<< >> I'M IN OPENING DIVISION 03

Transcription

1 yf or m. IM ar bo ok sa re ex pli cit ly r es tric te d fro m it ig th is P DF or re cre at ig it i a IN F De sig Pr f - Co py ri gh tw ar b ks - O ly o vid e d as a f PD F - P ri te rs ot he rt ha W or most, high schl was the "fial frotier." It was the last step betwee the joys of adolescece ad the impedig axieties of adulthd. It was a time of trial ad tribulatio, of high- strug stress ad costeratio. Every miute, every hour, every day was shaped by the steps take i those high schl hallways. Every experiece was ours for the takig; every breath draw, masterpiece created, sog sug, essay writte, ad oblem fratically scribbled out o the math test durig the last t miutes of class before the bell rag was set out before us. Every memory made was the byoduct of the four years spet at Veteras Drive. Our experieces, however, were more tha just the obstacles we faced; they were the love we felt for those aroud us, the admiratio ad friedships we shared with those who istructed us, ad the ide we felt i a missio accomplished. Each day at 8:10, our day bega aew. (That was after, of course, 15 miutes spet i the Scter's drive- thru lie.) Our mids were cultivated with streuous care ad our itellect put to the test. Our days did ot ed at the resoatig toe that souded at 3:20. The came the struggle of maeuverig out of the parkig lot, followed by the hours of homerk or babysittig, ckig dier or rkig. That, of course, came secod to the sports or play actices, ad the stayig late for extra assistace. How we spet our days became how we spet our lives, ad our days cosisted of the labors of love eseted i each task set before us. Although our schl was laid i cocrete ad brick, our futures were ot so; they were the fluid stuff of dreams, a udetermied aspiratio. Our schl was ot made of such stuff as our hearts may have bee. Each day, with each ew callig heard, each perso had the ability to grab his future by the hors. Each day, he could make his future his ow. Each day, he could say... I'M IN OPENING DIVISION 03 W a rb o ok so li e Seior Tori Oestma, sophomore Makea Niete, seior Cat Sobus ad sophomore Ail Mull perform as Hot Box dacers i the fall musical oductio of Guys ad Dolls. Job #: Pages: Dec (RequestID: c d2c- 2309bc881e1d SeadID: RQ4615geOI286qy2dFk0F26E Type: Preview PDC: d2c- 2309bc881e1d/RQ4615geOI286qy2d

2 m. or yf a it i ig at cre re or DF is P th ig it m fro d te tric es ly r pli cit ex re sa ok bo ar W ha rt he ot rs ri te - P F PD f a as d vid e o ly O ks - ar b gh tw py ri Co f - Pr sig De e li ok so rb o a OPENING DIVISION 03 W Photo by: Maya Frazier Job #: Pages: Dec (RequestID: c d2c- 2309bc881e1d SeadID: RQ4615geOI286qy2dFk0F26E Type: Preview PDC: d2c- 2309bc881e1d/RQ4615geOI286qy2d

3 ly r es tric te d fro m it ig th is P DF or re cre at ig it i a yf or m. FLUENTIAL pli cit B li e De sig Pr f - Co py ri gh tw ar b ks - O ly o vid e d as a f PD F - P ri te rs ot he rt ha W ar bo ok sa re ex efore the rumblig chaos that uld be the first day of schl, hallways ad classrms lay still, barre, ad dark. But that first day came, ad with it came the eageress of relivig a steady, edictable life ad the dread of homerk ad sleep deivatio. For the secod year i a row, this schl year was beckoed i by a plague of mishap ad miscommuicatio, all for the sake of ogress. The tech lab, which used to sit idle ad uused, save for a loely iter ad some dusty om decoratios, became a thig of the past as it was trasformed ad reimagied ito five ew classrms ad t smaller study rms. The widows that used to stad watch over the seior balcoy were take dow ad rebuilt i the stadard brick- ad- mortar fashio that the rest of the hallways bore. Studets were i a daze as they attempted to search for their classrms, some that housed familiar teachers, others that became home to oe of 13 friedly ew faces. Each ew faculty member ad studet became ve ito the itricate fabric of the day to day life at EHS. Though the schl was old, it had a reewed sese to it. Though eve seiors foud the rerked layouts to be a cofusig labyrith, withi the blik of a eye, studets ad faculty oce agai felt at home. With the chagig of the autum leaves came a divisive electio. Frieds bickered ad debated, some liberal, some coservative. t at the ed of week, differeces were set aside. Whether blue or red i political affiliatio, the fluorescet mazes ad chilly classrms became seas of red as studets gathered behid the boys that played uder the Friday ight lights ad showed the ieffable ide they felt for their schl. With every ewcomer ad every old dog, every studet ad staff member, a path was laid before them: decisios yet to be made, memories yet to be lived, tears of mourig or pure elatio yet to drip dow their rosy cheeks. Every act of kidess or lack thereof was yet udecided to be. But whatever hidde facets of the ew schl year that were still udetermied, each uld have a outcome that uld impact the idividual ad the etire schl body. Each studet had a story to tell ad it was his choice whether or ot to share it. With every step he tk, he had the reasoig to say to himself... ok so rb o a I M INFLUENTIAL FALL DIVISION 04 W Seior paiters Eva Siz, Cr Fowler, Johy Pitcher, ad Nate Urzedowski cheer o the Atlers at the away game agaist Skutt. Job #: Pages: Nov (RequestID: 13b9254a- 7a84-4e5f- 9d18-239e523c9637 SeadID: isslga1g6tw1u83ry1wjtt32 Type: Preview PDC: 7a84-4e5f- 9d18-239e523c9637/iSSlGa1G6tW1U83rY1

