Cu{tures a{{ Clround 'Us
Lori Redcherrie
Daniil Taran Walat Alama
Jenny Arizola
Thi Luong
• Patric Knaff
Alicia Pottorff
Pub[ication Staff
SarafiJlrusR._a, 'Eric 'Wef!s, J%6y 'Treu, Cfiris 9,[pvecat Jamie Sasse, 1(ara 9,[prris, !itnnie 'J{µson, 'Emily 9,[pvat Heather 1?._ichey, 1(im 'Bates, 'Tonya 'Turner, Sean 'l(p6inson, Mrs. 'Beara, 'Tanner Scfuufrer, Jenny !itrizofa, Stepfiaine 'Daviason, 'Trisfia Martin, 'VeronicaSfieets, Scott 'l(pwfey, !ittftfie 'Entfers, !itngie Stevens, 1(asantfra Smitfi, !it~ (jonza(ez. Stuaents not picturetf: Jerry McCarthy, Cliristina Silvestrini, anrfJaci 9,[pvaR,
'Ia6{e of Con~ents •
Page 1 Cover
Page 2 Yearbook Staff
•Page 3 Table of Contents
Page 4
Administrators
Page 5- 11 Ninth Grade
Page 12 Autographs
Page 13- 19 Eighth Grade
Page 20 Autographs
Page 21-27 Seventh Grade
Page 28 - Autographs
Page 29-32 Staff
Page 33- Academic Divider
Page 34- Instrument Music
Page 35- Vocal Music
Page 36-42 Academics
Page 43- October storm
Page 44-45 Club Divider
Page 46-52 Clubs
Page 53- Sports Dividers
Page 54-58 Sports
Page 59- High School Sports
Page 60- Closing
Proue[ to 6e tfie peopfe we are .
.9Lppreciate tfie arrival of a{{.
2{,espect for race, rdigion, rig/its of peopfe.
'Jveping tfie l(nowfeage ana fci,narec£ spirit tfiat wi{{ 6e a /(?epsa/(? for our {ife time.
'Enriched 6y our 52Ldministrators
Tim Carroll -
Four years ago Mr . Carroll came to Park as principal.
Today many look up to him and respect him. When becoming principal he set a goal to have Park become a role model school in five years.
Today as principal he wants to be the best he can be and continue looking for new avenues to support teachers, parents , and students.
Mr Carroll would like to see students understand they can reach any goals they set their mind to. He wants students to know that Park's staff is here to help.
Park is the place where he feels mostly alive and this is where he will stay.
Rees a Ei sle r
Mrs. Eisler has been with Park since August 25, 1997 as Associate Principal. She has been in education for twenty-five years. Mrs. Eisler loves working with younger people.
There are no improvments that she wants to see at Park.
One of Park ' s greatest stengths is that Park has a muliti culture advantage which puts us ahead of all other schools in Lincoln. It takes everyone here to make Park School what it is.
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Julie Dondlinger stop in the hall to talk to Joanie Hemmer and Monica Sole.
Kourtney Albertson
Michael Aldrich Nikki Allgood
Jenny Arizola
Michael Backe s Fay Barger
Brandie Barnes
Edward Barne
Nathan Bates
Bryan Berlowitz
Eric Bobzien
Nicole Bode
James Bower
Katie Bower
Mandy Brick
Nani Bryan
Romanjean Bunker
T y reece Burton
Ryan Caldwell
Chad Cecrle
Cirilo Cervantes
Bouadeth Chansavang
Bryan Chrastil
Yohance Christie
Thao Chu
Brett Colombe
Jeremy Cowell
Jollynn Crook
Mr . Best's fourth period cla stake a test while others vi it after they are finished.
g{jntli graders dasli into tlie !future
.9L Culture of tfieir own.
Lori Cudaback
UtDao
De tiny Davis
Co1i_ki Davison
Melanie Degenhardt
Jordan Devoe
Jenny Dinh
Lien Do
James Dobesh
Julie Dondlinger
Layla Dosky
Kristen Dragoo
Stacey Earley
Addie Enders •
Melvin Erving
Kassie Fanning
Tiffany Firestone
Nathanael Gabel
Tanya Geiser
Ashley G~naw
Dejan Glazer
Abraham Gomez
Marilu Gonzales
Alex Go~ez
Eric Gonzalez
Manuel Gonzalez
Lucas Goree
Joseph Grant
Tosha Graves
Bo Grosboll
Husai Gui
Quy Hai Ha
Steffen Haas
LaPaul Harris
Joanie Hemmer
Thomas Heuke
Shannon Hill
Sara Hilt
Trinh Ho
Long Hoang
Emily Hodge
Mark Holland
Mark Holman
Bill Howell
Sarah Hruska
Damion Jackson
Heather Jacobsen
Shane Jedlicka
Travis Johns
Moving on to bigger and better tliings
Cry tal John on
Mike Jone
Melissa Keller
Ryan Kennedy
Jordan Keys
Jason King
Fred Klopp IV
Patric Knaff
Joshua Lehn
Mary Lekai
Steven Logan
Matt Long
Victoria Lowe
Megan Lutter
Tiffny Lutz
Amber Madison
Ben Maloy
Wallace Mason
Sarah Matzke
Ray McCray
Jana McLachlan
Erin McManigal
Corie Mehser
Justin Miers
Nicki Miller
Adam Mills
Jason Miner
Rocio Moran
Temesha Morton
Bryan Neal
Annie Nelson
Cindy Ngo
Bao Nguyen
Diem guyen
Hoang Gia guyen
Huong Thi Nguyen
Huynh Nguyen
Le Nguyen
Ly Nguyen
Stacy Nguyen
Vivi Nguyen
Chris Novacek
Elisha ovak
Jaci Novak
Darnell Okra
Erik Osorio
Eric Ostgaard
David Perez
Kyle Petersen
errying to ma/(g, a difference
estiny D avis and Sh ea Se ttles surp rised in keyboarding class .
