Bryan 2003 Yearbook

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Pages _l & 2 "Perceptions of the Bryan Community"

Page 3 Yearbook Staff

Pages 4 - 11 Student Pictures

Page 12 Not pictured

Page 13 Fancy pictures for your eyes! Hooray!

Page 14 & 15 Staff Pictures

Page 16 Bryan graduates

Page 17 Friends of Bryan scholarship

Page 18 Gold Star Award

Page 19 - 21 SCLC

Page 22 Community Cookie Jar

Page 23 Friends

Pages 24 & 25 Art

Pages 26 & 27 Poetry

Pages 28 & 29 All School photo

Pages 30 & 31 Ropes Course

Page 32 Random collage

Page 33 Tattoos+ Piercings

Page 34 Popular things in 2003

Page 35 Random collage

Page 36 Activities

Page 37 Music club

Page 38 Faces

Page 39 Cars

Page 40 Thank you to our sponsors

Perceptions of the Bryan Community

by Heather Bratt

There are a majority of people in Lincoln that have heard of the Bryan Community and do not understand the definition of an alternative high school, and do not take the time to learn what we are about. Some people want to just believe what they hear and judge us.

One thing that they do know is that Bryan is a place where students go when they have not been successful at other high schools , but what they do not know is that not a single one of us are failures.

The problem with schools today is that some teachers give up too easily on students. They think that if a student does not come to school for two or three days, their perception is that the students does not want to be in school at all. Most of the time that is not the truth.

At Bryan, students come here to get the help that they didn't receive at their previous high school, and for some of us it is our last chance to do it right. A majority of students have had problems at their previous high school. The concern over these issues pushes them to not come to school at all, and , therefore, may cause them to fail out of all or most of their classes.

The Bryan Community, to me and other students and staff is a place we can call a community, a family. We work together and grow together, and because we have guiding principles that stress respect, our chool is non-violent.

In my personal view, Bryan has been a great experience for me. I have learned so much about myself, I have learned that school is important, and have learned how to overcome obstacle . Before I came here I thought I would never get out of high school, it was always a struggle for me, I had constant problems with other students, and teachers, and I got sick of it so I stopped going, I had given up on everyone. When I fir t came to Bryan ,I had it stuck in my head that I was never going to graduate, but after the week tarted going by I realized that I could graduate, and I could do anything if I put my mind to it.

To me Bryan has been a peaceful and respectful place, and if it was not for my getting enrolled into Bryan, I have no idea where I would be right now. One fact that I do know is that if I would have stayed at my previous high school, I would have been there for another three years or so. I am grateful for everything the staff and students have done for me.

At the Bryan community we go by the guiding principles of LOVE, PEACE, GIVING, COURAGE, AND RESPECT, Each of the principles has its own meaning but to me if I could put them into one word, the word would be UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.

The people who make up stereotypes about Bryan do not know what we are about or why we are here , and most importantly these people do not know us as individuals. These people see us as gangsters, drug dealers, and pregnant teenagers, and most of these people look at us as failures because, we have quit our home school.

They do not realize that Bryan is just like any other high school; we do the same amount of work and need the same amount of credits to graduate as everyone else does. Because we do not have homework, does not mean we have it any easier, we just buckle down and get things done in class, so we don't have to worry about taking things home and risk falling behind in our classes. It may seem different but it really is not, we just know what we have to do in order to graduate.

The way I look at these stereotypes is that the people who say these things about our school, do not know anything about us and what we are capable of doing, I wish just for one day some of these people would come and talk with us as individuals, and learn about us and not base everything on what they have heard, I bet they would learn a lot from us and leave Bryan with a totally different perception about our school and the students attending.

We as a community need to remember what Byan is about , and most importantly know why we are here and be proud that we will be graduating So stay strong and do what you've go to do to graduate so you can start building your future and following your dreams.