4 m. or yf a it i ig at cre re or DF is P th ig it m fro d te tric es ly r pli cit ex re sa ok bo ar W ha rt he ot rs ri te - P F PD f a as d vid e o ly O ks - ar b gh tw py ri Co f - Pr sig De e li ok so rb o a FALL DIVISION 05 W Photo by: Alia Dzhimieva Job #: Pages: Nov (RequestID: 13b9254a- 7a84-4e5f- 9d18-239e523c9637 SeadID: isslga1g6tw1u83ry1wjtt32 Type: Preview PDC: 7a84-4e5f- 9d18-239e523c9637/iSSlGa1G6tW1U83rY1

5 Gettig to class o time is hard eough, but the ew costructio made it more challegig for studets. Demolitio tk place over the schl at the ed of the last schl year, so whe studets retured ad made it tough for studets fid their classes. Trasformatios icluded removal of the old jouralism lab dark rms to make a ew classrm, costructig five classrms out of the old tech lab ad movig sciece classrms aroud. The secod flr D wig rm umbers were switched due to the ew classrms. O registratio day, studets received their schedules for the upcomig year. Little did they kow that the rms were icorrectly ited with wrog rm umbers Voluteers gave ew studet tours usig the erroeous schedules. Voluteer, juior NHS AUTOGRAPHS Addig the fial touches to her Natioal Hr Society applicatio, juior Aie Wag gets a sigature from teacher Kim Johso. NHS studets had to get sigatures from their club sposors to show official membership. "I am i HALE. ad other clubs, ad I eeded to get her sigature," Wag said. Costructio Craze New rms ad flawed schedules make it difficult for studets to get to class SERVING THE RULES Listeig to seior Jess Childers, freshme Laure Goig ad Lexie Gilbert pay attetio to the discussio about seated volleyball. Every year, TA metors taught the freshme the rules of a favorite Friday activity. "I TA, they were talkig about seated volleyball ad it made me axious to lear how to play," Goig said. AUGUST Maddie Koelzer, realized the rm umbers were iaccurate whe she could ot fid a rm. Rm D200 was ot labeled yet, Koelzer said. Whe I gave tours, I walked the freshme through their schedules ad explaied each wig to them. If a class was umbered wrog I told them they uld get a ew schedule o the first day of schl with all the right rm umbers. Eve with the fixed schedules, some freshme still had bad luck o the first day. Although freshma Susa Parlor, got a tour, she still got lost o the first day. It was very cofusig whe I walked ito the wrog classrm, I felt so lost, Parlor said. I forgot everythig I leared o my tour ad I could't fid my locker util the maybe teth day of schl. O the other had, freshma Raega Youg foud all of her Photo by: Fracesca Scorsoe Photo by: Haa Wager I M INFLUENTIAL 08 classrms perfectly. I did't get a tour, my sister just helped me fid my classes, Youg said. Youg helped her frieds fid their classes oce she was familiar with the schl. Part of the reaso schedules ad rms had misiformatio was because costructio lasted up util about the momet studets were eterig schl for the first day, like it did for Tiara Brow. "Because I was ew to the schl ad ot just the rm, I felt stressed by the fact that schl was startig i a few days ad my rm was still iaccessible," Brow said. "However, each day I stopped by, more was doe which lesseed my stress a little." Despite the cofusio, studets figured out where they eeded to go. A lot of my frieds asked me for help," Youg said, "sice I kew where I was goig. Story by: Mary Radicia Job #: Pages: Nov (RequestID: 7ab21fef- 3b06-41c5-87e9- d51ee66153a7 SeadID: 7cYK42P3gQD7UYu47GsXatY Type: Preview PDC: 3b06-41c5-87e9- d51ee66153a7/7cyk42p3gqd7uyu

6 Photo by: Dyla Miettie Photo by: Taer Thorgre Photo by: Abby Tabaka FBLA FUN AUGUST Gettig ivolved, sophomore Kayla Feltz listes to the sposor of FBLA, teacher Nick Jarzyka, iform her about the club. At the begiig of each schl year, clubs got together to recruit ew members. "The meetig was iterestig, I am excited for more voluteerig opportuities," Feltz said. STOP, DROP, & ROLL BUILDING A BUST Cocetratig o their task, seiors Domiic Giadioto ad Taylor Soreso rk o buildig a tower out of oly ucked pasta ad marshmallows. They rked diligetly to make the tallest tower they could i the time that they had. "We obably did the rst i the class because we had a bad strategy, but it was fu," Soreso said. IT'S GAME DAY Waitig to be let back iside the buildig, seior Hadi Alchommalli talks to his frieds durig a fire drill. Three fire drills are required each year to esure safety. "Fire drills are dumb because there are ever ay fires at schl," Alchommali said. Iformig studets about Pep Club, seior Adi Stiles tries to get studets pumped for the first ftball game of the seaso. Studets welcomed the fall sport seaso with a schl-wide assembly. "I was tellig the studets to come to the game i Plattsmouth," Stiles said. I M INFLUENTIAL 09 Photo by: Mary Radicia What's your least favorite chore? Vacuumig, because it actually sucks Trey Marcotte Doig the dishes because I hate the wet dirty feelig TERESTED juior Crystal Niver "Dishes, because it's gross ad makes a mess," seior Briaa Tracy. "Cleaig up dog pp because the smell makes me wat to gag," sophomore Aisley Sulliva. "Mowig the law because it's hot outside ad it makes me all sweaty," juior Max Grace. "Sheddig my dog because it takes a log time," freshma Dyla Hudgis. "Cleaig because it's a waste of time," sophomore Trace Trautma. "Doig the dishes because there is left over fd o the dishes," juior Kately Yardley. "Mowig the law, because I'm really bad at keepig the lies straight," freshma Mallory Behr "The dishes, because I do't like touchig wet fd," seior Nick Jacobso. "Mowig the law because it takes about a hour," juior Noah Thomse. "Dealig with my family because they are aoyig," seior Jack Job #: Pages: Nov (RequestID: 7ab21fef- 3b06-41c5-87e9- d51ee66153a7 SeadID: 7cYK42P3gQD7UYu47GsXatY Type: Preview PDC: 3b06-41c5-87e9- d51ee66153a7/7cyk42p3gqd7uyu

