The Newtonian, Senior Issue 2019

THENEWTONIAN NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT MAGAZINE

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Class of 2019 Senior Issue Photo by Addie Lindenmeyer

TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S NEW S Retirees reflect on teaching

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High school in five words

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Class of 2019 survey

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ARTS & CU LTURE SE NI O R OP I N ION S Senior staff members share high school experiences 6-7

FEA TU R E S Bontrager attends Belmont

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BABY P ICTU RES Class of 2019 Baby Pictures Fernandez works in family buisness 14-15 Sogoulion moves to US 16-17 Ellis practices nordic religion 18-19

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2018-2019 News Magazine Staff Members Front Row L to R: Kaete Schmidt, Faye Smith, Ellen Miller Garrett, Natalie Kuhn Back Row L to R: Benton Dreasher, Addie Lindenmeyer, Lorelei Jacobs, Marco Aramburu Not Pictured: Kaeden Thurber

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Leaving a Legacy

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Photo Illustration by Natalie Kuhn

Scott, Tolle, Warden retires Natalie Kuhn Reporter @KuhnNat

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ust as in almost all other circumstances in life, all good things must come to an end. This year marks the retirement of multiple noteworthy teachers, including history and social studies teacher Grant Scott, math teacher Randy Tolle and special education coordinator Perry Warden.

Scott’s retirement from his 28 year teaching career followed his retirement from coaching both the girls and boy tennis teams for 23 years last fall.

“It’s great to coach people who pushed themselves to achieve at the highest level and then go on to have great success at the collegiate level and in their professional lives,” Scott said.

“I think that is really what teaching and coaching are all about.”

Often times, teachers who coach athletes on the court will also have them in class. Senior Joel Golubski has played tennis for three years and has had Scott as an assistant coach for two of those years.

“Both with history and tennis, he has a lot of wisdom and good valuable

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Grant Scott 28 years

Engaged in the lecture, students in A.P. Government and Politics watch a video as history teacher Grant Scott elaborates on the content.

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knowledge. He teaches everything he knows to his students and his players when he’s coaching.” Golubski said.

In addition to Scott, Tolle is withdrawing from his position after 37 years of teaching with plans for home renovation and travel. Apart from teaching, Tolle served as athletic trainer for 35 years, ending his role after the 2016-17 school year, but leaving a great impact on students’ lives. Senior Aspen

A highlight for every teacher is seeing what students go on and do with their lives.

-History Teacher, Grant Scott

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Olson has had Tolle as her teacher since sophomore year.

“It’s sad that Tolle is retiring but he’s has been here a long time and he’s worked with a lot of students in math classes and as the trainer,” Olson said.

Alongside Scott and Tolle, Perry Warden is making his exit from NHS this year after serving as the special

education coordinator and a coach for the boys golf team for two years.

“I guess I’m the organizer of the whole bit. I work with the kids and getting paid positions or job experience while in school,” Warden said. “Working with kids that have special needs, it’s always awesome.”

Not only do students get to see the differences teachers make within the school environment, but colleagues witness changes too. Scott has worked alongside history and social studies teacher Brian Kennell for 15 years.

“An interesting thing for me was the students who come back and see [Grant Scott] or email him, they often make those connections around Christmas time,” Kennell said.

Even though the current retirees come from different areas of the school, there is a common consensus of students being the main contributing factor to positive memories within their careers.

“I think a highlight for every teacher is seeing what students go on and do with their lives and careers after high school,” Scott said.

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Answering a question, math teacher Randy Tolle speaks with his student-aide senior Aspen Olson as his Algebra II class takes a test. Photo by Natalie Kuhn

Transition coordinator Perry Warden reviews his meeting schedule on his computer in his office.

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Senior Opinions Perseverance necessary in high school

Faye Smith Editor-in-chief @__fayesmith

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alking into NHS the first day of freshman year, holding onto my 2000 Chevy Silverado keys and with promise in my eyes, I knew this would be the place where I was able to learn what I am meant to accomplish in my future. Thankfully, that came to me in room 1-113 and the ag shop. The journalism and agriculture departments were where I thrived, although that did

not come easily.

Most people experience some kind of serious life lesson throughout adolescence; I was not different. For me, high school taught the importance of working hard and persevering through hard difficulties.

During my first year on newspaper, I was expecting to excel and impress every upperclassmen staff member to show that I was worth being apart of the staff. Little did I realize, even though I was thrilled to be apart of this community, I was belittled and berated for what I thought was my best work. The negative energy from what I thought was a leader on staff, led me to contemplate whether or not it was worth staying.

Thankfully, with the guidance from Mrs. Montano and the long talks with my parents and friends led me to stay

on staff, which was the best decision I’ve ever made. My strength to continue pursuing what I love has not only made me a leader, but a better person as a whole. Now, I am able to handle difficult decisions as an adult, rather than dreading them like a child.

Throughout my high school career, there have been other instances that have shown my perseverance, but I believe that without those experiences, I would not be who I am today. Although people take high school for granted, saying that it was a waste of time, I believe it is essential for us to learn these lessons in a school setting. Future graduates of NHS, take my advice and be resilient through the hard times, take my advice and persevere through the hard times. You may not know how now, but overcoming such could have a positive impact in your future.

outsiders are simply basing their beliefs off of teen parents portrayed in the media, such as MTV’s “Teen Mom.” Despite the way teen parents may be portrayed, I made it my mission to fulfill all of my dreams while becoming the best mom I could possibly be.

Although it has been hard at times, I am beyond proud of everything I have accomplished while being a mom.

After being told that my life was over and to prepare for the worst, I can easily say that I would not be who I am today without my son. He did not ruin my life; he made me stronger, more driven and the best version of myself that I could be. I would not trade this life for anything.

While my story may seem inspiring to some, I believe that everything I have accomplished and pushed through would have been impossible without

the help of my friends and family.

Throughout my pregnancy and up until now, I have received unconditional support from my family and many friends. I am one of the lucky ones, as many other teen moms do not receive the support needed to raise a child.

I am proud to say I have beaten the teen mom stereotype after having my son at the age of 15. I will graduate with a 4.0 GPA along with academic honors. I do not feel as if I missed out on the “high school experience,” I got to experience and learned more than I ever imagined with an adorable little sidekick.

It is time to start looking at teen parents with an open mind and stop believing what is shown in the media.

From my experience, I have learned that age does not define parenting skills or success.

Stereotypes do not define who you are

Kaete Schmidt Graphics Manager @kaetetaylor

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hey will never be good parents...She is a slut...That baby will be neglected...The dad will not stick around...Their life is over.” There are all things that I heard or experienced my freshman year.

After learning about my pregnancy, many began to judge or assume my life would take a turn for the worst.

Often, when voicing such opinions,

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Seniors reflect on lessons from past four years True happiness achieved being yourself

Lorelei Jacobs Reporter @jacobslorelei

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e have heard it since we were little; be yourself. Everywhere we look there is an inspirational poster with a quote about embracing your character. Despite the constant reminders from parents and teachers throughout grade school, what does it mean to be “one’s self”? Throughout high school, I have learned that being yourself is one way of achieving true happiness.

