Being the n.evVest sch.cx:,l i:n. Lincoln., North Star rmn.en.ts about the extre:rn.e diversity, the title of' the "pe champion.ships vVere tossed arou.n.d.. Stud.en.ts searched. f'or:'..JAJ~e-i;;.aM did they kn.OvV i:n. the midst of' their search. they vVere def'in. dom:i:nated in. an.d the vValls that surrounded them All N aviga selves in.to really sh.OvVin.g Lincoln. vVho North Star IBgh Sch.ex:, years since North Star vVas i:n.trodu.ced in.to L:PS, tra torf'est, SvVitch rallies, the Na
nblA"t"-t--, !i,-ttd soul of' Lincoln. th her positive dent's biggest fun 'Whether it pepping each. student u..p du.ring vV leaving vVou..ld be hard on. ooth. ~;:wt'. ap.e. to f'u..lly believe in.North Star:
ow and learn But \/\Tith students, athletes, and a staf'f' like the h 'rh.e navigators \/\Till always be ch.arti:n.g the course, navi0 Vicki Bourg, and all of' Lincoln. believed they could.
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It -w-as:n.'t al-w-ays a smooth transition. going from one sch.ool to the. other, espec:iaJ.ly -w-hen. you. n1.a.de the. big ju.mp from middle sch.col to h:igh sch.col. 'I'h..e experience could be f'u.:n., stress-f'u.1, d:if'f'icu.lt, a:nd f'or so'rn.e easy. 'Tt w-as a:n easy transition f'or :me: the. classes -w-ere a lot easier to f':i::n.d th.en I th.ought tb.ey -w-ou.ld be," Jenni lvfoon (9) ~la.:i.:ned, 'T th.ink tb.e tb.ought of' being a part of'a large student body :is ~citingr lvfoon played on the JV softball team :i::n. the. spring a:nd also s-w-ru:n f'or Nortb. Star Her goa.ls f'or tb.e year -w-ere to letter :i::n. sw-iin:rning. have all A 's, and just have a good f'resh.rn.a.:n. e.x:per~ence.
As fresh.men. entered h:igh sch.col many of' them ~lored :n.e-w- activities an.d f'ou.:n.d areas that :i::n.terest th.em. 1'/.[organ Brugge:rn.an. (9) al-w-ays loved sing:ing. acting, and softball: u.pcn entering high sch.col she made tb.e JV softball t.P..am an.d f'ou.n.d herself' :tn.volved in. choir a:nd the One Acts. For her, the :transition -w-as d:if'f'icu.lt be.t-w-een. ma.ki:n.g ne-w- f'rie:n.ds a:n.d gett:tn.g all of'her hor.ne-w-ork do:n.e daily 'Right now-, I'm just focusing on. lettering :i::n. the.at.re and pass:i.:ng :my Oral Cormnu.:n.ication.s class," Bruggerrm.n ~-tated. &.ch year -w-hen n.e-w- fresh.men. entered h:igh sch.col it m.ea:n.t :n.e-w- pa~:ilities :i::n. sports and sports :is just about all Zach. Jackson (9) th.ought about. Jackson. spent near].y all of' h:is free time eith.e.r -w-ork.:i:ng out, playing football, or ha:nging out -w-itb. h:is brothers Jackson started play:tn.g football -w-ay back even before kindergarten., -w-h:ich led to him maJ'ti:n.g the varsity football team as a f'reshrna.:n.. He also played. baseball a:n.d participated i:n. -w-restl:tn.g to help him-w-itb. football. As far as h:is transition in.to high school -w-en.t, Jackson clairn.ed. "school comes easy to me, so the transition -w-as easy. Plus my last sch.ool -w-as so small it -w-as like a closet, so I l:ike be:i::n.g :i::n. a bigger sett:tn.g " Jackson. doe.s:n.'t like to think of' shortterm goals, instead he lool-i.s completely to the f'u.tu.re
Sports seemed to af'f'ect a lot of' decis:ion.s i:n. high school, especially the decis:ion to come to public school f'or the. opportu.::n.ity to further a sports career Fleidi Bartsch (9) -w-as home schooled u.:n.t:il h:igh school-w-hen. she made the. big change an.d ntered public sch.ool i:n. order to play soccer &x:!cer w-as her passion She started playing i:n. k:i::n.dergarten.. She played as a f'or-w-ard a:nd loved to score goals. Bartsch. also used to play basketball but quit to f'ocu.s entirely on soccer 'Tt got to be a lot -w-h.en I -w-as playing on three basketball team.c:: and t-w-o soccer teams at the. same tune," Bartsch. said She also enjoyed dra-w-in.g and ha:nging out -w-itb. her f'r:i.end.s. ''Corning to public school has been a lot easier th.e.n I thought it -w-ou.ld be: tb.e hardest th:tn.g :is gett:tn.g u.p earlier -w-h.en I used to be able to sleep :i::n.," Bartsch said I-tar goa.ls vv-ere to get a good education and cont:i::n.u..e her soccer career
Anok Abdelkarim
Addleman Eveen Ajir
Juan Alarcon San
Elizabeth Alcazar
Tayler Alder
Kat Almazan-McDaniel
Evelin Andrade
Andrew Andruss Moises Angeles Santiago
Corey Anno
Katie Arkulari
Joshua Ashley Sandros Atnafu AJ Attaie
Adib Ayubzai Matthew Baier Isidro Balderas Bryana Barber Derek _Bargmann Bailey Barnes
Bartsch
Bauers
Bengtson
Berwary
Biehl
McKenna Leitschuck Bailee Lewis-Hopkins
Zach Loury
Tim Neal
Michelle Neemann
Danielle Nelson
Tyler Nelson
Ba Nguyen
Cindy Nguyen
DatNguyen
David Nguyen
Hang Nguyen
Jennifer Nguyen
Johnny Nguyen
Jonathan Nguyen
Kelvin Nguyen
Kenny Nguyen
Khoo Nguyen
Kim Nguyen
Phu Nguyen
Thi 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
Brianna
Karen
Mckenzie
Jonathan Tuchardt
Kimberly Valladares-Juarez
Rachel Van Arsdall
Vanderlinden Kevin Vargas Mendez
Vasko
Taylor Wehrs
Zachary Werner
Heather Westfall Joanna Westwood
Sarah Wetzel
Baylee Whetstone
Erika White
Nyayiech Wie
Joel Wienhold Scott Wiese Morgan Williams
Winkler
Gage Woolsey Damian Wotruba
Kyrie Wulf Richard Ybarra Harley Youngblood Christopher Zarate Noah Zetocha Jake Zigler
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From ~r.Lloyd. in Civics to~Bcx!k fbr Al? -W-orld. from :Mrs. Frack in. Physical Science to J\..1:iss Schmitt :ror Biology, teachers were:n.'t the only th.at changed f'or the class or bet :n. rresh.rna:n. and sophomore years. • e-veryon.e dreamt ot'th.e day th.at. 'WOUld begin. high school As a rresb.rnan. it was your year to get in. the swi:ng" of' thin.gs and adjust to the dif'f'erenoe betw-een. rn:iddle a,h.ool and North Star As a sophor.oore you. bad. been bare or a. year a:n.d teachers didn't };abyyou. lika they dxl w-hen. you. vVere a fresh.man_ "I'h..ere W"8S a lot more honlawo.rlt.. a:n.d a lot more drama" said Jordan. es ( 1 0) agreed. "Last year 'W8S a lot ear v'V'"as more serious -with a. lot more '""'""alp::= were a:n. optio:n. f'or the first t.i:r:ne, a:n.d n.ts took ad-vantage of' that in. order to ±rnprove '.As. Sophomores could also take a class at 7 an1.., the papular being J\..1:r. •s~ v\Torld ffistory, where u.de:n.ts could always c a:n.d in.teresti:n.g sto • :t o:n. con.st.aT.l.t study questions
Bei:n.g a y older and a year vViser see:rned. to be one thing th.at gave st: en.ts more corn.f'ort in cor.n:ing be.ck. to ( l 0) said her fu.-vorit.e thi:n.g was "geto lJ~lOt.~ more :pe.ople " l\/1a:n.y students took to athletics pass the tune, J\..1:orga:n. Cale ( 1 0), aju.n.ior -varsity .J:!11:!lSl! all player, said th.at sophomore year was "just o:n.e re year closer t grad.u.a.tio:n." Cait]y:n.n. ::H:orrieyer ( l 0) man.
or.iQQ:re:-year brought .,rxlC>re ex:citin.g" thin.gs she hoped. that bar VB:rii:i::tv scx::!Cer t.earmna.tes £-u::n orb.er as :rnuah. si:nt:te she vvasn.'t a rresh.-
Leah Abebe
Nathnael .A:braham
Ryan Adden
Joe Addison
Vanessa Aguayo Suarez
Jaron Ahmann
Zahra AI-Ghazawi
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
Al ejandra 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 Dok
• Devin Deklaus
Je ffrey ·Delgado
Ol eksandr Denysyuk
Jade Derock
Jasmyn Derock
Gabe Dickinson
Holly Dillard
Courtney Dinh
Ajing Dong
Kelsey Dooley
Auston Dormer
Nathan Drake
Kayla Duncan
Travis Egan
Nathen Ekker
Amber Elr Jim an
Amber Estell
CoryEtmund
Kimberly Euter
Jonathan Farber
Mandy Fauth
Haylee As er "k Flamig
Fomenko
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 1 Ashton Greenfield
Jake Greenrod
Joelynn Griess
Jenna Grimsley
Trayten Grubb
Zachary Grunder
Bakhita Gum
• Arisbeth Gutierrez
Daniel1e 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
Dello He
Tiffany Hofmeister
Alec Hogan
Whitney Hollingsworth
Caitlynn Homeyer
Britney Hood
Samantha Hoover on Hunt ack Inness
Nicholas Irons
Hana Jaber
Trevor Jacobson Alex Johnson
Wilber Joya Pereir
Randy J arez
Haeder Kasem
Keny Kennedy
Mic ael 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
Rac hael 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
Andrew Marr
Laura Mortin
Cruz Mortinez
Justin Martinez
Shelby Martinez
Turrubiartes Martinez
dy McGrath
Tyler McK·
Bryce E •
Du e Elroy cGarrell
Axel
Mikaelah Molifua
Kasey Mueller
Khaleef Muhammad
Ma!aik Muhammad
Stephanie Mundorf
Brittany Munsen Becca Murch
Emily
Luk
Joshua Newell
Cindy Nguyen
Dalena Nguyen
Damian Nguyen
David Nguyen
John Nguyen
Kenny Nguyen
Holly Nutter
Ruth Nwaturuocha
Joseph Odem
Destiny Olsen
Paola Ordonez Flores
Elias Osman
Nasima Osm
Alexandria Paullssion
Taylor Pence
Oscar Perez Kyl Peters
Samantha Peterson
Carlos Sanchez
Savannah Savick
Mataya Scerini
Marissa Schild
Brianna Schoonover
Zak Schrunk
Megan Schuller
Brooke Schwisow
Beth oney Seher
Missy 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 oe
Blanca So la to ee Spadt erg
Marinah Steams
Casey Stokes
Ruveem Strilkivsky
Alexander Strough
Kylie Stuart
Armir Sulefmanovic
Ceqouia Summers
ltzamara Ta# tla
ey Taylor
Jose'Tello
alerie Thomas
Nick Thompson
Richard Thornton
Derrick Tinner, et None orres
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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, new- people, a new- school a:nd most un.portan.tly, a new- coun..try are w-h.at aw-aied. Foreign E.xch.a.n.ge students. 'rh.ose students w-ho attended North
can l:i£e 'Wi.th little preparatio:ri Despite the ini • "' difficulties 'Wi.th commu.n.ication., North Star stu.den -w-elcomed th.eir f'orejgn coun..terparts a:nd everyone w-as left 'Wi.th -w-arrn. un.pression on each. oth.er's hearts.
North Star w-as f'u.11 of' e.xch.a.n.ge students this year. Isabella Ex:1er ( l l ), Laura Lilie:r:a ( l l ), Fra:n.zis"k.a "lvfeyer ( l l ), Lea R.enz ( l l >, Alissa Schai£er ( l l ), and 1v1ax:ir.nili.a S::!huerbu..escher ( l l) w-ere f'rom Germany, "lvfaryAnn Bre-u.In ( l l) w-as f'rom Denmark °1v1ariya N ezh.yva ( l l) f'rom Ukraine, an.d :Helena Szoke ( l l) f'rom Belgium. These e.xch.a.n.ge students assin:rilat.ed. -w-ell in.to American culture a:nd activities. Some joined theater, played in ban or w-ent out £or sports. Stu.dents of'ten had to e.xplain American. slang to their f'orejgn f'riends, -w-ho attempted to use hand.held dictionaries to better u..:n.der~ stand Anierican English.. J\t1:eyer. -said 'For me the hardest thing w-as the sla.n.gj -w-ords like sucks [w·ere difficult}" An.oilier ch.aracteristic that came 'Wi.th f'orejgn e.xch.a.n.ge students -w-ere the accents the brought f'rom their homela:nd. Some accents w-ere heavier oth.ers, of' course Sch.ae:fer had only taken English. £or tw-o years bef'ore coming to North Star. ":My English. vVas terrible "'liVhen I got here, a:nd that's -w-hy behaved kind of' shy at the beginning,'' s.h.e said Sch.aef'er beg-an. to open u.p and people u..:n.derstood her better a£ter spending tir.ne 'Wi.th her in small groups of' rriends along 'Wi.th her host sister, Jan.ice "Wienhold i l 2). As their classnia.tes grew- more accustomed to deciphering -w-h.a.t the e.xch.a.n.ge students w-ere tryi to get across, it became second nature
North Star students also taught the e.xch.a.n.ge students about American. cu.sto:rns. It w-as their f'irst Thanksgiving £or many of' them Schaefer commented, 'T [thought] my Thanksgiving -w-as a little di£f'erent th.an. the usu.al ~ving] or at least how- I :i:rna.gin.ed because I th.ought you. sit [at] one 1 table, you. pray together, th.en. you. eat everything together, talk a lot, a:n.d sit f'or hours at the table eating and eating. I +..h.ought it [w-as] more togetherness during the nieal but it -w-as [great].'' They learned of'the history of'Thanksgivin.g and w-P..re able to const:une large amou..:n.ts of'turkey, stu.f'f'in.g, sw-eet potatoes, rnash.ed. pot.a.toes, corn an.d most ir.nportan.tly, p-u.Inpkin. pie. North Star students taught th.em about how- Thanksgiving w-as a ti:rn.e £or gre.at laughs, togetherness, and ftun:ily, all surrou..:n.ded by a w-arrn, home cooked :meal
The year left a:n. un.pression. that no one w-ou.ld f'orget
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
Eduardo
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Roland
Dantevian okins Ran
Alejandro
Stephanie
Lega
Zane
Crystal
Johnnathan
Isabella
Lexi
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Jaime
Aimee Ostiguin
Mimi Ostiguin
Cory Owen
Amanda Owens
Alfredo Padilla
Suruj Pal
Eduardo Palomino
Gabrielle Palomo
Daniel Paolini
Jose Parra
Tyree Partee Jay otel
Lindsey pard s Perez
A.J. Peters
Dylan Petrie
Chose pfanstiel
Amene Phannick
Kelli Pietenpol
Hannah Pool
Victoria Pooler
Neri Ren on- opez
Tyson Rens ow enz ettig yes
Paul Reynosa
Jordin Rice
Nicolas Riebel
Eliseo Rios
Austin Robertus
Jessy Ro ero
Amber Ro krans
T.annerRosenbaum
Kevin
Johnna
Josh
Jace
Elizabet
Devin
Evelyn Solis
Erik Soncksen
Claire Spahn
Tyler Spevak
Will Spickelmier
Michael Stahl
Colton Starkweather
Jessie Steager
Katy Stege Brittni Sterba Jase Steven Nick Seyer
Rachel ckton
riah Stradley
Mary Streeter in Sule;manovic Asia Swift
Han Ta
adia Todyshevo
Jordon TaHon
Ke Jeniffer Thomp on BradJey Tr n rihn rner
ameron Tweedie
Rebeca Umana
Trephon Valderrama
Karla Vargas Mendez
Michelle Vasquez
Azenet Vazquez M rin
Mathew 1nzant
David lasyuk
Kenny Vo Krloi Vo Lieu Vo
Natausha Vodraska
Bradley Volz
Anna Vu
Brenden Zegers
Devon Zwiener
Amanda Walla
Brady Walling
Marcus Walton
Carley Womer
Tauheedah Watkins
Tyler Wayman
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
~inglugh school -was a giant step in. lue and that it -w-as the sta.rting paint in. a lue journey -w-~ a huge u.:nd.e:rstatemen.t I--Dgh school -w-as its ow-n. journey. Critic.al to help £ind on.e's sel£ and. place in. society, h:igh school-w-as a student's
e £or £our years. The :rrst day the class or 20 1 l
""'"'-LI~"-' th.rough North Star's doors, each-w-as faced -w-ith u:n.believable choice of' paths, a.:n.d each. person took his or
- ~~-~-~school changed people: it -w-as as simple as that People realhat was truly important to them, and v.rhat they -w-a.:n.ted to do their lives. I :n. many cases, people -w-a.J.J..-ted in.to high school thi:rik.t.hey w-ere going to becozne one thing. but as they :made their -w-ay ough high school they decided to £ocu.s on something- entirely dif'e:n.t Ra.:r.nsey Jaber ( l 2) experienced a great shut in. his £ocu.s :fbr the £-u ure, 'T've ch.a:nged. my £ocu.s toward the medic.al field, and. have taken relevan.t to it," said Jaber, "A.s a £res.h.:rnan I -w-a:n.ted to be a bend crier, but I've reaJiZ8d that's not -w-hat I -w-an.t to do "
...L. '-4,.,oAJ·~ h hjgh school -w-as geared to-w-ard lear:n.i:n.g in. the class-room. there -w-ere several other that -w-ere ju.st as i:rnportan.t, especially the social People such as Jacob 'M:eyse:n.bu.rg ( 1 2) round that being soo"ial ch.a:nged :from his fresh.man year "It beca:rne easier to talk to J.e h:igh school -w-en.t along. Also, I -w-as able to put my ideas out re d sh.are them -w-ith others," said 'M:eysen.bu.rg Other peaple had gone through changes sirn.:ilar to J\..1:eysenburg learned to ju.st et themselves be heard
People -w-ere also ch.a:nged by ex:perien.cing n.e-w- things. Stu.den.ts sun.ply tried out • eren.t activities, and £oun.d themselves by doing something th!3Y had. never berore experienced. Huyen. Le ( 1 2) decided to get in.valved. • several clubs such as College Club, a.:n.d by doing that, of' what she -w-a:n.ted to do a£ter hig-h school 'T -w-an.t to go to mmu.n.ity College, and passfr>ly l:,ecome a h.airsty list" ~iah N orth-w-ay ( I 2) tra.nsf'e.rred. out or North Star l:,erore her or year -w-hen. sh.e :moved to Ohio, but ca:rne beck as a senior. 'rh.is ,c-i. .i..=..L-'-':-1 e led to :rnan.y changes £or Northway-. "'It -w-as a good s-w-itch because I learned to read.apt to the cu.rricu.lu:rn. but socially I £eel bke I missed out on. a lot."ex:plain.ed. North.w-ay, At the saine time, I got over the idea or n.eedjn_g- to belong in. a group, and consequently, -w-as accepted in.to several''
Not everyone -w-e:n.t th.rough as drab-tic of' a tra:n.sition. as leaving and coming back to North. Star, bu.t everyone noticed. themselves ch.an.gi:ng du.ring their tiine in. high school. "Whether it -w-as in. themselves, rrien.ds, or su.rr'Ol:mdi:rl(:JS, everyone experienced gro-w-th. and developrnen.t, kn.o-w-in.g that it would help them as they -w-en.t on to experience even greater changes a£ter hig-h schooL
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Brittney Pi c kett Jennie Pineda Derek Pinzon Adam Piper
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Taylor Pbland
Brittany Shepherd Bryan Shuman Shawna Slechta Anthony Smith Jodie Smith
Camtu Tran Vu Hong Van T Trinh Dominic Truman
Cina Truong Rocky Truong
Layla Younis Benjamin Zelt Micah Zetocha Shan i~ a Zollic;offer
Zac Zornes
•Academics
l. Larissa Flowers (9), JP Murray (lO), Queen Ohamara (12), Martha Mendez (ll), Rosalinda Gutierrez (12), Zain Saleh (ll), Kimberly Euter (lO), Alejandro /\ artinezturrubiartes (lO), Lainey Nebesniak (ll), 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 Rock well.
