North Star High 2012 Yearbook

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North Star High School 5801 North 33rd Lincoln, NE 68504 Polaris, Volume 9 2011-2012

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StaR [ tHe voices of LNS ] You walk through the doors on your first day of high school greeted by the silver North Star logo.

You don't know what to expect. Everyone around you is older, the yellow schedule in your hands may as well be written in a different language. You don't know your way around, and you find yourself referring to the school map in your planner. The number that you have done for hours wUl surely pay of acti.vi.ti.es and classes high school offers is overoff. Applying to 'college, sketching out your fu whelming. You begin to make new friends through ture, and stUl enjoying your year are big priori. sports and acti.vi.ti.es. These are the people that you ti.es. wUl be friends with for the next four years. This year, And finally after a long summer, you ar you are just concerned about staying out of the upnow the oldest in the school. You have almost perclassmen' sway. made it through your high school career. Catcl A year later, and you're not the youngest in the ing up on last minute credits that you haven't school anymore! You proudly know your way around had time to complete until now is a must. You the school, and can maneuver through the hallways want to make a lasting impression on your like you have been doing it your whole life. More grades, in your acti.vi.ti.es, and with your team. classes are available to you now, and for some, tak- You are enjoying every opportunity there is to ing their first Advanced Placement class was a little enjoy: the gator walks, pep rallies, and standinti.mating. The classes are harder, and studying takes ing front and·center in the student section up more of your ti.me than it did last year. You are at sporting events. And then the time comes getting accustomed to high school now. when you are handed a cap and gown. This After another summer, you are now half way is your ti.me to reflect on your last four years done with your high school years. You wonder ff and all the memories made here. You wUl miss junior year wUl be as hard as they all say. You quickly this place, but you have new challenges to look find out that the balancing your acti.vi.ti.es, sports, forward to. And when they call your name, and GPA is sometimes too much to handle. Countless you know you wUl proudly graduate and wUl numbers of tests come your way, but the studying always be a Lincoln North Star Gator at heart.

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1. Kiera Bengtson (10) laughs at the Lincoln orth Star chool mascot. The ma cot was given the name Al the Gator, a name changed from avi the Gator.

2. Gator fan cheer on the varsity football team against Lincoln Southwest. During many athletic events, tudents had fun dre ing up in different themes such a a white out or nerd night.

3.Denisse Carcamo (11 ) and Alex Merte (12) drive around the orth Star parking lot. Students got to experience what it feels like to drive impared with the help of goggles.

4. The cast of Oliver Twist rehearses for their opening night. The play got much prai e around the school.

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good rest of the day. • When you think of high school, you think of And how about the security guards? A the friends you made, or lost, the teachers you either lot of people don't realize the importance of dreaded or looked forward to seeing everyday, Gator walks and pep rallies, and all the sports throughout the them. They have to be on their toes all day seasons. But, what is often over looked is the kindness keeping their eyes and ears open for any possible dangerous situation in order to keep us of many of the staff at North Star. all safe. We rely on them to monitor visitors From the janitors cheerful whistling, to the smiles and even though most students complain from teachers as you walked down the flooded halls. about the constant nagging to wear 1D' s, they The janitors spent night and day cleaning up all the only do it for all of North Star's safety. Amidst messes at school, yet always threw on a smile and their constant watch, they take the time to never missed an opportunity to give their friendly #hello" to everyone that crossed their path. Aside from crack jokes and lighten up everyone's' moods. keeping North Star in peak condition, the janitors were The largest group of staff at north star busy working at all hours of the night. Those students is definitely the teachers. They are the foundain sports could often remember coming home from an tion and the reason we, as students, are here. away game late at night and the janitors were there Many students try to say they know it all and to open the doors and locker rooms. They always apthink they know more than their teachers, but peared happy to be there and asked, with great interreally, think of all you've learned from your est, how the games went. years in school... They are never appreciated Not to mention, the lunch ladies friendly greeting enough for all they've taught students and as they watched hundreds of students pass by them how much time outside of school they take to each day, counting on them to provide a satisfying grade homework and prepare lessons. lunch. Bet you didn't realize their days started off earAs students went about their days focusin~. lier than your school days in order for them to prepare on their school work and athletics or activitie enough food for all the students. Even after the exhaus- the support staff was often overlooked and tion of making all that food, they took the time to get rarely got enough thanks for all ~hey do. to know many students' names and wish them all a

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1. Linda Klimm shares a laugh with st~dent in the counceler offic . Klimm takes me age for and help out all councilor during their hectic days.

2. Lanny Bolles and Eric William , security guards, greet a visitor at the desk out ide the main office. One of their job as ecurity guards is to monitor visitors and check them in and out of the building.

3. T ena Ware hands a tudent th ir lunch. Ware enjoy getting to know the North Star tu dent body and providing meals for everyone.

4. Melanie Farber conferences with Karli Jo Hitz (12) . arber meets with all of her students to discuss grades for each quarter.

5. Glenn Steider takes a break before going to clean up the bayou following lunch. Steider is one of the many custodial taff at orth tar.

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[the future of North Star and its students] lt' s not until after you've walked across the stage, cleaned up the aftermath of your grad party, and waved your parents goodbye from the steps leading to your new college dorm that you realize: they didn't teach you this ln high school. Suddenly new questions arise that many of us never would've thought twice about: So can you wash whites and colors ln the same load lf it's on cold water? l thought the car came with oil ln it? How long after the expiration date can l drink this milk?

For as small of a moment that high school really ls to your life, it's just the beginning of the big adventure that lies ahead. After graduation, your future starts to become a reality. Those elementary days you spent daydreaming about being a doctor and saving people's lives becomes a hard-hitting reality when you're staying up untll 3 a.m. on four cups of coffee trying to cram the last bit of studying for a big exam you have ln the morning. Nobody said it was going to be easy, but lf you're sure of what you want your future to look like, you'll be wllllng to put ln the extra time and effort.

Your new and busy life wlll fade the memory of your old high school and how much credit you owed to it for the success it's brought. North Star wlll see many more students come ln and out of its doors ln search of themselves and an education. North Star wlll continue to thrive and improve with each passing year. lt won't be until you're opening old boxes ln your new home surrounded by your family and uncover the yearbook you thought that you lost that the flood of high school memories wlll begin to hit you. As you brush off the dust accumulated over the years you'll see "Carpe Diem" and wonder lf you kept the promise to seize the day to yourself. Reading the messages your friends and teachers wrote ln, it wlll suddenly hit you that you are a North Star Gator.

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1. Andy Tatum (12) and Adam Meiro e (12) clasp hands as they look forward to their futures playing football at Doane and Concordia respectively. Tatum and Meirose played four years of orth Star football together.

2. National Honor Society Pre ident, Jacob Linke (12), lights a candle before the Fall Induction Ceremony begins. Linke will u e his leadership kills that he learned as Pre ident in college and down his career path.

3. Carley Warner (12) discusse table seating with her boss at her part-time job, Grisanti's. Balancing school work, athletics, and a job is a common task for many seniors, including Warner, looking to ave money for college.

4. Jennifer Satorie teaches life-long skills in her Career Ed clas . Career Ed requires passing a mock interview and job shadowing experience before graduation.

5. Myranda Sams (12) takes orders at Cracker Barrel, her part-time job. Developing people skill , patience, and gaining independence are the benefits to having a job in high school

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A web of interaction. Students, teachers, coaches, relationships, and teammates. We grow as we interact. Long nights studying with classmates for Geosclence, World History, Psychology, or GoPo. That one teacher you can go to for absolutely anything, and you don't mind being called a teacher's pet for lt. Your coach telllng you if you don't make lt to the line fast enough, you'll do it again the "right" way. The cute couple that everyone awe's at as they pass by in the hallway. The groups of friends clustered in the halls getting in gossip before the minute bell sounds. Your teammate, right there beside you, cheering you on as make the game winning play. The ways we connect with each other are endless and unique; without these connections we couldn't flourish into the people we are in high school.

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Emily Nelson (12) was just one of a number of North Star students who had a bright future ahead of her. After giving U her all in classes and on the softball fi~ld she earned a scholarship to play at Peru State College. While there, Nelson said she planned to use the early childhood and special education program so she could one day be an elementary school teacher.

Nelson took advantage of hlgh school by developing leadership and interpersonal skUls. She was cocaptain of the softball team and helped to lead them to another winning season. "lt's hard to be a leader, but when things work out U' s worth U," said Nelson. lt was a difficult choke for Nelson to pkkjust a single teacher that had left an impression on her, but one teacher managed to stand out. "Mr. Barnacle impressed me with how much he cared and the interest and investments he made in his classes,"Nelson stated. Her softball coach Todd Lavelle also helped to drive her to be the best she could be and assisted her in gaining the confidence she has today.

What seizing the day meant to Nelson was enjoying everyday and preparing for the future. A future ~hat she looked forward to that included teaching and haviRg new experiences everyday. She hoped to visit Italy sometime in her Ufe and, one-day, raise a family. ()

Benjamin Akins

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Baqir Al-Rubaiai

Haydar Al-Rubaiai

Yasmine Al-Shdifat

Dalya Alisandro

Matthew Benes

Kyle Bergeren

Janay Berks

Brandi Berndt

Ian Biehl

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Katelyn Burbach

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Marshall Burnett

Devin Bush

Amanda Cage

Alec Cameron

Samantha Cuellar Figueroa

Kanner Danaher

Michael Dang

Miad Daraei Ahwaz

Cody Dasher

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Kimani Douglas

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Dalton Down

Crystal Dreher

Jesselyn Dubas

Aivi Duong

Zoe Gengenbach

Jaime Gibbs

Michael Gibson

Jordan Glosser

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Ahkyra Guy

Jaggar Hall

Kylie Harpst

Codey Harris

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Dessy RomeRo] 1. Play Paintball 2. Learn to Braid Hair

-3. Go to a Cold_play Concert

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Jeffrey Hoover

Ashley Horner

Cordell Hoskins

Cassandra Hunter

Colton Hunzeker

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Kaylee Kleinert

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Garrett Klooster

Cory Knaub

Emily Knaub

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Zachary Lomison

Chennedy Loontjer

Alejandra Lopez

Antonio Lopez

EricrLudwig

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Martha Mendez

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Victoria Meredith

Douglas Merrick

Alex Mertes

Sandy Mesess

Mario Valdez-Guerrero (12) transferred to North Star from Northeast and fit i.n perfectly at his new school with his hard work ethic. While the transition was not easy for Valdez-Guerrero, he took advantage of what a new school had to offer, commenting, "lt' s been exciting and interesting."

He was excited to graduate, to see~new places, and do new things.

Someone inspiring for Valdez-Guerrero was his math teacher from Northeast, Mr. Eckman. ""He just had such a powerful passion for his job.

You could really tell he loved math and his students," Valdez-Guerrero said. He hoped to have a job that brought him as much joy as teaching did for Mr. Eckman.

After high school, Valdez-Guerrero planned onjoi.ni.ng the Air Force to begin a long career i.n the mi.Utary. With an interest i.n machines, he wanted to work as an engineer and with computers. This career choke would help him achieve his dreams of seeing the world. "l really want to see Paris someday, it's a place with a lot of hi.story," Valdez-Guerrero said. "l li.ve i.n the present and give 100%," said Valdez-Guerrero when asked how he seizes the day. He knew his future would be exciting, but still liked to enjoy every moment of each day as he moved forward toward his dreams.

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Cody Mitchell

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[yama attaie] 1. Visit Brazil

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3. Be a Millionaire

Ann Marie Murray

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Kiefer Musiel

Samir N adeem

Logan Neal

Lainey N ebesniak

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Taylor O'Meara

Eddy Odhiambo

Jermaine Ohle

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Chase Pfanstiel

Trudy Pham

Hieu Phan

Amelie Phannick

Tanner Rosenbaum

Elizabeth Ruiz

Kashera Rush

Nick Ruterbories

Kevin Ryan

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[ ty LeR oLso1 1. Bungee Jump 2. Com_plete a Marathon

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Tyler Schuler

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Andrew Schwimmer

Tyler Scott

Tessa Shepherd

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Katy Stege

Jase Stevens

Rachel Stockton

Jessi Stoller

Mariah Stradley

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Trephon Valderrama

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Mario Valdez

Stephanie Valles

Karla Vargas Mendez

Michelle Vasquez

Taylor Wagner

Amanda Walla

Brady Walling

Marcus Walton

Carley Warner

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[Lo~aN BROWN] 1. Own a Hair Salon 2. Run a St. Bernard Dog Shelter

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Yuliya Yefimchuk

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Quriosity Young

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Brenden Zegers

Devon Zwiener

. Many students worked for both academic and athletic success; ·Marcus Walton (12) was a student who attained it. Enrolled in advanced placement and differentiated classes he pushed himself to make the most out of his high school career. His effort in class were just as great as his efforts in the game.

Walton took time out of his busy schedule of work, school, and sports to volunteer at Matt Talbot Kitchen. ✓✓volunteering really shows you what you have and makes you appreciate it more," Walton commented. He continued to say that his community service.helped him stay focused and make the most out of each day. "What carpe diem means to me is waking up thankful for each day, looking for the good in things, and remembering that everything's part of my journey," said Walton. #High school helped me get my head on straight," said Walton, Hl feel ready to be independent." He was inspired by his hardworking father and wanted to have that same work ethic and dedication. Walton learned from English teacher Melanie Farber that school was more than just grades and that the experience and personal growth were much more important.

Walton had big plan~ for the future and a craving for independence. He said that he wanted to go to Buena Vista University in lowa to major in accounting and minor in business management. While he was there he hoped to make the basketball team as a walk on and play throughout college. After college, Walton aspired to one day own a clothing store.

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Leah Abebe(ll) was elected as Student Council vke pres d for the 2012 term. Abebe had taken careful steps in order to en ,1 her elected position, starting in the summer of 2011 when she 'E to the National Association of Student Councils (NASC) worksh ~l on leadership. 'The workshop allowed me to become a better le a and how to help th~se around me become leaders as well," sale Abebe. She started student council in middle school due to the , a that lt made her "feel good to be a part of a group that helped <tl ers." She decided to continue her student council involvement h t high school since her sister had told her about the beneficial as1 e that it had to offer. Student council allowed Abebe to come intc l own as a person, whkh has then helped her plan for her future Abebe was not just involved in Student Council, though. S kept herself busy with little down time. She packed her schedu1~ order to "prepare for what college would be like," said Abebe. 7 h extracurricular activities she was involved with not only accom1 U her goal of keeping busy, but they allowed her to gain insight 1 being a cardiovascular surgeon when she graduated. Abebe vol lr. teered at the hospital in her free time, which let her see flrst-h lC her future profession. With soccer, cross country, Governor's Y )l Advisory Council, and Fellowship of Christian Athletes, she ran Y. had a moment to spare. Abebe chose to take every opportunit\, tl came her way in order to better her life in the future.

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Brock Bauer Sarah Benedict Anissa Benson Mia Billesbach Diane Birdsell Trevor Birdzell Joseph Black Jordan Blayney Brandi Bond Rosiorra Booker Tanner Boone Devon Boos Blythe Bordovsky Monty Bornemeier Lacherro Braggs Brett Bratrsovsky Shelby Cheyenne Breedlove

Mallory Breemes Anthony Brickner Dylan Brooks Alex Brown Heath Brown Laraysha Brown Anthony Bruce Lexye Bruegman Roy Buchanan Jessica Bui Breanna Bundfuss Brittany Bundy Alex Burton

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Tierra Choma Samantha Christenson Uyen Chu-Nguyen Dakotta Clark Samantha Clauson Adam Claypool Brooke Clemens Matt Coffey Brooke Colbert Tyler Coufal Zach Covert Samuel Crane Erica Vanessa Cronin Kyle Crowder Mikayla Cruickshank Warel Dak Jeffrey Delgado Ashley Densberger Oleksandr Denysyuk Jade DeRock

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[CRUZ matiNeZ] 1. Get ~ood grades 2. Get accepted info college

3. Qualify for state sports Kirsten Friesen Eli Fritz Danielle Galvan Enrique Garay Jackie Garcia Castorena

Brenda Garcia Marin Diana Garcia Rubio Katie Garrison Haleigh Gerlach Devin Gern Tiara Gibbs Maricruz Gonzalez Figueroa

Delveion Graham Laneisha Gray-Sawyer Austen Green Ashton Greenfield Jake Greenrod Jaelynn Griess Jenna Grimsley Trayten Grubb Zachary Grunder Bakhita Gum Miranda Gunnerson Arisbeth Gutierrez Danielle Haen Cody Hahn Haley Hall Mohamed Hamdan NaeifHamo Ashley Hansen

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Terran Hansen Sydney Harpham Lucas Harrison Anthony Harvey Firas Hasan Krista Hauptmeier Jordan Havlat Austin Hawkins Peyton Haynes Milla Heikkinen · Michael Henn Emalee Henning Nathan Hennings Bibis Hernandez Erika Hernandez Monica Hernandez Taylor Herzog Dello Hesso Jaime Hill Nguyen Ho Trish Hoang Colton Hoferer Tiffany Hofmeister Alec Hogan Whitney Hollingsworth Caitlynn Homeyer Britney Hood Samantha Hoover Austin Horan Noah Housh

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Daegan Hunt Zack Inness Nicholas Irons Hana Jaber Cody Jackson Trevor Jacobson Brent Jones Zeffrey Jones Wilber Joya Pereira Randy Juarez Jessica Jurgens Haeder Kasem Michael Kesner Eddie Key Raja-Nee Keys Tyson Khippelmeyer Elias Khoudeda Rachel Killingsworth Marquis Kirklin Gloria Kluck Jessica Klute Crystal Knight Quincy Koll Tessa Kometscher Haley Korth Dustin Kraatz Markus Krogh Sharaia Krogh Isabelle Krzycki Bhan Kuany

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Jacob Maxfield Mallory Maxson Nicole McBride Jeremiah McElroy Zainya McGarrell Tyler McKimmey Bryce McLaughlin Evie McManus Dulce Medina Jacinto Kyle Meers Axel Mendez Lincy Meraz Savannah Meredith Alyssa Messersmith Skyler Meyer Jimmy Meyers Maribel Meza Jessey Mikesh Gerame Miller Michael Minter Mikaelah Molifua Maurice Moore Josh Morrison Kasey Mueller Murielle Mukuna Stephanie Mundorf Brittany Munsen Becca Murch

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Casey Stokes Richard Strickland Ruveem Strilkivsky Alexander Strough Kylie Stuart Armir Sulejmanovic ltzamara Tafolla Gonzalez

Jose' Tello Joey Terrell Valerie Thomas Nick Thompson Treneyce Thompson Derrick Tinnerstet Giordano Tofani Nancy Torres Julio Torres Almazan Jaime Tran Jeanette Tran Khoa Tran Livia Tran Quynh Tran Angela Trang Philip Truong Alison Tvrdy Roger Valdovinos Gonzalez

Edgar Vargas Reanna Varley Ashley Vaughn NhuVo Andrew Vu Jacqueline Vu Trinh Vu Tran Christina Waechter Ari Wait Leah Waldvogel Charlie Ware Donald Washington Jr. Avery Wayman Kiersten Wegner Mark Wenzl Jonathan Westwood Vanessa Wheeler

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Shelbey White Seth Wilder Jared Williams Roy Williams Kristi Wintermute Megan Witcig Megan Woodard Bailey Worster Martin Wyant Halie Wyatt Ah Zi Ya Yiech Yiech Erica York Cora Yost Muhsin Younis Vanesa Zelada Jesse Ziegenbein

cLass .of Finding yourself ls a difficult process ln high school, and when you have a twin going through that journey with you, it's a whole other story. Kalin and Cole Fast (11) have been able to create their own identity through the typical twin stereotypes of always being alike. The duo also was able to get onto the right track towards their future during that process.

Kalin was on a fast track to college with his dedicated planning for his future. Kalin said, "My mom and l talk about college almost every day." He planned to join college club so he could research more about colleges that offer a firefighter course.

He thought of becoming a firefighter because, Kalin said, "they are heroes, and l want to be a hero to someone."

While Kalin worked at finding good colleges to attend, he also played soccer for North Star. Soccer was the common ground that Kalin and Cole stood on together. They had played on the same team for as long as they could remember. The pair were equally dedicated to soccer and made it one of their priorities to stick to, after their schoolwork was done.

Cole similarly prepared himself for his future. Cole took advantage of the Bright Lights program and went to engineering camps at UNL. He wished to become either a mechanic or some type of computer engineer. Cole said that "CAD tech classes help me to prepare for college." Cole hoped that by taking these classes offered at North Star he would be better equipped for college.

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There were always people who strove to be the bef t of the best, and then there was that one person that every .me knew and loved for being themselves. Every once and awt :le a person came along that who was able to impress people with intelligence and charisma. Sophomore, Chris Hu conti lued to demonstrate his dedication for the future while mal ing friends along the way. As a member of Speech, Debate, ar j Asian Caucus, Hu had goals he wanted to reach before his time at North Star was over. "l want to be the first in my class and walk on the mom !"

Hu said somewhat jokingly. lt was obvious that no matter what Hu stuck to his goals, but there were a few things th .t made him work harder. "My older sisters left a legacy for 1 te to be just as gqod as they were and my parents are alway pressuring me to be better," explained Hu. As a straight "A" student and involved in numerous ext 1 curricular activities Hu showed that school was a place w :re hard work, discipline, and goals were taught. "So far l fee , like l've taken advantage of high school as best as l can. l' < like to continue the same way l've been going through my senior year." lt' s true that sophomore year was usually viewed as jus another year in high school. "lt was another year to becomE better, another year to get through, or some of both. lt wa a year to come to an understanding of what you might want :o be. For Hu it was the medical field. With a smile on his fac Hu said, "l will continue to fill the stereotype."

