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the MARQUEE VOL. 33. ISSUE 7. MAY 17, 2019

Congrats seniors!

The Marquee Staff EDITOR IN CHIEF Chloe White MANAGING EDITOR Jolie Mullings COPY EDITOR Kendall Cooper DESIGN EDITOR Aeralyn Stinson PHOTO EDITOR Emily Lundell Senior Alec Kramer draws the Baylor University logo in the cafeteria on senior night. He is majoring in science research at the Waco campus. Photo Maya Hernandez

DIGITAL CONTENT EDITOR/ OPINION EDITOR Skyler Middleton NEWS EDITOR Samantha Thornfelt FEATURE EDITOR Nikhila Bulusu

Our seniors have recounted the changes and memories they’ve experienced through the last 18 years, and their expectations moving forward.

As the class of 2019 gets ready for their next life update, they look back at how technology, video games and movies — then and now — has impacted their lives.

SPORTS EDITOR Ava Bush ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Alex Anderson ONLINE EDITOR Madi Olivier REPORTERS Shayla Sistrunk, Reya Mosby, Michael Minton DESIGNERS Khailyn Agis, Emily Seiler

As we’ve grown, so has the technology around us.

PHOTOGRAPHERS Tara Connick, Maya Hernandez

Congratulations to the graduating class of 2019!

ADVISER LaJuana Hale PRINCIPAL Will Skelton

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My My secret secret crush crush Myself ;) Lol jk. . . . . . . . . . . Reed Bennett Nick Ruheul. . . . . . . . . . . Michael Soldner Jenna Safa.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sean Herrel No one at the moment, but there was this one girl I saw that was cute while working. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew Estrada James Paponette. . . . . . . . Abbi Crawford Alex Morgan. . . . . . . . . . . . . Dalton Lloyd John Linch. . . . . . . . . . . . Brooke Faulkner Chrissy Molen.. . . . . . . . . . . . Zach Meyer Michael Bonner. . . . . . . . . . Delane Moore Caelon Max Davis. . . . . Conner Ammar

That handsome guy I saw in the mirror Nathan Epstein

Justin Chean. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Derik Flores Tony Wen.. . . . . . . . . . Caroline Holzapfel If I told you my friend would kill me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Taylor Maddux Beylem Zanagar. . . . . . . . Justin Osborne

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Garrett Karbs️. . . . . . . . . Abby Trangsrud Jackson Kushnir. . . . . . . . . . . Colin Shade QB1.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauren Moore Brian Kirwan. . . . . . . . . . Kendall Cooper Jamie Scheetz.. . . . . . . . . . . Bailey Horton Gabriella Montez. . . . . . . . . Matt Thomas Josh Depaola. . . . . . . . . . Emma Halcomb Maddie Mazzola. . . . . . . . Cade Boscomp Riley Berger. . . . . . . Michael Gardenhire Bella Dickson.. . . . . . . . . Emma Sheehan Senior out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel Parrish Maddie Adair.. . . . . . . . . . . . Colby Wyatt Ryan Safa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maddie Adair Kayleigh Ross.. . . . . . . . . . . . . Carter Reed Matt Damon.. . . . . . . . . . Savannah Miller Bella Dickson.. . . . . . . . . . Victoria Bishop Jade West from Victorious. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alex Anderson Emily Johanan.. . . . . . . . . . . . Julie Barker Calculus AB.. . . . . . . . . . . . . Khailyn Agis David Parrish (the third one). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jolie Mullings Darnell Johnson.. . . . . . . . Taryn Hankins Chrissy Molen.. . . . . . . . . . . . Cale Montis Bella Dickson.. . . . . . . . . . Sofia Caballero Brenda Hill.. . . . . . . . . . . Klayton Harmon Bailey Rolen.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben Rizk Davin McWilliams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Aubrey Corscadden Carter Bir. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauren Cook Olivia Lutz. . . . . . . . . . . . Savannah Heim David Dobrik. . . . . . . . . . Nikhila Bulusu That handsome guy I saw in the mirror. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nathan Epstein It’s a secret… . . . . . . . . Madaline Gentry Tiago Gunter. . . . . . . . . Mark Thompson

Emily Vasquez (my BFF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aeralyn Stinson Is nonexistent. . . . . . . . Nimisha Srikanth Sleep. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chloe Agis Neil DeGrasse Tyson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cameron DePrang Barry Goldwater. . . . . . . . . . . Sai Ramesh Caillou.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kennedi Jay Kermit the frog. . . . . . . . . . . . Amy Davis Steve from Blue’s Clues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kaitlin Warford Tiago Gunter. . . . . . . . Ryan Whisenhunt Jeb Bush. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chloe White Dalias Dudley. . . . . . . . . . Caroline Weber Kathleen Connick. . . . . Gabriel Marquez Jenna M. . . . . . . . . . . . Kristen Stubenazy Mark Roby. . . . . . . . . . . . . Brenna Walker Everyone who has turned papers in for me so I didn’t have to get up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie Clarke Haven Burch. . . . . . . . . . . . Meera Landry Amelia Wilson. . . . . . . . . . . . Gavin Shaw Ryan Shaughnessy. . . . . . . Jessica Molen Chrissy Molen.. . . . . . . . . . . . . Gus Sralla Bella Dickson.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erin Tietje Michael Carignan, but everyone calls him meatball. . . . . . . . . . . . . Zeneyda Castillo My bed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Putney Karina Schoals . . . . . . . . . . Marc Kidwell Marco Fabbri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Lamb Tyson Edwards. . . . . . Payton Kurkowski Riley Berger. . . . . . . . . . . . Pierce Johnson My boyfriend. . . . . . . . . . Savannah Bissell Subha. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Hart Thespis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cydney Oakes

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Teacher I’ll miss the Teacher the most most Mr. Porter because he called me CarolHop and he’s my fav.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Caroline Holzapfel Coach Rector because she has my back no matter what. . . . . . . . . . . . Justin Osborne Mr. Ramirez, he is a G. . . . . . Chris Lamb Mrs. Scarbrough — she is super supportive and believed in me. . . . . . . . . . Sara Nessel Mr. Howard. Because, obviously. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conner Ammar Mrs. Cooley because she let me write jokes on her board instead of taking notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michael Soldner Mr. Henderson, Mr. Hood, Mr. Crump, Coach Atkins and Rogers, Mrs. Felan, Mr. Rosendahl, Mr. Giliam, Mrs. Vara, Mr. Howard, Mr. Davis, and Band directors — all have impacted me in high school in a positive way. . . . . . . . . Andrew Estrada Mrs. Karbs. She’s actually my mom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brooke Faulkner Mrs. Campbell, because I got to learn Java in a fun class. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Derik Flores Mr. Hood, he never made me do work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abbi Crawford Mr. Wagner, he is the G.O.A.T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sean Herrel Mrs. Strauss, she has been one of my biggest supporters in soccer but also the best English teacher ever. . . Dalton Lloyd Mrs. Bellevue because of her sarcastic comments. . . . . . . . . . . . . Taylor Maddux Mr. Davis — I’ve had him for all four years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reed Bennett Miss. Pustejovsky — she was so nice and funny. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karcie Stone Mr. Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abby Trangsrud Mr. Poe/Henderson, they were some real dudes. And Mr. Wagner, he a GOAT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colin Shade Mrs. Dack — her head scratches and reassurances . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauren Moore Ms. Hale because she’s the freakin’ bomb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kendall Cooper Mademoiselle Lee, who has helped me with so much more than French . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Abbey Lawford Mrs. Dack — she’s an angel on Earth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bailey Horton I love all of them. I can’t choose just one. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nikhila Bulusu Mrs. Miller — most fun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Emma Halcomb Mrs. Dodson. . . . . . . . . . . Cade Boscamp Mr. Smith because he actually cares about the students. . . . . . . . Michael Gardenhire Mr. Sherrill . . . . . . . . . . . . Pierce Johnson

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Mrs. Johnson because she cares about all of her students.. . . . . . . . . . . . Luke Morris Mr. Kirby at CCE because he is the best teacher and has the best personality, plus he’s Australian. . . . . . . . . . Emma Sheehan Mrs. Dodson, the most sweet/best teacher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sofia Caballero Ms. Lawrence.. . . . . . . . . . . . . Colby Wyatt Mrs. Dodson makes math fun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carter Reed Mrs. Talley, she has good energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Savannah Miller Mr. Poe because he gives the best advice, he’s an amazing teacher, he relates to his students, and is super funny. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Erin Tietje Coach McCollum (JV Cheer) because not only is she an amazing teacher and coach but also truly cares. . . . . . . Bella Dickson Mr. Osborne for his roasts about Metin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Khailyn Agis Ms. Spurgeon for being my school mom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Metin Akkose Ms. Hale and Ms. Minich for teaching me my worth and helping me love myself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alex Anderson Mrs. Dodson because she is so sweet.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Victoria Bishop Coach Reinberg because he’s so easy to talk to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taryn Hankins Mr. Osborne because he always brightened my day with his peachy smile!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Christina Molen Mrs. England for keeping it real and teaching us life lessons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kaitlin Warford

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Now Graphic Aeralyn Stinson Mrs. Murdock because who doesn’t love her. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zach Meyer Mrs. Talley. She’s my favorite teacher because of her constant great attitude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gus Sralla Mr. Poe, he’s the single prettiest teacher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben Rizk Mr. Porter, because he is the best! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Aubrey Corscadden Mr. Stoeberl because he’s pretty cool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nathan Epstein Mr. Pike because he is an amazing math teacher and he taught me how to do math. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aeralyn Stinson Mrs. Wilson, she became third period (excellence)’s mom, and Mrs. Popp, the “crazy uncle” for excellence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nimisha Srikanth Karen Loll and Kelly Sudderth because they are mom and mom! . . . . Chloe Agis Mrs. England because she cares. Mr. Davis because he makes fun of me in a nice way. Mr. Howard because he shares his memes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy Davis Mrs. Sudderth and Mrs. Loll. It was an honor having them as my coaches for three years of Academic Decathlon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sai Ramesh Mrs. Dodson because she is the best. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maddie Adair Mr. Pike and his dad jokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Whisenhunt