2. Kourtney Klein (ll), Haylee Fischer (lO), 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
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 l,ey otherwise would not have pursued.
During Career Education, Austin Robertus (l ]) surfs the web for information on his possible careers in the future. Robertus hopes to become a landscaper, k)lowing in his father's footsteps.
6. Rachel King e xplains 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 variet y of swim classes from lifeguard training to water sports.
8. Amanda Maxwell (ll) and Marcus Walton (ll) record notes in their Algebra two class. Maxwell and Walton are both dedicated honor role students at North Star
North Star's cb.ie.f'Navigato.rs -weldorXl0d. a newrnember in th.e 2010-2011 soh.oolyear-w-h.enthey hired .Amistan.t Athletic Director OdaU Santos. Santos w-as -w-elcorn.ed. as the :firth n.e-w- ~ti.on :member three years. Santos stated. 'T to North. Star because great things are happening here." Santos, favorite sport -w-as golf. moved his ftrrn:ily to Lincoln f'or the Opportunity to -w-ork -w-ith North Star's ~liSitrstion. Leaving h:is position. as an Outreach. Consultant in Lindsay, Califorrua. h.e.to.in.ed the North
• • tion in pert of'-w-hat has become an u:n.in.tentional trend-h,jgh. positive t-urnover.
-W-e have had a lot of' turn.over m the ad.:rnin.ist.rative these past mght years," said 'Dr. Nancy , the principal since North Star opened in 2003. Becker :is one of'only five ren:iaini:ng f'rom Origin.al ad.rninist.ratio:n.. Of' the adm:i:n:istrators -w-ho have left. t-w-o have gone on to be pr:i:n.cipa.ls at Li:ncoln sahools. Becker SErid shew-as, '"very proud of' the nunlbe.r of'North Star staff-w-ho are nowtl±n:h;;t::z:-ators in other tow-:ns or LPS buil.d.i:n.gs."
During the ao 10-2011 sahool year. the adm:i:n:istrat.ion. -was faced. wi:th. the d.au:n.ti:ng task ot: pting to raise reading and math ooores. Beclater said the task. '"<Kept nl9) up at n.:ight." This sort of' tion w-as -w-hat d.:isti:ngu:ish.ed. North Star's ad.min.ist.ration as a great team of' concernad. leaders. Th.ere could be no doubt that North Star's ad.rnin.:istration w-as among- the best :in the state. .After all nmny scliools had a principal -w-ho -w-ouJ.d even consider the use of' a cow-bell as Beck.er l.iJ.ai:ed. to on ganie s or d:uring a f'a:rned Gator WaJ.ks? Or a:n. Assocre.te Principal -w-ho -w-ocld volunteer to dive in.to the pool, Wly clothed., as °Mjke Gillotti did in. the n.a:rne of' charity du.ring the 2009- 2 0 1 0 year? vVhen asked t her sta:ff'Becker said 'T kn.ow- -w-e do gocxi -w-ork. at N orth Star." 'T'h.e 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 discuss their administrative policies during a passing iod. Price and Jacobson have both been on staff since the school opened in 2003. Coordinator Mike Gillotti organizes his plans for the upcoming week. Gillotti of ten ds his time in his off ice assisting students during school hours Gus Jacobson, Associate Principal, spends his free time on the internet and si ppi cofee. Jacobson helped with SPED students before becoming an Associate Principal
5. Left to right : Odell Santos, Lor i Devine, Edward "Gus" Jacobson, Nancy Becker , Tom Focht , Sharilyn Bullock, Mike Gillotti. Not pictured: Vann Price, Karla Tinius, and Craig Ja cobson.
6. Odell Santos rarely gets time to relax , so when he gets the chance , he ta kes it Santos enjoys the new atmosphere at N ort h Star
7. Assistant Athletic Director, Odell Santos, enjoys helping out custodian Glenn Steider. Santos recently moved to North Star from California
1. Kathleen Wiechman helps a student with a cut on his hand. The health stc supplies first aid for the students when injuries occur
2 Sheryl Woodward 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.
off her computer in the main office Secretaries help North Star run as smoothly as it c >es
calls to keep track of attendance. The attendance office has hundreds of calls and messa \ 3S dai~
ca ata rom students in the counseling
Students have to check in with her when they arrive in the counseling center
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
staff has to prepare dozens of items daily.
out
the oven The lunch staff not only has to prepare food but also keep the cafeteria sanitary for the stu c mts.
5. Bonnie Mitchell works
6 Dana Tucker takes
center
8 Teena Ware finishes wrapping sandwiches for lunch. It takes the cafeteria staff
9. Cheryl Miller sweeps the senior lockers,
10. Glenn Steider collects trash after first lunch Steider has worked for 30 years as of 2010.
ll. Yvonne Cook sets out the chocolate cake before the lunch crowd arrives The Cafeteria
12. Jennifer Goodwin takes the sandwiches
of
13. David Balkus sends a message to another
1111111 ~-----. 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 security staff keeps in touch with all ad~inistration so everyone knows what's going on
16. Eric Wi lliams helps North Star 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 school.
Suppart St.aff-w-ere those people -w-ho helped North Star stay ru.:nn.in.g 'I'h.e lunch st.aff'-w-orked. to pree a:n.d serve lu:n.ch.. The custodial staff 1-i:.ept our school a :nice lace to learn that seemed to al-w-ays be spotless and vVithou..t secretaries our school records and. transcripts -w-ou be nn.possible to access.
Suppart Staff has evolved sin.ce the apen.in.g or North Star: many have cmn.e and. gone throughout the years. Eric "W°illia:rns joined North Star's security teru:n. f'our years ago and. had been. a security guard f'or seven. years. 1'11:att Lickliter had -w-orked. vVith "W"illianls f'or all f'our years he had been. employed. at North Star. 'When. "W°illia:rn.s came to North Star he said, the only thing that differed. from Lincoln. South-w-est -w-as that "th.e drive is longer" but other than. that "students are the sanie, faces are diff'eren.t"
One thing that has progressed. over the years is "the 1-dd..s' -w-illin.gn.ess to listen." V\Tillia:rns explained. Stu.cl.en.ts 'bsten.in.g ha.s gotten. better " Lickliter agreed vVith. -W-illia:rns that "the kid£ are :more apt to-w-ork vVith us because they kn.o-w- -w-e aren't here to scre-w- them over" -W-illmrn.s ex:plain.ed. that -w-hen. he told students the reasons behind the actions of'the security guards, "the students are :more prone to do -w-h.at you. say". For ex:ainple "ID.'s protect 1-dd..s" by 1-i:.eeping people-w-ho are supposed. to be here, "in the build.i:n.g, and. those-w-ho are not, ou.t."
North. Star ch.a.:n.ged. vVith. time, but overall the 1'tid.s still acted the sanie even. -w-hen. the security guard£ th.em.selves thought about -w-hen. they -w-ere stud.en.ts "in hlgh school "N"orth Star has :more diversity, and that's a plu.s," said -W-illm:rns. Lickliter sa-w- North Star as an. oppartu.n:ity to-w-ork vVith n.e-w- stu.clen.ts. I-I:is :favorite part about the job -w-as -w-at.ch.:i:n.g the students gro-w- f'rom f'resh:rnan. year to seniors and then. fin.ally to college and beyond
COUNS~LIN
"When ma.ny stud.en.ts thought about the "W"Ord. "counselor.'' they au.to:rnatically though · of' someone they "W"ent to so they could cry a river and. rant about everything th.at was going o i:n. the:ir lives. The truth was th.at counselors did mu.ch more th.an of'f'er emotional suppcrt were the people who to set u.p student success through h:ig-h school a:n.d., hoperully, beyond
The deri:n.ition of' counseling has evolved. throu.ghou.t the years. Cou.:n.selors were not • there to hst.en. to me stories, but they were there to lead. students on. th.e path f'rom f'resh:rnan. y to senior year. "Being a counselor is new, e.xciti:ng, and f'u.:n," said Lion.el Suarez, ·you wear many f'eren.t hats an.d have numerous responsibilities."
Cou.n.selors were faced. -w-i.th d.if'f'eren.t situations to handle every day There was never a where everything was the same. -rrhe best part of' being a counselor is the stud.en.ts' energy and 1 11111111•-• thu.siasrn, " said. Su.sa:n.. &acrest, one o£ the f'resh.:rnan. counselors 'Tt is a great privilege to see all kids gro"W" in.to young adults an.d enter the real world''
Cou.n.selors :made an. irrl.pact on. people's lives every day. 'rh.is was ajob th.at ranged. f'rorn working out students' schedules and. shavv-i.ng them the:ir way through high school to giving students an. ear to list.en. to any problems they :may have had From f'i.xi::n.g a broken flip-flop, preparing Gators f'or college, counselors were always there to help -w-i.th lif'e's un.e.xpected d.ilem:n:
l. Devonna Jones !ll) asks Linda Klimm to sign her pass back to class Klimm is the secretary in the Counseling Center and helps coordinate st u needs in the center
2 ..L,onel Suarez talks to a parent about a North Star student Suarez is one of the four counselors that work w ,th sophomores , juniors, and se r , s
3 Becky Tegeler fields a pa!"ent phone call about a students schedule Counselors must work with students , parents , teachers and adm:nistra t to ensure student success.
4 School Social Worker Diane Fern and counselor Susan Seacrest schedule a meeting for an at-risk student. The counselors work closely wit em to address the needs to students with serious emotional and personal issues
5. Virginia Saporta gives a student tips on classes to take in high school. Saporta is the chairperson of the Counseling Department
6 Rick Boyle writes a pass to send a student back to class Boyle i s in charge of assisting seniors find scholarship opportunities for their post- h school education
7. G inny Schnabel has a discussion with a student about a schedule change. Scheduling is an important part of the counselors' work
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::H::ist:ory_ I r.ispirat:kni. ~u.:n.:ica.t:kni.
For :rna.:ny stu.den.ts, the art depart.rnen.t -w-as an. nn.porta:n.t part of' the:ir lives that so:rn.etir.nes developed. in.to a career path..
North Star's art depart.rnen.t of'f'ered nia.:n..y opportu.:nities an.d classes to its stu.den.ts Art provided useful skills an.d -w-as very therapeu..tic to r.n.an.y teens.
Art vV"as every-w-h.ere, an.d -w-h.eth..er you. stu.den.ts kn.evV" it or n.ot, art af'f'ected. th.em day to day It vV"as an. idea that took pla:n.n.:in.g an.d grevV" \/\Tith th.err imagination., an.d even.tually it evolved rrito a person.al masterpiece
Kha:nh. -:tv[ai ( l l ) started. \/\Tith brainst.orrn.in.g an.d pla:n.n.ed ho-w- she -w-ould carry ou..t her ideas vV"hen. it vV"as ti:rn.e f'or her to be creative. 'Tn. the en.d. I'll smile \/\Tith pridef' e.x:cla:hn.ed. "lv1:ai
Jessica Bu..i ( l 0) reflected. on. ho-wmu.ch. art had evolved in. the last l O years "People are sta.rting to discover n.evV" materials to create art \/\Tith," Bu..i said Darrell Hu..te, the photography teach.er, ch.ose to con.tin.u..e to teach. photography \/\Tith f'ilm becau..se it -w-as a "dying art'' In. a f'e-w- years, th..e tech.n.iqu..es of' developing f'ilm an.d u.si.:ng a man.u.al ca:rn.era could be lost f'orever . Bu..t Kar li Jo Hitz ( l l) thought that the -w-ay art -w-as chan.gin.g vV"as f'or th..e better "Art has beco:rn.e more arch.itectu..ral," said Hitz.
Expression.through art -w-as a u..n.iqu.e f'eeling th.at n.o on.e person. f'elt exactly the same abou:.t As "M:ai said. 'Tt makes me f'eel f'ree an.d open.. It also makes :me po-w-erf'ul because I am th..e on.e rri charge I get to make th..e ch.oices in. ho-w- an.d vV"hat I get to make."
North S tar's Art Deparbnen.t:
Darrell Hu.te, Lynette Fast, a:nd. George Sedlacek
PAIN-f"ING
1. Zahra A ldekhe l (10) works peacefully in her pottery class. It is· important to e xperiment w ith different tools to create the exact pattern and story the artist desires.
2 Dana Freeman (10) frames his subject for his Beginning Photography class In Photography classes , students used manual cameras instead of digital ones
3 Kylie Peters (l0 ) doesn 't mind getting her hands dirty in her Beginning Pottery class Peters learned to use slip t o bind plastic clay together
4 Thanda Sae Ill) and Noah Housh (10) watch a demonstration by teacher Lynette Fast The students studied the 2/3 pattern of Ancient Greek pottery
5 Marcus Truj illo (1 0) works on his self portra it in Beginning Drawing. Darrell Hute teaches this class along wi t h all of the fJhotograph y classes
Technology ch.an.ged a great deal in. 2 0 l O a:n.d 2 0 l l.
Some stu..de:n.ts u..-_pgraded them.selves f'rom a:n. :iPod. to the ever--sobetter :iPad Oth.ers traded in. their flip phones f'or sleek a:n.d slender tau.ch screens. The compu..ters at·North Star "\i'\Tere u..pgraded "\i'\Tith fast.er processors a:n.d h:ig-~r memory Some of' these compu..~rs "\i'\Tere u..sed by busi:n.ess stu..de:n.ts.