High school is the time for finding out who you are, what you like, what you do not like and even who you surround yourself with; a concept that I find nerve-wracking. There are going to be times when you feel like everyone is watching and judging you, although this is not necessarily true. Feeling confident in yourself begins with your own thoughts, not others.

Starting my freshman year, I thought I knew the type of person I wanted to be. I wanted to be a cheerleader who was active in school and participated in events, but in order to be this person I had to hide the real side of me.

Throughout high school I struggled to balance the image I wanted with my true self. It all boiled down to accepting who I am and being comfortable with that image.

Now as I near the end of senior year, I found that embracing who I really am helped me deal with conflicts and make

hard decisions. This year has been the best year. I’ve found that being my true self and not caring what others think is the best way to go through high school.

All high school students want to fit the mold and I have fallen victim of this as well. I’ve found that breaking your stereotype will allow you to feel confident in who you are. It is hard to accept yourself when we live in a society where everyone tries to portray themselves as something that they are not.

In addition to struggling with stereotypes, high school students have fallen victim to insecurities. Everyone has insecurities and things they hide from others, although accepting yourself with a positive mindset is essential for surviving high school. Embrace your weird side, love your imperfections, show off your strengths and talents and do not forget to have fun in high school.

told by family and friends to participate in as much as possible, although I never understood the importance of incorporating myself into the high school scene. It was fear that ultimately withheld me from participating.

It was not until my senior year when I stopped caring about perception and decided to start involving myself in as many extracurricular activities as possible some of which include the drama department productions and working as a reporter for the NHS news magazine. Joining these activities brought me so much joy because I formed a small family in those two departments, became a part of something I was really passionate about.

I did not join in my first two years because I was like many other people; I did not want to try something that I had never done or make a fool out of myself but I came to realize that it does not matter. The experiences that came along with participating in these programs are once in a lifetime opportunities that I ultimately would have regretted not taking.

Even if your taking an opportunity to involve yourself in something that does not peak your interest, it is the experience that is worth it. Like the American motivational speaker Les Brown once said, “Shoot for the moon because even if you miss, you’ll still land among the stars.”

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Marco Aramburu Reporter @MacroAMB

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rom the beginning of childhood, we were always told to shoot for the moon. I came into high school not knowing where exactly I fit in or what I wanted to do, I wanted to do which made it difficult when you are expected to have your own aspirations. I was

OPINIONS

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Class of twenty-nineteen 145 students attending college 55 students are taking a gap year or undecided 4 students are entering the armed forces 16 students entering the workforce

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“A private Detective because when I was younger I would see them on shows and they seemed to have a pretty cool job.”

“In the comic book industry because I want to inspire people the way they inspired me.”

Branwyn Brees “A pilot because I liked the idea of flying and it just seemed fun to me.”

“A Diabetic Nurse Educator because I think that it would be more helpful and I already know a lot about diabetes.”

Colton Davis “A trauma surgeon because I have always wanted to help people and I like the adrenaline rush.”

“A TESOL teacher because I want to be able to travel and teach English abroad.”

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Local Scholarship Winners Brian Arellano Memorial - Maggie Remsberg Teresa Blatchley Conkey Memorial - Lylia Fernandez Fine Arts Booster Club - Daniel Buller, Seth Bontrager, Lylia Fernandez, Legacy Victorio-Coto, Kate Sebes Vince Garcia Community Service - Emily Peaney Katherine Hanna Memorial Scholarship - Aspen Olson Ethan D Lichti Memorial - Aspen Olson Leonard & Alma Nelson - Daniel Buller, Kaete Schmidt Newton Babe Ruth Baseball - Joel Golubski, Matthew Seirer Newton NEA Scholarship - Kaitlyn Black, Reid Graber Nygaard - Zach Kennell, Tristan Meyer PEO Women’s - Faye Smith Shelter Insurance - Alaina Stucky Regina Starr Esau - Lylia Fernandez Ericka J Stucky Memorial - Lylia Fernandez Torline Family - Jaeden Cochran, Erin Herrington White Eagle Credit Union - Maggie Remsberg, Cattie Arrowsmith Stahly Family - Megan Bartel Treble Clef CLub of Newton - Seth Bontrager, Daniel Buller, Blake Crawford Denise Lynn Oursler Memorial - Kalyn McGlachlin, Kori Roberson Franco A Sjogren KSU - Faye Smith, Matthew Seirer

Clark & Betty Whiting - Legacy Victorio-Coto Newton Area Women of the Year - Aspen Olson First bank Superintendents challenge award - Camiren Whiteford Community National Bank and Trust Scholarship - Kate Sebes Robert B Baumann Memorial Scholarship - Nick Koehn Jean and Virginia Coleman Scholarship - Seth Bontrager Hutchinson News Future Journalist - Faye Smith Newton Lions Club - Colton Davis American Legion Scholarship - Zachary Garcia Mid Kansas Coop Association - Faye Smith Rotary International Scholarship - Emily Peaney, Claire Slechta Ben Davis Courage and Perseverance Scholarship Rebekah Nelson, Colton Davis, Emily Peaney Jack Dresslar KIAAA Scholarship - Matthew Seirer Claude and Ida Rhoades Scholarship - Joel Golubski Newton All sports booster club - Claire Slechta, Noah Massanari Curtis Fischer Memorial Scholarship - Maggie Remsberg JJ Thaw II Athletic Scholarship - Dante Harper Bonnie Selanders - Cattie Arrowsmith, Abby McEachern, Kalyn McGlachlin

SENIOR SURVEY

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Senior Survey Have you ever failed a class?

Have you ever seen a fight at school?

Have you ever cheated on a test?

Do you vape?

What is your most used social media platform?

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Do you think you drink enough water?

Do you have a finsta or private twitter?

Did high school prepare you for college?

Have you ever slid in the DMs?

Have you ever been in a car crash in the parking lot?

Have you drank alcohol during your time in high school?

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Taking on Tennesse

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Bontrager accepted into Belmont Addie Lindenmeyer Managing Editor @addielindy06

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eginning in the fourth grade after getting a guitar, senior Seth Bontrager’s passion for music unfolded, fueled further by his participation in the school band as a percussion player.

With a passion so intense, Bontrager applied and was accepted into Belmont University, located in Nashville, Tenn., also known as “Music City”.

While Bontrager enjoys both the guitar and playing percussion, he feels that he excels at guitar and plans to focus on those skills at Belmont.

“I kind of use drums as a break from guitar if I am ever like in a rut or something or kind of get tired playing.

That kind of happens sometimes with any instrument I think, where you just get tired of the instrument so you take a break and then you come back and it’s more fun again,” Bontrager said.

Bontrager posts videos of himself playing guitar on his Instagram account as a way of gaining recognition. In addition to acquiring attention from social media, students might recognize Bontrager from his performances of the “Star Spangled Banner” at assemblies and sporting events, an idea of his that originated in middle school. Band director Greg Bergman said he feels a special sense of gratification watching Bontrager perform.