"Pork is diverse ' but we still have some discrimotion,, Sarah Matske
Danae Peterson
Hue Pham
Justin Potage
David Popov
Ros Porter
Adam Pottorff
Heath Putnam
Jenny Ramirez atalia Razamazov
Justin Reavis
Godfrey Reide
Mariella R esendiz
Vinnie Reyes
Brian Rice
Heather Richey
Anthony Riley
Tamara Rivera
Sean R obinson
Erika R odriguez
Jay R ogers
Julia R oth
CJ.Rowe
Albert R unning B ear
D ianne R upert
Jessica R yan
B randy Schnell
Cody Schwaninger
Ryan Schweitzer
Christina Silvestrini
Michael Sindelar
Keith Sitherwood·
Monica Sole
Tameaka Spale
Josh ua Stasch
Svyato Stepanyuk
D
1-{anding off to tlie ne~ generation
Angie Stevens
Jeffery Stin on
Alyshia Stroman
Takuya Sugawara
Mike Sukhram
Jeff Synak
Mark Taran
Kelle Teater
Rakenya Thomp on
Tim Thompon
Derek Tiritilli
Katie Tobin
Yes ina Torres
Brandy Tou aint
Devin Townsend
Phuong Tran
Trinh Tran
Abby Treu
Brian Trimble
Ca sandra Trombley
Meron T egaye
Tanya Turner
Dino Vatric
Ruben Velez Vera
Colby Venema
Lindsay Vermaas
Sandy Vo
Michael V oca ek
Chris Volnek
Walter Wachman
Tanisha Watson
Mandy Way
Ricky Webb
Eric Wells
Kyle Werner
Undisturbed, Joe Wilkinson works hard on a test, while Erin McManigal is surprised by the camera.
F.C.S. is putting the finishing touches on their cookies.
Starting off in a wlio{e. new worft{
Westphal
Michael White
Jeff Whitmore
De
Joe Wilkinson
Caleb Williams
S tuden ts no t pictur ed: Andrew Abu-Hamda, Silvia Beltran, Daniel Clark, Jon Crouse, Christina Dougherty, Robert Foster, Lisa Gabel, Melva Gonzales, Brandon Guenther, Melanie Guevara, Matthew Jiskra,Tyson Lobato, Maria Martinez, Na than Murray, Hoa Nguyen, Khoa Nguyen, Mesho (?merovic, Ray Petersen, Thanh Phan, Corey Raley, Jerri Schmidt, Shea Settles, Minh Tong,
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Mrs. Stull helps Eric Wells find a book on the Dynix.
Stephanie Wilson
Eric Bobzien plays che s with Terry, his mentor.
Melanie D eganhardt and Alyshia Stroman working hard on computers.
Slut@grapfi£
Sliine witli Cu{ture
Mandi Adams
Walat Alama
Aaron Allen
Charlott Alli on
Max Anderson-Young
Heather Atkin
Michael A vidano
Pedro Avila
Daniel Babcock
Curtis Baker
Julia Bartek
Janelle Bartel
Ben Bartholomew
Kimberly Bate
Kevin Belle
Katherine Bickert
Brandon Boden
Greyson Botts
Cyndi Brick
Holly Brocksmith
Chad Burchett
Maggie Buttermore
Michael Byrd
Rene Castillo
Aracely Cervantes
Brandon Chrastil
Crystal Coatman
T.J. Coil
Ernest Colburn
Sidney Conner
Helen Cooper
Lee Cummings
Shana Damian
Robert Danner
Crystal Daugherty
Pat Dougherty
Stephanie Davidson
Jill Davis
Gretchen Demitroff
Danielle Dredge
Miranda Ducey
Devin Duncan
Ngoc Tram Duong
Daniel Ellyson
Joshua Erdman
Corintha Erving
Laura Escamilla
Nermin Ferhadbegovic
Katie Finke
'Dasliing tlirougli ...
tlie fia[fs
"What do I like best about Park? The Teachers.,, --Julie Fisher
Johnny Walls, Stephanie Hile, and Heather Atkins practice the play,
"A Raisin in the Sun."
Julie Fisher
Jake Forgren
Jay Fox
Amber Freauf
Brian Frisbie
Christina Garcia
Shawn Garibay
Lacey Geer
Morgan Gillette
Brent Glantz
ancy Gonzales
Carmen Graham
Kayla Grant
Abdul Gul
Toan Ha
Terry Hall
Kenneth Handy
Mandee Hansen
Ayesha Harding
Ivan Helmstader
Sammy Hernandez
Demarcus Okra and Katherine Bickert are leaving their fourth period, eighth grade science class.
