w-ere k own. ":n.Ot o plY £or training st den.ts £or their £u..tu..res in. this fie ld. but -w-ere also design.ed to in.crease their problem-solving and cri ca1 L.L.Ju..L LC'\.JJ..JLLI skills th.at they -w-ou.ld use in. their ch.osen. careers
I n.d T ology co:n.sisted. or courses such. as arch.itectu..re, ru..rn.itu..re 'aerody:n.arrrlc testing. These courses provided a -w-ide ba.se or kn.o-w-ledge, £rom the to d.isciplin...e of' creation., u..re of' project rr ~ evolved rrom the day s -w-hen. there -w-ere n o nia.ch.in.es to cut your -w-cx:xl £or you.. It -w-as that extra -w-ork th.at ma.de a student's day much. more tiring. Today it -w-as almost as if the ma.ch.in.es and tech.n.ol ~ do students -w-ork £or them "Without tech.n.ology I -w-ould prol::ebly die," excl.aun.ed Keaton. k ( l l ), 'Tt -w-ould be rm.possibl e to do any -w-orkf'
rr:EC:!H classes -w-en.t rrom building difreren.t projects in. arch.itectu..re and 'ur:n.i:t:q.re • ding, to testing airflow- in. a -w-in.d tu..:n.n.el in. aerodynamic testing There -w-as more -w-h.at met the eye -w-hen. it caxn.e to rI1 :EC:!:E-L a:n.d ther e -w-as al-w-ays soniethi:ng n.e-w- around the c orn.er
1. Charmain atree sports her "Lady Gag class. Satree is the Industrial Tech depart m.::>nt--,= 2. Konner Danaher (11) and watches as A am Claypool (10J. Furniture Construct ion class allowed students to make practical f the me.
3 Colton Brown (11) measures out pieces o his project in his ITECH class Brown was on task to complete his assignment on tim e.~--,..,.-,
4. Keaton Harts~k (ll) focuses intensely o ra his project. St ents did some of the ir p rojects on the computer for their Foundation ITEC class
5. Robert Hartsgrove (11) does his project n the compute Hartsgrove understood tha t focus was necessary to get the correct re
6. Anthony Harvey (10) aligns his materials just right as he begins his project design. ITECH was a hands-on participation cour·se:,;.;;;=:::;==
7. James Bitz and his students concentrat e on their scree s in CAD Tech Design CAD Tech was a particularly good class or students intere sted in Architecture
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Ca ption l. Row l : Reetu Si h, Tria Pischel , Stuart enz ailey Heafer Row 2: M egan Kroll, Chelsea Hoglund , Jennifer Stu it , Rac hel King Row 3: Kyle Schwaninger, Eric oc kert , Aar on Burgoa Row 4: John Catlett, Za ch Limbach, Jason Leimbach Row 5: David Tra ·s, Annmarie Thom a s Not Pictured: Amy Nebes a k 2. ent Jones (10) raises his hand in Geometry class. nes ma kes sure that if he kno ws the answer to makes sure to let the teacher know.
3 Joelynn Griess (10) takes no tes in her .A.dvanced Algebra class. The year provi des a challenge when Griess solves logarithms for the f irst time
4 Jaime Tran (10) receives help fr om Ba iley Heafer over her homework. Homework is important in math because it counts for 20% of the grade.
5. Marcus Trujillo (10) pays attention during Eric Lockert's Alg ebra class. Trujillo finds that no matter what math he is in, he can always ask the teacher for help
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Stu.dents reached a ne-w- level o£ intensity dents learned in Algebra I. Logarithms and g eo:rnetconie the high schCX)l days of-math. The earlier con- ric :rnea.n.s in Advanc ed Algebra proved a d ifficult cepts taught back in. the days 0£ ele-i:n,en.t.ary school task to overcorne, but it p r epared students 'to tackle and middle schcx:>l -w-ere built u.:P,Jn and some w-ere the next level o f-math that -w-ould in.corporate those rev olu.tio:nized.. concepts. Pre-caiculus dove in.to more depth 0£ :f.L.g-h schcx:>l math books-w-ere slo-w-ly bee.om- trigon.onietric £un.ction.s of tangent, sine, and cosine ing outdated. Althou.g-h :math rarely c.ha:nged the and learned ne-w- -w-ays to -w-ork -w-ith Pi Sk;y-ler Jen-w-ay it -w-as being taught, North Star u.pg-raded its sen ( l l) sarcastically rerriarked., ·~ath is :fu:n. [ Alg ebra I books to give students a challenge -w-ith year1' more d.if'£icu.lt number s so the-:n. they -w-ou.ld be more "l'vficah Zetocha ( l 2), -w-ho -w-as in. .AP Calculus Dif'prepared -w-he-:n. they reached. .A.d.va:n.ced. Algebra £eren.tia.l. said, '"I'h.ere's so rna.ny- ne-w- concepts and 'rh.e Pre---caJ.culus books vv-ere also swi.t.dh.ed. out W"ith nunlbers it can be over-w-hehn:in.g B ut at lea.st I a better edition. because the older b:x>ks -were not as have my f'riends to make i t enjoyable" .AP Calcu.lu.s helpful anymore North Star plan.n.ed. on. buying a w-as a c lass :for studen ts that felt like being adv e n.tu.rne-w- Calculus book as -w-ell ous. Students -w-ere able to sign up throu.g-h S.C C .,
Geometry tested p roors and students c.al.cu.- son1ethtn.g that started. a £e-w- years ago, and gained lated. the a.ng les and side l engths o£ triangles umng college dred..it £or the -w-ork done in :math. their special relatio ps of' 30, 60, 90 degree trl-
Teacher s urged the s tudents to keep p u.sh.i:n.g angles and 4!3, 4!3, 9 0 d egree tria::n.g1es. .A.d.va:n.ced. through as -math constan t l y evolved and c.ha:nged Algebra added and e.x:pa:n..ded. on. the concepts stu.-
""Wh.en. students entered in.to therr Tn.strurnen.tal J\/I:u.sic classes t.h.:is year, they opened ther.nselves u..p to opportu.:n.it:ies a:n.d e:1eperiences th.at couldn't be £ou.n.d elsewhere i:n. the school. The teach..ers Rob Salistean. and Dave Sanderson. vv-orked very hard to help stu..clen.ts -w-ork to nn.prove th.err playing skills and teach them basic theory , the history 0£ mu.sic, and an. u.:n.derstan.din.g 0£ common. musical concepts. It -w-as hard £or st-u.den.ts not to learn. something i:n. these. classes.
Sal:istea:n. and Sa:n..derson. taught therr stu..den.ts i:n. a -w-ay th.at rna:n.y 0£ them £ou.n.d help£u..l and £-u.:n.. 'I'he en.vrro:n.rn.en.t they c reated allo-w-ed stu..den.ts to be creative a:n.d very technical at the sa.rn.e t:irne 'I'hey i:n.sprred kids to go beyond playing the notes they see on. a page and make mu.sic th.at they could e~ress ther.nselves th.rough i:n. a un.iqu.e-w-ay Anissa Ben.son. ( l 0), a cellist i:n. Orchestra said th.at sh.e n.o-w- £eels that mu.sic is 'ki:n.d 0£ a story," and sh.e n.o-w- u.:n.dersta:n.ds the "theory behi:n.d the mu.sic rather than. just playing notes.'' No matter ho-w- you.. look at it, the stu..den.ts -w-ho -w-ere in.valved i:n. I n.stru.men.tal "M:u.sic -w-ere changed i:n. therr perspectives on. mu.sic before the end 0£ the year 'I'hey £ou.:n.d ou..t ho-w- £u.:n. mu.sic cou..ld be -W-i:n.d Symphony stu..den.ts Rachel Ochoa. ( l 2) and Jesse Byrne ( l 2) agree th.at since they started t.aki:n.g I n.stru.men.tal J\/I:u.sic classes at North Star therr ou..tlooks on. band evolved £ram thi:nki:n.g _ "i t -w-as a ~le" or ''1:ati:ng i t'' to thrn.k:ing "it -w-as £u.:n." and becoming enthusiastic abo-u.t mu.sic i:n. general. The I nstru..rnen.tal J\/I:u.sic -w-i:n.g -w-as a place -w-here stu..den.ts -w-en.t to participate i:n. classes i:n. di££eren.t -w-ays than. i:n. a ty-pical c lassroom. 'I'here, though they didn't al-w-ays start ou..t appreciating it, stu..den.ts -w-orked together to accomplish. goals and learned to r ess themselves i:n. -w-ays u.n.:iqu.e to the rr medium. They also learned historical facts and other s kills that applied to other facets
0£ therr lives. 'I'he stu..dents t.h.:is year did just that -w-hile sh.ari:n.g lau.ghs and having a great t:irne
4. Holly" Nutter (10) plays tenor saxophone in Wind Symphony. Wind Symphony is open to all musicians except Freshmen
5. Mike Coffey (9) checks his fing e ring while playing the cello in Orchestra. In Or chestra, students had the opportunity to play both old and new songs ranging from Mozart to the theme song to the popular video game "Halo".
6. Shatice Archie (10) plays "Blue Monk," in the Jazz Band. Students auditioned to participate in this select insemble.
7. Alissa Schaefer (ll), Teag en Bassinger -Nelson (1 0 ), Kevin Reimnitz (12), and Colton Hunzeker (11) perform during the Jazz Band concert. These students made up the Rhy thm Section , th e backbone of the Jazz Band. •
their vocal music classes Sanderson directs Men's Cho i~ and Osborn directs all other North Star ensembles
2 Joel Brown (9) sings a solo during the fall concert. Brown is a member of North Star 's Men 's Choi r.
3. Taylor Floyd (12) sings "Takin ' a Chance on Love"duri the fall concert. Floyd is in North Star 's Choreographe Choir.
4. Thomas Brown (11) and Philip Truong (lOl sing "Navig tor Man" fall concert. Men's Choir sings this song at every concert.
5. Jaimie Sigler (10) sings and dances during Women 's Croir. The students practiced this dance every day during class to prepare for the performance.
6. Ashton Greenfield 110) sings during the Concert Croir 's portion of the concert. The select choir consists students who have auditioned for the choir.
7 Jared Flodman (12) and Alexis La Pour 112) sing durin g the fall concert. Croreographed Choir is a combination of singing and dancing.
8. Mitchell Hunt performs in Men's Choir. This choir practices every day during 4th period.
North Star's vocal mu.sic prograni has progressed in. "'v'ITays. In. 200 3, when. the ool f'irst open.ed, Jon.i Osborn -w-as the on.]y vocal mu.sic instructor Sh.e -w-as in. charge of'"l-v1:en.'s Choir, V\Tomen.'s choir, and. Con.cert Choir 'T started. it all, and. I'm glad. that I d.id., I love it here at N o:rth Star," Osborn said.. rrh.e year North Star open.ed. there "'v'ITere l 7 stud.en.ts in. V\Tomen.'s Choir This school year there "'v'ITere 67 stud.en.ts -w-ho made up N o:rth Star's V\Tomen.'s Choir In. 2005, Osborn ad.d.ed. Choreographed. Choir, and. the select choir practiced. outside of' the school d.ay Choreographed. Choir later became a class ju.st like all of' the other choirs. Drrf'eren.t choirs served. qif'f'eren.t groups of' stud.en.ts V\Tomen.'s choir -w-as created. as a class that "'v'ITas open. t o any f'emale -w-ho had. an. interest in. si:ngi:ng. "1-v1:en.'s ch.oir-w-as also an. open. choir f'or males \/\Tith an. inter in. si:ngi:ng Con.cert Choir, -w-hich. -w-as a select eq..:rired. stud.en.ts have to audition. to be a part of' d.er to be in. Choreographed. Choir, you n.eed.ed. to be a member of' Con.cert Choir, an.d. the stud.en.ts had. to have an. ad.d.ition.al audition. f'or the select choir Choreogr aphed. Choir members also had. to be prof'icien.t at both si:ngi:ng and. d.an.cin.g". Ou.tsid.e of' school, Choreographed. choir perf'ormed. at community even.-q; such. as n.ursin.g" homes. and. meetin.g"s of' local organization.s. °"WJ.th all of' Osborn.'s respon.sibilities \/\Tith these groups, in. order to take a little weight of'f'of'her sh.ould.ers Dave Sanderson. took over in.structin.g" "1-v1:en.'s Choir °"WJ.th all of' the change and. gro"'v'\Tth, North Star's vocal mu.sic prograni had. suc.c.essfully an.d. dramatically evolved. since the school f'irst open.ed..