“I know that he has done a great job, so I immediately said ‘yes’ when he asked about doing it again this year,” Bergman said. “I recently told the band that I get an immense feeling of pride when I see them performing at a level that is often reserved for college musicians and beyond. That was the case listening to Seth perform in a packed gymnasium.”

With music being such a big part of his life, Bontrager said attending a music school had been a dream of his, although he was unaware of all the possibilities.

“I didn’t really know a music school like this existed before my dad told me about it. I was like, ‘Might as well go for it’ and then yeah, I got in,” Bontrager said.

Before visiting Belmont, Bontrager had expressed interest in both Kansas State University (KSU) and Wichita State University (WSU) for their musical programs and marching band.

It was ultimately Belmont’s musical connections that set it apart from other colleges.

“I don’t know if there is really a better place [to go to] besides Nashville or a bigger city,” Bontrager said. “If you want connections and want to get money playing or whatever, just go to a bigger city and find a music scene that is

Practicing his electric guitar, senior Seth Bontrager plays tunes in the jazz room during seminar on Jan. 17. Seth pratices anywhere from an hour to two hours a day. Photo Credit Emily Brandt

actually good.”

Following his visit to Belmont, Bontrager applied for the college, writing an essay and sending in all required information. Now, all that was left to do was audition in front of a panel of professors.

“The audition was very nerveracking. I met the head guitar instructor the day before and that was nice so he kind of knew me when I got there,” Bontrager said. “It was a lot like auditions here, like when I go and audition for the District Band and KMEA here for percussion.”

Bontrager was accepted into the university upon completing his application and audition, evoking feelings of surprise and relief.

“To me, my audition didn’t go that great because I hold myself to such a high standard, but I guess

the professors felt like I had some potential.”

Despite Nashville being dubbed the ‘Country Music Capital of the World,’ Bontrager said he will be learning multiple different genres of music through the commercial music program.

“Multiple people from Nashville have told me they have everything from jazz to fusion to rock to pop. There’s all sorts of stuff out there and honestly I wouldn’t be mad if I found a gig just playing country music,” Bontrager said.

“It’s kind of growing on me right now even, and I’m sure when I get there, I’ll start to enjoy it even more.”

Bontrager said he is looking forward to starting an entirely new routine and expects his first year of college to be full of changes. “[I am most excited for] meeting new people, pretty much starting a new life actually, because I won’t know anyone when I go there,” Bontrager said. “I can make new friends, not that my friends here aren’t awesome, but just meeting new people would be great and playing alongside other great musicians as well.”

With attending Belmont and being located in the city with one of the largest music scenes in the world, Bontrager, while his career post college is undetermined, wants to pursue an occupation involving music.

“I’m not someone who thinks that far ahead, I like to take it one step at a time. If I could land a gig as a studio musician of some sort that would be cool, just playing shows every once in a while and recording music,” Bontrager said, “Maybe later on in my college career I’ll figure out that I like teaching or something and maybe I’ll go into that.

Until then, I’m gonna try planting a job as a performing musician of sorts.”

Directing most students since fifth grade, Bergman said his wish for all of his students is that music remains an important part of their lives.

“Most years our graduating class includes students who will continue to study music in college; perhaps as a major or minor, or maybe just for fun,” Bergman said. “It is extra special to have a student successfully apply to and audition for a school known for its music programs.”

SENIOR FEATURE

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Senior Lylia Fernandez stands outside Kiko’s with one of their signature carne asada burritos. Photo by Marco Aramburu

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Benton Dreasher @Benton0817 Reporter

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amilies live together, laugh together and occasionally even fight, although it is not often you find a family that works together. Senior Lylia Fernandez, as well as her younger brother sophomore Santiago Fernandez, work at their father’s local restaurant, Kiko’s.

Opening a restaurant was a long time dream of the Fernandez family, but were unable due to being preoccupied with commitments to their previous full time jobs, Lylia’s father doing work for his Mobile App development studio, Clutch Studios, and her uncle working at a car dealership. The Fernandez family didn’t own the lot for Kiko’s up until a month before Lylia’s father and uncle quit their previous jobs.

“My Dad and Uncle were definitely clashing on what they wanted to do, and where they wanted to work,” Lylia said. “They finally got the opportunity to take some time off of work, and actually figure out a plan on what they wanted to do with this restaurant. Luckily they were able to switch jobs fairly easily once they had finalized a business plan for their restaurant.”

The Fernandez family specializes in their carne asada, the English equivalent of a type of roast. As a result, Kiko’s menu is condensed, maintaining the consistency and ensuring the quality of the food.

“We serve burritos, tacos, fries, quesadillas. Our specialty is Carne asada, so we try to put out the best quality steak as we can,” Lylia said. “We’ve also been doing carnitas on Sundays, which is pork rather than steak.”

Both Lylia and Santiago have been working at Kiko’s since its opening in December 2018. The pair of siblings are not confined to the kitchen, instead taking orders and serving food in the front of the house.

“Me and Santi take orders, get people what they want or need,” Lylia said. “We also make sure the people in the kitchen are making the food correctly, and that the orders match what the customer ordered.”

Lylia finds little stress in working in such close

Fernandez works at new family restaurant

proximity with her family all day, seeing it more as a chance to bond and grow closer. She said she finds connecting with her family easier than a random coworker, as she has known them her entire life.

“We try to help each other out as much as possible, but of course we do make mistakes,” Lylia said. “When that happens, we try to correct them as soon as possible.

We’re sort of hard on each other sometimes, but that’s because we hold each other to a high standard, so we can be sure to satisfy our customers.”

Santiago has found working with his sister to be a calming experience and because of that has felt satisfied with working at Kiko’s.

“When Lylia is working, she’s really courteous, and tries to be as polite as she can be. She handles the pressure of big rushes very well and is really calm.”

Santiago said. “I’m pretty calm too, but it’s nice to know I can rely on my sister if I need extra help or something.”

Despite not even having been open for a year, Kiko’s has shown to be quite the hot-spot for locals, drawing in people from all over Newton, including students and faculty from NHS. Santiago has found this to be very fulfilling and satisfying.

“One of my favorite things about working at Kiko’s is probably hearing all the good things about it, and that all my friends really like it.” Santiago said. “I take pride in knowing that it’s my family behind this restaurant that a lot of people like, and come to” Santiago and Lylia both agree that they’re very fortunate to have the opportunity to work, and bond with their family at Kiko’s, and they attribute their ability to work so well together to them being as close of a family as they are. The Fernandez family also took inspiration from family in the process of naming their restaurant.

“We named the restaurant after my Great Grandpa, his real name is Francisco, but we all call him Grandpa Kiko. He’s about 93 years old,” Lylia said. “He too also opened up a restaurant about 50 years ago, called Chico’s Mexican restaurant, in Wichita, and to sort of honor that, we use some of the same recipes he did, like with our rice and beans.”