7 9/11 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY September 11, 2001 started out as a picturesque ad suy day for much of the atio. However, shortly before 9 a.m., all that chaged. A hijacked passeger plae flew ito the oer Twi Tower i New York City, with a secod plae crashig ito the secod tower some 20 miutes later. A successio of terrorist attacks uld take place throughout the day, with oe hijacked plae crashig ito the Petago i Arligto Couty, Virgiia, ad aother crash- ladig i a field ear Shaksville, Pesylvaia. I four places throughout the U.S., grey plumes of smoke uld shroud those crystal clear blue skies. By ightfall, the rld uld mour the loss of over 3,000 frieds, eighbors, ad loved oes, all victims of hateful attacks agaist the America way of life. The icomig freshma class of 2017 marks the first class i which the majority of studets were ot yet bor to bear witess to the day that America std still. This page is dedicated to studets ad faculty ad the stories ad memories they share from that fateful day. The collected experieces every studet ad faculty member holds allows each to say... Freshma Aida Hearty was bor at 4:30 a.m. o September 11, Q: How does it feel to have your biday o September 11? A: "It's sort of happy for me because I'm growig up but at the same time I always have a sad emotio because it's 9/11." Q: If you could chage your biday, uld you? A: "No, I uld't wat ay other day. It's the day that I was bor ad it has special meaig." Aida's mother recalls the day vividly. Q: How did it feel to give bi to a child o a day that chaged the rld forever? A: "I got to my rm ad the urse asked if I had heard what happeed. She tured o the TV ad to my surise the Towers had bee hit. I could't believe my eyes! It was horrific ad so sad. I held my baby boy i my arms so tightly. I tell people that somethig gd happeed o that day i spite of all the evil goig o aroud us. My mom's biday is September 11 as well. He is a blessig i so may ways, beig bor o his gradma's biday ad the a day that chaged the rld forever." I M INFLUENTIAL 16 Job #: Pages: Nov (RequestID: 5e9486f8- a49b- 40a d8ffb2e40d43 SeadID: 7E5v088V6cWvih6xtAtKD9Pz Type: Preview PDC: a49b- 40a d8ffb2e40d43/7e5v088v6cwvih6xtatkd

8 9/11 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TERCONNECTED sophomore Gabby Scorsoe sophomore Beau Morga seior Molly Jaecek "I'm from New York ad my family was half a hour away from the city, so that was etty scary. Also it makes me paraoid wheever I travel." sophomore Ashlee Barto "I was oly six moths old ad I was at daycare, but my mom thought I uld be fie ad safe there, so she did't really rry about me." freshma Aa DeWispelare "Durig 9/11, I was still i Russia, but whe you go to the airports ow you're expected to go through a lot more security to keep us safe." "I do't thik 9/11 has chaged persoally, but it has chaged our coutry a to. America was chaged for the better because ow we have better security otectig us." math teacher Specer Peterso "I was a seior at Elkhor High. I was stadig i Mr. Koll's rm, (ow Mrs. Beard's), watchig the morig ews that he always had o, waitig for our Curret Problems class to start. They switched their cameras to the WTC after the first plae hit ad I vividly remember the secod plae hittig. Later at ftball actice, I remember beig freaked out because a plae was flyig above us ad we all kew that all plaes had bee grouded. It eded up beig a Air Force plae headed toward Offutt." seior Matt Joes "Whe the attacks happeed, my mom was drivig me to daycare ad we listeed to report o the radio. My dad, though, was at rk ad saw Air Force Oe fly over, so he kew somethig must've bee wrog." I M INFLUENTIAL 17 "All I kow about 9/11 is the stories that people have told me. I do't kow how 9/11 has affected me directly because I was so youg, I do't kow what the rld was like before it happeed." seior Megy O'Doherty "I was't really affected by it, but I see a lot of people who are ad the emotioal toll it has o them." Job #: Pages: Nov (RequestID: 5e9486f8- a49b- 40a d8ffb2e40d43 SeadID: 7E5v088V6cWvih6xtAtKD9Pz Type: Preview PDC: a49b- 40a d8ffb2e40d43/7e5v088v6cwvih6xtatkd

9 COLORFUL CHEMICALS Experimetig durig chemistry, juiors Chloe Laglad, Erica Hase, Heidi Peterse, Laure Fraze, ad Alex Cole test out the reactios of chemic. Mrs. Rasmusse used varyig compouds ad chemic ad set them o fire. "We had to see what differet colors were created from the chemic," Peterse said. Photo by: Dyla Miettie DECEPTIVE PERCEPTION I AP Psychology, seiors Bailey Waage ad Hailey Curry experimeted with their depth perceptio. The studets did a lab i which they threw a ball to their teacher while wearig goggles that altered their visio. "It was really ejoyable but o really hard to tell where Ms. Whale was because my depth perceptio was so messed up," Curry said. Photo by: Taylor Jidra CARVING MASTERPIECES Takig part i the Olympus Club pumpki carvig evet, juiors Aaki LeGrad ad Erik Aderso rk o carvig a Pokeball i their pumpki. This special Hallowee traditio bega last year. "My favorite part was whe we tured off all the lights ad lit up the pumpkis," Aderso said. THE FINAL SHOW Performig the choreography, juior Brett LaFleur goes through the motios of his duet i the last performace of the year. The marchig bad put o a show that focused o the themes of diversity ad acceptace. "I feel a rush of adrealie ad ejoymet to perform for a audiece," LaFleur said. OCTOBER 9-15 I M INFLUENTIAL 24 Photo by: Taylor Jidra Photo by: Dyla Miettie Job #: Pages: Dec (RequestID: eb- bfdc b7e4- cca79c9a1b5c SeadID: ux1imhwi08vuxvyo9rk2lhui Type: Preview PDC: bfdc b7e4- cca79c9a1b5c/ux1imhwi08vuxvyo9r