Bu.si:n..ess in. 1:::oth schCX)l a:n.d the real "\i'\TOrld had to adapt to all
the ch.an.ges tech:n.ology thre'W" at them. "\i'\Thether it "W"as replacing a compu..ter or u..pgrading the bu.si:n..ess platform as a "W"hole North Star teachers had the e:xcelle:n.t ability of' adjusting their lesson. pla:n.s in. order to sh.o'W" each stu..de:n.t how- to e:xcel in. the co:n.sta:n.tly
ch.an.gi:ng business lif'e
Career :Edu.cation., Compu..ter Applications, Keyboarding, Digital 'lv1::ed.ia. a:n.d Economic Perspectives all taught valuable lessons that carried in.to adu..lthCXJd Career :Ed helped stu..de:n.ts prepare f'or f'u..tu..re college a:n.djob pla:n.s. Compu..ter Applications edu..cated peers o:n. all of'the levels of''lv1::icrosof't nee- f'ollo~ i:n..-depth _,_.,_._.11• ---::: directions through Po"W"erPoi:n..t, -W-ord, a:n.d Ex:ce1.___.::::::-;::;- ,.,J- c:---- --:.__ s Keyboarding sh.ow-ed stu..de:n.ts how- to improve their ~Yboarding skills a:n.d basic kn.ow·ledge of' the compu..ter Digital 'lv1::edia e:xplored the endless :possibilities of' the 'W"ay you.. can. edit a:n.d adjust a photo. E.co:n.ornic Perspectives tau..ght the responsibilities a:n.d valu...e of' a dollar Alyson. Va:n.Arsdall ( l 2) sa"\i'\T f'irst-
han.d the ch.an.ges of' the buJ;i:n..ess ~epartrne:n.t "\i'\Te:n.t through du.ring her h:ig-h schCX)l career.
Va:n.Arsdall said, "Some rCX)ms got :n.e"\i'\T compu..ters so thumbs u..p to thatl" An.other stu..de:n.t familiar
"\i'\Tith bu.si:n..ess also agreed Ashley Arredondo ( l l)
d.ed, 'Technology has ch.an.ged majorly over the past f'e"\i'\T years a:n..d I that's "\i'\That :makes lear:n.in.g it so interesting " Bu..sin.ess quickly ch.an.ged arou.:n.d u..s all.
T~ers made the transitions a:n.d u..pgrades easy to adapt to Va:n.Arsdall stated, 'T "\i'\Tlil take "\i'\Tith me
"\i'\That I learn.ed. about 'lv1::icrosof't O:ff'ice, applying f'or jobs, a:n..d also in.vesting in. stcx::!ks " Arredondo said, 'Technology is literally ru..:n.:n.ing ou..r 'W"orld :now-, an.d "\i'\Tithou..t it "W"e'd sh.u..t do"W":n.l" All stu..de:n.ts "\i'\Talked ou..t of' their bu.si:n..ess class dCX)rS "\i'\Tith ease, k:n.o"\i'\Ti:n.g that as th.e bu.si:n..ess
in.to their even. faster ch.an.gi:ng lives.
1. Geoff Ware \12\ practices his Digital Media skills on a picture are has enioyed all he OOs learned in the busiress department the st four years
Talisha Galaviz \11\ and Kylie Harpst \11\ work on their career contion proiect in Career Education This proied 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 SOOnron Ouible, Cindy Hoehne, John Matzen, Jennifer Satorie, and Doram Avey. All five tead-ers work hard to maintain updated lesson plans so each student can adapt to the constantly changing business department.
5. A,1:iley Arredondo 1111 works on in class worksheet Arredondo has taken two busiress 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 pf-otos Tl,e picture he chooses w ill o tf-rough a process of edi\irg skills that he OOs learned in his busiress 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
___ Fo urth row (L to R): Troe Smith Mike Musil Kristi Kotik Candi Musiel Alicia Williamson, Jod, Rethmeier aid Greg !Not Pic::nred: Jess Meyer)
2. Randi Cifarell, (10) rhcies a mask for a &eek ploy project Antigqne She will perform this play with her clas.smates n the next CQUJ)le of weeks.
3. Midiael Wenzl !111 ad Jomes Md\Ja1r present their English poster project on gongs in front of their AP Language aid Composition class. This project taught abou t ethos, pathos and logos.
4. Magan Bruggeman 19) listens to Mike Misl explain what to do on an coming English project. Students have to look over their rough draft, edit crd hsn in t heir final paper.
5. Jorclai Stroman 19) ooks over his practice test for the Reading Graduat Demonstration Exam AD students are required to take and pass this test to graduate 4 May Streeter 111) aid Caly Faller Ill) laug, as they listen to a classmate p resent Engksh project on ethos pathos, a,d logos This pro1ect was a fu, way to intro duce new material.
"Wb..en. -w-e -w-ere little our teachers and parents pau.:nded sentences :in.to our heads l:ik.e, 'Nan. can. run..'' or ''John. can. read" "When.
-w-e con.t:i:n.u.ed throu.gh grade sc.liool, -w-e learned ho-w- to first -w-r:i.te simple £ive sentence paragraphs. "Wh.en. -w-e -w-ere younger -w-e al l thought paragraphs -w-ere complex: and t ook so mu.ch t:rrn.e. N o-w- that -w-e look back on. it those paragraphs that -w-e -w-rote -w-ere just bur.n.ps in. the road 'I'h.en., in. middle sc.liool,-w-e learned. ho-w- to -w-r:i.te more complex: eight to ten. sentence paragraphs. 'I'h.rou.gh our high sc.h.ool years -w-e -w-rote a complex: essay practically every -w-eek.. From the t:iin.e -w-hen. -w-e -w-ere little, to n.o-w-, our ;t,a.lQ""ltis::h.--it:e!:D:::!Jb:e:rs t'.l!!lrv1:!--:r:nc1ld::edC"l:(:CC:t-sJb:atpe!lCt-''W:n:t:tr.i:q-T.rJiec!hl:tn:iCl~nto our heads. North Star helped in the d.eveloprnent a£~ by ad.d:ing t-w-o n.e-w- c lasses t o the Engl:ish Depart:t in the 201 0-20 1 1 sahool year: Sports Literature, and Popular Culture. 'I'h.ese classes -w-ere a dded to J.ernent students' growing :need fbr c:ilversity in English. Ho-w-ever, these c lasses -w-ere only o££ered £or .,. ....__, In Popular Culture students d.:isaovered. ch.an.gas in A:rnerican. culture £ram the l 9BO's to present day.
~oard.:in..::Y" to Cale Prindle the Pop Culture tearih.er, -Pop Culture is basic en.terta:i:n:rnen.t t-w-isted around that is ht£u.l]y put together to actually mean sor.neth:ing In the cJ.as:.:.;:, Pop Culture students m u.st step a -w-ay £ram hat they love and look at it an.a)ytjcal]y "
In Sports Literature students studied. sports through r eading fiction. and non-fiction.. "'r1ie mastereotype o£ Sports I.literature is that it is only a guys class, but -w-ornen. are involved in. it, t oo," said ~elan.ie ber, the English. I>epartrnent Ch.air. Sports I.literature looked at sports o£ all tyPes, past and pres:t. It d.:id:n.'tjust :f'cxru.s on men's sports either, 'WOYnen's sports-w-ere also discussed. Tn. Sports Literature n.ts st-u.d.:ied short books, novels. and a.rt:icles about sports history and present sports. As :for the :future. other classes l.'Xl8y be developed. in the Englisb. Deparunen.t The teachers 't -w-ant to stop just he.re: they -wanted to keep '1'XllU'ti:ng classes around student's des:ires.
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 ent ion t o Mrs. Grime's teachin g ne w v ocabu lar y. Learn ing Eng li sh v ocabulary hel ps students use more English in their da ily 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 give n amp le class ti me for stu d yi ng
5 Ali A bdallah (l l) practices writing in Eng lish ou t of his w or k book Stude nts par ti c ipa t e in ma ny writing act ivities
6. Quy h Pham (10) w or ks on an assignment given in cl ass Stu dents are g iv en amp le cl ass t ime t o work o n assignments so the teachers can assist them.
a n.e"IIIT la:nguage ,-,as more dur1etllt th.an. one m:ight t:aave th.ought I t "IIITas like so:rne!ine -w-ho spoke E nglish. his or her IIY'"hole li£e trying to learn Span.:ish ~er:n:ight Stu en.ts TI.e"IIIT to the United States 1 ed to use the English lan.gu.age through Engliili f.&ll'tll:11!~eLl.Lea:r»~er (ELL) classes.
There "'li'ITere £our levels 0£ 8LL classes that offered d:irect i:n.st.ru.ction.: Level l N e"'li'\Tco:rners), Level 2, Level 3, a:n.d Level 4. Stu.den.ts took an i:n..take assessment that deterrnin..ed th.err ELL placement level. They "IIITere assessed o n. la:n.gu.age, math skills, ;peaking, reading, "11\Trlti:ng, and listening. Esther Jvru:n.dernbo (9) said. ''ELL h.elps me "IIITith reading, "11\Trlti:ng, and speak:i:n..g I £ eel like I can speak to other people " ELL students "IIITere also taught vocabulary co:rr.rrnon. i:n.. the English language The vocabulary beca:rne more duficu.lt as they progressed through the levels 0£ English...
In. ELL students "IIITOrked out 0£ a book, as "111Tel1 as doing speaking-related activities. It -w-as vital to practice ~ting and speaki:ng English to £wly understand it Stu.den.ts made errors and the teachers helped correct th.em md show·ed them the nght "'li'\Tay to say~ "11\Trlte something Oscar Perez ( l 0) said. "I £eel comfortable "'li'IThen. I'm in ELL.'' A r egular day i:n.. ELL depended on. the level the student "IIITas rri. The Level l students had 4 periods o£ 8}LL classes per day, Level 2 had 3 ELL classes, Level 3 had 2 ELL classes, and Level 4 had l. Generally, a regular day i:n..clu.ded practicing to "11\Trlte and speak E m lish l2Y" learn l vc:x:!abulary and :azn;r;mu:.______ Stu.den.ts also helped one another learn th.e English la:nguage by correct· m.u:n.icati:ng. Quyen. Pham ( l 0) said. " ELL help me "IIITith n:w "IATork i:n.. other c
each other's rn.ist.akes and comand "IIITith. "IIITOrds " Alth.ough, it w-as difficult to l earn. a n.e"IIIT la:n.gu.age, the ELL uden.ts "'li'ITere not discouraged. a:n.d c on.ti:n..u.ed.. to prosper to un..derrt:an.d the lan.gu.age.
Fron.:i]y Con.su.nier Science <.F1CS) -w-as al-w-ays a.l:::iou-t crea.tivit:s:7,...u.az;:g_lll.OOrk. and passion.. Students brou.ght-w-h t they had Je and got to sh.o-w- ofr their ideas. s • and dr sitting at a desk but by participating in. han.ds---on. acti :ties. Knnber ly Rempel the chair of F1CS de,-r-..,:,, -v+-.......,...,,,.,n.t, :ught Pregnant Stu.dent P en.ting Culinary Skills, and had been a teacher at North Star£,t-w-o yea.rs.
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mpel She an.d other FCS teachers had to plan activit· ir students. Re 1 learned ne-w- skills since co to North Star 'Tve learJ >.d to adapt lessons to teach Engl:ish language learners," she H:igh school had also ch.an.g'"'~--~~7'fe""---1;-;;,;l-,.,.mpel -w-as in. schoo
'"I'he 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 eJCplained. • actually -w-an.ted to join. the army and xplore the -w-or J. but -rrw mothe said I couldn't, so I decided teaching -w-as the best in.g " Classes -w-e:.-e never perfect and coulc al-w-ays have been unproved... 'T -w-ish. -w-e had more t:irn.e £0:r· field trips so students can see the relevance of' FCS in. the -workforce," said Rempel
'I'h.rou.ghou.t Rempel's en.tire experience tea.chi t North Star. she learned a han.dful of ne-w- tb.ings. Every she en.joyed teaching her passi students and sh.o-who-w- fun. F1CS should be Because of th.is, North S program continued to evolve, helping to on.
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Peterson (11) pours out a teaspoon of baking soda Peterson and her team are working on making cinnamon rolls
3. Jase Stevens (ll) flours the surface and star ts to kneed and mold the dough Stev ns ma es sure not to nee t ugh too much
4. As Anthony Nguyen (12) butters the dough and prepares it , D oug Merrick (ll) snags a roll to taste. LaShal le Kleinert (12) and April Florentine 12) are gathering t ingredients fo r the cinnamon rolls while Colton Mof erer (10) washes the dishes They make sure they have equal jobs within the group.
Kimberly Rem I, J 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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Everybody re rnbered making :masterpieces out or pa.per and g lu..e -w-hen. they -w-ere kids.
Fro m the f '"trst day y j o ined an. I n.dust.rial T echnology class th.at pa.per and glue tu.med in.to cu.ting an.d-w- ld.in.g 'T d o£h.ar.nster -w-heels-w-e n.o-w- use generators to gather electricity," J ames Bitz ~lain.ed., ".Also the in. odu..ction. or computers has helped us rrnrnen.sely "
One rn:istal"i.e cotlld cost your -w-hole project to tumble to the ground That' -w-hy in. I ustrial T ech.n.ol oar"rrlB!':iS;l..:iremen.ts had to be precise I n.dustrial T ech. classes -w-ere k own: ot o pl.Y £or training st den.ts £or their £u..tu..res in th.is fie ld. but -w-ere also designed. to in.crease their problem-solv--;in.g a.:n.d cri ·ca1 -~-'-C"l.J.i ~LLI skills that they -w-ould use in. their ch.osen. careers.
Ind Tech.:nology consisted. or c ourses such. as arch.itectu..re, ru..rn.itu..re 'aerody:n.amic testing These courses provided a -w-ide base or k n.o-w-ledge, £ram the u.re of' project to discipline of' creation.
IT:BC!H evolved £ram the days -w-hen. there -w-ere n o ma.ch.in.es to cut your -w-ood £or you.. It -w-as that extra TJ\Tork that made a student's day m u.ch more tiring. Today it -w-as almost as irthe chin.es d tech.no!~ do students -w-ork £ or them ''Without technology I -w-ould probably die," excla:uned. Keaton. k ( l l ), 'Tt -w-ould be "impossible to do any -w-orkf'
IT ~H classes -w-en.t £ram bu.ilding dirreren.t projects in arch.itectu..re and 'urn.ttu..re • ding, o testing airflow- in. a -w-in.d tun.n.el in. aer ody:n.amic testing 'I'h.ere -w-as more :n. -w-h.at met tb e eye -w-hen. i cani.e to rr ~H a.:n.d there -w-as al-w-ays something n.e-w- around the C r
1. Charmain Satree sp o rts her "Lady Gag class. Satree is the Industrial Tech depart ~nr..,~
2. Konner Danaher (l 1l and watches as A am Claypool (1 0) Furniture Construc tion class allowed students to make practical o the me.
3. Colton Brown (11) measures out pieces o his project in his ITECH class Brow n was on task to complete his assignment on tim e
4. Keaton Harts~k (ll) focuses intensely o his project. St ents did some of the ir projects on the computer for their Foundation o ITEC class
5. Robert Hartsgrove (11) does his project n the compute Hartsgrove underst ood that focus was necessary to get the correct re
6 Anthony Harvey (lO) aligns his materials just right as he beg ins his project design. !TECH was a hands-on participation cour·se:,;.;;;::::;==
7. James Bitz and his students concentrat e on their scree s in CAD Tech Desi gn. CAD Tech was a part icularly good class for students inter ested in Architecture 1 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ~ • f l ~I i i Q_ I I I I I I
Ca ption Row l: Reetu Si h. Trio Pischel , Stuart enz ailey Heafer Row 2: Megan Kroll, Chelsea Hoglund , Jennifer Stu it , Rac hel King Row 3: Kyle Schwaninger, Eric ockert , Aa ron Burgoa Row 4: John Catlett, ch Limbach, Jason Leimbach Row 5: David Travjs, Annmarie Thom as I\Jot Pidured: Amy Nebes ·a
2. ent Jones (lO) raises his hand in Geometry class. nes makes sure that if he kn ows the answer to makes sure to let the teacher know.
3 Joelynn Griess (10) takes notes in her .Advanced Algebra class. The year provides a challenge when Griess solves logarithms for the first time.
4. Jaime Tran (lO) receives help from Bailey Heafer over her homework. Homework is important in math because it counts for 20% of the grade.