Adam Herron
Alynn High
Stephanie Hile
Lacy Hillgren
Trang Ho
Cari Hopkins
Donald Houdek
Robert Howard
Angelica Izaguirre
Mike Jackson
Kimberly James
Tonya John
Patrick Johnson
Nathaniel Jordon
Barry Kelly
Chris Killen
Michelle Kinnison
Hiroyuki Kitagawa
Danielle Knaub
Jennifer Knott
Quintion Knox
Sarah Kri or Ken Kunz
Kyren Kunz
Elizabeth Kurtz
DucLe
Kevin Le
ghia Le
Alynn High , Mandee Han en and A hley Mefferd watch
Eric Ra mus en and Tanner Schacher jump around, at a chool dance
during tliis busy t{ay
Uyen Le
Vinh Le
Edwin Leon
ick Lockhom
Stacy.Loos
Andrew Loh
Eric Louderback
Thi Luong
Bradley Maaske
Lam Mai
Angel Mallula
Bobby Martin
Trisha Martin
Jo e Martinez
ancy Martinez
Craig Mathie en
Dennis McQueary
A hley Mefferd
Jack on Meredith
Matthew Mesenbrink
Tom Mildenberger
ick Miller
Keesha Mix
Leida Moody
Joshua Morris
Willi~Mor e
Stephanie Mo by
Katrina Mueller
Hoa Thai go
Huy guyen
My Hanh guyen
Trinh guyen
Tu guyen
Viet guyen
Kara orris
Emily Novak
Roger yhoff
Beth O ' Brien
Michael O ' Brien
Amber Oetken
Damarcus Okra
Jim Oliva
Delani Pagel
Brandon Pate
Tyler Payne
Jules Peter on
Thach Pham
Thieu Pham
Sang Phan
Rick Phillip
Nick Pickett
Evelin Pineda
Yadira Pineda
Lundon Pinneo
Michell a Prasek
SandraPulec
Chinar Qadir
Eric Rasmussen
Ashley Raymond
Jake Reed
Terra Roberts
Zach Robinson
Grant Rogers
Renee Root
Jenny Roth
Arny Rowe
Scott Rowley
Jamie Sas e
Bryan Sawyer
Tanner Schacher
Sally Schaffert
Sean Cvitale
Jeff Shapoval
Veronica Sheets
Natalia Shipachova
Tiffany Shippen
Lindsey Shockey
Hanna Siddiq
Kasandra Smith
Valentina Smolyuk
Chelsey Spancer
Micah Spilker
Tabitha Staley
Patrick Stitman
Danil Taran
Dao Thao
Dustin Thompson
Jeffrey Thompson
Tiara Thompson
Jessica Thorson
Tony Toombs
Hue Tran
Trung Tran
Tuan Tran
Justin Tyson
Stephen Vera
Alicia Von Busch
Amanda Voss
Joey Walker
A.J. Walker-Deigan
Lori Wallingford
Johnqy Wall
Loron Walls
Maxi ue Walrath
Stacie Weston
Derek White
Kevin Widhalm
Jerame Wiles
Ryan Williams
James Wills
Cody Winter
Brandon Wirtz
Larry Wise
Kenneth Wittrnu
Diana Young
Amy Zabokrtsky
Joel Zavala
Students not pictured: Azher Al-Ghazawi, Thao Dao Phuong, Tink Doan , Amy Fuhrer, Crystal Hannes, Dustin King, Elena McClo key, Justin McDermott, Tien Phan, Robert Rose, Anthony Schmidt, Joe Villarreal, Thanh Vu, Victoria West, Natalie York.
Left to Right, Kara Norris, Janelle Bartels, Patrick Johnson , Jeremy Wiles, and Edwin Leon reading a play in fourth period English class.
7tli graders bring ·
spice ~o Part
Chri topher Garcia
Tina Gib on
Andrew Gilbert
Macalla Gillies
Amatida Glas
Amy Gordon
Heidi Goree
Greg Hait
Renee Hansen
Robert Harri
D3)1 Hatch
Carolyn Hickey
Jacqueline Higgins
Lesley Higgin •
Eric Hillgren
Cari Hodge
Booker Holloway
Pamela Holloway
Stephanie Hruska
Dzenana Husic
Claire Hutchin on
Nhung Huynh
Shawn Johanson
Erin Johnson
Joshua Johnson
Rachelle Johnson
Amber Jones
Jennifer Jones
Lori Jones
Brandon Judson
Joshua Kadavy
Shawn Keever
Amanda Keller
Shondraya Kelly
Sarah Kielblock
Matthew Kirkland
Angela Kotera
Amanda Krous
Shana Kumpula
Cole Larkins
Huong Le
Tausha Lee
Chris Leon
April Leonard
Raul Lobo
Christopher Lui
Catherine Luna
Stephanie Luna
Rodd Lutz
gocLy
Daniel Maloy
Jennifer Martinez
Joel Martinez
ancy Martinez
Vane sa Martinez
Jacob Mather
Mary McCray
Sharina McIntosh
Jerome McKie
Holly McPherson
Tyler Medley
Cacie Meh er
Aimee Messman
Matt Mes man
Tara Meyer
Alicia Miner
Billie Morris IV
Jon Morrow
Shana Muhammad Levi eukirch
Jaines Newman
ThuanNgo
Anh Nguyen
Charles Nguyen
Ha NguyenHoang
Nguyen
Hoang guyen
Hoang Nguyen
Liem Nguyen
Ngbi Nguyen
Nghia Nguyen
Nhung Nguyen
Quoc guyen
Quyen guyen
Si Nguyen
Jo hua Nootz
AlfanNur
Matt Obakpolar
Caitlin Ostgaard
Ashley Paul
Victor Pecina
Dania Perez
Carnie Peterson
Ryan Peterson
Phuc Pham
Tan Phan
Micheala Pinneo
Alicia Pottorff
Seventh (jraders {earn
about [ife at Par!(
hley Pottorff
Ca ey Pratt
Skid Pratt
Brent Pyles
Joh Rainey
Edger Ramirez
Lori Redcherries
Avalon Rehn
Adam Rettig
Holli Richardson
Timothy Riemann
Li a Riggins
Sarah Robertus
Mandi Royal
Maggie Running Bear
Mi ty Ruth
David Sanchez
Je ica Sanford
Ar en Sarapinyan
Haley Schacher
Jake Scheer
Matt Scheino t
Jenna Schleich
• Tyler Schroeder
Kayla Schultz
Cheryl Schwartztrauber
Johanna Schweitzer
Shawn Schweitzer
Cassie Shiveley
Brian Smith
Jimmy Spradley
Travis Squire
Danielle Stetson
Jay Steward
Pamala Stouffer
Cristopher Stutzman
Brian Swink
Sali Tharis-Hacham
Jes ica Thrane
Dmitriy Titov
Eric Toombs
Kimberly Torres
Nereida Torres
Bich Ly Tran
Khiem Tran
Khoi Tran
Quang Tran
Jenny Truong
Jeffrey Upchurch
Fourth period 7th grade PE class plays a rough game of basketball.
