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Ba ttle of th e Band s ki cked off at 6 p.m ., with around 120 pe opl e there. The opening performance w as LHS Drumline , performin g three so ngs. Followin g them up , was Illu sio n Theatre , who pe rfo rmed tw o skits, call ed Cl assism , and the second bein g the ir E mil y skit. Af terward s, UNL 's all boy a Capella g roup, B athtub Dogs, ca me and san g 3 song s, Deep er than my lo ve b y Josh Turn e r, which the y said , was th e first country song they had e ver don e They al so did , I w ant to dan ce with somebody by Whitn ey Ho us to n , and Keep your head up b y And y Grammer.
T he week of Janu ar y sev enth to th e ele venth Stude nt Coun c il brou g ht on a chall e ng e to Lin coln Hi g h S chool s tudent s. As kin g to bu y lan yard s th at said " Peer s for Pe ace."
When bu ying one of th ese lan yard s th e st ud e n ts were aske d to sig n a pl e dge s tati ng th ey will no t bu ll y and will tell a teacher wh en seeing so meo ne ge t bullied. Stude nt C o un cil did a s u rv e y a bout bullyin g w ithin th e h all s of LHS a nd found s ome s h oc kin g an s w e r s The y found th at 84 total stud e nt s we re bulli e d in th e pas t year ; 58 % ha ve been bulli ed or bulli ed so m eo ne el se in th e las t year ;
B e low : St ud e nt Co un c il Me m bers That host the Battle of the B an d s Aga ins t Bull yi ng ral ly (P ho to by Unknow n)
Above : Stud ent s of UNL performs for the Bu ll ying Co ncert. ( Ph oto By Zach Whea t)
By Z ach Wheat
Abo ve From Le ft to Right : Joannah H ej l (9) Cassidy Talady (9) a nd Andy Ngo ( 11 ) speak abo ut the co ncept of A nt i- Bu llyi ng (Ph oto by Zach W hea t)
Above : Will Ro per ( 11 ) play s th e drum s in hi s band (Ph oto by Zach Whe at)
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3 1% say th ey have witne ss ed bullyin g daily ; 56% say th ey have wit nesse d bull yi ng in classrooms; and 70 % have said they witness bu ll ying at leas t once every mo nth
Many ot her teac hers talked to th eir s tu de nts i n A d vi sory asking if th ey rea ll y saw thi s, a nd w hen st ude n ts began s tan d i ng up a n d say in g, "yes" ma n y were shocked.
On e of the teachers t h a t h ad th e m os t emotional opinions was Nan cy Grant-Co l so n, a socia l st udies teacher a nd o ne of the sen ior A d v i sory t eac h ers . Her s tro n gest fears were b ro u g h t to l ife w he n s he heard th e s t a ti s ti cs a bo ut how m uc h stud e nt s saw bull ying w ithin th e classroom "I th ink th e thin g th a t stru c k me th e mos t was knowing how muc h studen ts saw
bullying within the cla ss room ," Grant-Co lso n sai d " It mad e me s ad to think I o verlooked these be hav io rs fo r so man y years. I nee d to stand up a nd take no tice. "
"No t onl y did we hav e a g rea t turnout in ra isi ng mo ney by se llin g lanyard s, we had a great t urn o u t to th e con ce rt ," Stud e nt Council Pre sid e nt E mil y G as pe r sa id Thi s Student C o un c il has s how n a lo t of wa nt a nd des ire to s spread aware ness to s to p ha te eve ryw he re .
Above: Students and teachers begin to file into the Ted Sorensen Theatre and talk about what is to come throughout the night. (Photo By Zach Wheat)
Above: lllu sio n T hea tre stud ents pe rrfo r m fo r th e
a udie nce at Batt le of die Ba nds Aga in st Bull yin g. (P hoto By Zac h Wheat)
Rig ht : Student Co uncil members ( left to right ) Joanna Hejl (9 ) Lynn Diep ( 11) Clara Higg ins ( 9) and Cassidy
Ta lady( I0) - practice their lines befo re goin g o n stage.(Photo By Za ch Wheat)
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Above: Li nco ln H ig h Drum lin e me mbe rs pe rfo r m for the Bands Agai ns t Bull yi ng. ( Ph o to By Zac h Wh ea t)
Be low : ls the Banner St uden t Co un ci l pos ted lo pro mo te peopl e to sig n t he pledge to not b ull y. ( Ph o to by Zac h Whea t)
Above : Jim Rya n(l 2) and Sam Cos te ll o (12) pl ay tb ei r g uit a rs a nd s in g fo r th e Co ncert. Pho to By Zach Wh ea t
Above: C lara Hi gg in s(9) s pea ks to eve ryo ne abo ut what th
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( Ph oto by Zac h Wheat)
Lincoln High is unique in many ways , but one of the most enjoyable things that sets us apart from the other high schools is definitely Festivus. Its the one event that literally every single person in the school can get involved in, and its something that no other school does Each year, sometime during the first month or so of school, students and staff get together outside in the fresh air and just unwind for the afternoon .
Clubs host booths with food, games, activit i es, music, and fun. Its all part of an annual celebration that began as the Back to School Bash in the late nineties It has become Lincoln Highs signature event. "Its about building a community;' Associate Principal and Festivus coordinator Jill Able said "Having a day where students and teachers can have fun, climb a wall against each other, you know compete You can dunk your favorite teacher or administrator whatever the case may be:'
Organizers and students tried to make it not only a fun activity, but also a way to benefit the school by raising some extra money. Each student got four free tickets to spend on whatever they wanted, but they also bought more This year we sold out before the day of the actual
1 event. "We sold more tickets [20,000] than we every have before;' Able said Clubs got to keep any extra funds they raised to help them with activities during the school year "It means building a sense of community and having that fun time for teachers and students to make connections:'
A bove: Kh oa g uye n (1 1) pi es a Po m alink
Ph ot o by B roo ke Putty
Some of those connections came in the form of healthy competition between students and staff. Students signed up to challenge specific staff members on a variety of equipment, from the rock wall and the obstacle course to jousting Senior Abigail Young defeated Spanish teacher Amy Stetson on the joust. "Before I went on the joust with Mrs. Stetson, I motivated myself w ith a lemonade and some hot wings;' Young said.