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Mrs. Espinosa.. . . . . . . . . . . . Cale Montis Mr. Poe — I learned so much and he made everything fun. Mrs. England — got stuff done, yet kept the work realistic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kennedi Jay Mr. Stoeberl because he was amazing at teaching Econ! . . . . . . Cameron DePrang Mr. Henderson because I’ve had his class every year since sophomore year and he is someone I consider a friend and mentor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peyton McCaffrey Mrs. England because I have had her as an ASL teacher for two years and her class is always something interesting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Madaline Gentry Ms. Rayborn or Mr. Poe.. . . . Gavin Shaw

Mr. Ramirez for putting up with my crazy antics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Thompson There’s too many to pick just one — Ms. Hale, Mrs. Petkoff, and Mrs. Brininstool to name a few. All of them shaped who I am today. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chloe White Mr. Ramirez. After four long semesters of AP Physics, through many struggles, here I am — still standing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christopher Huber Mrs. Espinosa because she was a great teacher.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Klayton Harmon Mrs. Lambert, because through her I found my love for the theatre arts and I could never thank her enough. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marc Kidwell

Mrs. Felan, every day in her class was a journey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Linch Mrs. Campbell because of the conversation, way she taught, and fun parties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristen Stubenazy Mr. Porter, because he is the funniest teacher I’ve ever had.. . . . . . Lauren Cook Mr. Hinsley because he always believes in his students.. . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Putney Ms. Hale, because she taught me so much about life and truly became one of my best friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jolie Mullings (Continued on pg. 22)

In In 20 20 years years II will will be be The best I can be at whatever I do. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Justin Osborne A pediatric surgeon. . . . . . . . . Sara Nessel 38… old. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taylor Maddux Hopefully surviving. . . . . . . Reed Bennett Working in the Australian zoo with Robert Irwin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karcie Stone A mummy.. . . . . . . . . . . . Abby Trangsrud Married to a NFL quarterback.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lauren Moore Successful as heck. . . . . . . Kendall Cooper Dr. Abbey Lawford, M.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abbey Lawford A trophy wife. . . . . . . . . . . . Bailey Horton A dentist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Matt Thomas Rich and a genius. . . . . . Emma Halcomb In high school. . . . . . . . . . . Cade Boscamp A millionaire. . . . . . . Michael Gardenhire A fat man. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pierce Johnson President of the United States.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Luke Morris Living in Australia working as a cop.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Emma Sheehan Living on a private island.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sofia Caballero Rich enough to travel to lots of beautiful places. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nikhila Bulusu A PT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colby Wyatt A teacher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maddie Adair Living in Florida. . . . . . . . . . . Carter Reed A man. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Savannah Miller Living by the beach with my surfer kids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erin Tietje Probably complaining about something on Flower Mound Cares.. . . Bella Dickson A rich surgeon with a god complex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Khailyn Agis The US Ambassador to the UN.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Metin Akkose A cat lady. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie Clarke

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Graphic Aeralyn Stinson Happily broke and freezing in New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alex Anderson A mom and teacher. . . . . Victoria Bishop Happy and successful with a loving husband and children. . . . . . . . Jolie Mullings Laughing at something I probably said 20 years ago. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taryn Hankins Stealin’ your man. . . . . . Christina Molen A stay at home dad with three kids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zach Meyer Working/managing a team.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cale Montis Developing wrinkles.. . . . . . . . . Gus Sralla Running a business . . . . Klayton Harmen A stay at home dad with 14 kids.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben Rizk Richer than my husband. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aubrey Corscadden Corporate lawyer.. . . . . . . . . Lauren Cook Living in LA. . . . . . . . . . . Savannah Heim A really cool mom. . . . . . Aeralyn Stinson Hopefully pursuing my dream job of working in the government.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nimisha Srikanth A pediatric doctor. . . . . . . . . . .Chloe Agis A CRNA.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Putney On Dallas Housewives.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cameron DePrang

Preparing for my 2044 Presidential run. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sai Ramesh Teaching ASL at Marcus.. . . . . Amy Davis Working with children as an occupational therapist. . . . . . . . . . . . . Peyton McCaffrey 38 years old and hopefully married with kids, living in a nice house that is not in Flower Mound. . . . . . . . Madaline Gentry An engineer. . . . . . . . . . . Mark Thompson With my family. . . . . . . Ryan Whisenhunt A New York Times bestselling author.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chloe White The typical Mormon mom with a lot of kids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Holbrook Alive and kicking. . . . . . . . . . Gavin Shaw A CRNA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Putney Living my best life? I’m truly not sure just hope I'm mentally and financially stable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marc Kidwell Tired.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tony Wen Living my best life . . . . . . . Daniel Parrish Tanning at my beach house.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zeneyda Castillo Explaining who Young Thug is to my basic suburban children. . . . . . . . John Linch Working in a hotel. . . . . Gabriel Marquez A robot engineer. . . . . . Kristen Stubenazy Rich and living in another country. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Breanna Walker A commercial pilot.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christopher Huber A very decent father. . . . Michael Soldner Attending my high school reunion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Francesca Amoe Music therapist. . . . . . . . . Andrew Estrada With Subha. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Hart The owner of my own business.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Payton Kurkowski Famous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kyle Peacock Happy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Topher Tarantino

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Friend Friend I’ll I’ll miss miss the the most most Ty, Will, David, Chris, Ethan.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gavin Shaw Camryn Upshaw because she is my favorite D1 committed athlete (go Pokes). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caroline Holzapfel Abs and Caro because… girls night. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Delane Moore Kristen Stubenazy, because I could always confide in her . . . . . . . . . . . . . Derik Flores Julian Ondrey. He is a 12 out of 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conner Ammar I will miss a lot of people, but I will miss my close friend group the most because we have always done everything together. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dalton Lloyd Morgan Maxwell because she always has an interesting way to look at different situations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel Parrish Delane Moore, Caroline Scales and Dalia Garza for always being my girls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abbi Crawford G-man. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Klayton Harmon Cade Boscamp, I love him. . . Sean Herrel Justin Dinka. We started being friends in sophomore year. We do everything together. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Justin Osborne Taylor Maddux, she is always there to struggle with me. I’m glad she came into my life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sara Nessel Sara Nessel, Mac Hayward, and Amanda Albright because they are leaving me for college . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taylor Maddux All my ‘19 and ‘20 friends I’ve made in choir. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reed Bennett Alexis Campos — Alabama is too far. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abby Trangsrud Grace Zimmel because she’s my actual twin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauren Moore Alex Anderson — it’s going to stink being halfway across the country from her. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kendall Cooper NARR, Jenna, and my friends in newspaper. Thanks for coming to college with me Subha!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nikhila Bulusu Faith Quinton, always my partner in crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abbey Lawford Emily Crawford — 183 miles can’t keep us apart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bailey Horton Ryan Shaughnessy . . . . . . . . Matt Thomas My best friend Maren who’s going to Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Halcomb Pierce and Michael. . . . . . . Cade Boscamp Pierce and Cade cause they are great. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michael Gardenhire

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Michael and Cade. . . . . . . . Pierce Johnson My boy J-Rob because he’s a pretty rad dude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Luke Morris Lexi Benson because she’s my best friend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Emma Sheehan Cade Boscamp because he my homie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colby Wyatt Brynn Hedges because we are tight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maddie Adair Meaghan Topelson, we won't be going to the same college. . . . . . . Savannah Miller

MotorolaRazer Razerand and Motorola iPhone iPhone Graphic Aeralyn Stinson Sophie Caballero because we got close towards the end of 2018 . . . . . . . Erin Tietje Too many to choose just one!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bella Dickson Metin because we’re basically the same person and I will miss his rants about Nora West-Allen. . . . . . . . . . Khailyn Agis Nathan Epstein because “the memez.”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Metin Akkose Kendall Cooper because she’s moving cross-country and I’ll miss my best friend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alex Anderson Emma Sheehan because she is leaving the U.S. forever . . . . . . . . . . . . Victoria Bishop Samantha Thornfelt because her enthusiasm, humor and adorable smile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jolie Mullings Zhora Jackson and Raquel Redmon because they’re my babies. Taryn Hankins Jessica, she’s my real day one. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christina Molen Garrett Nussmeier because how funny he is. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gus Sralla G-man, he was lit. . . . . . . . . . Cale Montis My homies. . . . . . . . . . Cameron DePrang Erin Tiejie. . . . . . . . . . . . . Sofia Caballero

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Zane Hickey, his beautiful face lights up my day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben Rizk Caroline Weber, because she’s been with me since kindergarten. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aubrey Corscadden Francesca Amoe because she’s been there for me since seventh grade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lauren Cook Chloe H — she’s great. Julia because I need my shopping buddy. Sophia Kuzniar because she dances dumbly with me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Savannah Heim Noah because he’s pretty cool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nathan Epstein Marc Kidwell because he was my first guy best friend and I have so many memories with him. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aeralyn Stinson Emily Jimnez because she's always willing to listen to me, even if she’s having a bad day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nimisha Srikanth Callie Bailey because she is so supportive, kind and considerate. . . . . . . . Chloe Agis Aryan Sharma — it's gonna stink not being able to walk to his house every other day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sai Ramesh Kristina Kendrick just because. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kennedi Jay Madeline Cherry because we always FaceTime and share memes. . . . . . Amy Davis All my underclassmen friends because I won't see them as much. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kaitlin Warford Trent Chalmers —he’s my best friend and it’s going to be really difficult to go to a different college. . . . . . . Peyton McCaffrey Kara Pletcher because she is extremely sweet and hilarious. . . . . Madaline Gentry (Continued on pg. 22)