THE BRYAN COMMUNITY 2002-2003 YEARBOOK STAFF

CODY A6NEW

MARTY A6NEW

LEAH A6UIRE

LISA AU/ABU

TIERRA ANDERSON

ABBI ANTHONY

ASHLEY BARBOUR

SARAH BATE

JACOB BEAR

JESSIE BEERMANN

IAURA BENTLEY

DONNY BEST

BAHR

KAR/SH/I BLUFORD

JIIRED BREHM

KATIE BOSSUNB

HEATHER BRAIT

IISHLEY CIINAS

DArlD BRESNAHAN

MINBUS BURDIC

CHRIST/NII COOPER

SAIIIIH CHADD

CHRIS MCINTOSH

MIITT CULLINANE

SAM DANLEY

STEPHANIE DeYONB

FIIYSHIIWN DOBBINS

lAURII DIIAWBIIUBH

MIKE ElMSIIAUSER

SIIRIIH EVANS

JULIE FISHER

ZACH FREJIUF

ANSEL FRENCH

ALICIA BORDIN

IIMIINDII BRIIHIIM

CIIRMEN BRIii/AM

CASSIE BRIIHIIM

LYNETTE BROTHE

BECKY BULYIIS

1/IIANY 6UTHRIE

SYll/lANE HAMMACK

CIIARll HARTSHORN

NICK HERBENRIIDER

ALICIA HICKS

JASON HOKE

LINDSEY HOYLE

JENNIIER JACOBSON

CHRIS JONES

TYREl JONES

JENNY KAHM

AMANDA KEIIBlE

JESSE KENNEY

NOIA# KERSEY

DAINA KILBORE

MEIWI KIRK

lAUR/1 KRIESER

NATE llEBERS

NICOlE llESI/ElD

lATRICE lORD

BREND/I lYONS

NATE MAIIDElKO

BABE lON6SOlDIER

AD/IN MART/NU

ROB McDON/llD

RHEIINITA McBINNIS

JUll/1 MARKS /RINA Mell/IN

ERIKA MICKlE

JUDSON MICKLE

JEREMIAH MOWERY

KATRINA MUEllER

HEIDI 01/AH

CHASE PICKENPAUBH

ASHlEY PAUl

BRIAN PETERS

ASHlEY PFEIFER

JENNIFER RAB/CIA

NOEllE POlK

CHUCK SCHWAHN

JIMANDJI SEll

BRIAN SEYERSDJIHl

Ill/CIA SHAFER

IRA/6 SHAW

JAMES SHElDON

l/SJI SORENSON

RAYllN SOTO

TAMEAD SPJllE

ASHlEY SPEIDEl. l

TONJA SPRINSER

DJIN SOU/RES

TONY SOU/RES

TIFFANY STEElE

CODY STINSON

MONICJI SUTTER

TIIFOY/1 MIIBY ,,,

STEVIE WEPPNER

IINBY TIIFOY/1

l/lMES WINCHESTER

BRIINBON JIIBOSZ

TR/IVIS WOLF/NB JUSTIN TYSON

Cl/lRICE WE/l/lR

JASON W/16

JESSIC/1 Willi/IMS

Andrew Apa

Rio Armijio

Rachel Beddes

Lamelia Brown

Tammi Cardwell

Leah Colburn

Melanie Cook

Sean Cvitek

Brandon Davis

Megan Panders

Daniel Florez

Shaena Ford

Zach Freauf

AmyFuher

Nicole Garcia

Kara Gordon

Mikayla Grant

Travis Griffin

Chevis Grier

Bobbi Harders

J amekia Harris

Dylan Henry

Marc Hockey

Melissa Hopper

Erin Howell-Burke

Drew Huchkin

Brandon Jarosz

Renne Johnson

NOT PICTURED

Zuhair Kambal

Jessica Kirchoff

Bryan Swanson

Ashley Swift

Jacquie Kowolewski Chancey Thomas

Donte Mansfield

Chanta Turner

Katie Markov Joel Walker

Mark McCray

Calvin McLean

Derek Mueller

Kelly Neukirch

Nikki O'Neal

Deb Ortiz

Lori Patterson

Cody Perry

Rolin Phillips

Brittany Pickinpaugh

Adam Piontek

Alayne Plantz

Jesse Prusa

Kali Richardson

David Roberdeau

Kenneth Roberts

Nate Sieber

Creonda Silva

Eren Solorio

Ashley Sorensen

Stephanie Stice

Pamela Stouffer

Jacob Strong

Nicole Woodworth

Behold! JI bunch at11ictures stuck together to form a11aae in vour vear/Jook! Yes! Hoora,1