10 OCTOBER 9-15 Advice from a Teacher Cofereces aid teacher ad paret iteractio Cofereces are a very importat part of the schl year. Parets ad studets get to come ad talk to their teachers about how schl is goig so far. Freshme Justi Hate ad Cole Weelborg, who are step brothers, had a very uique situatio this year at cofereces because they wet together. "We have both atteded cofereces eviously but this year it was much more itese ad a much differet atmosphere ow that we are i high schl," Weelborg said ad Hate agreed. It was't always comfortable for them. My least favorite part about goig to cofereces was hearig my teachers talk egatively about me, Hate said. Weelborg experieced similar feeligs. I was very ervous to hear about the bad thigs that my teachers had to say about me," Weelborg said. "But the gd thigs felt gd to hear. At cofereces, teachers' tables were sead aroud the cafeteria ad mezzaie, ad kids i seveth hour study hall were recruited to help set everythig up. Oe such studet was juior Rya Wallig. "Mr. Ford was tellig us where to set up the tables, chairs, ad ame tags. We put most of them i the cafeteria ad mezzaies, Wallig said. Studets ofte lked forward to cofereces to hear what their teachers had to say about them. Whether teachers gave out critiques or complimets, studets tk their rds to heart to help imove their skills for the remaider of the schl year. My favorite part about cofereces this year was beig able to talk to my teachers," said Weelborg. "I liked beig able to get their iput about my schlig." Story by: Abby Tabaka < KAHOOT REVIEW Studyig for a test, freshma Breda Photo by: Dyla Miettie Photo by: Maddy Limley Love uses a fu way to lear vocab i ESLA. I the past, ESLA studets used games like fly- swatters but have just recetly started usig Kaht. "We o play aroud the rld ad I efer to do that," Love said. I M INFLUENTIAL 25 < ANIMAL ART Creatig her scratch art oject, sophomore Abby Limley rks o a assigmet for art class. For the oject, the studets had to chse ay ot ma- made object to draw. "I chose a jelly fish because it lked fu ad it's ot the typical aimal someoe uld chse," Limley said. TERESTED What's somethig o your bucket list? To travel to New York City, I've always wated to live there sophomore Kyra Patrick "To get a PR i track. I really wat to go to state this year," juior Tyke Bischof. "I wat to get a job i govermet because it's bee a life- log dream," freshma Braede Doerr. "I wat to travel to all seve cotiets before I die," freshma Delaey Peterso. "To travel the rld. I wat to gai ew cultural experieces," seior Maura Thurber. "Flyig small, ivate plaes to radom small tows because it uld be cl to see everythig," seior Breda Simmos. "To go to Lodo because my family is from there," sophomore Jack Kolvek. "I wat to go sky divig because I have always wated to try it," juior Lamoee Jackma. "I wat to go skydivig because I like to be adveturous," freshma James Burwell. To see the oer lights it's a oce i a lifetime experiece ad uld be beautiful because juior Haah Guter Job #: Pages: Dec (RequestID: eb- bfdc b7e4- cca79c9a1b5c SeadID: ux1imhwi08vuxvyo9rk2lhui Type: Preview PDC: bfdc b7e4- cca79c9a1b5c/ux1imhwi08vuxvyo9r

11 NOVEMBER 20- DECEMBER 3 Savig Lives Oe Perso at a Time O December 2, Elkhor hosted their 10th aual bld drive. This year, 126 people siged up ad about 106 uits were collected. Through the help of Natioal Hrs Society, (NHS,) studets, the drive was orgaized ad successful yet agai. Seior Tori Oestma was oe studet who especially helped orgaize it this year. I helped omote it ad got people iterested i it. I o helped sig people up olie ad orgaize the schedule for whe people uld sig up, Oestma said. I order to sig up, the studet eeded to be at least sixtee years old ad have a paret sigature. This was the first year doatig for may studets icludig juiors Rya Bromm ad Savaa Maie. This was my first time givig bld ad I wated to doate because I ve always wated to ad this year I was actually old eough, Bromm said. Beig their first year, they o witessed how people s experieces with givig bld ca be very differet. From watig to doate ad ot beig able to, to everythig goig smth ad perfect: everyoe s experiece ca be uique. Photo by: Dyla Miettie THANKFUL TABLE Pilig their plates, seiors Mariah Shafer, Kayle Aderso, ad Maura Thurber celebrate "Friedsgivig." This celebratio has become a traditio i study halls o the seior balcoy. Our study hall is like a big family ad we re all thakful for each other, so we brought fd ad listeed to festive music to kick off Thaksgivig break, Thurber said. PLACES PLEASE I costume, freshma Garrett Paxto, seior Briaa Davis, sophomore Molly Bees, ad seior Drew Harrahill perform their short play. Oe Act had a very successful seaso, placig third at the district competitio. "As a freshma, I am glad that I foud Oe Act. I am lkig forward to havig fu these ext four years," Paxto said. Studets doate bld durig the aual bld drive I M INVESTED 56 It was fie at first, but the I faited so it was t so gd after that. I really liked the fact that I was helpig someoe that eeds it, though, Maie said. Faitig ca be a commo thig whe givig bld ad the reaso is differet for everyoe. For some, it's because of the eedle; for others it s from feelig light- headed from the bld loss. I other cases, oe of these thigs have a very big effect o the perso. No matter if the perso faited or felt light headed, the bld is goig to a gd cause. The Red Cross is the orgaizatio that comes i to collect the bld ad help it go to gd use. I thik the Red Cross is a really gd cause ad givig bld is somethig easy you ca do to help save a lot of lives, Oestma said. The bld drive was a opportuity for studets to help others i eed ad get ivolved i the commuity. I am defiitely doig it agai ext year, Bromm said, It s super iterestig ad makes me feel like I am makig a differece i other people s lives. Story by: Chloe Seidl Job #: Pages: Feb (RequestID: d5cc1ff9- fc90-46e2- b7fd- c33b5fe2abcd SeadID: wz3yl8l1bb5bmy6a8hbeuuko Type: Preview PDC: fc90-46e2- b7fd- c33b5fe2abcd/wz3yl8l1bb5bmy6a8hbeu