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II leave leave ___ ___ to to Every teacher mispronouncing my last name to Abby Holzapfel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caroline Holzapfel My natural talent to attract women to Parker Edwards (God knows he needs it). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conner Ammar Not doing homework to Nich Rabehl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Soldner All my broken lead to the Calculus floor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristen Stubenazy Steak chasers inc. to Brendan Concannon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sean Herrel My original paper cranes to whoever finds them. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Derik Flores My ID lanyard to Allivian Crawford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abbi Crawford Legacy to Livi Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Delane Moore My awful work ethic and inability to stay awake to Mr. Ramirez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Thompson The Stuco crown to Lauren Szlosek, future student body president. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brooke Faulkner Consistent daily ASL bathroom breaks to Bailey Tadolini. . . . . . . . Madaline Gentry Mr. Henderson’ graduation picture to Pierce McCaffrey. . . . . . Peyton McCaffrey My emergency snacks to Dina Bratanovic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kaitlin Warford My meme collection and necking skills to Madeline Cherry. . . . . . . . . . . . Amy Davis Mr. Kelly’s World History slideshows to the poor incoming freshmen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cameron DePrang My Academic Decathlon co-captainship to Brooklyn Green. . . . . . . . . . Sai Ramesh My Academic Decathlon co-captainship to Abby Seeger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chloe Agis

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The literary magazine vlogs to Shalina Sabih. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nimisha Srikanth My vine references to Emily Seiler (my designer). . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aeralyn Stinson My meme taste to a future clone of me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nathan Epstein My love for Big Time Rush to Chloe Hudson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Savannah Heim My MMFCG legacy to Emma Lasater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lauren Cook My expired parking sticker to Brody Corscadden. . . . . . . . Aubrey Corscadden My Pokemon card collection to Garrett Walters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben Rizk My #2 basketball jersey to MHS and the rafters of the arena. . . . . . . . . Zach Meyer Soccer locker to Allie Crinklaw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christina Molen Marcus T and F to anyone who enjoys suffering and pain. . . . . . . . . . Taryn Hankins Horrible design-related mental breakdowns to Tara Connick. . . . Jolie Mullings My prayers to the up incoming freshman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Victoria Bishop My jean jackets and blunt cut bangs to Sam Thornfelt. . . . . . . . . . . Alex Anderson French NHS to Cynthia Domergue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Metin Akkose My alpaca drawing to my favorite English teacher, Mrs. Loll. . . . . . . . . Khailyn Agis My government binder to anyone who has Mr. Detrick. . . . . . . . . . . Bella Dickson My parking spot to anyone else who misses the deadline. . . . . . . . . . . . . Erin Tietje My #1 spot to Jack Reed. . . . Carter Reed My humor to my fav teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maddie Adair My spirit to the underclassmen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colby Wyatt

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Teaching Australian slang to Bella Dickson.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Sheehan My thoughts and prayers to the people who have A lunch.. . . . . . . . Luke Morris Ashes (my dog) to Harley (Pierce’s dog). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cade Boscamp Coolest ginger at Marcus legacy to Delayna Dawin. . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Halcomb My crown to Celine Tobias. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Matt Thomas The position of senior class secretary to Emma Bagazinski. . . . . . . . Bailey Horton My colorful assortment of pens to Alanna Baxter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abbey Lawford My copy editor position to no one. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kendall Cooper @marcustsuco to Tatum Hines.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauren Moore Marcus Choir to Savannah DeCrow and Annie Beth Clark. . . . . . . . . Reed Bennett Marcus High School to the kids who are almost out of here. . . . . . . Taylor Maddux Myself to show no fear and being an example to others. . . . . . . . . . Justin Osborne “Marcus Finest” to Tyson Edwards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gus Sralla My cuteness to Tiago Gunter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Whisenhunt The Marquee to Sam Thornfelt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chloe White The responsibility of finding the missing calculators in math to the next class.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christopher Huber Being the MHS volleyball middle to Camryn Upshaw and Alex Warren. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Holbrook My homes to Anna Ribb. . . . Katie Clarke Senioritis to the juniors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Putney The honor, glory, and redemption of Marcus Theater to Josh Soape, Hayden Patrick, and Finn MacKimmie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Linch My swag to Delaney Hemperly.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Francesca Amoe My volleyball locker to Alex Warren. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zeneyda Castillo The legacy of shlump crew to my manager, James Lewis Hart. . . . . Cayman Greene My mural to anyone too lazy to paint over it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Topher Tarantino Basketball to returning basketball players. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Cale Montis My ID to Jake Crim.. . . . . . . . Kennedi Jay

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What What I’ll I’ll miss miss the the most most Being a leader and setting an example for the younger class.. . . . . . . Justin Osborne Coach Hobbs calling me “Kiddo” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Francesca Amoe My friends, this town, my pets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gavin Shaw Free food and housing with my parents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christopher Huber Seeing my best friends every day and Friday night lights. . . . . . . . . Brenna Walker My friends. . . . . . . . . . Kristen Stubenazy My Calculus table. . . . . . . . . . Callie Bailey S121. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brooke Faulkner Taking Art . . . . . . . . . . . Gabriel Marquez Walking onto the football field during halftime to perform. . . . . Julia O’Connell Comments on my height everyday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Caroline Holzapfel Girls night with Delane and Caroline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abbi Crawford Girls night. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delane Moore Playing Super Smash Bros in Marauder Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Derik Flores The memories of being in Marcus soccer and fun moments in class. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dalton Lloyd Being able to see my friends. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sara Nessel Seeing my friends everyday without having to plan activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Taylor Maddux High school choir/VoiceMale (RIP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reed Bennett I’ll miss being able to see and interact with my friends every day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peyton McCaffrey Football games. . . . . . . . . . . . Karcie Stone Striding across the field with the Marquettes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauren Moore My fellow newspaper staffers because they are incredible teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kendall Cooper Singing with my choir every day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Abbey Lawford Stuchoez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt Thomas Home volleyball games. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Emma Halcomb The hotdogs.. . . . . . . . . . . Cade Boscamp My best friends. . . . . . Mahika Kandanala The amazing food. . . . . . . Pierce Johnson

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Mrs. Talley and cooking in her class. Also baseball and my fellow pack members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Luke Morris America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Sheehan My friends. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colby Wyatt Math class with Colbs.. . . . Maddie Adair Cross Country. . . . . . . . . . . . . Carter Reed Friendships. . . . . . . . . . . Savannah Miller Random moments of jokes and fun conversations in class. . . . . . . . . . . Erin Tietje Cheering under the Friday Night lights! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bella Dickson

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S121.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Payton Kurkowski Mrs. England and Mr. Davis/Mr. Howard.

Necking Kaitlin Warford in third period. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy Davis Not having to study for most tests and quizzes.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taryn Hankins #MMFCGforlife. . . . . . . Christina Molen Seeing Cale’s face every day at practice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Zach Meyer The commons with the boys. . . Gus Sralla Being at Marcus.. . . . . . . . . . Cale Montis Basketball. . . . . . . . . . . . . Klayton Harmon Seeing Mr. Mullin in a gorgeous new suit every day.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben Rizk Bickering with Coach Miller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lauren Cook My job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Savannah Heim Walking into C108 and seeing Jolie act out a dramatic story at the front of the class. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aeralyn Stinson The dedication of the teachers and staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nimisha Srikanth Academic Decathlon and the friendships I’ve made over the last 4 years.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chloe Agis Academic Decathlon. . . . . . . Sai Ramesh Pep rallys.. . . . . . . . . . . . Madaline Gentry Watching Netflix during school. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Thompson My friends and teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Whisenhunt Subha.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Hart Being able to see my friends every day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Putney Newspaper and brunch with the brunch club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chloe White Car jams in the morning with Caroline Holzapfel. . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Holbrook Days where I don’t have homework.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie Clarke Seeing Mrs. Karen (lunch lady) everyday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessica Molen Advanced theater tech fourth period. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marc Kidwell Energy saying “Good Morning Marcus, hope you’re having a wonderful morning this morning” every morning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Linch ASL class. . . . . . . . . . . . . Savannah Bissell

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What What I’ll I’ll miss miss the the least least The temperature of the school. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Savannah Miller Cafeteria food, parking drama, not having D lunch for senior out. . . . . . . Erin Tietje People stealing my senior parking spot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bella Dickson My newspaper computer that hates me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Khailyn Agis AP exam season.. . . . . . . . . Metin Akkose Friend drama. . . . . . . . . . . Alex Anderson Parking at Marcus. . . . . . . Victoria Bishop Asking Hale for fonts. . . . . . Jolie Mullings IDs and most of the rules here. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taryn Hankins The school parking lot after school.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christina Molen Coach Rogers putting 33 seconds on the clock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zach Meyer The boys’ bathrooms “On a lanyard around your neck.” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben Rizk in the commons.

Junior year. . . . . . . . . . . . . Savannah Heim They always smelled The crowded hallways in the W hall.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aeralyn Stinson too sweet.

The bathrooms/”juulrooms”.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nimisha Srikanth Cal-KILL-us. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chloe Agis Online English.. . . . . . Cameron DePrang Marc Kidwell The neo-fascistic ID-pushing regime.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sai Ramesh ID’s, meaningless homework, and missing announcements . . . . . . . . . . . Kennedi Jay Mr. Harrell enforcing the rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Amy Davis Amy necking me during ASL. . . . . . . . . . .

Having to wear an ID. . . . . . Reed Bennett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kaitlin Warford Cold cafeteria. . . . . . . . . . Abby Trangsrud The constant witch hunt for students withLosing football games.. . . . Lauren Moore out IDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . Peyton McCaffrey Crowded W hall stairs. . . . . . Derik Flores Newspaper deadlines. . . . . . . Chloe White Deadline stress. . . . . . . . . Kendall Cooper English. . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Whisenhunt Waking up early. I need my sleep. . . . . . . . Lanyards.. . . . . . . . . . . . . Savannah Bissell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nikhila Bulusu Waking up at 6 a.m. every morning.. . . . .

Marauder Time.. . . . . . . . Abbey Lawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Holbrook On a lanyard… around your neck. . . . . . . Waking up to do homework I forgot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bailey Horton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rachel Putney ID checks. . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Halcomb A lunch.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tony Wen Parking spots. . . . . . . . . . . . Cade Boscamp The boys’ bathrooms in the commons.