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Edden Abraham Katia Aburto Sierra Adams J alyn Addleman Eveen Ajir Fatima Al Haider Juan Alarcon San Martin

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Cody Chilen Charla Clark Dana Clark Ryder Clark Brandan Clover Michael Coffey Evan Cogdill Valentin Cornejo Brandon Cox Logan Creek Emily Crouch Rico Cruz CJ Cuddeford Cornell Culver Jenna Dau Chloe Deboer Allison Densberger Andriy Denysyuk Kyle Dey Mathew Dietz Quang Dinh Jake Dittrich Tyrin Doran-Rutherford Alisha Downing Rachel Doyle Nathaniel Dreher Lexi Duhrkop Matt Dunn Jacob Eastman Jennifer Eckhout Michael Eckhout

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Keti Govori Ja'qwan Graham Zachary Graves Jordan Gray Nicholas Gray Alex Greger Paige Griffin Katie Grundman Austin Gubbels Brandon Gustafson Sally Guticz Alexis Hagerbaumer Tessa Hall Sammy Haller Lizzy Ham Matthew Hansen Leah Hargreaves True Harms Ben Hartzell Garrett Hauser Aaron Hayes Katharen Hedges Taylor Heili Cody Heller Tyler Henry Austin Herbert Gabriela Herrera J.J. Herrington N arica Herrington William Hicks Alexander Higgins Keely Higgins Tristan Hilger Dakota Hollis Ginny Holston Devonte Holt Elijah Holt

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Atem Lueth N~ck Lundholm Steven Maatsch Daquan Madlock Demond Magoon Hannah Malone Alex Mangers Kayla Manley Chance Mara Andrea Marks Christopher Marquez Sean Martin Natalya Martynyuk Luis Matamoros Acosta

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Jenni Moon Brooklyn Moore Raymundo Mora Rodriguez

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Cynthia Moreno Lupita Moreno Esther Mundembo Ashley Murray Kiah Murrell Connor Musiel Shaleesa Narcisse Tim Neal Michelle Neemann Danielle Nelson Tyler Nelson Ba Nguyen Cindy Nguyen Dat Nguyen David Nguyen Hang Nguyen Jennifer Nguyen Johnny Nguyen Jonathan Nguyen Kelvin Nguyen Kenny Nguyen Kim Nguyen Michael Nguyen Nam Nguyen Phat Nguyen Phu Nguyen Thi Nguyen Thu-Ngan Nguyen Vu Nguyen

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Rachel Van Arsdall Skyler Vaught Irina Vecherinskaya Justin Vermillion Richardo Vidales Hurnadoz

Susan Vodraska Aaron Vu Tina Vu Jody Vuong Michelle Wade Erin Warner Bree Weger Taylor Wehrs Zachary Werner Heather Westfall Joanna Westwood Sarah Wetzel Baylee Whetstone Nyayiech Wie Joel Wienhold Scott Wiese Morgan Williams Laurie Wilson Corbin Winkler Gage Woolsey Damian Wotruba Richard Ybarra Gach Yiech Harley Youngblood Christopher Zarate Noah Zetocha Jake Zigler

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For freshman Pilar Ahmann, it was a fresh start ~ a new school. Ahmann had gone to Malcolm since kinder irten.

"Malcolm ls a C2 school wlth only 35 people per grade," -ald Ahmann, "but it was nice to be ln a small town commur Jy." She went to North Star for a better softball career and fi the academics.

Ahmann came lnto North Star knowing only a fe· 1 students. She noticed a major difference right when shew ~ed through the doors; "There's a ton more people, classes, d talent at North Star." When it came to grades Ahmann anted to malntaln a 4.0 GPA."For me to maintain that gra l had to study hard, go ln for extra help, and put tlme asl< ~ for homework," she sald.

Ahmann was quite the athlete for the softball te, .

Ahmann made varsity softball and broke several record~ including 7 home runs and 3 7 runs batted ln, ln a single S ( 1son.

Even though she broke records she stlll wanted more. '" 'hen l made varsity, l wanted to hold my own against whoev we played and be a leader even though l'm only a fresh1 en," sald Ahmann.

For the rest of Ahmann's hlgh school career, she planned to play softball anct aim foi: success ln whatever ,he dld. "l want to compete ln track, keep my grades up, am become more involved with the school," sald Ahmann, " just want to leave a posltlve impact on North Star."

Mariam Abdallah Sequoia Adams Skyelar Adams Pilar Ahmann AkuolAkot Zaineb Al Haider Fatima Al-Ghazawi Fatima Al-Haidari Haydar Aldekhel Kira Aldridge AerynAlm Nathan Alspaugh

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Mandy Amberg Kyle Andersen Maria Andrade Guerrero

Angelique Archie Ralph Archuleta Cassie Arenas Dylan Arington Elysa Arkulari Imran Attaie Nicholas Atteberry Mayra Avalos Shah Faisal Ayubzai Grant Baker Hussein Balani Claire Bartels Hailey Beasley Nerima Becic Gabrielle Behrens Breanna Bernt Sirod Berwary Christian Best Brook Beyer Vanja Bilinac Breanna Bird Riley Birdzell Da Veion Birge Hannah Black Ethan Blayney Alexus Bohaboj Zach Book Brea Bowman Cole Brady Daniel Bravo Ronnie Bredemeier Jessica Brennfoerder Austin Bretting Ben Briggs Terrance Brinkley Jamie Brinkman Kaylee Brinton Tyler Broeker Clinton Brooks

Trey Brouillette Darius Brown Justice Brown Kailee Brown Kelsey Brown Savannah Brown Shaylene Brown Alyssa Bruce Austin Bugna James Burbach Caleb Calafiore Johnny Calloway Jose Cano Anna Cao Tereic Carlisle Garett Carter Blas Casarez Deshawn Cavitt Lily Cebuhar Bethany Cepurnieks Austin Chab Alexus Chester Teth Chieng Addie Christensen Jasmin Chun Lamario Clark Vianey Cobian Megan Coffin Erica Collins Raistlin Collins

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Samuel Lubker Nyagoa Mading Daprese Madlock (Spencer Makuet Taylor Mann Dalton Manning Jorge Marroquin Solis Kristan Martin

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Delaney May Jason McEwen Casey McGarvie Ian McLaughlin Amanda McLeod Malerie McN air arina Mena Romero Lizzette Mendez Ramirez Lesly Mendoza-Velazquez

Kafele Mensah Jessie Mercado Katie Meredith Kenzye Merryman Charles Metzger Jacson Mikaya Noah Milbourn-Baker Alyssa Miller N adra Miller Tyler Miller Ciera Milligan Shawna Minnick Mawada Mohammed Ethan Molifua Kenysha Moody Kiera Moore Makael Moore Taylor Moore

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Stacy Storm Brittany Strahm Elizabeth Streeter Haven Strothkamp Tanner Stroup Rachel Sumner Linh Ta Alan Tang Donald Teburso Yovan Terrazas Nathaniel Teselle Keeleigh Thayn Alexandria Thimijan Randy Thomas Kylie Thompson Nichales Thompson Alexis Tompsett Tyler Tongish Uyen Tran Justin Truong Dionna Tucker Joe Umana Jocelyn Valle Corbin Van Dusen Baylee Van Dyke Nathan Vance Brianna Vanosdol Ezequiel Vargas Sarah Velez-Maya Dalton Vergith Rachel Vermillion Jacob Versaw Jose Villa Drew Vogel Diane Vu Trang Vuong Gage Walker Mason Walla Joshua Wallace Kashies Walters Austin Watson Christopher Wegner

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[Academics] One year. One year to change the perception that North Star was a low achieving school or that we weren't good enough.

The late night cramming sessions to get ready for finals certainly helped. Writing so long that the eraser on a pencil couldn't be used even a little bit more . Waking up in the middle of the night to see if teachers posted grades validated our determination to succeed. The work ethic increased and showed in the high scores. The feeling that ran through you as you answered the teacher's question correctly. The moment your teacher announced that you will be doing the assignment in partners, and you automatically make eye contact with your best friend. The day when you finally received an inspiration· for a paper that was assigned in English. That time when you studied for such a long amount of time that you felt as if your head could explode.

The satisfaction of being able to glue the final piece to a project.

Racing to class when the minute bell sounded through the hallway. Juggling schoolwork, a job, and sports. Writing up note cards every night and reciting them to reach the HA". Reviewing speeches so you knew that you were able to recite them backwards and forwards. One year closer to reaching our goals.

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Gus Jacobson always found it important to take dvantage of any opportunity. Almost four years ago, East l- gh School hired Mrs. Cassata as its Principal, leaving an As date Principal posltlon open at North Star. Jacobson, who w z ~ then a Special Edkationteacher at North Star, had done somE admin istratlve coursework while living in Maryland before m "lng to Nebraska. "l had been interested for a long time in educ 1tlonal leadership," Jacobson said. He itook a chance, ntervie d for the job, and was awarded the position. Although he mi ed th classroom and day-to-day interaction with students, Jae bson loved his work with teachers, famUles and students.

Jacobson moved to Connecticut after first semes ,r during the 2011-2012 school year when his wife took a posi n as a college professor. There he would be working part-th 2 at Central Connecticut State University instrctlng future te, ·hers and supervising student teachers. "l hope to get back b the schools as an Assistant Principal or principal at the hlg ,chool level," Jacobson stated. He also hoped to look into and cart a • he Master Schedule. This doctoral program in Education.

Gus Jacobson works,on c:eatmg t ibilitie in his role as As he made the transition from North Star to Co 1ectiwa one of Jacobson s mam respon A sociate Principal at orth Star. cut, Jacobson had goals and wishes for his new Ufe. Flr , he dreamed of traveing. His ml.mber one place of interest ' as Eu rope, where he could explore sites with his family. He also hoped his family would take advantage of bein near two major cities: New York City and Boston. He wanted to not only visit people, but to see the sites and e. ,erlence the cities. Hls last goal was for his family to embrace their new adventure, visit people and places, a enjo) new opportunltles, just as he had while he was at North Star.

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Staci Cohn Yvonne Cook Benjamen Davis Marcie Dean Lori Devine Floyd Doughty

Zdenka Drdla-Wiltse Laurie England Nancy Falter Melanie Farber Lynette Fast Michelle Fatemi

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Christine Gustafson Falla Halsey Lisa Hansen Bailey Heafer Nita Hebron David Hellerich

Cara Heminger Lori Hemmett Kristi Hetland Kristina Hodge Cynthia Hoehne Chelsea Hoglund

Sara Hollcroft Dixie Horn Renee Hosek Tori Hudgins Craig Jacobson Gus Jacobson

Delane Kauk Janelle Kepler Travis Kerkman Emily Kiburz-Grimes Rachel King Camelle Kinney

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Tony Quattrocchi Shannon Quible Nancy Rausch Kimberly Rempel Jodi Rethmeier Ryan Rieker

Marsha Robinson Paula Ryan Rob Salistean David Sanderson Odell Santos Jennifer Satorie

Charmain Satree Jacob Schillinger Julie Schlegel Dawn Schmitt Lisa Schmutte Ginny Schnabel

Bridget Schultz Kyle Schwaninger Tess Schwenka Angela Scrivner Susan Seacrest George Sedlacek

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2. Lynette Fast helps the student in her beginning pottery cla s. Students in beginning pottery show their creativity by hand -on wo k.

3. Sam Pasa (11 ) and Kenny guyen (1 0 di cuss an art project. Collaboration often leads to new inspiration in art classes.

4. Alex Jordan (10) crape out the in ide of her pot. Pottery work takes a lot of time and dedication for the final project to look perf ·ct.

5. Bailee Le~ is-Hopkins (10) capture the t tures of the wall he i dr ing. In ginning pottery, the students were able to go outs 3e and draw object that the aw.

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At Lincoln North Star, the enjoyment of artistic activities was easy to accomplish. 2D/3D Design, Palntt ottery, Photo Technlgues, Drawing, Beginning Pottery, and Jewelry Design were all offered classes to help students appreciate and create their .own art.

Heidi Bartsch O made a point to try her best with her sketches and artwork. ing my eginnlng Drawing class has mad me notice the shapes and text s of things," Bartsch said.

Alek e kemeier (10) also noticed the lines and values of every day objects af er a few classes in his beginnt wing class. When asked about his favorite part of the class, Krelkemeler easily exclaimed, Lil enjoy the freedom of the class. We hav the freedom to do what we want" with our projects."

Art may have been viewed di.fferently through each person's eyes, and the students had a fun time reaching the final stages of w at they view as artwork. Brooke Gutott , the beginning art teacher des bed this best when she said, #With art, kids a le to break away from the classes and studying. They are able to seize their own thinking and creativity into their projects."

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The Business department at North Star was very successful and hard at work. From money, to advertising, to planning for college North Star covered it all. ln career education, Jennifer Satorie taught students about the application process for different colleges and how it varied based on prestige.

Students in Career Education seized opportunities in class to get ahead on their college planning process. Khoa Tran (11) focused on how he was going to pay for college. "Career Education helped me find scholarships," Khoa stated.

Career Education students worked on personal resumes, college applications and career research. They were required to job shadow in a career field of interest. They also had to give an informative presentation on the specific career they were interested in. "l think l want to go into Cosmetology after taking this class," Jo Jo Andrade (11) stated. Career interest surveys helped students find what they were passionate about.

Lieu Vo (12) and Mark Mai (12) excelled as juniors in Career Education and seized the opportunities they were given. Lieu said, "Career Education showed me how to speak well in an interview and do well to prepare." The most beneficial thing Mai took out of Career Education was the mock interviews. "They taught me to find confidence in myself." Both Vo and Mai took what they learned from Career Education to their part time jobs and impressed their interviewers with confidence and preparation.

As for Economics, Dorann Avey taught her students many helpful tools in terms of personal financing. They explored budgeting and taxes. Students practiced filling out tax forms and learned personal tips for spending. "This class is much more fun here in the United States. We do more projects and the students are eager to learn. Teachers make class exciting," said Giordano Tofani (11), a foreign exchange student from ltaly. Giordano seized the day in Economic Perspectives class by striving to understand what Avey taught him.

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2. Seth Reeves (11 ), Sam Hoover (11 ), Megan Ramey (11 ), Edgar Soto (11), and Roland Bredemier (12) li ten to Jennifer Satorie give a practice presentation in Career Education. This is a required class to improve students' outlook on future occupations.

3. John Matzen teaches Andy Tatum (12) and Derek Tinnerstet (11 ) how to use a new tool in digital media. Students work with photoshop to adjust media for assignments.

4. Giordano Tofani (11 ) researchs in economic perspectives. He is learning about economics in other countries.

5. Kimberly Lara (12) works together with her partner in Digital Media.

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3. am guyen (10) peak to the class about his Epglish presentation. guyen successfully completed his presentation receiving an 'A.' 4. Emily Grimes talks to her class and explains diffe ent pronunciation of words. Pronunciation is a key component of understanding the English language.

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Oat Nguyen (11) said, ''Reading and writing English is the most difficult thing." But with a bit of practice anything seemed to be possible. Sheervah Khudhur (9) said, "English is easy when you study, listen and practice. l practice English everyday." ELL classes were one of the biggest steps to helpi students new to the U.S. learn English; North Star stude - - - -·- - teachers took the steps for success.

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Balderas hoped that he would do well in the competition in order to start heading down the right path with the passion he had for cooking.

Balderas said, "The culinary class l am in teaches me the fundamentals of cooking" which were key into getting started in the culinary business that he wished to explore after graduation. Balderas planned to go to Southeast Community College in order to begin his culinary career. He wished that he would become a top chef someday then in the long run open up his own restaurant.

Balderas said, "The conference helped me to gain experience on what competitions are like for when l do them in the future." The conference allowed him to get insight into what the culinary world would have in store for him. This let Balderas seize the opportunities given to him in school to prepare him for his future.

Food and Wellness was not the only class offered in the FCS department. There were also Creative Clothing and Design, lnfants and Toddlers, Culinary Skills, Teen lssues, Human Behavior, Cultural Foods, Families and Crisis, and Parenting 1-3. Kimberly Rempel, the FCS department chair, said that all of the FCS classes did well this year along with her Culinary Skills class who "stepped up to the plate and producing wonderful things."

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2. Kacy Bartels (12) prepares for the Culinary Conference. Bartels made a cactus cupcake as her entry.

3. Van guyen (12) precisely crafts the shark for her cupcake. Nguyen is a top tudent in the Culinary Skills class.

4. Eveen Ajir (10) works on a nutrition worksheet in her culinary class. The class had to learn about what they were cooking before they were allowed to cook.

5. Aivi Duong (12) tests fabric in her Creative Clothing and Design cla s. The class tested different types of fabric in order to see how they differ when they burn.

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1. Elijah Carli le (10) alvage a piece of wood with nails in it to use on a shed for Everett Elementray School students. As part of the 2011 Student Serve different Indur trial Tech cla es had the oppurtunity to work together to help tho e around Lincoln.

2. Yuliya Yefimchuk (12) prepares to launch a rocket by pre sing a button that connect wrires to the rocl et. The Foundations to I-Tech clas engineer thier own rockets and learns about the wiring required for lift off.

3. Sanel Kesmer (10) uses his time to experiment with a variety of different woods avaliable to students in the Industrial Technology room. He learned that salvaging wood scraps from previou projects may be helpful in the future.

4. Charmain atree explain to Chance Mara (10) about how taking accurate measurements can make a sturcture more stable. By making sure everything in the shed wa in the best shape Mara and other students had the satisfaction of knowing their project was well made.

5. Fira Hasan (11) learns about fixing wiring in a building. He had the ability to work one and one with the wire instead of just reading about them in a book.

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The 2011 LPS Student Serve Day gave the students in construction classes the chance to better the community. The classes got to build a garden shed for Everett Elementary School students. They took the time to not only build the four walls and roof, but also to set it up at Everett. "lt felt good coming together as a class and dropping our everyday work to build a shed. lt was overwhelming to learn all the fine details it took to build a simple everyday item like a shed," said Elijah Carlisle (10). l-Tech students learned valuable skills and had the satisfaction of being able to help those around them.;;No matter what, anyone looking to fill up classes should look into woods. They're great intro classes to find out what you want to do in the future," said Satree. Bel~ able to help others during the Student Serve and work together as a class was a rewarding experience for · most of the l-Tech students. The teamwork it took to construct the intricate design of the shed helped students in and out of the-clas~room.

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The Media Center was not just a place to quickly run in and check out books; it provided a quiet place with many great resources. Up-to-dat ~ computers with fast internet access and databases filled with plenty of information for everyone to use were also available to the students. Still, books were foremost on people's minds. ~The best part of the library is having a lot of books to choose from and read in my free ti.me," said Kare Schlegel (12).

The Media Center played host to a variety of events during the school year, from presidential debate~ to college visits. There were even a few feathery friends living in the library that kept students company. "l love the birds, they bring a different vibe to the library," said Livia Tran (11). Students were even able to pet and sometimes handle the birds in their free time.

A new addition was made to the Media Center staff this year. Librarian Alyx Knight seized the opportunity in her new job to ensure the students would continue to have the best experience possible "The Media .

Center is like a dining table, we use it mainly for eating but it has many other purposes. We use the library to have meetings, draw, play games, interact with other students, and of course, reading," said Knight.

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2. Alyx Knight look for some new books for the library on her laptop. This is Knight's first year as a librarian at orth Star.

3. Blake Chamberlein (10), Gisela Quiroz (10), and Karen Tapia (10) look at Civil War projects. The projects were made by juniors in AP US Hi tory classes and displayed int he Media Center.

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5. Huong-Ngoc Nguyen (12) looks through the ABC-Clio database to find information for her essay. D atabases are one of many internet-based resources the Media Center has to offer.

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Rob Salistean had learned a lot since becoming a musk teacher at North Star ln 2005. He believed the students were learning important things as well. "l want to foster cooperative learning," said Salistean. lf one member of the ensemble was not doing their job, the entire group was affected. The high expectations set for the students helped them to see the importance of the work they were putting ln.

Instrumental Musk also offered students an important connection ln high school. The faculty offered Marching Band, Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Band Percussion, Jazz Band, Orchestra, Guitar, History of Rock N' Roll and even Musk Theory, where students learned to compose their own musk.

"Musk ls a way for me to express myself ln a way l never could through words," said Kourtney Kleln(12). 'Tve met some of my best friends through musk," reported Joel Wlnhold (10). The skUls and experiences the students learned would follow them beyond the E-wlng and into their everyday lives.

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1. Noah Zetocha(lO) stands for an ovation in October. Friends and family were invited to attend the orchestra concert.

2. Stephen Cantarero(l 1) plays bass in Jazz Band. The group was preparing for their holiday concert.

3. Jordan Blayney(l 1), Zoe Gengenbach(12), and Elizabeth Mami(l 1) perfom during a concert in December. Santa hats and mustaches were worn to get into the holiday spirit.

4. Chandra Marshall(12) plays the vibraphone during a concert. Marshall has been involved in instrumental music her entire high school career.

5. Holly Nutter(l 1) warms up during Wind Ensemble. Wind Ensemble is made up of 10-12 graders who play brass and wind instruments.

6. Damien guyen(l 1) practice chords with his classmates. The class was offered to juniors and seniors.

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Joni Osborn started North Star's vocal musk program when North Star opened in 2003. As the only vocal musk instructor, she was in charge of three choir classes. Choreographed choir was added . as an after-school class that was later moved to an in-school class just like the other choir classes. Dave Sanderson eventually took control of the men's choir, allowing Osborn the opportunity to teach other classes.

Women's Choir, Concert Choir, Men's Choir and Choreographed Choir were the North Star vocal ensembles. Osborn knew her students took these choir classes because they had a passion for musk.

She made sure every day counted for her students, and her job was to help continue to instill a love of musk and help her students improve their singing skills.

Unlike most other classes, students could start participating as freshmen and continued throughout their high school years. Not only did Osborn know some of the students for four years, she usually saw them five days a week for up to two hours a day. "'lt' s really unique to be able to know my students on a personal level the way that l do, and help them instill the love they have for singing, and that ls my favorite part of my job," Osborn said.

Joni Osborn knew every day was worth her time by doing what she loved, and by o.olng what she did best: instilling the love of singing in to every students heart.

1. Katie Meredith (9) sings a solo of the song "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele. Meredith was awarded the solo after many people tried out for thi part.

2. Dylon Stithem (10) waits for his director's cue. He is a member of the Mens Choir.

3. Jevin Liddel (12) dances around stage. Liddel is one of the select few that make up the Choreographed Choir.

4. Rachel Killingsworth (11) and Tamana Ayubzai (12) sing during the fall concert. They are members of Concert Choir.

5. Nadia Buzadzhi (11) inging her part in the fall concert.

This is Buzadzhi's first year in Concert Choir.

6. Ashton Greenfield (11) and Tegan Bassinger- elson (11) dance and sing around the stage. Greenfield and elson are members of North Stars show choir.