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Soguilon moves across world for senior year Ellen Miller Garrett Content Editor @ellsmgarrett

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tepping out into a flurry of snowflakes, senior Mary Diane Soguilon sees her new home for the first time.

For months, Soguilon and her family had been planning on making the 8,098 mile move from the Philippines to Newton and finally on April 13, 2018, they arrived.

“My parents want me and my sister to have a bright future and they said that here in America, teachers are good at teaching. That will help me and my sister for our goals in life,” Soguilon said. “I had been praying about this since I was a little kid. When my mom told me we were going to the U.S., I was crying. It’s an answered prayer.”

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When Soguilon was young, she heard stories from her family in Los Angeles about playing in the snow. Since then, she has associated being in the U.S. with flurries of snowflakes. Late winter weather gave her the perfect first experience in the U.S. “It was snowing and that was my first time seeing snowflakes. That made me so happy but also so sad because I was freezing cold. We don’t have snow in the Philippines because it’s very warm,” Soguilon said.

Despite loving the snowball fights and snow angels, Soguilon misses the warm weather that came with living in her home country.

“I miss it because it’s really warm there, and my place is surrounded with beaches, the people, my neighborhood, friends and stuff. I really miss the weather and the beaches,” Soguilon said.

Soguilon left more behind than just beaches and sunny days, she had to tell her close friends that she was moving across the world.

“They [her close friends] cried. They were like ‘Why are you leaving us? We’re going to miss you.’ and they told me ‘No Diane, no fun.’,” Soguilon said. “There were so many things that we did in the Philippines.

We would go to beaches and hike together as friends and I really miss that.”

Three years ago, Soguilon’s mom and step dad met over social media. Her mom’s church in Palaui and stepdad’s church in Newton were praying for each other, allowing them to connect. In 2018, they decided to get married and Soguilon and her sister’s family of three became a family of six living in the Philippines.

This marriage prompted the family to move to her stepdad’s hometown Newton.

“Before they got married we were watching Peter Pan and that movie inspired us. There’s a question in the story that says ‘Do you believe in fairies?’ and then you answer ‘I do. I do,’” Soguilon said. “So we did that at their wedding. They were like ‘Do you take this person…’ and me and my sister and my step sister said ‘I do. I do. We do believe in fairies.’. It was so funny and we were all laughing.”

While all together in the Philippines, they bonded and took on parts of each other’s culture and became a whole family.

“I remember when I taught my stepsister to sing a kinder song in my language and she sang it to my grandma, and my grandma was crying. She was like ‘Aw you’re so sweet,’ Yeah so my stepsister is the favorite in the family,” Soguilon said.

While she misses her extended family and friends, Soguilon is grateful for the friendships she has made and the experiences she has had while living in the U.S. “I do have a lot of friends here, they’re so sweet. I feel like I’m in High School Musical and I’m Gabriella Montez,” Soguilon said.

Diane Soguilon and her extended family pose for a group picture before Soguilon, her parents, and her siblings left to move to the U.S. Photo Courtesy

Bishop Cornwell, the family’s pastor, poses next to Soguilon’s mom and step dad before their wedding. Photo Courtesy

SENIORFEATURES FEATURE

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ASATRU Kaeden Thurber Reporter @KaedenThurber

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hile the traditional NHS student might attend church on Sundays, senior Dominic Ellis practices his unique religion of Asatru, also called Heathenism or Contemporary German Paganism.

Originally, Ellis’s family expected him to follow their religion and be a permanent Baptist. However, never feeling a connection to his parent’s chosen religion, Ellis converted to Asatru after being introduced to the religion two years ago at the Great Plains Renaissance Festival. People who follow the Asatru faith believe in ancient Germanic Gods and spirits.

“I always had an interest in Nordic history and then I found out about Nordic religion through some people at the Great Plains Renaissance Festival,” Ellis said.

Ellis taught himself Nordic runes, a Nordic replacement for the normal alphabet, as a way to better understand his chosen religion. Ellis is able to draw these symbols as well as read them and uses them to study Asatru.

“They [runes] help me read religious books and celebrate my gods on certain months. [I study] through the sagas and eddas, which are poems and stories written by people back in Nordic times,” Ellis said. “It’s kinda fun because a lot of other people don’t understand it.”

The Asatru religion teaches multiple values such as self reliance and being able to overcome problems. Ellis generally celebrates the gods Odin, Baldr, Freya and Thor. In times of celebration, Ellis commemorates the gods in various ways.

“Normally [you have] a feast or give sacrifices to our gods [when celebrating], like money or if you´re really in need of

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Ellis Expresses unique religion through Runes a god’s protection or help in a time of your life, you might sacrifice an animal,” Ellis said. “You can give the same thing to every god but some gods prefer different things, like Thor prefers wheat if you´re giving something from a farm. Odin would prefer something like apples or carrots.”

Senior Dominic Ellis shows off his fur used in Asatru traditions, using it as one way to express his religion. Ellis celebrates many holidays surrounding Asatru religion. Photo by Kaeden Thurber

Runes, found in Norse mythology, are the letters of the nordic alphabet. Compared to the English alphabet students have been taught since kindergarten, extra letters exist in the nordic version.

“The symbol of protection itself is actually just one symbol, and it’s not a rune. It’s a circle with six lines and on the end of each line is a crescent shape and then three lines

horizontally,” Ellis said. “The spelling of protection is actually runes, just the spelled version.”

Ellis displays his knowledge of the language by drawing symbols in classes such as choir. Senior Ian McCallister also sees Ellis’s symbols on his social media accounts in addition to the music department.

“I see them [the symbols] quite often, sometimes I could just be scrolling through Facebook and see that he posted something. A few of the other social media I’m following him on, he posts them quite often and everything,” McCallister

said. “Then I’ll just go and randomly see them going through shopping apps and everything.”

Ellis said that his religion has had an impact on his life, bettering his outlook on existence and improving his views of other people. ¨It’s definitely helped a lot more with self reliance. I’m a lot more accepting of people, that’s one of the things that we try to do is while some people might hate on other people for their religion, Asatrus try and accept everyone,” Ellis said.

A deeper Meaning Senior Dominic Ellis works on drawing runes and spells out the English version of “I’m bored.” Runes are used to write out specific words in the Nordic religion and symbols are used as a way to convey a specific idea. Photo by Kaeden Thurber

Ellis wears necklaces, bracelets and rings engraved with symbols. Ellis purchased his necklace at the Wichita Renaissance Festival and ring from Heathen INC. Photo by Kaeden Thurber

The symbol of protection, also called the Helm of Awe, is a symbol to protect the user. The symbol comes from the Viking Age, and is known from Nordic Mythology.

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Student Athletes Deciding Factors for future plans Jerik Ochoa

Division I United States Military Academy West Point

Photo by Shelby Spreier

“It [college] was free because it’s the military and they run track at a high level, so [West Point] kinda got all of those crossed off.”