12 NOVEMBER 20- DECEMBER 3 Photo by: Chloe Seidl Photo by: Dyla Miettie Photo by: Dyla Miettie DRIP DROP Photo by: Dyla Miettie Craftig carefully, juior Macey Kider glues together pieces of the Gratitude Quilt. After a especially divisive electio, TEA Club wated the schl to come together ad show their gratitude by creatig a quilt composed of studets resposes showig what each studet was thakful for. "I really ejoy spedig time with the awesome TEA Club members," Kider said. BRAINIAC Probig a brai, seior Paige Reer lears about the similarities betwee a sheep brai ad a huma brai. Aatomy studets used dissectios to help visualize what body systems lk life i real life. It was really cl seeig what's iside a brai but it smelled fuky, Reer said. I M INVESTED 57 FUN FOR FUNDRAISING Workig with busiess teacher Samuel Staley, seior Brke Jewett loads boxes of caed fd. The aual caed fd drive raised awareess for fd patries i the Omaha Metro area. All the fudraisers we have here are importat. If there s aythig we ca do to give to people who eed help, studets are very willig to do that, Jewett said. TERESTED If you had to lose oe of your five seses, which uld it be? Hearig because you ca still do most thigs without your hearig juior Carly Camero "Hearig, because I've bee deaf before," seior Emma Miassia. "Smell because I eed all my other seses more," juior Tucker Charro. "Smell because I feel like it does't matter as much," sophomore Ail Mull. "Sight, I do't have a reaso...i just feel like I uld rather be blid," freshma Jacob Bruce. "Smell because it seems like the least importat," juior Travis Bod. "Smell because every other sese is very importat," freshma Macy Holtam. "Smell because you do't really eed it," seior Drew Jidra. "Smell because I like all my seses t much," sophomore Lizzy Kehr. "Touch because losig ay other sese uld be rse I thik," freshma Brayde Bock. "Smell because you do't really eed it use it that much," sophomore Emily Taer. Smellig because there are some people who do't shower seior Brady Deez Job #: Pages: Feb (RequestID: d5cc1ff9- fc90-46e2- b7fd- c33b5fe2abcd SeadID: wz3yl8l1bb5bmy6a8hbeuuko Type: Preview PDC: fc90-46e2- b7fd- c33b5fe2abcd/wz3yl8l1bb5bmy6a8hbeu

13 PETS Pets truly are a extesio of the family. They are the frieds who ever talk back, our soft ad cuddly creature compaios, ad the wettest of kissers. Whether furry ad four- legged, bar- boud, covered i scales or feathered, flyig fellow, every aimal has its ow uique persoality ad story to tell. Each of these lovig pet- owers, whether studet or faculty, plays a part i carig for their beastly buddies. For every tiresome feedig ad messy bath time there is a affectioate cuddle sessio; for every piddle stai, there is a lovig lick. With each treasured memory with their creature compaios, each pet ower ca say... Name: Rady Ower: freshma Lola Masters Species: Chiese Water Drago Slimy Secrets: He likes to sit uder his heat lamp or i his water dish. He is very lazy, uless he is out of his cage, the he likes to ru aroud the house. He o likes to hag out o top of the curtais. Whe he does, it's almost impossible to get him dow. Name: Joey Owers: freshma AJ, seior Briaa ad sophomore Gabby Duffek Breed: Chihuahua mixed with a Terrier Dog Deets: She thiks she is a cat. She does't play with toys, she just rus aroud the house. Her favorite is siblig Gabby because she always sleeps i her rm. She is very photogeic ad was made ito a meme. Name: Filmore Ower: sophomore Alexa Marshall Breed: Pait Horse No Horsig Aroud: Filmore is huge ad very friedly. He is oe of five horses, all of whom were amed after esidets. The Marshall family obtaied Filmore i Texas where they saved him from a last- chace slaughter house. The Marshalls hope to trai him to be a ridig horse. Name: Suggles Owers: freshme Casadra, Nahum, ad Makezie Zarazua Species: Cockat A Little Birdy Told You: She puts her head o their dad's chi ad rubs agaist it. She eats what the Zaraua's eat, ad she thiks she is huma. She tells them whe she wats crackers by waitig util they are lkig at her, ad the walkig to them. The Zarazua's o have a dog amed Lilyaa. Name: Widsor Ower: Eglish teacher Chelsey Sulliva Breed: Weimaraer Four-Legged Facts: Widsor is defiitely a "people perso" ad has very obvious feeligs. He will go pout util someoe comes alog to cosole him. He ca sit, shake, high five, ad catch a treat i his mouth. Widsor atteds to doggy daycare t times a week. I M INFLUENTIAL 26 Job #: Pages: Nov (RequestID: 19b372ee- 28ac b8da- a8df1324f42c SeadID: d5jnmllw606gs5hq2vg7740 Type: Preview PDC: 28ac b8da- a8df1324f42c/d5jnmllw606gs5hq2