5. Marcus Trujillo (lO) 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.
Stu.dents reached a ne-w- level o£ in.tensity dents learned in. Algebra I. Logari an.d g eor n.etconi.e -the high sch(X)l days 0£ -math. The earlier con- ric means in. Advanced Algebra proved a d.if'£icult cepts taught back in the days 0£ ele-i:nen.t.ary school task to overcorne, but it p r epared students 'to tackle an.d nriddle sch(X)l -w-ere built u.:p9n and sorn.e -w-ere the next level 0 £ -math that -w-ould in.corpora those rev olu.tio:n.ized.. concepts. Pre--caJ.culus dove into more depth 0£ :f.L.g-h school math books -w-ere slovVly bee.om- trig-on.oni.etric £unctions 0£ tan.gent, sine, and cosine ing outdated. Although :math rarely changed the a:nd learned ne-w- -w-ays to vVOrk v'V"ith P i Sl-[yler JenvVay it vVas being tau.ght. North Star u.pg-raded its sen ( l l) sarcastically reTI1.arked., '':Nrath is f"u:n [ Alg ebra I books to give students a challenge v'V"ith year1' more d.if'£icu.lt numbers so then. they vVould be more °lv1:icah Zetocha ( l 2), vVho -w-as in. AP Calculus Difprepared vVhen. they reached. .Advanced Algebra £eren.tia.l said, '-r:r'h.ere's so :rna.ny- ne-w- concepts and 'rh.e Pre---caJ.culus books vv-ere also sw-ttch.ed. out w-ith nunll::>ers it can be over-w-helmin.g B ut at least I a better edition. because the older boolts -w-ere not as have my :f"rien.ds to make it enjoyable" AP Calculus helpful anymore North Star pla:nn.ed. on buying a -w-as a class £or studen ts that felt like being ad.v e n.tu.rn.e-w- Calculus book as -w-ell ous. Stud.ants -w-ere able to aj-n. u.p through S.C.C ..
Geometry tested p roof's and stud.ants c.al.cu.- son1ethtng that started. a £e-w- years ago, and gained lated the angles and side l engths o£ triang1es umn.g college dred.it £or the vVor k done in. :math. their special relatio ips of' 30, 60. 90 degree t.rl- Teachers urged the students to keep p u.sh.ing angles a:nd 4!3 , 4!3, 9 0 d egree tria:n.g1es. .Advanced through as math constantly evolved an.d c.h.anged Algebra added and e.x:pan.ded on. the concepts stu.-
vVh.en. students entered in.to therr Tn.strcun.en.tal J\/.1 u.sic classes th:is year, they opened th.er.nselves u..p to opportunities an.d e:Kperien.ces th.at couldn't be £ou..n.d elsewhere i:n. the sch(X)l The teach.ers Rob Salistean. and Dave Sanderson. vV"orked very hard to help stu..clen.ts -w-ork to improve therr playing skills and teach them basic theory, the h:istory 0£ music, and an. understanding 0£ common. musical co::n.cepts. It -w-as hard £or st-u.den.ts not to learn. someth.i:n.g in. these classes.
Sal:istean. and Sanderson. taught therr stu..den.ts i:n. a -w-ay that rnan.y 0£ them £0-un..d help£u..l and £-u:n.. 'I'h.e en.vrron.:rnen.t they created allo-w-ed stu..den.ts to be creative and very technical at the same ti.me 'I'h.ey i:n.sprred kids to go beyond playing the notes they see on. a page and make music that they could e~ress ther.nselves through in. a unique -w-ay An.:issa Ben.son. ( l 0), a cellist i:n. Orchestra said that s:b..e n.o-w- £eels that mu.sic is "k.i::n.d 0£ a story," and s.h.e n.o-w- un..der~n.ds the "theory behi:n.d the music rather th.an. just playing notes.'' No matter ho-w- you.. l(X)k at it, the stu..den.ts -w-ho-w-ere in.valved i:n. I:n.stru..rn.en.tal "M:usic-w-ere changed in. therr perspectives on. music before the end 0£ the year 'I'h.ey £0-un..d ou..t ho-w- £u.n. mu.sic could be. -W-i:n.d Symphony students Rachel Ochoa ( l 2) and Jesse Byrne ( l 2) agree th.at since they started. taki:ng I n.stru..men.tal u.sic classes at North Star therr ou..tl(X)ks on. band evolved £rom thin.king _ "it -w-as a ~le" or ''1;ati:n.g it'' to thi:n.k.in.g "it -w-as £u..n." and becoming enthusiastic about music i:n. general
The I :n.stru..rn.en.tal "M:usic -w-in.g -w-as a place -w-here stu..den.ts -w-en.t to participate in. classes in. dj££eren.t -w-ays th.an. i:n. a ty-pical class--r(X)m. 'I'h.ere, thou..gh they didn't al-w-ays start ou.t appreciati:n.g it, stu..den.ts -w-orked tog-ether to accomplish goals and learned to ~ress themselves in. -w-ays u.:niqu.e to th.err mediu.:rn.. 'rhey also learned historical facts and other skills that applied to other facets
0£ their lives. 'I'h.e students this year did just that -w-hile sharin.g lau..ghs and having a great ti:rn.e.
1. Da ve Sanderson and Rob Sal is tean are t he Instrumental Music teachers at North Star This is Sanderson 's second year and Salistean 's si xth year teaching at North Star
2. Amanda Terrell (12 ) places her finge r s o n the guitar to make a chord. North Star is one of only two high schools to offer a G ui ta r cla ss. 3. Kyle Holz (ll) plays his oboe in Wind Symphony The Wind Ensemble and Symphon ic Band, formerly separate groups, were comb ined into one class during the 2010-201l school y ear.
4. Holly" Nutter (10) plays tenor saxophone in Wind Symphony Wind Symphony is open to all musicians e xcept Freshmen.
5. Mike Coffey (9) checks his fingering while playing the cello in Orchestra. In Orchestra, students had the opportunity to pla y 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), Teagen Bassinger-Nelson (1 0 ), Kevin Reimnitz (12), and Colton Hunzeker (ll) perform during the Jazz Band concert These students made up the Rhy thm Sect ion , the backbone of the Jazz Band. '
l Dave Sanderson and Jon i Osborn converse abou t their vocal music dasses Sanderson directs Men's Cho ir and Osborn directs all other North Star ensembles 2. Joel Brown 19) sings a solo during the fall concert Brown is a member of North Star 's Men's Cho ir.
3 Taylor Floyd 112) sings "Takin ' a Chance on Love "dur i the fall concert Floyd is in North Star 's Choreographe G-oir
4 Thomas Brown Ill) and Philip Truong 110) sing "Navig tor Man· fall concert. Men's Choir sings this song at every concert.
5 Jaimie Sigler 110) sings and dances during Women 's hoir. The students practiced this dance every day dur ing class to prepare for the performance.
6 Ashton Greenfield 00) sings during the Concert Choir 's portion of the concert The select choir consists students who have auditioned for the choir.
7 Jared Flodman 112) and Alexis La Pour 1121 sing duri the fall concert Choreographed Choir is a combinat ion of singing and dancing.
8 Mitchell Hunt performs in Men 's Cho ir. This choir proctices every day during 4th period.
North Star's-vocal mu.sic progrmn. has progressed. in. "'v'ITays. In. 200 3, ·when. the ool first apen.ed, Jon.i Osborn "'v'\Tas the on.]y -vocal mu.sic instructor Sh.e "'v'ITas in. charge Choir, "W'"omen.'s ch.air, and Con.cert Choir 'T started. it all and I'm glad that I did., I lo-ve it here at North Star," Osborn said rrh.e year North Star open.ed there "'v'ITere l 7 studen.ts in. "W'"omen.'s Choir This school year there "'v'ITere 67 studen.ts "'v'ITho made up North Star's "W'"omen.'s Choir In. 2005, Osborn added Choreographed Choir, and the select choir practiced outside of' the school day Choreographed Choir later becrone a class ju.st lik:.e all of' the other choirs. Drrf'eren.t choirs served qif'f'eren.t grou.pS of' studen.ts. "W'"omen.'s choir "'v'ITas created as a class that "'v'ITas apen. t o any f'emale -w-ho had an. interest in. singi:ng. choir "'v'ITas also an. open. choir f'or males \/\Tith an. inter in. singi:ng Con.cert Choir, "'v'IThich "'v'ITas a select equ:ired studen.ts ha-veto audition. to be a part of' der to be in. Choreographed Choir, you. n.eeded rnber of' Con.cert Choir, an.d the studen.ts had to ha e an. addition.al audition. f'or the select choir Choreogr aphed Choir members also had to be prof'icien.t at singi:ng and dancing". Outside of' school, Choreographed choir perf'ormed at community e-ven.-q:; such as 'nursing" homes, and meeti:ng"s of' local organ.ization.s. "With all of' Osborn.'s responsibilities \/\Tith these grou.pS, in. order to take a little-w-eight of'f'of'her sh.oulders Da-ve Sanderson. took av-er in.stru.cti:ng" Choir. "With all of' the change and grO\l'\Tth, North Star's -vocal mu.sic prograni had su.ccessf'u.lly and dramatically e-vol-ved since the school f'irst apen.ed.
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All students needed a class-w-here they could run. around a bit A class-w-here Adison Thompson (12) attempts to the f'ocus ,I\Tas ex:erc-isi:n.g-w-hile :b.a:vi:n.g f'u.:n... Stu.den.ts learned.. about maintaining their physirt_al -w-ell being a:n.d the importance of' learning to be healthy early on. in. their high school career 'rh.e hope w-as that they w-ould carry it on. th.rough the rest of' therr hves. PE -w-as really a f'u.:n. environment f'or most, but core for his team in a game of handball. Thompson enjoys being a leader in his P.E. class.
it -vv-as more than ju.st a tune to have f'un.. It gave students an. opportunity tG become more a"1ATare of' the importance of' exercise i:n. th.err daily routi:n.es. 'rh.e purpose varied f'or each class. In. some classes, the pur:fX)Se -w-as to become mo;.e phy c.,i.cally f'it "I got stronger af'ter v'\Teight Trai:n.ing,'' said Justin. Bank ( 1 2). Team Sports, emphasized. becoming more physically active by playing- dif'f'e.ren.t sports and -w-orking -vv-ith others to achieve victory Zach Lamison. ( 1 1) said he "Learned.. how- to w-ork as a team." in Team Sports. &rah Barela ( 1 2), in the sa:r.ne class, said. "'".I1h.e guys are aggressive and make r.ne w-an.t to -w-ork harder " There w-as a health aspect to PE., as -w-ell, -w-here the students learned to take care of' their lx>dy, a , o-vv- to avoid falling in.to bad habits. Fitness f'or Lif'e -w-as a class that really pushed students to think ut being healthy a:n.d n:iakin.g healthy choices. They alternated betw-een. learning about health in the classroom, and making it happen. in. the gym v'\Torkin.g as a team -vvas an important skill in. al any PE. class,, and many ca:rne to realize this over their years at North Star N o-vv-, it -vv-as a matter of' applying these lessons to lif'e ou.tside of' sch.ool. "Whether that mea:n.t f'i:n.ding a f'rien.d to e.x:ercise-vv-ith, f'i:n.din.g people to start up a ga:rne of'ba.sketball, or anything else to stay active PE helped.. students learn. to trust others -vv-hile 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 ni.ost students, science --w-as just a class they took to graduate But through all the chemicals and math- like prohlen:is the teachers ahways fbu.:n.d. a --w-ay to make class a little more f'u:n.. &ience -w-as the class students all looked f'orvv-ard to si:n..c.e it -w-as th.e class th.at -w-as alw ays breaking the rules a:n.d. havi:qg ha:n.ds-on activities For Ch.risti:n.e Nott, a che'l"X)..jst;ry teacher, sh.e--w-as al-w-ays brealting th.e class routine and had her students in the lab to get their hands a little :messy
''I.,ahs and den) os seemed to al--w-ays keep the students interested in. --w-hat I was teach.i.ngth.at day," said Nott. She al-w-ays had a demo or lab f'or her students. Nott ~d., "Science is fun. because to me it's n.eve:r the same, no matter what the :materials are al-w-ays different each year , u:nlike other classes." Nott became inter-
ested in. science becaur;e it doesn't need to be remembered: it's all around us.
Student Cj Cuddef'ord (9) discovered he en.joyed science in high school Cuddef'ord liked the labs a:n.d expernne:n.ts th.e r.nost. 'T like th.e f'ire, I'm a pyro °lv1y t.ea.ch.er Jv!rs. vVh.itrna:n... sh.e's the best,"said Cu.ddeford..
In. the en.cl, science weren't just clas:.es we has to take to graduate 'I'h.ey were th.e classes students looked f'or-w-ard to because they offered. a little more f'un., and students w-eren't ju.st graded by the books, but the experiences they had..
in Katy Whitman
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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 ta k ing 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 Frack, Juli Steen, Erin Miles, Emily Seifferlein, Kathryn Whitman and Floyd Doughty
l 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.
2. Tyree Ki ncade (9) and Cj Cuddeford (9) high-five each other
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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 Care Center OJ?Bn.ed. vVi.th. the start of'th.e high school in the full of' 2003, bu since th.en. it has evolved and i:rnproved.. 'I'here w-as n.ot an. in.crease in techn.ology, but i:n.stead the staf'f' f'ocu.sed. o n rna:i:n.taining traditional w-ays of' assisting early childhood developmen.t and lear:n.:i:ng In doing this, one of' the •r cha:nges w-as an. eJCpa.n..Sion of' the playground to f'ocu.s on an outdoor classroom and environment
'When North. Star OJ?Bn.ed. th.ere w-ere ju.st as ma:n.y teen paren.ts and pregnant girls as th.ere w-ere during -! ..e 20 l 0 - 20 l l school year, but not very many students used. the day care to w-atch their kids w-hile they w-ent t school lv1:ore student parents used. the center th.is year to help th.em 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 w-ork or ju.st be hired to w-ork vVi.th. the children. ''I'h.is is helping to i:rnprove the influence and development of' tl kids," said Nancy Falter, the North. Star childcare cen.ter director.
Falter also stressed. the i:rnpartance of'realizin.g the cha:n.ges 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 cha:n.ge, or a srna.11 cha:nge. 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 cha:nge. Bef'ore her daughter Aly-via w-as born shew-as not f'ocu.sed. o r:. school: i:n.stead she w-as f'ocu.sed. on drugs. rrhat cha:n.ged as soon as her dau..ghter w-as born 'T go to school f'or my d.a - hter, I am getting the best education I can f'or her," .Arellano e.xplain.ed.. I-rer lif'e is nothing like it used. to be She -w-a ts the absolute best f'or her child and -w-ill do anything to achieve that T love my dau..ghter, but I do not en.jay bein.g a single teenage mom It's stressf'u.l kno-w-in.g I can't provide everything I -w-ant f'or her," .Arellano emphasized.. I-rel'.'. advice: w-ait u..:n.til you're f'in.ancially ready to provide f'or a child and married. to a rnan..-w-ho-w-ill stay vVi.th. you and : lp you vVi.th. 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 during 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 everyday
5. Kon Kon enjoys pla yi ng in a parachute 4th period. He loves his free time in between walks in the halls.
6. Emiliano Quintero 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 ial Studies Department Fr t row (L to R~ Falla Ha y, Scott F esen Brirn urback and Elizabeth rooza-Rod-iguez. Second w (L RI: Travis Kerkma Jennifer Allder , B rb Pester and Lisa Hansen. Thir r e ' IL to Rl: Pete Mcidd~ rian Wand z Tony Ouattrocdi ad Andante Lbyd Bad< row (L to R}. Ahl g ood Al Bock
2 Angela Trang OOt and Tyler. C 00) disc~ a homework assig,ment In W«'d HisrotY Sodol Studies~ llSCI Ha"Een often albws studerb to wak With o
3. Trd\lis Kerkmai lecn.res doss about the econcrny aid how the job tt-ey d-ose w,U help them fukre Kerkman teod-es both Economics ad History of Sports.
4. Anec"ke Jones (12) ajf Si,rij Pal 1} reenact the importance of distribut do-es in fcmly Travis Kerkma, utdizes multiple intelligenc:e in Economics to erh:n:e an (12} waks on finding newspaper articles for Brien Wandzilak's class and • ~'Ul..l:>....lUUL ac :ic ee or student s comment on to keep them informed about local and world news.