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All students needed. a class where they could run. around a bit A class where 6. Adison Thompson (12) attempts to the f'ocus ~-vas ex:erc'isin.g while having f'u.:n... Stu.den.ts learned. about maintaining their phys:i.r'....,al well being an.d the :unportan.ce of' learning to be healthy early on. in. their hzjh school career 'rh.e hope -w-as that they would carry it on. through the rest of'th.eir lives. PE. was really a f'u.:n. en.viro:n.rnen.t f'or most, but core for his team in a game of handball. Thompson enjoys being a leader in his P.E. class
1.t was more than. just a time to have f'un... It gave students an. opportunity to become more avVare of' the trn.portan.ce of' e.x:ercise in. their d.aiJ.y routines. 'rh.e purpose varied. f'or each class In. some classes, the purpose was to become mo::-e physi.ca.l]y f'it 'T got strong-er after -W-ezjht Tra:i:n.:i:n.g,'' said Ju.st:i:n. Bank ( 12) Team Sports, emp hasized. becom:i:n.g more physically active by playing- diff'e.ren.t sports and working- -w-ith others to achieve victory Zach Lomison.. ( 1 1) said he "Learned how- to work as a team." in. Tea:rn Sports. &rah Barela ( l 2), i:n. the sa::rn.e class, said.. "'".I1h.e guys are ag-gressive an.d make me -w-an.t to work hard er " 'I'h.ere was a health aspect to PE., as well, where the students learned to take care of'their body, ow to avoid f'alling in.to bad habits. Fitness f'or Life was a class that really pushed students to think u.t being healthy and rnaki:n.g- healthy choices. They alternated between. learning- a.J:x:rut health i:n. the c lassroom, a:n..d making it happen. i:n. the gym -W-orkin.g as a team was an. trn.portan..t skill i:n. al:r , any PE. class,, and many came to realize this over their years at North Star Now-, it -w-as a matter of' applying these lessons to lue outside of' school. "Whether that mea:n.t f'i:n.din.g a f'rien.d to e.x:ercise -w-ith, £in.ding peaple to start up a game of' basketball, or anything else to stay active PE helped students learn. to trust other s while still relying on. themselves.
7. The P.E.and Health Department (L to R): Todd Lavelle, Mark Waller , Kristi Nelson-Hitz, Matt Musiel, Matt Avey , and (in front) Doug Nielsen
For rnost: students, science -w-asjust a cl.ass they took to graduate. But through all the chemicals and math-like problems the teachers al-w-ays fbu.n.d a -w-ay to make class a little more f'u.n.. Scie:n.ce v.ras the class students all looked f'o:rw-ard to since it w-as the class that -w-as alw-ays breaking the rules and having h.an.ds-on. activities For Christine Nott, a chemistry teach.er, she was always breaking the class routine an.d had her students in. the lab to get their hands a little r.nessy
"I.,a.bs and dernos seemed. to al-w-ays keep th.e students interested. in. what I was teachingthat day," said Nott. She always had a demo or lab f'or her students.Nott said. "Science :is f'un because to rn.e it's never the same, no matter w-ha.t the :materials are always drrf'eren.t each year, un..like other classes." Nott became inter-
ested in. science becau.::;e it doesn't need to be remembered: it's all arou.:n.d us.
Student Cj Cu.ddef'ord (9) d:iscovered he en.joyed science in. high school Cuddef'ord liked the labs and experiments the most. 'T like th.e f'ire, I'm a pyro "}../.[y teach.er "}./[rs. ""Wh.itrna::n... sh.e's the best,"said Ci..:i.d.def'ord.
In. th.e end. science w-ere:n't just classes we has to take to graduate. They were th.e classes students looked forward to because they of'f'ered a little more f'u.n., and students "V1Teren't ju.st graded by the books, but the ex:periences they had..
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in Katy Whitman 's Physical Science class Kincade and Cuddeford were playing bingo using class concepts.
3. Kayla Lenhoff (12) drops books on the floor to test gravity
Gravity is the heart of Physics
4 Aaram Gerlach (9) laughs at a classmate 's comment during class Gerlach was also taking do w n some notes to refer to later.
6 Matt Wrenholt enjoys an educational video with his students This is Wrenholt's first year at North Star
7. The Sc ience Department - Back row (L to R) Christine Nott, Matt Wrenholt , Tracie Chapo , James Blake, and Lisa Bennett. Front row (L to R)) Susan Frac k, Juli Steen, Erin Miles, Emily Seifferlein, Kathryn Whitman and Floyd Doughty
1. Jordan Ball (12) swings a bird on a string hung from the ceiling. Ball was having some fun in Floyd Doughty 's room during Physics.
Tyree Ki ncade (9) and Cj Cuddeford (9) high-five each other
5. Jessica Jimenez (12) gets one-on-one some help from Floyd Doughty Jimenez is working on graphing data
LEAA-NING .
Lincoln. North Star's Child Ca.re Center opened vVith the start of'th.e high school in. the full of' 2003 , bu since th.en. it has evolved and i:rnproved.. rr'here w-as not an. in.crease in. technology, but in.stead the staf'f' f'ocused o n rna:i:n.tain.ing tradition.al w-ays of' assisting early childhood developrnen.t and learni::ng In. doing this, one of' the •r ch.a:n.ges w-as an. eJCpan.Sion. of' the playground to f'ocu.s on. an. outdoor classroom and environment
'When.North Star opened th.ere w-ere ju.st as r.n.a:n..y teen. parents and pregnant girls as th.ere w-ere du.ring -i ..e
2 0 l 0 - 2 0 l l school year , but not very many students used the day care to w-atch their kids w-hile they w-en.t t school 1'/.[ore student parents used the center this year to help them continue their education. w-hile providing a < x::xi environment f'or their kids. Day care w-orkers are now- required to receive a higher education. in. order to con.tin.u , w-ork or ju.st be hired to w-ork vVith the children.. ''I'h.is is helping to i:rnprove the influence and development of' tl kids," said N an.cy Falter, the North Star childcare center director. Falter also stressed. the i:rnpartan.ce of'realizing the ch.a:nges that occur in. a teen.'s lif'e w-hen. she gets pregr.u i t and raises a child. It's not an. easy ch.a:n.ge, or a small ch.a:n.ge Regardless of'w-hen. a person. decides to have a child a h w requires a lot of' w-ork and care
Sarah .Arellano ( l 2) experienced this ch.a:n.ge Bef'ore her daughter A}yvia w-as born shew-as not f'ocused o r.. school: in.stead she w-as f'ocused on. drugs. 'T'hat changed as soon. as her dau.ghter w-as born.. 'T go to school f'or n:w d.a - ht.er, I am getting the best education. I can. f'or her," .Arellano e.xpla.in.ed.. ::E-Ier lif'e is nothing l:ll"'i.e it used to be Shew-a ts the absolute best f'or her child and w-ill do anything to achieve that T love n:w dau.ght.er, but I do not en.jay being a single teen.age mom It's stressf'u.l kn.avv-in.g I can't provide everything I w-an.t f'or her,'' .Arellano emph.asized.. ::E-Ie:r advice: w-ait u.:n.til you're f'in.an.cially ready to provide f'or a child and niarried to a man. w-ho w-ill stay vVith you and ~ e lp you vVith it all
l. Sarah Arellano (12) assists her daughter , Alyvia , digging for pumpkin seeds Arellano loves playing with her daughter and introducing her to new, fun activities
2. Mia Sanchez reaches out for more food oblivious to the food left on her tray She is just one of the many children the North Star Child Care Center cares for dur ing the day while their parents continue their education
3 Citlali Segura Nguyen rela xes in the arms of Wendy Lorimer , a childcare provider. Citlali also enjoys playing with her other friends in the center.
4. Ailyn Sanchez Valladares is dressed up as Cinderella for the childcare center Halloween party She is two years old and full of smiles everyda y.
5. Kon Kon enjoys playing in a parachute 4th period. He loves his free time in between walks in the halls.
6 Emiliano Ouintero laughs and smiles as he crawls around playing with his toys Emiliano also loves to play with the parachute and play with cars
SOCIAL
1. The Social Studies Department Fr t row (L to R~ Falla Hal -y , Scott F esen Brian Burback and Elizabeth rooza-Rod-iguez. Second w (L Rt: Travis Kerkma Jennifer Allder , B rb Pester and Lisa Hamn. Thir r e ' (L to Rl Pete Mciddix...M rian Wandz Tony Guattroccni aid Andante Lbyd. Back row (L o R): Ahl g ood Al Bcx:k
2 Angela Trang (10L&d Tyler. C 00) disc~a homework 0$ignment 1n W«ld t;stuy SodCJI Studies l sa Hamn often albws studerb to work With a 3 Trdvis Kerkmai lemres doss about the econcrny aid row the job trey d'b$8 will them futae. Kerkman teod-es both Econorrncs ad History of Spqk.
4. Anet"ke Jones (12) <:rd~ Pd 1) reenact the importarce of distribut chores in fantly TravtS Kerkma, utdizes multiple intelligence in Economics to erfic:n:e an yen (12t waks on finding newspaper articles for Brian Wandzilak's class and • f :ic ee or student s comment on to keep them informed about local and world news
As little kids "'IN"e were asked, ''"What do you "'IN"an.t to be "'IN"hen. you gro"'IN" u..p?' -what did you an.sw-er? Perhaps you said a £ire-man., bu.si:n.essnIB. or an. athlete. 'rh:is "'IN"as vVhat Travis Kerkman.one
o£North Star's Social Stu.dies teachers vVould have a:rl.S"'II\Tered..
As a child he vVas alvVays the quiet one, but despite his sb.yn.ess, he "'IN"as tn.volved rn. many sports an.d activities. T t V\Tasn.'t u.n.til high school th.at he discovered h e vVas engaged by- the l e:.:;sons or one or his history teachers an.d realized that teaching history V\Tas "'IN"hat he "'11\Ta:rl.ted to do. Kerkman. looked u..p to this teach.er because he vVas both a teach.er an.d a c oach. and Kerkman. liked the con.n.ection. betvVeen. history an.d sports in his classroom FTo graduated £ r om hzj-h school an.d charted by- pursuing his dream at the U n.iversity or Kearn.ey w-here he played baseball "'W"ith so mu.ch on. his ban.&; he "'IN"as able to ba1a:n.ce his lire as both an. athlete an.d stu..den.t." Trrne-nia::n.age:rn.en.t "'IN"as a very delicate l:6la.n.ce. r had to make trrne at n..ight to "'IN"Ork on. academic "'IN"Or k , but in the long run. it helped :me to have a better w-ork ethic," said Kerkm.an..
Kerkman. began. navigating hisjou.rn.ey as a stu..den.t teach.er at North Star :E-To recalled £irst stepping into a classroom as a teach.er: •• T thought in my head. ':E-Tore w-e go -what am T doing? T w-as on. survival mode, basically " Bu..t by- his £ourth year or teach.in..g he had £in.ally adapted to be1n..g a teach.er There have been. on.- goi:n.g ch.a:n.ges in his classroom: he £elt that con.stan.t ch.a:n.ges "'IN"ere :necessary to make learni:n.g better Kerkman. emph.asized. the importan.ce or ''u.n.derstan.din.g" an.d, as su..ch he "'11\Tas more laid- back as a teach.er " Jvry main priority "'IN"hen. a student steps in my classroom :is to make sure they lau.gh at least once an.d make them £eel com£ortable," said Kerkman... FTo believed that he has learn.ed. more th.an. £rom his students th.an. w-hat he taught them d has grow-n. an. appreciation. £or the di££eren.t cultures :u.stoms in North Star ,:ntinu.i:n.g h:isjourn.ey throughout the years, k:rxla:n. w as able to build strong relation.ships w-ith described his philosophy as an. alvVays-iPll~;rtl'l.q ch.allenge £or students. " Pushing them to do tter "'IN"hether they h ke it or not :is important £or them to gro"'IN" as students," Kerkman. said.