14 PETS FATUATED with my pet! Name: Cper Ower: freshma Aisley Sulliva Breed: Goldeddle PAWsome Details: Cper has bee with the Sulliva family for 5 years ow. He's a very fuy dog ad kows how to do plety of tricks: he ca stad o his back legs ad dace ad eve close drs wheever he comes iside the house. Names: Beelli ad Zoey Ower: Math teacher Aa Beard Breed: llow ad Black Lab Kibbles ad Bits: Zoey was the first bor ad is a fierce retriever. Because of this, she tore her ACL ad had to get both of her kees surgically repaired. Zoey is back to retrievig ow. Beelli is the yougest baby ad a amazig cuddler. Beelli ad Zoey are best frieds. Beard o has a cat amed Lola. Names: Phatom ad Garfield Ower: freshma Izzy Messik Breed: Domestic Cat Tale of T Kitties: Garfield was amed after the Moday-hatig cart cat ad Phatom was amed for The Phatom of the Opera. They are brother ad sister. Phatom is easily the diva of the t. Names: To Be Determied Owers: sophomore Molly ad seior Athoy Bees Breed: Domestic Kittes Meow Mix: Pictured here at five weeks old, Molly Bees said they are each kitte is differet ad exploratory. The Bees family ames their pets after a theme ad were thikig about amig them after desserts. The mama cat has had several litters, ad they always give away her kittes whe they're about eight weeks old. Name: Lily Ower: Sciece teacher Reye Armbrust Breed: Labraddle Doggy Descriptio: Lily does't like it whe the boys wrestle. She barks ad tries to get them to stop like she is otectig them. She loves to swim ad play fetch i the water. She o loves beig everywhere her family is. I M INFLUENTIAL 27 Job #: Pages: Nov (RequestID: 19b372ee- 28ac b8da- a8df1324f42c SeadID: d5jnmllw606gs5hq2vg7740 Type: Preview PDC: 28ac b8da- a8df1324f42c/d5jnmllw606gs5hq2

15 DHIRAJ CHERETI SENIORSPROFILE FROM NEPAL TO NEBRASKA Oe studet is cofroted with a ew laguage ad frighteig fd Story by: Maddy Limley Photo courtesy of: Dhiraj Chereti Sophomore Dhiraj Chereti s first day of schl was ot a studets i Nepal classrms. The kids remaied statioary ormal oe, by either Nepalese or America stadards. He throughout the day, seeig as the teachers rotated from classrm was rushed to the hospital for refusig to eat all day log after to classrm ad ot the studets. hot dogs were served for luch. Chereti believed they actually came Our slippers, or shoes as America calls it, had to be take off ad from dogs ad he had o plas of eatig oe. A sigle lk at Chereti from his parets set them speedig him to the earest doctor. left outside of the classrm, Chereti said. Ucrustables, the popular e- made peaut butter ad jelly Although commo kowledge amog sadwich of America studets, were abset Americas, ative Nepalese people had o idea of the true cotets of hot dogs. Chereti from the diets of Nepalese studets. Rice was the equivalet of a sadwich for Nepal. experieced a variety of shocks ad Chereti recalled ofte eatig it for luch differeces upo movig to the Uited States from Nepal to fid a better life. "I was so ervous for the first day of America schl," Chereti said. Chereti bega his schlig i the Uited breaks. They gave us a hour for luch breaks so I uld walk home the 2 miles to eat. By the time I arrived home, I uld oly have 10 miutes to eat before I had to start walkig States at Kellom Elemetary, a schl i the Omaha Public Schls district. His Eglish as a Secod Laguage (ESL) class helped Chereti immesely because he had very little familiarity with Eglish upo his movig. The switch from the Nepali laguage to Eglish was complicated, but Chereti maaged. It tk me almost a year to lear Eglish the. I am ow almost tested out of Eglish Laguage Learers at high schl, Chereti said. The differeces betwee Nepal ad the U.S. do't lie solely with the spoke ad writte laguages. Schl i Nepal lacked desks ad mobility. Chereti completed schl rk o the flr with his fellow back, Chereti said. Although Chereti was ative to Nepal, his parets were ot. They arrived to Nepal from Bhuta as refugees whe they were both kids. After meetig ad marryig, Chereti s parets built their house. I miss my house the most from Nepal. It was made from bambs ad created from our ow hads, Chereti said. Chereti struggled with iroic figures of speech i America laguage. He tk what he read ad was told very literary, which better explaied his fear of hot dogs. I really like it i America, but I will ever eat a hot dog, Chereti said. Those are what I do t trust." I I M INTEGRAL INFLUENTIAL Job #: Pages: Ja (RequestID: d8238c12- e7a9-452f- b96a- d69c8938a3ac SeadID: VAU6j6y6ezgHuYvahl4PcRu7 Type: Preview PDC: e7a9-452f- b96a- d69c8938a3ac/vau6j6y6ezghuyvahl4