ANN ADAMS

ARDEllll ANDERSON

MONICA ASHER

SCOTT BENDlER

BECKY BREED

AUTUMN COUDEYRAS

JENNIFER ESCHUMAN

MAUREEN FOWlER

JOHN 6lOE

PHYlllS 6UlMAN

RICHARD HAR6ESHEIMER

DAVID JOHNSON

EARlA IIARElS

SUSIE LARSON

CATHY RUSTERMIER

CHARLES STUDNICKA

SIIRIIMEIER

BRYAN GRADUATES OF 2002 - 2003

F OU RTH Q UA RTE R GRADUAT ES

FIRST Q UA RTE R GRAD UATES

Jennifer Jacobson

Lori Patterson

Mar§hall Vogul

SEC OND QU ART E R GRAD UATES

Erin Howell-Burke

Sarah Chadd

Jenny Kahm

Ashley Paul

Adam Piontek

Ryan Radke

Marty Agnew

Nikki O'Neal

Jessica Kirchoff

T HIRD QUARTE R GRAD UATES

Leah Aguirre

Jacki Betts

Heather Bratt

Todd Bush

Brandon Davis

Abbi Anthony

Elainea Bahr

Jacob Bear

Jared Brehm

Ashley Canas

Leah Colburn

Christina Cooper

Kayla Crisler

Matt Cullinane

Sean Cvitak

Fayshawn Dobbins

Laura Drawbaugh

Julie Fisher

Dan Florez

Nicole Garcia

Amanda Graham

Sylvie Hammack

Charli Hartshorn

Lindsey Hoyle

Megan Kirk

Niole Liesveld

Nate Mandelko

Adan Martinez

Judson Mickle

Heidi Oziah

Tara Rickel

J arnie Roach

Trevor Roth

Amanda Sell

Alicia Shafer

Tameika Spale

Tony Squires

Jamie Ullman

Joel Walker

AJ Yeates

GOLD STAR

Every year, The Bryan Community recognizes "Gold Star" members of our community. This year, we honored student Adan Martinez, and staff members Earla Karels, Autumn Coudeyras, Monica Asher, Amy Ball, and Carin Sandman.

Adan is a positive asset and role model at Bryan for several reasons. He has modeled perseverance and fortitude by surmounting his Traumatic Brain Injury disability, and achieving academic success. He has been inspired to motivate young people at a local Jr. High by courageously speaking to small groups in the hope of influencing them to make positive life choices. Through his imaginative artwork Adan has stimulated others to create, and through his outstanding character he has exhibited ideals for others to strive for.

The dedicated team of professionals led by Monica Asher serves ixteen babies and toddlers here at Bryan. They work ide by ide with the tudent parent to help establish developmentally appropriate learning goals for children and to trengthen young adult in their role a young parents. Working as an effecti e team they serve as encouragements and teachers, doing their best every day to make a difference.

Congratulations to Adan and the entire daycare taff for their examples of leadership, and excellence in their ongoing efforts to further the great community that is our chool.

Katrina Mueller

Trinity Williams 02-08-03

Kayla Crisler Arniyah Crisler 01-30-03

11-07-02

SCLC

Bryan Community's Student Parents

Fingerprints ·

You always clean the fingerprints I leave upon the wal I. I seem to make a mess of things Because I am so smal I.

The years will pass so quickly I'll soon be grown like you. And all my little fingerprints Will surely fade from view.

(jraduation

Gy 'Abbi 'Ant(iony

'Rej[ectin3 over the years, the mistakes we made, Gut now our da'lf {ias come our time to shine, out -time to araduate.

Wfietfier you're a Syartan, Link, 'Rocket, or 'Kni3ht, we fiave come to3etfier in our own ~ecia[ way at a unique community tfiat we ca[( 'Bryan.

T'l'M!E

6y C(iristina 'A Pume(

Look at tfie time pass. 'lt fias 3one so fast. 'A not lier year has 3one, yet, it did not seem so fon3 . 'A fot fiaa fiapyenea, and witfiout a secona3(ance. '}[ow everythi1YJ fiad clian3ea, Gut it was fiara to understand. Life syins you arouna as it end(ess[y carries on. Somefiow we ao not 3row fond of tfie many faces as time sfiys afon3. 'As days turn into montfis, the months shaff become many years.

'Ni3Jit

Gy 'An3ef 'Frencli

'l've seen many tfiirtt3s in tfiis can~, most of w(iic{i sicken and destroy m[ insides. '1 fiave 3rown con~[acent. '1 now fiave to deny my senses, quiet my sou[ '1_f '1 fet myse foe( or take in an-ythi11t3 'l've seen '1 wou[~ burst into a thousand_pieces of_pain. 'My mind writ es every ni3lit with tfie tliou3fit of wfiat has (iayyened tfiat day. '1 fiave to force myself ,wt to think, to not comyrefiena wfiat is (iayyenina here. '1j '1 do (et m'ljself think for even a second '1 wiff die, fie wi(( die, tfiey wiff win, and it wi(L6e over. '1 can never fet tliat liayyen.

'l'm frozen, not just yfiysicaffy, 6i1t in time. Seconds no fonaer tick Gy, tfiere are no more hours or days. 'A(( tfiere is is s,ww, co[a, runnin3, and <(eatfi. '1 can't even think, aff '1 can focus on is tfie _ men runnin3 afiead of me. 'Runnin8. to the IwrriG(e Geat of deatlis fin3er drumm~";B_ on their hearts. '1 am comyfete{y num6 now. i[o fon&er aware of_ what is 3oi113 on around: 'if '1 cou(d on{y stay runninafor one moment Ge warm, andsafe andju(( for just one moment, one moment. Sfeey is 110\,V cascading into my mind, forcine my eyeUds to shut for just one moment.