DesiRay Kernal

Division II Texas A&M UniversityCommerce

Ethan Entz

Division NAIA Dordt University

Wyatt Hendrickson

Division I United States Air Force Academy

Photo by Addie Lindenmeyer

“I wanted to make sure I’m getting a good education and at a lot of other bigger schools and other places, I can’t take the classes I want because it takes too much time from wrestling.”

Maggie Remsberg

Division II University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Photo by Addie Lindenmeyer Photo by Addie Lindenmeyer

“It felt like home and I liked the relationship with everyone there.”

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“The biggest thing for me was finding a college that had an ag program. Then the next was that I could play football since there’s not many high schools that have football program where I could play, that [Dordt] kind of fit nicely.”

Photo by Kate Szambecki

“Most of it [my motive] was track related because they have a really good program and I like the coaches a lot and they have my major.”

16%

26%

18%

11%

of high school athletes attend a Division I college

of high school athletes attend a Division II college

of high school athletes of high school attend a Division athletes attend a Division NAIA college NJCAA college

Jose Moreno Division NAIA Bethel College

Photo by Schyler Entz

“It [Bethel] was close and they have what I want to go to college for and they offered me a scholarship. I know some of the guys that already play there.”

Megan Bartel

Division NAIA Bethany College

**according to http://www.scholarshipstats.com

Isaiah Presley Division NAIA Tabor College

Photo by Shelby Spreier

Colton Davis

Division NAIA Ottawa University

Photo by Addie Lindenmeyer

“They were my best option scholarship wise. It’s closer to home.”

“I just felt at home there [Ottawa]. It was a good community and stuff like that.”

Dante Harper

Kalli Anderson

Division NJCAA Cloud County Community College

Division NJCAA Barton County Community College

Photo by Faye Smith

“It [Bethany] felt like home and the coach and I really saw eye to eye on stuff and a lot of my teammates.”

Photo by Addie Lindenmeyer

“Facilities were a huge one [deciding factor] and the way the school conducted its academics. There are multiple schools where they had really good facilities, but I didn’t think they had a good enough education.”

Photo by Shelby Spreier

“Well Newton is like a second family figure and I felt like I got that at Barton.”

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Seniors look back on nostalgic trends Aliah Ledesma Senior

“The first time I bought them [Heelys], my dad got them for me and we were walking out of the shoe store and I was wearing them and I fell dramatically and he just laughed at me and kept walking.”

Autumn Rathbun Senior

“I remember everybody else having them [Webkinz] so basically I was like I want some too, I’m pretty sure one of them was definitely named Princess.”

Nick Koehn Senior

“I think it kind of affected what cars I’m into, I played with my grandma’s Hot Wheels and my grandpa’s Hot Wheels so it was a lot more of the older cars.”

Carter Ellette Senior

“Everybody just did it [eraser challenge] for fun because we were sixth graders and we were dumb.”

Can you find these nostalgic items?

1. Silly bands 2. Nintendo DS 3. Justice clothes 4. Heelys 5. Sport rope necklace 6. iPod Touch 7. Shrek DVD 8. Lipsmackers

9. Hot Wheels car 10. The Lightning Thief 11. Bratz Doll 12. Wii remote 13. Nike elite socks 14. Nerf gun 15. Diary of a Wimpy Kid

ARTS & CULTURE

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It’s all

greek To me

Explanation of Greek Life at Universities Faye Smith Editor-in-chief @__fayesmith

A

s students begin life at their prospective universities, many begin to consider how to be involved on their campus. In addition to clubs and other group organizations, students can be involved in the greek life on campus.

Although, a common question asked among students, is what exactly do greek organizations do?

The greek system is a social organization for students interested in

building relationships with others like themselves. There are also specialized houses for certain majors such as

11%

of NHS seniors plan on being apart of greek life

**135 students surveyed

agriculture and engineering, in addition to multicultural chapters.

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Through these chapter houses, on campus they promote philanthropy as their main goal. Each fraternity and sorority philanthropy promotes nonprofit organizations, and assists in donating money to those perspective organizations. According to CNN, in 2012-13 school year 20.3 million dollars were raised for philanthropic organizations.

With over 9 million greek life members nationally, according to The Fraternity Advisor, these organizations are a way for students to be involved in their school.

Kansas University Greek Life University of Kansas

Kansas State University Emporia State University

Fraternities: 26 Sororities: 13 Wichita State University

Baker University

Fraternities: 6 Sororities: 5 Pittsburg State University

Washburn University

Fraternities: 4 Sororities: 4

Fraternities: 4 Sororities: 3

Fort Hays State University

Fraternities: 6 Sororities: 3

Fraternities: 4 Sororities: 4

Recruitment tips and tricks

1.

Fraternities: 6 Sororities: 3

Fraternities: 25 Sororities: 14

Keep an open mind

If you are keeping an open mind throughout Recruitment whether you are joining a sorority or fraternity, this will give less stress on your part, as well as learn about all chapters.

2. Be yourself

Matt Seirer Senior

“I really enjoy being apart of a strong social network with a lot of close bonds, like a team atmosphere. I really enjoyed that in high school with athletics so I’m hoping I can find that in Greek Life at K-State.”

Jaeden Cochran Senior

When having conversations with members of the chapters, remember that the best impressions you will give is to be yourself and fun with it.

3. talk about your interests

During recruitment you will be asked about your interests, involvement in high school, academics and other points that you feel are important. So make sure you have your points set out before you step foot on the chapter house. **according to fslatkstate.com

Why are you joining greek life?

“I think it’s a great way to make friends and meet new people and get yourself involved in the community and the school.”

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Seniors 2019

class of

Evan Abbott- Undecided Maria Aboite- Hutchinson Community College, Undecided Kalli Anderson- Barton County Community College, Undecided Kayte Anderson- Hutchinson Community College, Undecided Marco Aramburu Gap year Ashley Arellano- Bethel College, Nursing Cattie Arrowsmith- Emporia State University, Social Science Education Brett Ashcraft- Workforce, BNSF Brennen Bailey- Undecided Megan Bartel- Bethany College, Athletic Training Hannah Becker- Pittsburg State University, Nursing Kaitlyn Black- University of Kansas, Psychology Cameron Blackwell- Hutchinson Community College, Nursing Seth Bontrager- Belmont University, Commercial Music Branwyn Brees- University of Kansas, Design Mathew Brown- Undecided Daniel Buller- Washburn University, Economics Kallen Burns- Undecided Zowie Butler- Hutchinson Community College, Physical Therapy Hector Camacho- Hutchinson Community College, Nursing Chase Cassil- UMKC, Interpersonal Communications and Sociology Aurora Castillo- Military, Air Force Vilma Cechova- Returning to home country Gabriel Christianson- Undecided Jaeden Cochran- Emporia State University, School Psychology Laika Coppinger- Undecided Marcey Cornejo- Hutchinson Community College, Nursing Dariely Coronado- Undecided Blake Crawford- Kansas State University, Music Education Serenity Davidson- Hutchinson Community College, CNA