'Diversity is a way of [ife at Par!(
Josh Kadavy studies hard in the Media Center.
Cristina
Mr. Bunde how Van Trang Dinh where countrie are Jocated on the globe.
Seventh graders are startled by the camera while eating lunch and talking with their friends.
Above left: Rodd Lutz, Billy Morris
Raelonda Walls, and Amanda Glass study hard in Mrs. Sohl' s English class.
Above: ""Look out Huskers, here we come!"
Seventh grader Matthew Kirkland throws the ball while PE team mates run to catch it.
"Mr. Noble has a hard time trying to keep 7th grade bo/ s basketball team out of the girl' locker room after a hard practice."
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Camelia
Jacqueline
Rachida
Staff enriches students
Wfii{e attending ParK
''I have come to a frightening conclusion. I am the decisive element in the classroom. It is my personal approach and behavior which creates the classroom climate. It is my behavior which sets the daily mood. I possess tremendous power. I can make a student's life miserable or joyous.
I can humiliate, humor, hurt or heal. It is my duty to enter the room with a smile and a kind word for every child. It may be the only one they hear today. "
--Gloria Best.
Todd Noble
Kirsten O'Meara
Patrick O'Meara
DebbieOie
Mike Ortiz
Tammy Pfeiffer
Sara Pleskac-Pike
JamesPurtzer
Nancy Reed
Diane Reinsch
Celine Robertson
Collata Rogers
Thomas Rolfes
Elizabeth Roper
Michalla Schartz
Patricia Shuman
Dolores Simpson- Kirkland
Joyce Sohl
Kendall Stege
Valerie Stubblefield
Norma Stull
Nissa Sturgeon
Lucille Styles
James Ward
Martin Wiese
Linda Young
Donnette Zurst
Mr. Purtzer take time to check out a new computer technology magazine.
Staff not pictured: Scott Cooper , Adeline Mickens , James Neal, Sherri Reeder, Lori Rennings, Rex Scott, Laurie Flaherty, Shirley Cayou, Carol Walker, Vanchasse Stewart, Paul Baker, Patti Dougherty , Sherry Connett.
Mr Johnson dashe to an wer the phone.
Ms. Herriott and Mr Young give Representative Bereuter a tour of the music lab purcha ed with grant money.
Mrs. O'Meara grade papers while trying not to smile for the camera. "Say cheese!"
Mr. Carroll and Mrs. Roper find time to stop for a chat in the hall.
9vfusic is the ref{ection of.
Orchestra
Row one: Terra Roberts, Eric Gonzalez, Alyshia Stroman, Danielle Dredge, Jenny Truong, Mr. Jungck. Row two: Keesha Mix, Kristen Williams, Jessica Thorson, Alicia Von Busch, Jessica Thrane, Lindsay Watt, Helen Cooper Row three: Stacie Weston, Jay Steward, Daniel Maloy, Khoi Tran, Chris Volnek.
Band One
Row one: Karissa Beckman, Claire Hutchinson, Hanna Schweitzer, Jennifer Cowell, Susie Finke, Rachelle Johnson, Amy Gordon, Ashley Pottorff. Row two: Holli Richardson, Kayla Schultz, Camie Peterson, Holly McPherson, Amber Jones, Mary McCray, Cari Hodge, Shana Kumpula, Caitlin Ostgaard, Jessica Sanford. Row three: Cheryl Schwartztrauber, Cacie Mehser, Vanessa Martinez, Megan Diaz, Jenna Schleich, Pam Holloway, Michaela Pinneo, Alicia Pottorff, Tracy Ahlman, Ebone Ballard, Matt Kirkland, Desi Bramhall, Dan Hatch. Row four : Mr Jungck. Row five: Christina Vance, Amanda Abbott, Tim Riemann, Shawn Schweitzer, Antoine Abbott, Adam Retting, Leif Corum, Ramone Barge, Tyler Schroeder, Brandon Judson, Jake Scheer Not pictured: Seth Christiansen.
Band Two
Row one: Michael Vocasek, Addie Enders, Nichole Bode, Corki Davison, Helen Cooper, Emily Novak, Delani Pagel, Tiffany Wolfe, Mandi Adams, Cassandra Trombley. Row two: Jessica Ryan, Jana McLachlan, Katie Bower, Tabitha Staley, Crystal Daugherty, Lundon Pinneo Row three: Sally Schaffert, Kim Bates, Ashley Raymond, Maggie Buttermore, Jules Peterson, Brandon Chrastil, Corie Mehser, Diana Young, Lacy Geer , Katrina Mueller. Row four: Tom Mildenberger, Micah Spiker , Shane Jedlicka, Jeremy Cowell, Robert Danner, Travis Johns, Tony Toombs, Will Morse, Craig Mathieson, Patrick Johnson, Jim Oliva, Rick Phillips, Ben Bartholomew, Jordan Keys, Adam Pottorff, Ricki Webb, Michael Byrd, Michael Avidano. Row five: Rachel West, Brandon Writz, Brent Glantz, Amber Oetken, Kim James , Dennis McQuary, Barry Kelly , Mike White, Bao Nguyen, Robert Howard
.our Image
Men's Chorus
Row one: Godfrey Reide, Eric Bobzien , Brian Trimble, Thanh Vu. Row two: Mark Holland, Hoang Nguyen, Ruben Velez, Zack Robinson , Tyler Payne. Row three: Tyreece Burton, Mike Jones, Derek Tiritilli, Ray Peterson. Row four: Ms. Laessle, Ms Herriott.