7. Lincy Meraz (11) performs a solo in front of the fall concert audience. She is a part of the Womens Choir.

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"Activity promotes wellness, and wellness ls something you practice on a dally basis," Health teacher Matt Avey stated. Part of the P. E./Health curriculum was to teach students about the benefits of living a healthy life style. Through vigorous exercises, fun games and lessons, teachers strove to encourage students to partake in activities to promote living healthy. ln classes such as Team Sports, Fitness for Ufe, Aerobic Strength, or a lifting class, students learned which exercises would help increase their strength or agility. Where as the Health related classes taught students which options regarding food, hygiene, or behaviors, would help better prepare them for a healthy future.

Along with the knowledge the teachers provided, students needed to "take advantage of facUlties and equipment" North Star had, and be "self-motivated enough to work hard in their classes to reach their highest fitness level possible," PE teacher Kristi Nelson-Hitz advised. lt was important for students to understand their bodies and seize the opportunity to learn how to care for themselves later in life.

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1. Jonathan Erlewine (12) rests the bar back on the rack after a et of squats. Lifting in the weight room was a way for students to condition and strengthen their muscles.

2. Bryan Johnson (10) laughs during Advanced Swimming. This class taught different swimming techniques and styles.

• 3. Kyle Andersen (9) sinks a hot while playing water basketball during a free day in Advanced. Swimming. Having free days, was always enjoyable for students.

4. Taylor Mann (9) dribbles past the defenders during a game of soccer in Fitness for Life. Fitnes for Life spent time in the gym and in the classroom helping freshmen learn the best ways to live healthy.

5. oah Zetocha (10) tries on the safety face guard in Intro to Health Occupations during a lab. Students learned the correct ways to handle emergency situations.

6. Cole Link (9) finishes a set of hang clean in Advanced. Weight Training.

This class practiced different technique to strengthen their muscles without injuring them .

7. Chris Hu (10) practices the correct way to put on and remove medical glove .

Hu hopes to become a doctor in his future.

8. Krupa Patel (10) practices to suture using a banana in Intro to Health Occupations . Intro to Health Occupation taught students about the medical field and ways to help patient .

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When Floyd Doughty, Physics teacher and head of the Science department, was asked how Science students seized the day he responded, "Science ls like a mountain of knowledge, when you put the effort in to climb it you are richly rewarded. Science wlll lead you on the right path." Student Jay -Patel (12) agreed with Doughty and went on to say, "Science has been very fun and l feel like it wlll help me a lot in college.

"Biology controls health, mood, development, and learning. lt answers questions about the natural world and our place in it," said Tracie Chapa, Biology teacher, when prompted with the same question.

Students enjoyed the engaging labs they had through out high school. From skateboards in Physics to observing the wetlands in Biology, _learning took place while in action. These hands-on ventures really put North Star students in their element.

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4. Britney Kirchoff (12) examines a captured insect. Thi was collected as part of the Environmental Studies class 5. Tyler Broeker (9) notes temperature change in oljds and liquids. The experiment put different medium under pot like .

6. Elijah Holt (10) and Kenny guyen (10) work on a microscope lab.

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4. Madyson Hayn ~ iles as she chases after one of her friends in the toddler room. She s been at the Center for two years now and has developed greatly throu the specialized lesson plans.

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all the subjects taught at Lincoln North Star the Social Studies program had a very prestigious number of AP students that took and passed the advanced placement exam.

The teachers took a lot of time to plan games and interesting ways to teach the students the massive amounts of material they need to know for such rigorous exams. Every minute in class was used to the fullest to prepare the students to seize their opportunity to take college level classes as early as sophomores in high school.

Al Bock, a World History teacher had three goals while going into the year "1. Close the achievement gap between different groups of students, 2. improve test scores wlthln regular and AP classes and 3. to have kids leave my class saying wow that was a hard class, but wow that was a great time and l learne a lot."

Carley Warner (12) has had Mr. Bock for social studies classes every year of her high school career. "Social studies ls not normally a subject l enjoy or do well ln and Mr. Bock has made lt so fun and actually want to learn the subject for a change."

Along wlth the great AP classes that were within Social Studies other classes like World History, US History, Clvlcs and GoPo the teachers who strove to make the most of each class period, day, week and year to give the students of North Star knowledge of our world.

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2. Ja lynn Griess(l 1), Mikaelah Molifua(l 1), and Denisse Cartramo(l 1) laugh at a comment made by the little girl The girls are at Campbell Elementary School for a psychology experiment.

3.Amanda Walla (12) and Lainey ebesniak (12) test children from Campell developmental tages. The two chose to to play Simon says to to e t the childrens motor movements.

4.Valentin Cornejo (10) listens intently to his teacher Mr. Burback during a lesson. The clas discussed China and looked at pictures of Mr Burbacks visit to the country.

5. Brianna Schoonover(l 1) and Jessica Bui(l 1) talk to a toddler at Campbell Elementary School. Their experiment invol es rolling a ball to the children.

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The cool thing about their classes was, the class got to go to job sites aroun This gave them the opportunity to see what a real job would be like before eve and got an actual job. The students went to the city mission and helped ser less people, they helped out at HyVee stocking shelves and spent time were all great places to volunteer and get an experience of a lifetim Every day they all made progress to being ready to go out learned to appreciate the small steps the kids make everyda y get when they succeed at something new," said Shawnie Motschen on Teacher.

Even with all of their work they did around the sites they still had time to play games and have fun. "My favorlt games, because it's fun," said Aaron Rhoades (9). "l love hangin tion stud ,, cause they are so nice to me all the time a (10).

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1. Katie Meredith (9) and Amany Santino (1. read and discu a story on the history of )i; de los Muertos in Maestra Wolfe' Spanis' 2 class. Students also enjoyed a small cup >f Spanish hot chocolate and ome pan dub to celebrate.

2. Brady Studnicka (10) a German 2 stud it, takes notes as Mrs. Youngman gives a lect 1n Second-year German students focus more r grammar than the previou year spent on a sentence structure.

3. Chinese artist, Wenji Wang (inset), pai1 ts a picture of a dog as a part of his art lesso1 tc the Chinese students at the beginning of t 1e year. Students also watched a demonstrat m on how to cut traditional Chinese butterfl ~s 4. Emma Lubker (11) ask a que tion duri g her German 2 class. Students are encourag d to take at least two consecutive years of tr • same language when preparing for college.

5. Merveille Mundembo (12) and Trang (12) work on learning their new vocabula1 in AP French 5. Madame Hemminger use· games and activities to help students r tai1 infor~ation they learned in class.

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It was statistically shown, that people who ish her senior year. "When someone professional ls looking at my resume and they see I'm bUlngual, knew two languages as opposed to just one received better job opportunities. Over 12% of the United States they're going to be impressed and I'll have a better chance at getting that job than someone who only knows English," Benson explained. _ French was also among the most popular languages taken at North Star. Megan Schafer (10) took French 2 during the 2011-2012 school year and was looking forward to taking AP French in her future. ''l think language ls important to learn (in high school) because, it helps to communicate and understand our world. It also gives us all a sense of empathy towards one another when we can understand the history and language of other parts of the world," said Schafer.

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Skretta didn't know exactly how to go about his Ufe. He started to look things up on the internet and listened to the doctors' positive encouragement.

With the thought of death looming over Skretta, he stUl managed to beat the awful disease. Skretta then heard of a new opportunity that opened up at North Star. The principal was retiring and LPS was looking for a new one. Skretta seized the chance without any delay. Besides the fact that Skretta had f amUy ties back to Uncoln, he also had the goal and determination to try and raise North Star't standardized test scores up to be in the top of the Ust. "But as for me, to come in and be heavy-handed about some partkular tnutative, ts not a goc j leadership approach," Skretta said.

Skretta played around with the idea of positive behavior interventions and supports. He wa ed to explore how kids were dtsdpUned, encouraged good behavior, and just assured a good cultur< at North Star. Skretta was not a leader who wanted to push his priorities down people's throats, he instead wanted to become accepted by the students. Skretta even created a Principal Advisory CouncU, a group of students who met with Skretta to give advke and opinions of how he could ha improve Ufe at North Star.

Despite all the adversity that Skretta faced, he rose to the challenge and strove to achieve for his goals. lt ts certain that Skretta and his administration shaped North Star for years to come, beginning a new set of Gator traditions.

1. Dr. Fred Skretta looks up to take a break from focusing on important work. Skretta puts in a lot of hours a the new principal in order to help the chool reach its potential.

2. Edward "Gus" Jacobson talks with the cross country coaches at the LPS Championships at Pioneers. Jacob on makes it a point to get out and cheer on the gators at their competitions no matter what.

3. Dr. Fred Skretta adresses the freshman class of 2015 in the Swamp on their first day of chool. Skretta is introducing the freshman to the administrators who would be looking after them for the next four years.

4. Tom Focht helps out Diana Deny yuk (9) on Freshman Day. Administrators alway show up with a smile to help out with locker combinations, schedules, and lunch on the first day at North Star.

5. Vann Price walks through the cafeteria during lunch with a smile.

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The counselors knew that seniors always had an immediate need different from those as a freshman, "Life beyond high school is new. The best part of being a counsel )r is helping kids learn to problem solve and make decisions fc r themselves," shared Becky Tegeler. "Math, Science and Eng ish classes don't teach you how to be on your own, my job is t ) help prepare students for the real world."

Seacrest knew when life got difficult that it could be frustrating. She always liked to share a quote from Rev. Ot ; Young with her students: "Life is good. Be happy now. Let i go."

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1. Lionel Suarez writes a pa to a student for a schedule change. Suarez tried to get student chedule ready o they were set to graduate oh time~ 2. Lori Hemmer enjoys a laugh with a student. This is Hemmer's first year at North Star.

3. usan Seacrest shares life le sons with Kylie Peter (11) and Brittany McConnell (12). eacre t like to motivate tudent with quote .

4. Becky Tegeler talks with a parent about a complicated schedule change. The counselors have hundreds of students to help weekly.

5. Ginny Schnabel write a pas for a tudent. She works hard to move around tudent chedule to best fit what they need.

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2. Sheryl Woodward is the school nur e that keep prevents ickne se and help kids with them. Woodward works with the health r cords.

3. Bonnie Mitchell works on her computer in the main office. Mitchell is the SPED secretary at orth Star.

4. Rachel Schrunk works in the admini trative office. Schrunk' job is the receptioni t.

5. North Star custodian work in his office during hi break. He helps keep the chool nice and tidy.

6. A member from the lunch staff rolling ome hamburgers up for first lunch. The lunch staff provides us with breakfast and lunch each school day.

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Matt Lickliter, a campus security guard, worked at North Star for 6 years. Lickliter' s job was to make sure the people who weren't sup• posed to be in the school stayed out of it and • made sure it was a safe environment to learn in. ill make sure it's worth my time by bringing a posltlve attitude every single day, treating people with respect, and making sure that every student knows that they matter," Lickliter stated. ;/My favorite part about my job ls getting to work with such a wide variety of students, and getting to hear their stories." Lickliter had a huge impact on a great amount of kids in the school. ;/Without the ·support staff, the school just wouldn't be the same. Thanks to them l have a safe environment to learn in, and they can definitely brighten my day," Ashley Vaughn (11) I admitted. Without the custodians, lunch staff, health staff, secretaries, and campus security, North Star would have never existed. They loved ~ what they did, and the students definitely appreclated it.

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Feeling your stomach twist and turn as you wait excitedly for the curtain to rise. Making a fool of your self to show your school spirit. Finding people who share similar interests, and creating a lasting bond.

Laughing at inside jokes you don't even remember the story behind. Supporting each other through the drama of high school. How we spend our time outside of the classroom gives us memories we wm never forget.

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to remember. Students from all grade levels gathered to make memories in the Enchanted Island themed bayou. Dancing, talking, and laughing, all filled the night. lt was a great way to celebrate the success of the football team and show school spirit.

For the first time coronation was done before the dance.

Run by student councU, the coronation took place in the audUorhim. Members of the Homecoming court took the stage in pairs according to grade level, whUe announcers Katelyn Burbach (12) • and Batley Parde (10) introduced them to the audience "l thought U went well ... over all the night was good," said Parde.

The junior class's Leah Abebe and Jaron Ahmann won Homecoming Prince and Princess. Seniors Gaven Nelson and Terra Gehrig were crowned Homecoming King and Queen. "l am very honored that l was chosen to be the 2011 Homecoming Queen! lt was one of the best days of my Ufe," stated Gehrig after her vktory.

The night went smooth and students left satisfied. Chris Nguyen (12) went to his first Homecoming and said, "lt was better than l expected, l really enjoyed my night." lt was apparent that even with the new administration, they still seized the moment to make another enjoyable night for students at North Star.

no uncement of royalty. This i the Homecoming. This is the ninth homecom- first time coronation took place in the ing at Lincoln orth Star auditorium.

2. Leah Abebe (11) and Jaron Ahmann (11) 5. North Star students dance a a group. stand proud. Thi was the first time either Everyone enjoys the night. was nominated for Homecoming court.

6. Homecoming King Gaven elson 3. Holly Kramer (12) and Michael Smith (12) and Q ueen Terra Gehrig (12) stand (12) enjoy a slow dance together. They excited after being announced winners. enjoyed their last homecoming together by They proudly wore their crowns at the spending time dancing with friends . dance.

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Susie Brown, the supervisor, enjoyed being involved with so many students and helping them keep their acader ks on track. "l think my favorite part is the students in general. l love showing them that North Star can be more than just a school to them. lt's a place that can become a part of them too," Brown said. She noticed a difference in studenb who chose to seize opportunities the CLC gave them. Those who came more often were more willing to ask for assista1 ·e and guidance in terms of academics. Most of them found the CLC to be a comforting place to. go after school where the could express themselves freely.

From Pottery Club, to Hip Hop Dance Club, to Homework Zone, North Star had it all. There was something for everybody to become involved in if they desired to. Cross Cultural Mentee and African Student Club made a lasting mm on the students involved with it. Esther Mundembo (10) valued the opportunities she was given by being apart of Afrk 1.

Student Club. As a group, they took a campus visit to UNL and it was very helpful for Mundembo. "l really like having t .e opportunity to meet new people and learn how to cooperate with others in society," stated Mundembo.

Without Homework Zone, many students wouldn't be as successful as far as their academics. Kafele Mensah (9) seized his opportunities and stayed on top of his work so he never had any missing assignments. "My favorite part about coming is all the help I can get and there are a lot of smart people here," exclaimed Mensah. Madison Drame (9) also seize( her opportunities at Homework Zone by establishing good study habits. "I love talking to my friends here and the people tr .t run this club are fun too," Drame explained. She enjoyed her time at Homework Zone and loved being a part of it.

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1. Khanh Mai (12) enjoys playing spoons at Spanish Club. They meet on Fridays and cook together, as well a watch oap opera in Spani h.

2. Elizabeth chneider (12) paint her pot at Pottery Club. The club meets on Tue day and student involv d have freedom to create what they wi h.

3. Kafele Mensah (9) li tens to hi advisor as he helps him with r--o ~ his work at Homework Zone. By going to Homework Zone, ogstudents keep up on their a igments. rr.2 4. Miad Daraei Ahwaz (12) and Sana Daraei Ahwaz (9) create a ~ po ter at Cro s Cultural Club. They are preparing for an up~ 1--:1 coming fundraiser. ~ 5. atausha Vodraska (12), Michael Henn (11), Enrique Garay ~ (11), and Joey Terrell (11) play musical chairs at Oktoberfest to ~ polka music. Student play bonding games together. ~ 6. Esther Mundembo (10) listen to her ad isor at African Club.

The advi ors have special bond with the students they mentor.

7. Chane Mara (10) share information about himself at Skills USA. The club meet on Saturdays and does a lot of work to •help the community.

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The pep rallies were in action when, the whole school came toget~er, the cheerleaders performed, and the dazzlers danced.

The student body looked forward to these days during each sports season and dances. "l love pep rallies," said Ann Marie Murray (12) ,-"Because l get to perform for Dazzlers."

This past year some special visitors came, in.eluding pilots from the Blue Angels and a former North Star student with the stage name Brown who made it big in the music industry.

One annual event that always kept people on their feet during the pep rallies was when the junior and senior girls faced off for a powder puff football game, which occurred during the fall pep rally. Also, during the spring pep rally, the junior boys competed against the senior boys in a volleyball match. "The adrenaline starts going once its game time," said Marcus Wright (12). Wright always enjoyed taking part in the pep rally events.

Another popular tradition each spring was the switch rally; senior guys performed with the Dazzlers. This year cheerleaders added in "man leaders" during the fall pep rally where select boys cheered and danced.

They seized the moment at the very end of their dances where they all posed for the people in the stands.

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1. Marcu Wright (12) storm through the orth Star banner before the powderpuff football game. Wright was a coach for the enior girls.

2. Students cheer on the Senior for the powderpuff 1 game. Grades were divided up during pep rallies so they could cheer even louder for their grade.

3. Former orth Star student Ramon Diaz D'Leon performs for the students. D'Leon is making it big in the music industry.

4. Megan Woodard (11) Interviews one of the gue t peakers at the Blue Angels pep rally. Woodward was putting together an article for the school newspaper.

5. Logan Woslager (12) puts on his cool guy attitude during the Brown rally. Woslager i a big fan of mu ic o the pep rally had a big impact on him. ~ 6. Janay Berks (12) and Mackenzie McAndrew (12) give their support to the girls during powderpuff football.

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Pep rallles were the best part in many cheerleaders' opinions because they showcased their dances and cheers for fellow classmates. "My favorite memory from cheer was at camp getting to bond with my squad and make memories before the cheer season officially started," said Balley Barnes (10).

For many of the younger cheerleaders, this was their first chance to be a part of something special and unified. "l have met a lot of great people and made many new friends. l hope to make varsity later in my high school years and after l graduate, l would like to go to UNL and cheer there," said Balley Gardner (9). But for the seniors, this was their last year to cheer. "Cheer has helped me get through pretty much everything in high school. lt gave me true friends who have been there for me through everything, and lt taught me perseverance," said Mackenzie Edwards (12). Cheerleaders seized every opportunity that was presented to them to help the school and the community. Every game was a chance to show the public their talent and when there was volunteer opportunities like picking up trash at a parking l9t or w~rking at the Saltdogs games, they were there ready to make a difference. Cheer was much more than just pumping up the crowd or towel tapping at wrestling meets; lt was a way of life.

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2.The junior varsity team show their spirit during their first football game to celebrate their win. This is their first chance to cheer as a new squad. Courtesy of Henry Photography 3. Varsity cheer at their last game during the state basketball tournament. This is very important to the seniors in the first row, since this marks the last time they will cheer while at North Star.

4. Alexandria McIntosh (10) does a sideline dance while the band plays at the pep rally. McIntosh is on Reserve and loves cheering.

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They started off the year when the team went to Lake Okoboji, lowa for a four-day intensive National Dance Association dance camp. There, Dazzlers received some of the highest honors possible. They were awarded first place for home and elite team routines, three members of the team won Top Gun Awards: Tayly Lawrence(9)-kicks, Kylie Stuart(ll)-turns; and Hannah Euler(12)-leaps, as well as two All American Team Members: Kylie Stuart(ll) and Brooke Shoemaker(12). The success Dazzlers had at camp carried on through the rest of the season bringing entertainment to half times of games and pep rallies. Each year the Dazzlers have a fundraiser, called Little Dippers where they teach children how to dance. The theme for this years fundraiser was "Shake lt Up,' based off of the Disney Channel TV show.

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2. Dazzlers dancing during the half time show at seacrest field. The Dazzler perform their award winning elite camp dance.

3. Th fir t-year fre hman Dazzler : Taylor Mann (9), Taylyn Lawrence(9), and Mercede Down(9) .

4. The juniors of the Dazzlers, Sabrina LaPour (11), Rachael Lehr(l 1), Kylie Stuart(l 1) and Lexye Bruegman(l 1) .

5. The four seniors on Dazzlers, Maddie Justa(12), Hannah Euler(12) Brooke Shoemaker(12) and Ann Marie Murray(12).

6. The Dazzler jump into the air during a drum set. The dancer are performing at the annual Gatorfe t on the first day of the year.

7. Ann Marie Murray(12) is posing during the dance. This performance is during the horn comingh pep rally.

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1. Marching Band places their instruments and takes their correct position on the field. They preform every half time during varisty football games.

2. Alexandria Paulissian (11) demonstrates a move in her routine. This is her first year on color guard.

3. Mike Coffey (10) looks out to the crowd while playing the school song. Coffey has been in precussion since middle school.

4. Band director, Dave Sanderson, gives the band a pep talk before going on the field. These talks help prepare and motivate the members to do well on the field.

5. AJ Peters (12) focuses on conducting the marching band.

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This year was extraordinary for the band. They had the chance to compete in the All-State Competition and took a superior rating! "Getting superior my senior year was awesome because when we started, we had many issues and being able to get over them was great," Amanda Keblar (12) said. Every day was just as important as the previous. When one person missing one day of practice could affect everyone else. Marching Band cherished every day they spent together. ln order to perform well and do their best, the.group had to be out on the field practicing by 7 AM every day. "l woke up at five every morning to be at school early, but l love marching band so it really didn't bother me," said Shatke Archie (11). Marching band was just like any other team at North Star. They brought different talents together, worked to become one big family, and gained their reputation as the pride of the bayou.

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1. Seniors Jessica Stoller and Jo h Schafer are Elizabeth and John Proctor who have their relationship put to the test after Elizabeth accuses John of cheating on her.John is later accused of working with the devil.

2. Gile Corey is concerned about the accusations of witchcraft happening around Salem. The Crucible was Tegan Ba inger's (11) sixth show and fir t speaking role.

3. Betty Parris, played by Gloria Kluck (11), cries out in pain after being slapped and threatened by Abigail Williams to keep their fake witchcraft a secret.

4. Reverend Parris, played by David Coffin (12), kneel and worrie at the foot of his niece, Betty Parris', bed after she has fainted from alleged witchcraft. Betty, along with several other girls, were caught doing witchcraft rituals in the woods recently.

5. Abigail Williams chants on her visions of who she has een with the devil. This was Lainey ebesniak's (12) first lead role as she usually works behind the scenes as a techie.

6. Jacob Linke (12) and Austyn McKee (10) discuss the trial of John Proctor as Francis urse and Thomas Danforth re pectively. Proctor would later be sentenced to death by Danforth.

7. Lincy Meraz (11) plays Ti tuba, Reverend Parri ' slave from Barbado . Here, Tituba attempt to make a potion to kill Elizabeth Proctor by Abigail's demands.