Senior Sam Allen went head to head (but lost) against German Teacher Marissa Wanamaker. "I didn't even do a dry run," Wanamaker said beforehand. "I just wanted to make it a fair race:' Allen suspected that his opponent might have an edge "She rides her bike to school everyday;' Allen said In the end, the faculty won more events than the student challengers (6-4), but it was all in good fun
The line at the dunk tank never let up, and the Pie-aPomalink booth had a steady stream of customers The egg rolls flowed, and the music kept everyone moving all afternoon long.
As the bell rang signaling the end of the school day, students were still squeezing in the last moments of another Lincoln High Festivus celebration, and some seemed reluctant to leave. How many other schools can say that?
from a country far, far away..... .
Lincoln High is a Class A school with about 1,600 students, many of whom have come form all over the world.
We all participate in different activities, and our Interests, hobbies, ways of life, and home lives are what make us unique.
But we also conned with each other in a variety of ways. We share experiences and bring different perspectives to our daily routines .
Below are just a few students who came to LHS from far-off places. Our individual tales are now woven together to make a new story We are now part of each others' lives.
And our experiences and perspectives are what make LHS stronger, richer, and mor diverse
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Victoria moved from Jalisco , Mexico to the United States just a few months ago. She prefers Mexican food over American food. A couple of holiday traditions she celebrates are Day of the Dead and The Night of the Kings. She plans on going to college to become an animal vet.
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Grace and Paska are from Juba in Southern Sudan. Paska is from the tribe of Bari and Muru. A favorite food is Sambusa which is like a large triangular fried eggroll with beef and carrots and seasonings and vegetables. School is very important. They hope to finish strong, graduate, go to college, and nmk.e their parents proud. They nave more choices here, but there the sense of responsibility is stronger, and people are more connected. Some day they would like to go back to improve their home country.
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'Berivan has (ived her who(e (fe in the 'US~ Gut her cufrure i s directedfrom 'Kurdistan, 'lraq. She says that f ami(y is the most inyiortant thina, and nothing comes Gqore that. One hoUdays that come from her cufrure is 'Ramadan. Which is for one month th ey can't eat from sunrise to sunset. 'Durina this Jastin8 they refrain from eatina, drinkina, and smokin8.
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EhTee Came from Thailan in 2008 to the USA Her family chose Nebraska because other family members liv ed here . Another reason they moved to the USA is for a better future and free education. In Thailand the rule s in school are different. You have to bow your head to your teachers, if you can 't pay for school you don 't get to 90 , and its more strict with homework and grades. A quote she lives by is "Try hard and never give up. "
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While most students were enjoying their last few days of summer vacation traveling, at the pool, and barbecuing, 98 freshmen were getting to know Lincoln High School. This past summer marked the 3rd annual Summer Bridge Program. The program was created to help incoming freshmen transition into high school. During the days of July 31 to August 3, the freshmen and their coordinators participated in many different activities. One of these many activities was the rope course. The students go out to a ropes course in Ashland, Nebraska in groups. There, they did many climbing activities and although it was extremely hot , they had a lot of fun with ropes while fighting off bees and sweat nies. They also had a ton of fun climbing the rock wall. Another activity was they made a handprint banner with their handprints that they will have at their graduation. The students also took a school tour in which they were led by 10th graders who were in the Summer Bridge Program the previous year. Many sophomores who participated in the program last year came back as leaders to the freshman. The students had a picnic with the families in the cafeteria, withe food that was generously donated from different places including KFC. Freshman Emily Hancock, who attended all four days, says, "My favorite part was . meeting new people." The 98 freshmen participated in a scavenger hunt that was designed to duplicate the reality TV show ' The Amazing Race' which turned out to be one of the favorites. Students had different classrooms and different parts of the school to go to, and once they got there, they had a clue they had to figure out where to go next. Isabella Spaulding said, "With the scavenger hunt, we had to go all around, so when I got here, I wasn ' t lost at all." The four-day program helps student get comfortable with the school, meet stuoents they might have classes with, and build relationships with teachers and administrators. "It's a program we developed to help incoming freshmen feel more comfortable at Lincoln High School." Coordinator Kim Szelag said. "We want to do what we can to make 9th graders feel like part of the school before they even an-ive." The students that took part in the program are encouraged to take part in the Summer Bridge Program next year as leaders of the new freshmen. "We learned a lot about teamwork and stuff like that. I would like to be a bridge leader next year." Freshman Laura Tharnish said. "It helps students meet new people there that you'll see around." The other popular activity was climbing the rock wall. As popular as it was, freshman Andres Diaz- Debose didn ' t participate in the climb. "I don't really like heights so I didn't go on the rock wall, but the rest was pretty fun. " The students met new people and got to know the school, while having fun in just four days. It's clear that the program was both a helpful and fun experience for the new freshmen.
RIGHT: Sophomore Leaders
Maluba Mudundulu and Emily Reed Stop to pose with freshmen , T'""" Sp,h,.
LEFf: Cody Hoaglin (9), Jake Skarp (9). and Christian Stoneall- Nelson (9) have fun pulling the rope.
fellow students at the ropes course.
LEFf: Jordan Smith (9) concentrates while having fun doing a rope activity
ABOVE: Students line up at the ropes course and get ready in the blazing hot weather
Al I Photos Courtesy Of Kim Szelag
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Above: Players from LHS and Fremont playing in lhe home{Ā·oming game on Friday, October 12, 2012.
Highl: LHS Alumni being acknowledged al lhe homecoming game.
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ove Left: LHS sl udenls Ā·hcer for lhe roolbt1U play ed. All of the LHS s tudent body was s tomping their feet in excitement and cheering with the ove: LH S lt)('klc-s Frecheer leaders The fans knew we weren't going to catch up with Fremont during the seco nd half monl of the game , but they didn ' t care. They all were cheering knowing we were lo sing Everyone in the s tand s wanted the team to know we had their back , no matter what the out come of the game ottom Left: LHS JV cheerwas. They did thi s because we never want the team to give up , so we didn 't give up either. )ct1ders ill lhe homecom-
Yes , the game was a bit of a se t back for u s, and hopefully next year we will do better. Ju s t know that if teams have a great audience cheering them on, they will have the courage to do their be st. Even though the sco re was 41 to 7 we still want to s upport the lo sing team because we are s upportive There were also LHS alumni watching the game from a separate stand where them and their family could sit and watch the game. Everyone in the alumni stand s were acknowledged and photos were take n . One of our so phomore s, Maygen Middleton , was extremely su rpri sed by the outcome of the game, none of her friends under stoo d why s he had that much of an emotional attachment to the game.