Row one: Beth O'Brien, Amy Gordon, Destiny Davis, Jennifer Ramirez, Tonya Johns, Jenny Arizola, Christina Garcia. Row two: Ayesha Harding, Erin McManigal, Kourtney Albertson, ikki Algood, Destiny Wiler, Brandy Toussaint, Abby Treu. Row three: Ms. Laessle, Jerri Schmidt, Lindsey Vermaas, Hanna Siddiq, Chrystil Harrnes, Delani Pagel, Ms. Herriott Row four: Mandy Brick, Lori Cudaback, Stacie Weston, Lori Wallingford, Angel Mallula, Charolette Allison, Helen Cooper, Shea Settles, Stephanie Wilson.
Row one: Mark Taran, Lee Cummings, Destiny Wiler, Corie Mehser, Jashua Erdman, Bryan Berlowitz. Row two: Amber Oetken, Michael Backes, Brett Colombe, Adam Pottorff, Devin Townsen. Row three: Wallace Mason, Tyreece Burton , Micah Spilker, Shane Jedlicka, Ben Maloy, Takuya Sugawara.
Jazz Band
tJJasliing to [earn
witli cu{ture a{{
around.
Students having fun throughout this year learning more about" others and more about many cultures.
Carol Meyer also known as Miss W alk:er comes back after break to find that her office was T.P.
Rene Castillo, Aracely Cervantes, Angelica Izaguirre, Michell Kinnison, Kyren Kunz and J;_,ori Wallingford enjoy their lunch talking with friends while out of class.
Michael Vocasek tries to study while Damion Jackson and Shea Settles hide from
camera.
Left: Stacy Loos, ancy Martinez , and Rodd Lutz conduct a peripheral ision experiment.
Below : Seventh graders enjoy playing flag football.
Above: Students take notes in Ms. Campbell's science class.
Far left: Tiara Thompson, Helen Cooper, Heather Atkins, and Stacie Weston, chatting at lunch.
Far left: Bryan Chrastil studying in Spanish Class.
Left: Corinthia Erving does her homework in cla s.
.9Lcademics
Education is the knowledge of how to use the whole of oneself. Many men use but one or to faculties out of the score with which they are endowed. A man is educated who knows how to make a tool of every faculty-how to apply it to all practical purposes. "H. W. Beecher"
Stephanie Wilson, Huong Nguyen, Mrs. Kaven , and Matt Barber cutting coupons in Mrs. Kaven' s class.
Ruben Velez Vera, Mrs. Eschliman, Husai Gul , and Lori Cudaback having fun playing the piano .
In desk, Santos Ca tillo; behind de k, Crystal Daugherty; in front of desk, Veronica Sheets work on cience project.
While M . Mae ta top to miie for the camera Cyndi Brick trie neaking away.
Mr Holt an wer question from hi ESL (Engli h as a Second Language) students.
Far left- Students are working hard on problems in Miss Lortz' math class.
Above- Bo Grosboll backs up Bouadeth Chansavang while she hits the ball.
Left-Students work hard in Ms. Baird's cience class.
Josh Morri , Diana Young and Micheal A vidano work productively on the media computers.
An guyen, Natalia Razamazov, Meron Tsegaye, and Manual Gonzalez working on a group art project.
Keesha Mix, Eric Wells, Jerame Wiles, and Diem Nguyen demonstrate their acting ability in creative drama.
James Dobesh receives help from M . Kwan in Chinese class.
Moments to ~member
5i Late 'Breaking· S ortn Leaves a Long Lasting Yl.ffect
Many Lincoln residents - awoke Sunday morning, Oct. 26, 1997 to no electricity and no heat.
People were shocked to discover all the damage that had gone unnoticed while they were asleep.
Trees laid uprooted, limbs and, downed power-lines across lawns. Cars had been smashed by uprooted trees that had fallen in the night, yet many of us did not hear a thing, not even a crack.
Who would hav guessed a storm that was only suppose to give us a few inches would've had to cancel school for a week and take out o ver half the town's power .
People's first reaction was a shock but soon wore off and quickly turned to panic. Stores were swarmed with people, the shelves were soon cleared, while others tried to get their electricity back, with little success, from calling L.E.S., because lines were always busy ..
People feared how long the power was going to be out. With no heat, many people had to leave their homes because it was so cold in their house, and stay with someone more f ortunate. While others were unable
to come out of their houses for serious safety reasons.
Grocery stores threw out pounds of meat and frozen goods that were spoiled.
We are proud to live in a city like Lincoln so that when a tragedy should strike neighbors help neighbors, friends help friends, and enemies will join forces to make it through an ordeal like this. .
The school day was lengthened 50 minutes for the rest of the first semester. Many of the students complained, but in the end saw that it was the best way to make up our lost time.
To our biggest surprise we found it would cost us millions of dollars in damages. But still the cleanup would take the longest. We w ould start on the worst and end on the best. They estimated that it would take at least up until summer.
By Jamie Sasse and Trisha Martin
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C{u6s and • Organizations
Student Council
Row 1: Elisha ovak, Erin McManigal, Terry Hall, Cas andra Trombley, Julie Fisher. Row 2: Skidd Pratt, Zach Robin on, Cami McPhilomy, a ha Winsley , Sally Schaffert. Row 3: Tyreece Burton , Brandon Jud on, Kassie Fanning, Delani Pagel, Holli Richardson. Row 4: Ben Maloy, Tyler Schroeder, Sara Robertus , Paul Harris, Michael Backes.
Not Pictured: Mr. Ortiz.