As he encouraged creativity in his classroom by- incorporating lessons using multiple intelligences, Kerkman.'s students "'IN"ere able to participate more in his class by- holding them more accountable £or their grades. 'rh:is North Star teacher has certainly celebrated su..ccess in his classroom
At school you. m-ight have seen students recyclin.g everyday, or delivering mail to teachers: th.at vVaS the S:pec'ial Edu.cation students. They also did a large percentage or the la:u..n.dry f'or the athletic depart.rne:n.t, pick.ed. u.p trays f'rom T::l?C!.s, clea.:n.ed. tables in the Bayou, and -watered the large plan.ts in the f'ron.t o£ the school.
Growth can. be seen. in any one. a:n.d the Functional Curricu.hun R.e:feren.ced CF1CRJ helped bring growth Edu.cation. students f'ourteen. to tw-e:n.ty-on.e years old in. th.e p rogram F1C!R f'ocu.sed. on. the f'u.n.ctio:n. en.ts started as :ninth graders a:n.d. progres.sed throughou.t the years. n., -w-en.t to sites in. the commu.n.ity u..su.al1y on.e to £bur times a -w-eek..
ARC Th.rif't Store, Th.e C hildr~n. Z oo a:n.d tlie ing out to the commu.n.ity, a:n.d. vVOrking he teacher Terri 1v1:arti "Because they get the ch.an..ce to go
more confident in -w-hat they do "
ck Row: Tim Ame n, Michael Boekstal, Belinda Shepar d n ie Mitchell. Second Row: Wayne Schaber , Patrick Payne. T i d Ro w: Liz Kantor, Paula Ryan , Angela Scr iv r Angela Gee. Fourth Row: Tim Amen , Cin Row: Marilyn Bee te l, Connie Stinson , Dawn Dewey, Jessica Clemen s Julie Schlegel, Renee Hosek, JB Bruckner. Six wnie Motschenbacher, Jennifer Lyons , Tom Garay. Seventh Row: Lori e vine, Constance Ki ngston, Linda Mundhenke, Lin • Diane Wedgewood , rb Brown (12) help clean up the sidewalk at the zoo Both students enjoyed work ing a the outside of school because it was
hool recycling Special E ucation students collect recycling every day ey Manor Angle gradua ed from North Star and is one of the students st ill involved in the FCR program they need to go to for thei r assignments. Motschenbacher has been at North Star for seven ears oln Children 's Zoo Moon p lans on staying in the FCR program after her graduation recently ra ked leaves while Ter i Marti supervises. Marti enjoys being a Special Education
teacher more a d more as she s
8. Kayla Duncan 10) ra kes leaves a mmunity work. Duncan worked to achieve an A at every work site
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""'V\Torld .Language classes provided stu.den.ts the oppartu.n..ity to 1::>ecorn.e exposed to n.e-w-cu.ltu.res a:n.d verbal corrrr.n:u.:n.ica.tion. 1::>eyon.d the English. 1.angu.age North Star offered stu.den.ts Span.:ish., Fren..ch. Gerin.aD., and Chinese classes "W"ith su.ppartive teachers to guide their lear:n.in.g 'T have lugh e.x:pectation.s. °lv1:y Fren.ch class can 1::>e challenging becau.se or the n.e-w-- materials, but T create :rn.ean..:i.:ngu.l activities a:n..d gru:nes to help my stu.den.ts become active learn.ers," said Fren.ch teacher Cara :E-Tu:rninger Stu.den.ts h.:3.d the option.. to take up to rive years or on.e language
Although at least t"IATO years la:n..gu..age classes "IATere requ.:ir~ £or graduation. a:n..d college en..tra:n..ce, stu.den..ts -w--ere en..cou.raged to take more becau.se the l::>en.erit or kn.OvVi.n.g an.other la:n..gu..age is -w--orth their time a:n..d effort
l. Brady Studnicka 19) rearranges German sentences on the board. Studnicka is asking if his classmates agree with him.
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3 Martha Mendez (ll) is in third year French endez reviews from her French book to prepare for a name tag activity that involves matching nouns with verbs
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lv'.1:a:n.y stu.den.ts-w-ho-w-ere kn.o-w-led.geable rr:i. t-w-o or more -1.a:ngu.ages had demon.strated. ±rn.pressive cog:n.itive develop:rnen.t because they }Vere able to con.n.ect various parts of' the -w-orld together "People think that on.e la:ngu.age :is completely d.if'f'eren.t f'rom an.other, but that's n.ot en.tirely true," said Tiah North-w-ay ( l 2) 'There are many Span.ish.-w-ords that remrr:i.ded. :me of' En.glish. -w-ords and vice versa I -w-as able to build a stron.ger vocabulary an.d learn. about a d :iff'eren.t culture because of' my la:n.guage class " A sign of' masterrr:i.g an.other la:n.guage such as 1..lllderstan.di:n.g a bc:x)k -w-ritten. ;in. Fren.ch or Chrr:i.ese -w-as n.ot 1..lllcomni.on., but that level of' prof'icien.cy required. hard -w-ork an.d deterrni:n.a.tion.. Therefore, stu.den.ts took pride rr:i. every ±rn.prove::rn.en.t an.d sign. of' gro\/\Tth
One of' the marr:i. reason.s stu.den.ts made the ef'f'ort to learn. an.other la:ngu.age -w-as because they -w-ere able to directly apply it to their lives. 'T took Span.:ish because I -w-an.ted. to learn. so::rn.ething n.e-w-," said :K:h.a.nh lv'.1:ai ( l l ) 'No-w-adays, my f'rien.ds an.d I speak rr:i. Spanish. i:n.st.ead of' En.gl:ish all the trrn.e. "V\Te £eel accomplished. £'or comni.l..Ulicating rr:i. an.other la:ngu.age " Learni:n..g a d.if'f'eren.t lan.gu.age -w-as a challen.gi.n.g yet f'ulf'illrr:i.g e.x:perien.ce rr:i. high school The kn.o-w-ledge that stu.den.ts garr:i.ed. f'rom "V\Torld .La.n.gua.ge classes gave them the chan.ce to go beyon.d borders an.d rr:i.teract-w-ith people-w-orld-w-ide.
~- Laura Regler (12) and Haley Stokes (12) practice their Spanish vocabulary Regler and tokes use flashcards as tools to memorize w ords
6. Kimberly Euter (lO) tries to remember a word in French. Euter is proposing a new activity to improve her understanding of the chapter
6 Steven Tran (12) and Wendy Huynh (12) practice Chinese characters on the board. Tran and Huynh are in fourth year Chinese
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4. Casey ( 2) waits 1n his thr fense. At the year banquet speaal t award.
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9 Matt defenders. Rall was t e q back fa swung l4) to play on he asity Squad. "ves a pass cuing a roe e. TI-e Fresh- ' ·r season with a reca of 2.
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3 Sidney Furgussen ) focuses before warming up. Furgussen took the pitc mound for the reserve and JV team.
4. Shania Middagh (9) has he ove down and is ready t o go! Middagh was a p and ju,1or varsity this year.
5. Lexi D.hkop (9) warms up at the L ic with Taylor Herzog !10). Duhrko ed herse~ a competitor this year tring pitcher fa- varsity. Photo plate and is r participated in Nor her freshman year.
Coach Lavelle always told his varsity softball girls," l 00%1 l 00% af't.he tnn.e, lad.iecl' No one worked
team in. the state, PapillioT.l. Sou.th. the girls lOE,t but couldT.l. lose their pride after playi:n.g so es ha.rd as the varsity girls did tlus "EveT.l. thou.gh we didn't make it to 1-----, en. Bu.ck.et drill after bu.ck.et drill, state, we were still very successf'u.l !-J-...,,..ih the hbstering heat and the We forgot about last year's tea:rn. a:n.q.
y or the girls described a roller coaster, ru.11 or
'Tll Tl.ever rorg against Grand IslaT.l.df man... This was the girls'
aga:mst Grand IslaT.l.d The first g ~akaelah 1\.1:oli:fua ( l 0), a varsity start.er, tore her ACL, 1\.1:CL, aT.1.d :rne:n:iscus which threw the team way or£. Arter subbing iT.l. several girls to play £or secoT.1.d, it \/\Tas clear that T.1.obod.y could replace ]\/.[olirua's position... Bu.t :for the second game, the girls £ell behind by seven paints, they car.ne ha.ck to win with a game ending ho:rne ru.:n. by Flodman.
For the rive seniors, nothing znea.nt more than making it to state and trying to £u.1£ill last year's by getting ru..:n.ner up at :fortu.n.ate}y, th.rough t\/\TO
the su.cc.es; or the team and ma.de our OWT.l.," said Jodie Smith ( l 2) "I can't wait to see the future that comes out or North Star aT.l.d the traditioT.l. they carry on "
seniors with Coach Lavelle after placing second in Districts aylor Flodman, Emily Howell , Jod ie Smith, Todd Lavelle, Tiffany Jones, and Kayla Lenhoff. Ph oto by Ch e r Sm it h
Bef'ore school started the girls "11\Tho "11\Ta:n.ted to -make the volleyball team vVere already getti:n.g ready f'or the season.. rrhe,y "11\Tere playi:n.g in the school surnrner leagu.e a:n.d. at camps th.at Coach. ::H:itz set up. Not everyone made :he t.ea:rn. but the on.es "11\Tho d.id. vVere proud. of' their accompl:isb.rn.en.ts.
The f'reshma.n. t.ea:rn. coached by 1\/.[olly Shields sh.ovVed steady i:rnprove:rnen.t th.rou.ghout the season.. 'rh.e highlight of'their year vVas a \/\Tin. against I..ri.n.coln. Sou.:theast in. the City Tou.rna.men.t 'rh.e Reserve Team vVas coached by Stacy I..errnba.ch. The volleyball program vVas very ex:cited to welcome Coach .Le"i:rriba.ch back af'ter she took. a year of'f'. :Both tea.ms sh.ovVed major i:rnprovemen.t over the course of' their seaso:n.s, .en.ding \/\Tith a 2- l O rec c ·a. a:nd a B - l O record respectively
.Leading the highly su.ccess:fu.l 2 0 l O JV :::quad. vVas N a:n.cy Gra:n.t--Colson. a:n.d. practicu...rn coach Erin :H:a:n.n.on... The JV t.ea:rn. con.sisted. of' f'resh.rnen., sophomores a:n.d. ju..:niors. Of' the f'our :::quads, the JV team vVas able to f'o r stron.g, ef'f'ective allia:n.ce by the con.clu..sion. of' their season.. Thanks to the leadership of' their three captains, 1\/.[ac}a:; z.ie J\/!cAn.dre"II\T ( i l ), Carly Faller ( l l) a:n.d. Lizzy Bales ( l 0), they vVere able to en.d. on. a high n.ote by fi.:nish.i:n.g •2 in the JV City Tou...rn.rune.n.t ::H::ead. Coach Kristi N elson.-::H:itz alon.g \/\Tith practicum coach Allison Aldrich led the 2 0 l O Varsity Tean Six: sen.iors provided. great leadership a:n.d. character. TI-:i.e t.ea:rn. vVas a group of' girls vVho not on.ly loved the game o f volleyball but each other as vVell. Varsity setter a:n.d. captain., Aly Wurster ( l 2) said, 'vV"e're more of' a u.:n.it th.an. vV e u..sed. to be " 'vV"e vVere \/\Tith each other each day vVOrki:n.g hard. to achieve the same goals: it vVas d.ef'initely hard. at times but "\/\Tell vVOrth every minute," said. Kate ::H:iskey ( l 2) The culmi:n.ation. 6f'theirseason. vVas the d.fut:.rict f'i:n.al in Gra:n.d. Isla:n.d IN"S vVen.t in. as the u.:n.d.erd.og a:n.d. ca:rne ou..t champion.s i:n. the eyes of'their :fu.n..s. Although th~ r d.id.n.'t \/\Tin. the match on. the scoreboard., it vVas d.ef'i:n.itely their best match of' the season.. Four year starter. Kllnbe1 y Bailey ( l 2) said, ''"W""e "11\TOrk.ed "\/\Tell together on. the court, better th.is year th.an. a:n.y other year I have played at LN especially d.istrictsT' Captain. an.d. outside hitter, Arny-Jorgensen. ( l 2) n.oted., '"Districts th.is year \I\T8S u..:n.f'orgettable, especially as a sen.ior It vVas very hard. to vValk avVay kn.o\l\Ti:n.g th.at vVe vVere so close to state " Overall. every North. Star volleyball player vVas satisfied. \/\Tith their
1. The 2010 vars it y vol leyball team huddles around Coach Hitz during a time-out The Gators linked arms to sho w team unit y 2. Ashtyn French (9), Mallor y Breemes (10) and Madison LoBrillo (9) get ready to return the ball during their game against Columbus The y were v ital pla yers on the reserve team.