The great thing about the night was the marching band. They had one of the be s t performance s I have see n. You could almost call the performance as "perfec t] y ex qui s ite. " By the ending of the night we had lo st the game but everyone wasn't sa d , no , not on this night because they were waiting for the dance Thus , ending the night with dancing , laughter, and balloon popping.
jght: everyone is clapping their hands to the Cha-Cha slide. Phot
By:Marlene Rashidi(ll)
New shoes , new outfits , and a new hair style to show off our Lincoln High school spirit as students file in the south doors of Lincoln High reminising about the game , shouting and screaming come from around the corner in south gym where our yearly Homecoming dance is held This year the theme to our dance was , "Candy Craze. " I thought it wouldnt be that big of a hit but everyone really got into the school spirit and put a little color in there "swag " this year to show that candy craze was a really colorful time to spend with their friends . Just dancing and having a blast with friends could have been possible without the set up from our Lincoln High Student Council. Mckenzie Clein said, "I am very excited to experience my first homecoming dance , and to see all my friends. " With the hard work of Lincoln High Student Council this year we had a great turn out with the decorations . Many of the students posed by the master pieces of candy spread throughout the swimming pool hallway. As the night began to come to an end and the Royalty was about to be announced and the students were getting excited. The big reveal that everyone was waiting for was who was going to get Queen. As Emily Gasper (12) and Meghan Biegert (12) stand beside eachother and wait the results Emily hears her name called and Meghan Biegert (12) being a very good sport gives Emily Gasper (12) a hug and congratulates her for winning homecoming queen for 2012.
Above: Lincoln High ' s Homecoming 2013 Royalty (Back Row , Left to Right)
Piince ss : Allison Holt , Prince : Landon Beard, King: D.J Castillo , Queen : Emily Ga s per. (Front Row , Left to Right) Duke : Blake Costello , Duchess: Cas s idy Taladay , Lady: Rebecca Haug , Lord: Caleb Martin
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Below: farrah Whitebutterfly (11) flaunts her red and black hair during 8th period. She is wearing a peach little jacket and some black shorts. She describes her stylf.c--a-=s -----------4 original. Photo by Marisol Sanchez:
Abo ve: E'milo Garc ia (9 ) p oses for a fa shion ph o to during 8 th period in th e so uth building th i rd floor east h allway. Emilio is wearing red an d white van s, gold n eckl ace, and a black button up shirt. He d esc ribe s hi s styl e as "Vintage" Ph o to by Je' kerra Hopp e r
fashion photo in Wes during second period. ar describes her style inal. She is wearing a I cil skirt, brown heel sh ts and a blue striped lo hirt. Photo by Ari
Emma Craig
poses for the Fashion photo during eight period in the east hallway. Emma describes her style as chic ,casual and girly Photo
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oses elegantly for a fashion lli:"'i~oillH ~photo in the media center -during 2nd period. Wilson describes her style as, "cute and "girly " She is wearing a white f cardigan , hot pink dress, and a pair of brown ankle boots
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poses for a fashion picture during 8th on the 1st floor. He is wearing a red v-neck some blue skinny jeans and white slip on shoes He describes his style as classy.
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Left: J Tran 11) describes her style:as "Pfeli>y." Tran is wearingi:bot pirfc, polyster jacket with a blat polo shirt and blackJe811s. he is carrying a knitted, one sh ulder, multicolotered bag and on her head is a sparkly, silv headband
Photo b Martha Martinez.
Aove: Tai Mai(] 1) poses for a fashion photo during second period in South hallway. Mai is wearing a black jacket, blue jeans, and white high tops. Tai describes his style as "casual".
Photo by Jason Velder
Above: Thien Phan (11) poses for a fashion photo during 8th period in the main building during the 1st floor, East Hallway. Thien is wearing a Jean shirt, necklace, Vans, Skinny Jeans, and Bracelets. He describes his Style as "G+1". Photo by Je'kerra Hopper
Right: Alexis Graewe ( 11) poses for a fashion photo during 8th period in the 3rd Floor South Building. Graewe is wearing a Lincoln High
girl's basketball shirt, a white hoodie, red Nebraska sweat pants, black Nike socks, and black Jordan sandals. She describes her style as "athletic:'
Shazia Qadir(12) ion photo in the I' period. She des pretty. Photo by
FRESHMEN Ā· LO'R'DS ~'lf'D L~'D'l!ES
~e was once a huge castle in .L the middle of a small city. Be, hind its gates were the most artistic, creative, athletic, and scholarly se, niors in the whole town. They began their high school joumies just four years before, but those years seemed to slip right from underneath them, and their senior year passed by in a flash. Though they will never forget their previous years at Lincoln High their senior year stuck out the most.
Senior year was hectic with col,
lege visits/applications, clubs, activi, ties, and on top of all that they still had to keep up with homework.
The last year of high school isn't just about these things. It was about building friendships and maybe even meeting your high school sweetheart. But more importantly it was about strengthening the Link that has held every Lincoln High student together for more than 100 years.
Onning into high school fresh, man year and entering the gates of
the great Lincoln High Palace was a life--changing experience. Most say it's not like any other school. In its own way it was like a fairytale, and flip, ping through the pages of your class yearbook brings back the memories that were once your reality. We think to ourselves, "Are those days really over?"
And when it's all said and done, the gates close, and we realize that it's only the beginning of a happily ever after.
Joel Alvarado
Ashley Brooks
Alex Buser
Benie Buzi
Francisco Cacho Cameron CampbeU Darren Canby
Carla Cardona
Nick Coleman Cameron Co llier Chyrone Collier Ariel Comer Chase Contreras Aaron Cook
Kurstin Dean Crystal Decoteau Donald Delaine Claire Delaney Adelina Deleon
Nicholas Deyong
Nam Di
Ethan Diamant
Jordan Diaz
Mara Didrichsons
Bao Doan
Uyeo Doan Mickayla Doeden Karina Dominguez Rebecca Dom Austin Dredge Muamera Dmda
Gateway to the world.
Life for senior Tea Ilic is an adventure every time she travels to a new place. Tea was born in Hamburg, Germany and moved to Lincoln, Nebraska when she was three and a half. Every summer Tea visits her grandparents in Croatia. Hit's a different world. Ten times the better life, " Tea says about Croatia. Going back every summer has shown Tea how great her life is in the U.S. and how fortunate she is to have the things she does. "Sometimes I take things for granted. " Things there are different from what she is used to here. " When I go back there every summer they (her family in Croatia) think I'm that crazy American girl."