Marauder Time.. . . . . . . . Pierce Johnson They always smelled too sweet. . . . . . . . . .

The school work.. . . . . . . . Emma Sheehan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marc Kidwell English 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maddie Adair Waking up really early for school. . . . . . . .

Waking up early. . . . . . . . . . . Carter Reed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zeneyda Castillo

School in general lol.. . . . Justin Osborne Not having D Lunch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caroline Holzapfel Trying to hide my phone during class. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abbi Crawford 7:40 a.m. Stuco meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brooke Faulkner People who walk slowly in the hallway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conner Ammar Being in school for multiple consecutive hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dalton Lloyd Having to walk into school after parking a long way away. . . . . . . . . . Taylor Maddux

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Debating whether I should smile or not when passing someone in the halls.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Linch Taking Government. . . . Gabriel Marquez “On a lanyard, around your neck”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristen Stubenazy Early morning workouts in soccer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brenna Walker The commons stink bombs and cockroaches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Francesca Amoe A lunch and WNS. . . . . Michael Soldner Long school days.. . . . . . . Andrew Estrada Lanyards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Lamb The constant traffic in W hall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julia O’Connell Traffic in the parking lot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie Clarke Back when Subha and I weren’t “dating” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .James Hart Fighting traffic after school and wearing my ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cydney Oakes The numerous occasions where constitutional rights are dismismissed for, “the collective comfort of the school.”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cayman Greene Cafeteria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kyle Peacock Getting yelled at for not doing my homework. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Topher Tarantino Homework.. . . . . . . . . . . . Nathan Epstein

Waking up to do homework I forgot

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In In 20 20 years years __ __ will will be be __ __ Rachel Holbrook will be married with 20 kids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caroline Holzapfel Ben Shapiro will be a former president of the U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conner Ammar Class of 2019 will be iconic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Delane Moore Matt Thomas will be POTUS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brooke Faulkner Amazon will be taking over the world. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Derik Flores The class of 2019 will be remembered as the last normal class. . . . . . Abbi Crawford Justin Osborne will be the GOAT (greatest of all time). . . . . . . . . .. . . Justin Osborne We all will be looking back on these days that helped shape us to who we were meant to be. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sara Nessel Sara Nessel will be my doctor and poke me with needles. . . . . . . . .Taylor Maddux Savannah DeCrow will be on Broadway. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reed Bennett Matt Thomas will be POTUS. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abby Trangsrud Gas will still be too expensive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colin Shade Callie Goetz will be a Kindergarten teacher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lauren Moore Cars will be still not flying. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abbey Lawford Mr. Shafferman will be principal again. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bailey Horton Sean Herrell will be President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Halcomb Pierce will be the DA. . . . . Cade Boscamp Cars will be flying. . . . . . . Emma Sheehan Lebron will be in the HOF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colby Wyatt 4 dogs will be mine. . . . . . . Maddie Adair Marcus will be known around the state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carter Reed Cars will be flying. . . . . . . . Bella Dickson Ryan Safa will be poor..... . . Lauren Cook Jolie Mullings will be a world famous graphic designing icon.. . . . Khailyn Agis Khailyn Agis will be sassier than ever.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Metin Akkose Kendall Cooper will be married to Brian Kirwan with two dogs named Cooper and Luke.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alex Anderson Sonali Patel will be preparing to be my chief of staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sai Ramesh

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Chloe White will be in prison with her cat Pumpkin for trying to expose government secrets.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jolie Mullings Mackenzie Hayward will be a 4x Olympic gold medalist. . . . . . . . . . . Taryn Hankins Jessica Molen will be living in my attic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Christina Molen Klayton Harmon will be married to Brenda Hill.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zach Meyer Marcus High School will be in the same place. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cale Montis

Jessica Molen will be living in my attic Christina Molen

My parents will be able to retire because I will be able to support them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dalton Lloyd Foster Healy will be the President.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gus Sralla Marcus Basketball will be winning state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Klayton Harmon Zach Meyer will be still chasing Chrissy Molen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben Rizk Anusha Hegde and I will be married to identical twin brothers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nikhila Bulusu Caroline Weber will be the ultimate cat lady. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aubrey Corscadden Marcus will be on the news.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Savannah Heim Earth will be destroyed. . . . . Chris Lamb

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Marcus and Flower Mound will intergrate into one big high school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shayla Sistrunk Francesca Amoe will be a yoga mom and a social media influencer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brenna Walker David Bowie will be still dead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kennedi Jay Amy Davis will be asleep, probably.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kaitlin Warford Chloe White will be Instagram famous with her cat Pumpkin . . . Aeralyn Stinson Katie Connick will be a world class figure skater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nimisha Srikanth Mahika Kandanala will be a world famous cricket player. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chloe Agis Karcie Stone will be married to Robert Irwin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peyton McCaffrey Chris Lamb will be the president of the US. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Thompson Jolie Mullings will be a pro at the Club Penguin pizza game.. . . . . . . Chloe White Christina Molen will be in her fourth marriage.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessica Molen Chloe White will be also a cat lady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie Clarke Charlene Allison will be an animator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Putney My nieces and nephew will be old. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gavin Shaw Meera Landry will be crying because of John McCain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tony Wen Jayden Nunn will be playing Maui in Disney Parks.. . . . . . . . . . . . . Marc Kidwell Haley Smith will be a professional soccer player.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zeneyda Castillo Being a hotel clerk will be my job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gabriel Marquez Plaid will be the new plaid.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristen Stubenazy Blueberry muffins will be made with strawberries.. . . . . . . . Christopher Huber Rhiana Barrows will be married to an MLB player, but not Blake Mayfield.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Francesca Amoe I hopefully will be married‌ maybe.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew Estrada Danam Randhawa will be a mother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mahika Kandanala The freshman campus’ fire alarm will still not work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kendall Cooper

Emily Emily Seiler Seiler

___ ___ is is most most likely likely to to ___ ___ Conner Ammar is most likely to answer this question with a question? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conner Ammar Ryan Safa is most likely to own a gas station. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sean Herrel Grant Golden is most likely to be a house husband. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delane Moore Mr. Poe is most likely to be teaching at 80 years old. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dalton Lloyd Meera Landry is most likely to get stuck in an elevator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tony Wen Ethan is most likely to get big. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gavin Shaw John Linch is most likely to be knight in Medieval Times . . . . . . . . Andrew Estrada James Paponette is most likely to have the coolest car by 2020. . . . . . . Abbi Crawford Marco Fabbri is most likely to spray paint an RC track on a parking garage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Thompson Bailey Horton is most likely to marry rich. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brooke Faulkner Kali M. is most likely to become an actual fairy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristen Stubenazy Grant Hutcherson is most likely to be a stay at home professional dad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Halcomb Regan Rodgers is most likely to be famous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt Thomas Alanna Baxter is most likely to be an amazing teacher. . . . . . . . Abbey Lawford Ms. Hale is most likely to quit her job to become a tomato farmer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kendall Cooper Marcel Brooks is most likely to win the Heisman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauren Moore Colonel Sanders is most likely to die from chicken overdose . . . . . . . . . . Colin Shade Reed is most likely to struggle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reed Bennett Amanda Albright is most likely to open up a club called ABC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taylor Maddux Taylor Malone is most likely to be a successful pilot. . . . . . . . . . . . . Sara Nessel Justin Osborne is most likely to walk my destiny. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Justin Osborne Tiago Gunter is most likely to be cute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Whisenhunt Grant Hutcherson is most likely to be the most stereotypical dad. . . . . . . . Gus Sralla Macie Maxon is most likely to get grounded from graduating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Savannah Heim

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Tati Julien is most likely to save the world . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julia O’Connell Chloe White is most likely to land herself in Disney jail. . . . . . . . . . . . . Jolie Mullings Jolie Mullings is most likely to break me out of Disney jail. . . . . . . . . . . Chloe White Caroline Weber is most likely to be on “The Bachelor”. . . . . . . . Christina Molen Ben Rizk is most likely to own a company.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cale Montis Lauren Cook is most likely to marry a baseball player. . . . . . Aubrey Corscadden Chloe Agis is most likely to one-up me for the rest of my life . . . . . . . . . Khailyn Agis Julie Barker is most likely to become the next Stan Lee. . . . . . . . . . . . Metin Akkose Ms. Hale is most likely to retire to her garden and never speak to students again. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alex Anderson

Mr. Hinsley is most likely to leave his wife after labor to get Whataburger

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Bella Dickson is most likely to become famous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Victoria Bishop Carter Reed is most likely to become a professional circus clown . . . . Erin Tietje Garret Rackley is most likely to invent pants that put themselves on for you. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christopher Huber Cale Montis is most likely to be an NBA coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Klayton Harmon Mr. Ramirez is most likely to be the best teacher at Marcus. . . . . . . . . . Chris Lamb Regan Rodgers is most likely to succeed dont @ me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marc Kidwell Matt Thomas is most likely to become the next president. . . . . . . . . . . . Jessica Molen Andrew Estrada is most likely to be the CEO of Whataburger. . . . . . . . John Linch Emily Johanan is most likely to run for president as a joke and get elected. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peyton McCaffrey Sean Herrel is most likely to become president . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zeneyda Castillo