The 'American Wa:1. Gy C(etus the s(acf jawed yoke(

'1 eat ham6ur3ers, and '1 eat fiat c£03s. '1 put 3aso[iine in my car.

'1 watch tefevision shows ((Fu Survivor, 6ut notfiin3 beats eatirl[J sunj{ower seeds.

somecfay 'A. tri6ute to Cficfy Sfwes 6y '.Matt cumnane

'Before you, '1 aidn't know wfiat fove was Love was a concpt, a definition out of the dictionary SomethinB rputed to be inex_p[ica6re' throu3fi words 'A.nd somethinB '1 had never ex_perienced 'But now '1 know wfiat it is

'1 [ove you, '1 think a6out 'JOU arr the time '1n Jact, sometimes '1 think it's crazy 'But when 'l'm witfi you, '1 know it's ,wt '1 want to 6e witli you, '1 want to lw[d you in my arms aff aa:y fon3 Our time to&ether is never {on8 enout3fi.

Someaay, thif185 wiffBet 6etter, time wiff s[ow down for us, or we'ff s_peedfor time, just remem6er that we have eternity at our fin&erti_ps '1 want to 6e witfi you J-,rever, '1 [ove you so much

Someday, everythinB wiff come to&ether but for now, '1 savor every wafinB moment '1 s_pend with you in my arms. '1 fove you.

CDIIURITY COOKIE JAB

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eCommunttv Coolie ar was a Junie cheivement companv formed qua er bV srudents In the Brvan Communltv, to help better understand business and teamwork. The companv was started from scratch, and students made the cookies, sold them, and advertised the product through out the school. Students involved in the Communttv Cookie Jar companv were Sarah Bate, Jared Brehm, Daniel Florez, Charli Hansboro, Jamie Ullman, Josh Sanlev, James Winchester, Tonia Springer, Creonda SilVa, Jennifer Radicla, and Jamie Roach.

llopea Course

Tattoos and piercings are art. However, you can easily contract a disease with inadequate sterilization of needles, ink. and equipment. If you choose to get a tattoo, shop wisely. Select a shop that is well lit, clean, and has a staff knowledged in proper use of their equipment.

Top Selling Books

WHAT WJIS Jill 6REIIT JIND STUFF

Michael Crichton Prey

Stephen King From a Buick 8

IN THE YEIIR 2003!'

James Lee Burke White Doves at Morning

Michael Chabon Summerland

2002 Guinness Book of World Records

PC Games

Age of Mythology

Backyard Sports

Warcraft III

Everquest: Planes of power

Roller Coaster Tycoon 2

Video Hardware

Game Boy Advance

Nintendo Game Cube

Play Station 2

XBox

Top Five on Billboard Radio

Jennifer Lopez All I Have

Ja Rule Mesmerize

B2K Bump, Bump. Bump

50 Cent Da Club

Christina Aguilera

Top Five Albums

Dixie Chicks

orah Jones

Avril Lavigne

J. Lo Beautiful Home

Come Away with Me Mary Star of the Sea Let Go This is Me Then

Top R&B/ Hip Hop Albums

Aaliyah I Care for You

Missy Under Construction

Tyrese I Wanna Go There

Ja Rule The Last Temptation

J. Lo This is Me Then

Movies

Austin Powers in Goldmember

Spiderman

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones

Overall Toy: Barbie as Repunzel

Top Five Vehicles

Ford

Chevy Ford

Toyota Honda F-Series Silverado Explorer Camry Accord

Video Games

Madden NFL 2003

Metroid Prime

Sega Sports NBA 2k3

The Legend of Zelda : The Wind Waker

Socom: US Navy Seals

Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4

WWE Smackdown! Shut your mouth

Prices for 2002- 2003

Cigarrettes

Gum

Jeans

Gas/Gallon

Sweat Shirt

Milk/Gallon

20 oz pop

Average Lunch

Play Station 2

Candy Bar

Video Games

ACTIVITES

Music club

Thank ,au snansars!!

Burlington Northern

Mr. R. Roach

Mr. J. Ortiz

Amigos

Concorde Management

Gallup

Hollywood Bowl

Pepsi

Dietze

Clark Street Daycare

Wal-Mart

Planned Parenthood

Lancaster County

Gale Breed

Cornhusker Bank

Pinnacle Bank

Russ Hanson

Lincoln Lancaster County Health Department

Busters Barbecue

Open Harvest

YMCA

Mary Riepma Ross Theater

_ongratu atzons n uccess u Year.

You 've already read enough this year. so we'll keep this short. Whatever your future may hold , Pinnacle Bank is there to help you with all your financial needs-be it investing , checking or savings. After all , you eventuall y want to move out of your parent's place, don't you ? So keep us in mind , have a safe summer, and once again , congratula t ions.

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