That's not the only place she ' s been. Tea has been all around the U.S. During winter breaks and spring breaks she' s travellng to different places. Tea ' s mom ' s Job involves a lot of traveling so it gives Tea the opportunity to travel along.
Her next dream destination Australia! Tea has an aunt who lives in A ustralla , and she would love to go visit her soon. Her dream ls to travel around the world. HWhen you travel you get grasps of different cultures , ethnicities, and personalities, " Tea says. Tea doesn ' t only want to travel, though. She also wants to help others while doing ft. She is planning on Joining the Peace Corps after graduating from UNL. She has already completed 10 hours of service by helping out around local Catholic and Christian churches. She organized and helped set up fundraisers and donations. "You only live once, so why not?"
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Samanth a Eddin s Lind a Edward s
Joe Griffin Whitney Gropp Paul Guerrero Stephan Gugat Socorro Guiza Dai,y Guiza Beltran
Austin Hilton Huong Hoang Kim Hoang
Trung Hoang
Eli Hoffman
Her father , cousin, and uncle all attended Lincoln High , so senior Jayden Smith was destined to be a Link. Smith attended Southeast her fre shman and sophomore years but never really liked it. She always felt like she didn ' t fit in over there. Ā· 1he atmosphere there didn ' t blend in w,\th my personality. I felt like I couldn ' t be myself, " Smith says She was never happy there and wanted to go to Lincoln High so she talked to her counselor and got transfer papers
Anxious to go home and tell her parents how she was feeling , she wrot e a list of pros and cons of leaving to present to them After telling them what she wanted they told her to sleep on it and make a decision in the morning She had her mindset and knew exactly what she wanted
Coming into Lincoln High as a junior wasn't easy. Leaving her friends and the Southeast band made things harder, but she knew she would be happy Her first day went great, and she loved Lincoln High 1 just think Lincoln High is th e most amazing school," Jayden says about LHS. She is a head drum major for the Marching Band and precisionist in the Jazz Connections. She volunteered at Madonna ' s Rehabilitation Hospital, the Community Blood Bank, and volunteered time helping out the band She is in the Red Cross club and You ng Conservatives.
She has defin itely found her place at Lincoln High and doesn ' t regret switching ~c ho ols. Ā· Peopl e here ac ce pt you for who you are It was definitely one of th e best decisions I've made :
Some say she has the voice of an angel. Senior Jamie Tran is involved in Jazz Connections, Musical Theatre, and Marching Band. She is also in four different Honor Choirs at UNL, Doane College, Hastings College, and UNK. She got picked to sing at these colleges out of about 400-1000 people! Jamie was the only Link to attend All-State at UNL. "It doesn't matter how long I've performed , I'm always nervous before I do," Jamie says about performing in front of people. After High School Jamie will be attending the University of Nebraska- Omaha.
Zach Wheat and Jamie Tran perform in Jazz Connections on March 5 , 2013 Photo By Kylee Johnson
Jesus Noriega Danielle Nzihou Batsa Mario Ocegueda Gomez Sandra Ojeda Jessica Ojeda Alonso
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Andraya Peery
Emanuel Perdomo
Carlos Perez Barrientos Ch ristine Pershing
Andrew Peterson Leah Pflum
Daniel Phan Kenny Phillips
Brooke Putty
Ni cholas Rinke
For i-nost of us clancIng isn't the easiest thing to clo. but for senior Trung 1-ioang 't cort1es al111ost naturally. Hoang v,as born 111 Bien Hoa. V1etnal'l1. His first perfo1"17ance was there at his olcl high school where he perforrt1ecl 111 front of 6 000 people at a gracluat:on cerel'l7011y. The ceret'l1ony 1ncluclecl stuclents gracles 1st to 12th ancl their fal'l1il1es. teachers. and staff 1'17el'l7bers. He v,as only 15 years olcl then and had one of the best perfort'l1ances that clay Hoang 1'170vec1 to c..1ncoln. NE. when he was 16 years old. E.ver since then Trung has beeri help1rig out arou11d the C01'111'11UhIty by volunteering. For seven l'l1011ths he volunteered every 5aturclay frot'l1 2 P-1'11- to 3:00 P-1'11- on a V1etnal'l7ese rac::1I0 stat.'on. He would talk about ,1'17Porta11t things going on 111 V1etnarr. thĀ·-igs happe11111~ arou11cl the cot-nt'l1unity, ancl he would cover world news. "'"rung stopped doirg that so he could volunteer his whole Saturday at church. Trung Is in two da11ce groups- r.,:;round b':ro at Lincoln High and Mt'N-L1on Dance rearr He also teaches k.1c1s ages 10Ā· 13 to cla11ce. "lheyre passionate about c1anc1r>g and they Just want to perfort'l1 for fun. hoang says about his studentc,. The L1or, Da11ce Is a trad1t1oral dance where the dancers put on a Ior, costume ancl mImIc a 1011. The ciance s a symbol of wealth realth. and luck. The dance consists of two people 111 one costume. rur;g wears the head and sits 011 his part11er's head or shoulders. Inside the he.,,d ne has levers and string to pull on to rnake the eyes. e>,,t'S. and rrouth r,,ove. It took Tn.,ng about a year to !eam the dance. '!<: was orie of the hardest cl3nc<:>s I've lear11ed.' -rung says; about the Joh Darice. He performs at weddings store operiIr>gs aricl c1urI11g the Lu>-.:;r 1ev, Year 'l feel a>ixā¢ous aricl excited every time I perform." //1th harcl worl: clhd pract ice ~rurig f-loatv.i 1s ro,, one out of four rnaI11 dclncers.
Milica Saric
Tha Say Koryan Sawo
Sable Sawyer
Jacqueline Schaaf Jacob Sc hmit
Brian Warne
D'marquieyon Whittington Ory Wickizer
Natalie Wiebelhaus Bryteece' Williams Kaleigh Williams Kirsten Williams
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Abigail Young Emily Young
Vanesa Zelada
CHA.PTE~ 11:
'By 'Rojeen Yousif&' 'Nesita Smitli-'Ho(den
;&zing a junior is mostly about oni thing: gifting closir to sinior yiar. 1)ou start off high school at thi bottom of a castli's towir, and as you movi up it gits hardir and hardir. By thi timi you git to bi a junior it'S liki biing niar thi top with just a littli climbing lift to do to. 1)ou'ri almost doni with high school, but not quiti thiri yit, and thi littli way you havi lift is thi motivation to finish.