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by Whitney Tallon (10), about owning up to their lie . The girls only pretended to be possessed by the devil because it wa too late to confess.

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As all of the returning theatre die-hards came back for the new school year, many were much more concerned how the shows would be changed beyond the black box, and the fall play, The Crucible, would end up answering all of their questions.

2011 would be the first year that North Star wouldn't be putting on a musical during their fall run. Due to scheduling conflicts, North Star had to scrap the spring show and move it to the fall and replace the winter show with the musical. One-Acts stayed the same for competition reasons. "l think that her changes were a fresh start for my senior year," Jessica Stoller (12) said about the many changes that went on. Stoller had been a part of the theatre program since One-Acts of her freshman year and has done nearly every show since. When asked what she would've changed, Stoller joked, "lf l was director, l' d make the cast dress up and be in character during school on opening night!"

The start of the 2011 school year also brought two transfer students who both earned lead roles in The Crucible. Lincy Meraz and Krista Hauptmeier, both juniors, found a place they could call home in the theatre department.

"The biggest change from transferring from Create to North Star is that here they take it a lot more seriously but l love that!" Meraz laughed. Crete was a Class B school whose last appearance at State was 1983. Meraz had always dreamed of going somewhere bigger with more opportunities and North Star welcomed her with open arms. "lt was so much easier to meet people be, cause l got involved with the school. [The theatre kids] were really accepting of me and l had so much fun doing this show. l can't wait for the rest of the year!"

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1. Jackson Slechta (11 ) times himself while going through his debate. During a competition you only have six minutes to debate.

2. Livia Tran (11 ) looks through another students paper for corrections. Tran has been in the Debate team for two years.

3. J e sy Romero (12) run through her speech after school. Romero was on the speech team her whole high school career.

4. A siastant coach Keith Murray helps Elizabeth Harwood (11 ) type up her debate paper. This wa Harwood's fir t year on the Debate team.

5. Katie Grundman (10) perform her speech infront of her teammates. Grundman has been on the speech team for two yeaers .

6. Albert Phannick (11 ) goes over his affirmative debate during a Monday practice after school. Phannick is new to the Debat·e team but says he would like to continue debate.

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North Star placed third at the Southwest meet, which was their personal best for that meet.

They also broke a record at the Northeast competition which they placed second. The team had many championships in individual events this year. David Coffin (12) won his individual event in Dramatic Interpretation along with Lexi Gardner (12) who won in the Informative competition.

For Jessy Romero (12) it was her last year. She was a member of the Speech team for four years and still felt the rush. "There's a lot of adrenaline involved in running around a school and performing for people all day," Romero said, "Sometimes you don't even have time to be nervous."

The Debate team had a very young group. Everyone was a junior and younger. They met three times a week for two hours researching and writing cases, as well as doing practice rounds. They did that routine often to help get a sense of what would work.

The Debate team went to tournaments all around Nebraska. They woke up early almost every Saturday morning and went to competitions. "We're doing pretty well this year," Livia Tran (11) said, "We consistently break and place at tournaments. lt's a lovely thing to hear North Star's name called up repeatedly during a tournament. Our team is so little, that any sort of recognition erupts pride in every single one of us."

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1. First Row: Jessy Romero (12), Ann Marie Murray (12), Viktoriya Shulyak (12), goc guyen (12), eri Redon Lopez (12), Khanh Mai (12), Cindy Reyes (12), afisa Abdul Basir (12), Samantha Cuellar Figueroa, Jazmin Turner (12), Second Row: Shala Hoang (12), Hannah Euler (12), Mariah Stradley (12), Huong guyen (12), Van Nguyen (12), Zoe Gengenbach (12), Lauren Cobb (12), Kourtney Klein (12), Victoria Meredith (12), Lega Dolicho (12) . Third Row: Nataliya Vecherinskaya (12), Ashley Horner (12), Skyler Jensen (12), Talisha Galaviz (12), Maddison Justa (12), Mary Streeter (12), Claire Spahn (12), Edward Odhiambo (12), Keaton Hartsook (12), Erik Soncksen (12), Quentin Deabler (12), Mario Valdez Guerrero (12), Amanda Maxwell (12) . Fifth Row: Khoi Vo (12), Sam Buller (12), Gaven elson (12), Carley Warner (12), Katelyn Burbach (12), Yasmine Al-Shdifat (12), Devin Schroder (12), Taylor Wagner (12), Lieu Vo (12), Brittany Wiechman(12), Chris guyen (12), AJ Peters (12), Jacob Linke (12) . Sixth Row: Justin Ashley (12), Bowen i (12), Adam Meirose (12), Carly Faller (12), Andy Tatum (12), Adam Brown (12), Amanda Walla (12).

2. Jacob Linke(12) gives a speech at the fall induction ceremony. NHS inducts new members every semester.

3. AJ Peters(12), Khanh Mai (12) and Aivi Duong(12) prepare their skit for the Haunted House. The Haunted House is a fundrai er for NHS that supports the following chapters.

4. Van Nguyen (12) fixes hair for the North Star Prom Fashion Show. The fashion how is an annual fundraiser HS host to donate the proceeds to the chairity of their choice.

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The goal for NHS was common for both Linke and Romero. Linke said "l want[ed] to leave NHS better then [he] found it" on the matter of his goal for HS. While Romero said iil want to encourage underclassmen to follow in NHS footsteps and someday lead the school by demonstrating the best of North Star and its finest students."

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4. Jessica Stoller (12) as ancy defends herself as more than just the treets he grew up on to Josh Schafer (12) a Fagin. anr;y tried to save Oliver from ending up like she had and worked to help him find a home.

5. Mrs. Bumble, played by Savannah Meredith (11), is a tonished that Oliver Twist, played by Blake Chamberlin (10), would ask for "more" food . Thi wa Chamberlin's first role and first lead in a orth Star production.

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Every year the North Star Theater amazed crowds with their award winning performances. One of the many plays that they performed was the One Act play. One Acts were plays that every school prepared and competed with each other; some schools even made it all the way to state.

North Star was historically known for Us great theater program, and this year the Gators went to Gretna for districts placing second, which was an accomplishment due to the strength of the district competitors. ''We know we had our best show and we are so proud of ourselves," said Andrew Schwimmer (12).

The One Act play in 2011 was Oliver Twist; it was about a little boy who lived in an orphanage and decided to run away. The play followed Oliver as he had his ups and downs being on his own in the world. He ultimately found a home and all ends well.

Blake Chamberlin (10) played the lead in the show. "Getting a lead role in the first play l have been in was something l had to adapt to quickly with all the long rehearsals and boring notes, but the seniors took me under their wings and gave me Ups so l could become a better actor," Chamberlin said.

Everyone in the play had do their best, but this was es ly true for Chamberlin. "l Twist, being the lead m a lot of pressure on my shoulders. l had some doubters, but l did what needed to be Chamberlin. Chamberlin still had a few more years to participate in theater, but for this was their last chance, and they all put everything they had on the line and se tl adding another great show to the North Star theater history.

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Student Connell met each day 8th period to work on upcoming projects and ideas. The goal was to help the school and community whlle learning important leadership skills. The group was divided into committees, allowing the council to work on many projects at once. Many of the members were involved with Student Connell since 8th grade.

There were many important projects the students worked on this year. A new project, "The Attendance Challenge," gave prizes for good attendance in the hopes of cutting down the number of tardies and absences. Students that met the requirements were invited to a party to celebrate their achievements. ;;l joined Student Connell because l want to help people. l also want to give North Star a good reputation," said Trinh Tran (11).

Homecoming and Prom were events planned by the dance committee with help from advisor Mike Musil and the other members. Homecoming took place in the cafeteria while prom was downtown at the DelRay ballroom. The dance committee worked several months to plan these events.

The community/charity committee planned Mr. North Star, a major accomplishment of Student Connell. This committee works hard to plan events that supported our community, as well as school. The money collected from Mr. North Star went to benefit the Make-A-Wish foundation.

They also planned a blood drive and volunteered at Matt Talbot to help out in the community.

Stuco invited Student Councils from all across Nebraska to a State Convention in November. North Star students received the day off, while teachers contributed their time to help make ...- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . the day a success. Jordan Blayney was elected State President of the Nebraska Student Councils.

North Star's Stuco put a lot of effort into making sure everything went smoothly.

When the Student Council wasn't working on projects and events, they were spending their time getting to know their peers. Stuco often did games

and activities to help the members get to know one another. ';l think joining will help to put my life on a better track," said Kiah Murrell (10).

The more the students interacted, the more productive they were as a group.

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1. Natalya Martynyuk (10) volunteers to hand out carnations for Valentine's Day. This is Natalya's first year on StuCo. 2. Friederike Profe (11), Mustafa Mond (9), Andrew Martinez (9), and Shat Bagut (10) discuss ideas for upcoming projects. Members often collaborate to come up with new ideas by forming committee .

3. Trinh Tran (11), Thu- gan guyen (11), and Mustafa Mond (9) work together on the Student Issue Commitee.

This group work to improve problem that are important to students at orth Star.

4. Zach Grunder (11) shares his thoughts with other member of hi committee about the best time to meet o utside of chool. Student Council member often devote time outside of chool on projects to benefit orth Star and the community as well.

• 5. Lesly Garcia (10) listens to advisor Mike Musil discuss plans for Polar Plunge. Polar Plunge raise money to support intellectually disabled athletes of Special Olympics ebraska.

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1. David Coffin (12), as Hugo Peabody, dances wi Jessica Bui (11 ), a Kim MacAfee, while she ing "One Boy." Afraid of losing Hugo, Kim tries to re sure him that he's the only guy for her!

2. Lindsey Madsen (12) works diligently on Laure1 Cobb's (12) hair and age lines before Parent's igl Cobb played Albert's over-dramatic and over-prot1 tive mother.

3. Jo h Schafer (12), as Albert Peter on, ing "Put On a Happy Face" and dances with Kenna Leitscht (10) who was ad because Conrad wa leaving to th army.

4. Halsey Buell, a orth Star Alum, helps Lexi Gar ner (12) with her hair and makeup before the show Buell helped choreograph the show and Gardner played the Mayor's wife.

5. Katie Meredith (9) and Riley Davi (9)harmoniz, to the song, "One Boy". Thi was the fir t show fo1 each of them.

6. Rock 'n Roll heartthrob Conrad Birdie, played b: Andrew Greenfield (12), trikes a pose that i sure make the girl woon! Greenfield wa a part of or Star's Choreographed Choir before landing the title role in his fir t play.

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Bye Bye Birdie was the musical tale of Conrad Birdie, a rock and roll superstar who had just been drafted into the Army~ Before leaving, his agent Albert decides as one last publicity stunt to have Conrad kiss one special girl at random publicly on the Ed Sullivan Show. Lucky Kim MacAfee, a fifteen year old from Sweet Apple, Ohio has been chosen for the public kiss on national television. Unfortunately, she had just started going steady with her beau Hugo Peabody and Hugo is furiously jealous! .

North Star's final theatre performance for the year couldn't have been funnier or more entertaining than Bye Bye Birdie. From grandparents to younger siblings, everyone found the music to be upbeat and fun while provoking old memories and lots of dancing and hand jives.

Jessica Bui (11), who had been a part of choir for several years at North Star auditioned for the show just to try something new. "l had no idea what to expect," Bui said after seeing she was casted as the female lead, Kim MacAfee. 'The rehearsal process was stressful, but fun! lt' s very challenging because l've never done a show before. l'm always nervous l'm going to forget my lines!" said Bui. Tve seen a lot of North Star's shows before but never understood how much hard work goes into these shows."

Josh Schafer (12) and David Coffin (12) finished off their high school acting careers with strong performances as Albert and Hugo respectively. "lt' s so bittersweet being done with acting." Coffin said. 'There's no more stress or late night rehersals but l'm going to miss being my silly self around people who l know wont judge me."

"Same here," said Schafer. "l grew up around North Star theatre and they've all become a farp.Uy to me. l'm going to miss it, but l'll always come back and see the other shows."

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North Star hosted one of many SkUlsUSA chapters, a club that prepared students for future careers. Each month the club held meetings to brainstorming fundraising and volunteering ideas as well as prepare for the annual competitions. ''SkillsUSA is an awesome group that helps build a resume and meet new people," said Bowen Ni (12) SkUlsUSA vice president. "l see SkUlsUSA helping me very much in the future. lt helps build leadership qualities in young adults," said Drew Salinger (lO)'Tm sure it will send me on the right path for the rest of my life." This view is shared amongst most members of SkUlsUSA. The club provided many one-of-a-kind experiences. Competitions were one fun and interesting means that Jon Dau (12) called "unique and exciting." He went on to say, "l feel like the club has given me opportunities to give back."

The 2012 batch of SkUlsUSA students brought the work ethic of past years, helping with Santa Cop and other community activities, as well as maintaining the notoriously good reputation. Members made sure that seized the day in every way they could.

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1. Jon Dau(l2) participates in ice breaker activities . He has been in Skills USA the past four year .

2. Vice president, Bowen i (12), gives a speech for Skills USA members. He has been with the club the past two years .

3. A group of student - work together to de ign a po ter. The club does many fundraising and volunteering activities .

4. Ms. Charmain Satree talks about a fundraiser and in truct club member . She is the club spon or for orth Star.

5. Drew Salinger (10) informs fellow members of recent events in the club. This is hi econd year with the club.

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1. Jus tin Ashley (12) check the computer for work on Istoria. T e stud nts alway double checked their work to make s re everything wa perfect.

2. Shelbe Whit (11) Ii tens as A hton Greenfield (11) talks bout thing to add into the news paper. Each student gave ideas on how to make the new paper b tter for each is ue.

3. Susan P schold describe and gives tip on how to make her tudents stories better for I toria while Alex Stogdill (9) listens. The class ·always asked Paschold to double ch ck their work so he could give them o helpful advice.

4. Michael Wenzl (12) talk to classmates during cla s.

Wenzl wa the Chief Editor for the yearbook.

5. Hanna Euler (12), Lexy Bruegman (11), Mary Streeter ( 2), and Carly Faller (12) dance to Thriller during cla s. Halloween was the coming up weekend so students could dres up for school.

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Newspaper, lstoria, and yearbook were all things being worked on throughout the school year. Newspaper was distributed usually once a month, but lstoria and yeai:book were only distributed at the end of the ye&r. "l like being on yearbook staff," said Amanda Cage (12), "l can't wait to see my pages in the yearbook at the end of the year." Most students looked forward to see the end result of the yearbook. lf s what brought the whole school together.

The pressure was on for the staff of the Gator Galaxy" when deadlines had to be met and an issue of the newspaper had to be published every month. "lt all comes down to that last deadline that has to be met so the newspaper can be published," said Shelbey White (11). The paper consisted of stories for upcoming holidays such as Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Valentines Day. lt held stories of students that walked the hallways of North Star and other issues that were being discussed all over Lincoln.

Just like yearbook, another piece that was published a d distributed only at the end of the year was lstorla. lstoria was a book where students came up with stories, poems, and artwork to submit in hopes to seize the opportunity to share their talent.

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1. The members of the 4th annual Prom Fashion Show come together to create another successful year. They raised money for Voices of Hope.

2. Lexye Bruegman (11 ) pin in her dre s during her walk down the runway. Bruegman is one of the many students that got involved in the Prom Fashion Show thi s year.

3. Trevor Reimnitz (11 ) and Martha Mendez (12) pose during their routine on the runway.

4. Andy Tatum (12) pose in one of the many tuxedos provided by Men's Wearhouse.

5. Trevor Birdzell (11 ) entertains the audience with his silly per onality, during the Fashion Show.

6. Members of the Hip Hop Dance team performed during the 4th Annual Prom Fashion Show. This is the first year they have been involved in the Show.

7. Amanda Walla (12) po es in a white dress provided by David's Bridal during her walk down the runway.

8. Brooke Shoemaker (12) struts her stuff on the walkway during the 2011 -2012 Prom Fashion Show.

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The 2011-2012 Prom Fashion Show was a success for • the fourth year in a row. Many students, both involved in the fashion show and those who came to watch, used this as an opportunity to see many different styles of tuxedos and dresses provided by Men's Wearhouse and David's Bridal. "lt gave us an opportunity to get out there and to try new things," said Lexye Bruegman (11), and Carly Faller (12) agreed, ''The atmosphere was great and it was fun to model the dresses and to be with friends."

This year, following the example from the past, the Annual Prom Fashion Show, run by National Honor Society and sponsored by Jessica Meyer, raised money for Voices of Hope.

Voices of hope was a Lincoln organization that provided services to families and victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. The organization was committed to helping victims in the community and created awareness and prevention of these crimes. Gaven Nelson (12) said, "lt was a great way to have fun and help the community."

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Back Row: Eduardo Palomino (12), ---~ :.:. . _Tweedie (12), Rachael Benedict (12), t<:nt~ f).l:K 11), La eisha GraySawyer (11), Chan r all (12), Michael Wenzl (12), Milla Heli~,u.i.n,--..-..;::~ ~ (11), Aivi Duong (12), Ari Wait (11), Joey Terrell (11), Tyler McKimmey (11) S cond Row: ancy Youngman, atauha Vodraska (12), Elizabeth Schneider (12), Kayla Bolich (10), Kelsie Havlicek (12), Susan Vodraska (10), Skyler Jensen (12), Savannah Savick (11), Jazmin Turner (12), Ciara Reagan (9), Friederik Profe (11), Dakota Merica (10), Zahra Aldekhel (11), Enrique Garay (11) Front Row: Colton Hoferer (11), Arturo Moran (12), Mikey Henn (11), Tanner Casch (10)

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Back Row: Acot Kok (12), Edwin Lui~ (12), Merveille Mundembo (12), Ador Mukuna (9), Christelle Mukuna (12), Dulce Medina Jacinto (11) Second Row: Lien Pham (11), Murielle. ..

Mukuna (11), Sana Ahwaz (9), Miad Daraei Ahwaz (12), Michael Johnson, Thu- gan Nguyen (10), Dalya Alisan• dro (12) Front Row: Susan Seacrest, Esther Mundembo (10.), Than Da Soe (12), Roshanak Sabok Rooh (9), Antonia Jaimes Vargas (12), Samantha Cuellar Figueroa (12)

Back Row: Adora Mukuna (9), Susie Brown, Acot Kok (12), Dalya Alisandro (12), Merveille Mundembo (12), Christelle Mukuna (12), Susan Seacre t Front Row: Esther Mundembo (10), Murielle Mu_k una (11)

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Back Row: Dat N guyen (10), Quang Dinh (10) Second Row: James Le (12), Phu Nguyen (10), Aaron Vu (10), J rerny Fischer Front Row: Diane Vu (9), Hu ong guyen (12), Lieu Vo (12), Khanh Mai (12), Sarah guyen (12)

Back Row: Kelvin N guyen (10), Je se Le (12), Quang Dinh (10) Front Row: J essica Meyer , D avid guyen (11 )

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Back Row: Livia Tran (11), Journe Laws (10), J eralyn Steckly (9), Albert Phannick (11 ) Second Row: Keith Murray, Christopher Hu (10), Alicia Williamson, Eliza.: beth Harwood (10), Kole Smith (10) Front Row: Jennifer Anker, Jackson Slechta (11)

Back Row: Megan Schafer (10), Lincy Meraz (11), Cam Tweedie (12) Third Row: Austyn McKee (10), Glon t Kluck (11), Jackie Garcia (11), Amber Pietenpol (11), Suong Nguyen (9), Lainey ebesniak (12), Teagan Bassin, er (11) Second Row: Katie Grundman (10), Hunter Martin (11), Josh Schafer (12) Front Row: Shari Johnson, Je sy Rom\ · ro (12), David.Coffin (12), Lexi Gardner (12), Victoria Kumpost (12)

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Ochoa (9), McKenna Grove (9), Mari sa Schild (11), Zoryana Stepanyuk (10) ·"",....~ Anna Plak ina (10), Justin Ashley (12) Second Row: Susan Paschold, Carly Faller (12), Kaitlyn Huffman (10), Jessy Rome·ro (12), atasha Madlock (11), Ann Marie Murray (12), Ashley Bogus (10), McKenzie Currey (9), Ash ley Horner (12) Front Row: KarliJo Hitz (12), Lizzy Bales (11)

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Back Row: Linsey Madsen (12), Shelbe) --~,-~ .· 11) Third Ro . ~~,__,..,earcey (10), Amanda Keblar (12), Gabne • ian (9), Emalee Henning (11), Mikayla Cru1 shank (11) S cond Row: Sarah Wetzel (10), Livia Tran (11), Ha der Kasem (11), Ethan Molifua (9) Front Row: Megan Woodard (11), Trevor Birdzell (11), Mikaelah Molifua • (11)

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Back Row: Linsey Madsen (12), ick Thompson (11), Casandra Smith (11), Gloria Kluck (11), Aman Santino (12), Austyn McKee (10), Quentin Robb, John Oppegard (12), Brenda Broeker, Sarah Moje Second Row: Miranda George (10), Dana Clark (10), Libby Shuman (10), Megan Schafer (10), Zoe Gengenbach (12), McKenna Leitschuck (10), Lainey Nebesniak (12), Savannah Meredith (11), Matt Benes (12), Josh Schafer (12) Front Row: Krista Hauptmeier (11), Elizabeth Marni (11), Andrew Schwimmer (12), Brooke McCrystal (12), Amanda Walla (12), Jessica Stoller (12), Tyler Olson (12), Lauren Cobb (12), Lincy M az (11), Leah argm~=(::li~~l~o~nlS~t1ithem (10), Whitney Tallon (10) Clu s & Activities

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Back Row: Bobbie Jean Garcia , phen Bui (9), Kim Huynh (10), Milla Heikkinen ( 11), Eduardo Palomino (12), Elizabeth Schneider (12), Madison Drame (9) Front Row: Desirae Lee, Jasmyn DeRock (11), DeShawn Cavitt (9), Akuol Akot (9)

Back Row: Mike Cotner, Jonathan ~~~~~~--~~~~~~~~~---------, Westwood (11 ), Alisha Sheets (11), Tyson Renshaw (12), Andrew Allgooc (11 ), Alexis Roberts (11), Joe Saltzma.1 (11), Chris Deleski (12), Mikeal Grovl (9), Mike Yost Front Row: Will Nguyen (12), Alec Hogan (11), Becca Murch (11), Ambe Elrod (11), Holly Dillard (11), Jarrek Renshaw (8th Grade Student), Joanna Wesnyood (19), Nathan Vance (9)

Back Row: Savannah Savick (11), Cam Tweedie (12), Jaime Gibb (12), Falla Halsey Front Row: Ashley Kot chwar (10), Lizzy Ham (10)

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Back Row: Duane Damoude, David Powers (10), Monty Bornemeier (11), Tyler Henry (10) Front Row: Zach Turner (10), Cory Etmund (11)

Back Row: Kendra Porter (11), Britney Kirchhoff (12), Bob Corum, Brittney Hall (9) Front Row: Emily Weers (Parkview Christian), Haley Hall (11), Stephanie Mundorf (11)

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Back Row: Brooke McCry tal (12), Michelle Henning (12), Amanda Kel: ( 12), Jenn ifer Henry ( 12), Mikaelah Molifua (11) Second.Row: MacKenzie Edwards (1 Amanda Cage (12), Alyssa Wintz (1: Kara Schlegal (12) Front Row: Ashton Greenfield (11), Cindy guyen ( 11), Denisse Carcam (11)

Back Row: McKenna Leitschuck (10) Ruth Nwaturuocha (11), Kasey Lamb rn (11), Rachel Van Arsdall (10), Bail, Lewis-Hopkin (10), Payton Palmer (10) Front Row: A hley Hansen (11), Bail, Barnes (10), Taylor Wehrs (10), Tru ~,~~~• Harms (10), Dakota Hollis (10), Emil Ashenbach (11)

Back Row: Alexandria McIntosh (10), Keti Govori (10), Katie Grundman (10), Danielle Erick on (9) Second Row: Megan Coffin (9), Baile) Gardner (9), Taylor James (10) Front Row: Morgan Ceradsky (10), Karen Tapia, ata ha Tetherow (10), Katie Meredith (9), Hajley Thalken (10)

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Back Row: Kourtney Robin on (L Brittany Wiechman (12) , Rachel Killingswo rth (11 ), Kasey Lamb r (11), Lauren Cobb (12), Andrew Greenfield (12), Justin Ashley ( 12: Jevin Liddell (12), Dylan Lamb 1] K anna Moody (12), Lexi Gard11er (12), Savannah Savick (11), Kait yr Lase (12) Third Row: Jessica Bui (11 ), T a_ lo Pence (11) , Gloria Kluck (11 ), k enna Leitschuck (10), Zoe Genp n bach (12), Josh chafer (12), Joel Brown (10), Alexandrea Cline (12), Kiani Schultz (11), Brooke Schwisow (11).