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Colton Davis- University of Ottawa, Biology Amanda Dorrell- Hutchinson Community College, Pre-Pharmacy Christian Downey- Wichita State University, Graphic Design Chase Ebert- Wichita State University, Pre-Med Matthew Eldridge- Workforce, Millennium Machine and Tool Carter Ellette- Fort Hays University, Computer Science Dominic Ellis- Cowley County Community College, Entomoglogy Ethan Entz- Dordt University, Agriculture Missions Mollee Ewert-Smith- Hutchinson Community College, Education Lylia Fernandez- Hutchinson Community College, Elementary Art Education Sydney Fernandez- Emporia State University, Elementary Education Jessica Floerke- Fort Hays University, Animal Science Jonathan Fowler- Workforce Mira Frank- Returning to home country Tahlia Frary- Undecided Taleigha Funk- Ottawa University, Veterinarian Technician Eileen Gadea- Hutchinson Community College, Nursing Zachary Garcia- Kansas State University, PreMed Garret Garnica- Workforce, Machining Joel Golubski- Wichita State University, Mechanical Engineering Searra Gomez- Butler Community College, Undecided Frida Gonzalez Ibarra- Hutchinson Community College, Nursing Reid Graber- Wichita State University, Mechanical Engineering Briar Grant- Emporia State University, Modern Languages and Literature Alexis Grattan- McPherson College, Secondary Education Jorge Gutierrez- Undecided Reyna Gutierrez Maldonado- Hutchinson Community College, Pre-Law Wayne Harms- Wichita State University Technical, Computer Science Dante Harper- Cloud Community College, Biology Kira Hecht- Hutchinson Community College, Dental Hygiene Wyatt Hendrickson- Air Force Academy, Science Lukas Hennig- Returning to home country Erick Hernandez-Munoz- Hutchinson Community College, Fire Science Jonah Hodge- University of Kansas, Journalism Lesha Holeman- University of Kansas, Business

Anthony Holguin- Military, Navy Bailey Hosford- Hutchinson Community College, Machining Katerina Jackson- Gap Year Lorelei Jacobs- Wichita State University, Early Childhood Education Kayla Jensen- Workforce

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Jamieson Jones- Dodge City Community College, Undecided Milo Jones- United States Merchant Marine Academy, Marine Engineering Jillian Kelley- Butler Community College, Early Education Zachary Kennell- Bethel College, Biology DesiRay Kernal- Texas A&M University Commerce, Sports Management Tim Kirner- Returning to home country Ignacy Kitlowski- Return to Home Country Japanese Linguistics Nicholas Koehn- Pratt Community College, Automotive Technology Christa Kondziola- Wichita State University, Early Childhood Education Micah Kovac- Hutchinson Community College, Undecided Naomi Kuhn- Butler Community College, Arts and Spanish Aubrie-Li Lakey- Undecided Brayden Lasiter- Undecided Tu Le- Returning to home country Aliah Ledesma- Wichita State University, Marketing Austin Lehrman- Workforce, Millennium Machine and Tool Viviana Lizcano- Hutchinson Community College, Dental Hygiene Bradley Logsdon- Bethel College, Culinary Michael Logsdon- Pittsburg State University, Undecided Hunter Lujano- Hutchinson Community College, Accounting and Finance Caitlin Lyall Corder- Hutchinson Community College, Nursing Serenity Lymer- Wichita State University, Psychology Jeana Lyons- Butler Community College, Visual Communications and Graphic Design Cecelia Makovec- Undecided Alicia Manley- Hutchinson Community College, Nursing Kadin Mapes- Wichita State University, Computer Science Alejandra Martinez Mata- Bethel College, Social Work Noah Massanari- Saint Olaf College, Biochemistry Derek McAdow- WSU Technical, Metal Fabrication Ian McCallister- Hutchinson Community College, Business Joshua McClure- Wichita State University, Computer Science Abigail McEachern- Emporia State University, Secondary Education Jakob McFarlane- Hutchinson Community College, EMT Kalyn McGlachlin- Hutchinson Community College, Psychology Raven McGlachlin- Undecided Tanner McKay- Hutchinson Community College, IT Elijah McMullin- Hutchinson Community College, Engineering Amanda Mead- Wichita State University, Secondary Math Education Maria Luisa Mello- Returning to home country Tristan Meyer- University of Kansas, Mechanical Engineering

30 | GRADUATES | MAY 2019

Hailey Million- Hutchinson Community College, Nursing Labor and Delivery Ada Montano- Undecided Jose Moreno- Bethel College, Pre-Med Reagan Morris- Kansas City Kansas Community College, Mortuary Science Alexandra Murray- Workforce, Millennium Machine and Tool Kayla Mwangi- Hutchinson Community College, Sociology/Social Work Antonio Negrete- Undecided Kevin Nellans- Workforce Emma Nelson- Butler Community College, Dental Hygiene Rebekah Nelson- Baker University, Public Relations and Art Brenden Nguyen- Hutchinson Community College, IT Jerik Ochoa- United States Military Academy West Point, Defense and Strategic Studies Aspen Olson- University of Kansas, Biology Emily Peaney- Fort Hays University, Speech Language Pathology Chelsie Penner- Wichita State University, Theater Performance Damarius Peterson- Undecided, Criminal Justice Ethan Piland- Wichita State University, Computer Science Cutberto Pimentel Rodriguez- Undecided Ricardo Porras- Hutchinson Community College, Nursing Rafif Pradana- Returning to home country Isaiah Presley- Tabor College, Undecided Conner Puckett- Cowley County Community College, Engineering Emma Pulaski- Washburn University, Forensic Science Autumn Rathbun- Washburn Tech, Radiology Rebeca Raymundo- Undecided, Pre-Med Maggie Remsberg- University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Exercise Science-Biology Quinn Rhodes- Wichita State University, Honors College International Studies and French Treyton Rice- Kansas Sate University, Architecture Kori Roberson- Hutchinson Community College, Nursing Abigail Robinson- Workforce, Undecided Christopher Rodriguez Rivera- Undecided Anjela Rodriquez- Hutchinson Community College, Nursing Alyssa Rogers- Paul Mitchell the School, Cosmetology Jake Rostetter- Military, Army Shaylynn Runyan- Hutchinson Community College, Nursing Tamaria Rush- Undecided, Business and Fashion Design Bryan Sanchez- Workforce, Family Business Abigail Savage- Fort Hays University, Accounting and Finance Kaete Schmidt- Wichita State University, Physician Assistant Brody Scott- Cowley County Community College, Criminal Justice