As little kids ""W"e were asked, ''"What do you ""W"a:n.t to be ""W"he:n. you gro""W" up?' -what did you a:n.sw-er? Perhaps you said a fire:rnan. , busi:n.ess:rnan or a:n. athlete. 'rh.:is ""W"as w-hat Travis Kerk:rnan.,one of'North Star's Soc."ia.l Studies teachers w-ou.ld have a:n.s""W"ered. & a child hew-as alw-ays the quiet one, but despite his shy-:ness, he ""W"as involved tn. :many sports a:n.d activities. It w-asn.'t u.:n.til high school th.at he d.:isc.overed h e w-as engaged by the l essons of' one of' his history teachers a:n.d realized that teach.i:ng history ""W"as ""W"hat he w-a:n.ted to do. Kerk:rnan. looked up to this teacher because hew-as both a teacher a:n.d a coach. and. Kerk:rnan. liked the co:n.:n.ectio:n. betw-ee:n. history a:n.d sports tn. his c lassroom FTo graduated f'rom high school a:n.d charted by pursuing his dream at the U :n.iversity of' Kearney vVhere he played baseball "'W"ith so much on. his ha:n.ds he w-as able to bala:n.ce his lif'e as both a:n. athlete a:n.d stude:n.t." T:irne-nia::nagenie:n.t vVas a very delicate ~:nee. I had to :make t:irne at n.ight to w-ork on. academic -w-ork, but tn. the long run. it helped nie to have a better -w-ork ethic," said Kerkm.an._
Kerk:rnan. began. na.-vigatin.g hisjou..r:n.ey as a stude:n.t teacher a t North Star FTo recalled f'irst stepptn.g tn.to a classroom as a teacher: " I thought tn. my head, 'FTore ""W"e go -what am I dotn.g? I -w-as on. survival mode, basically " But by his f'ourth year of' teach.i:ng he had f'i:n.ally adapted to be1ng a teacher There have been. o:n.- gotn.g changes tn. his classroom: he f'elt that co:n.sta:n.t ch.a:n.ges-w-ere :necessary to :make learn.tn.g better Kerk:rnan. emphasized. the importa:n.ce of' ''u..:n.dersta:n.dtn.g" a:n.d., as such he w-as more laid- back as a teach.er. " Jvry matn. priority vVhen. a stude:n.t steps tn. my classroom is to :make sure they laugh at least o:n.ce a:n.d :make them f'eel comf'ortable ," said Kerkm.an._ FTo believed that he has learned more tha:n. f'rom his st-u.de:n.ts tha:n. vVhat he taught them d has gro-w-:n. a:n. appreciation. f'or the dif'f'ere:n.t cultures :u.stoms tn. North Star :n.ttn.-u.tn.g his jour:n.ey throughout the years, lltlrlli[.:rx'lia:r'l. w as able to build strong relation.ships vV"ith described. his philosophy as a:n. alv.rays-:,a:nc;roiq ch.allenge f'or st-u.de:n.ts. " Pushing th.em to do tter -w-hether they hke it or :not is important f'or th.em to grow- as stu.de:n.ts," Kerk:rnan. said..
As he en.cou.raged creativity in his classroom by incorporattn.g lesso:n.s -u.stn.g multiple intellige:n.ces, Kerk:rnan.'s st-u.de:n.ts ""W"ere able to participate more in his class by holdtn.g them more accou..:n.table f'or their grades. 'rh.:is North Star teach.er has certainly celebrated success in his classroom
At school you. might have seen students recyclin.g everyday, or delivering mail to teachers: that vVaS the Special Edu.cation students. They also did. a large percentage or the la:u..n.dry f'or the athletic department, pick.ed. u.p trays f'rom Tl?C.s, cleaned. tables 'in the Bayou, and. ~tered. the large pl.ants 'in the f'ron.t o£ the school.
Growth ca:n. be seen 'in an.y one, and the Functional Curriculu.ni R.e:feren.ced <F'C!FU helped bring grmivth Edu.cation. students f'ourteen. to tw-en.ty-on.e years old i:n. the p rogram.. FCR f'ocu.sed. on the f'u.n.ction. en.ts started as n.i:n.th graders and. progressed throughou.t the years. n.. -w-en.t to sites i:n. the commu.n.ity u..su.ally on.e to f'ou..r tunes a -w-eek.
AR.C Th.rif't Store, 'I'h..e C hildr~n. Z oo and the ing out to the cornrnu.n.ity, and. vVOrking he ills teacher Terri 1'/.[arti "Because they get the chance to go
more conf'ident 'in -w-ha.t they do "
ck Row : Tim Ame n, Michael Boekstal, Belinda Shepar d on ie Mitchell Second Row : Wayne Schaber , Patrick Payne T ir d Row : Liz Kantor, Paula Ryan , Angela Scr iv r Angela Gee Fourth Row : Tim Amen, Cin Row: Marilyn Bee tel, Connie Stinson, Dawn Dewey, Jess ica Clemen s Julie Schlegel , Renee Hosek, JB Bruckner Si x wnie Motschenbacher , Jennifer Lyons , Tom Garay. Seventh Row: Lori e vine, Constance Kingston, Linda Mundhenke, Lin • Diane Wedgewood , Barb Brown (12) help clean up the si dewalk at the zoo. Both students enjoyed wor k 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 the ir assignments. Motschenbacher has been at North Star for seven ears oln Children 's Zoo Moon plans on staying in the FCR program after her graduation. recently raked leaves while Teri Marti supervises. Marti enjoys being a Special Education teacher more a d more as she s
8. Kayla Duncan 10) rakes leaves a
mmunity work Duncan worke d to achieve an A at every work site
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""V\Torld I..an.gu.age classes provided students the oppartu..n..ity to become exposed to n.e-w-c-u.ltures and verbal corrrr.n.u.n.:ica.tion. beyond the Eng1ish. lan.gu..age North Star offered students Spanish., Fren.ch, Gerro.a.:n., and Ch.:i:n.ese classes -w-ith supportive teachers to guide their lear:n.:i:n.g. 'T have lugh e.x:pectation..s. 1'.,1:y French class can be ch.allen.gi:ng because or the n.e-w-- :rnatermls, but I create mean..:i.::n.gf-u.l activities and games to help my students become active learners," said French teacher Cara ~:rn.:i:n.ger Stu.den.ts h.:3.d the option. to take up to rive years or on..e language
Although at least t-.;,vo years lan..gu.age classes -.;,vere requ..:ir~ £or graduation. and college en.trance, studen..ts -w--ere en..couraged to take more because the ben..erit or kn.avvi.n.g an.other lan.gu..age is -w--orth their time and effort
l. Brady Studnicka 19) rearranges German sentences on the board. Studnicka is asking if his classmates agree with him
The World Language Department. Back (L o R:) Jeanne Tsai , Malia Pope, Cara Heminger, Cynthia Rock well, Nancy Youngman (Front Left to Right:! Christie DeVries Marie Dean, Caitlin Wolfe(_ (Not Pictured:) Kristi etland
3. Martha Mendez (ll) is in third year French. Mendez reviews from her French book to prepare for a name tag activity that involves atching nouns with verbs.
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lv:1any studen.t.s vv-ho vv-ere kn.OV1Tled.geable in. tvv-o or more -langu.ages had demonstrated. impressive cog:n.itive developmen.t because they ;i"Tere able to con.n.ect various parts of' the vv-orld together "People th.i:rik:. that on.e lan.gu.age :is completely dif'f'eren.t from an.other, but that's n.ot en.trrely true," said Tiah Northvv-ay ( l 2) 'There are rna:n.y Spa:n.ish. vv-ords that reminded. me of' En.glish vv-ords and vice versa I vv-as able to build a stron.ger voc.abulary and learn. about a d.iff'eren.t culture because of' my la::ngu.age class " A sign. of' mastering another la::ngu.age such as u.n.dersta:ndin.g a bcx:)k VITritten. ;i.:n. Fren.ch or Chin.ese vv-as n.ot u.n.cor.n:rn.on., but that level of' prof'icien.cy required. hard vv-ork and determination.. Therefore, studen.t.s took pride in. every irn.provemen.t and sign. 0£ growth_
One 0£ the main. reason.s stud.en.ts made the effort to learn. another langu.age vv-as because they vv-ere able to drrectly apply it to therr lives. 'T took Spanish. because I vv-anted. to learn. somethin.g n.evv-," said :K:h..a.nh lv:1ai ( l l ) 'NOV1Tadays, my £rien.ds and I speak in. Spa:n.ish. in.stead 0£ En.glish. all the trrn.e. "V\Te £eel accomplished. £or cor.n:rn.u.n.icatin.g in. another langu.age " Lear:ni:n.g a d.if'f'eren.t lan.gu.age vv-as a ch.allen.ging yet f'u.lfillin.g e.x:perien.ce in. high school The kn.ovv-ledge that stu.den.t.s gain.ed. £ram "V\Torld .La.:n.guage classes gave them the chan.ce to go beyon.d borders and in.teract vv-ith people vv-orld.vv-id.e.
¼. Laura Regler (12) and Haley Stokes (12) practice their Spanish vocabulary. Regler and 5tokes use flashcards as tools to memorize words.
6. Kimberly Euter (10) 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) radice Chinese characters on the board. if'ran and Huynh are in fourth year Chinese.
1. The varsity f ready for kick h::Jve o traditi helmets before 2. Braidon K a pass n the f'Jortheast. At ear football the th-ee team
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4. Casey ( 2) waits 1n his three fense. At the year banquet spectal t award.
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eam ended defenders. Rall was t e q swung t.p to play on he ars,ty Squad. "ves a pass dsirg a roe e. The Fresh- ' ·r season with a recor of -2.
"W"ben they play m0 l l season. vVh.a th varsity :fbot}:l611 roar:nu:n in. th.an.just the F • ay n:ight gan:ies: the 1 ens o£ d.edicatio , c
112) stretches or the out at fir yed first base for two of her arsity Photo by Cher Smith
st 1111 slides past Columbus catcher to the Gators. Harpst one of the seasons highest scored. Photo by Cher Smith
3 Sidne y Furgussen ) focuses before warming up. Furgussen too k the pitc mound for the reserve and JV team.
4 Shania M iddagh (9 ) has he ove down and is read y t o go! M iddagh was a p and ju,1or varsity this year.
5. Lexi D.hkop (9) warms up at the L ,c with Taylor Herzog 1101. DJrko ed herse~ a competitor this year tring pitcher fa- varsity. Photo plate and is r participated in Nor her freshmm year.
Coach Lavelle always told hlS team in the state, Papillion. varsity softball girls," J. 00%1 J. 00% Sou.th, the girls lost but cou.ldn of the tune, lad.iesf' No one work.ed. lose the:ir pride after playing so as ha.rd as the varsity girls did this "Even. though we didn't make it to ,_____ _,
n.. Bu.ck.et drill after bucket drill, state, we were still very su.ccessf'u.l l'-J-h the blistering heat and the -W-e rorgot about last year's team an.q.
y or the girls described. a roller coaster, ru.11 or
the success or the team and made our ow-n.," said Jodie Smith ( J. 2) 'T can't w-ait to see the ru.tu.re that corn.es out or North Star and. the tradition. they carry on "
'Tll never rorg again.st Grand Islan.dI man... Th.is w-as the girls' against Grand Island The £:irst g ~elah 1'-1:olifu.a ( J. 0), a varsity st.arc.er, tore her ACL, 1'-1:CL, and :rnen.:iscu.s which th.re-w- the team way or£ .A:fter subbing in several g:irls to play :for second, it was clear that nobody could replace 1'-1:olifu.a's pOsition... But :for the second ga:rne, the g:irls £ell behind by seven. points, they canie back to w-in. -w-ith a ga:rne en.ding ho:rne ru.:n.. by Flod:man...
For the rive seniors, nothing niea.nt more than making it to state and. trying to ruJfill last year's by getting ru.:n..n.er up at sta: :fortunately, th.rough two
seniors with Coach Lavelle after placing second in Districts aylor Flodman , Emily Howell , Jodie Smith, Todd Lavelle, Tiff any Jones, and Kayla Lenhoff. Ph oto by Ch e r Sm it h
Be£ore school started th.e girls -wrho vVa:n.ted to make th.e volleyball team vVere already getting ready £or the season.. rrh.e,y vVere playing in. th.e school SUinrr1.er league a:n.d. at ca.nips that Coach. :fbtz set up. Not everyone mad.E. ':he t.ea:rn. but th.e on.es vVho d.id. vVere proud. 0£ th.err accompl:isb.rn..en.ts.
The £resh:rna.n. team coached. by JV[olly Sh.ields sh.ovVed. steady irn.prove:rnen.t throu.ghou.t the season.. 'rb.e highlight a£ th.err year vVas a -wriD. against. Lin.col:n.. Sou.th.east. i:n. the City Tourn.arn.en.t. 'rb.e Re.serve Team -w-as coached. by Stacy I..errnba.ch. rrh.e volleyball program vVas very e..x:cited to welcome Coach I.errriba.ch back a£ter she took. a year 0££. :Both te.arn.s sh.o-w-ed. major improvement over the cou..rse 0£ their seasons, .en.d.i:n.g vVith a 2- l O rec c ·a. a:n.d. a B - l O record respectively
I.ead.i:n..g the highly su.ccessf'u..l 2 0 l O JV i:;,,quad. -w-as N a:n.cy Gra:n..t--Colso:n.. a:n.d. practicu..m coach Erin. Ha:n: n.on.. The JV team consisted. 0£ £reshrne:n.., sophomores a:n.d ju.:n.iors. 0£ the £ou..r i:;,,quads, the JV team -w-as able to £or st.ron.g, e££ective allia:n.ce by the con.clu..sion. 0£ their season.. Thanks to the leadership 0£ their three captain.s, JV[ac}a:; zie ]\/.[cAn.d.revV ( i l ), Carly Faller ( l l) a:n.d. Lizzy Bales ( l 0), they -w-ere able to en.d. on. a high n.ote by £in.ish.i:n.g •2 in. th.e JV City TOl..:l..r:n.an1:n..t. ::f-Tua.d Coach. Kristi N elso:n..-:fbtz alon.g vVith practicum coach .Allison. Aldrich led. the 2 0 l O Varsity Tean Six: se:n.iors provided. great leadership a:n.d. character. The team -w-as a group 0£ girls -w-ho not on.ly loved. the garrie o f volleyball but each. other as -w-ell Varsity setter a:n.d. captain., Aly -W-u..rster ( l 2) said., 'vV"e're more 0£ a unit than. -w-e u..sed to be " 'vV"e -w-ere vVith each. other each day -w-orki:n.g hard. to achieve the same goals: it -w-as d.e£in.itely hard. at times but vVell vVOrth every min.u..te," said. Kate Fbskey ( l 2) The culmi:n.ation. b£ their season. -w-as the d.futrict fin.al in. Gra:n.d. Isla:n.d.. .LNS vVen.t i:n. as the u..n.d.erd.og a:n.d. crone ou..t champions i:n. the eyes o£their fu.:n.s Although~ r d.id.n.'t -wriD. the match. on the scoreboard., it vVas d.e£i:n.itely their best match. 0£ the season.. Fou..r year starter, KID1be1 y Bailey ( l 2) said, ''v'\Te vVOrk.ed. vVell togethe:r· on. the cou..rt, better this year than. a:n.y other year I have played. at LN especially districts!" Captain. a:n.d. outside hitter, A:r.ny-Jorge:n.se:n.. ( l 2) n.oted., '"Districts this year vVas u..:n.£orgettable, especially as a sen.ior It -w-as very hard. to vValk a-w-ay k:n..o-w-i::ng that -w-e -w-ere so close to state "
Overall, every North Star volleyball player -w-as satisfied. vVith their
1. The 2010 varsity volleyball team huddles around Coach Hitz during a time-out. The Gators linked arms to show team unity
2. Ashtyn French (9), Mallory Breemes (10) and Madison LoBrillo (9) get ready to return the ball during their game against Columbus They were vital players on the reserve team.
3. Kate Hiskey (12) serves the ball at their Qistrid final in Grand Island. Hiskey was a charismatic member of the varsity team.
4. Carley Warner (ll) jumps up to spike the ball. This was Warner 's second year on varsity.
Left to Right: Aly Wurster (12), Kate Hiskey (12), Kimberly Bailey (12) and Amy Jorgensen (12) line up in serve receive. They were four of the six seniors on the 2010 varsity squ c d.
Norcia Holder (9) serves the ball. Holder was a middle and outside hitter on the freshman team.
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McAndrew (ll) sets the ball to Carly Faller (11) during the JV match against Columbus McAndrew and Faller also suited
2010 JV squad lines up on the baseline to be introduced by Mr. Bock. Throughout the season they read multiple quotes t ch game.
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'I'h.is -w-as a very e.x:cit:in.g year for girls golf. Every record f'or North Sta.-r -was broken. in.eluding best score, best season average, best city tournar.n.ent score, best conference score, best stat-.e score, best team score a.n..d. best team finish, ~th the ltiglilight of' the season com.i:ng -w--h.e:n. th.e varsity team attended. the state tournar.n.en.t f'or the first time in.North Star history.
"'While at State, Jvlorga.n. Ouellette (9) shot a hole in. one o:n. the first day of' pl..aying .As a re-ward f'or that rernarkable f'eat, the other players of' the team th.:rewJvlorga:n. in.to th.e pool w-eari:n.g her clothes w h.e:n. they returned. to the hotel that n.:ight
"The girls had the best season in. North Star girls golf' history 'I'h.ey practiced. -w--ell all year, and they appropriately earned a spot i:n. the state tou.rn.a:rne:n.t," said. Coach Scott Friesen.. 'rhe team turned out a record-breaking group of' girls thJS year, ~th. all North Star records broken ex:cept o:n.e. Kelsey Gru.::n.d.rna.n. ( J. 2) sh.one during the 20 J. 0 season, as she w-as a :part of' all of' the broken. records ex:cept one. Er.r:una. Jacoby took that f'tn.a.1 a-w-ard by beating the best score -w--ith 9 J.. shots f'or J. 8 holes. Other record breakers in.eluded Claire Spahn ( J. J. ), Hann.ah Euler ( J. J. ), and 'Morgan Ouellette (9): they w-ere a part of' Best Team Score and Best Team Finish.