Quriosity Youn (12), Shykeerra Booker (12) Second Row: T 1ana Ayubzai (12), Savannah Meredith (11), David Coffin (12), Teagan Ba singer (11), Adar • Meirose (12), le Hould n (10), Emilie Ashenbach (11), Terra Gehrig (12), Patty guyen (12), Rebeca Umana 12) Back Row: Robert Salistean, T )ri Renkin, Pauline Perez (12), Ja, i Liddell (9), Stephen Cantarerc (11) Third Row: Gloria Kluck (11) .

Kennedy Krikac (9), Awa Youn (9), Shania Middagh (10), Nat tar Alspaugh (9), ick Rice (11), Jordan Farah bod (10), Zach G be (9), Leah Waldvogel (11), Mic aE Krichau (10) ' Second Row: oah Zeto cha (1 J): Ellie Lucas (11) Samantha Chessmore (11), Shawna Minnick (9), Kim Nguyen ( ), Dani Cota (9), Savannah : le edith (11), Mar· sa Schild (11), Ju tin Truong (9), Anthony Kusek (10) Front Row: Ko rtney Klein (12), Joe Saltzman (11), Haylee Fischer (11), Trudy Pham (12), Andrew Martine (9), Denise Ro ero (10), Anissa Benson (11), Quentin Deabler (12)

Back Row: Kourtney Robinson ( 2~ Andrew Greenfield (12), Je sica ,ui (11), Tyler Spevak (12), Patty i U)' en (12),Jo h Schafer (12) Third Row: T eagan Ba singer ( 11 , A hton Greenfield (11), Zoe Ger genbach (12) Second Row: Jevin Liddell (12), Terra Gehrig (12), David Coffin 12 Front Row: Samantha Hill (12), Adam Meirose (12), Sabrina La P >U (11)

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[Sports] One team, one goal, one dream. The dream to bring the glittering trophy back to North Star. The dream to walk through the halls as the Gator Drum Line plays behind you, while the student body cheers you c The dream to give everything you have out on the court, field, or mat, just to pull out the win. The student athletes continued to work hard d ing practices and in the weight room. The long two-hour practices, and off-season conditioning helped the Gators to excel yet another year in U sports world.

The North Star athletes not only j~gled the practices, meets, and team bonding activities, but also maintained a high GPA ln the classrom Being an athlete to most people can be called, "simple." But being a student athlete puts a whole new meaning to the word. lt makes the athlet not only exceed expectations on the field, but also in the classroom. WU each and every season over 200 athletes compete to "seize the day," a1 give every opportunity they have to become a better athlete as well as , better individual. The Gator athletic tradition grows yet another year to bigger, stronger, and more successful than ever.

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Andy Tatum (12) leads the team out to the field for their game against ortheast. Tatum was a leader for the varsity team.

2. Michael Minter (11) and Darian Trout-Brown (10) catch the punt return. Most of the time, the boy were able to return the ball to the twenty yard line.

3. Corbin Winkler (10), Jake Zigler (10), and Brayd Studnicka (10) take the field for their game against Lincoln Northeast. The reserve team overcame many challenges this season.

4. Jacson Mikaya (9) runs the ball. Mikaya wa a running back for the freshman team.

5. The varsity football player face the Lincoln High Links. The Gator proudly defeated the Link.

6. Logan Broeker (10) receives a pass thrown to him. The JV football team ended their eason with a 2-4 record.

7. oah Housh (11) gets ready to make a play. Housh was a wide receiver for the varsity team.

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1. WiVl oli~tri~t 2. P\"'Y hC\rol C\t e.ve.ry -&VlC\p . :!J. Ge.t four yC\rol-e:. ov, t\..,e, f.r-e:. f olowv, The North Star football team was ready to face many challenges ln their 2011 season. After muscle-nulJl.blng practices and countless hours ln the weight room, the boys were ready to hit the field.

During the Gators seventh game of the season, against Lincoln Southwest, the starting kicker Adam Melrose (12) got a season ending knee-injury. Luckily, Moises Angeles-Santiago (10) was ready to help fill ln Melrose' s shoes. He quickly learned that football at the varsity level was a whole dlfferent ball game. "l found myself being pushed more. A lot of it was getting things right the first time." Angeles Santiago sald. He also faced many of hls own challenges. "The hardest part was trying to galn confidence," Angeles-Santiago sald.

Stepping up ln the Gator's time of need made AngelesSantiago a role model for other levels of Gator football as well.

Alex Stogdlll (9), kicker for the freshman team, used AngelesSantiago's story as motivation. "l am goal oriented a lot more now. l definitely want to work out more and get ln better shape physically and mentally," Stogdlll sald.

Though the North Star football team faced many challenges, lt was very apparent that they were always fully equipped to rlse to the occasion and ready to seize any opportunity that came their way.

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You shouldn't have been intlmi~ ~' dated by the bows and ribbons in ~)>}}~) their braided hair, or by giggles they shared between games, but more so by the passion in their hearts, their dirt covered new uniforms, and the eye black that streaked down their determined and sweaty faces. These girls were passionate about softball and strove to make a mark in North Star history.

Their journey to a victorious season started way before the school year even began. Every Monday thru Thursday morning the softball girls could've been found in the weight room, improving their strength and focusing on the season ahead of them.

"This year there was definitely a huge gain in leaderover in an instant. Now l always play with my heart ship. Our three senior captains really cared for the good of there." our team and kept us focused while still having fun," Mikaelah The start of the school year brought seven ne Molifua (11) said. Last season, Molifua had an injury to her ACL girls to the varsity team. Among them, two freshmar which sat her out for a while; this year she came back strong four sophomores, and Kylie Stuart, a junior, who wa reviving her starting position at second base and occasionally to try something new. A lot of girls tried out their fr playing catcher. "You really don't know what you have until man year and continued with the program through U you lose it, and tearing my ACL made me realize it could be high school careers, but Stuart tried out for the first t her junior year and made the team.

"My expectations were to have fun and get involved with something new. The team exceeded m' expectations by far! l loved it and never wanted the ~ son to end!" Stuart said. She started playing softball nine-years-old and also participated in tee-ball and c pitch. "Knowing the team's past since l've attended North Star really interested me in the program. Then, Kylie H arpst (12) leads the way fo r the Gato rs as their first string pitcher when l decided to not compete at my studio for danc on Varsity. H arpst al o lead the team that's when l made the choice to go out for softball." as a Seni or Captain.

The Gator's season ended at districts, but not without a fight. They met Omaha Westside in the ch, · pionship and had to beat them twice to make it to st, .

However, they only won one and lost the second ga , 4-3. "lt was a really tough loss," Kylie Harpst (12) said, "We were so close!" But the Gator's weren't dis appointed for too long with a record of 31 wins and 1~ losses, they still proved to be a top contender. With ; of their losses going to state qualified teams, the Gate. 1

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2. Natalie tanley (9) beats the throw to first ba e against East. Stanley ~ wa the only freshman that swung JV and Varsity this eason. p:i 3. Emily el on (12) throws the ball to the infield after fielding a ba e ~ hit against Southwest. After the eason, Nel on igned to continue her 'er' softball career at Peru State College. ~ 4. Rachel Sumner (9) frames a strike during a game against Lincoln ~ East. Sumner helped the JV take home two win that evening. p:i 5. Sydney Ferguson (10) is ready to get the out at fir t base. Ferguson ~ wa JV' starting pitcher and was an essential piece to their team.

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The 2011 Cross Country team had a lot to be proud of this year. The girls team prided themselves on the number of runners that came out for the team while the boys obtained a number of hardworking • determined individuals. The unwavering determination from the whole team helped them improve their times.

Jeralyn Poe (9), fondly called "J-Poe" by the team, and Mohamed Hamdan (11) were the stand out runners from the beginning.

"J-Poe and Mo are internally motivated and work extremely hard at running. Both are naturally talented, but they love the sport and practice hard," said Coach Musiel. As the only two runners who qualified for the State meet, Poe and Hamdan both made impressive showings. Hamdan finished third while Poe accomplished her goal and placed first. "My Summer times were slow. l didn't expect to do as well as l did," said Poe. There were other runners that motivated the rest of the team, too. Captains Ellisa Janzen (12), Olivia Morris (12), Philip Troung (11) and Mohamed Hamdan (11) continued to push everyone to be their best. Josh Morrison (11) also added a special dynamic. ""Josh continued to motivate our team to keep them working hard and not give up. He is respected by the entire team," Coach Musi.el said. Most of all, the seniors contributed greatly to the team with their humor and hard work ethic.

There were a few standout runners, but the team thrived as a whole. They became a second family and could always count on each other for support. ""The people on the team got really close. Anything we did together, even just hanging out, was fun," said Poe. The 2011 Cross Country runners became one team, one family and bonded over a common love of running.

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2. Seniors Quriosity Young, Amanda Maxwell, and Olivia Morris run side by side as friends, teammates, and influential leaders of the 2011 orth Star cross country team. All of the girls worked to improve themselves, each other, and their team.

3. As only a freshman, Jeralyn Poe (9) broke numerous North Star records and won the Class A Girls S:ate meet. Poe ran her way into the top spot in the L~ncoln orth Star Running Lady Gators All Time List with a time of 14:38.

4. Ellisa Janzen (12) strives to finish a race, etting an example for the younger runners as a captain of the team. She was a formidable competitor and strong leader in all her years as a cross country reader.

5. Josh Morrison (11 ) runs by his team mates who con tantly support and encourage his determination. Morrison gave the team an oppurtunity to reach outside their comfort zone and make friendships with new people.

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1. Part of the varsity quad celebrates after winning a point against Lincoln Southwe t. The Gator's fir t game of the ea on wa again t the Silverhawks.

2. arly Faller (12) hugs her mom Christy, as her dad, Ron, smiles in the background during the enior night presentation. Faller was a captain of the varsity team this year.

3. Lizzy Bales (11) practices her jump serve during a varsity practice. The girl's worked hard during practices after school so they could have a successful season.

4. Katie Horan (9) digs a ball during a game against Southeast. Horan wa the libero for the reserve team during the 2011 sea on.

5. Kailee Brown (9) sets a ball to her team during a match against orthea t. As a freshman, Brown, was a swing member. This means that she was both a member of JV and Varsity.

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Next the Gators faced an even bigger opponent ln the district final; Omaha Marion. Marion was ranked number five ln the state. Although it was a hard fought battle, the Gators ended up receiving the runner up plaque and not making it to the start tournament. Although it was an upsetting loss, the Gators are looking forward to the upcoming fall season.

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Boys tennis was a sport often overlooked, but the North Star's team improved in both size and winning record. As well, members of the varsity team qualified for state again boosting their record.

Will Chamberlin (12) started playing tennis his sophomore year and after never taking lessons or having played in a league before, he entered into his final high school season with his second qualification to state. "l chose to play tennis because of the past players success, there are lots of opportunities for college and scholarships," Chamberlin said. Tm very excited that l've got to participate in state, not many students can say they've been in state twice for an individual sport in high school." Chamberlin saw an opportunity for success and seized his chance. He became a vital member to the Lincoln North Star Varsity Tennis Team.

Chamberlin's younger brother Blake (10), followed in his brother's footsteps and began playing golf his freshmen year. Young Chamberlin' s goal for his time on the tennis team was to "be the person the team could rely on when it came down to the wire in clutch situations." He worked hard every day on that goal, Chamberlin said " l practiced hard every day and put myself in those tough situations during practice sol would be prepared." Chamberlin's hard work was well paid off because he became that go to player in tough situations for the team.

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Emma Jacoby (10) had been playing for ten years and preparing for this hlgh school sport since the start. Along wlth taking private lessons, she practiced all summer to ensure she was ready for the season.

Jacoby (10) made lt to the state tournament for the second year in a row. When she started golf in hlgh school she said her goal was "to play on varsity, break the school record and qualify for state." Jacoby had already beaten all of her goals during her freshman year and as her hlgh school career continued shes only a lot better. After hlgh school, Jacoby hoped to receive a scholarship for college through golf and then play on a college team.

Morgan Oulette (10) also played for her second year on the golf team. Although last year was her first year playing the sport she had many accomplishments including playing at state and making a-hole-inone at the tournament. Her goals for this year included improving her score and making more records for North Star.

Each member of the golf team had dlfferent reasons for coming out, but they all lived up the time they had on the course and played the game to the fullest.

1. Morgan Oulette (10) happy dan ces with her putter after she made a put across the green. O ulette is practicing for their district tournem ent.

2. Taylor Wagner (12) lines up her golf ball for a putting shot. She is particpatin g in a practice exerci eat the Highlands Golf C o urse.

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For five senior boys, this was their last high school bas ball season, and they saw it as an opportunity to accomplish things. 'Tm giving it all l have knowing it's my last year; l w have another high school basketball season," Jon Dau (12) sai With this mind set, the team not only won the HAC tournam but also beat Southeast and Lincoln High for the first time. "l' been more focused then ever and taken on more of a leaders role. lt' s paid off since now we can say we've beat every Uncc ~r school," Kiefer Musiel (12) noted.

To accomplish these goals, the basketball team had to d, c cate plenty time at practices and come to games completely D . cused. Along with all the hard work the five seniors enjoyed tt time they had together by encouraging one another and compEt· ing in the sport they all loved. "We're having a blast this seas 1 Armin Sulejmanovic (12) stated.

Dylan Petrie (12) voiced the overall goal for the team: 11\\ e t to win districts and go to state." After leaving everything c urt each game, these boys met their goal and North Star , ng student section followed them to the State Tournamen . t e Gators had an ultimate goal, they took advant, g hi school basketball offered. Deonte Holt (12) on as an "opportunity to get into colleg !

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2. Jackson Mikaya (9) takes a shot during warm-ups at his freshman basketball game. The freshman team showed promise for a strong future.

3. Manzel Nimox (10) plays defense at the lincoln high game. Reserve basketball worked hard to make a difference in the basketball program this year.

4. Noah Housh (11) dunks the ball during districts . Varsity won districts and headed to state.

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The teams encountered their share of losses but they had their shining moment when they all put their heads together and pulled out a win. Practices were always crucial to get their passes, dribbles, and shots down and they were making points llke pros. They always needed to be prepared for the next challenge and games they had to face. 'Tm proud of the girls this year," said coach Erk WUUams, "they put all their effort into lt."

At the end of the season the girls were all proud of each other for pulling lt through another great season together. "lt's a bitter sweet ending to this season," said Varsity player McKenz~e Stm (10) "l can't walt for next year but l'm going to miss all of the seniors that are leaving this year".

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1. The team gather around to get a pep talk from Coach Williams during _the game. The girl li tened do ely to get tip on their performance to make them better.

2. Amanda Max ell (12) look for an open teammate to throw the ball to during their game. Player tayed alert in ca e the ball was pa ed to them.

3. Janay Berks (12) look ahead for an oppurtunity to score a point for the Gators. Planning ahead for the next move was important in their gaf\le .

4. Angelique Archie (9) lines up and focu es to make a hoop. Archie wa one of the few underclas men on Varsity.

5. Taylor Wagner (12) covers her opponent in her game against East. The more coverage during games gave the girls the advantage for making ~ shot.

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3. Quincy Koll (11) swims the backstrok . Koll wa always very motivated and was a leader for the rest of the team.

4. Noah Zetocha (10) swims in a meet against Lincoln High. Zetocha has been a part of the swim team since freshman year.

5. Ciara Reagan (9) prepares to dive. Reagan was the only diver for the 2011-2012 swim team.

Testing the atceRS "Swimming ls my first choke. The pool ls my second home. The coach ls my third parent." This was Lincoln North Star's swimming and dlvlng motto for their 2011-2012 season.

Countless hours of practice ln and out of the pool gave them their success throughout the season. With the provided opportunltles for improving their swimming skllls including, 5 am practices and practice every day after school, the team stopped at nothing to reach their goals.

"When 5 A.M. rolls around every morning, l don't want to get out of bed, but l know how much morning practice pays off ln the end," Jenni Moon (10) said when asked about the amount of work needed to be done to reach her goals of going to state and placing ln conference. Moon ended up fullfllllng her goals by placing 7th ln Conference, and 22nd ln State.

Ryan Fleming, the head coach for the swim and dive team, had a lot to be excited about during the swimming season. "The main goals that we had for the season were to have everyone improve from last year, and to get better at every meet," Fleming responded when asked about hls goals for the team.

The swimmers and drivers had a lot to be proud of during their 2011-2012 season. The dedication and determination really showed, and each individual made a splash on North Star history.

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The 2011-20U wrestling team were a brand new team this year. There were a lot of young wrestlers and only one senior, Alfonso Martinez. #We have a young team and should be good next year with 13 returning Varsity wrestlers" said Kolton Larsen (10).

Many of the wrestlers had natural talent for wrestling. That didn't mean they could slack off during practice. Practices were tough and grueling in the humid wrestling room. They learned new moves, had hard drilling, and did live wrestling. To finish each day off, they had intense conditioning.

Junior Trevor Birdzell wasn't able to wrestle half way through the season because of a tear in the labrum of his shoulder . was really hard watching them and not being able to compete because l wanted to be out there so bad," said Birdzell, #but l knew l still had to go to everything and help support all of our young team."

Through all the struggles four teammates were able to place in conference Corbin Winkler (10), Muhsin Younis (11), Gach Yiech (10), and Austen Green (11). Then three of them were able to make it to state, Yiech, Younis, and Mandera Gatwech (10).

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1. Bailey Fulmer (9) tries to get his opponent down on the mat at the Lincoln High's Invitational. Fulmer mad the junior varsity team his fir t year trying out.

2. David Smith (10) checks in before entering his match at orth Star. Smith recently moved to Lincoln and made varsity for hi fir t year wrestling.

3. Gach Yicch (10) pins his Lincoln High opponent during a match at orth Star. Yiech wa one of three who made it to state this year.

4. Corbin Van Duesen (9) quar s up his opponent at the Lincoln High's Invitational. Van Due en made junior varsity on this year' team.

5. Alfon o Martinez (12) tries to take down his opponent during the HAC tournament. Martinez ha wrestled since eighth grade.