GRADUATES

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Katherine Sebes- Saint Olaf College, Business Management and Dance Zachary Seeney- Project Search Matthew Seirer- Kansas State University, Business Finance Kirsten Shoemaker- Hutchinson Community College, Undecided Angel Silveyra- Hutchinson Community College, Business Alexander Sinclair- Hutchinson Community College, Automotive Trenton Singley- Military, National Guard Claire Slechta- University of Kansas, Exercise Science Amanda Smith- Kansas State University, Psychology Faye Smith- Kansas State University, Agricultural Communications Mary Diane Soguilon- Undecided, Pre-Med Chloe Stagner- Workforce, Retail Blazee Stahl- Pittsburg State University, Nursing Baylor Stahly- Undecided Keegan Steinmetz- Undecided Alaina Stucky- Hutchinson Community College, Zoo Science Cheyanne Suter- Kansas Sate University, Zoo Science Madison Talbert- Undecided Hannah Teater- Butler Community College, Elementary Education Kylie Terbovich- Undecided Jacob Thomas- Hutchinson Community College, Biology Joel Thompson- Kansas State University, Biology Olivia Tilden- Washburn University, Criminal Justice Dylan Vajnar- Workforce, City of Newton Evelyn Valdivia Rodriguez- Undecided, Social Work MaKaylie Valle- Butler Community College, Pre-Med Orlando Ventura- Undecided Charlotte Vesterkjaer- Returning to home country Legacy Victorio-Coto- Wichita State University, Film and Media Studies Jose Vigil Maldonado- Hutchinson Community College, Business Ramon Vigil Maldonado- Hutchinson Community College, Automotive Zaklina Vucinic- Returning to home country Brynna Walton- Kansas State University, Secondary Physical Education Kaden Weber- Gonzalez-Electrician Apprenticeship John Wells- Wichita State University, Marketing Camiren Whiteford- Undecided Makaila Wise- Hutchinson Community College, Nursing Shelby Wolfe- Wichita State University, Nursing Krishna Wood- Gap Year Leah Ybarra- Hutchinson Community College, Art Education

32 | GRADUATES | MAY 2019

Not pictured:

Jacob Beck- Undecided Delaney Cowden- Early Grad Nicholas Crump- Undecided Tayler Doherty- Early Grad Emma Ellis- Early Grad Chase Gifford- Undecided Erin Harrington- Hutchinson Community College, Web Development David Hernandez- Undecided Asia Hill- Early Grad, Gap Year Mabry McCleary- Early Grad, Undecided, Accounting Elaina Moore- Undecided, Automotive William Wetz- Undecided Anthony Kaufman- Undecided, Music Isaiah Kiesel- Undecided Ethan Killman- Undecided

Allissa Kurtz- Workforce Matthew Lane- Military, National Air Guard Johnaton Mathis- Undecided Lance McGonigal- Undecided Fallon Million- Undecided, Pre-Med Ruben Porras- Undecided Connell Rausch- Emporia State University, Secondary Education Aundreas Ray- Hutchinson Community College, Welding Dustin Sanchez- Undecided Destiny Smith- Undecided Cody Stassen- Undecided Hunter Sullivan- Undecided Dustin Todd- Undecided

CONGRATULATIONS SENIORS

Rebekah Nelson Editor-in-Chief The Railroader

Legacy Victorio-Coto Managing Editor The Railroader

My senior babes...

I’m so proud of each of you and feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to work with you over these past three years. Thank you for all your work in our beloved J room. You have all accomplished so much. Can’t wait to see what the future has in store. Dream big, my dudes!

-Love you long time, Momtano

Marco Aramburu Reporter The Newtonian

Lorelei Jacobs Reporter The Newtonian

GRADUATES

Faye Smith Editor-in-Chief The Newtonian

Kaete Schmidt Graphics Manager The Newtonian

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Faye

Zachary

Garcia

Smith

Kansas State University

kansas state university

We are so proud of you, remember that life is an adventure!

Marco

“Don’t sweat the petty things and don’t pet the sweaty things”

Aramburu Congratulations!

We couldn’t be more proud and can’t wait to see all the things you do in life.

Love - Dad, Mom Yael, Edwin & Dalary

Love - Mom, Dad & Clayton

Aspen

Olson

We are so proud of you and all that you have accomplished so far! We can’t wait to see how you change this world We love you - Mom & Dad

University of Kansas

We couldn’t be prouder of you! Olsons rule!!

Keep up your hard work.

Seth

Love - Mom, Dad, Matt & Ava

Lorelei

Jacobs

Bontrager belmont university

Congrats Seth!

We are proud of you! The best is yet to come.

- Mom & Dad

Wichita state university

Lorelei, we are so proud of you. You have brought so much joy and laughter into our lives. You’re going Love - Mom, Dad, Ruby & Stella to do amazing things at WSU!

34 | SENIOR RECOGNITION | MAY 2019

Megan

Treyton

Bartel

Rice

Bethany College

kansas state university

Congratulations, Megan! We are so proud of you.

Love - Mom, Dad & Sarah

Treyton, Congratulations! We are so proud of you. Best of luck at K-State. I love you.

- Mom

Tristan

Meyer

University of Kansas

Tristan, We are so proud of you and everything you have accomplished. Future KU engineering grad!

Love - Mom & Dad

Emma

Pulaski

Chase

Cassil

Washburn university

University of missouri - kansas city

Congratulations Chase!! We love you very much.

- Mom & Dad

Kaitlyn

Black

Emma we are so proud of you and all your accomplishments! We are thrilled to be celebrating with you as you move on to your next adventure. We love you!

- Mom & Ashleigh

University of Kansas

~Kaitlyn~ Be bold enough to use your voice, brave enough to listen to your heart, and strong enough to live the life you’ve always imagined! We are so proud of you!

Love - Mom, Dad, Brooklynn, Madeline & Daniel

SENIOR RECOGNITION

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Rebekah

Nelson

Jessica

Baker university

Has it really been 18 years? Our baby is all grown up and has turned into quite the young lady. We are so very proud of you.

Love you lots - Mom & Dad

Floerke

Fort Hays state university

We are so proud of you for a great senior year. We look forward to next year in college.

Love - Mom & Dad

Zachary Searra

Gomez

Butler County Community College

You are the sunshine in the rain. We are so proud of you!

Love you Searra!

Kennell

Bethel College

Zach, Congratulations! We are so proud of you, and all of your accomplishments.

We love you.

- Mom, Dad & Josh

Emily

Peaney

Fort Hays State University

Congratulations and good luck Emily!

We are so proud of you and excited to see what your future holds!

Love - Dad, Mom & Kara

36 | SENIOR RECOGNITION | MAY 2019

Colton

Davis

Ottawa University

Joel

Colton, Your future is full of so many possibilities, let no one stop you from believing in them!

We are so proud of you.

Love - Mom & Dad

Golubski Wichita State University

Congratulations, Joel!

We are proud of you.

Love - Mom, Dad, Trev & Reid

Cheyanne

Tahlia

Frary

Congratulations! You did it!

You have worked hard, for so long. We are very proud of you. You have a heart of gold, and know that whatever path you decide to take in life, you will go on to do amazing things. We love you!

- Mom & Dad

Suter

kansas state university

Don’t be afraid to take risks. Always remember you are good enough, smart enough and gosh darn people like you. Can’t wait to see what happens next.

Love - Mom & Dad

Ada

Montano Remember - there are no limits to what you can achieve.

We are so proud of you and we love you with all our hearts.