"Th:is year :w-as difrere:nt f'rom the rest," Grund.man. said "-W-e became a family, pra.caced. as a family, and made it to state as a funtily. -W-e created a bond th.at :made us -w--ork
'I'h.is great bond gave the team a break th.:rou.gh year for North Star girls golf' and set the bar f'or the team in. the years to come.
l Emm acoby (9) tees ff for a tournament at the Highlands Golf Course At this t moment it rained was windy the whole time elsey Grundm~:m (12) lopks line UP, her golf ball on the green Grundman has n 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 (ll) drives the 6911 while pl ·ng at the State Tournament This is Spahn 's second year on the golt team.
Boys tennis went through great successes and great flril.ures over its years. It was perhaps one of the progra:rns that had changed the most sin.ce North Star's opening.
'I'h.e 20 1 0 season was a season of' great play-ers and great potential. The varsity- team had three seniors. Steven. Jae.ob Spilker, and Kevin Rei;rnn.itz. 'I'h.ese play-ers gave the tea:rn depth and experience. Tran., -w-ho had played fbr North Star since his f'resh.Tna.n year, said th.at it was a year of' great change. "'I'h.e bjggest changes -w-ere that the n'\llriber of' people -w-ho tried ou..t grew, the quality of' players improved. and of' course th.ere -.;.vere d.irf'erent people trying oat. he expll:un.ed.
'I'h.e seniors played with Jaron Ahrnan.n ( J. 0), Trevor Remmitz ( J. 0). and Genna:n. f'oreig:n. exchange student Schu.erbu.escher ( 1 1). They all won their first rou..n..d :rna:tch.es at the state tourn.a.:rne:nt. improving on the previous season -w-hen. the t.erun. left with t-w-o losses in. the first round. "With the~ the team placed tw·elf'th a:n.d achieved their best f'in.ish at state.
The junior varsity and reserve teams sh.owed great potential as -w-ell Spilker, -.;,vh.o had three years of' experience on the Gator tennis terun. made it clear that "the JV and reserve teams had a ton. or potential and talent" ~th more guys trying out and a -wide ra:r:ige of'_e.x:perien.ce throughout the t.eruns, the prog:rarn had -.;.vha.t was conceivably the 'r.rlOSt. variety and depth th.an. ever before.
The North Star ten:n.:is team d.:id.:n.'t always have the best players in the state, bu.t the boy-s' ha.rd -w-ork and. dedication. helped ~m persevere. They all gave their best ef'f'o t to do what they love and. had. great f'u.:n. in the e:nd
l. Jacob Spilker (12) serv the ball during a match at the Nebraska nis Center (NTCJ. 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 ball back across the court. Pucket made JV team his freshman year.
Nkrtin Wyant, Joe Arroyo Jesse Ziegenbein, Derrick Tinnerstet, Avery Wayman, Bdiley Worster, Eddie Key, Teagan
Bailey, Br: t Bratrsovsky, Trevor Jacobson Cameron Corey Lucas Harrison Zach Palomo, Jon Rall Koll, Monty Bomemeier, Coach Dylai Sullivan, Cooch Mark Barrera, COQCth Nate Armagost, Noah Housh, John Gerlach Jakeb Ziegler Nola) McNair, Matt Baier Chris Zarate. David Powers Payton LowryKreikemeier , Kip Broussard, Cam Mikkelsen, Tristen Souillere, Corbin Wi~fer Anthony Kusek, cNally , Jordan Gray
Elijah Carlisle , CJ Cuddeford, Lucaus Pope, Matt Dunn, CJ CJver Sorel 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 froscheiser, Vol. Asst. Tim
Front Row (L to R}. Alyona
Konovalchuk, Rachel Rodriguez
Emily Crouch Hannah Malone
Second Row (L to Rl: Grecia Macias, Morgan Williams , MaKenna Kinkade, Nar1CO Holder
Back Row (L to R): Danielle Nelson, Coach Molly Shields , Lesly Garcia , Lydia McManus
Front Row (L to R) : Kayla Lenhoff, Lexi Duhrkop , 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 Amber 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 Cooch Jeff Coufal
Front Row IL to R): Jenni Moon, Alisha Sheets, Lindsey Peppard, Morgan Brueggman,. Sydney Ferguson, Christin Mundorf, Samantha Chessmore
Middle Row (L to Rl: Katie Rosenbaum, Kayla Manley , Shania Middagh, Jen Schenaman , Kasey Lamborn, McKenzie Stoa
Back Row (L to Rt. Volunteer Cooch Amber Lenhoff, Cooch Cody Hoegh
qgan Creek, Alex Higgins Cuong Luu. Tyree Partee Megoo
JP M1Jraf, Ryan Mikus lie Eastman Bethany Keeshan eek, Kevin Lam , Leah Abebe Ellen Lloyd, Jordan Harper , Josh Neumann, Matt Keeshan, Jacob Maxfield, Kacy Ware , Ashley Arredondo
Roberts Zaino Koung Ja mes Tmg , Janice Wienhold, Treza Koung , Dana Freeman, Olivia Morris
don Blayney, Landon Jones. Joe Black
an Wandzi la k Head Cooch Matt MusieL Voluntee~ Coach Karen S:!vers t rand
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Addleman Emma Jacoby
Back Row (L to Rl: Liz Franssen Coach Scott Friesen, Kelsey
Grundman , Sara Dillard
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Front Row (L to R) : Morgan Ouellette, Hannah Euler , Claire Spahn
!L to Rl: Jolyn
The sound o£North Star stu..den.ts cheering filled the Bo Devan.ey Center on. Thu.rsd.ay Jvrarch. l 0th, 20 l l . F o r the :t:'irst t:i:rne. in.North Star's history the lx:>ys basketball team made it to state Advanc±ng each year as a team an.d :: ndividually the l:>oys sou.ght su.ccess a.n.d reached th.err goal Each player brought som.eth±ng to the court. "Whether it -w-as hav±ng a great attitu..de, deterrnin.ation., or -w-ork ethic Striv±ng £or su.ccess and improvem.en.t, each. player -w-orkei l on. things they n.eeded to -w-ork on. to improve th.err game and become a better player than. they -w-ere the year befor t Som.e 0£ those th±ngs inclu..ded physica.lly -w-orking on. the· r tech.n.i.qu..e or men.tally- -w-or~ on. som.eth±ng hke rn.akir g
tou.gh decis:ion..s du.ri:n.g a game
One individual that stood. ou.t -w-as Deon.te Holt ( l l) n.ick:n.arn.ed. ''Hu..dy by £rien.ds and family _ Holt .;_,.as a great asset to the team in the -w-a.y that he deJ :ion.strated great leaders.hip and en.ergy Cre'ighton. Jvrorris ( l 2) said. "Hu..dy star. iE ou..t because 0£ his love £or the game and he's n.ot selfish.." "When. asked. ''Wl-1.at Irl.akes a great basket"ba.11 player?' Holt said. "Som.eon.e -w-ho is con.£iden.t in. th.err • selves, a leader , -w-orks hard. and puts the team before they pu..t themselves.'' Eac. l quality Holt possessed.. Holt strived to improve himself by going to the ~C...t at least three times a -w-eek.. I-1:e -w-ou..ld lift -w-e'ights to get stron.ger an.d then. pl~ basket"ba.11 to-w-ork on. his overall game I-1:e £elt he n.eeded to step it u..p be±ng a r ,tu..rn.±ng Varsity player. Others that stcx::ii ou.t as leaders and helped the team St 1' su.ccess -w-ere Bran.don. K.rau..se ( l 2) an.d Ja.rn.aan.e Jordan ( l 2) -w-ho al-w-a.ys had en.cou.rag±ng -w-ords to say
Since North Star open.ed the Boys Basketball Progran1.'s goal -w-a.s to rnaJ e it to state an.d this year that goal -w-as finally a.ttain.ed.. Each. year the tean1. bu..ilt -r to -w-hat they lea.r:n.ed the year before. Learning £ram past mist.al-i.es a:n.d progres±ng they -w-ere able to succeed..
outh w est game Before every game the Gators compete in, they came together and did a good o art the girls varsity game. McGarvie 's favor ite pre-game quote was ''I've learned that girls sweat 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 2010-11 season.
4 The reserve team huddles up dur ing a timeout The Reserve team faced man y challenges during the year
5. Mercedes Madlock 110) dribbles down the court during her game. Madlock was a memeber of the 2010- ll reserve team.
6 Yasmine AI-Shdifat (11) dribbles down the court during a Lincoln Southeast game. AI-Shdifat played both JV and varsity.
7 Joe lynn Gri ess 110) gets ready to go for a lay up during a varsity game against Southeast The Varsity ended their sea o ._....,..,.,,1 ,
~- I d.on·th.ave to go w-ith ther.n. • K:imbe.r]y Bailey (12) .
ti:n.u.ed. to strive tov.rards success. 'I1h.:is year the Gators establish..ed. tradition. f'or many years to come. E.a.ch. Varsity team ni.eniber V\T8:S ;ven. a book of' rnspi:rationa.l and motivation.al quot.es. Every -w--eek each. • 1 -w--as required. to pick out a quote f'rom th.e book an.d -w--rite about tit meant to them personally 'rh.e gi:rls -w--ou.ld then. gather af'ter eacl:l ;ractice and read. their quote aloud a:n.d. tell -w--h.a.t it meant to th.em pe ;na]Jy Coach VV"ill.ia:ms said, 'T think. it's making the gi:rls th:i:ngs happen."
These quotes lped. the gi:rls graw- emotion.ally together It helped. them bring pacss:iLQti...to every ga:rn.e, practice, an.d t.ou.r:naxnen.t they played. in Passion. is TI! crneth:i:ng that can. be taught by- any coa.c.h., passion. jg smneth:i:ng that: be on]y 1ear:n.ed. through the heart..
to R. Haley Korth Kourtney Klein Tia Kucera. 0eJay Miller Jeremy Olson. Micah Zetocha. Cordell Hoskins to RI: Jenni Moon. Rachael Benedict, Amanda Ratliff, Alexandria Paulissian, Ashley Bogus. Nicole Biehl Emily Knaub, Ellen Lloyd th Paulissian, Nancy Pham, Derek Pinzon a Libera, Becca Mur<!n. 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. Oerrid Hoffman. Aaram Gerlach. Bryce ,a Alfonso Martinez Beltran en Larsen. Enrique Garay, Trevor Birdzell. Dustin Hoff man, Tanner Boone, Brady Studnicka, Daniel Glea-
: o un '"' oach Luke Mattison, Corbin Winkler, Davon Brown, Joe Arroyo. Tanner Westerholt Kyle Miller aught, Trevor Baade, Volunteer Asst. Cord Hansen Row (L to R): Asst. Cooch Ru Hitz, Austin Becwar, Zach Covert, Brandon Covert. Tanner Paxton, Cody Chilen, Zach Jackson, n Hunt. Volunteer Asst. Cooch Ryan Hitz
Back Row (L to R~ Asst. Cooch JJ Frink, Head Cooch Jake Froscheiser
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 d.id.:n.'t have mu.ch returning experience this season. but th.at d.id.:n.'t stop th.em f'rom having ltigh hopes. Senior Brady &lies said he believed "they could v\Tin. d.ist.ricts f'or the first time in. school mstory and go to State" Vars:i:ty· players vv-ere:n.'t the on]y ones -v.rith ltigh e.xpecta.t:i.o:n.s, Trevor B:i.rdz,ell ( l 0), vv-ho ma.de the reserve tea:rn. as a f'resh:rna:n and moved u.p to the junior va.rs:i:ty tea:rn. this year, said he V\TSS going to "try a.:n.d.. move u.p and. get sorn.e varsity playing t:nne.." .Af'ter losing tvv-elve seniors f'rom last yea.r's varsity tea:rn. and. having on]y tvv-o retu.rn.:ing st.a.rte.rs, Coach .La:n..ny&lles thought th.e:i.r "w-ork ethic and. tea:rn. ch..em:ist:ry vv-ould propel th.em to have a better season.." 'I'h.:i:rd year varsity nlember and one of' the tvv-o retu.rn.:ing starters f'or the Gators, Casey lv1:ol:if'ua. ( l 2) said he "--wanted to v\Tin. a:n. area tourney an.d go to state" and. that he on]y had "one season. lef't i:n. ltigh school and hoped to go out -wi.th a
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 team.
3 Eric Eickhoff (12) hits the ball at the Highlands golf course. This is his first year on the varsity golf team.
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-o1f' is a sport that has been. played. competitively f'or a long time. From the l 8 90's, to the l 9 20's and the l 9 7 O's, a:n.d all of' the balled. hats, sw-eater vests, an.d plaid shorts, go1f' has vVith.stood the test of' time. 'rh.is gen.eration. of' high schoolers gave great hope of' con.ti:n:u:tn.g the sport f'or the f'u.ture. These North Starboys had an. activity that they could en.joy f'or the rest of' their lives.
G-o1f' was a sport that on.ce you. learn.ed. you. n.ever f'orget ho"IN" to play, but it still took. great patience a:n.d f'ocu.s. J\.-1:embers on. the LN-S team spen.t ma:n.y hours outside of' the season keeping u.p their skills by putting, chipping, a:n.d playing on. the golf' course. Ju.st practicing two weeks before the season. bega:n. -w-as not n.early enough time to put the ef'f'ort needed. to be su.ccessf'u.l in. this game.
The 2 0 l l season. was sure to be a success vVith all of' the growth the go1f' team has had. ·· Since my f'resh.:rna:n. year go1f' has beco:rne one of' the more important sports. A lot more people are trying out n.ovv-.'' Derek Jen.sen.( l l) said. "When. he played. his f'resh.:rna:n. year there were on.ly twelve :members on. the team, but 1 this year there -w-ere twen.ty-fbu.r prospective Gator go1f'er who tryou.ted to f'or the team For this f'irst time there was both a varsity an.dju.n.ior varsity team with r.nax:imum Tl.umber of' players that North Star had ever f'ielded. "With great n.u..:rnbers ca:rne great success.
f'or the North Star's girls' tennis program.. "'Wlth the n.eV1T season. came u.:.n.certa.in.ties in.eluding h many girls V1Tere going to tryout, V1That skill leve V1Tould be represented, and hOVIT high athletic ab. ties V1Tould be. The hope, of' course, V1Tas to recruit som.e of' the most athletic and·ex:perien.ced. girls in.
1 1 season, the program. ·tio:n.s to the teams. How-e ou:n.d in. the neVIT season.,
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"Sh.e's so ftrr ahead of' the curve compared t<D other r esh.nia::n.. that I sorn.etirnes f'orget that it's her f'irst time playing" head coach ~att Lichlite explained "'Wlth -many n.eVIT additions to the team. everyone had to step u..p their ganie and join. to help each other out "'Wlth all of' the girls VITOrk·
"'T':b.e best part of' SCX!cer here at North Star vVas ex pe.nencing all of' the ne"v'\T ty-pes of' players and being le to work with theTX1.,·· said Lionel Suarez. the Head 1:,oy's c.occ.er Co:.,_cb.. North. Star had three talented tearns th.is year.
Coach Jason Bru..not. w-a.s in charge th.e reserve tear.n., W1.t:h twenty- players_ Cole l'vfcCallum vv-as th.e oach £or theJ-u:n-ior varsity team with eighteen. members Last. but not least, Coach S~ez ran th~ varsity tt>.arn that consisted of' tw-en.ty-t:w·o talent ed. Gaton· w- ho played their hard.P.st. "W"in. or lose it w-as the @.ff'ort and. tea.mwork that counted.
Co..~ch. Su.ti:rez said., ''I'h.e biggest achi.ever:ne:n.t f'or N 01: th Stars boyr: SOC<"'..er over the past r•ouple of' yeru:1=: vv-ould have be the mnou.:n.t of' boys that tried out'' Suarez went on to say, '' l'vfy experience of' being the head socce:i- coach. has been very exciting and a lot f' f'u.n with only more to corn.el"
Th.is yf'>...ar saw- over seven.t;y-f'ive boys w-ho triP..d out to be :part of' the LN-S soccer progra:rn. comP..d. to other years where fur f'evv-ei: even went out. 'I'hi.s "vV"as a huge success f'or Coacl'l. Suarez, who had en the head soccer coach. f'or tvVo years. 'r1:i..e 20 1 1 ooason savv- the varsity boys vVin.n±ng the our ga:rne against. Ornah.n Sou.th but :narro"v'\T]y losing the second ga:rne agarn...ctt. Kearney by only one goal The Gator squad.£ put all of' their ef'f'o-rt in and played very -w-ell,
lenges and mu.ch adversity du.ring the season.