""Junior yiar is usually thi hardist yiar bicausi you havi to rially focus," Jasmini Kudron said. ""Junior yiar difinitily has hardir classis, but at liast wi git to graduati soon," f arrah Whiti :Buttirfiy said. '(Imal Khalaf says, "":&ling a junior mians you havi to stay on track to maki suri you graduati on timi." Junior yiar is thi biginning of thi ind of your storybook.
A be be, Malac hi Abe be, Marytza
Ac he n , Z ac h ari ah Afshoo n K ar, Fares
A l-Jib ory, Ad il
A l-S aa di, A li
A latorre, K acie
A lb e rs, B ri ttany
A ll ey, H ay ley
A ll goo d , Co d y
A lsaadi , H am za
An de rso n , Wi ll iam
Are nd s, Sy m one
Arn o ld , Jon ath on
A u stin , A bb ie
Av i s, K y le
Aye, A un g
B ai ley Cas till o, Phi llip
Baker, Taylor
Barr, Holly
Baxter, Kyly
Beard , Landon
Beltran Garcia , Jaime
Berg , Matthew
Berry, Darian
Biegert , Rachael
Bitz, Olivia
Bornstein , Lillian
Bradford , Taichae
Brandt , Amy
Brock , Raquel
Brooks , Breonna
Brown , Jacob
Bruyette , Erica
Buettgenbach , Kiers ten Bui , Penny
Burmei s ter , Chloe
Bustamante , Brenda
Camacena Cueva s, Erika
Carmona Beltran , Marisol
Carpenter, Alexsis
Catalano , Isabella
Cather, Charlyn
Chau , Dung
Chistopol s kaia , Alena
Chol , Nania
Chri s ten se n, Dean
Clark , Evan
Clemen s, Je ss ica
Cope, Henrionce
Cortez Ramos, Irma
Crane , Lari ssa
Cresen , Larry
Crosby , Cody
Crouch, Ethan Crowe, Sabrina
Curtis-Beard, Charlie
Dampeer, Levester
Dang, Tho
Darden , Christine
Dickason, Morgan Diep,Lynn
Dierking, Marissa
Dimagno, Sarah Do , Christie
Dominguez , Anna
Dorn , Barbara Dreith , Zachary Duong, Thanh
Duoth , Nyacbar
Durham, Lexus Dykes, Ciara
Edison, Jame s Ekker, Nataly Elias, Diyar Elias, Sawsan
Engell, Antonio Escorcia Fernandez, German
Fellows , Savanna Fielder, Brandon Findlay, Craig Fisher, Emma Fletcher, Thomas Flores-Cortes, Michelle
Flowers, Larissa Fritz, Rachel
Galloway, Devontay Garcia, Martin Garvey , Jes se Gibson, Demetre
Gibson -Shields , Nastassja
Godsey, Taylor
Gonzalez Herrera , Jose
Gonzalez Zepeda, Pedro Graewe , Alexis
Green, Grace Greger , Alex
Griffin , Brianna
Groft, Walt
Guiza Beltran , Sergio
Haar, Jenny
Hadgi , Rima
Hagima , Asako
Haller , Samantha
Hamo , Is maeil
Harris, Lenzell
Hawkins , Tiara
Heiden, Tommy
Heier, Sim
Helms , Ashley
Helmstadter , Payton
Herbert, Kylie
Herman , Chandler Hernandez, Debbie
Herrera, Gabriela
Herrington , Wesley
Hesson , Jake
Hinrichs , Tori
Hite, Vontesa
Hite, Vontesaya
Hollamon, Mara
Holt, Allison
Hood , Amanda
Hopper, Je ' Kerra
Hosang , Elsa Howard , Deja
Htoo, Khu
Hu ynh , L o ng
H ybe rger , G ag e
Iwa nsk i, Sky ln
J e nki n s, D ant av io u s
J ime nez , E li z ab eth
J i me nez G arcia, Y e im y
J im e nez Garc ia, G a brie la Jone s, I saiah
Jo nes, Z acc h ae us
Kars ti ng, Sara
K as h- Bro wn , L eah
Kastle r , Kimb erly
Kem pel, Brian na Khal af, Am al
Kh ec hfe , N adia
Khu al , Su a n
Kin gs ton , R ac hel
Kinni so n, C a mero n
Kirke nd oll , Ha ve n
Kir sc hb a um , Steph e n
Kohl ei, Jas min e Kos mos, Cody
Koun g, Nyano ng Kp aw , Wah
Kral , Th omas
Kra uel , Danie ll e
~ st people who transfer to a new school are behind and unaware of what is going on in class. Now imagine transferring from not on/ya new school, but also a new state. Junior Jordan Markham moved to Lincoln recently from Athens , Georgia offer his mother got a job at the UNL.
With only 3 weeks in the semester, he says he is ready c to take his Geography final. His counselor, Sue Dutton , says Jordan's grades are outstanding. "I'm most interested in math ; and science classes," Markham says t Mostly all of the classes he is taking are advanced placement (APJ classes Jordan plans on going to college offer high school . "/ plan on being an
9ngineer later on." Markham sister Melia 'v1arkham, a sophomore here, is in the 18 'Jrogram.____.., ::ents here."
Lincoln High reminds Markham of his first high school in Wisconsin. He says people in Lincoln don't talk how he is used to in Georgia. "Well for one, people don't talk with southern ac-
While he likes it here in Nebraska, he ,ays ifs a little windier than he is used to. Jordan is enjoying his time at Lincoln High Jnd we are glad to have him part of our ::hain.