3. Kate Hiske y (12) serves the ball at their Qistrid final in Grand Island. Hiske y w as a charismatic member of the varsity team
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4 Carley Warner (11) jumps up to spike the ball. This was Warner 's second year on varsity.
5. Left to Right : Al y Wurster (12 ), Kate Hiskey (12 ), Kimberly Bailey (12) and Amy Jor g ensen (12 ) line up in serve receive They were four of the si x seniors on the 2010 varsity squ c d.
6. Norcia Holder (9) serves the ball Holder w as a middle and outside hitter on the freshman team.
7. Mackenzie McAndrew (11) sets the ball to Carly Faller (11) during the JV match against Columbus McAndrew and Faller also suited u,...,~ , -..-,--, with varsity
lfltlfil~~ 2010 JV squad lines up on the baseline to be introduced by Mr Bock. Throughout the season they read multiple quotes
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'I'h.is "W'8S a very e.xc.itin.g" year for girls go1£ Every record for North Sta-r w-as bro"ken. in.eluding best score, best season average, best city t.ou.rn.arn.ent score, "best conference score, best sta-t.e score, best team score and best team finish, -wi.th the higlilight o£ the season coming when the varsity team attended. the state t.ou.rn.arn.ent for the first ttrne in. North Star h.ist:.ory.
"'While at State, 'lv'.Iorgan. Ouellet.te (9) shot a hole in. one on the first day of' playing .As a re-ward for th.at rernarkahle feat, the oth.er players o£ the team threw lv!orga:n. in.to the pool weari:ng her clothes when they returned. to the hotel that n.:ight
"'rh.e girls had the best season in. North Star girls golf' history. 'I'h.ey practiced. well all year, and they appropriately earned a spot in the state tournament." said Coach Scott Friesen.. 'I'he team turned. out a record-breaking group of' girls t.h:is year, -wi.th all North Star records broken ex:cept one. Kelsey Gru.:n.drna.n. ( 1. 2) sh.one duri:n.g the 20 1. 0 season as she was a part of' all of' the broken. records ex:cept one. Ermna. Jacoby- took that fi:n..al aTATard by- beating the best score -wi.th 9 J.. shots for 1. 8 holes. Other record breakers in.eluded Claire Spahn ( 1. 1. ), :Ha.n.nah. Euler ( 1. 1. ). and lv!organ. Ouellette (9): they w-ere a part of' Best Team Score and Best Team Finish.
"Th.is year :was difrerent from the rest,'' Grun.d.rnan. said. " -W-e becanie a fumily, practiced. as a ftun:ily, a:n.d made it to state as a fumily. -W-e created a bond that made us work
'I'h.is great lxnl.d. gave the team a break th.rough year for North Star girls golf' and set the bar for the team in. the years to come.
l Emm acoby (9) tees ff for a tournament at the Highlands Golf Course At this t nament it rained was windy the whole time elsey Grundm~:m (12) lopks line UP, her golf ball on the green Grundman has en a member ot the golt tea ince her freshman year
3 Morgan Ouellette (9) hits the ba t a tournament a Pioneers Golf course Ouelletfe score was the final guarante that the girls ' team was going to state.
4 Claire Spahn (l]) drives the 6911 wh ile pl ·ng at the State Tournament This is Spahn 's second year on the golt team
Boys ten.n.:is -w-en.t through great successes and great :failures over its yes.rs. It -w-as perhaps one of' the programs that had changed the most si:n.ce North Star's opening.
The 2 0 1 0 season. was a season. of' great players and great pOtentml. The varsity- tea.rn had three seniors. Steven. Jacob Spilker. and Kevin. Retnmitz. 'I'h.ese players gave the team depth and experience. Tran.. -w-ho had played fbr North Star since h:is f'reshxnan. year, said that it -w-as a year of' great change. "'I'h.e bjggest. changes -w-ere that the nun:iber a£ people -w-ho tried out gre-w-, the quality a£ players improved.. and a£ course th.ere -w-ere d.if'f'eren.t people tryin.g out. he ex:pl.ain.ed..
Th.e seniors played -wri.th Jaron. Ahrnan.n. ( J. 0), Trevor Reimnitz ( J. 0), and Genna:n. f'ore:ig:n. e.xchan.ge student :Max Schuerbu.escher ( 1 1). 'rhey all -w-on. th.err f'irst round :match.es at the state tour:n.a:rnen.t. i:rn.provin.g on. the previous season -w-hen. the t.ea.ln lef't -w-ith t-w-o losses in the first round. v'\Tith the the team placed t-w-elf'th a:n.d achieved t'.herr best f'in.:ish at state.
'rhe junior varsity and reserve teams sh.o-w-ed great potential as -w-eU.. Spilker. -w-ho had three years of' experience on the Ga.tor tennis terun. ma.de it clear that "the JV" and reserve teams had a ton of' petential and talent." ~th more guys trying out and a -wide ra.r.ige of'_ex:perien.ce throughout the t.eanls. the program had -w-h.at -w-as conceivably the lXlOSt variety and depth th.an ever before.
The North Star tennis tea.rn didn't always have the best players in. the state, but the boy-s' hard -w-ork and d.edica.tjon helped ~m persevere. They all gave their best ef'f'orrt to do what they love and had great f'u.n. in. the end
l Jacob Spilker (12) serv t he ball during a match at the Nebraska nis Center (NTCl. The varsity team often p ed at either NTC or out at Woods.
2. Jaron Ahmann (10) runs to reach a s across the court. Ahmann made varsity his freshman and sophomore years.
3. Trevor Reimnitz (10) serves the ball at a varsity team meet. He and his brother evin Reimnitz (12) both members of the va ·ty team.
4 Bri Pucket (9) waits for the opposing player to ·t the baJI back across the court. Pucket made JV team his freshman year.
ner Jimmy Engleman Trevor Birdzell, Lueth lueth, Zach Poppas, Zach Grunder, Lacherro Braggs, Kyle Crowder, Jordan
t-Aortin Wyant, Joe Arroyo, Jesse Ziegenbein, Derrick Tinnerstet, Avery Wayman Bailey Worster Eddie Key , Teagan
Id Bailey, Br: t Bratrsovsky, Trevor Jacobson Cameron Corey , Lucas Harrison Zach Palomo , Jon Rall Koll, Monty Bomemeier, Coach Dylan Sullivan, Coach Mark Barrera Coodi Nate Armagost, Noah Housh, John
Gerlach , Jak eb Ziegler Nolan McNair. Matt Baier Chris Zarate , Dav,d Powers Payton LowryKreikemeier , Kip Broussard, Cam Mikkelsen, Tristen Souillere, Corbin Wirkler Anthony Kusek, McNally , Jordan Gray
Elijah Carlisle , CJ Cuddeford, Lucaus Pope, Matt Dunn, CJ Culver Sane! Kesrner, Dante Golden,
I Brown Steven Maatsch, Ryder Clark, Jared Scdoris Brook Bolles Derek Bargmann Bailey
t Dietz, Coach Catlett, Vol. Asst. Jim Morris, Coach Ryan Hitz Cooch Jake frosc:heiser , Vol. Asst. Tim
Front Row (L to Rt Alyona
Konovalchuk, Ra&el Rodriguez
Emily Crouch Hannah Malone
Second Row IL to Rl: Grecia Macias , Morgan Williams MaKenna Kinkade, Narica Holder
Back Row (L to Rl: Danielle Nelson, Coach Molly Shields Lesly Garcia , Lydia McManus
Front Row (L to Rl: Kayla Lenhoff, Lexi Ouhrkop , Emily Nelson, Megan Schuller, Emily Howell, Taylor Herzog , Mikaelah Molifua Shelbey White
Middle Row !L to Rl: Kylie Harpst, Morgan Cale, Amanda Walla , Volunteer Cooch ,i\mber Lenhoff, Head Cooch Todd LaVelle , Asst Cooch Cody Hoegh, Jodie Smith
Tiffany Jones, Taylor Flodman
Back Row (L to R): Hitting Instructor
James Lockhart , Asst Coach Jim Kraus, Volunteer Cooch Mike Cale, Volunteer Coach Jeff Coufal
Front Row IL to R): Jenni Moon, Alisha Sheets. Lindsey Peppard
Morgan Brueggman Sydney Ferguson, Christin Mundorf, Samantha Chessmore
Middle Row IL to Rl: Katie Rosenbaum. Kayla Manley , Shania Middagh, Jen Schenaman , Kasey Lamborn, McKenzie Stoo
Back Row (L to Rt. Volunteer Cooch Amber Lenhoff , Cooch Cody Hoegh
qgan Creek, Alex Higgins Cuong Lw. Tyree Partee Megoo W1tcig, JP Murraf, Ryan Mikus lie Eastman, Bethany Keeshan eek, Kevin Lam , Leah Abebe Ellen Lbyd, Jordan Harper, Josh Neumann Matt Keeshan, Jacob Maxfield, Kacy Ware Ashley Arredondo
Roberts. Zaino Koung. James Tmg , Janice Wienhold, Treza Koung , Dana Freeman, Olivia Morris, don Blayney , Landon Jones. Joe Black, an Wandzi lak Head Coach Matt Musiel, Volunteec Coach Karen Srlvers t rand
Middle Row
Jolyn Addleman, Emma Jacoby
Back Row (L to R): Liz Franssen Coach Scott Friesen, Kelsey Grundman , Sara Dillard
Front Row (L to R) : Morgan Ouellette. Hannah Euler, Claire Spahn
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The sound o£North Star stu..den.t.s cheering filled the Bo Devan_ey Ce.n.ter on. Thu..rsd.ay l 0th, 2 0 l l F o r the :t:'irst t:i:rne. in.North Star's history the boys basketball team :made it to state Advancing each. year as a team an.d :: ndividu.ally the boys sought su..ccess and reached their goal Each player brought something to the court. "Whether it was having a great attitu..de, determination., or work ethic
Striving £or su..ccess an_d improvemen.t, each. player worke, l on. things they n.eeded to work on. to improve their ganie an_d become a better player tb.a.:n. they were the year be.for t
Some 0£ those th.in.gs inclu..ded physically working on. the r tech.n.i.qu..e or men.tally war~ on. something hke rn.akir g tough decis:ion.s du.ring a ganie
On.e individual that stood. ou..t was Deon.te Holt ( l l) n.icknarn.ed. ''Hu..dy by £rien.ds an_d fu:rnily. Holt .;,.as a great asset to the team in the way that he deJ '.1.on.strated great leadership an.d en.ergy Cre"ighton. ( l 2) said, "Hu..dy star. iE ou..t because 0£ his love £or the ganie and he's n.ot selfish.." "When. asked, ''Wl-iat makes a great basketl::,aJJ. player?' Holt said, "So:r:neon.e who is con.£iden.t in. therr selves, a leader, works hard, and puts the team before they pu..t themselves." Eac. L quality Holt possessed.. Holt $trived to improve himself by going to the ~C ,. at least three times a week. He would lift we"ights to get stron.ger an.d then. p~ basketl::,aJJ. to work on. his overall ganie He £elt he n.eeded to step it u..p being a r ,tu..rn.ing Varsity player. Others that stood. ou..t as leaders and helped the team St~} su..ccess were Bran.don. K.rau..se ( l 2) an.d Jarn.aa.n.e Jordan. ( l 2) who always had en.cou..raging words to say
Since North Star open.ed the Boys Basketball Prograni.'s goal was to rn.aJ e it to state an_d this year that goal was finally attain.ed... Each. year the team bu.:ilt J'. to what they learned the year before. I..earnin.g £ram past mist.al"i.es an.d progresing they were able to succeed...
outh w est game Before ever y game the Gators compete in, the y came together and did a good o art the girls varsity game. McGarvie 's fa vor ite pre-game quote w as "I've learned that girls sw eat as much as boys. "
e) gets read y to thro w the ball in dur ing her reserve basketball game Sheets played both reserve and JV during the 2010- ll season. 4 The reserve team huddles up dur ing a timeout The Reserve team faced man y challenges dur ing the year
5 Mercedes Madlock (1 0 ) dribbles down the court dur ing her game Madlock w as a memeber of the 2010- ll reser v e team.