Asian Caucus
Row 1: Tu Nguyen, Tuan Tran, Quang Tran, Tan Phan , Hoa Ngo, Vinh Le. Row 2: Huy Nguyen, Thach Pham , Kevin Le, Lam Mai, Viet Nguyen, Sung Phan. Row 3: Jenny Dinh, Do Ly, Trinh Tran, Lien Do , Sandy Vo, Stacy Nguyen. Row 4: Vivi Nguyen, Cindy Ngo, Trinh Ho , My Hanh Nguyen, Thau Chu, Ms. Mulnix.
Not Pictured: Bao Nguyen.
Stuc£ent Counci{
J2lsian Caucus
.9lfrican .9Lmerican Caucus
African-American Caucus
Row 1: Matt Kirkland, Eric Bobzien, Brandon Judson-Vice President, Godfrey Reide, Destiny Davis, Curtis Baker, Melvin Erving. Row 2: Ray Mc Cray, Ayesha Harding, Tanya Johns, Carmen Graham, James Newman, Antoine Abbott. Row 3: Keesha Mix, Stephanie Mosby, Leida Moody, Mary McCray, Steven Logan, Demaraus Okra, Lucille Styles. Row 4: Damion Jackson, Tyreece Burton, Tim Thompson, Anthony Riley , Paul Harris, Eric WellsPresident.
Not Pictured: Quinton Knox, Michael Jackson, Joseph Baker, Benjamin Warren.
Native American Caucus
Row 1: Destiny Davis, Amanda Krous, Jerri Schmidt. Row 2: Lori Red Cherries, Shana Damian, Maggie Running Bear, Christina Vance. Row 3: Albert Running Bear, A.J. Walker, Michael Estrada, Booker Holloway.
Not Pictured: Jon Crouse, Kayla Grant, Gary Hodges, Anthony Schmidt.
Latino Club
Row 1: Nancy Martinez , Jenny Arizola, Erika Rodriguez, Araceli Cervantes, Jessica Araujo. Row 2: Abraham Gomez, Alex Gonzalez, Jana McLachlan, Mariella Resendiz , Ms. Maestas , Victor Castillo.
Row 3: Victor Pecina, Jose Castillo, Joel Martinez, Jenny Martinez, Rene Castillo , Joel Zavala. Row 4: A.J. Walker , Albert Running Bear , Angelica Izaguirre, Maggie Running Bear, Christina Garcia, David Sanchez.
Art Club
Row 1: Kevin Belk, Nick Miller, Andrew Losh, Nghia Le. Row 2: Thao Chu, Le Nguyen, Natalia Shipachova ,Amanda Krouse, Tina Gibson.
Row 3: Maggie Running Bear , Nerieda Torres, Candace Bower , Yessenia Torres.
Latino C[u6
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National Honor Society Row 1: Mike Voca ek, Kri ten Dragoo, Ca andra Trombley, Danae Peter on. Row 2: M . Lortz, Thao Chu, Le guyen, Tu Anh Vo, Stacy guyen, Brett Colombe. Row 3: Michael Backe , Chad Cecrle, Takuya Sugawara, Devin Town end .
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P.A.P.C. (Park Animal Pertection Club)
Row 1: Amanda Abbott, Stacey We ton, Kee ha Mix, Ashley Paul. Row 2: Kim Jame , Tabitha
Staley, Dianne Rupert , Stephanie Mosby. Row 3: Ms. Laessle, Kelly Teater , Lindsey Verrnaa , Holly McPherson, Holly Richardson. Row 4: Heath Putnam, Devin Townsend, Ricky Webb
Mike White.
Stage Crew
Stage Crew
Row 1: Colby Venema, Jay Rogers, Fay Bager, Katie Tobin. Row 2: Jay Steward, Kara Norris, Janelle Bartels , Brian Smith, Ms. Herriott.
Row 3: Nicholas Crocker, Michael Byrd, Greyson Botts, Mark Holland, Monica Sole.
Matti Counts
Math Counts
Row 1: Tim Riemann , Mrs. Jensen, Nghia Le. Row 2: Jay Steward, Patrick Johnson , Nick Miller.
Peer J-{efpers-Learning Store
Peer Partners
Peer Helpers-Learning Store
Row 1: Jenny Roth, Kyren Kunz; Brandon Pate, Sidney Conner. Row 2: Mrs. Young, Fay Barger, Shannon Hill, Mandy Brick, Ryan Willams. Row 3: Wendy Eades, A. J. Walker, Eric Wells, Brain Frisbie.
Not pictured: Tiffany Firestone, David Popov, Albert Running Bear.
Peer Partners
Row 1: Aimee Messman, Anh Nguyen, John Demitroff, Michael Backes, T .J. Heuke, Devin Townsend. Row 2: ermin Ferhadegovic, James Newman, Ternesha Morton, Carnie McPhilomy, Vanessa Martinez, Araceli Cervantes. Row 3: Jeff Whitmore, Don Houdek, Joe Wilkinson, Sandy Vo, Stacey Nguyen, Abby Treu. Row 4: Mr. Little, Ms. Mischke, Dr. Kirkland.
Not Pictured: Amber Abu-Hamda, Jhonam Alegria, ·carmen Graham.
rrfie making of tlie atrium mura{
We. the staff and community of Park Middk School. take pride in empowering our students \\ ith the capacity to achicn? success in a culturally di\crse community. nation and world. We arc committed to meeting the needs of the students whik encouraging them to succeed their fullest potential through programs that arc hoth academic and humane We will strive to foster intellectual development. social dc\ elopmcnt and a sense of belonging for all students. Our school will he a safe place. operating in an atmosphere of cooperation and respect. In addition. staff will collahorate to prepare and implement interdisciplinary instruction from multiple pcrspccti\cs. The culture-.. hi-.torics. and contributions of all pcopks \\ ill he affirmed daily at Park Middle School.
Our mi-.sion -.tatcmcnt coincides \Vith the Lincoln Puhlic Schools Goals for students and Policy on Multicultural Education.