Kreifels , Chase
Ku , Tha
Kudron, Jasmine
Kuznetsov , Dmitry Kyle, Curtis Lanik, Eve
Larue, Chelsie
Laseniek s, Ezra
Lashley , Danielle
Lawrence , Vivi
Leija , Ana
Lemus Ort iz, Yesenia Liddy, Morgan
Long -Hawkins , Kamaya
Lopez Dominguez , Maday
Lopez Dominguez , Maria
Lopez Guiza , Emmanuel
Lopez Perez , Eduardo
Lopez Perez , Jose Lott , Jazi
Lucas, Julie
Lussier , Jordan Mai, Sandy Mai, Tai
Malone , Hannah Mang, Nang
Martin , Daniel Juniors
ABOVE: Jordan Markham (11) [in the blue sweatshirt under the flag) reads his history book in Jeff Pierce 's 6th period Geography class . Photo by Rojeen Yousif
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N as tin , Nikita
N el se n, E li za beth N ewbury , D all as
N go , And y
N g uye n, Binh
N g uye n, H oa
N g uye n, H oa ng
N g uye n, Kh oa
N g uye n, L oe
N g uye n, Qu ang
N g uye n, Tam
N g uye n, Thu y Ob ermu ell er , Trevo r
O gburn , Brea nn a O gden, Trip
Ok eng, W alk er
Ol g uin C havez , Jon ath an Ol se n, Ch ayse
Ol so n, Jo shu a Orti z Ju ar ez, V al eri a O so ri o , Carri e
Othlin g, Hunter
Owu su- An sa h, Frank
Page l er , Rac hel
Paic e, Trevo r Park s, K eiteya na Paw , H se r
Paw, Tha Peake , A very Perez-Pesina, Heladio
Perry, Sierra Phan, Thien Philippi , Kylie
Phipps, Austin
Phipps , Coltin Plugge, Sarah
~hi was running across thi gym and ;BOOM, thi ball hit hir in !hi faci. K.iifayana Parks <1 1> d~ribis what hapP\lnid at a volliyball gami. "It was imbarrassing and hurt. 1did fiil bitfar whin liki two othirs also got hit. Parks has biin atknding bti~ for thrii yiars. ~hi plays volliyball and do~ track. ~hi is a straight- '(1 studint and hoT„S to ~o to Kansas ~tak afkr high school. "l haw likicfKansas ~tali iwr sinci 8lh gradi."
Photo by ;Brianna tiunt
Prentice , Bryan
Prinsloo, Jenny
Pritchard , Hunter Quinn, Rian
Ramos, Marco Rashidi , Marlene
Ratumaimuri, Tony Reh, Lu
Reineke , Zoe Rezac, Sarah Rivers , Sage Roach, Marion
Roberts , Alyssa Robinson , Jayquawn
Robinson, Sierra Rodriguez , Alejandra Rodriguez , Magali Rodriguez, Maximino
'flmy ;Brent <1 1>strik~ a po Sll- in th iz Mizdie Cizntizr during hizr study hell. "e'vizryon iz alway s do~ th iz sam iz po Sll- in pictur~ , so I went izd to do so miz-. thing diffriznt:' shiz said. 'flmy is r izelly into Th izetriz &>hiz perticipet ~ in ell th iz shows end is on Thizetriz ;Board. ;Brent is also en 1;]3 studiznt With out standing grad~ &>hiz sa ys / r;J3izing in 1;]3 hes pr~ r iz end hi gh izxpizcte itons whi ch can biz a lot for enyon iz."On bizing a junior, ;Brent sa ys, "II can go so fe si. I don't biz liiz viz I'm goin g to biz a Sll-nior nizxt yizer. 11,s crazy!" ;Brent is izxcit izd to grnduet iz end
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Rodri g uez S id g ma n , Ca rl a
Rod riqu ez De l, Ri o, Jes us
Ro ma n- Perez, U ri e l
Ro mero, Ro be rt o
Ro per, Will Ross , A li ec ia
Ro te rt , Dy lan
Rui z, Ri card o
Ru sse ll , Nid gah
Sac htl e be n , Th eo do re
Sak ill a, Re becc a
S a lt e r, Blake
S a nc hez, Leah
S a ndin , Al ex
Sar ge nt , Je nay
Sc huurm a ns, R ace
S ha mo, R oz a
S hee, Lah Bw e
Sh e ph e rd , Brandon
Sh e rm a n , Jo e y
S ho ka i, Yo hanna
Si e fk e r, Ry lee
S ie rrn, Dimitri a
S mith H o ld e n, N es ita
Smith Ho ld e n , N o nyea
Snid e r, J esse
Snyd e r , Maso n
Sorge, Jordan
Spencer, Angela
St Martin , Adrian
St. George , Jaiden
Stanley , Caleb
Staton , Makayla
Stine, Mary
Stroman , Jacob Sullivan , Marvin
Swetland, Micah
Swope , Madeleine
Tate, Devin
Taylor, Aaron
T ay lor , Bobbi
T e rmaat , Gabriel
Te s home, Soreti
Tharnish, Erin
Thie sse n, Caleb
Tikal s ky , Mack~nzie
Todd , Christopher
Torre s Arizaga , Cynthia
Tran, Eric
Tran , Luck y Tran , Thommy
Tran, Tuan
Tuang , Gal
Tunberg , Sadie
Uiterwaal, Stella
Ve ga Rodri g uez , Maribel
Vella , Shiyan
Waechter , Emma Louise
Wagnitz, Brian
Wah, Hse r
Wah , Hku
Wah , Paw
W a llace, Miata
Not Pieturid E~7J.~Smei,
Brenden Dewitt
Wanamaker, Dietrich
Waters, De s irae
Wenciker , Joey
Wheat , Jo se phine
White Butterfly , Farrah
White , Joel
Wiebe, Victoria
Wiggins, Deunte '
Wilford , Erin
Wilken, Cacey
Williams , De s hawn
Williams , Sativah
Wilson , Sammi
Wilson, Trevor
Wilson , Ty so n
Wimer, Eric
Witherspoon , Jordan Woods , Til a
Worley , James
Wras se, Parker
Wuol , Guandong
Yousif, Rojeen
Zempleni, Anika
Zimmerman , Holli
Kenneth Jones
Juaquin Luera
Daniel Slivka-Molina
Shania Williams
Sabrina Barbella
Tommy Lathrop
Tasha Leach
Kragen Ritter
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Photo by 'Vimitria ~iizrrn
Addison, Jekyhria
Agena, Riley Aguilar, Brian Ahrnose, Jama Al-Kazahy, Ali Al-Waely, Mortadha Allen , Bethany