Bella Dickson is most likely to control the Flower Mound Cares facebook page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taryn Hankins Pierce is most likely to stay with his parents his whole life. . . . . Cade Boscamp Riley Berger is most likely to marry Chase. . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Gardenhire Mr. Hinsley is most likely to leave his wife after labor to get Whataburger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chloe Agis Cade is most likely to be owning Landry Roof and Company . . . . . . Pierce Johnson Ben Rizk is most likely to rebuild the city full of pyramids. . . . . . . . . . . . Zach Meyer Kylee Dodson is most likely to be the most successful. . . . . . . . . Emma Sheehan Maddie Adair is most likely to adopt 10 dogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maddie Adair Coach T is most likely to get a boys state championship next year. . . . . Carter Reed Andrew Lungren is most likely to look like a giraffe. . . . . . . . . Cameron DePrang Declan Hoch is most likely to start a Communist revolution . . . . . . Sai Ramesh Amy Davis is most likely to neck someone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kennedi Jay Sarah Blumberg is most likely to become a fashion designer. . . . . . Madaline Gentry Aubrey Corscadden is most likely to marry a basketball player . . Lauren Cook John Linch is most likely to be famous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bailey Horton Mr. Hinsley is most likely to grab a (dead) cat with his bare hands . . . Rachel Putney Jolie Mullings is most likely to be an emo aunt to my children. . . . . Aeralyn Stinson Gus Sralla is most likely to preserve his high school football jersey in case he makes it to the NFL. . . . Francesca Amoe Emily Vasquez is most likely to still freak out about everything. . . Savannah Bissell Connor Kappel is most likely to be a video game designer. . . . . . . . . Gabriel Marquez Lalita Kunamneni is most likely to accidently ask a drunk dude to take our group’s picture for my birthday (sorry). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nimisha Srikanth Sophie Kuzniar is most likely to sleep during all of her college classes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Holbrook Cale Montis is most likely to be a womens model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben Rizk Callie Bailey is most likely to be so freaking successful. . . Mahika Kandanala

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Marquee Staff Staff Marquee Editor-in-chief Chloe “Disney Jail” White

Aeralyn “Pinterest Queen” Stinson

Tara “Half-gallon of Iced Coffee” Connick

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Emily “Melted Water Bottle” Seiler

Skyler “Pinnacle of Hufflepuff” Middleton

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Reya “Murphy’s Law” Mosby

Samantha “Tex-Mex” Thornfelt

Khailyn “Design-a-saurus Rex” Agis

Emily “National Geographic Photographer” Lundell

Jolie Jolie Mullings Mullings

2018 2018 -- 2019 2019 Managing editor Jolie “Walking Bullhorn” Mullings

Madi “Tiny Sailor” Olivier

Nikhila “Future Bachelorette” Bulusu

Jolie Mullings

Ava “Rejected TJ Maxx Model” Bush

Alex “Soccer Mom” Anderson

Kendall “Chicken Enthusiast” Cooper

Michael “Champion of Women’s Rights” Minton

Shayla “Our Favorite Silent Protagonist” Sistrunk

Maya “Photo Fairy” Hernandez

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Advice I wish I could give my freshman self Kendall Cooper

@kendall_cooper7

I’m not saying I have all the answers to life, but I definitely know a lot more now than I did in my freshman year. If I could, there’s so much I’d love to be able to tell my younger self.

First off, a major thing I’ve learned is not to stay friends with people just because they’re there. I’ve had issues breaking off friendships I probably should’ve because I was afraid of being alone, especially my first two years of high school. I got a little better during my junior year, but even though I had a greater sense of self, I still let some people walk all over me. Senior

year was when I put a stop to that. I’d tell 14 year old me to recognize the signs of a friendship gone wrong and to get out of them. Who was wrong and who was right never matters — the important part is recognizing when people are no longer good for one another. Even if it means I would’ve had a few less friendships for a period of time, I genuinely would’ve been much happier. As my mom has always said, it’s the quality, not the quantity.

Another thing I discovered is that I really needed someone to tell me to just buy flowers for myself and stop waiting on other people to give them to me. I’ve always loved flowers, but for a very long time I thought that other people had to buy them for me.

I don’t do it super often, but buying flowers for myself is a really simple way I can brighten my own day. The day I got into Florida State University, I went and bought myself a small pot of tiny roses as a congratulations to myself. Every time I looked at them, it was a reminder that my hard work in and outside the classroom had finally paid off. It’s the tiniest things

that make me smile, and I wish I wouldn’t have denied myself one of them for so long.

Lastly, the most important lesson I have learned in these four years has been to learn from my mistakes. Whether it be a failed friendship, an argument with my parents or an assignment I could’ve done better on, I always tried to be better going forward.

Even so, I wasn’t always successful at it.

I definitely made a few mistakes twice or even a few times, but I was always focusing on bettering myself. It’s a mindset that’ll take me far and is a huge part of why I am the way I am today. I would love to tell my younger self to just keep it up. I would say that even though I felt so small and angsty that senior me is proud.

While a part of me definitely wishes that I was able to tell myself all of this and more, I genuinely value the time I spent falling down and picking myself up. Learning is such a beautiful process and, even though sometimes it wasn’t the most pleasant, I’m incredibly grateful for the time I was given to grow up and discover so much about myself and the world around me.

What are you going to do with that?

Chloe White

@thechloediaries

When I say I plan on majoring in English with a creative writing emphasis, I’m usually met with “what are you going to do with that?”

With an English degree, I plan on pursuing something I’ve wanted to for as long as I can remember. In elementary school, I wanted to be a New York Times bestselling author. I would write short chapter books, filled with imaginative details. Also, since I was a kid, by the time

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I finished writing a story, I was ready to start the next one, always consumed by perfectionism. That perfectionism has almost stopped me from writing today — but I realize now I can’t let that stop me from pursuing what I love.

The last time I really sat down and wrote a story was in my sophomore creative writing class, which I loved.

The best part was that I actually pushed myself to sit down and write — it turns out the fear of failing and turning in a late assignment was stronger than my perfectionism. Majoring in creative writing and taking writing classes would give me the push to write again, which is what I desperately want and need.

To return to the question “what are you going to do with that?” — I plan on doing whatever I want. College should be, and is, a place to find out your passions and pursue them. The idea that high schoolers need to have their entire life planned out puts an insurmountable amount of stress

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of teenagers who are already stressed out enough. With a degree in English I can go pursue a career in politics, start my own business or have a career in journalism — my major doesn’t define my future.

We live in a society where the liberal arts, and studying them, is almost looked down upon. It’s a waste of money. You won’t learn anything of real importance.

History, English and the arts don’t matter in the real world. Even in AP classes, the prevailing attitude is that beyond high school, history and English won’t matter, and there’s no point in reading the classics. As someone who hopefully will write a future classic, it’s frustrating that this is the prevailing attitude today, which is constantly reinforced by the ideas that history and books are useless. If we don’t learn our past, there’s no way to move forward.

Pursue what you love without limits or worry on the societal expectations of what you should do.

Aeralyn AeralynStinson Stinson

Lessons in love letters Jolie Mullings

@jolieam_

I didn’t know that I wouldn’t get to say goodbye. All I knew in that moment was the feeling of cool wind on the drive home, turning in my seat to see my boyfriend smiling and singing along to the familiar song playing. I wished that it was a regular Saturday night. However, the patriotic card his grandmother gave me proved otherwise. I knew that I couldn’t ignore him leaving for the military the next night. As he hugged me goodnight, I wish that I had known that it would be the last embrace for a long time. Maybe I would’ve held on a little longer.

Everyone told me the same thing — military relationships are hard. Littered with hardship and pain, the lifestyle ahead of me as a 17 year old seemed more like a prison sentence. As it turned out, it became more freeing than I ever imagined. Through endless conversations,

Whenever I was lonely, I would begin that day’s letter, always beginning with the same sentence: “I love you”.

the bond we held seemed to be stronger Days passed faster than I could than the promise of distance. Because of comprehend as I adapted to our situation. this, we held on. This bond has taught me I found myself glued to my phone screen many lessons, the first one I learned that early in April, watching hundreds of next day. sailors graduate. My parents excitedly As I cried on my mother’s shoulder, I sent me photos of them watching the realized that nothing was promised, no ceremony at home — another reminder of matter how badly I wanted things to be. their endless support. Later that evening, Helplessly, I watched through videos, for the first time in a long time, he called sent by his brother, him hugging his me from a number that I recognized. It family goodbye. The night that followed was a relief knowing that I didn’t need was one of the worst ones of my life, to keep an eye out for random phone but suffering through the hours with his numbers from his base anymore. Hearing brother taught me my second lesson: no his laugh felt like freedom; we survived matter what, I was never alone. Surviving those two months together. that night seemed like a rite of passage. People weren’t wrong when they said After he was gone, I had to completely that this relationship would be hard. reshape the way I looked at life. Many However, over the months, I’ve come days for me before David left revolved to learn that the hardest option would be around hanging out at the arcade, seeing losing him. As I move on to graduation a movie, or just hanging out at home — and the future, I’m excited to see where we all with him. It didn’t matter what we did both go. While this experience was one of — what mattered was that he was there. the most difficult trials I’ve gone through, In his absence, I learned to write with I know that the lessons I’ve learned will purpose. My favorite app became the one carry with me. Just like his letters, I’ll that I used to write him letters, something always hold them close to my heart.

I did every single day.

My laptop was soon littered with notes that I left for myself, listing how soon he was to graduation, how many letters I’ve written. Whenever I was lonely, I would begin that day’s letter, always beginning with the same sentence: “I love you”.

My third lesson came on Valentine’s Day, as my stomach dropped with the discovery that I had missed not one, but three calls from David during a test. In tears, I excused myself to the hallway and called my mom. She assured me that it was okay, and breathed with me through my sobs. I was greeted at home with a bouquet of flowers David ordered before he left.

Reading the card, I learned that it was okay to forgive Over the course of two months, I recieved over 20 letters myself, especially for the things and seven phone calls from David. In turn, I wrote over 40 that I couldn’t control. back.

Aeralyn AeralynStinson Stinson

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Eight semesters that changed my life Shayla Sistrunk

@shaylaa_kaye

As an incoming freshman I couldn’t wait to finally say that I was a Marcus Marauder. The feeling of walking around the halls and being surrounded by the bright red, silver and white colors was something I had been looking forward to since elementary school. I remember getting ready for the football games and telling my mom that I had to wear all red.

I was truly the biggest fan. Seeing all the students cheer for the big red made me overwhelmingly excited. From Friday

night games at Max Goldsmith stadium to Flower Mound in our very own brand new stadium, I’d been dreaming of this for so long. Once I stepped foot into the ninth grade campus I was ready to take every challenge even though I had no idea what to expect.

This school brought me so many new friends and friendships that I’ve formed over the years.. It also reunited me with a friend that I hadn’t talked to since the 4th grade when we played club soccer together.