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Arizola, Taylor 11 Arkularl, Elysa 61 Arkulari, Katie 47 Arnold, Brandon 33 Arredondo, Ashley 11 Arrigo, Abbey 11, 197 Arroyo, Joe 33, 176 Ashenbach, Emilie 33, 160, 162 Ashley, Joshua 47 Ashley, Justin 11, 138, 148, 153, 156, 162 Ashmore, Derrek 33 Atnafu, Sandros 47 Attaie, AJ 47 Attaie, Imran.61, 193 Attaie, Yama 11, 22 Atteberry, Nicholas 61 Avalos, Mayra 61 Avelino,Amador, Christian 11 Avey, Dorann 76, 84 Avey, Matt 76, 102 Ayala, Accel 33 Ayotitla Cortez, Alejandra 33, 154, 181 Ayubzai, Adib 47 Ayubzai, Shah Faisal 61 Ayubzai, Tamana 11, 101, 162 B Baade, John 33, 176 Baade, Trevor 11,203 Bagut,Shat 143,161,191 Baier, Matt 47, 58 Bailey, Gerald 33, 176 Bailey, Kayla 11 , 47 Baker, Cassandra 11 Baker, Grant 61, 177, 191 Baker, Lukas 11 Baker, Taylor 47 Balani, Ahmed 33 Balani, Hussein 61 Balderas, Eduardo 11, 90 Bales, Lizzy 33, 156, 172, 178 Balkus, David 76, 118 Baragman, Derek 190 Barber, Bryana 47, 163, 193 Bargmann, Derek 47, 176,177, 183 Barnacle, Bryar110 Barnes, Bailey 47, 128, 160 Barnes, Donna 76 Barrios, Karen 33 Barta, Colleen 76 Bartels, Claire 61, 163, 193 Bartels, Kacy 11, 91, 95, 163 Bartsch, Heidi 47

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P,ooker, Shykeera 12, 162 P,oone, Tanner 33, 193 fuos, Devon 33 furdovsky, Blythe 33 &:,memeier, Monty 33, 159, 176 1 &:,rton, Jeremy 47, 153 fuse, Justin 47 &:,ucher, Justine 12, 203 &:,wman, Brea 61, 179 ooyle, Rick 77 Brady, Cole 61 Braggs, Lacherro 33, 176 Brandt, Jordan 47 Bratrsovsky, Brett 33, 176 Bravo, Daniel 61 Breazile, Miranda 47 Bredemeier, Roland 12, 85 Bredemeier, Ronnie 61 Breedlove, Shelby Cheyenne 33 Breemes, Mallory 33, 178 Brennfoerder, Jessica 61, 181, 193 Brennfoerder, Kyle 12 Bretting, Austin 61, 177, 191 1 Brickner, Anthony 33 Briggs, Ben 61 Brinkley, Terrance 61 Brinkman, Jamie 61 , Brinton, Kaylee 61 Broeker, Brenda 77, 135, 157 Broeker, Logan 47, 166, 176,177, 190 Broeker, Tyler 61, 105,177, 193 Brookins, Dantevian 12 Brooks, Clinton 61,177, 191 Brooks, Dylan 33 Brooks, Rannetta 12 Brouillette, Trey 62, 177 Broussard, Kip 47, 57, 177 Brown, Adam 12, 95,138,176 Brown, Alex 33 Brown, Barbara 77 Brown, Colton 12 Brown, Darius 62 Brown, Heath 33 Brown, Joel 47, 162, 177 Brown, Justice 62 Brown, Kailee 62, 172, 178 Brown, Kelsey 62 Brown, Laraysha 33, 192 Brown, Logan 12, 29 Brown, Mesie 12, 86 Brown, Savannah 62, 163 Brown, Shaylene 62 Brown, Susie 77 , 154 Brown, Sydney 47 Bruce, Alyssa 62 Bruce, Anthony 33 Bruckner, Jerome 77 Bruckner, Miranda 12 Bruegman, Lexye 33, 89, 131, 148, 150,151,173,178,218,224 Bruggeman, Morgan 47, 181 Buchanan, Roy 33, 193 Buettner, Robin 77 Bugna, Austin 62, 191 Bui, Chau 12 Bui, Jessica 33, 39, 109, 144, 161, 162,221

Bui, Stephen 152, 158 Buller, Sam 12, 138, 153 Bulling, Elliot 176 Bullock, Sharilyn 77 Bullock, Tenia 12, 184, 192 Bundfuss, Breanna 33 Bundfu , Daryann 47 Bundy, Brittany 33 Burbach, Brynn 47 Burbach, James 62 Burbach, Katelyn 12, 122, 138 Burback, Brian 77 Burgoa, Aaron 77 Burnett, Marshall 12 Burton, Alex 33 Bush, Devin 12, 176 Buzadzhi, Nadia 34, 101 Byron, Melvin 34 C Cadwallader, Braxten 47 Cage, Amanda 12, 129, 141,149, 160,206,207,224 Calafiore, Caleb 62, 70, 177 Cale, Morgan 34 Califorie, Caleb 191 Calloway, Johnny 62, 111 Cameron, Alec 12 Cameron, Claire 13 Canby, Darren 13 Canby, Trenton 48, 177 Cano, Jose 62 Cantarero, Stephen 34, 99, 162 Cao, Anna62 Carcamo, Denisse 3, 34, 109, 160 Carlisle, Elijah 48, 92, 93, 176, 177 Carlisle, Javon 48, 176, 177 Carlisle, Tereic 62, 177 Carlson, Kevin 34.

Carranza-Rcx:lriguez, Elizabeth 77 Carsile, Teric 191 Carter, Garett 62, 177 Caruso, Alex 34 Carver, Beth 161 Casarez, Blas 62 Casch, Tanner 48, 153 Casey, Bryton 13, 176 Castanon Orozco, Jose 48 Castellanos Lopez, Kevin 34 Castro, Leslie 13 Cates, Tyler 13 Cathey, Joshua 48 Catlett, John 77, 176, 177 Cavitt, DeShawn 62, 158 Cebuhar, Lily 62 Cepurnieks, Bethany 62 Cepurnieks, Jacob 48, 111 Ceradsky, Morgan 48, 153, 160, 161 Chab, Austin 62 Chamberlin, Blake 8, 48, 97, 140, 141, 174,180,222 Chamberlin, Will 13, 180 Champoux, Amy 77 Chandler, Cuyler 48 Chapo, Tracie 77, 105 Chavez Camarena, Eduardo 48 Chavez,Samuel 13

Chesley, Daniel 34 Chessmore-Farr, Samantha 34, 162, 193 Chester, Alexus 62, 163 Chieng, Teth 62, 191 Chilen, O:xiy 48, 177 Choate, Michael 13 Choma, Tierra 34 Christensen, Addie 62, 178 Christenson, Samantha 34 Chu- guyen, Uyen 34 Chun, Jasmin 62 Clark, Charla 48 Clark, Dakotta 34 Clark, Dana 48,157, 163 Clark, Lamario 62,177, 193 Clark, Matthew 13 Clark, Ryder 48 Clauson, Samantha 34 Claypool, Adam 34 Cleary, Dray 13 Clemens, Brooke 34 Clements, Jessica 77 Cline, Alexandrea 13, 162 Clover, Alyssa 13 Clover, Brandan 48 Cobb, Lauren 8, 13, 138, 144,157, 162,163 Cobian, Vianey 62 Codina, Mary 13 Coffey, Matt 34, 74, 163, 180 Coffey, Mike 48, 132, 163, 180 Coffin, David 13,134,137,144,145, 156,162 Coffin, Megan 62, 160 Cogdill, Evan 48 Cohn, Staci 77 Colbert, Brooke 34 Collins,Alyssal3,152 Collins, Erica 62 Collins, Raistlin 62 Contreras Corado, Miguel 13 Cook, Yvl)tme 77 Coolidge, Sebastian 63, 177

Cordon Pinto, Rudy 63 Cordon, Rudy 161 Cordova, Katie 63 Cordova, Matthew 13 Cornejo, Valentin 48, 109 Corum, Bob 159 Cota, Danielle 63, 162, 193 Cotner, Mike 158 Coufal, Jeff 179 Coufal, Tyler 34, 190 Covert, Brandon 13,206 Covert, Zach 34 Cox, Brandon 48 Cox, Erik 13 Craig, Alexis 63 Crane, Samuel 34 Creek, Logan 48 Cronin, Erica Vanessa 34 Crouch, Emily 48, 178 Crow, Gavin 63, 177 Crowder, Kyle 34, 176 Cruickshank, Mikayla 34, 157 Cruz, Rico 48 Cuddeford, CJ 48, 97, 176, 177 Cuellar Figueroa, Samantha 13, 138, 154 Cuevas Felix, Sergio 63 Culver, CJ 177, 191 Culver, Cornell 48 Cumblidge, Kelsey 63 Currey, McKenzie 63, 156, 181

D Dak,Da}<63 Dak, Warel34 Damoude, Duane 159 Danaher, Konner 13, 176 Danforth, Thomas 134 Dang, Michael 13 Daraei Ahwaz, Miad 13, 125, 154 Daraei Ahwaz, Sana 63, 125 Dasher, O:xiy 13 Dau, Jenna 48, 190 Dau,Jon9, 14,146,147,182,190

a

Davidson, Gage 193 Davis, Ben 77, 191 Davis, Cody 63 Davis, Kaycie 63 Davis, Riley 63, 144 Davison, Gage 63, 177 Davison, Heather 178 DeRock, Dylan 14 DeRock, Jade 34 DeRock, Jasmyn 35, 158 Deabler, Quentin 14,138,162 Dean, Marcie 77, 153 DehJer, Chloe 48 Decker, Conor 63 Decker, Jeremiah 63 Defreece, Spencer 14, 195 Dehaes, Zenobia 14 Deleski, Chris 158 Delgado, Jeffrey 34, 163 Dempsey, Cole 63, 177 Deng, Nyakier 63, 192 Densberger, Allison 48 Densberger, Ashley 34 Densberger, Julianna 63, 161 Denysyuk, Andriy 48 Denysyuk, Diana 63, 114 Denysyuk, Nataliya 14 Denysyuk, Oleksandr 34 Denysyuk, Pavlo 14 Derr, Kimberly 63, 163 Devine, Lori 77 Dey, Kyle 48,177 Dietz, Mathew 48, 176, 177 Dillard, Holly 35, 158 Dinh, Courtney 35 Dinh, Quang 48, 52, 155 Dittrich, Jake 48 Dodds, Corey 14 Dolicho, Lega 14, 138, 195 Domeier, Sara 181 Donahoo, Zane 14

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Dong, Ajing 35 Dooley, Kelsey 35 Doran,Rutherford, Tyrin 48,176,177 Dormer, Auston 35 Doughty, Royd 77, 105 Douglas, Kimani 14 Down, Dalton 14 Down, Mercades 63, 131 Downing, Alisha 48 Doyle, Rachel 48 Drame', Madison 63,124,158 Drdla,Wiltse, Zdenka 77 Dreher, Crystal 14 Dreher, Nathaniel 48 Dubas, Jesselyn 14, 201 Duhrkop, Lexi 48, 179 Duncan, Kayla 35 Dunn, Matt 48, 177 Duong, Aivi 14, 91, 138, 153 Duong, Kevin 63 E Eastman, Jacob 48, 181 Ebadeh Ahwazi, Dina 63 Ebrahim, Mujtaba 63, 177 Eckhout, Jennifer 48 Eckhout, Michael 48 Edington, Micah 15, 190 Edwards, Dylan 49, 177 Edwards, MacKenzie 15, 128, 160 Egan, Travis 35, 181 Eggerss, Mary 63 Eickhoff, Jerry 190 Eickhoff, Payton 63, 192 Eickhoff, Taylor 63, 192 Eickoff, Payton 178 Elazouzi, Lindsey 64 Elder, Zachary 49 Eldridge, Kristen 49, 193 Elias, Majdal 49 Elias, Tahsin 64

Elliott, Leah 64 Ells, Julia 49 Ekod,Amber35,158 England, Laurie 77 Engleman, Jimmy 35, 176 Enriquez, Jeffrey 35 Epp, Morgan 35 Epting, Isaiah 49, 191 Erickson, Codie 64, 178 Erickson, Danielle 64, 160 Erik, Will 198 Erlewine, Jonathan 15, 103 Ernesti, Zach 15 Escobedo, Elizabeth 35 Esmeir, Allison 15, 91 Espino Espinoza, Kelvin 64 Espinoza, Beatriz 35 Espinoza, Jesus 64 Espinoza, Liliana 15 Estell, Amber 35 Estrada, Jayme 64 Etmund, Cory 35, 159 Euler, Hannah 15,109,130,131,138, 148,175,202,207,224 Euter, Kimberly 35, 153 Evans, Kiara 64 Evans, Marissa 15,163,201 Ewald, Jaynee 49 Ewing, Riley 64, 177 F Faller, Carly 15, 85,125, 138, 148, 151,156,172,173,178,195,207 Falter, Nancy 77, 106, 107 Farahbod, Jordan 49, 162 Farber, Jonathan 35 Farber, Melanie 5, 31, 77 Farber, Richard 49 Farley, Austin 49 Fast, Cde 35, 45 Fast, Kalin 35 Fast, Lynette 77, 82 Fatemi, Michelle 77 Faulhabre, Richard 64 Fauth, Mandy 35 Fellers, Johana 49, 161 Ferguson, Darren 179 Ferguson, Emilia 64 Ferguson, Sydney 3, 49, 83,167,169, 179,187,224 Fern, Diane 77 Figueroa, Daniel 64 Fischer, Haylee 35, 162 Fischer, Jeremy 77 , 155 Fisher, Amy 77 Fisher, Marian 77 Ramig, Mikah 35 Hemming, Ryan 186,193 Rora, Carol 77 Hores, Jesus 49 Hores, Kymberly 35 Hores, Mariah 64 Rynn, Alex 35, 155 Rynn, Rachel 64, 155 Rynn, Shaun 15, 155 Focht, Tom 114 Follette, Teah 64

Fomenko, Anna 15 Fomenko, Ivan 35 Foreman, Davarius 35 Foster, Vivian 64,179 Fountai..'1, Cassandra 49 Fountain, Jacob 64 Frack, Susan 77 Frain, Hannah 15 Franssen, Liz 49 Frederick, Lauren 49 Fredrick, Miles 35 Freeman, Dana 35 French, Ashtyn 49, 178 Friesen, Kirsten 36 Friesen, Scott 78, 181 Frink, JJ 193 Fritz, Eli 36 Froscheiser, Jake 176, 193 Fry, Caleb 49 Fullerton, Makenzie 49 Fuhner, Bailey 64, 177, 189, F. G Gaber, Zach 64,162,177, 193 Galaviz, Talisha 15, 138 Gallegos, Alexander 64, 177 Galvan, Danielle 36 Gamez, Aaron Pineda 55 Garay Jr, Tomas 78 Garay, Enrique 36, 125, 153 Garcia Castorena, Jackie 36 Garcia Castorena, Lesly 49, 51 , -3, 161,178 Garcia Marin, Brenda 36 Garcia Marin, Erick 15 Garcia Rubio, Diana 36 Garcia Rubio, Luis 49 Garcia Torres, Oliver 49 Garcia, Adrian 15 Garcia, Allyson 15 Garcia, Bobbie Jean 64, 158 Gardner, Bailey 64, 128, 160 Gardner, Lexi 15,137,144,156 62 , 173,178,204 Garrido Salgado, Juan 64 Garrison, Amber 161 Garrison, Katie 36 Gaskins, Kayla 64 Gates, Caitlyn 64 Gatwech, Mandera 49, 188, 193 Gee, Angela 78, 179 Gehrig, Terra 15, 122, 162 Geiger, Chad 191 Gengenbach, Zoe 222 George, Miranda 49, 157 Gerlach, Aaram 49, 193 Gerlach, Haleigh 36 Gerlach, Skyler 64 Gem, Devin 36 Gem, Emily 64 Geyer, Alyssa 49 Gibbs, Holly 64 Gibbs, Jaime 15, 97, 158 Gibbs, Malik 49 Gibbs, Tiara 36 Gibilisco, Rebecca 49, 179 Gibson, Konnor 49

Gibson, Michael 15 Giebelhaus, Jordan 49 Gilliland, Justin 50 Gillotti, Brooke 78, 83 Gillotti, Michael 78 Glaze, Alexandra 50 Gleason, Daniel 15 Gleason, Desiree 50 Glosser, Ashli 65, 181 Glosser, Jordan 15, l 76 Goebel, Courtney 16 Golden, Dante' 50 Golden, Dayton 65,177, 191 Gomez Hernandez, Guadalupe 16 Gonzalez Figueroa, Maricruz 36 Gonzalez, Kimberly 16 Gonzalez, Nathaniel 16 Gonzalez,Rores, Juan 16 Gonzalez,Rores, Viridiana 65 Gonzalez,Torres, Cristian 50 Goodwin, Jennifer 78 Goranson, Nick 152 Govori, Keri 50, 160 Govori, Vesa 16 Graff, Isaac 65 Graham, Delveion 36, 82 Graham, Jake 16 Graham, Ja'qwan 50, 191 Graves, Zachary 50 Gray, Jordan 50 Gray, Nicholas 50 Gray,Sawyer, LaNeisha 36, 37, 153 Green, Amber 65 Green, Austen 36, 161, 176, 188, 193 Green, Ayanna 65 Greenfield, Aeryn 65, 179 Greenfield, Andrew 16, 144,162,222 Greenfield, Ashton 36, 101, 148, 160, 162 Greenrod, Caleb 65, 177 Greenrod, Jake 36 Greger, Alex 50 Gress, Johnny 65 Griess, Jaelynn 36, 109, 178 Griffin, Paige 50, 181 Griggs, Kendra 16 Grimes, Emily 88 Grimes, Maggie 65 Grimsley, Jenna 36 Gronenthal, Kierra 65 Grove, McKenna 65,156

Groves, Mikeal 65, 15 Grubb, Trayten 36 Gruhn, Chelsea 16 Grunder, Zach 36, 143, 161, 176 Grundman, Katie 50, 136, 156, 160 Gubbels, Austin 50, 191 Guerrero, Maria Andrade 61 Gum, Bakhita 36 Gunnerson, Miranda 36 Gustafson, Brandon 50 Gustafson, Christine 78 Gustafson, Dustin.16 Guticz, Sally 50 Gutierrez, Arisbeth 36 Gutierrez, Jose 65 Guy, Ahkyra 16, 198

H Haen, Danielle 36 Hagerbaumer, Alexis 50 Hahn, Cody 36 Hain, Traci 65 Haines. Victory 176 Hall, Brittney 65, 159 Hall, Haley 36, 159 Hall, Jaggar 16 Hall, Tessa 50 Haller, Sammy 50 Halsey, Falla 78,109, 155, 158 Ham, Lizzy 50, 86, 153, 158, 163 Hamdan,Mohamed34,36, 170,171, 181 Hamo, Naeif 36 Hamo, Samir 65 Hampton, Kaylee 65 Hamy, Kilestan 65 Hansen, Ashley 36, 160 Hansen, Lisa 78 Hansen, Matthew.SO Hansen, Terran 37 Hargreaves, Leah 50, 157 Harms, True 50, 160 Harpham, Ryan 65 Harpham, Sydney 37, 85 Harpst, Kyhe 16, 168,169, 179 Harpster, Jillian 86 Harris, Codey 16 Harrison, Lucas 37 Harrold, Nickolas 65 Harsh, Trai 65,177, 193 Hartley,Jack 65,191

Hartsgrove, Raeanna 157 Hartsgrove, Robert 17 Hartsook, Keaton 17, 138, 176 Hartzell, Ben 50, 75, 163 Harvey, Anthony 37 Harwood, Ehzabeth 136, 156 Hasan, Ferial 65 Hasan, fuas 37, 92 Hauptmeier, Krista 37, 135, 157 Hauser, Garett 50, 177 Havlat, Jordan 37, 179 Havhcek, Kelsie 17, 153, 163 Hawkins, Austin 37 Hayes, Aaron 50,177, 191 Haynes, Madyson 107 Haynes, Marianna 65 Haynes, Peyton 37 Heafer, Bailey 78, 178 Hebron, Nita 78 Hedges, Audrey 17 Hedges, Katharen 50 Heikkinen, Milla 37, 153, 158 Heili, Taylor 50 Heller, Cody 50 Hellerich, David 78 Helms, Gabrielle 17 Heminger, Cara 78, 153 Hemmett, Lori 78, 117 Heneger, Callie 65 Henn, Michael 37, 125, 193 Henn, Mikey 153 Henning, Emalee 37, 157 Henning, Michelle 17, 160, 199 Hennings, Nathan 37 Henry, Gavin 65, 177 Henry, Jennifer 17, 160 Henry, Tyler 50, 159, 176, 177 Herbert, Austin 50 Hernandez Sanchez, Evelyn 65 Hernandez, Bibis 37 Hernandez, Erika 37 Hernande:, Jazmin 17, 181, 199 Hernandez, Jorge 17 Hernandez, Monica 37 Hernandez, Tania 65, 67 Herrera, Gabriela 50, 15 5 Herrington, Narica 50, 178 Herzog, Taylor 37, 179 Hessheimer, Abri 66 Hesso, Bayan 66, 86 Hesso, Dello 37 Hetland, Kristi 78 Hicks, William 50 Higgins, Alex 50, 181 Higgins, Keely 50 Hightower, Chase 66 Hile, Nevan 17, 94, 198 Hilger, Tristan 50, 177 Hill, Jaime 37 Hill, Samantha 17, 162 Hille, Jade 66, 178 Hillman, Stephanie 66 Hindera, Tim 17 Hitz, Karh Jo 5, 17,156,202,203 Hitz, Katie 66, 178 Hitz, Rus 193 Hitz, Ryan 176,177, 193 Ho, Lien 17

Ho, guyen 37, 152 Hoang, Shala 17 13 Hoang, Trish 37 Hobaugh, Chevis 17 Hodge, Kri tina 78 Hoehne, Cynthia 78 Hoferer, Colton 37, 153, 181, 193 Hoferer, Schyler 66 Hoffman, Derrick 176, 193 Hofmeister, Tiffany 37 Hogan, Alec 37, 95, 153, 158 Hoglund, Chelsea 78, 192 Holbrook, Johnny 66 Hollcroft, Sara 78 Hollingsworth, Whitney 37 Hollis, Dakota 50, 160 Holloway, Nicole 17 Holston, Ginny 50, 163 Holt, Deonte (Hudy) 17, 182, 183, 190.220 Holt, Devonte 50, 165, 190 Holt, Elijah 50, 105 Holtmeier, Phil 66 Holz, Kyle 17, 163 Homeyer, Caitlynn 37 Hood, Britney 37 Hood, Kendra 66 Hoover, Ann Marie 66 Hoover, Jackie 17 Hoover, Jeffrey 17, 155 Hoover, Nick 66, 177 Hoover, Samantha 37, 85 Horan, Austin 37, 190 Horan, Katie 66, 86, 172, 178, 192 Hom, Dixie 78 Homer, Ashley 17,103,138,156, 206,207,224 Homer, Seth 66, 191 Horton, Tonicia 66, 161 Hosek, Renee 78 Hoskins, Abigail 51, 192 Hoskins, Cordell 17 Hoth, Begoa 66 Hoth, Hoth 51, 177 Hothmeir, Phil 191 Houlden, Cole 51, 162 Housh, Noah 37, 166, 176, 183, 190 Howard, Cyerra 66 Howard, Tyler 66,177, 193 Hu, Christopher 46, 51, 103, 156 Hubble, Katie 193 Hudgins, Tori 78 Huffman, Kaitlyn 51, 156 Hughes, Ryan 51, 171, 181 Huht, Trevor 66 Hull, Trenton 49, 51 Hunt, Daegan 38 Hunter, Cassandra 17 Hunter, Jasmine 66, 181 Hunzeker, Colton 17, 163 Hurst, Tyler 66 Huss, Zachary 51 Huynh, Anh Khoa 51 Huynh, Kim 51, 157, 158