Allen , Venus Anderson, Qua 'ya nna
Arevalo Castillo , Silvia Arizola, Sophia Arkfeld, Taya Askar, Malik Ayala Tapia , Joel
Baker, Sai Veon Barakat, Farhan Barth, Cohren Bayer, Sam Bearkiller, Halona Belt, Chris Beltran Tinoco , Jaqueline
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Benck , Jessica
Birch, Tehya
Bista , Anie
Blessing , Lloyd
Bohaty , Quentin
Bray , Kailoni
Brenagh , Brianna
Bre nn ecke, Spencer
Brock , Timothy
Brook s, Laney
Brown , Mayte
Brunner, Kel sea
Bryan , Anthony
Burda , Ceci li a
Burkhardt , Beranna
Burritt , Bradon
Bu stamante , Ashley
Ca lh oun , Montez
Camacena Morale s, Mayra
Campbe ll , Jeremy
Carmona Ponce, Vanessa
Carranco Buenro stro , Fabian
Carrillo Moreno , Antonio
Carter, Garett
Carva ll o , S tep han ie
Ca s tillo Padilla , Jaqueline
Chavira Gonz a lez, Zaira
C herry, Marcelle s
C hi s ho lm , Abigai l Cobb, Juanita
Co leman, Jaida ly ne Co lli e r, Raven
Comer , Donavon
Cook , Brandon
Costello, Blake
Craig , Emma
Crawford-Thie l, A ll yson
Cruz , A lexis
Cruz, Garret
C udd y, Frank
Frank Cuddy, Garrett Griffin, and Jose Blanro Perez (Io~ Photo by Dimitria Sierra
D araji , Fa rn az
D araji , Sa naz
D av is, Jami e
D e la no, Al a n
D e lga do, A ma nd a
D e lga do, M o ni ca
D erou lette, Izzy
Dit so n, Zac hery
D od ge, Jose ph
D omin g uez, Alfre d o
D oo ley, Are n
D orffle r, D ece
Dorffler, P a trick
Do uglass , Billi e Dut , A lut
Dyas, R o bert
D ye r , S havo nn e
Eig bret t , Mi ca h
E li as, Di a na
Epps, D o miniqu e
E rn s t , Joce lyn
Ew in gs, J e rrin
Fal co n , D av in a
Far me r, Al ex
F lores, An ge l
F lores, Mari a h
Fo rsyth , Ph oe be
Fo wl er , D a A nd re
Fra nkl in , Vi c tor
F rey, John
Froofe rh o use, Ma rqu etta
Gad e ke n , L y la
Ga ll a rdo -Fra nklin , Kev in
Garc ia, G av in
G arza, Vi c tor ia
G a unt , Bri a nn a
Go ld e ns te in , A li so n
G o nzalez, A lejandra
G o nza lez B all i na, M ari o
Go rd o n, G ra nt
Sophomore s
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When you think of fairytales you think of love or princesses, but that's not all fairyt_ales.
Meosha Wallace said, "I would have been Cinderalla but she gets treated badly, so I pick Rapunzel."
1'.ierra Ward explained, "I want to be -. ⢠⢠R the princess with the long hair, and I want to be the wolf in the Three Little Pigs."
Lyla Gadeken said, "My favorite fairytale is '5hrek, bemuse in the story '5hrek isn1 the best looking guy and the princess still loves him for who he is."
Jose Blanco Perez also explained, "I want to be Donkey in '5hrek bemuse he is funny and always happy like me." Fairytales are always fun.
Grady , Kyle Graff, Isaac
Graves, Brittney
Gray, Jenna
Green, Ayanna
Greggs , Travious
Greser, Morgan Griffin, Garrett
Guern, Ja so n
Guerrero , Victor
Guiza , Luiz
Hadley , Ben
Haeffner , Mckenzie
Hahn , Andrew
Hamann , Megan
Hameed , Sarah
Hammond , Kiarra
Handy , Donella
Harmon , Jordan
Hein , Cassie
Herbel , Chelsea
Hernandez Domingue z, Jose
Hernandez Zavaleta , Jasmine
He sso, Bayan
Hillebran, Holly
Hoaglin, Cody
Hoaglin , Erin
Hoang, Trang
Holden , Saleem
Holman , Alex
Honnor , Thoma sse n Howard , Jasmine
Htoo, Bo
Htoo , Care Roh
Htoo, Ku
Hubl , Caelum
Hurtado , Raul
Huynh , Toan
ltzen, Ashley
Ivory , Orlando
Jackson , Jaida
Jensen, Anders
Jilg-Brown , Jaden
Johns , Ciera
John so n , Blazek
Johnson , Kylee
Johnson , Nick
John so n, Sydney
Jones, Kylee
Jone s, Tykele
Jones , Tyquan
Jo se ph , Christina
Ka sse ris , Anna
Kausch-Varley , Ceara
Keller , Johan
Khual , KhuaJ
Kim , Soowan
Knapp, Brianna
Kroe se, Robby
Kuku , Guma
Kulovac , Lejla
Kuo) , Nya se bit
Lai sy, Athena
Laravie, Mont_oya
L arav ie , Steve
Larson , Uta
Lass , Jo s hua
Le , Peter
Le , Trang
Leazer , Leonard Lewis , Tiauna
Lofton , Georgia
Lott , Adrianna
Lottman , Andrea
Luethje , John Lujan, Wilmer
Majid , Sonoor
Jason Towery (10) on Black and Red day for Spirit Week. Photo by Mallak Muhammad.
Majo, Fa dhil
Majo, Naji
Malcom , A lb erto
Maldonado , Ed uardo
Marshall , S hya nn
Marshall, Taylor
Martin, Kolton
Martin, Kristan
Martinez , Emi li a
Martinez, Martha
Martinez Suazo , Devin
Martinez Suazo , Edwin
Maschman, Jayson
Maughan , Marissa
Maxwell , Nickolas
Mayhew , Jonathan
McBride, Apassia
McCarter, A ustin
McConnell, Victoria Mclachlan, Trevor
Medina, Julia
Medina-Jordan, E li s ia
Mendoza, Rafael
Merliss , Rac he le
Meskin , Baran
Michalski , A li v ia
Michalski, Wade
Middleton , Maygen
Miller, Nathan
Miller-Schell , Andrew
Minnitte , Torri
Mitchell , Shaequan
Molzen, Aria nn a
Moo , DerLwe
Moreno Nunez , Melis sa Morgan , Jo sia h
Moyer, Jordan
Lloyd Blessing (IO) poses for the camera on wacky day for Spirit Week.