The day we recognize each other in Pre-AP biology is a day I will never forget.

That girl turned out to be my best friend and we haven’t left each other’s side.

Since that day we’ve had at least one class together every year and that allowed us to get even closer. Together we witnessed many events that have happened on this campus.

Freshman year we had a blackout for an hour and many teachers including mine taught in the dark. Junior year went

by extremely fast and it slowly became hard for me to remember anything that I did. My sophomore year the football team beat Flower Mound at the last second of the game and caused the entire student section to jump the railing. This year was a dramatic year that brought us controversy but has ended in laughs and memorable senior events.

Although I am excited to move on and continue my educational journey in college it’s also sad to leave the place that i’ve grown in over the last four years. It’s not easy to let to go of something that you’re so used to.

Waking up in the morning a deciding what I’m going to wear for a spirit day is a feeling I’ll never forget. Running the flags when we score a touchdown and hearing the horn blare is definitely the hardest thing for me to leave behind. From my teachers on M9 to my senior teachers on main, it’s been a long road but my future is bright ahead.

Finally to Marcus High School, thank you for being the best high school.

To the important people of my high school years Skyler Middleton

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Dear the important people of my high school years, With time comes growth, and during my three years at Marcus I have grown exponentially, but I didn’t become who I am now by myself. I was lucky enough to have many people in my life that have influenced me in many ways.

I am more than thankful that I joined newspaper my sophomore year and was introduced to the teacher that changed

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my life. Before joining, I was insecure in my abilities, had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and didn’t think I was capable of amazing things. Ms. Hale believed in me when I felt no one else did, and she taught me that even if my grades were average, I wasn’t.

Thank you to the two friends I spent most of high school with. Alex, who I met at the back of French class as we bonded over our hatred for the language and our love for musicals. I am thankful for Kendall, the weird girl I got to know during our first journalism trip together when we ordered in a pizza and she shared her intense love for Moana. Kendall and Alex, our friendship was a rollercoaster with fights, amazing adventures and a lot of good laughs, but as we go our separate ways I realize just how much we grew together. Through this friendship I learned how to unapologetically express myself and be confident in the things I love, no matter how nerdy. Skating at

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Rockefeller center, way too many trips to the Charming Cat Corner and dinners at Panera will forever be a stable of my high school years.

Here’s to the boy I met as a terrible year was finally coming to an end. Choosing to go to IHOP for dinner that night was the best decision I have ever made, because when I met him there I truly smiled for the first time in a long time. Thank you for always asking people if I can pet their dogs, encouraging me to speak my mind and showing me how I deserve to be treated. Even though I’m going to miss the Jim to my Pam, sometimes you just have to let go and let life do it’s thing. Our time was cut way too short, but if you taught me anything it’s to embrace uncertainty.

Thank you to the ones who have been there all along. I am beyond grateful for the little girl I met when we were in Pre-K. Gabi, our friendship is the one thing I have never doubted. With 14 years of late night talks, uncontrollable fits of laughter and

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annoying our parents to no end, I know as I drag you to New York with me we will continue to share this unbreakable bond we’ve had since day one. Thank you to my grandpa, the source of my stubbornness.

The man who taught me that you can always grow and change your views no

matter how you once were. Lastly thank you to my mom. She helped me through everything and uplifted me when I really needed it. Without her support I don’t know if I would be as strong or confident as I am today.

Each person was important to my

growth no matter if we are still in touch or even on good terms. The time spent with them was something that will always be with me. Thank you to those who have been involved in my life.

With love, Sky

Brown-ish — stuck between two worlds Nikhila Bulusu

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I recently finished the T.V. show Blackish which is a sitcom centered around a black family living the American dream in the suburbs. Each episode highlights different cultural phenomenons and the struggles of being black in America in a light-hearted way. Watching the show got me thinking about my own upbringing.

I grew up in an Indian family living in a predominantly white community.

With that comes a lot of things — good and bad. Being Indian is easily my favorite thing about myself. From the food to the culture to the infamous “brown” parties, there’s nothing not to love about it.

However, growing up in Flower Mound has always made it a little confusing as to what my identity is. My parents were both born and brought up in Hyderabad, which is a metropolitan center in South India. They grew up eating pani puri on the streets and running around bursting firecrackers on the festival of lights, Diwali. While we do celebrate Indian festivals here and can get decent Indian food whenever we want, nothing can compare to their childhood in the motherland.

••• “Silence!” the teacher yelled, holding up her hand in a fist to indicate that our lunchtime chatter was a bit too loud.

The lights dimmed and the teal and

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purple-colored stripes lining the Prairie Trail cafeteria walls slowly turned grey.

It was silent time. I sat on the familiar brown benches and pulled out my lunch, being careful to not let anyone else see it. Apparently, I wasn’t careful enough.

“What’s that?” someone whispered to me as I nibbled on my chapati and aloo koora. I knew I should have told my mom to pack me a PB&J! I tried to explain the foreign food to my not-so-foreign friend but she didn’t seem to understand or care.

This was the first time I realized that I was different. It took me some getting used to but eventually I learned how to

Now, after 18 years of experience I can confidently say that I have found my identity.

I’m not Indian and I’m not American, not completely brown or white. I’m brownish. I get the best of both worlds.

deal with the people that stood in the way of my cultural identity. Thankfully, there weren’t that many.

Throughout my childhood and to this day, one of the biggest factors in helping me stay connected to my culture is the people that I’m surrounded by. Unlike most, I have had the same group of best friends since I was 4 years old and I’m so thankful for them. My four best friends grew up in households that looked and felt just like mine. They too had to endure 12

hour plane rides to see their grandparents every few years and understood the pain of being asked if they spoke “Indian.”

For 14 years, I have been lucky enough to experience everything with them.

They were with my through my One Direction phase, my k-pop phase, and of course when my online persona was SmileySuperDiva101. I don’t know what I would have done without them by my side through it all.

The first time I visited India when I was old enough to comprehend everything, I remember feeling so out of place. Everyone at my cousins’ house was speaking Telugu, my mother tongue, and I couldn’t speak a word of it. I tried to talk slower so people could understand me but my overwhelming American accent made it nearly impossible. I walked downstairs wearing shorts one day and my mom ushered me upstairs and made me change. I could wear those shorts at home, so why couldn’t I wear them here?

I didn’t understand at the time, but there is a huge cultural difference between India and America. Even though I was used to being around Indian people, eating Indian food, and listening to Bollywood music, I wasn’t truly Indian. I didn’t understand that the boys in India look at girls differently or that it wasn’t safe to walk anywhere alone.

Now, after 18 years of experience I can confidently say that I have found my identity. I’m not Indian and I’m not American, not completely brown or white. I’m brownish. I get the best of both worlds. I can go to football games and enjoy prom with my friends but I can also blast Bollywood music on the way there and come home to my mom’s delicious Bendakaya koora. Of course, there is still a lot of work to be done for colored women in America, but that’s something I’m excited to fight for.

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Finding my sunflowers Alex Anderson

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Throughout my whole life, I’ve been obsessed with media and pop culture. As a kid, I fantasized about my life being like the movies — especially high school. I grew up loving ‘The Breakfast Club” and “High School Musical.” The perfect friends, going to my dream college in New York and having the perfect senior prom were my version of those movies.

However as my senior year started, that whole fantasy stared fading away. I was forced to change my college plan, started going to therapy for self-esteem issues and lost close friends. My anxiety worsened at the uncertainty of the future — everything I had imagined my senior year was going to be like had changed by March.

The one person who understood all that I was going through and stuck close by my side was my best friend Kendall. I was going through so many things that would have

destroyed me just a year earlier, but this time I wasn’t alone. I had someone beside me the whole time, checking on me.

With my plan constantly changing, she was my one constant. As the frustration faded, we found ourselves maturing fast with college and graduation seemingly staring at us in the face. She helped me grow from my situation, and I realized I could always trust her to tell me the truth and support my personal growth. Through her friendship, I discovered that my “high school movie” experience just went down a different path than I thought.

••• The neon lights of senior prom illuminated the ballroom as the night started coming to a close. My friends and I had managed to find a spot at the edge of the dance floor and were enjoying what we had decided would be our last song of the night.

I briefly left the group to say goodbye to another friend, but before I could find her, “Sunflower” by Swae Lee and Post Malone started playing from the DJ booth. My heart fluttered and I immediately sprinted back to my friends on the dance floor — almost tripping on the train of my dress in the process.

I grabbed Kendall, panting. When she realized I had returned to listen to this song with her, her eyes lit up and a smile spread across her face. This song was more than just

our happy song — it had been our anthem the past few months as we navigated all the change senior year brought us. I always thought of Kendall when it played, and it always made me smile when it came on. She was my best friend — my sunflower.

Looking around at my small group of friends, my eyes started tearing up. These were my people, the ones who had stuck by me through my darkest times and lifted me up in my hardest times. They were there for me, and I would always be there for them.

This was it — my movie moment. It was the climax of my John Hughes 80s high school fantasy, and I was experiencing true happiness and love for the first time in months.

••• If you had asked me what my senior year was going to be like during my freshman year, my answer probably wouldn’t have been close to what my life is like now. I have different friends, different family, different likes and a different life plan, but I wouldn’t change any of that.

My story might have started with heartbreak and isolation, but it is ending with me excited about the future and surrounded by people I know love and support me no matter what. Graduation may be the beginning of the rest of my life, but it’s the end to this rough yet beautiful chapter — and I wouldn’t have changed a thing about it.

The Marquee Senior Quotes Skyler Middleton: “I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring.”

- David Bowie Jolie Mullings: “Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”

- Winnie the Pooh Aeralyn Stinson: “You say “Goodbye” and I say “Hello, hello, hello.”

- The Beatles

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Kendall Cooper: “Some people feel the rain, others just get wet.” -Bob Marley Chloe White: “Live your life like you’re going to be on Judge Judy.”

Alex Anderson: “Do not let what you think they think of you make you stop and question everything you are.”

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Ava Bush: “Chocolate makes me nauseous.”

Nikhila Bulusu: “Nevertheless, she persisted.”