The mural in the atrium that was constructed this summer. It was funded by donations from the Park Parent Group, our VIP ' s , First Bank, Standard Meat, Lincoln Public Schools, and grants. Mural Mural Graphics gave a discount on the overall cost.
Seventh Grade Boys
Basketball ·
COACH
Mr. Noble
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
Here are a few words from the players: Dennis Vanderslice said they lost all the games but one. He says it was fun except for the losing. Ramone Barge he needed more players on his time to do a better job.
Seventh Grade Boys
Football
COACH
Mr. Christensen
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
Here are a few words from the players: Jeff UpChurch said it was fun and helped him and his team develop better skills, thought it was better than basketball season. Jacob Mather thought that the stronger point of the team lied in speed.
Row 1: Billie Moni , Scott Burger, Cole Larkins , Zach Watkins , Ramone Barge, Joe Baker , Jacob Mather , Zac Venema, Hoang guyen Row 2 : Chris Bonebright, TJ Cleary , Clyde Johnson , Eric Hillgren , Nghia Nguyen , Si Nguyen , Jo h Nootz , Dustin Bohnenkamp , Bret Christen en , Charle s Nguyen. Row 3: Eric Toombs , James Newman , Antoine Abbott, Arsen Sarapinyan, Kyle Frerichs , Seth Christian en , Jose Castillo, Ben Warren , Tyler Schroeder , Jerome McKie , AJ Berks
Row 1: JeffUpChurch , Phillip Bailey , Jacob Mather, Zac Venema. Row 2: Dennis Vanderslice, Matt Kirkland, Brandon Coffman.
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C oach Lortz, Cheryl Schwartztrauber, Cari Hodge, ashay Winsley , De i Bramhall , Avalon Rehn , M acalla Gillies, Dzenana Husic, Amber Jones, Mandi Royal , Amber Abu-Hamda, Holly McPherson, Co ac h B aird, Kim Moreno
Jessica Araujo. Row 4: Jen nifer Cowell , Cari Hodge, Casey Pratt , Ebonye' Ballard, Tracy Ahlman, Erin Johnson, Nasha W i
Kayla Schultz, Machalla Gillyes, Kristin
Cheryl
Not Pictured: Su sie Finke, Mandi Royal.
Seventh Grade Girls Volleyball
COACH
Todd Nob le
SEASONS HIGHLIGHTS
" Vo ll eyba ll is f u n and acti ve !" -·
Megan Diaz
"I rea ll y enj oyed vo ll eyball . The coac hes were awesome and t he team worked we ll together. " - Cacie Mehser
"My fr iends inf luenced me to j o i n volleybal l. I rea ll y l i ked vo ll eybal l." - Cr ist ina Vance
"Volleyba ll was fun and interest ing I learned how to serve th e ba ll better ." - Amanda Gl ass
Seventh Grade Girls Basketball
COACH
Kim Lortz
SEASONS HIGHLIGHTS
"I was happy we won the fi rst game !" -Car i Hodge
"Basketball is f un and exciting " - Megan Diaz
" I had fu n playing !" - Jennife r Jones
"We have t he greatest team and coach ." -Jenny Troung
Ro w 1: Tina Gibson, Cacie Mehser , Amanda Glas , Camie McPhilomy, Ly Tran, Vanessa Martinez, Ash ley P ottorff, Jenna Schleich, Cristina Vance, Sarah Robertus. Row 2: Rachelle Johnson, Tara M eyer, Shondraya Kelly, Jamie Brown , Megan Diaz Jennifer Sanford, Amanda Abbott, Haley
hacher, Stephanie Hruska, Jennifer Jones, Chris Bailey, Kayla Schultz , Alicia Pottorff. Row 3 :
Row 1: Holly McPherson, Mindy Graff, Caitlin Ostgaard, Jenny Truong, Camie McPhilomy, Shana Kum p ula. Row 2: Maggie Running Bear, Ly Tran, Huong Le, Alicia Pottorff, Amanda Abbott, Je nnifer Jones, Vanessa Martinez Row 3: Shondraya Kelly, Mary McCray, Heidi Goree, Tausha Lee C acie Mehser, Ashley Pottorff, Megan Diaz, Jennifer Martinez, Avalon Rehn,
nsley,
Williams,
Schwartztrauber.
8th
Boys Basketball
COACHES
M r Cuddy and M r. O ' Mea ra
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
A few words fr om t he players : Brandon Ch rastil li ked tha t t he coaches let ev e ry o ne play. Jules Peterson w as g lad he had the chance to prac ti ce for his dream in the N .B.A., b ut he a lso thought he shou ld' ve bee n moved up t o ' A ' t eam.
8th Grade Boys Football
COACHES
Mr. Cuddy and Mr. Cooper
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
Here are a few words from the footba ll players : Kyren Kunz said they need to let t he players hit harder , and th ey need to give him the ball more Daniel Babcock li ked pl aying for Park because he met · new people, and he thought M r. Cuddy was coo l.
Row 1: Devin Duncan, Jerame Wiles, Nick Lockhorn, Terry Hall, Tom Mildenberger, James Wills, Jo h Morris, Brent Glantz, Robert Howard. Row 2: Jules Peterson, Ryan Williams, Derek White, Brad Maaske, Damarcus Okra, Quinton Knox, Jake Forsgren, Will Morse, Craig Mathie en, Justin Tyson, Eddie Leon. Row 3: Brandon Chrastil, Bobby Martin, Lee Cummings, Jeff Shapoval, Tyler Payne, Jay Fox, Tony Toombs, Robert Howard Not pictured: Josh Erdman, Adam Herron, Donald Houdek, Michael Jackson, Barry Kelly, Kyren Kunz, Brandon Pate, Zach Robin on, Anthony Schmidt, Dustin Thompson, A.J. Walker-Deigan, Kenny Wittmuss.
