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PAGE EDITOR: MARIELLE GAISER
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02. 28. 2012.
WRAPPING IT ALL UP •Senior Emily Arrendell
Through celebrations of the last year of high school, along with coming together in the face of a tragedy to support fellow classmates and athletics, the community joined together. Several activities drew to an end with the culmination of the girls’ basketball season, wrestling, large group speech, and other activities.
•Senior Payne Pleima
•Senior Lexi De Heer
•Senior Katelyn Van Kooten
•Senior Amanda Lauritsen
•Senior Katie Sunderman
>>EXCELLENCE Senior Hannah Van Wyk and senior Mikki Nunnikoven demonstrate how to paint several different figures as they learned in Painting II. Students gathered Feb. 13 to showcase the projects and talents acquired in various electives. •Freshman Corey Elliot •Photo by Tiffany Carter Below: Senior Jesse Merk, Andy Hardine, Paul Andersen, Trevor Wood, Tyler Swanson, Schyler Kane, Brennan Mejia. Back: Seniors Ryan Morgan, Jacob De Waard, junior Wade Pingel, seniors Jace Ver Steeg, Aaron Tysseling, Aric Balk.
•Senior Paige Van Gorp
•Junior Sam Palmer
>>THEATRICAL Junior Megan Sims and sophomore Jack Parisee perform a section from a “Little Red Riding Hood” spin-off in, “Totally Red” at state speech. “It was so much fun to perform both of my events, and my favorite part was getting to act crazy for improv,” said sophomore Sydney Swanson. After state, the improv. teams of seniors Kelly Anderson and Marielle Gaiser and juniors Mitch Shepperd, Evan Jones, Bailey Tripp and Micah Zeimetz advanced to all-state. The freshman team of Collin Jones, Kody Beller and Elenor Witt also advanced to all-state for their ensemble performance, “Greater Tuna.” •Photo by Tiffany Carter
>>WHITE OUT Fans go crazy at the girls’ basketball game Feb. 15. “We wanted to do a fan dance, so we asked Mr. Otte if we could do the interlude by Attack Attack. It was a huge success, wearing the costumes just added to the fun,” said junior Kenny DuPré. Fans showed their support in the stands by wearing white. •Photo by Blake Lanser •Junior Kenny DuPré
•Senior Madeline Meyer
•Sophomore Sydney Swanson
•Sophomore Aaron Van Maanen
•Sophomore Greg Frommelt
•Senior Stacie Vriezelaar >>SKI Junior Carmen Van Engen screams while snow tubing at Sleepy Hollow. The senior class spent Feb. 8 skiing, snow boarding and tubing. Several seniors experienced these winter activities for the first time, while others were seasoned pros. •Photo by Blake Lanser
•Senior Meredith Slycord
•Senior Bailey Vande Weerd