Shayla Sistrunk: “The Office Season 2 Episode 22 Minute 14:38” Khailyn proud!”

Agis:

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Forecasting life Ava Bush

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Although I don’t turn 18 until the end of the summer, I’m still, like every other senior, standing on the edge of adulthood and maturity. I’m set to attend Tulane University in New Orleans, where I plan to study environmental earth science and ecology. My ultimate goal is to earn my Ph.D. in geomorphology in order to become a physical volcanologist, or a scientist specializing in the study and monitoring of volcanoes and volcanic eruptions.

Ironically, I discovered this path during

a phase of my life that had nothing to do with volcanoes, and rather, focused on my own fear of adulthood. I convinced myself that I didn’t want to go to college for years and years, simply to work until I break a hip and then die. The rat race did not appeal to me in the slightest, and my tactics of evasion were highly sophisticated — also known as straight up denial. I just wanted to buy a plane ticket and disappear to some remote town in Costa Rica, and escape the enormous weight of a life half-lived in boredom and regret.

This phase, unlike the others, didn’t put itself to an end, nor was it extinguished by my then-absent voice of reason. I was trapped, and it took many months for me to see a light at the end of the tunnel. Not to my surprise, people tried to entice me with the promise of a house with a white picket fence and two-and-a-half kids, but that wasn’t a part of the future I wanted. Eventually, though, I focused on the fact that if I neglected my passions and gifts for my selfish wishes to live burden-free, I would be doing myself and everyone else a disservice. I knew that they

were right.

From that day on I understood that it is essential to look beyond your own selfish wants and needs, in order to contribute to the greater good. That is the most valuable thing that I learned while in high school, and it wasn’t even from school, it was from my friends and family.

As a volcanologist, I have the potential and ability to save the lives of thousands by forecasting eruptions, contributing to the greater good. But this line of work also provides the adrenaline, adventure, travel, and study of what I am passionate about, that I was terrified of losing.

Ironically, the idea of traversing the edge of a volcano collecting magma and poisonous pyroclastic gas flow samples not only appears to be my savior from the terrors of the rat race, but it genuinely excites me. And it goes to show that when you are willing to abandon your own self interest in pursuit of an altruistic goal, you will end up flourishing as well as those you are helping, whether it’s people, animals, plants, or the planet itself.

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What What got got me me in in the the most most trouble trouble Having opinions. . . . . . . Conner Ammar Shouting in class after I wrecked fools in Astro Party. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Derik Flores Bringing a Trump flag to a USA day pep rally. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sean Herrel Smiling in fifth grade. . . . Nikhila Bulusu Bad grades. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dalton Lloyd Overdrawing my account from buying coffee every morning freshman year.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abbi Crawford Flooding the cross country locker room. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Thompson Nothing really, either gotten away with it or never get in trouble. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Andrew Estrada Being on my phone in class or talking a lot.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Madaline Gentry Leaving track without asking. The whole team had to run 400’s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peyton McCaffrey ID’s and missing announcements.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kennedi Jay I got into a roast battle in the group chat with one of my AcDec teammates on the way back from State during my sophomore year and it was not pretty.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sai Ramesh Having opinions. . . . . Cameron DePrang Nothing? (I’m an angel). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nimisha Srikanth Kissing my boyfriend on the forehead even though there was a couple behind me making out. . . . . . . . Aeralyn Stinson Having a weak filter.. . . . Nathan Epstein Procrastinating. . . . . . . . Savannah Heim Dress code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauren Cook Wearing athletic shorts to school. *gasp*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aubrey Corscadden Ripping up a detention in front of my teacher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben Rizk Trusting Zach Meyer. . Klayton Harmon Being late to class in the morning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cale Montis Talking back. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zach Meyer My Calculus table. . . . . Christina Molen Nothing, because I’m a pretty decent human being. . . . . . . . . . . . . Taryn Hankins Forgetting my ID. . . . . . . Victoria Bishop Being honest about not having my ID.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Metin Akkose Playing games in class. . . . . Khailyn Agis Hiding 50 Go-Go Squeeze applesauces in Mrs. Guy’s file cabinet (sorry Mrs. Guy). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Bella Dickson Maddie Adair. . . . . . . . . Savannah Miller Not having my ID. . . . . . . . . . Carter Reed

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Colby Wyatt. . . . . . . . . . . . . Maddie Adair Cade Boscamp. . . . . . . . . . . Colby Wyatt My mouth.. . . . . . . . . . . . . Sofia Caballero Being late after the career center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Sheehan Breaking a rolling chair while rolling down the hall.. . . . . . . . . . . . Luke Morris Beating up Michael . . . . . Pierce Johnson Throwing a light at the school.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Gardenhire Being stupid. . . . . . . . . . . .Cade Boscamp Not doing my homework. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abbey Lawford

Being on my phone. . . Rachel Holbrook Being late every day and dress code.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zeneyda Castillo Accidentally parking in a senior’s parking spot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Putney Skipping school when I didn’t want to take a test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Linch Parking in a senior spot and getting Wednesday night school. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Payton Kurkowski Trying to leave during a fire drill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caroline Weber Myself. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mahika Kandanala

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Accidentally skipping class to go to JMBLYA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kendall Cooper Being beyond obnoxiously loud at every football game. . . . . . . . . . . . Lauren Moore No comment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colin Shade Leaving class early. . . . . . . . Karcie Stone I didn't do homework 90 percent of the time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reed Bennett Erica Atkinson.. . . . . . . . . . . . Sara Nessel Not manning up to my mistakes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Justin Osborne Eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gus Sralla Being distracted.. . . . . Ryan Whisenhunt Downloading and playing Toontown and Club Penguin in newspaper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chloe White Nothing, but I’m impressed that I never snapped.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie Clarke Staying in the wrong Journalism class until Miller told me I wasn’t supposed to be there. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jolie Mullings Chewing gum in the Orchestra room. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Callie Bailey Going to Chick-fil-A for lunch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tony Wen Getting caught by police for breaking curfew. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gavin Shaw

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Getting Chick-fil-A (repeatedly). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristen Stubenazy Parking at M9 for a week. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Soldner Almost taking my anger out on people who did no wrong doing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gabriel Marquez Skipping exam week to go to Jamaica. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Brenna Walker I plagiarized an entire essay with 5 other guys. I was the owner of the document.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christopher Huber Lending my ID to Riley Mattingly so she wouldn’t get in trouble and Mr. Smith calling me in to “collect my ID”.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Francesca Amoe Running through school barefoot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Topher Tarantino Dropping a tape measure on someone’s head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cydney Oakes Trying to further learn about the subject material, instead of just following teacher preference . . . . . . . . . . . . Cayman Greene Being tardy too much sophomore year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Julie Barker

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Best Best thing thing II learned learned High school isn’t like High School Musical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nikhila Bulusu There are no mistakes only lessons to learn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sean Herrel How to get to school in 5 minutes flat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michael Soldner How to drive.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gavin Shaw True friends will always stick around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tony Wen There are different ways to lead and be encouraging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dalton Lloyd Never try to lie and say you overslept when holding Chick-fil-a.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abbi Crawford How to hide my phone . . . Delane Moore How to code a video game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristen Stubenazy How to dodge and weave through people in crowded hallways. . . . . . . . Derik Flores Leaving school will get you ISS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Thompson To keep an extra ID with me at all times. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brooke Faulkner Do not procrastinate. . . . . . Chloe White Friendship. . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Whisenhunt The best thing I learned was to be a MAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Justin Osborne Common sense is more helpful than book smarts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taylor Maddux (a+b)² does NOT equal a²+b². . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reed Bennett How to fake wearing an ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karcie Stone The education system is broken. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colin Shade That I can't yo-yo.. . . . . . . Lauren Moore How to love and be loved. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kendall Cooper How to think critically. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Abbey Lawford Avoid the upstairs S Hall at any costs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bailey Horton Ice and STEM when you sprain an ankle.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Halcomb How to dissect a cat. . . . . . Rachel Putney To be smart. . . . . . . . . . . . Cade Boscamp How to prevent someone from committing suicide. . . . . . . . . . . . Pierce Johnson Socialism never works. . . . . Luke Morris Work smarter not harder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Sheehan

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To be a man. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colby Wyatt Never give up. . . . . . . . . . . Maddie Adair Everything in Mr. Crump’s class. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carter Reed “You’re prepared. Just leave already.”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Erin Tietje Hold your friends close, high school flys by.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bella Dickson

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Physics is a million times easier when you use derivatives. . . . . . . . . . . . Khailyn Agis Is to meet the art credit requirement before senior year. . . . . . . . . . Metin Akkose How to be in French Honor Society despite only knowing 10 words in French. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alex Anderson College will be better. . . . Victoria Bishop How to improvise when inDesign crashes and you lose all your pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jolie Mullings People are always battling personal struggles, so it’s important to be kind. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taryn Hankins How to pretend you’re allowed to be somewhere when you definitely aren’t. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Linch Maybe if I did my homework I wouldn't be going to Bling.. . . . . . . . . . Zach Meyer How to be more responsible. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cale Montis C’s get degrees. . . . . . . . . Zeneyda Castillo How to be succesful in school. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Klayton Harmon

Marauder Time changed me, and gave me a better outlook on life.. . . . . Ben Rizk To try freshman year because if you don’t, you’re screwed. . . . . . Aubrey Corscadden Econ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cameron DePrang Life’s too short to be constantly preoccupied with how other people perceive you. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sai Ramesh Label makers are useful. . . . . Kennedi Jay It’s okay to stink at something as long as you’re really good at it. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christopher Huber How to sleep standing up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kaitlin Warford To save money, from Mr. Wagner and Mr. Stoeberl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marc Kidwell How to get ready in five minutes.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Holbrook How to do a three week assignment in one night. . . . . . . . . . . . Peyton McCaffrey To embrace everything I like and to not be afraid to be myself. . . . . . . Katie Clarke Your needs and wants come first; you can’t make everyone happy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aeralyn Stinson #noboys2019. . . . . . . . . . . Savannah Heim How people view you doesn’t matter. I’ve had a lot of friends and then I’ve had only a few in the last four years and either way you get by. . . . . . . . . . . . Madaline Gentry “Boys are stupid and naps are good.” Mrs. England. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Savannah Bissell If you’re bad at something, hang out with smarter people that are good at it. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nathan Epstein How to fake looking for my ID even though I knew I didn’t have it.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Francesca Amoe How to be mature and stay out of petty drama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brenna Walker How to see beyond the “bubble of Flower Mound.” . . . . . . . . . . . . Nimisha Srikanth Government is not for me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gabriel Marquez Not getting an “A’” is not the worst thing in the world. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chloe Agis Don’t adhere to the subject, adhere to the instructor. . . . . . . . . . . . . Cayman Greene How gross dissections are. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cydney Oakes