6 Yasmine AI-Shdifat (11) dribb les do w n the cour t dur ing a Lincoln Southeast game. A I-Shdifat p la yed bot h JV and v ars ity.
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tin.u.ed. to strive t.ov.rards success. 'rhis year the Gators establish..ed tradition. f'or many years to co:rne. E.a.ch Varsity team ni.eniber -w-as ·N"en. a book of' rnspi:rational an.d motivation.al quot.es. Every -w-eek each • 1 -w-as required. to pick out a quote f'rom th.e book a:n.d -w-rite al::ou.t tit meant to th.em pe.rson.a]]y. 'rh.e gi:rls -w-ou.ld th.en. gather af'ter ea.cl:l sra.ctice an.d read their quote aloud an.d tell -w-h.a.t it meant to th.e:rn pe iDSl]y Coe.ch VV"illia:ms said, "I think. it's making the girls th:i:n.gs happen.."
These quotes lped the girls grON emotion.ally together. It helped th.em br:in.g paSSl! to every game, practice, a:n.d t.ou.rnaxnen.t they played. in. Passion. is n nieth:i:n.g that ca:n. be taught by- any coa.c.h., passion. is soni.eth:i:n.g that: be only learned.through the heart..
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to R. Haley Korth. Kourtney Klein. Tia Kucera 0eJay Miller Jeremy Olson, Micah Zetocha. Cordell Hoskins to RI: Jenni Mcxm. Rachael Benedict, Amanda Ratliff, Alexandria Paulissian, Ashley Bogus. Nicole Biehl Emily Knaub, Ellen Lloyd, d:>eth Paulissian, Nancy Pham, Derek Pinzon
;4:ua Libera, Becca Mur Brandi Berndt Kacy Bartels. Matt Keeshan, Brenden Zegers, Noah Zetocha, Jacobs Meysenburg Katie Hubbell, Head Coach Ryan Fleming, Asst. Cooch Alissa Senger, Jordan Blayney, Ouincy Koll y Juarez. Samantha Chessmore Mandera Gatwech. Derrick Hoffman. Aaram Gerlach. Bryce lo Alfonso Martinez Beltran en Larsen. Enrique Garay, Trevor Birdzell. Dustin Hoffman, Tanner Boone, Brady Studnicka, Daniel Glea-
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Back Row (L to R): Asst. Coach JJ Frink Head Cooch Jake Frosd-eiser
l Austin Gubbels (9) awaits the throw from his teammate as Bailey Parde(9) hustles to slide back into first base.
2. Dylan Reinhardt (12) winds up for a pitch against Lincoln East. The Gators beat the Spartans ll-4 3 Brady Bolles (12) throws the ball towards the first baseman. Bolles is one of two captains for the varsity team.
4 Brook Bolles (9) waits for the pitch during a junior varsity game against Lincoln East Bolles made the junior varsity team as a freshman.
5. Marcus Walton (ll) makes a catch to force an out at first base.
6 Blake Chamberlain (9) follows through on his swing at a freshman baseball practice. Chamberlain plays in the outfield for the Gators.
7 Joe Metzger (12) is all smiles while warming up before baseball practice. This is Metzger's first season on varsity.
8. Jared Scdoris (9) leads off in hopes of stealing second base. Scdoris is one of three freshman on the junior varsity team.
The Gators didn't have mu.ch returning experience th.is season. but th.at didn't stop them f'rom having ltigh hopes. Senior Brady Bolles said he believed "they could vVll1 districts f'or the first time in. school mstory and. go to State" Varsity players w-eren.'t the only ones w-ith ltigh expectations, Trevor Bird.z,ell ( l 0), w-ho made the reserve team as a f'resh:rnan. and. moved u.p to the.junior varsity team th.is year, said he v.ras gotr.i.g to "try and. move u.p and. get sorne varsity playing tune.."
Af'ter losing tw-elve seniors f'rom last year's varsity team and. having only tw-o return:tng starters, Coach .La:n..ny Bolles thought their "w-ork ethic and team ch.erri:ist.:ry w-ould propel them to have a better season." 'I'h.ird year varsity n:iember and one of' the tw-o returning starters f'or the Gators, Casey Jv.r:oli:f'ua. ( l 2) said he "w-an.ted to vVll1 a:n. area tourney and. go to state" and. that he only had "one season. lef't in. ltigh school and hoped to go ou.t w-ith a
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l Ryan Comfer (12) hits his golf ball out of a rough spot on the course Comfer practiced on the Highlands golf course
« 2. Andrew Srb (12) lines up his shot on the green Srb (12) and his younger brother are both members of the golf :r. n.i ..J -, team.
fil ..T 3. Eric Eickhoff (12) hits the ball at the Highlands golf course. This is his first year on the varsity golf team. rn C
\. v } 4 The boys varsity and junior varsity teams for the 2011 season.
5 Brandon Allgood (12) Derek Jensen(ll) and Tyler Srb line up their shots while on the green. They concentrate while their coach is putting.
G-olf js a sport that has been. played competitively £or a long time. From the l 890's, to the l 920's a.:n.d the l 9.70's, and all of'the balled. hats, sw-eater vests, and plaid shorts, golf has vvith.stood the test o£tim.e. 'I'h.is generation. of' high sc:h.oolers gave great hope of' continuing the sport £or the f'u.tu.re. These North S-tarboys had. an. activity that they could en.joy £or the rest of' their lives.
G-olf -w-as a sport that once you. learned you. never f'orget hm.v- to play, but it still took great patience and f'ocu.s. ]\/[e:m.bers on. the ~Steam spent many hours outside of' the season keeping u.p their skills by putting, chipping, and playing on the golf course. Ju.st practicing t-w-o -w-eeks before the season. beg-an. -w-as not nearly enough time to put the erf'ort needed to be su.ccessf'u.l in. th"JS game.
The 2 0 l l season -w-as sure to be a success vvith all of' the growth the golf team has had. ·· Since my f'resh.:rna.:n. year golf has become one or the more important SpOrts. A lot more people are trying ou.t n.m.v-.'' Derek Jensen.( l l) said. ""W.b.en. he played h"JS f'resh:rna:n. year there vVere only t-w-elve members on. the tea:rn, but th"JS year there -w-ere t-w-en.ty--£0u.r prospective Gator golfer -w-ho tryou.ted to f'or the team For th"JS f'irst time there -w-as both a varsity and junior varsity team vvith rn.a.xirriu.m number of' players that North Star had ever fielded. °With great n.u.nibers came ~eat success.
for the North Star's girls' tennis program. "'With' the n.evv- season. came u.:n.certa.in.ties in.eluding hovvrnan.y girls vv-ere going to tryout, vv-hat sk.:ill leve vv-ould be represented., and hovv- hzjh athletic ab. ties vv-ould be. 'I'h.e hape, of course, vv-as to recruit sorn.e of the most athletic and·ex:perien.ce.d girls in.
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had plen.ty of n.evv- ad "tion.s to the t.ear.n.s. Hovv-e oun.d in. the n.evv- season., it vv-as clear that this y;.ear had brou.ght sorn.e great
es..tlln.E~ .Ashley Pieten.pol. Pie.ten.pol, vv-ho d played volley]::ia.ll on. th,
n.is team She q..::rickly du.ring practices and c lenge nia.tch.es. It was , before she fou.:n.d herself
"Sh.e's so ftrr ahead of the curve compared. tcp other ffr esh.:rna:n that I soni.etnn.es forget that it's her first tini.e playing" head coach 1'v1:att Lichlite:.ir explained
"'With -many n.evv- additions to the team. everyone had to step u..p their game and. join. to help each oth.er out "Wlth all of' the girls vv-ork •
'"rh.e best part 0£ soccer here at North St..u- w-as ex pe.rie.ncin.g all 0£ the new- ty-pes 0£ players and being 1~ to work with them.·· said Lionel Su.a.rez. the :HP.ad 1:,o.y''s c.cx:-1..cer Coach.. North Star had three talented.
Coach, Jason Bn.'1.not was in charge the rer-~rve tec·1r.n. -w..t:h tw·e:n.ty players_ Cole JvrcCallum -w-as the oach. £or theju:nior varsity team with eighteen :rne:rnbers Last, but not least. Coach Su:are~ ran th~ va:rsity i:€'..a.rn that consisted 0£ twenty-two talented. Gaton: w-ho played their h.ardP..st.. "W"in or lose it was the ef'f'ort and tearnw-ork that counted.
Co.~ch. Suarez said, 'The biggest achievement fb:1:. N or-t: h Sta.rs boyr: soccer over th.e pa.st ~ouple of' ye.an: -w-ould have be the amount 0£ boyr; that tried out'' Suarez went on to say, •• Jvry e.x:perience of' being the head soccer coa.ch has been very exciting and a lot f' f'u.n w-iili only more to comer
Th.fa year saV\T over seventy-five boys VITho triP..d. out to be part of the LNS soccer program. com pared to other ye:::trs w-here fur £eV1Te:t even went out.
Th:m was a huge su.cce...~ for Coach Sua:i ez, who had .en the head soccer coach £or t'V\TO ye:::trs. 'I'h.e 20 l 1 season saw- the varsity boys winning the our game against Orn.aha South but :narrow]y losing the se~ond ga.:rne again...c-:t. Kear:ney by only one goal The Gator :q:und.£ put all of' th.eir ef'fort in and played very -well
lenges and much adversity du.ring the season.
Karli Jo :H::itz ( 1 1) had a lot to overcorne during her junior season.. Even though she was a return.mg varsity ~. :B:it:z re::red. from a ::::eriou.s concussion. that bed cut her saphomore n sh.art
Hitz hoped to return. to varsity her ju.:n.ior year and spent hours working on irnprovi:n.g her skills du.ring the 0££season.. She played £or the Capital Soccer .Ass:::>c.:iatio:n. to keep r in. sb.a.'pe and her in.tense style of play. 'rh.e hard i-iv-ork I-I:itz had put in off-season allowed her to not miss a beat
l. Margan Ihde (12) settles the ball as she looks to score. Ihde finished her season as one of the top scorers for varsity.
Mendez (lll dribbles the ball downfield during the Fremont game. This was Mendez 's first season playing varsity.
3. Kyrie Wulf (9) takes aim at the goal during the Grand Island game. This season was Wolf's first time playing high school soccer.