I Ibarra Garcia, Ehzabeth 51

Index

2 15

Inness, Zack 38 Irons, Nicholas 38, 163

J Jaber, Hana 38 Jackson, Oxly 38 Jackson, Nick 18, 91 Jackson, Zachary 51, 176, 177, 193 Jackson,Suarez, Deja 51 Jacol:ron, Craig 78 Jacol:ron, Gus 76, 78, 114 Jacol:ron, Trevor 38, 176 Jacoby, Bruce 181 Jacoby, Emma 51, 181 Jaimes Espinoza, Estefany 66 Jaimes Vargas, Antonia 18, 154 Jaimes Vargas, Pedro 66 James, Taylor 51, 160 Janzen, Elhsa 18, 171 , 181,205 Jarvis, Molly 66 Jaycox, Amethyst 51 Jeizan, Benyamin 51 Jensen, Derek 18, 153 Jensen, Emily 51 Jensen, Jarin 66 Jensen, Skyler 18, 138, 153 Johnson, Bryan 51, 103, 193 Johnson, Christine 18 Johnson, Dylan 66 Johnson, Lida 66 Johnson, Michael 154 Johnson, Quinn 18 Johnson, Ryley 51 Johnson, Shari 156 Jollife, Tori 51, 178, 192 Jones, Brent 38 Jones, Devonna 18 Jones, Sam 66, 191 Jones, Zeffrey 38 Jordan, Aleisha 18 Jordan, Alexandra 51, 82, 161 Joya Pereira, Wilber 38 Juarez, l..ezter 66 Juarez, Randy 38

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Index

Julch, Kylah 51, 192 Juracek, Jake 51, 191 Jurgens, Jessica 38 Justa, Maddison 18, 131, 138, 197 K Kadavy, Shelby 51 Kaohn, Brandon 51 Karim, Asreen 18 Karr, Austin 18,205 Kasem, Haeder 38, 157 Kasem, Rihab 51 Kauk, Delane 78 Keblar, Amanda 18, 133,157, 160, 163, 199 Keck, Oxly 18 Keel, Marques 18 Keeshan, Annie 51, 181 Kelley, Dustin 18, 157 Kepler, Janelle 78 Kerkman, Travis 78 Kesmer, Sanel 51, 92, 177 Kesner, Michael 38 Key, Eddie 38, 176 Keys, Raja,Nee 38 Khippelmeyer, Tyson 38 Khoudeda, Asia 66 Khoudeda, Ehas 38 Khudhur, Berevan 51 Khudhur, Sheervan 66, 89 Kiburz-Grimes, Emily 78 Killingsworth, Rachel 38, 101, 162 Kincade, Tyree 52,177,191 King, Rachel 78 Kinney, Camelle 78 Kinney, Skyler 52 Kirby, Tyler 52 Kirchoff, Britney 18, 105, 159 Kirk, Courtney 18,200 Kirkland, Linda 78 Kirklin, Marquis 38, 176 Kirschner, Tiffany 18 Klein, Kourtney 18, 98, 138,162,203 Kleinert, Kaylee 18 Klimm, Linda 5, 78,215

Kloecker, Jack 52, 163 Klooster, Garrett 18 Klosterman, Rachael 52 Kluck, Gloria 38, 134, 156, 157, 162 Kluck, Meyer 66, 163, 180 Kluczynski, Jennifer 66, 178 Klute, Jessica 38 Knaub, Cory 18 Knaub, Emily 18, 181, 186, 193 Knight, Alyx 78, 96, 97 Knight, Crystal 38, 91, 163 Knippelmeyer, Tyson 41, 176 Koat, Nyaheb 66 Kohl, Emily 66 Kok, Acot 18, 154 Kolb, Courtney 52,.178 Koll, Quincy 38, 186, 193 Kometscher, Andre 52 Kometscher, Oxly 52 Kometscher, Tessa 38 Kondratyuk, Demetri 66 Konovalchuk,Alyona52 Kontor, Liz 78 Kopejtka, Tasha 66, 179 Kopf, Trevor 52, 181 Korth, Haley 38 Kotik, Kristy 78 Kotschwar, Ashley 52, 153, 158 Koung, Treza 19 Kraatz, Dustin 38 Kramer, Holly 19 , 122, 163 Kreifels, Lanette 78 Kreikemeier, Alek 52, 176, 177 Krichau, Michaela 52, 162 Krikac, Kennedy 66, 162, 181 Kringel, Aleciya 52 Krizek, Riley 157 Krogh, Markus 38 Krogh, Sharaia 38 Kroll, Megan 79 Krouse, Prescott 19 Kruse, Kelsey 19 Krusemark, Jalen 66 Krzycki, Arisa 19 Krzycki, Isabelle 38, 152 Kuany, Bhan 38 Kucera, Zachary 66 Kumpost, Josiah 67 Kumpost, Victoria 19, 156 Kuot,Mimi39 Kusek, Anthony 52,162 Kuznetsova, Inna 52 L LaPour,Sabrina39, 131,162,163 Lacey, Zach 19 Lado Andrea, Jean 39 Lam, Kevin 86 Lamb, Dylan 39,162,163 Lamborn, Kasey 39, 74,160,162 Landolt, Bobbi 67 Lantos, Angelo 39 Lantos, Nathan 67, 180 Lapp, Jacob 39 Lara, Kathy 19 Lara, Kimberly 85 Larsen, Kolton 52, 176,177, 188, 193

Laschanzky, Daniel 19 Laschanzky, Emily 67 , 161 Lase, Kaitlyn 19, 162 Laughlin, Gabe 39, 176 Lavelle, Todd 10, 179 Lawrence, Taylyn 67, 131 Laws, Journey 52, 156, 163 Lazaro, Christina 52 Le, Christine 67 Le, Cynthia 67 Le, Diana67 Le, Gary 52 Le, Hang 52 Le,James 14, 19,155 Le, Jesse 19, 155 Le, Kenny 67, 177 Le, Nhu Quynh 67 Le, Tinh 19 Lee, Desirae 158 Lee, Kaitlyn 52, 178 Lee, Michael 67, 155 Lefler, Jessica 19 Lehn, Kasie 19 Lehr, Rachael 39, 131, 163 Leichleiter, Cameron 52 Leimbach, Jason 79 Leimbach, Stacy 178 Leitschuck, McKenna 52, 134, 4, 157, 160, 162 Lemke, Desiree 67, 161 Lenz, Stuart 79, 152 Lewis, Mercy 134 Lewis,Hopkins, Bailee 52, 82, 1t Li, James 52 Liddell, Jaci 67, 162, 179 Liddell,Jevin 19,101,162,176 Li.en, Nicholas 39 Limbach, Jennifer 79 Limbach, Zach 79, 94, 95, 190 Linares Diaz, Gerardo 39 Linares Diaz, Yessica 52 Linares, Berenice 19 Linderman, Hailey 67 Linke, Cole 67, 103, 177 Linke, Jacob 7, 19, 134, 138, n Lippold, Taylor 67 Livingston, Alisha 52 Livingston, Deyon 39 Lloyd, Andante 79 Lloyd, Ellen 19, 163, 181, 193 Lobrillo, Madison 52, 178, 190 Lockett, Eric 79, 95 Lomeh Ocegueda, Angel 67, 11 1 Lamison, Justin 39 Lamison, Zachary 19, 176 Long, Kahn 67 Longoria, Seve 52, 193 Loontjer, Chennedy 19 Loos, Noah 163 Lopez Salas, Valeria 67, 161 Lopez, Alejandra 19, 154 .

Lopez, Antonio 19 Lopez-Chavez, Fernando 67 Lopez-Chavez, Tania 39 Lopez,Manrriquez, Paul 67 Lorimer, Wendy 79 Lothson, Taylor 39

Loury, Zach 53 ' Louthan, Joslyn 53 l.,owry,Sanders, Payton 53,177, 191 Lubker, Emma 39, 112 Lubker, Samuel 67 Lucas, Ellie 39, 162 Ludwig, Eric 19 Lueth, Atem 53, 181 Lueth, Lueth 39, 176, 183, 190 Luis, Edwin 20, 154 Lundholm, Nick 53 Luu, Cuong 39 Lyons, Jennifer 79

M Maatsch, Steven 53 Macias, Marcos 20 Maddux,Cyndy79,224 Mading, Nyagoa 67 1 Madlock, Daprese 67 Madlock, Daquan 53 Madlock, Natasha 39, 156 Madsen, Linsey 20, 144,157, 163 Magoon, Demond 53 Mai, Khanh 20, 125, 138, 153, 155 Mai, Mark 20, 84, 153 Mai, Trang 8, 20, 112 Makuet, Spencer 67 Malone, Hannah 53 Marni, Elizabeth 39, 99,157, 161 Mangers, Alex 53 Manley, Kayla 53 Mann, Michael 39 Mann, Taylor 67, 103,131,217 Manning, Dalton 67, 177 Manning, Dustin 39 Mara, Chance 53, 92, 125, 157, 177 Markley, Cody 20 Marks, Andrea 53 Marquez, Chris 53, 181 Marr, Andrew 8, 39 Marroquin Solis, Jorge 67 Marshall, Chandra 20, 99, 153, 163 Marti, Terri 79 Martin, Hunter 39, 156, 163 Martin, Kristan 67 Martin, Laura 39 Martin, Sean 53 Martinez Garcia, Karla 40 Martinez, 11, Cruz 36, 39, 171 Martinez, Adan 79 Martinez, Adrian 68 Martinez, Alfonso 188, 189 Martinez, Anayi 107 Martinez, Andrew 68, 143, 161, 162, 181 Martinez, Justin 39 Martinez, Shelby 39 Martinezturrubiartes, Alejandro 40 Martinezturrubiartes, Maria 68 Martynyuk, Natalya 53, 143, 161 Masat, C,ori 20, 199 Matamoros Acosta, Luis 53 Mateat, Pangak 53 Matthiessen, Lori 79, 118 Matzen, John 79, 85 Maxfield, Jacob 40, 181

Maxson, Mallory 40 Maxwell, Amanda 20, 138, 171, 181, 185,192 May, Delaney 68, 163 Maya, David 53 Mayes, Keyon 107 McAndrew, Mackenzie 20, 12 7, 164, 173, 178, 190 McBride, Nicole 40, 179 McC,onnell, Brittany 20 McC,onnell, Brooke 11 7 McCrystal, Brooklyn 20,157,160,204 McElroy, Jeremiah 40, 163 McEwen, Jason 68 Mcfarling, Avi 53 Mcfarling, Guy 20 McGarrell, Zainya 40 McGarvie, Cari 20, 173, 178, 192, 213 McGarvie, Casey 68, 177 McHargue, Laura 20 McIntosh, Alexandria 53, 129, 153, 160 McKee, Austyn 53, 134, 156, 157 McKimmey, Tyler 40, 153 McLaughlin, Bryce 40 McLaughlin, Ian 63 McLeod, Amanda 68,163,179 McManus, Evie 40 McManus, Lydia 53, 178 McNair, James 20, 176 McNair, Malerie 68 McNair, Nolan 53, 176, 177 Medina Jacinto, Dulce 40, 154 Meeks, Tynesha 53 Meers, Kyle 40, 181 Meier, Haley 53 Meirose, Adam 7, 20,138,162,167, 176,200 Melendez Reyes, Brian 53 Mena Romero, Karina 68 Menard, Phylisha 20 Mendez Ramirez, Lizzette 68 Mendez, Axel 40 Mendez, fabricio 53 Mendez, Martha 20, 150, 212 MendozaNelazquez, Lesly 68 Menne, Cameron 53 Mensah, Kafele 68, 124, 125 Meraz, Lincy 40, 101, 134, 135, 156, 157 Mercado, Bryan Mejia 53 Mercado, Jessie 68, 177 Meredith, Katie 68,101,112,144, 160 Meredith, Savannah 38, 40, 140,157, 161,162,163 Meredith, Victoria 20, 138,163,204 Merica, Dakota 54, 153 Merrick, Douglas 20 Merriweather, Daresha 54 Merryman, Kenzye 68 Mertes, Alex 3, 20, 105 Mesess, Sandy 20 Messersmith, Alyssa 40 Metzger, Charles 68 Meyer, Jessica 79, 151

Meyer, Skyler 40 Moody, Kenysha 68 Meyers, Jessica 79, 155, 179 Moody, Torey 21 Meyers, Jimmy 40 Moon,Jenni 54,179,187 Meysenburg, Kyle 54, 163 Moon, Jennifer 193 Meza, Maribel 40 Moore, Brooklyn 54 Meza, Yesenia 21 Moore, Heidi 79 Middagh, Ann 79 Moore, Kiera 68, 73, 178, 192 Middagh, Shania 54, 162, 179 Moore, Makael 68 Mikaya, Jacson 68, 166,177, 183, 191 Moore, Maurice 40 Mikesh, Jessey 40, 193 Moore, Michael 22 Mikus, Ryan 54, 97 Moore, Tara 86 Milbourn,Baker, Noah 68 Moore, Taylor 68 Miles, Erin 79 Mora Rodriguez , Ismael 22 Miller, Alyssa 68 Mora Rodriguez, Raymundo 54 Miller, Amanda 21 Mora, Juan 69 Miller, Cheryl 79 Moran, Arturo 153 Miller, Dejay 21 Morataya Herrera, Marcia 54 Miller, Gerame 40 Moreno, Cynthia 54 Miller, Kyle 21, 163 Moreno, Lupita 54 Miller, Nadra 68 . Moreno, Marcus 69, 177 Miller, Tyler 111 Morgan, Kulina 22 Milligan, Ciera 68 Morris, Olivia 22, 170, 171, 181, 190 Minnick, Shawna 68, 162 Morrison, Josh 40, 170, 171, 193 Minter, Michael 35, 40, 166, 176, 190 Motschenbacher, Sammi 22 Minzel, Jacob 21 Motschenbacher, Shawnie 79, 110, Miszkiel, Joshua 21 111 Mitchell, Bonnie 118 Mourad, Hafeth 69 Mitchell, Cody 21 Mourad, Khaled 22 Mitchell, Kylie 54, 178 Mueller, Kasey 40 Mitchell, Trenton 21 Mueller, Stephanie 153 Mobley, Kristofer 54 Mueller, Travis 22 Mohammed, Mawada 68 Mukuna, Adora 69, 88,154 Mohammed, Moujtaba 54 Mukuna, Christelle 22, 154 Moje, Sarah 157 Mukuna_,Murielle 154 Molifua, Ethan 68,157, 177 Mllfldembo, Esther 54, 124, 125, 153, Molifua, Mateo 176, 177 154,161 Molifua, Mikaelah 40, 109, 120,157, Mundembo, Merveille 112, 154 160,168,179,193,222 Mundorf, Christin 22 Mundorf, Stephanie 40, 159 Molyneaux, Mackenzie 54 Munsen, Brittany 40 Mond, Mustafa 143 Murch, Becca 40, 158 Moody, Keanna 21,162

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Murphy, Rudi 22 Murray, Ann Marie 22, 126, 131, 138, 153,156 Murray, Ashley 54 Murray, Emily 41 Murray, JP 41, 131, 181 Murray, Keith 136, 156 Murrell, Kiah 54, 142, 161 Musiel,Candi 79, 86 Musiel, Connor 54, 190 Musiel, Kiefer 22, 182, 190 Musiel, Matt 79, 170, 171, 181 Musil, Mike 79,142,143 , 161 N Nadeem, Samir 22 Narcisse, Shaleesa 54 Neal, Falyn 41 Neal, Logan 22 Neal, Tim 54, 177 Neamat, Heliz 41 Neamat, Srbiste 69 Nebesniak, Lainey 22,109, 156,157, 163 Nedic, Jelena 23 Neemann, Michelle 54 Nelson, Austin 69, 177 Nelson, Danielle 54, 178 Nelson, Elizabeth 69 Nelson, Emily 23,169,179 Nelson, Gaven 23, 122, 123, 138,147, 151,194,207,224 Nelson, Lizzy 179 Nelson, Michael 23 Nelson, Nathan 23 Nelson, Quentin 69 Nelson, Tyler 54 Nelson~Hitz, Kristi 79, 102, 178 Nesson, Luke 41

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Netherland, Tre'Quan 69, 177 Neujahr, Raya 69, 192 Nevitt, Christina 79, 208 ewell, Joshua 41 goyi, Ruben 69 Nguyen, Amy 23 Nguyen, Ba 54 Nguyen, Calvin 69 Nguyen, Cao 23 guyen,Chris23, 122,138,153,180 Nguyen, Cindy K. 41, 160 Nguyen, Cindy T. 54 Nguyen, Dalena 41 Nguyen, Damian 41, 99, 180 Nguyen, Dat 69, 177 Nguyen, Dat T. 54, 155 Nguyen, David 54 guyen, David A 23, 176 Nguyen, David C 41, 155 Nguyen, David H 69, 174, 180 Nguyen, Hang 54 Nguyen, Hieu 23 Nguyen, Hong~Ngoc 23, 97, 138 Nguyen, Huong 23, 138, 155 Nguyen, Huyen 69 Nguyen, Jennifer 54 Nguyen,John23,41, 164,174,180 Nguyen, Jonathan 54 Nguyen, Kelvin 54, 155 Nguyen, Kenny 41, 43, 54, 82, 105 Nguyen, Kim 54, 69,162 Nguyen, Michael 54 Nguyen, Nam 54, 88 Nguyen, Ngoc 138 Nguyen, Patty 23, 162 Nguyen,Phat54,91,152 Nguyen, Phu 54, 155,157, 161 Nguyen, Quynh 41 Nguyen, Sarah 23, 155

Nguyen, Suong 65, 69, 156 guyen, Tai 69 Nguyen, Tam Khuu 66 guyen, Than 23 guyen, The 23 Nguyen, Thi 54 Nguyen, Thomas 69 Nguyen, Thu~Ngan 54, 143, 154, 161 Nguyen, Thuy Tien 41 guyen, Tung 9 Nguyen, Van 23, 91,138,212 Nguyen, Vu 54 guyen, Will 23, 153, 158, 180 Ni, Bow~ 23,138,147,152 Nicholas, JD 23 Nielsen, Doug 79 , 176 Nieto, Dennis 79 Nikang, Mandella 69 Nimox, Manzel 183, 191 Nimox, Norma 55 Nisley, Shane 55 Noble, Brenna 41 Noble, Corey 69 Nolin-Coulter, Alexandria 55 Norris, Cole 55 Norris, Michaela 55 Nurbabayev, Yuriy 55, 163 Nutter, Brant 55, 177 Nutter, Holly 41, 99, 163 Nwaturuocha, Ruth 41, 97, 133, 160, 193,224 0

Ochoa, Danielle 69, 156, 163, 181 Odem, Joseph 41 Odhiambo, Edward 23, 138 Oestmann, Morgan 69, 181 Ogden, Tanner 55, 192 Ogden, Tiffany 55 Ohle, Jennaine 23 Oliver, Rachel 55 Olsen, Chelli 79 01 en, Destiny 41 Olsen, Nikki 55 Olson, Tyler 24, 26, 157 Oneth, Kathy 79 Ong, Huy69 Oppegard, John 24, 157 Ortega Sanchez, Cindy 55 Ortiz Lopez, Ana 24 Ortlieb, Russell 24 Osborn, Jaydon 55 Osborn, Joni 79, 163 Osborn, Nolan 55 Osman, Khalid 55 Osman, Nasima 41 Osman, Samireh 24 Ossler, Breanna 55 Ostiguin, Mimi 24 Ottis, Dylan 68, 69 Ouellette, Morgan 53, 55, 175, 181 Outz, Kenny 41 Overstreet, Kaleb 69 Overstreet, Keilaughn 69 Owen, Cory 24 Owens, Amanda 24 OMeara, Taylor 23,107

p Padilla, Alfredo 24 Palmer, Payton 55, 160, 193 Palmerin Montes Do, Andres 69 Palmerin Montes Do, Brenda 41 Palomino, Eduardo 24, 153, 15f Palomino Servin, Anahi 55 Palomo, Zachariah 41 Paolini, Daniel 24 Parde, Bailey 55, 110, 122, 161 77 Parra, Jose 24 Partee, Tyree 24 Pasa, Dennis 69 Pasa, Elijah 24 Pasa, Sam 41, 82 Pasa, Svetlana 24 Paschold, Susan 79, 148, 156 Patak, Chelsy 41 Patel, Jay 24, 105 Patel, Krupa 55, 103 Paulissian, Alexandria 41, 132 , 3 Paulissian, Gabrielle 69, 157, 16 Payne, Patrick 79 Peake, Avery 55 Pearson, Branden 69, 177 Pence, Taylor 41, 162, 163 Pennington, Ashley 24 Peppard, Lindsey 24, 157 Peregoy, Marty 79 Perez, Aaliyah 69 Perez, Marlin 154 Perez, Pauline 162 Perez, Samantha 69, 178, 192 Perfecto, Daniel 69 Perfecto, Edgar 55 ~rfecto, Maria 55 Pester, Barbara 80 Peters, AJ 24, 132, 138 Peters, Kylie 41, 117, 152 Peterson, Albert 144 Peterson, Catelyn 178 Peterson, Samantha 41 Peterson, Yvonne 24 Petrie, Dylan 9, 24, 182, 190, L Petrie, Kalen 55, 181 Petty, Caleb 42, 174, 180 Pfanstiel, Chase 24, 163 Pham Tran, Quynh 42 Pham Tran, Vy 42 Pham, Andrew 69 Pham, Hong Yen 42 Pham, John 42 Pham, Lien 42, 154 Pham, Nina 55 Pham, Thien 55 Pham, Trudy 24, 162 Phan, Hieu 24 Phannick, Albert 42, 136, 156 Phannick, Amelie 24 Pickerel, Alex 25 Pickett, Brianna 42 Pickett, Brook 69 Piepho, Madison 55 Pietenpol, Amber 42, 152, 156 Pietenpol, Ashley 55, 91, 178 Pietenpol, Kelli 25

Pineda, Aaron 193 Fischel, Tria 80 Piso, adia 69 Pizwla, Haylee 69 Plaksina, Anna 156 Pleasant, Anjulr 42 Poe,Jeralyn69, 170,171,181 Pompa Tamayo, Osvaldo 69 Pool, Hannah 25 Pooler, Brian 69,177, 193 Pope, Lucaus 56 Pope, Malia 80 Pope, Ralph 80 Poppas, Zach 42 Porter, Kendra 42, 159 Pounds, Mathew 56 Powers, David 56, 159, 176 Price, Ethan 69 Price, Vann 80,114,216 Prindle, Cale 80 Profe, Friederike 35,143,153,161 Puckett, Brian 56, 163, 180 Puentes, Alex 55, 56, 180 Q Quattrocchi, Tony 80 Quible, Shannon 80 Quinn, Dante 42 Quintero Gutierrez, Erick 70 Quirk, Nicholas 70, 163 Quiroz Espinoza, Gisela 56, 74, 97, 222