- Dad, Mom & Alfie

SENIOR RECOGNITION

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Kirsten

Shoemaker

Hutchinson Community College

matt

trenton

camiren

Eldridge Singley Whiteford Congrats to all our boys!

matt

and

Eldridge

kalyn

McGlachlin

Congratulations!

Love you both - Your whole crazy family Dante

Kayte

Harper

Anderson

Cloud County Community College

Veni Vidi Vici Now push on

-Alex

Congratulations Dante! We are so proud of you and excited to see what your future will bring.

- Mom & Brody

Hutchinson Community College

Happy Graduation Day, Kayte.

Always remember that you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think, and loved more than you’ll ever know.

Congrats!

We love you - Dad, Mom & Grandparents

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Behind you, all your memories. Before you, all your dreams.

Around you, all who love you. Within you, all you need.

- Love, Mom & Jerek

Christian

Downey

Wyatt

Hendrickson

Wichita State University

Christian we are so proud of you. Do great things in life!!

Love - Mom & Dad

Amanda

Dorrell

United States Air force Academy

Its been fun watching you grow!

We’re so proud of you Wyatt, Keep fighting the good fight!

Love - Dad, Mom, Megan & Gracie Erick

Hernandez

Hutchinson Community College

Hutchinson Community College

Theo and I are beyond proud of you! You are going to do great things.

We love you daddy!

- Kaete & Theo

What... Graduation already?

Amanda, We are so proud of you!

Love - Mom, Dad, Tanner, Alex & Tony

Kaete

Schmidt

Wichita State University

Don’t forget to stay awesome!

With love - Dad, Mom & Jace SENIOR RECOGNITION

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Matt

Legacy

Kansas State University

Wichita state University

Victorio-Coto

Seirer

Congratulations, Matt!

We are so proud of you!

Love - Dad, Mom, Mallory & Michael

So proud of your accomplishments, can’t wait to see what your future holds!

Ethan

Entz

Dordt University

You did it, Ethan, and we are so proud of you! Your adventure awaits and we can’t wait to see you thrive at Dordt.

Love you - Dad, Mom, Schyler & Camryn

kati

Jackson Congratulations, Kati! We love you!

-Your Family

Jerik

Claire

United States Military Academy West Point

University of Kansas

Ochoa

“If your dreams don’t scare you, they aren’t big enough,”

Jerik, We are so proud of the person you are becoming, Keep dreaming big! Good luck at West Point!

Love - Mom, Dad & Jaiden

40 | SENIOR RECOGNITION | MAY 2019

Slechta

Congratulations, Claire! We love you!

- Mom, Dad & Joe

Michael

Bradley

Logsdon

Logsdon

You have overcame so much this school year.

So proud of you.

- Mom & Brian Matthew

Eldridge

We are so proud of you and all you have accomplished - Mom & Brian Alyssa

Rogers

paul mitchell Congratulations!

I am so proud of you!

You did it!

I can’t wait to see what the future brings you! I love you so much, -Mom

Congratulations kiddo!!

We are so proud of you!

- Pluto, Dad, Mom, Brooke & Ryan

Kalyn

McGlachlin Hutchinson Community College

We are so proud of you!

Love - Mom & Dad Jonathan & Timmie

SENIOR RECOGNITION

olivia

Tilden

Wichita state University

Be bold, Be Courageous, Be your best, Go have an adventure.

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Nick

Koehn

Pratt community college

Nick, If you ain’t first, you’re last - drop a gear and disappear! Congrats!

Love - your family

Damarius

Peterson

I am so proud of the young man you have become. You were the first to call me mom and now it’s time to spread your wings.

Love you kid! The world is yours.

Jake

Reagan

Morris

Kansas City Kansas Community College

We are so proud of you!

Best of luck next year!

We love you - Mom, Dad, Dustin & Kasey

Rostetter

Kadin

Congratulations Jake!

Proud of you for enlisting in the Army. Go Army!

We love you - Mom, Mark & Maggie

Mapes

Wichita state university

This is the beginning of anything you want, so go confidently in the direction of your dreams and live the life you imagined.

Love you - Mom, Dad, Hunter, Alyssa & Ryder

42 | SENIOR RECOGNITION | MAY 2019

desiray

Kernal

texas a & m university commerce

We are excited to be celebrating you and as you graduate from high school. So excited to see what journeys you choose as you look forward to a new path in life. Chase your dreams. Never stop making an attempt. Never stop learning. Live life to the fullest & provide nothing but your best. Fly high baby girl.

WE LOVE YOU!

Lylia

Jose

Fernandez

Moreno

Hutchinson community college

Bethel College

Míja, We are extremely proud of the amazing young woman you have become! Congratulations & blessings on this next chapter in life!

Love Always ~ Dad, Mom, Lítos, Santí, Anaí, Níko, Teyo & Osíto

We are so proud of you and the path you are following. We are ready to watch you play soccer for Bethel. Good luck, We love you.

- Mom, Grandma & Grandpa

aurora

Castillo

Hutchinson community college

I am so proud of you and all your hard work. You are determined and that will take you where you want to go.

-From your family

Dante

brynna

Cloud County Community College

kansas state university

Walton

Harper

Way to go Dante!

We are very proud of you.

Congrats on your accomplishments!

We look forward to celebrating your success in the years to come.

Stay “athletical”!

Love you - Dad, Jeanne & Brody

We love you! We are proud of you!

anjelajanet

Love - Mom, Dad, Colton and Jayden

Rodriquez hutchinson community College I’m proud of you, Míja!

I love you; go do dishes.

-Mom & Dad

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Naomi

Kuhn

butler community college Congratulations Naomi, we are so proud of you!

Keep following your artistic dreams...You will be a great teacher. Fly high next year.

Joel

kate

Thompson

Sebes

Kansas State University

Excited about the future, Reminiscing about the past. Off to new adventures, We can’t believe it’s gone so fast!

We love you and are prouder everyday!

- Mom & Kevin

st. olaf university

Enjoy the adventure.

We love, Kate Sebes!

Love, Mom & Dad

Marcey

Cornejo

Hutchinson Community College

Congratulations!

From - Cornejos, Kelleys and Maddens

Noah Massanari

St. Olaf university

Noah: We celebrate your compassionate heart, curious mind and playful wit. They will serve you well for all the adventures ahead!

Love - Mom & Dad

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Jonah

Hodge

University of Kansas

Congratulations Jonah Hodge! We are proud of you and looking forward to what the future holds!

Frida

Gonzalez Ibarra

Blake

Crawford Kansas State University

Congratulations Blake! We love you!

- Mom, Dad & Ben

Hutchinson Community College

We are proud of the person you are and all you have achieved.

Love - Your whole family

makaylie

Valle

Butler County Community College

We are proud of you.

-Love Mom & Uncle Gabe

Chase

Ebert

Congratulations

Wichita State University

Congratulations Chase! We are filled with pride to infinity. Wishing you the best at Wichita State, in your future... and beyond.

Love - Mom & Dad

class of 2019

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May 11, 2019 Newton Rec Center 10 p.m. - 6 a.m.

Senior All Night Party

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