4. Megan Witcig (10) dribbles around Fremont forwards. Witcig strives to become one of the best players on her team.
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As the 2 0 1 1 track season. rolled arou.n.d, u.n.certai:nty P,lagu.ed the North Star track tea:rn. Loss of an ~ncr • ibly strong 2 0 l O i.nf'rast:r.uctu.re caused key issues such as scori::n.g and leadership to corne in.to qu.estio:n 'rh.roug a tedious first t""""o vVeek.s of practice, the team b.ad beiu-n to find its stride by th.e first meet in Kearney. '"What vVe Ch.ad) vvas_ V\Tell -vv-e d.id.:n.'t k.:n.ovV ""'"hat """"e had.. V\Te still don't know- exactly the abilities of this year's tea:rn." said Coa lv1:usiel 'I1his beca:rn.e apparent across the board as previously untapped potential came roaring into the clear ly • the season.. Per haps the biggest surprise success story of the season ""'"as "lv-1:oham.rried Ffumden's ( 1 0) open half-mile du.el ""-Tith O:rnah..a. Be::n.son. runner "lv-1:ach Dojiok at the Ben.son T:nvite in early April The~ pushed ea.ch other run the tap t""""o ti:r:nes in. tr...e state for the BOO meter :race, ::Harnden finishing the race in an astonishing 1.5!3.B four second PR an.d a tirn.e t""-To seconds faster th.an the 20 1 0 state c.ha:rnpion... 0th.er sta:n.dou..ts athletes f'rom th.e season. in.eluded Alex Romero ( 1 2), the ''All-Around" athlete of the hitting both. the field an.d the track in an impressive display of h:is athleticis:rn. Romero tackled the long jump, open and relay sprint races and thre-.,;.v the shot put f'or the tean""L Not to be out done, Cari "1-A:cGarvie ( 1 1) clinch the girls' discus record by-- early season.. Adding to the th.rOV\Ter's success were record setting girls shot-put and disc relay at the Ralston. RelaY. r.neet which contributed. in a big way to the girls snagging the :ru.nn.er"'"U.p title. Also , key ""'"ere new school records in. the 4X l 00 meter and -4X l 60 :rneter hurdle sl-.1.uttle relays rrhe. girls' team rr...atched their performance one week later at the Ben.son meet, th.e second place S}?Ot..
At the same meet, the Boys team tied. -vv-ith Oma.ha Ben.son f'or f'irst, rectif'yi::ng a f'ourth place f'i:nfah at the 1 Ralston Relays a week earlier.Solidif'ying slightly slower th.an the girls' tear.n. the, boys stumbled briefly during the early stages of'the season, looking for th.err rhythm_ !Tuvv-ever, as training started to kick in, it became appru:;-en that North Star was not to be underestimated... By mid-seru::on., it w--as apparent th.at both of the 201 1 North S v.rou.ld con.tin:ue to be seen. as a competitor across the sta: ., and sh.ou.ld not be taken lightly.
As ch..arnpion.ship season. approa.ch.ed., coaches and athletes moved in.to high gear to f'ine tune their squads. ''Our g js tl.1.e District meet 'I'ha.t's how-- you get to State.'' Coach lv:ru.siel h.a.:rn:rnered that mentality in.to the rni::n.d of' every-; i Nor-th Star track athlete. 'Tt's important to do well but our goal :is State. v'\Te have bigger fish to f'ry than just L er rn.eetsJ''
VV"ith the State meet approachrrig quickly, athletes settled in.to a routine th.at consistently yielded superior results - hard work a:n.d dedication.. Leading the 201 1 team were girls team captains Kun Bailey ( 12), Sara Eastman. ( 1 2), Shatic.e Archie ( 1 l) and Arna:n.da "1-A:a..xv.rell ( 1 1 ), along with boys team captai:n.s Davon BrOvVTI. ( 1 2) Creighton. 1'.-1:orxis ( l 2) "1-A:att Keesha.TI. ( 1 2) a:nd Zach Lor.n:ison ( l 1 ).
l. Kip Broussard 19) prepares to clear the high Iump bar during practice Broussard 's first year on the team was a successful one
2. Lydia McManus (91 'approaches the long jump pit at the LPS Open meet How a person approaches their ump foretells how fa:· the jump will be.
3. O--dy Nguyen 1101 sprints to the finish lrn in the 200 meter dash at the LPS Open meet Nguyen has made improvements to her form and her times have dropped from last year .
4. Distance guys Mohamed Hamdan (10), Matt Keeshan (l 2), David Depp [11) and James Tang ll ll pack it up during
a track workout T~e 2011 distance squad has trrnned ':Z together for two years and have continued success.
5 Sara Eastman !12) and Shykeera Booker 1111 crulse to :S "'-'lr:: - 1 • the finish in J.he 200 meter dash at the ~PS Open mee~. Booker and Eastman have been a part of the sprint squad for least three and four years respedivly.
6. Matt Dietz i9l practices his stance before throwing discus The throwe rs high number of rookie athletes helf)ed Q.: them shatter thro wi ng records during the season.
7. Joe lynn Csr iess (10) ieads the pack in the Iinal st:etch of the 800 meter run .· Griess scored points in every race -----==-- - · where she competed.
8. Kacy 3ortels C1 ; clears a hurdle during her heat of the 300 hurdles Bartels ~as been working on hurdles since ner sophomore year and has made great progress , qualifying for finals in the majority of the varsity meets.
9. The girls team celebrates a job well done after the LPS Open. Singing at the end of track meets to celebrate has become a tradition.
10 Sprinters Jeff Cathey (12) Davon Brown 1121 and Dominic Trumm (12) work hard to increase their ability. Raw speed and difficult conditioning are hall marks of North Star's sprint squad.
r Stephanie Diaz Taylor Wagner, Mia BillesStuort Lenz, Alyssa Messersm1t'1, Deja Suarez, Lea anager Mikaelah Mol,fua itcig, Alejandra Lopez Srepharie Santos, Brianna lie Nguyen, Paige Griffin, Kyrie Wulf L zzy Boies, ikaylo Cruickshank ay Liliana Espinoza Chandra Marshall Peyton , Kiera Bengston, Brooke Colbert, Han Ta
Back ltzornara Tafolla Volunteer Cooch Sara Perdew. Head Cooch Chelsea
Back. Karli Jo Hitz, Abbey Arrigo Deja Suarez ~ead Cooch Matt Avey , Volunteer Cooch Molly Shields, Voiu.-,teer Coach C~r1ssy Worster , Morgan l de Jess Brestel
Middle: Student Manager C arl y Fd,er, Lizzy Bales , Ellisa Janzen, Shelley Erickson, l\ly Wurster Taylor W ngner, Justine Boucher, Marissa Hurst , Tenia Bullock, Student Manager Amy Jorgensen
Back: Natalya Martynyuk, Head Cooch Eric Williams Valer iyo Shulyak Pangak N\ateat
Front: Morgan Ouelette Maria Summer Danielle Galvan, Rachael VanArsdaH. Marissa Schlid
Back: Head Cooch Matt Lickli~er, Asst Coac~ Paige
erek Pinzon !12) and Kaitlin Benes (lll, a student from Wahoo Bishop-Ne n, dance and laugh in the middle of the dance floor. Benes accompanie zon to the Homecoming dance
Amanda Walla (11) and Jacob Linke (ll) slow dance in the crowd. Walla d Linke were appart of a record breaking attend nee of 7 50 students
Jared Flodman (12) and Shelley Erickson (12) The Homecoming King and ueen This is Erickson 's fourth year of being nominat~d for Homecoming yalty.
Mica Nimo x (ll) and Raja-Nee Keys (10) take a break from dancing Ni s enjoyed coming to Homecoming for throughout her high school c reer
Homecoming: the best event that happened. at the beginning 0£ each school year A.side £rom £ootball games, the dance J:>rought all of'the grades t03"ether to have a good time
Under the Sea -w-as the theme 0£ 20 l 0 Homecoming spirit -week and dance A -magical u:n.der -w-ater expe:rience -w-as created £or the stu.den.ts TVITi:n.1:-i.ley lights lined the staircases a:n.d floor, -while fish. plastered o:ri the -w-all sw-am around the room " Th:is dance -w-as my £avorite so far . There -w-ere so rna::n.y people there, and the mu.sic -w-as really good.. It -w-as a £u.n. tirn.e " Kacy Bartels ( l l) said " It -w-as good to see all 0£ the stu.dents participating in. a school activity "
Homecoming Prince and Prin.cess -w-ere given to Kara Schlegel( l l) a:n.d Andy Tatum.( l l ). "W"in.n.in.g Homec oming Ktng -w-as Jared Flod:rna:n.( l 2) -w-hile Shelley Eric kson.( l 2) -w-as voted H omecoming Queen.,. Erick.son. had been. on. Hm:n.ecoming royalty every year 0£ her high school career, but u:n£ortu:nately -w-as not able to attend the Homecoming Dance to accept her cro-w-n. because she -w-as on. her -w-ay be.ck to I.ri:n.coln. £ram an a-w-ay volleyba.11 game. Ho-w-ever, Jared and Shelley got to have their "King and Ou.een.'' dance at the volleyba.11 tea::rns o-w-n. "Horn.eco !-Iallaw-een. Party
"Everyone -w-as moving so qu.ickly, I couldn't keep u.p.'' Flod:rna:n. says -w-h.en asked abou.t the dance ''When. they said my name £or King, I -w-as like '-w-oahf And then. everyone else -w-as yelling 'YEAH' and I -w-as happy."
There -w-as a lot o£happin.ess involved in. the Homecoming dance ~ajority 0£ the stu.den.ts said that the 20 l 0 dance -w-as their favorite Homecoming so fur. It -w-as an all arou:n.d splashing
(12) are the nomin Shelley Erickson (l 6 (Left to right) Tatum (lll, Kara S redondo (ll) are t ence.
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9 A group of st for a photo. Ho of all grades coul s (12), Alyson VanArsdall (12) , L loyd (12), and Casey Molifua j2 .:::J mecoming King and Queen w t pictured, but won the crown ...L (U .L enzl (ll), Kacy Bartels (lll, Andy .L (U Jon Dau (ll), and Ashley Ar- r ming royalty candidates for >, _a re brand new nominees (f) Q) n Tederman (9) were the \SJ (U (L
ming royalty Tyler Coufal (lO) but won Homecoming royalty
time out of sancing to pose as the dance were stud e nts
ffle ·North Star Theat• " Pres•ts ...
1. The cast o Cinderella poses in full costume The cast started w or k ing on the musical in Ma y.
2. Jared Flod an (12) as Prince Charming. Flodman sang a solo during the ball.
3 Zack Sc fer (12) , Jordan M y ers (12 ) , Da v id Coffin (11), A le xandrea Cline (11), Br y an Shuman (12), Dana Clark (9), Jacob Linke (11) and Katie laubius (10) smile as the y perform a dance during the ball. The cast members spent hours learning choreograph y for the form onces performed in the sho w.
4 Au st yn McKee (9 ) announces guests as the y a rri v e at the ball. McKee pla y ed Lionel , Ste w ard to the ro y al famil y.
A story 0£ love, magic, and pumpkins took place in. tb.e Auditorium as tb.e North Star Thespians took the stage an.d gave audi ences a taste o£ their O"'WD. version. 0£ tb.e c lassic :fairy tale, Cin.derella 'I'h.e cast -w-as excited to re- enac t tb.eir :favorite childhood story They sho-w-ed audiences the hard 'W'0rk th.at Vvas put in.to the p r oduct i on. o£tb."is classic play, -w-hile also showi:n.g vie-w-ers hovv- mu.ch they had evolved as actors and actresses since tb.eir a udit ions. ''"W""e started r ehearsing in. the su.nnner and tb.rough.out school days," said Tori Knoche ( l 2) who w as a part o£tb.e ensemble "V\Te all had to be co:rnrnitted so th.at vv-e dOU.ld. come t03""ether as a cast"
A play production. was not all about the a c tors and actresses on the stage The tech.. crew behin.d the scenes played. a:n. irnporta:n.t part and allowed. the play to ru.:n. smoot.h.ly From stage rna:n.agers to costume d.esig:n.ers an.d make-up artists, tb.ese we:re tb.e in.dividu.als th.at added. the per£ect touches to the production..