16 SOPHOMORES SENIORS Lukose George Mia Giadioto Domiick Gobe Katherie Gree Brado Grters Kate Gusse Dillo Hael Morga Hael Madiso Hase Racheal Hase Isaac Hawkis Brittay Headlee Haah Headley Skylar Heirich Maggie Hedryx I M I M INFLUENTIAL INTEGRAL QUISITIVE What rd best describes your closest fried? My frieds Emma Odom ad Emily Bryat are like kids because I always have to take care of them Sophomore Katie Swa "Jessica Locker is crazy," sophomore Piper Laye. "Rya Leyda is kid because he always makes other people laugh whe they're feelig dow," sophomore Sam Lilly. "Hailey Just is clumsy because she ca't do aythig without fallig," sophomore Alyssa Kruid. "Nole Miller ad Dyla Miller because they are very musically gifted," sophomore Javier Mora-Pea. "Leah Jese because she is wild i a uexplaiable way," sophomore Sophia Wiemer. "Jacob Ostler is very musical because he ca play tromboe ad piao," sophomore Ady Zhag. "Sam Childers is positive because she kows how to make me feel better," sophomore Katie Novak. "Mackezie Thomas is the yig to my yag because a quiz told us that oce," sophomore Lizzie Kehr. "My fried is a crybaby because he does't like it whe he does't get his way," sophomore Jacob Ostler. "Huter Domia is always there to make me laugh," sophomore Calvi Larso. David Ellefso because there's ot a day that goes by that I do't laugh at what he says sophomore Etha Kloster Job #: Pages: Ja (RequestID: d8238c12- e7a9-452f- b96a- d69c8938a3ac SeadID: VAU6j6y6ezgHuYvahl4PcRu7 Type: Preview PDC: e7a9-452f- b96a- d69c8938a3ac/vau6j6y6ezghuyvahl4

17 Gettig to class o time is hard eough, but the ew costructio made it more challegig for studets. Demolitio tk place over the schl at the ed of the last schl year, so whe studets retured ad made it tough for studets fid their classes. Trasformatios icluded removal of the old jouralism lab dark rms to make a ew classrm, costructig five classrms out of the old tech lab ad movig sciece classrms aroud. The secod flr D wig rm umbers were switched due to the ew classrms. O registratio day, studets received their schedules for the upcomig year. Little did they kow that the rms were icorrectly ited with wrog rm umbers Voluteers gave ew studet tours usig the erroeous schedules. Voluteer, juior NHS AUTOGRAPHS Addig the fial touches to her Natioal Hr Society applicatio, juior Aie Wag gets a sigature from teacher Kim Johso. NHS studets had to get sigatures from their club sposors to show official membership. "I am i HALE. ad other clubs, ad I eeded to get her sigature," Wag said. Costructio Craze New rms ad flawed schedules make it difficult for studets to get to class SERVING THE RULES Listeig to seior Jess Childers, freshme Laure Goig ad Lexie Gilbert pay attetio to the discussio about seated volleyball. Every year, TA metors taught the freshme the rules of a favorite Friday activity. "I TA, they were talkig about seated volleyball ad it made me axious to lear how to play," Goig said. AUGUST Maddie Koelzer, realized the rm umbers were iaccurate whe she could ot fid a rm. Rm D200 was ot labeled yet, Koelzer said. Whe I gave tours, I walked the freshme through their schedules ad explaied each wig to them. If a class was umbered wrog I told them they uld get a ew schedule o the first day of schl with all the right rm umbers. Eve with the fixed schedules, some freshme still had bad luck o the first day. Although freshma Susa Parlor, got a tour, she still got lost o the first day. It was very cofusig whe I walked ito the wrog classrm, I felt so lost, Parlor said. I forgot everythig I leared o my tour ad I could't fid my locker util the maybe teth day of schl. O the other had, freshma Raega Youg foud all of her Photo by: Fracesca Scorsoe Photo by: Haa Wager I M INFLUENTIAL 08 classrms perfectly. I did't get a tour, my sister just helped me fid my classes, Youg said. Youg helped her frieds fid their classes oce she was familiar with the schl. Part of the reaso schedules ad rms had misiformatio was because costructio lasted up util about the momet studets were eterig schl for the first day, like it did for Tiara Brow. "Because I was ew to the schl ad ot just the rm, I felt stressed by the fact that schl was startig i a few days ad my rm was still iaccessible," Brow said. "However, each day I stopped by, more was doe which lesseed my stress a little." Despite the cofusio, studets figured out where they eeded to go. A lot of my frieds asked me for help," Youg said, "sice I kew where I was goig. Story by: Mary Radicia Job #: Pages: Nov (RequestID: 7ab21fef- 3b06-41c5-87e9- d51ee66153a7 SeadID: 7cYK42P3gQD7UYu47GsXatY Type: Preview PDC: 3b06-41c5-87e9- d51ee66153a7/7cyk42p3gqd7uyu

18 Photo by: Dyla Miettie Photo by: Taer Thorgre Photo by: Abby Tabaka FBLA FUN AUGUST Gettig ivolved, sophomore Kayla Feltz listes to the sposor of FBLA, teacher Nick Jarzyka, iform her about the club. At the begiig of each schl year, clubs got together to recruit ew members. "The meetig was iterestig, I am excited for more voluteerig opportuities," Feltz said. STOP, DROP, & ROLL BUILDING A BUST Cocetratig o their task, seiors Domiic Giadioto ad Taylor Soreso rk o buildig a tower out of oly ucked pasta ad marshmallows. They rked diligetly to make the tallest tower they could i the time that they had. "We obably did the rst i the class because we had a bad strategy, but it was fu," Soreso said. IT'S GAME DAY Waitig to be let back iside the buildig, seior Hadi Alchommalli talks to his frieds durig a fire drill. Three fire drills are required each year to esure safety. "Fire drills are dumb because there are ever ay fires at schl," Alchommali said. Iformig studets about Pep Club, seior Adi Stiles tries to get studets pumped for the first ftball game of the seaso. Studets welcomed the fall sport seaso with a schl-wide assembly. "I was tellig the studets to come to the game i Plattsmouth," Stiles said. I M INFLUENTIAL 09 Photo by: Mary Radicia What's your least favorite chore? Vacuumig, because it actually sucks Trey Marcotte Doig the dishes because I hate the wet dirty feelig TERESTED juior Crystal Niver "Dishes, because it's gross ad makes a mess," seior Briaa Tracy. "Cleaig up dog pp because the smell makes me wat to gag," sophomore Aisley Sulliva. "Mowig the law because it's hot outside ad it makes me all sweaty," juior Max Grace. "Sheddig my dog because it takes a log time," freshma Dyla Hudgis. "Cleaig because it's a waste of time," sophomore Trace Trautma. "Doig the dishes because there is left over fd o the dishes," juior Kately Yardley. "Mowig the law, because I'm really bad at keepig the lies straight," freshma Mallory Behr "The dishes, because I do't like touchig wet fd," seior Nick Jacobso. "Mowig the law because it takes about a hour," juior Noah Thomse. "Dealig with my family because they are aoyig," seior Jack Job #: Pages: Nov (RequestID: 7ab21fef- 3b06-41c5-87e9- d51ee66153a7 SeadID: 7cYK42P3gQD7UYu47GsXatY Type: Preview PDC: 3b06-41c5-87e9- d51ee66153a7/7cyk42p3gqd7uyu