Karli Jo :H::itz ( l l) had a lot to overcorne du.ring her junior season. Even though sh.e --w-as a return.mg varsity her sephomore rered from a serious cone nsh.ort •on that had cut
l-I:i.tz hoped to return to varsity her junior year and spent hours --w-orking on improving her skills d:uri:ng the 0££season. She played f'or the Capital Soccer .A.ssoc.:iation to keep r in. sh.ape and her in.tense style of' play. 'I'he hard -w-ork
I-I:i.tz had put in 0££-season allow-ed 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.
2. Martha Mendez (ll) 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
5.
AI-Shdifat (ll) fights for control of the ball against an East defender. AI-Shdfat is a key player for varsity soccer this season.
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As the 20 1 1 track season. rolled around, u.:n.certai:n.t:y P,lagu.e.d the North Star track team. Loss of' an !:n.cr ilily strong 2 0 l O in.:frastructu.re caused key ;issues such as scoring and leadership to come i:n.to qu estion.. 'I'hroug a tedious f'irst tw-o -w-eeks of' practice, the team had J:>eiu:n to f'i:n.d its stride by the f'irst meet in. Kearney. ''"Wh.a.t -w-e , Cb.ad) ..va.s_ Well ""N"e didn't kn.ow- ""N"hat w-e had v\Te still don't kn.o-w- exactly the abilities of'th.:is year's team." said Coac J\11usiel rrh.is beca:rn.e apparent across the board as previously u.:n.tapped potential came roaring into the clear ly ' the season.. Per haps the bjggest surprise success story of' the season -w-as "lv-1:oharmned :I-fumden.'s ( 1 0) open half'-mile du.el -w-ith Orn.ah.a Benson. runner "lv-1:ach Dojiok at the Ben.son Invite in early April 'I'b..e pushed each other ru..:n.. the tap t-w-o tir.nes in tr...e state f'or the BOO meter race, ::E-I:a.rn.den. finish.mg the ·race in an. astonishing 1 .. 5!:3.B f'ou.r second. PR and a time t-w-o seconds £aster th.a:ri the 20 1 0 state c.bam.pion..
Other sta:n.dou.ts athletes f'rom the season included Alex Romero ( 1 2), the ''All~ Around" athlete of' the hitting both.. the f'ield a:n.d the track in. an. :impressive display of' his ath.leticis:rn.. Romero tackled the long ju.:rnp, open and relay sprint races and th.:re-w- the shot put f'or the teanl Not to be out done, Cari JV[cGarvie ( 1 1) clinch the girls' discus record by early season... Adding to the throw-er's success -w-ere record setting girls shot-put and disc relay at the R.alsto:n. Rela.Y, meet w--hich contributed. in a big-w-ay to the girls snagging the :runner-up title Also key -w-ere :n.e-w- school records in. the 4X l 00 :meter and -4X 160 :meter hurdle shuttle relays. 'I1h.e girls' team. rr...a.tched their performance one week later at the Ben.son meet, earning the second place spot.
At th.e saxne :meet, the Boys team tied -w-ith Orn.aha Ben.son f'or f'irst, rectifying a f'ou.rth. place f'i:n.ish at the 1 R.a.lsto:n. Relays a week earlier. Solidif'Y."ing ~ljghtly slow-er than. the girls' tear.n. the boys stumbled briefly during the early stages o£'the season., looking f'or their rhythm How-ever, as training started to ki<.:!k in, it became apparen.: that North Star was not to be un.dere.st.irnated By mid-season., it -w-as apparent that both of'the 201 1 North S -w-ou.ld conti:n.u.e to be seen. as a competitor across the sta ., and should not be taken. lightly.
As cha:rnpion..ship season. apprO!:i.ch.ed., coaches and athletes moved into hjgh gear to f'ine tune their squads. "Our g js th.e District :meet That's hO'IN" you get to State.'' CO!:i.ch ]\/.[u.siel ha:nu-n.ered that mentality in.to the r.ni:n.d of' every;: North Star t.J::·ack. athlete. 'Tt's irn.partant to do vv-ell, but our goal is State. v\Te have bigger f'ish to f'ry than just ( ermeetsJ''
\/Vith th.e State meet approachrrig quickly, athletes settled in.to a routine th.at consistently yielded superior , results - hard -w-ork a:n.d dedication.. Leading the 201 1 team -w-ere girls team. captains Kirn Bailey ( 12), Sara East.:rna.n. ( 1 2), Shatice Archie ( 1 l) and A:rna:n.da J\11ax:-w-ell ( 1 1 ), along -w-ith. boys team captains Davon. Brow-::n.. ( 1 2) Creighton. J\11orris ( l 2) J\11att Keesh.a.n. ( 1 2) a::n.d Zach Lorn.:ison. ( l l )
i. Kip Broussard (9) prepares to clear the high jump bar during practice Broussard 's first year on the team was a successful one
2. Lydia McManus (9) 1 approaches the long jump pit at the LPS Open meet How a person approaches their iump foretells how far the fump will be.
3. Cindy Nguyen 00) sprints to the finish line in the 200 meter dash at the LPS Open meet. Nguyen has mode improvements to her form and her times have dropped from last year.
4. Distance guys Mohamed Hamdan llOl, Matt Keeshan _2 !12), David Depp (11) and James Tang 111) pack it up during \!n:a track workout. The 2011 distance squad has trained '.lZ .:..... together for two years and have continued success.
5. Sara Eastman !12) and Shykeera Booker 111) cruise to the finish in the 200 meter dash at the LPS Open meet. Booker and Eastman have been a part of the sprint squad for least three and four years respedivly.
6 Matt Dietz 19) practices his stance before throwing
discus. The throwt rs high number of rookie athletes helped <L them shatter thro w ing records during the season.
7. Joelynn 6r iess (lO) leads the pack in the 1inal stretch of
· the 800 meter run .· Griess scored points in every race
where she competed.
8. Kacy Bartels (11; clears a hurdle during her heat of the ______,=--- ,- 300 hurdles. Bartels has been working on hurdles since her 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 112) and Dominic TrumO[) [12) work hard to increase their ability. Raw speed and difficult conditioning ore hall marks of North Star's sprint squad.
N\arager Stephanie Diaz : oyior Wagner Mio Bi!lesCoach Stuart Lenz Alyssa Messersmith, Deja Suarez, Leah nt Manager Mikoelah Mol,fua Witcig, Aleiandra Lopez, Stepharie Santos, Brianna Michelle Nguyen. Pa:ge GriH1n, / yne Wu!f, Lizzy Bales, Uer Mikayla Cruickshank Ho1loway Liliana Espinoza Chandra Marsha!! Peyton a Berger, Kiera Bengstori Brooke Colbert Hon Ta , Coo so havez Corey A'f/:0 Col oyo. Armir Sulejm~v1c n Randy juarez, A~ Puentes, med Jordan Gray yala, ,ver
ltzarnara Tafdla Volunteer Cooch Sara Perdew Head Cooch Chelsea
Back: Natalya Martynyuk, Head Coach Eric Williams Valer iya Shulyak Pangak /V\areat Front: Morgon Ouelette Maria Summer Danielle Galvan, Rachael VanArsdaH. Morissa Schlid
Back: Head Coach Matt Lickliter, Asst Coac~ Paige Worster
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 (11) slow dance in the crowd. Walla d Linke were appart of a record breaking attendence 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 (11) and Raja-Nee Keys (10) take a break from dancing Ni s enjoyed coming to Homecoming for throughout her high school career
Hornecom:i:n.g: the best event that happened. at the beginning 0£ each school year A.side from football games, th.e dan.ce 1:,rought all o£ the grades t03"eth.er to have a good. time
U n.der the Sea -w-as th.e theme 0£ 20 1 0 Homecoming spirit -w-eek an.d dance A -magical u:n.der -w-ater e.x-pe:rien.ce -w-as created £or the students T"W'i.n..k.ley lights lined th.e staircases an.d floor, -w-hile fish. plastered o :n. the -w-all s-w-am arou:n.d th.e room
" This dan.ce -w-as my favorite so far . There -w-ere so :rna::n.y people th.ere, an.d the mu.sic -w-as really good... It -w-as a £u.n. time " Kacy Bartels ( 1 1) said.. " It -w-as good. to see all 0£ the students participating in. a school activity "
Homecoming Prin.ce and Princ ess -w-er e given to Kar a Schlegel( 1 1) an.d Andy Tatu .rn.( 1 1 ) -W-in.n.in.g Homec om:i:n.g Ktng -w-as Jared Flod.:rna::n.( 1 2) -w-hile Shelley E rickson.( 1 2) -w-as voted H omecoming Ou..een.. Eric kson had been on Homecoming royalty every year 0£ her high school career, bu.t u..:n:fortun.a.tely -was not able to attend the Homecoming Dance to accept her crow-n. because she -w-as on her -w-ay be.ck to .In.:n.coln £rom an a-w-ay volleyba.11 game. I-fu-w-ever, Jared and Shelley got to have their "King an.d Queen" dance at th.e volJ.ey ba.11 teams o-w-n. "Horn.eco !-Iallow-een Party
"E veryone -w-as moving so quickly, I couldn't keep up.'' Flod.:rna::n. says -w-hen asked about the dance ''When they said my name £or King, I -w-as like '-w-oahf And th.en everyone else -w-as yelling 'YE.AH' an.d I -w-as happy."
There -w-as a lot 0£ happin.ess involved in. the Homecoming dance 1\1.[ajority 0£ the students said that the 2 0 1 0 dan.ce -w-as their favorite I-fumecomin.g so fur . It -w-as an. all arou:n.d splashing
(U .L enzl (ll ), Kacy Bartels (ll), And y .L (U Jon Dau (ll ), and Ashley Ar- r ming ro y alty cand idates fo r >, _D re brand ne w nominees (f) Q) n Tederman (9 ) w ere the
ming ro y alt y. Ty ler Coufal (lO ) but w on Homecoming ro yalty time out of sanc ing to pose as the dance w ere students
(12 ) a r e the nomin Shelle y Erickson (l 6 . (Left to right ) Tatum (ll), Kara S redondo (ll) are t ence w as absent from for the sophomor 9 A group of st for a photo Ho of all grades coul s (12 ), Al y son VanArsdall (12 ), L lo y d (l 2), and Case y Molifua _!2 .::J" mecoming King and Queen w t pictured, but w on the cro w n
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1. The cast o Cinderella poses in full costume The cast started working on the musical in May.
2. Jared Flod an (12) as Prince Charming. Flodman sang a solo during the ball.
3 Zack Sc fer (12) , Jordan Myers (12) , David Coffin (11), Ale xandrea Cline (11), Bryan Shuman (12) , Dana Clark (9) , Jacob Linke (11) and Katie laubius (10) smile as they perform a dance during the ball. The cast members spent hours learning choreography for the form onces performed in the show.
4. Austyn McKee (9) announces guests as they a rri v e a t the ball. McKee played Lionel , Steward to the royal family.
A story 0£ love, :magic, and pumpkins took place in. tb.e Au..di toriu.m as tb.e North Star 'rhespia.ns took the stage and gave au..dien.ces a taste 0£ their O"'WD. version. 0£ the classic fu:iry ta.le, Cinderella 'I'h..e ca.st --w-a.s excited to re- en.act their fav orite ch.ildhood story 'rh.ey sho--w-ed. au..dien.ces the hard w-ork that v.ra.s put in.to the p r od..uct i on. o£tb.-is classic play, vVhile also showin.g vie--w-ers hcwv- mu.ch. they had evolved. as actors and actresses since tb.eir audit ions. ''"W"e started. r ehearsing in the su.rmner and tb.rough.ou.t diool days," said Tori Knoche ( l 2) vVho v.ra.s a part o£the ensemble vV""e all had to be co:rrunitted so that --w-e could co:rne tog-ether as a cast" .
A play prod..u.ction. vVB.S not all about tb.e a c tor s and actresses on. the stage The tech.. cre--w- behind the scenes played a.:n. irnporta:n.t part and allcwv-ed the play to run smoothly From stage -rna.:n.ag-ers to costume d.eSlg:n.ers and make-up art"ists, tb.ese v.re re the individuals th.at added. the perfect touch.es to the prod..u..ction.. Jordan. 'M:yers ( l 2), v.rho v.ra.s also a part o£tb.e ensemble, stated th.at she "--w-a.s very pleased.--w-itb. the perfbrrna:n.ce Even tb.ough tb.e play --w-as ch.allengin.g to perform. all 0£ tb.e --w-ork and e££ort put into the prod..u..ction. -w-as --w-ortb. it".
After montb.s o£practice and late-night rehearsals, the shcwv-£in.ally started. on 'rh.ursd.ay, September l 6th. and £in.ally ended. --w-itb. its last sho--w-in.g on Su.:n.day, September l 9th... Casey 'M:oli£u.a ( l 2), --w-ho sa-w- the play said th.at he "enjayed. every :minute 0£ the perforrna::n.ce and -w-ould have loved. to see it a.gain" .
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5. Josh Schafer (11), Taylor Flo y d (12), greet guests as e the ball. They played the King and Queen, parents of Prince Charming.
6. Sa v a nnah Meredith (10), Ashton Greenfield (10), Marissa Payne (12), and Lauren Cobb (11) share a light moment. Payne played, the
vil st e pmother , Meredith and Cobb played the evil-stepsister to Greenfield 's Cinderella
7. The ladi e s of the town clamor t o have Lionel (Austyn McKee) try the glass slipper on their foot to see
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l'v.1:an.y students an.d teachers have recognized. that school spirit -w--as al-w--ays one of' the most :i.Tn.partan.t an.d prominent attributes i:n. high school. Alth.ough many th.in.gs changed -w--hich :i.Tn.proved school spirit, North. Star never failed to take pride in. all of' their sparts an.d activities -when. the school f'irst .opened, school spirit -w--as ju.st begin.n.in.g t o f'?rm From the start, North. Star only had pep rallies that consisted. of' perf'orman.ces by cheerleaders and dazzlers an.d s:i.Tn.ply recognized. the main sparts There -w--ere also Gator -w--alks, but only a f'e-w-- si:n.ce they scarcely recognized. an.y grou.p but main sparts especially f'ootball One other f'orm of' school spirit that 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 an.d -w--as more of' a gathering >, £or sparts teams an.d cheerleaders
Over the years school spirit gre-w-- nr.rrn.en.sely
Pep rallies -w--ere run. by cheerlead~rs versus stu.den.t cou.:n..cil an.d sh.o-w--ed a -w--ide variety of' perf'orrn.a:n..ces su.ch as hip- hop along -w--ith. the dazzlers an.d cheerleaders During pep rallies, games an.d activities th.at requ:ire stu.den.t participation. -w--ere i:n.corparated to get more people involved in school spirit
Some of'th.ese activities i:n.clu.ded girls Po-w--der Puf'f'f'ootball an.d the boys Rou.gh N Tou.gh volleyball match. Gator -w--alks gre-w-- to be a tradition. of'-w--elcomin.g f'resh:rnan. at the begin.n.in.g of' the year, honoring all spar-ts an.d Nebraska activity assoc.mtion.s th.at e.xceeded du.ri:n..g the year, an.d £in.ally a -w--ay to say goodbye to ou.r seniors at the end of' the year Dr N an.cy Becker said., "Lun.chjams started a f'e-w-- years ago an.d have addition.ally been. a -w--ay to recognize stu.den.ts ability to perf'orm i:n. dif'f'eren.t-w--ays " Gatorf'est also became a popular gathering as it gre-w-to provide f'ood, several perf'orman.ces by dif'f'eren.t grou.ps, an.d booths to sell school spirit items
Overall Lincoln.North. Star gre-w-- to be f'u.11 of' school spirit over the years an.d 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 an.d more active stu.den.t section. at spartin.g even.ts,'' Ama:n.da J\l.[a.x-w--ell ( 1 1) said
"'StrAp).y beoa.use -we ao not run aorc::.a s1ar.n. d-un.k or b:tt batxla : ·-t:. n--=nwe 0111:n."t cbanqe the soa:re.• -A-u:thor U:nknow-n.
F'ror.n the closest. seat in. the house to actwill.y on t.h.e court perf'orn:u.:ng, :from l?i:nk Ou R.cick. N :Roll ~- :from the ri:rst and. to the every last day~ on. the court the leaders -were th.ere through it Ch.ee:rleaders 'Were th.ere through the laughs. tea.rs and s.veat vV'h.en. it came to cheering on the sne lines of' the rield or off the court the cheerders alway~ cheered. their loudest a.n.d. w-ould get the croW':d pu.tn.ped and eady £or the gar.ne.