Jordan 'M:yers ( l 2), who Vvas also a part of' the ensemble, stated that she "was very pleased -w-itb. the perfbrrn.an.ce Even though the play was challenging to per£o:rrn. all 0£ tb.e work a:n.d e££ort put in.to the production. was vv-orth it".
A£ter months o£practice an.d late---n.ight rehearsals, the s hovv-£in.ally started. on. 'T'h.u.rsday, &ptember l 6th and £in.ally ended -w-itb. its last showing on Su..:n.d.ay, &pternber l 9th... Casey 'M:oli£u..a ( l 2), -w-ho saw the play said th.at he "en.joyed every min.u.te o£ tb.e per£or:rna::n.ce and would have loved to see it again" .
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5. Josh Schafer (ll), Taylor Floyd (12), greet guests as en the ball. They played the King and Oueen, parents of Prince Charming.
6. Sa vannah Meredith (10) , Ashton Greenfield (10), Marissa Payne (12), and Lauren Cobb (11) share a light moment. Payne played, the e vil st e pmother , Meredith and Cobb played the evil-stepsister to Greenfield 's Cinderella
7. The la d ies of the town clamor to have Lionel (Austyn McKee) try the glass slipper on their foot to see if they will wed Prince Charming M e g a n Sch a fer (9), Zoe Gengenbach (ll), Terra Gerhig (ll), Julia Dowling (12), Brooke McCrystal (11), and Katie Gl a ubius (10) are eager t o ha v e a chance.
8. Cin d er e lla (Ashton Greenfield) finally gets her man as Prince Charming Uared Flodman) places the slipper on her foot. With that ,
1'/.[any students and teachers have recogn.:ized. th.at school spirit -w-as al-w-ays one of' the most rm.part.ant and pror.nin.en.t attributes in. high school_ Alth.ou.gh -rnan.y th.in.gs changed -w-hich rm.proved school spirit, North Star never failed to take pride in. all of' th.e:ir spar-ts and activities -when. the school first .opened, school spirit -w-as ju.st beginning to f'?rr:n. From the start, North Star only had~ pep rallies th.at consisted of' perf'or-rnan.ces by cheerleaders and dazzlers and simply recogn.:ized. the main. spar-ts There -w-ere also Gator -w-alks, but only a f'e-w- since they scarcely recogn.:ized. any grou..p but main. sparts especially f'ootball. One other f'orm of' school spirit th.at had al-w-ays been. a part of' North Star -w-as Gatorf'est Gatorf'est started. ou.t small mu.ch like the pep rallies and -w-as more of' a gathering >, f'or spar-ts teams and cheerleaders
Over the years school spirit gre-w- i:rrrrnen.sely.
Pep rallies -w-ere ru.n. by cheerlead(?.rs versus stu.den.t council and sh.o-w-ed a -w-ide variety of' perf'or-rnan.ces su.ch as hip- hop along -w-ith. the dazzlers and cheerleaders. During pep rallies, games and activities th.at requ.:ire stu.den.t participation. -w-ere in.corparated to get more people involved in. school spirit &:nne of'th.ese activities in.clu.ded g:irls Po-w-der Pu.f'f'f'ootball and the boys Rough 'N"' Tough volleyball rriatch. Gator -w-alks gre-w- to be a tradition. of'-w-elcomin.g f'reshrna:n. at the beginning of' the year, honoring all spar-ts and Nebraska. activity assodation.s th.at e.xceeded du.ring the year, and £in.ally a -w-ay to say goodbye to our seniors at the end of' the year Dr Nancy Becker said., "Lun.chjams started a f'e-w- years ago and have addition.ally been. a -w-ay to recognize stu.den.ts ability to perf'orm in. dif'f'eren.t -w-ays " Gatorf'est also became a popular gathering as it gre-wto provide f'ood, several perf'or-rnan.ces by dif'f'eren.t grou.ps, and booths to sell school spirit items. Overall Lincoln.North. Star gre-w- to be f'u.11 of' school spirit over the years and its still th.riving n.o-w- '"rhere ju.st seems to be a lot more su.ppart at school plays along -w-ith. a larger and more active stu.den.t section. at spartin.g even.ts,'' Am.an.da "1'/.[a.x-w-ell ( 1 1 ) said
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F':rcnnth.e closest seat in. the hOQSe to act~ on the court pe:rlbr:n:ring, :from l?i:nk Ou R.cx:ik. N :Roll ou.:t:f'i.ts, :from the -:first and to the every last day~ on. the court the leaders w-ere there through it Cheerleaders -were there through the laughs, tea.rs and s;.v-eat vVh.en it came to cheering on. the side li:n.e.s of' the .f'":ield or: a.ff the court. the' cheerd.ers alw-ayi; cheered. the-ix lou..d.est and -w-ould get the crowd pumped and eady :for the ga.:me. For "W"ill ffigg-.tns ( l 2), our second male cheerleader, bas been on the cheer squad :for years. ffiggtns -w-as captain of'th.e varstcy squad along w-ith Sha:n.-w-:na Slechta ( l 2) tltis ear. " "What makes cih.eer ru.:n. f'or me :w-ell, the adrenaline of' l:>ei:r:lg on~ court or :field as close t:b.e gar.ne as -possible, l:>ein..g able to go out w-ith.. µcy- girls and. do -w-h.a.t -w--e love," l-I:iggins said. a han.df'u.1 of'gu.ys ca:n they had the gu.ts to go out and.. try out fbr a cheer s:rua-d and. e it. Higgtn.s also plans op trying out :for mee:r=- at the University of'Nebraska. along w-ith • arsity- :member Demi Freeman ( l 2).
Cheerleaders have 11\ror:ked hard this year in. all of their pe.rfbrrruances. Fresl:unan Bailee pk.ins says" Cheer w-as a great e.x::perience to me, it h.elpacl beoorne ou:tgoing a:n.d who I am ociay; Ffupkin.s made :many f'r:iend.s th.rough cheer and represented her school wherever she e:nt Ffup'.k:i:ns pla::n.s on.~ out again :for her sophomore year. Cheer r.neans sorneth.in.g- dif'- j t'Jren.t to every rneTJ:lber of' the squad.
From t.b.e :first step on. the c~ t:o the very last sp"ixit a:ff: the cheerleaders always yelled.j ·t loud and said it prou.q.. IrN,S.
3. Reserv.e ~leaders Bailee Hopkins (9) and Denisse Carcamo (10) perform a cheer in front of the students at the fall pep rally.
4. Varsity cheerleaders perform a kick during their dance in one of the many pep rallies at school. Varsity worked this year to perform at their best
5. Maddie Justa (ll) and Kelli Pietenpol (ll) are performing line dances at the beginning of the winter pep rally. Justa and Pietenpol have been cheering at for three years.
6. Tapia (9) and Natasha Tetherow (9) perform line dances during the winter pep rally Tapia and Tetherow made the freshman squad.
7. shton Greenfield 110) performs with the rest of the JV squad at the winte~ pep rally This was Greenfield's first year as a cheerleader
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yd (12) and Marissa Payne (12) sing "For Good " w hile the judges tal d Payne were one of three performances in between acts (ll) roc ks out on his guitar Liddell was one of the five finalists. an (12) answers questions during the interview round. Host, Stever (12) teaches the audience how to "w hip their hair back and forth crowd while the contestants prepared for their ne xt round.
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orth Star V1Tas a:n. exception.al w-ay to get students mvolved in. ra.:isi.n.g money Si.n.ce ~r North Star V1Tas such a success, hopef'ully this n.eVIT tradition. VITill toc»Jxm:i.cr in. the years.
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Jv.[archin.g band vv-as one 0£ the programs at North Star that had evolved draina.tic.al1.y si:n.ce the sch(X)l vv-as n.ed.. It had c.h.a:nged through students, teachers, mu.sic, themes, and just about everything else rrh.e 2 0 l l seniors looked back on. ~eir £-u.n. t:i:rnes in. marching band ~d reflected on hovv- everything had c.h.a:nged. £or better or vv-orse.
One of' the seniors vv-ho vv-as a part 0£ :many 0£ the c.h.a:nges in. the program vv-as Jacob Spilker ( l 2). had been in. marching band all £our years 0£ his high school e:xperien.ce a:n.d had transitioned from playi:n.g the trumpet in. con.cert band to the French horn in. the marching band.. Spilker said that band had person.ally tran.s-£or:rned £or hiin., as his 'leadership role had de£in.itely nn.proved.. -W-e lost a lot 0£ strong players so n.ovv- vv-e seniors have to step up in. vv-hat vv-e do."
Tori Knoche ( l 2) played clarin.et in. the band her £resh.:rna:n. year before svv-itchi:ng to the color guard.. She agreed vv-ith. Spilker that th.ere had been serious adaptations. 'Tt'sjust been ~d because there have been £our d.TI£eren.t directors, color guard in.stru.ctors, and d.run:tlin.e in.stru.ctors in. the past £our years so vv-e have all kin.d of had to learn hovv- they in.dividu.ally taught and apply that to the past styles and tech:n.:iqu.es vv-e've learned," said Knoche.
So vv-heth.er the 2 0 l l seniors had been in. the band, d.run:tlin.e, color guard, or perhaps had taken more • th.an one role du.ring their years at North Star, the had seen c.h.a:nges. From n.evv- directors to mu.sic, the ching band vv-en.t through the c.h.a:nges vv-ith them. adap and accommodating them The seniors could only hope that the program that once vv-as a huge part 0£ their lives vv-ou.ld continue to evolve to be the best it c.ould be -
1. Pit members Alissa Schaefer (ll) and Crystal Knight (10) perform with the rest of the band. Schaefer is an e xchange student from Germany, while Knight has been a North Star band member for two years
2. Members of the color guard perform during the halftime show Each guard member had three flag s and two flag changes.
3 The North Star drumline stands in rows in between performing songs. At LNS the drums have a separate class from the rest of the band. Photo courtesy of Carol Wienhold.
4. The marching band performs in a parade. Parades were enjoyable performances where students could play with other bands but were not judged as they are at competitions. Photo courtesy of Carol Wienhold
5 The wind players march and play at a home football game. Marching band practiced every morning at 7:00 to prepare for performances and competitions Photo courtesy of Carol Wienhold.
6. The marching band plays pep music during a break in the football game. The band played at both home and away games.
7. Tori Knoche (12) smiles as she waits to play her clarinet at Gatorfest. Knoche w as also in the color guard for the marching band.
'When. the new- school year started. Nation.al H:on.or Soc : -" ty CN"lil3) got right to i-NOrk. 'I"h.ey elected. a president. 'W"endy H ( 1 2), vic.e president. Kelsey Gru.ndrnan ( 1 2), secretary, Arny Jorgensen ( 1 2), and historian.. Sarah Resch ( 1 2l These fbur led -:.h g-rou.p in. activities and f'und. ra:isers: su.ch. as the Stride 'W"alk agai lSi Breast Cancer, bake sw.es f'or f'u.:nd ra:ising, and tutoring. lv1:en:ilie Steven. Tran. ( 1 2) stated. "'I'h.e Breast Cancer 'W"alk -was the re-w-ard.ing. I f'elt like I -w-as really helping someone."
.As sec!Ond se:rnester approached.. N"I-IB added around 1 3 newznbers to the o.rgan.:ization., all of' ·whom took the oath. to ma:i:n.tain. 11'-L ..1.t::OJ. .u::oo:::lves as active stud.en.ts and al-w-ays strive t.ol;v-ard.s the f'our pillars of'
·p, service, and cl:i.aract.er. Co:rnio.r Lu.ethje ( 1 2) in. being a part of' the "T -w-or:k.ed. hard throughout high school
con.sisted. of' those -w-h.o had. always -w-or:k.ed. l E:ach l'Xl.eniber took on. responsibilities that took time each proJect -wi.th. ·what they had. learned. f'rom being a part of'th.is society.