19 CATCH THIS! Keepig a eye o the pitcher, seior Emmie Uitts epares to secure the softball i her glove. After catchig the ball, Uitts glaced aroud the dimod to throw the ball aywhere it was eeded. "Everyoe got alog really well o the team, this helped the seaso go really smthly," Uitts said. SOFTBALL ARMS OF STEEL Widig up, seior Paige Reer gathers mometum to sed the softball flyig across home plate. Reer has pitched for Atler softball all four years of her high schl career. "The state touramet was really cl, the atmosphere was just awesome. It was really cl to play with my team i that settig after reachig our goal," Reer said. The simple phrase "Destiatio Hastigs 2016 was the softball team s motto this seaso. After a year away from the state touramet, they retured to Hastigs ad eared fou place. This year was juior Rachel Klasse s third time o the team. I feel like we really had to step it up this year ad rk a lot harder to get what we wated, Klasse said. The last time they made it to state was i 2014 whe they first place. Eve though may of the players were ot o the team at that time, it was still a evet to remember ad talked about by may. Because they did ot make it to state last year, succeedig their goal this year meat a lot to the players. Sophomore Cassie Coltvet was o the team last year, but havig ot made it, this was Photo by: Taylor Jidra Photo by: Mary Radicia Makig Their Retur Softball team reaches goal of makig it to state touramet her first time playig at state. Makig state this year meat a lot because I got to go with the seiors who showed me the ropes of Elkhor softball, Coltvet said. Seior Kayle Aderso has made softball a part of her life ad has see the team grow throughout the years. She has helped imove the team from her freshma to her seior year. The most beeficial thig we did was write each other love otes. It souds kid of cheesy, but lettig each other kow you're oud of them ad apeciate them built our relatioships, which laid the foudatio for gd teamrk, Aderso said To get to state, the team rked hard ad tried their best to ecourage each other durig tough times. They rked together ad became a family i the ocess. I M INFLUENTIAL 48 We ever gave up ad we acted like family, if someoe was put dow we d pick them up, Klasse said. The poits to get ito state were extremely close ad they were ot sure if they uld get to go. I the ed, they got i o a wild card. We really ecouraged each other ad kept each other positive eve though we were ot sure if we were goig to go, Coltvet said. State beig the fial game of the seaso, made it a big deal ad placig fou made it eve better. It was a game the seiors ad the etire team will ever forget. It was bittersweet for sure. It marked the ed of my etire career which I loved dearly," Aderso said, "but I m so grateful I eded it ext to my amazig teammates, coaches, ad family." Story by: Chloe Seidl Job #: Pages: Dec (RequestID: 0904b74b- 6bd0-478e- aba3-629fef2305b0 SeadID: E5orFq5vl9a7h0Wi399QxeN Type: Preview PDC: 6bd0-478e- aba3-629fef2305b0/e5orfq5vl9a7h0wi399

20 SOFTBALL FIRST TIME FRESHMAN Photo by: Taylor Jidra Photo courtesy of: Tim Aderso Ready to throw, freshma Sydey Nuismer epares her pitch she is about to sed flyig. Nuismer used her pitchig skills to be able to pitch the first roud of state softball this year. "Pitchig as a freshma was scary at first, but everyoe was super welcomig," Nuismer said. SLIDING HOME Comig across home plate, juior Claire Wichma slides to avoid the out. Usig all her effort, Wichma tried to make it across that plate i hopes of fuerig her team i districts. "We did't kow if we were goig to make it to state because we eeded a wild card ad the odds of gettig a wild card were etty low. So I just tried to play my hardest," Wichma said. BATTER UP! Lkig for the right time to swig, juior Kayde Archibeque sets her feet to be ready for the ocomig pitch. Usig the mometum of her weight, Archibeque set the ball i motio. "While battig, I focus o the pitcher ad zoe everythig else out. I'm focusig o placig the ball i a spot to move the ruer," Archibeque said. Photo by: Carly Brue I M INFLUENTIAL 49 Photo by: Makya Harrigto EYES ON THE PRIZE Watchig the curret play, sophomore Delaey Smith awaits for aythig that ca happe. She std i a gd positio to maeuver herself which ever way the ball wet. "Our seaso wet really well, we a lot more games tha we expected this year, ad we made it to state, which was a lot of fu," Smith said. Triumphat ad oud, juior Emily Riley played first base durig the softball seaso. Q: What is the rock? A: "The rock was our gd luck symbol throughout the seaso." Q: How did the traditio of the rock begi? A: "The seiors foud the rock ad thought it was magical because we games." Q: What is your favorite thig about the rock? A: "It uited the team, gave us a passio to play, ad somethig to believe i." Job #: Pages: Dec (RequestID: 0904b74b- 6bd0-478e- aba3-629fef2305b0 SeadID: E5orFq5vl9a7h0Wi399QxeN Type: Preview PDC: 6bd0-478e- aba3-629fef2305b0/e5orfq5vl9a7h0wi399