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Most Most embarrassing embarrassing moment moment On the second day, I flipped my chair in the cafeteria in M9, made a loud noise and Dr. Shazad got it on camera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caroline Holzapfel Rear ending someone in the parking lot or my Halloween party sophomore year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Brooke Faulkner Southlake baseball game @Abbi and Lillian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delane Moore Telling someone I liked them, and then immediately walking away in the most awkward fashion.. . . . . . . . . Derik Flores Southlake baseball game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abbi Crawford Sophomore year I left my car running in the parking lot and Mr. Smith had to come find me to turn it off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Madaline Gentry DECA State 2019. Shake Shack. Korean S-F. I don’t need to say more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nikhila Bulusu Choking on a Cheez-It in Pre-Cal and then throwing it up in the hallway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christina Molen

Falling down the B hall stairs sophomore year and getting a concussion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peyton McCaffrey Coming to school every day looking homeless. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy Davis Spilling a route 66 Sonic drink in class. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Kennedi Jay I wore my shirt inside out once and no one caught it until like third period.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sai Ramesh Eating turf in front of the track team during a drill freshman year.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taryn Hankins

Playing for a FM high school athletic team. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reed Bennett I stepped in puke on the stairs sophomore year and when I went to class a girl said I smelled like her chicken salad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cameron DePrang Walking into a World History class instead of Kelly’s Euro History class. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nimisha Srikanth Walking in the ROTC room while they were at attention (all silent) and I came in acting crazy and then ran out from embarrassment. . . . . . . . . Aeralyn Stinson Too many to count but most likely saying stupid things. . . . . . . . . . . Nathan Epstein Right now. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Savannah Heim When I missed the soccer ball and did a 360 degree in the air and landed on my butt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauren Cook Crying in class when my English teacher read this essay about a girl tearing her ACL and being the worst day of her life. I tore my ACL the week before. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aubrey Corscadden Forgetting we had a basketball game and showing up at halftime. . . . . . . . Ben Rizk Failing a quiz and everyone was like, “who failed this?” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cale Montis Getting roasted my whole junior and senior year regarding the same girl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zach Meyer Showing up for an art competition with no pen … no paper … nothing. (I still won though).. . . . . . . . . . . . Jolie Mullings Freshman year stepping on our quarterback’s broken foot on the first day of school. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Victoria Bishop Openly crying during an APES test and having Mr. Hovde stare at me in concern.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alex Anderson Carrying a 3 x 5 foot Belgian flag on my shoulders the entire day.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Metin Akkose When I crashed my car into a lamp post while parking.. . . . . . . . . . . . Khailyn Agis Freshman year falling down the stairs in front of everyone. . . . . . . . . Bella Dickson Getting 42nd at state. . . . . . . Carter Reed Tripping on the stairs freshman year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erin Tietje Singing the wrong lyrics to “Take Me Out To The Ball Game” very loudly at a baseball game. . . . . . . . . . . . Maddie Adair

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Walking with crutches. . . . . . Colby Wyatt When the softball bus hit a big bump and I flew out of my seat and hit the ceiling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Emma Sheehan Michael spitting on me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cade Boscamp Scraping gum for 12 hours.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Halcomb When I actually thought there was a pool on the roof freshman year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bailey Horton Forgetting so many things at home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abbey Lawford

Dressing in all white to sing and dance along to a Backstreet Boys song.

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The time I got caught eating pizza in a bathroom stall. . . . . . . . . . Kendall Cooper When a picture of JJ Watt came up at an assembly … I screamed really loud, I love him … a lot. . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauren Moore I tripped in front of my crush on the stairs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karcie Stone Drawing cartoon vegetables on a AP art project for Mrs. Bellevue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taylor Maddux When I tried to donate blood and passed out from the finger prick. . . . . Sara Nessel My teacher making my parents have an intervention with me about sleeping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Mark Thompson Screaming in the middle of the night while playing Toontown with Jolie on a journalism trip. . . . . . . . . . . . Chloe White Biting a spider in D&D. Poison damage, DUH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie Clarke Saying “reserve” during the coin toss at our volleyball game. . . . Rachel Holbrook When I fell on the staircase and someone watched . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Putney

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When I went to the bathroom in S hall and simultaneously every person that was in the stalls walked out, washed their hands, and then left the bathroom all at once. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marc Kidwell The entire school staring at me and Riley Mattingly for starting her loud truck in the middle of an evacuation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zeneyda Castillo Dressing in all white to sing and dance along to a Backstreet Boys song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Linch How I met Mrs. Wilson. . . . . Gavin Shaw

Losing STUCO election sophomore year (still mad). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tony Wen A teacher read my groupchat messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christopher Huber Coming to school and realizing I forgot my ID which made me run all the way home just to get it. . . . . . Gabriel Marquez Failing every test in Pre-cal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Soldner My Orchestra end of year video project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristen Stubenazy Freshman year. I was GROSS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mahika Kandanala

Teacher Teacher I’ll I’ll miss miss the the most most Mr. Stoeberl, because no one has cared as much as he does. . . . . . . . . . . . . Tony Wen Coach Klein because she helped me through a lot. . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessica Molen Mr. Porter because he called me Ranchacito and he’s my fav.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Hulbrook Ms. Miller, for letting me “work” during lunch and avoid the freezing cafeteria.

Also, for helping us make a yearbook, I guess. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie Clarke Coach Dibiaso because he had a pet fish in his class and supported me in soccer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Francesca Amoe Mrs. Karbs. She always knew the right advice to give me and how to make me smile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brenna Walker

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Mr. Poe because he was the coolest English teacher I ever had, and I don’t even like English.. . . . . . Gabriel Marquez Coach Dibiaso and Mrs. Frenzel for being the only reason I survived senior year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zeneyda Castillo Mrs. England, learned a lot of life lessons because she is a real one.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Savannah Bissell Mr. Ramirez because he respects my love for Subha. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Hart Lawrence, Bellevue, Toews, Murdock, Rayburn, Hale, Miller, and Brininstool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Topher Tarantino Mr. Crump — he always knows how to make the entire class laugh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kyle Peacock

Friend Friend I’ll I’ll miss miss the the most most Matt Chambers because of the two o’ clock Waffle House visits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Thompson Jackson Potts because we have a wacky sense of humor. . . . . . . Ryan Whisenhunt I can’t name just one… I’ll miss all of the sophomores/juniors in newspaper, and all of my friends leaving DFW for college. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chloe White Gabe Bednarczyk. . . . . . Michael Soldner Graycen Bezney because no one is as sweet or kind as her. . . . . . . . . . Tony Wen Payson Kelley, my best friend forever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zeneyda Castillo Jacob Kohankie because he’s the only person to make everyone in the room question their own sanity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marc Kidwell

Emily Emily Seiler Seiler

Sophomore year when I fell down the stairs during passing period. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brenna Walker Losing in the first round of playoffs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Francesca Amoe Not doing Mr. Marcus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew Estrada Peeing in the pool on the roof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Lamb Confessing my love for Subha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Hart Throwing up on my desk the second day of school. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie Barker

Ms. Hammill — she has been there for me throughout the year. . . . . . Cydney Oakes Miss Reyburn! She has provided loads of creative inspiration. I have also taken three of her classes and love her open teaching method. . . . . . . Cayman Greene

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Christina Molen. She’s my real day one. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessica Molen Regan Rodgers, he is/was/always will be the homie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Linch Rhiana because I literally live at her house on the weekends. . . . . . . . Brenna Walker Eva and Kal because they are my two best friends and I love going on adventures with them. They make me a better person and made high school that much sweeter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristen Stubenazy Justin Osborne because I love him. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caroline Weber Preston, because he was a cool person to talk to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gabriel Marquez Katherine Dennis. . . . Mahika Kandanala Grace Reinhardtsen because she always has snacks . . . . . . . . . . . . Brooke Faulkner

Allie Williamson and Kailey Karchaske because they’re my junior babies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Hulbrook My D&D group. Right is always right. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie Clarke Lauren Cook, best friends since middle school. It’s hard to come by a friend that sticks around that long in high school. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Francesca Amoe All of the Marquette seniors because they’re my family . . . . . . . Julia O’Connell Nano Graves because he is a cool little man. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christopher Huber Charlene because I can always talk to her about everything. . . . . . . . . Rachel Putney Emily Johanen is literally the coolest person I’ve ever met and she cute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie Barker

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Senior signing

photos maya hernandez design Samantha Thornfelt Seniors Mahika Kandanala, Nimisha Srikanth and Chandeni Kassen pick out chalk to use to sign their names next to the logos of the colleges they will be attending. Kandanala will attend University of Sydney, Srikanth will attend Texas A&M and Kassen will attend Texas Tech.

Senior Danam Randhawa draws the University of Texas at Dallas’s logo in chalk on the black sheets of paper that covered the cafeteria walls.

(Above) Senior Harold Murphy fills in the star of the logo of the University of Texas at Arlington, where he will attend later this year. After drawing their college logos and signing their names at the Senior Signing, students recieved and signed their yearbooks with friends.

Senior Anna Helmers takes a picture of her name next to the chalk logo of her college, the University of Texas, where she will attend later this fall. The class of 2019 has a diverse list of colleges they will be attending, as some students will stay as close as Flower Mound while others will move as far as Australia.