R Rabadan Aguilar, Brenda 70 Rad, Farhad Ebadi 15 Radcliffe, Austin 25 Raiter, Ashley 56 Rall, Jon 42, 176, 190 Ramadhan, Ahmed 70, 193 Ramey, Megan 42, 85 Ramirez, Adam 42 Ramirez, Grisel 42 Ramirez, Juan 70 Ramirez, Karina 70 Ramirez, Mark 25 Ramirez, Wendy 56, 161 Ramirez, Yulissa 70 Ramos, Ronalda 56 Ramos, Shaelyn 70 Ramos~Diaz, Lorenw 42 Ramsey, Dakota 25 Rangel, Lorena 56 Rangel, Marina 42 Ratliff, Amanda 42, 163, 193 Ratliff, Mikayla 56 Rausch, Nancy 80 Rayborn, Tristn 42 Ready, Tanner 42 Reagan, Ciara 70, 153, 186 Reagan, Rebbeckah 42 Recker, Zach 56, 191 Reckling, Vonnie 56, 178 Redowl, Brooke 70 Reese, Jordyn 70, 163 Reeves, Seth 42, 85, 176 Reid, Brianna 70, 163

Reimnitz, Trevor 40, 42, 150, 180, 190 Rempel, Kimberly 80, 90 Rendon~Lopez, eri 25, 138 Renken, Tori 162, 163 Renshaw, Tyson 25, 158, 203 Renter, Nathan 180 Renteria, Erik 42 Renteria, Fabiola 56 Rethmeier, Jodi 80 Rettig, Brett 25 Reyes-Cortes, Cindy 25, 138 Reynolds, Jordan 25 Reynolds, Megan 70, 163 Reynosa, Paul 25 Rhoades, Aaron 70, 110 Rice, Dominick 42 Rice, Jardin 25 Rice, ick 162 Rice, Skyler 56 Riddle, Cody 56 Ridha, Mustafa 42, 161 Riebel, Nicolas 25 Rieker, Ryan 80 Riesenberg, Katelyn 56 Riong, Riong 70 Rios, Daniel 42 Rios, Eliseo 25 Robb, Elliot 163 Robb, Quentin 157 Roberts, Alexis 42 , 158 Roberts, Garret 56 Robertus, Austin 9 Robinson, Jayquawn 56 Robinson, Kourtney 25, 162 Robinson, Marsha 80 Rodriguez, Angel 70 Rodriguez, Keury 25 Rodriguez, acheL.56, 178, 192 Rogers, Leroyce 43 Romero, Carlos 43 Romero, David 56 Romero, Denise 56, 162 Romero, Jessy 16, 25, 91, 136,137, 138,139,156 Rood, Harrison 70 Rood, Jerica 70 Rooh, Roshanak Sabok 70 Rose, Austin 56, 176,177, 183, 190 Rosekrans, Amber 25 Rosenbaum, Katie 56, 91, 179 Rosenbaum, Tanner 25, 200 Ruiz, Elizabeth 25 Rupert, Jesse 70 Rush, Kashera 25 Russell, Morgan 43 Ruterbories, Molly 56, 192 Ruterbories, Nick 25 Ryan, Kevin 25 Ryan, Paula 80 Ryder, Ashley 56 Ryder, Cole 43

s Saad, Zahra 56 Sabatka, Johnna 26 Sabatka, Robert 56

Sabin, Caitlin 56 Sabin, Sam 43 Sabin, Trevin 57, 191 Sabok Rooh, Roshanak 154 Saddler, Ktarra 70 Salazar Reyes, Oscar 70 Saleh, Zainab 70 Salistean, Rob 80, 162, 163 Sallinger, Drew 57,146,147,157 Saltzman, Jacob 57 Saltzman, Joe 43, 158, 162 Sams, Myrranda 7, 26 Sanchez, Alesia 57 Sanchez, Carlos 43, 154 Sanchez, Elizabeth 70 Sanchez, Marisol 70 Sanchez, Miranda 57 Sanders, Madelyn 57, 178 Sanderson, Dave 80,101,132,163 Sanderson, Emma 70, 161 Santiago, ~1oises Angeles 47,167, 177 Santino, Amany 26, 112, 157 Santos, Jacob 70 Santos, Joshua 70 Santos, Odell 80 Santos, Sandy 70, 154 Santos, Stephanie 26 Satorie, Jennifer 7, 80, 84, 85 Satra, Shanna 57 Satree, Charmain 80, 92, 93,147, 157 Savage, Kelly 70 Savick, Savannah 43, 153, 158, 162 Scdmis, Jared 57 Scerini, Mataya 43 Schafer, Josh 26, 134, 140, 144, 156, 157,162 Schafer, Megan 57, 113, 156, 157 Schenaman, Jen 57, 179, 192 Schenaman, Lee 57 Schild, Marissa 43, 156, 162 Schillinger, Jacob 80 Schippert, Tiffany 71 Schlegel, Heather 57 Schlegel, Julie 80 Schlegel, Kara 26, 96,160,200

Schlichenmaier, Jace 26 Schmidt, Blaine 57, 163 Schmidt, Chris 190 Schmieding, Taylor 71 Schmitt, Dawn 80 Schmutte, Lisa 80, 152 Schnabel, Ginny 80, 117 Schnedling, Taylor 191 Schneider, Elizabeth 26, 125, 153, 158,214 Schneider, Tyler 26, 163 Schnepp-Copeland, Markaus 71 Schoonover,Brianna43, 109 Schroeder, Devin 26; 138, 153, 163 Schrunk, Brianna 71, 169, 179 Schrunk, Rachel 118 Schrunk, Zak 43 Schuler, Tyler 26 Schuller, Megan 43, 179 Schultz, Kiani 43, 162, 163, 176 Schultz, Bridget 80 Schwaninger, Kyle 80 Schweitzer, Sydney 71 Schwenka, Tess 80 Schwimmer,Andrew26, 141,157 Schwisow, Brooke 43, 94, 162, 163 Scott, Taylor 57, 163 Scott, Tyler 26 Serini, Aiden 107 Scrivner, Angela 80 Seacrest, Hayley 71 Seacrest, Mackenzie 161 Seacrest, Susan 80, 116,117, 154 Searcey, Devin 57, 157 Sears, Marcus 71 Sedlacek, George 80 Seeber, Kalin 57 Seifferlein, Emily 80 Senger, Alissa 193 Serres, Kaitlynn 71 Shariati, Shenita 57 Sharp, Clarissa 57 Sharp, Missy 43 Shattuck, Logan 57, 193 Sheets, Alisha 43, 158, 169, 179

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Shepard, Belinda 80 Shepherd, Tessa 26 Sheridan, Tyler 26 Sherman, Andrew 71, 177 Sherman, Jesse 57 Sherman, Joey 57 Shields, Molly 80, 178 Shoecraft, Jerry 190 Shoemaker, Brooke 27, 131, 150, 163, 200 Shoemaker, Kimberly 43 Short, Hannah 71 Shuda, Gary 163 Shulyak, Svetlana 27 Shulyak, Valeriya 57, 163 Shulyak, Viktoriya 27, 138 Shuman, Libby 57, 157, 163 Siders, Celia 57 Sifuentez, Julia 57 Sifuentez, Reynaldo 27 Sigler, Jaimie 27 , 43, 95,201,206 Simental, Briana 71 Singh, Reetu 80 Sipes, Nicole 57 Siriphone, Destiny 43 Siriphone, Michelle 57 Sisson, Zeta 71 Skolnick, Nicole 178 Skretta, Fred 80, 114, 222 Slatten, Beau 57 Slechta, Jackson 43, 136, 156 Slechta, Austin 27 Slezak, Riley 57 Sljivo, Romano 71 Smal, Oleh 27 Smalley, Brittanie 43 Smith Holden, Nesita 58 Smith Holden, Nonyea 58 Smith, Breana 71 Smith, Carrisa 43 Smith, Casandra 43, 157, 163

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Smith, David 57,189,193 Smith, David (staff) 80 Smith, Dhakiya 58 Smith, Kole 58, 156 Smith, Laura 71 Smith, Michael 8, 27, 122 Smith, Tyler 27 Smutny, Dalton 71,177, 191 Snodgrass, Jordan 43, 176 Snyder, Jacob 71, 177 Snyder, Justina 27 Soe, Than Da 27, 154 Soe, Thin Za 27 Solis, Evelyn 27 Solis, Larry 58 Solorio, David 71 Soncksen, Erik 8, 27, 74, 138, 190 Soper, Austin 58 Soto, Edgar 43, 85 Soulliere, Tristen 58 Spadt, Destanee 43, 163 Spahn, Claire 27, 138, 152, 196 Spevak, Tyler 27,162,222 Spickelmier, Will 27 Squier, Jon 176 Srb, Tyler 58 Stalsberg, Detrik 43 Stanley, Aleah 27 Stanley, Natalie 71, 164, 169, 179 Stanley, Nathan 71 , 181 Stanley, Nick 71, 163, 181 Starkweather, Colton 27, 205 Staveness, Elizabeth 71 Steager, Jessie 27, 105 Steams, Jada 71 Steckly, Jeralyn 71, 156 Steckly, Nikkita 58 Steele, Megan 179 Steen, Juli 81 Stege, Katy 27, 95,127,149, 185, 207,224

Stege, Kendall 81 Steider, Glenn 5, 81 Stepanyuk, Anastasia 71 Stepanyuk, Zoryana 58 , 156 Stephens, Courtney 71, 179, 192 Stevens, Elizabeth 43 Stevens, Jase 27 Stevenson, Luke 58 Stinson, Connie 81 Stithem, Dylon 58, 101, 157 Stivers, Zachary 58 Stoa, McKenzie 58, 73, 87,137, 179, 184, 189,192,224 Stockton, Rachel 27 Stofferahn, Paul 71, 177 Stogdill, Alex 71, 148, 156,167,177, 191 Stokes, Casey 44 Stokes, Serenity 71 Stoller, Jessica 27, 134, 135, 140,157, 205 Stone, Donovan 71 Storm, Stacy 72, 161,179, 193 Stradley, Kyra 58,117, 151, 152,177, 181,192,224 Stradley, Mariah 5, 27, 107, 138, 152, 181,183,192,207,224 Strahm, Brandon 58 Strahm, Brittany 72, 161, 178 Stratton, Patricia 81 Streeter, Elizabeth 72 Streeter, Mary 28, 45,138,139, 148, 204,207,224 Strickland, Richard 44 Strilkivsky, Robert 58 Strilkivsky, Ruveem 44 Stroman, Jordan 58 Strothkamp, Haven 72 Strough,Alexander44 Stroup, Tanner 72, 178 Struebing, Sadie 192 Stuart, Kylie 44, 131, 168, 179 Stubbs, Jason 28 Studnicka, Brady 58, 112, 166, 177 Stutheit, Jennifer 81 Suarez, Lionel 81 , 11 7 Suarez, Vanessa Aguayo 32 Sulejmanovic, Armin 9, 28,182,190 Sulejmanovic, Amur 44 Sullivan, Dylan 176 Sumner, Maria 58 Sumner, Rachel 72, 169, 179 Svatora, Lori 81 Svoboda, Logan 199 Swetland, Kelly 58 Syniy, Mark 28 Synyuk, Tetyana 28

T Ta, Han 28 Ta, Linh 72 Tafolla Gonzalez, Itzamara 44 Tallon, Jordan 28 Tallon, Whitney 58, 134, 157 Tang, Alan 72 Tang, James 28, 181

Tapia Montes De Oca, Karen 58 g· 160 Tapia,Segura, Jose 28 Tatum, Andy 7, 28, 85, 138, 15( , 166,176 Taylor, Shelby 58, 192 Taylor, Troy 58, 177 Taylor, Tysen 58 Teburso, Donald 72, 193 Tederman, Nate 58, 176,177 , 1, Tegeler, Becky 81, 116, 117 Tello, Jose' 44 Teply, Amy 81 Terrazas, Yovan 72 Terrell, Joey 44, 125, 153 Teselle, Nate 72, 163 Tetherow, Natasha 58, 160 Thalken, Hailey 58, 160, 192 Thayn, Keeleigh 72, 163, 178 Thimijan, Alexandria 72 Thomas, Keaira 28 Thomas, Randy 72 Thomas, Valerie 44, 161, 181 Thompson, Devon 59,163 Thompson, Erica 59 Thompson, Jeniffer 28, 153 Thompson, Kylie 72 Thompson, Nick 44, 72,157, 1f Thompson, Treneyce 44 Thoreson, Lauren 59 Tierney, Dominique 28 Tinius, Karla 81 Tinnerstet, Derrick 44, 85, 176 Tofani, Giordano 44, 84, 85, 17• Tompsett, Alexis 72 Tong, Kenny 28 Tongish, Tyler 72,177, 193 Torres Almazan, Julio 44 Torres, Nancy 44 Tran, Bradley 28 Tran, Jaime 44 Tran, Jeanette 44 Tran, Khoa 44, 84 Tran, Livia 42, 44, 96, 136, 137 157 Tran, Quynh 44 Tran, Uyen 72 Trang, Angela 44 Travis, David 81 Trinh, Phuc 28 Trout,Brown, Darian 59, 166, 17· 177 Trucks, Tonka 195 Truong, Justin 162 Truong, Philip 44, 170, 181 Tuchardt, Jonathan 59 Tucker, Dana 81 Tucker, Dionna 72 Tumer, Ashley 81 Tumer, Hannah 59 Tumer, Jared 28 Tumer, Jazmin 28, 138, 153 Tumer, Shaniece 59 Turner, Zach 59,159 Tvrdy, Alison 44 Tweedie, Cameron 28, 153, 156, •

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V Valderrama, Trephon 28 Valdez Guerrero, Mario 138 Valdez, Mario 28 Valdovinos Gonzalez, Roger 44, 176 Valero, Elena 88 Valladares~Juarez, Kimberly 59 Valle, Jocelyn 72 Valles Leon, Stephanie 154 Valles, Stephanie 28 Van Arsdall, Rachel 59, 160 Van Duesen, Corbin 72,177, 189, 193 Van Dyke, Baylee 72 Vance, Nathan 72, 158 Vandyke, Jennifer 81 Vanek, Jodi 81 Vanosdol, Brianna 72 Vargas Mendez, Karla 28 Vargas, Edgar 44 Vargas, Ezequiel 72 Varley, ReAnna 44,224 Vasquez, Michelle 28 Vaughn, Ashley 44, 119 Vaught, Skyler 59 Vecherinskaya, Irina 59 Vecherinskaya, Natali.ya 29, 138 Velez~Maya, Sarah 72 Vergith, Dalton 72 Vermillion, Justin 59 Vermillion, Rachel 72 Versaw, Jacob 72 Vidales Humadoz, Richardo 59 Villa, Jose 72, 161 Vlasyuk, David 29 Vo, Kenny29 Vo, Khoi 29,138 Vo, Lien 29 Vo, Lieu 29, 138, 153, 155 Vo,Nhu44 Vodraska, Natausha 29, 125, 153 Vodraska, Susan 59, 153 Vogel, Drew 72, 163 Voigt, Phil 180 Volz, Bradley 29 Vu Tran, Trinh 44,142,143 Vu Tran, Tyler 161 Vu, Aaron 59, 155 Vu, Andrew 44 Vu,Anna29 Vu,Chan29 Vu, Diane 72, 155 Vu, Jacqueline 44 Vu, Tina 59 Vuong, Jody 59, 161 Vuong, Trang 72

w Wade, Michelle 59, 152, 163 Waechter, Christina 44, 153 Wagner, Taylor 29, 138, 175, 181, 185,197

Wait, Ari 44, 153 Waldvogel, Leah 44, 162 Walker, Gage 72, 177 Walkinshaw, Karen 81 Walla, Amanda 7, 29,109,113,135, 138,150,157,169,179,207,224 Walla, Mason 72, 180 Wallace, Joshua 72 Waller, Mark 81, 176 Walling, Brady 29 Walters, Kashies 72 Walton, Marcus 29, 31, 120,176,202 Wandzilak, Brian 81, 181 Wang, Wenji'll2 Ware, Charlie 44 Ware, Teena 5, 81 Warner, Carley 7, 29, 108,138,173, 178 Warner, Erin 59, 192 Washington Jr, Donald 44 Watkins, Tauheedah 30 Watson, Austin 72 Wayman, Avery 44,176 Wayman, Tyler 30 Weber, Allison 30 Weber, Dylan 30 Wedgwood, Diane 81 Weger, Bree 59 Wegner, Christopher 72 Wegner, Kiersten 44 Wehrs, Taylor 59, 160 Weiss, Caitlyn 63, 73, 163,179, 192 Welch, Kemonterious 73 Welch, Marissa 30 Wells, Jacob 219 Wentling, Natalie 73, 193 Wentworth, Kyle 30 Wenzl, Mark 44 Wenzl, Michael 3Q, 115,148,153, 157,163,196,207,223,224 Werner, Zachary 59 West, Will 81 Westfall, Heather 59, 178 Westwood,Joanna59, 158 Westwood, Jonathan 44, 158 Wetzel, Sarah 59, 157 Wheeler, Vanessa 44 Whetstone, Baylee 59 Whetstone, Colton 73, 181 Whirl, Jayda 73 White, Kaylenda 30, 97 White, Seth 176 White,Shelbey45, 148,149,157, 179 Whitman, Kathryn 81 Wie, Nyayiech 59 Wiechman, Brittany 30, 99, 138, 143,162,207,224 Wiechman, Kathleen 81 Wiedel, Taran 30 Wienhold, Joel 59, 98, 163, 193 Wiese, Scott 59 Wilder, Seth 45 Wiles, Teressa 73, 178 Williams, Abigail 134 Williams, Al 30 Williams, Amari 73

Williams, Andrew 30 Williams,Eric5,81,184,185,192 Williams, Floyd 81 Williams, Jared 45, 73 Williams, Morgan 59, 192 Williams, Roy 45 Williams, Trey 73, 177 Williamson, Alicia 81, 156 Wilson, Ashley 73 Wilson, Cindy 81, 157 Wilson, Laurie 59 Winkler, Corbin 59, 166, 177, 188, 193 Wintermute, Kristi 45 Wintz, Alyssa 30, 160, 197 Witcig, Megan 45, 181 Wolfe, Caitlin 81, 152 Wolfe, Jared 73, 177 Wood, Tessa 73 Woodard, Megan 45, 127, 157 Woodward, Jason 73 Woodward, Sheryl 81, 118 Woolsey, Gage 59 Worster, Bailey 45 Woslager, Logan 30, 74, 127 Wotruba, Damian 59 Wrenholt, Matt 81 Wright, Marcus 8, 30, 126,127, 176 Wyant, Martin 45 Wyatt, Halie 45

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Ya, AhZi45 Ybarra, Richard 59 Yefimchuk, Yuliya 30, 92 Yelling, Trey 73,177 Yelm, Skyly a 73 Yiech, Gach 59, 188, 189, 193 Yiech, akueth 73 Yiech, Yiech 45 York, Erica 45, 153 Yost, Cora 45 Yost, Mike 158 Youm, Awa 73, 162, 163 Young, Quriosity 30, 162, 171, 181 Youngblood, Harley 59 Youngman, ancy 81, 153 Younis, Hilan 73 Younis, Muhsin45, 188,193 Yuot, Bang 30

z Zadeh, Feryal Eskandari 15 Zapata, Jocelynne 73 Zarate, Christopher 59, 177 Zavala, Blanca Solis 43 Zavala, Isaias Solis 58 Zegers, Brenden 30, 163, 171, 181, 186,193 Zelada, Vanesa 45 Zetocha, Noah 59, 99, 103, 162, 186, 193 Ziegenbein, Jesse 45, 86, 176 Zigler, Jake 59, 166, 176, 177 Zwiener, _Devon 30

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ever<f01L10,..__._e [Nort\,, cst~r \.ie\pce, c&tuoleVltc& !let ~\,,e~ol] The 2011-2012 school year was a unique one at that. You were looking for a way that you could take advantage of the opportunities presented to you at North Star in order to get farther in life.

You had the chance to seize the day with your high school career. A whole new school, new students, and a new status quo gave yourself the opportunity to decide who you wanted to be and how you would define yourself by the clubs, sports, and the other numerous after school activities you participated in.

You realized that college was nearing and you better start preparing for it. You started visiting colleges and talked with your counselors about what school would fit you best and studied for the ACT. You grabbed at the chance to push your body to the limit by hitting the weight room or an after school work out. You dreamed of one day continuing your sports career in college. You held that perseverance and drive and were able to do just that and then you signed to compete in college athletics.

The brief time spent at North Star was life changing. You took advantage of the resources available to help get ahead in life and reach your potential and dreams. North Star taught these life lessons that you would not soon forget.

1. Dr. Fred Skretta and the orth Star cheerleaders circle up for a Gator cheer on Freshman Day. Everyone is encouraged to join in the spirit a the ,.......,; freshmen are taught some of the school's cheers.

2. Mikaelah Molifua (11 ) mashes a ball at the varsity Piu softball game.

Molifua stepped up and is a leader on the softball team making sure that everyone stays fired up and motivated.

3. Zoe Gegenbach (12) is serenaded by Teegan Bassinger (11), Andrew Greenfield (12), and Tyler Speevak (12) . The boys fight for Gegenbach' affection during the holiday choir concert.

4. Blake Chamberlain (10) and Gi ela Quiroz Espinoza (10) examine a U .S. History project about the Civil War. It is one of many displayed in the Media Center. Students can find a quiet place to study, read, or even a place to gaze at work done by other tudent .

5. The Gators are fired up during the district finals for boys' basketball, adding some more spirt with signs. The Gators win 71 to 53 over Bellvue West and are allowed to compete at State.

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2011-2012 Polaris staff would like to thank the Lincoln North Star administration, faculty, staff, and students, a las our Walsworth Representative, Mike Diffenderfer, for their help and effort in creating this yearbook. Final , anks goes to our adviser, Cyndy Maddux, for her guidance and her help with corrections in · the publication of the Star's ninth volume.

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