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onnor lue thje 02) receives an acceptance medal from NHS treasu-er
Luei e was accepted int o National Honor Society after show· oder sc ar ip and ser v·ce
amse y Jal er (12) shakes Dr ancy Beckers hand at the Jaber .v s ne of 13 ne w students to join the club 1n the Lou s 1\1ra • I 2 gives a speech at his induction. Mir ruggle to a apt to American schools after his troosfer fr ¼ President\ endy Huynh 02) presents Nancy Bui (12) with ui Wl,S one of four student s t o speak at the w nter inc:Lction S Members of NHS inclu de: (Back left to right) Kevin Reimnitz Jyso , VanArsdall Jess Bres t el, Shelley Erickson Tyson Osborn AJy WISS ven ran ,__,aroh Resch Ka1tli Kr use K, mberly Bailey Elyse Kohl Rochel Od-ocl Jacob oil er {Second Row) A ion M ortinez , Joshua Neunann Ja"lic:e Wiertrild Ian Wrif#
'/ Jorgensen Jen Yo ung Lee Tran Pham Abby Diaz, Eric Ryoo Michelle Nguyen, amsey Jaber Connor Luethje Justin Jorgensen Linh Ngo Bra-don Allgood Zach eitschuck Front Row) Kelsey Grundman Carolina Ordonez Flores Th.Jy Tra,, a ncy Bui Jamie HJynh W e nd y Huynh Ton Knoche Louis M,rav:J.a Nho Vo, Garick alker
Er ic Ryan (12) is accepted 1n National Honor Society by the current members. Ryan
a s g ree te a in front of hi s class by loud noise makers and cheering Garrick Walk er (1 2) signs the official National 1-bnor Society member k Each ne w member signs the book at their induction.
Back Row Seth Hampton (12), Cory Etmund (10), Brandon
Allgood (12) and Nick Jackson (11)
First Row. Coach Owyone Do Maude, Nick Steyer (lll.
Zoe Zornes (12) and Brandon Scdoris !12) •
Zach Leitschuck (12), Laura McHargue (lll, Claire Spahn (lll, Alyssa Collins (ll), Mariah Stradley (11), Miranda Bruckner (11) and Kyra Stradley (9)
Scott Ngoh (11) , Rodrigo Martinez Garcia (12), _, Carlos Cumbe Campos (12), Pete Maqdux, • , Gage Woosley (9) and John P~am (lOl ..
Back Row: Courtney V1rgl (12), Jessica Synovec (12), Will Higgins (12), Demi Freemon (12) and Shawna Slechta (12)
Thrid Row · Kaitlin Kruse (12), Ashlea Harsh (12), Sarah Barela (12) and Tio Kucera (12)
Second Row· Karo Schlegel (11), Kelli Pietenpol (11), ~nd Maddie Justo (11)
First Row- Alyssa Wintz (11) and Amanda Cage (11)
Back Row . Mikaelah Mol1fua (10) , Lindsey Clark (11), Kelsey Lacey (11), Michelle Henning (11) and Amanda Keebler (11)
Second Row Cindy Nguyen (10), Mackenzie Edwards (11), Brook McCrystal (11), Aleisha Jordan (11) and Sabrina La Pour (10) Front Row. Ashley Hansen (10) and Ashton Greenfield (10)
Bock Row. Renae Breemes (l2L Shelley Erickson (12), Alex1Ha ~P6ur~02l:. Kylie Stuart (]OJ, and Alyson Vanarsdall (12)
Front Row- Rachael Lehr (JO), Ann Morie Murray (11) , Le xye Br~eg~9~ (JO}, Hannah Euler (ll) and Brooke Shoemaker (ll)
Ahn.est every student at N ort.h Star kn.e-w- that the sch.ool had. a school resource of'f'i cer (SR.0) that -w-as regular]y i:n.. the building The stud.en.ts kne-w- -w-h.y sh.e-w-as there an.d. -w-hat s.h.e-w-as doing, and. everyone -w-ho had. the oppcrtu.n.ity to interact -w-ith her kne-w- that she -w-as a special part of' the North Star co:rrunu.:n.ity
From the opening of' the school in the fall of' 2 00 3 u.n.til January 24, 2 0 1 1 , -w-hen. sh.e lost her battle -w-ith cancer , SR.0 Vicki Bou.rg-w-as one of'the strongest and. most :positive inf1uences helping to sh.ape North Star in.to a place -w-here stud.en.ts -w-an~ to be
One thing that surprised. ma:n.y people -w-as ho-w- much Vicki truly loved.North Star, all the stat'£, and. especially all of' the stud.en.ts. Af'ter three years of' service in a school in L:I=>S, an SR.O -w-as tyPical]y lef't the school she served Ho-w-ever, due to ef'f'orts on the part of' the North Star cornniu.n.ity -w-ho kn.e-w- about Of'f'icer Vicki's great corr.unitrnen.t and. connection. -w-ith the stud.en.ts, North Star-w-as blessed. to have her stay f'or eight consecutive school years, helping sh.ape the school in.to a f'u.:n. and. saf'e environment
On. January 29, 20 1 1, Vicki's fu.mi]y, f'riends, and. co-w-orkers gathered. in. the North Star gyrri. i:n.. a -memorial service that mourned. their loss and. celebrated. her lue. :E-Ie fu.mi]y crea a scholarship in Vicki's name f'or N ortl-:i. Star students so her impact on. the stud.en.ts she loved. so much -w-01..tld. contmu.e f'or years to come,
Every year the seniors leave a '1.ega.cy," such as a bronze gator or an electronic mgn.. but Vicki Bou.rg's North S legacy -w-as mu.ch more th.an a:n.y r.na.terial object someone could. purchase. example of' strength, courage, ca.r.i:n.g and. compassion -w-ill al-w-ays be remembered. in the hearts and. minds of' the staf'f' and stud.en.ts -w-ho -w-orked. -w-ith her at North Star
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Vicki's car and hat at er memo tal service were guarded by a fellow officer. The service was held in North Star 's main gym.
Dr. Becker and Vicki walk together to Vicki 's surprise party They wor ked together from the opening of the school in 2003 until January 2011 •
The North Star concert choir sings for Vicki at her birthday party. Dr. Becker was by her side for support. Vicki shows a student the computer in her police car during North Star 's 2007 Academy Day Vicki worked with students in a wide variety
Dr. Becker celebrates Vicki 's birthday with her. Many orth Star: students also showed their supi:2ort by helping out and celebrating with Vicki surprise 40th birthday party
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ns. Tori! We are £:O proud of you. a beautiful. atnazing pers:on. v_e Morn. Dad. Johnn
$ gone? You're graduating with a letter in epped through life's obdacle~ wil:h s;4ch dyle e. the room light~ up. and when you laugh. a true gift from God!
and sh;ter an.Yone could ever as;k for! remarkable young lady and we couldn't etheart! Remember to alway~ for give s.:unconditionally. smile often. laugh values believe in yourself!
Congratulation~ to the be~t big brother ever!
Love. Olivia
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Courtney.
We are c;o proud of all you have accornplic;hed. frorn your fird da g making cheer. and now to graduation day! Good luck in your new adventure in colleg e !
Love. Morn. Dad. and Bethany
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om your bigge~ Eastman. Morn r looked back: g forward to dventure. ourney! ' GKyle
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:F'o11ow your 1-teart. Cad: gour Dreams. and Reach for the Music that Dances within your 9.oul. Jordan. rom such a small boy you ave always been such a standout performer in all that you do. Keep believing self and all your endle!;~ talent. God has a special plan for your future.go out and live that plan to the fullest.
e are so proud of youand wish you much love and happiness. Love You Always. Morns Dad Trevin. Lillian and Beaudree
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Nay 8Pea11Jt Beautiful. Smart. Talented. on s. on when it ds to de~cribe SO proud of a great duI mother. s er that anyr ask forH
You'll always be rny Peanut with a Twinkle in your eye~. May your future shine. Bless You!
Love. Morn
C.ourageou~ and gtrong l=unn y and gweet When God ~ent u~ you. ~e ~ent U!; ~verything! bve every rnornent to it~ fulled. and alway~ rernernber. gthing untried. rernain~ irnpo~~ible
We Love You. Za h! Morn. Dad and Kenna •••Y iat,e,,
You have made uf; so proud. Thankf; for all the wonderful rnernortef;. _
N\ay all your dream~ come true.
Love. Dad. Morn 1--lana 8 1'ee1nes
Renae. We are very proud of your accompli!;hment!; and determination. A!; you journey to the next chapter of your life. know that we love ~upport you.
Dad. Morn Mallory
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Congratulations. Ashlea. We arn so proud of you. C.onttnue to follow your dreams and goals.
We love you. Mom. Dad. Trai. and Ali ya
9.helley and Aly. 9.till got each others' backs! we're so happy you two have remained best friends through all your school years. We're very proud of your accomplishments on the court. on the field. and in the classroom. C.ongratulati ons !
Love. Your Families
Ca<;ey. accomplished w much: high <;chool graduaV~. guard. band. girls· choir. concert choir. JV bowlyears back to back champs in Links challenge. hamps. Varsity bowling taking didricts. proud of you. tnjoy every day of your life. mber to keep God in your life every day.
Love you, Dad and Morn
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Knowledge is the key!
Always be a student:. You ·11 find the secrets to success and travel on the golden~ road to peace and happiness. Congratulations. ghanel! Keep on learning! We love you!!
God bless.
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proud of the beautiful. young wotnan you have becorne inside and out. In urney. day true to your heart. follow what you know is right and always stars. Always rernernber the door to hotne is always open to you. We Love You. Dad.
Leader~hip. creativity. re~pon~ibility. and. mod importantly. humor are the amazing gift~ you all have brought t o the yearbook cla~~ and the publication it~elf. I'm ~o irnpres;~ed by the owner~hip and high dandard~ you ~et for yours;elves that future staff~ will have to try to achieve. Thank you for making thi~ the ea~ied year ever.
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1. Theatre students w ait for the results of how theJ.did at the State Festival. The North Star performed The Giver.
2 Jordan Ball (12) and Mitchell Hunt (12) cheer the boy 's varsity basketball team on at State. This w as the first y ear that North Star 's bo ys made it to the St ate Tournament
3. The cro w d cheers at the North Star v. East High School. The North Star Gators ct arted their season strong with a win over the Spartans
4 The North Star choreographed choir performs during a choir concert. The group en tertained the audience with three songs
5. The varsity bo y s football team dive for the ball in the North Star v. Benson football game on September 9th. North Star w on by a lands li de
6 Students bust a move at homecoming. The bayou was packed on the night of September 11th.
7 Cynd y Maddu x's second period APLC class enjo ys cookies they decorated for the holiday season. Maddux provided the opportunit y as a group building activity
8. The reserve cheerleaders do a jump in their routine. Each cheerleading squ ad performed a dance at each of the pep rallies.
9. The North Star band pla ys at their first concert of the year. This was the first year that the band d idn 't have two separate classes for upper and underclass musicians
2010-2011 Polaris Staff (Opposite page)
Last row : Ann Marie Murray - Academics Editor, Kat y Stege - Academics Editor, Janice WienholdPeople Editor Sarah Resch Le xye Bruegman, Nancy Bui Jessica Synovec, and Armina Jukovic
Middle row : Zach Leitschuck Michael Wenzl , Amanda Walla , Matt Keeshan - Chief Photographer, Hannah Euler, Renae Breemes -Advertising Manager, and Jess Brestel
First row : Ashley Stoa - Managing Editor, Elyse Kohl - Sports Editors Wendy Huynh - Editot -in-Chief, Sara Eastman, Jam ie Huynh, Na'Taya Moore, Mariah Stradley - Student Life Editor, Jessica Lefler, and Ruth Nwaturuocha
Not Pictured: Reanna Varley), Ian Wright , and Abby Diaz