Row 1: Damarcus Okra, Brent Glantz, Ryan Williams, Robert Howard, Willey Morse. Row 2: Eric Louderback, Tony Toombs, Jeff Shapoval, Jay Fox, Robert Danner.
8th Grade Girls Volleyball COACHES
Ms. Keech and Mrs. Schartz
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
Students feel that they did their best during the season of '97: ''The thing we did the best was to stick together as a team and tried our best. Even though the team I play~d on didnt win every game we never gave up and our spirits kept high,"says Ashley R. . "I think the best part about our team was that everyone was pretty much friends and we had a lot of fun," says Jamie S. From these interveiws it looked like the volleyball team had a really good season.
8th Grade Girls Basketball
COACHES
Mr.Cuddy and Mr.O'Meara
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
Players feel that they tried their hardest and accomplished most all their goals.
"We were very aggresive during the game but afterwards cooled down and shared our two special minutes of the game where we played our hardest," says Crystal Daugherty. "We worked as a team and played to the ultimate limit while having fun, thanks to our coaches we can,"says Alynn High.
Last but not least all the players would like to thank the two coaches for a great season and a chance to play it but most of all for being great coaches!
Row 1: Crystal Coatman, Jessica Thorson, Stephanie Hile , Danielle Knaub , Tiffany Shipman , Mandi Adams , Stacey Weston, Delani Pagel, Hanna Siddiq Row 2: Maxisue Walrath , Jill Dav is , Cindy Brick , Amy Zabokrtsky, Mandee Hanson, Stacy Loos , Tabitha Staley, Emily Novack, Row 3 : Kasandra Smith , Ashley Raymond, Miranda Ducey, Lacey Hillgren , Crystal Daughtery , Keesha Mix , Lacey Geer. ot pictured: Mrs. Schartz , Ms. Keech, Jamie Sasse.
Row 1: Stephanie Mosby, Maggie Buttermore, Lacey Hillgren, LundonPinneo , Kasandra Smith, Julie Fisher, Ashley Mefferd. Row 2: Miranda Ducey, Crystal Daugherty, Brandy Scott, Lacey Geer, Cyndi Brick , Sally Schaffert, Amy Zabokrytsky Row 3: Kara orris , Ashley Raymond, Mandi Adams, Kim James, Alynn High, Leida Moody
9{intli (jrade Sports
Ninth Grade Volleyball Row 1: : Mr. O ' Meara Angie Stevens , Jessica Ryan, Danae Peterson , Jaci Novak Row 2: Elisha Novak , Corie Mehser , Erin McManigal , Cassandra Trombley , Corki Davison
Cross Country Row 1: Jay Steward , Jacob Mather , Timothy Riemann , John Dernitroff, Row 2: Eric Ra s mu s en , Shana Kumpula , Kristen Williams , Sally Schaffert.
Ninth Grade Girls Basketball
Cassandra Trombely , Silvia Beltran. Ashley Genaw were the three ninth grade girls that showed an interest in ninth grade basketball at Park. However , it was not enough to make a team
Boys Basketball Row l : Shane Jedlicka , Torenzo York, Micheal White , Anthony Riley , La Paul Harris, Derek Tiritilli, Tak:uya Sugawara , Micheal Backes, Mr. Cuddy. Row 2 : Colby Venema , Lucas Goree , Adam Mills , Boa Nguyen , Bryan Berlowitz Row 3: Eric Bobzien, Michael Vocasek, Adam Pottorff, Jay Rogers, Josh Lehn , Wally Mason
Kourtney Albertson Michael Backes Fay Barger
Chad Cecrle Y ohance Christie 1-figli
Corki Davi on Kristen Dragoo
Steven Logan
Matthew Longs Sarah Matzke
Angie Stevens
Al yshia Stroman Mike Sukhram
Cassandra Trombley
Colby Venema
Chris Volnek
Jo e Wilkinson Henry Winsley Tiffany Wolfe
"I try to make class as appealing a possible. If students like coming to class, they are more likely to learn and attempt to obtain skills and knowledge" -Scott Cooper: Keyboarding, Business
"Teaching to me is to develop the student's full potential in learning.It is also to help students appreciate the world we have.'' -Jeanne Kwan: Exploratory Language, Chinese, Introduction Biology, Physical Science
"All the exciting programs and variety of possibilitie , Park is never boring."
-Linda Young:Teen Living, PCS, Peer Helpers
"Teaching is an exciting profession I love seeing students learn, become excited about learning, and feeling proud of something they've put a great amount of effort into."
-Joyce Sohl: English 7
"Students are masters of their own learning. My job to to help my students learn as much as possible about the world we live in. I can't do much without the partnerships of my students."
-Sara Pike: Resource, Reading
" the child is the reason I am in this profession. It is from them that I draw my strenghth only to enable them to extend there own being."
-Mike Ortiz: English 9
" I believe that you educate the whole per on; that learning is affective; that you cannot educate without learning yourself.' -Adeline Mickens: Oral Communications , Math 7, Resource
"I believe students learn in different ways. The key to teaching is to find the way each student can learn best and set activities around these ideas.'' -Dan Bunde: Social Studies 7, American Govemment 9
"I am confident that all people are capable of learning. Teaching is best when it is fun for for me and my students."
-Paula Daharsh: Indepen~ent Study, Reading
''The oest thing I can try to 'teach'my students is a love of learning more about topics of interest...capitalizing on our own curiosity." -Lori Rennings: English 8
"I value each student for the individual he/she is; and the accomplishments they make, no matter how small they may seem. It is a success because they've tried." -Gloria Best: Social Studies 8, American Government
" As a PE and health teacher my job is to help students realize and appreciate the benefits of physical activity and living a healthy lifestyle.''
-Dave Christensen: PE, Health