For -W-ill :H:iggtn.s ( l 2), our second male cheerleader, has been on the cheer squad for years. ffigg:ins "W"aS capt.a.in of the varsity squad along wi.th Sh.an-w-na Slech.ta ( 1 2) th.JS ear. " "What rr.i.akes cheer run £or r.ne w-ell, the adrenaline of' J:>ei:r:1.g on. the court or :f:ield as close the game as ~le, 1:iein.g able to go out wi.th girls a:n.d. do -what w-e love," HJggins sa:id. a h.a.n.df'ul of' guys ca:n. say- they had the gu.ts to go out a.::n.d try out :for a cheer s:rua.d a:n.d. e it Higgtns aTuo plans op. trying out :for~ at the University o:f Nebrasl--ta. along wi.th
Cheerleaders have -w-or:k:ea. hard this year in. all of their -pe.r,rorr.nances. Fresl:unan. Bailee p"kins says" Ch.e'er w-as a g:r:ea.t e..x:perience to r.ne, it helped 1:iecorne ou.tgaing an.d w-ho I am od.ay." F.l:opkn"l.s :ma.de n:mny :friends thrcmgh cheer an.d represented h..er school w·herever she e:nt F.l:opki:ns plans on~ out again :for her sopho:more year. Cheer mean.s sor:nething- d_j:f- j rent to everyc rnenlber of' the squad
From. the first step on the court to the v~ last spirit off, the cheerleaders always yelled! ·t loud and said it pr01.1cl.. Ir N-S. o~is r squad their frrst ~jng
3. ~ve .dleerleaders 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. lffiren Tapia (9) and Natasha Tetherow (9) perform line dances during the winter pep rally. Tapia and Tetherow made the freshman squad.
7. s ton Greenfield (10) performs with the rest of the JV squad at the winter pep rally This was Greenfield's first year as a cheerleader
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e by putting tog-ether a e Dippers." It w-as f'u::n. f'or of' the kids who participauthe clinic just wanted to d.. However as -t.l,:)..ey learn.
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z (12) dances in his banana suit He sported it during the "W 'r/' orth Star.
2) struts the runway with Josh Schafer (11). Each contestant was < ponied by rtner during the runway portion.
3 Taylor F yd (12) and Marissa Pa y ne (12) sing "For Good " w hile the judges tal scores. Flo d d Payne were one of three performances in between acts
4 Jevin Li dell (11) rocks out on his guitar Liddell was one of the five finalists.
5. Jared F an (12) answers questions during the interview round. Host, Stever
6. Steven ra (12) teaches the audience how to "w hip their hair back and forth crowd while the contestants prepared for their ne xt round.
7. Jen Yu e (12) dances for the talent portion of the show. He impressed the and too k home the Mr North Star title
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last :portion. -w-as th.e tale fi :n.alists -w-ere Jen Yung Lee er(l l),a:n.dJevin.Liddell(l l) Je
orth Star -w-as a:n. exceptional -w-ay to get students mvolved in. raisi.:ng money Since ~r North. Star -w-as such a success, hopef'ul]y this ne-w- tradition -w-ill ioc:nlxm:i.cr in. the years.
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"lv1:arching ba.::nd vv-as one 0£ the pro;:rrarns at North Star th.at had evolved. draxnatic.al1.y since the schCX)l vv-as apen.ed.. It had c.ha:n.ged. through students, teachers, mu.sic, themes, and ju.st alx:nit everything else 'T'h.e 2 0 l l seniors looked back on. 0eir £u.n. t:i:rn.es in. marching ba.::nd and reflected. on. hovv- everything had c.ha:n.ged.. £or ]:)etter or vv-orse
On.e of' the seniors vv-ho vv-as a part 0£ many 0£ the c.ha:n.ges in. the pro;:rrarn vv-as Jacob Spilker ( l 2) I-To had J:,een. in. marching ba.::nd all £our years 0£ his hjgh schCX)l e:xperien.ce and had transitioned. from playing the trumpet in. con.cert band to the French horn in. the marching band Spilker said th.at band had person.ally trans-£or:rned £or hin1., as his 'leadership role had def'in.itely nn.proved -W-e lost a lot of' strong players so n.ovv- vv-e seniors have to step u.p in. -w-hat vv-e do "
Tori Knoche ( l 2) played clarin.et in. the band her fresh.man. year ]:)ef'ore svv-itch.ing to the color guard She agreed VI.Tith Spilker th.at there had J:,een. serious adaptation.s. 'Tt' ju.st J:,een. hard J:,ecau.se there have ooen. £our dif'£eren.t directors, color guard i:n.st.ru..ctors, and d.rurnlin.e i:n.st.ru..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 th.at to the past styles and techniques vv-e've learned," said Knoche .
So vv-hether the 2 0 l l seniors had J:,een. in. the band, d.rurnlin.e, color guard, or perhaps had taken. more • than. one role du.ring their years at North Star, the had seen. c.ha:n.ges From n.evv- directors to mu.sic, the Yn.a.Jich.ing ba.::nd vv-en.t through the c.ha:n.ges VI.Tith them. adapt and accommodating th.em The seniors could only hope th.at the pro;:rrarn th.at once vv-as a huge part 0£ their live would con.tin.u.e to evolve to ]:)e the ]:)est it could J:,e -
1. Pit members Aliss a Schaefer (ll) and Crystal Knight (10) perform with the rest of the band. Schaefer is an exchange student from Germany, while Kni ght has been a North Star band member for two ye ars
2. Members of the color guard perform during the halftime show. Each guard member had three flags and two flag changes.
3. The North St ar 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 was also in the color guard for the marching band.
"When. the new- sahool year started.. National :H:on.or Soc .· -:1.ty C1'T.HB) got right to ,;.vork.. 'I"'hey elected a president. 'W"endy H ( l 2), vice president. Kelsey Grundrn.a:n. ( l 2), secretary, .Arny Jorgensen Cl 2), and historian.. Sarah Resch ( l 2>. These fbur group in. activities and f'und. raisers: such. as the Stride 'W"alk agEtj 1si Breast Cancer, bake sales f'or f'und. ra:ising, and tu.t.orin.g. 'Men:u:,e Steven. Tran. ( 12) stated. "'I'h.e Breast Cancer 'W"alk v.ras the re-w-ard.ing. I f'elt like I -w-as reaal]y helping someone."
.As sedOnd semester approached.. N"I-IB added. around l 3 n.ew:rnbers to the orga:n.ization.. all of'-w-hom took the oath to ma:i:n.tain.
<...L~a:o.A. .u::oo:::lves as active stud.en.ts and al-w-ays strive tow-ards the f'our pillars of' ·p, service, and chara.cter. Co:n.".nor Lu.ethje ( l 2)
i.n. being a part of' the 'T -w-orked. hard throughout high school
consisted. of' those -w-ho had al-ways -worked l Ea.ch :rn.eniber took on. responsibilities that took t:i:rne each proJect 'Wi.th -w-h.at they had learned. f'rorn being a part of'this SOdiety.
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onrior uethje (]2) receives an acceptance medal from NHS treasu-er lueiJ--·e was accepted into National Honor Society after show· oder scholar hip and serv·ce
11'amse y Jaber (12) s~okes Dr Nancy Beckers hand at the Jaber .vos ne of 13 new students to join the club 1n tl--e
Lou is 1\ir'J o I 11 gives a speech at his induction. Mir r gg e to a apt to Ameri can schools after his trcrisfer fr Pres, de()t Vv endy Huynh 11 2) presents Nancy Bui (12) with ut Wl,S one of four students to speak at the winter incL::tion
5 Members of NHS include: (Back left to right) Kevin Reimnitz .lyson VanArsdall Jess Brestel Shelley Erickson Tyson Osborn f:.Jy W1Ss van ran varah Resch Kaitli Kruse Kimberly Bailey Elyse Kohl Rachel Od-oa, Jacob oil er {Second Row) Allan Martinez. Joshua l\leumann Ja"lice Wiertdd Ian Wrif#
y Jorgensen Jen Young Lee Tran Pham Abby Diaz, Eric Ryen MicheUe Nguyen, amsey Jaber Connor Luethje. Justin Jorgensen Linh Ngo, Bra-don Allgood Zach eitschuck Front Rawl Kelsey Grundman Carolina 0-donez Fb-es Th.Jy Oucrg Tran, anc y Bui Jamie Huyrh Wendy Huynh Ton Knoche Louis Mircnda Nho Vo, Garick alker
Eric Ryan 02) is accepted in National Honor Society by the OJTent members. Ryan as greetea in front of his class by loud noise makers and cheering . Garrick Walker (12) signs the official National 1-bnor Society member k. Each new member signs the book at their induction.
Back Row Seth Hampton (12) , Cory Etmund (]Ol, Brandon
Allgood !12) and Nick Jackson (11)
First Row- Coach Dwyane Do Moude, Nick ·Steyer (l ]), Zoe Zornes (12) and Brandon Scdoris !l 2)
Zach Leitschuck (l2l, Laura McHargue (lll, Claire Spahn (lll, Alyssa Collins (lll, Mariah Stradley (lll, Miranda Bruckner (11) and Kyra Stradley (9)
Scott Ngoh (111, Rodrigo Martinez Garcia (12), Carlos Cumbe Campos (12), Pete Maddux, Gage Woosley (9) and John Pham (10)
Back Row: Courtney V1rgl (12), Jessica Synovec (12), Will Higgins (12), Demi Freeman (12) and Shawna Slechta (12)
Thrid Row· Ka1tl1n Kruse (12), Ashlea Harsh (12), Sarah Barela (12) and Tia Kucera (12)
Second Row: Kora Schlegel (11), Kelli Pietenpol (11), ~nd Maddie Justa (11)
First Row Alyssa Wintz (11) and Amanda Cage (11)
Back Row. Mikaelah Mol1fua (10) , Lindsey Clark (11), Kelsey Lacey (lll, 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 (12), Shelley Er,cks~n (12 ), Ale ~IT6! Pg~ nJ:R:,;i,~ Stuart (10 ), and A lyson Vanarsdall (1 2)
Front Row- Rachael Lehr (10), Ann Morie Murray (l] ), Lexye Br~eg ~ on (10), Hannah Euler (11) and Brooke Shoema ker (ll)
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LAs~ING Lt:GACY
Ahn.est every stu..d.en.t at North. Star kn.e-w- that the sch.CX)l had. a sch.CX)l resource ofi'icer (SR.0) that -w-as regular]y i:n.. the building The stu..d.en.t.s kne-w- -w-h.y sh.e-w-as there an.d.-w-hat sh.e-w-as doing, a.n.d. everyone -.;.v-ho had. the oppcrtu.n.ity to i:n..teract -w-ith her kn.e-w- that sh.e -w-as a special pa.rt of' the North. Star com:rn.u..n.ity
From the opening of'the sch.CX)l i:n.. the full of' 2003 u.n.til Jan.u..ary 24, 20 l l, -w-hen. sh.e lost her battle -w-ith cancer , SR.0 Vicki Bourg was one of'the strongest and. most pcsitive influ..ences helping to sh.ape North. Star i:n..to a place -w-here stu..d.en.t.s -w-an.t~ to be
One thing that surprised. many people was ho-w- mu..ch. Vicki truly loved.North. Star, all the star£, and. especially all of' the stu..d.en.t.s. Arter three yea.rs of' service i:n.. a sch.col in L:PS, an. SR.0 -w-as tyPical]y lef't the sc.h.CX)l sh.e served.. Ho-w-ever, du..e to ef'f'ort.s on the part of' the North Star commu.n.ity -w-ho knew abou..t Of'f'icer Vicki's great conunitmen.t and. connection. -w-ith the stu..d.en.t.s, North. Star -w-as blessed. to have her stay f'or eight consecutive sch(X)l years, helping sh.ape the sc.h.CX)l i:n..to a f'u.n. and. safe environment
On. January 2 9, 20 l l, Vicki's fl:uni]y, f'riend.s, and. co-w-orkers gathered. in. the North. Star gym i:n.. a :memorial service that mourned. their loss and celebrated. her lif'e. ITu family crea. a sc.h.olarsh.ip in. Vicki's nani.e f'or North Star students so her impact on. the stu..d.en.ts she loved. so mu..ch. -w-ould. contmu.e f'or years
Every year the seniors leave a '1.egacy," su.ch. as a bronze gator or an. electronic mgn. but Vicki Bou.:rg's North S legacy -w-as mu.ch. more than. a:n.y material object someone could. purchase. Eneample of' strength, courage, caring and. compassion -w-ill al-w-ays be remembered. in the hearts and. mi:n..d.s of' the staf'f' and. stu..d.en.t.s -w-ho -w-orked. -w-ith her at North. Star.
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Vicki's car and hat at er memo 'al 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 birthoay witf:i her. Many orth Star: students also showed their support by helping out and celebrating with Vicki surprise 40th birthday party
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ns. Tori! We are £;0 proud of you. a beautiful. amazing per~on. Morn. Dad. s. Johnn
gone? You're graduating with a letter in ped through life's obdaclec; wit:h c;4ch c;tyle le. the room lightc; up. and when !JOU laugh. a true gift from God!
sister an_yone could ever ac;k for! remarkable young lady and we couldn't etheart! Remember to alwayc; forgive s;unconditionally. c;mile often. laugh vatuas believe in yourc;elf ! Congratulation~ to the
Love. Olivia
f!o urf11ey ly11 Vil'gl
Courtney.
We are c;o proud of all you have accotnplic;hed. from your fird day making cheer. and now to graduation day! Good luck in your new adventure in colleg e !
Love. Morn. Dad. and Bethany
laugh who s t:ear.s and d:rength an lief that: we can otnr>Jish anythin at all!
e from your bigge~ Eastman. Morn
er looked back: ng forward to dventure. Jeumeyl e. ~Kyle
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Follow your l-teart. Cad: your Dreatns. and Reach for the Music that Dances within your 9.oul. Jordan. r-om such a small boy you ave always been such a dandout perfortner in all that you do. Keep believing ~elf and all your endle£s talent. God has a special plan for your future.go out and live that plan to the fullest.
V 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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Beautiful. g,nart. Talented. on s. on when it ds to describe gQ proud of a great d.u1mother. s er that anyr ask for!!
You'll always be my Peanut with a Twinkle in your eye~. May your future shine. Bless You!
Love. Morn
Courageous and gt:rong l=unn y and gweet
When God <;.ent us you. ~e sent u<;. ~verything! bve every moment to its fulled. and alway<;. remember. gthing untried. retnain<;. impos<;.ible ".
We Love You. Za h! Morn. Dad and Kenna
•••Y .Jallel'
You have rnade uf: ~o proud. Thankf: for all the wonderful rnernortef:. _
N\ay all your drearnf: corne true.
Love. Dad. Morn & \-tana
81'ee•es
Renae.
We are very proud of your accotnplishments and determination. Ar;. you jOurne y to the next chapter of your life. know that we love & r;.upport you.
Dad. Morn & Mallory
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Asltlea llapsfl
Congratulations. Ashlea. We are so proud of you. C.onttnue to follow #', your dreams and goal£.
We love you. Morn. Dad. Trai. and Ali ya
•1tefley S. Aly
ghelley and Aly. gtill got each others' backs! we're so happy you two have remained bed 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
Cac;ey. accomplished w rnuch: high school graduate. guard. band. girli;' choir. concert choir. JV bowl0 years back to back charnpc; in Linke; challenge. champs. Varc;ity bowling taking districts. proud of you. tnjoy every day of your life. mber to keep God in your life every day.
Love you, Dad and Morn
Knowledge is the ke~! Alwa~£ be a student. You'll find the £ecret£ to succe£s and travel on the golden\ road to peace and happine£s. Congratulations. ghanel! Keep on learning! We love ~ou!!
God ble££.
Isaiah 26:3-4
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Leader~hip. creativity. responsibility. and. mod importantly. hurnor are the amazing gifts you all have brought to the yearbook class and the publication itself. I'm so impressed by the ownership and high dandards you ~et: for yourselves that future staffs will have to try to achieve. Thank you for making this the easied year ever.
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1. Theatre students wait 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 was the first year that North Star's bo ys made it to the State Tournament.
3. The crowd 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 e ntertained the audience with three songs
5. The varsity boys football team dive for the ball in the North Star v. Benson football game on September 9th. North Star won by a landslide.
6. Students bust a move at homecoming. The bayou was packed on the night of September 11th.
7. Cyndy Maddu x's second period APLC class enjoys cookies they decorated for the holiday season. Maddux provided the opportunity as a group building activity
8. The reserve cheerleaders do a jump in their routine. Each cheerleading squad performed a dance at each of the pep rallies.
9 The North Star band plays at their first concert of the year. This was the first year that the band didn 't have two separate classes for upper and underclass musicians
2010-2011 Polaris Staff (Opposite page)
Last row : Ann Marie Murray - Academics Editor, Katy Stege - Academics Editor, Janice WienholdPeople Editor Sarah Resch Lexye Bruegman, Nancy Bui Jessica Synovec, and Armina Jukovic
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First row: Ashley Stoa - Managing Editor, Elyse Kohl - Sports Editors Wendy Huynh - Editot -in-Chief, Sara Eastman, Jamie Huynh, Na'Taya Moore, Mariah Stradley - Student Life Editor, Jessica Lefler, and Ruth Nwaturuocha
Not Pictured: Reanna Varley), Ian Wright , and Abby Diaz