Mudundulu, Maluba
Murry , Steven Muse, Dashon
Mustafic, Almedina Myers, Hayden
Neeley, Durango Nelson , Deanna
Ngo, Selena Ngoh, Rawson
Nguyen, Anh
Nguyen, Anh Thuy
Nguyen , Connie Nguyen, Cuong
Nguyen, Thuy Anh
Niemoth, Ronald Nooka, A vinash Novak, Jake Nwe, Hla
Nyberg, Catherine
Ochoa , Ashley Okeng , Isaac
Olney , Kiersten Oppegard , Corbin
Oregel , Enrique Ortiz , Lia
Ortiz Gaytan, Luis
Ortiz Juarez, Paulina Osborn , Andrew
Ostiguin, Alex Ostojic , Dona Othman, Mahmoud Palmer, Jazlyn
Palmer-To nniges , Austin Patenaude, Jacob Pau, Suan
Paw , Hser
Payne , Justyn
Peery , Nathan Pence , Nathan
Peralta Velazquez , Christian Perez , Diana
Perez Blanco, Jose
Perez-Juarez , Ivonne Peters , Aron
Peterson , Damian
Peter so n, Sara
Pham , Shannon
Pham, Tracey
Phan , Vincent
Phillip , Isaac
P oe, W a h
Po nd , Ja ke
P oo l, R o ma n
P owe ll , Jaco b
Pre us, Sc hu y le r
Proc to r, De la no
Pu e nt es, J ess ica
R a dc li ffe, Noa h
Reed , E mil y
Re is, M ar ke il
R e nt e ri a Carrill o, Ri cky
Rey no ld s, Jova hn a
Rey noso Te ll o, M a ri a
Roac h, P a ige
R o bin so n, Ty le r
Ro dri g ues Ferre ira, Jo hn
R od ri g uez, Bra nd o n
Ro d rig uez , Jo va ni
Ro d ri g uez Ri os, A ri an a
Ro dr iqu ez De l Ri o, Lui s
R ogers, J as min
Rogers, Jas min
R o th we ll , De A nth o ny
Ru e las, V ic tor
Ru iz I zag ui rre, J es us
Sakill a, Ab rah a m
Sa la ha ldin , Sh a ha b
Sa le h , A li
San c hez, M a ri so l
Say, Khu
Say , Ki o
Say, Paw
Say, Ree
Sc hack, P a ul
Sc h ildt , Etha n
Sc hn e ide r, Isa be l
Sc hn e id e r, T ay le r
Sc hult z, C ha nnin g
Sc hult z, Tim
So phia Arizo la (1 0 ) o n Bl ac k a nd Red day for Spirit W ee k Ph o to by M ali ak Muh a mm ad
Schwartman, Talia
Serna , Guadalupa
Sheppard , Sage
Sheridan , Tyra
Smith , Ashl ee
Smith , Ashley
Songster, Cali
Sparr, Mikaela
Spooner, Logan
Stabler, Kiana
Stangl , Katherine
Stetson , Teawna
Stickney , Jay
Streckfu s s, Zoe
Taladay , Cassidy
Tesch , Douglas
Tha , Pa
Thoma s, Kirsten
Thuss, Lauren
Toman , Emily
Torre s , Jacob
Towery , Ja son
Tran, Kevin
Tran , Richard
Trev e tt , Grace
Van Oteghem , Eric
Vanlaningham , Jordyn
Vanneman , Rebecca
Va squez , Stephanie
Vega Orozco , Peter
Vega Rodriquez , Erika Yelder , Tristen
Vella , Noah
Grant Gordon (l O) workis on his math review for his test.
Photo by Cheyenne -Staton
V e negas De Lun a, E mili
Vill e la, Al yss ia
Voss, Sara h
V y hlid al, Ja id e n
W ag ne r, M ar issa
W a ld o May, Bri ge th W all ace, M eos ha
Wa lt o n, D a nte
Wan g, Emil y Ward , Ki e rra
W a rn e, Chl oe
W as hin g to n, Is ia h
W a tso n, D as ia
W a tso n, T.J.
We be r, Noa h
W e bste r, Dej a
We i, Cari ss a
We ll s, Lea ndra
Whirl , Rave n White, T roy
Wi c ki ze r, Mary
Wi e be lh a us, Kath e rin e
Wi ese r, Vi o le t
Wilkin so n, Des haun
Wil so n, Kes hawn
Wil so n, Z ac h
Win , Thu Y a
Windl e, H a nn a h
Wit zki , Th o mas
W oo d , Sh ey
Ya r, Yo Shi
Ye lkin , S a ma nth a
Zayzay, Emm a nu e l
Zee, l vona
Zimm e rman , Mi c he ll e
Not Pictured
Abubak e r Abba s
Ra ven Stoll
Mari a M e dieta Gonzalez
Melia Markham
Paw Hto o Moo
Right: F..milia Martinez (l 0) and Brandon Rodriguez (l 0) work on their shape oollage during Yvonne Meyer's 8th period 2D Design clas& They both use paint to draw geometric shapes.
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, 11 / hen you're a freshman, hi9h school can be a scary experience at first. When you look back on this book in Io years. 'JV or ZO, you mi9ht have memories of feelin9 lost on the first day or bein9 overwhelmed at the size of the full cafeteria .
But for some freshmen, bein9 at LHS was an opportunity to showcase their talent. Isiah Kin9 found an audience for his music by recordin9 and sellin9 his own album on Soundcloud.com. It's a lot of different son9s and about me and the kind of person I am," Kin9 said.
The album. called Mlt\ (My Invisible t\ccuracy) features ori9inal lyrics and beats. "I also play the piano on the son9 Mlt\."
In addition, Kins is makin9 a deluxe version that has 3 extra son9s. "We're sellin9 that one here for $5." People order online. and then he brin9s the CDs to school. "I was 9ivin9 out the re9ular version, and those are just my intro and 13 son9s. but the deluxe version will have 16 son9s."
Kin9 9ot help from fellow LHS freshmen Jevon Kempkes and C.esar Avila who mastered. all of the son9s and helped. desi9n the album cover.
Kin9 moved back to Lincoln last year after livin9 for a few years in Gary. Indiana. He likes LHS. "It's a 900d school," he said.
Acosta Garcia , Aracely AI-Jibory, Fatima
AI-Mansuri , Bu s hra Aldridge, H ay lee Alley , Ashley Alspaugh , Kaylin Altman , Log a n
Amador Domin g uez , Ericka Amaya, Alex Anaya , Analicia Andersen, Toby Anderson , Meagan Andreini, Rachel Arens, Alyson
Arnold , Aidan
Arou, Ayok Arroyo, Zachary Ath, Pa trick
A velar , Marlon
Avila , Cesar
Avila , Jaime
Back , Devon Baker, Tyren
Bannon , Chelsea
Barne s, Katrin a Barron Perez , Jacquelyn Baxter, Deveron Beard , Darian
Bennett, Tabitha
Bentley, Chauncey
Bentley , Chauncy
Bluestone-Weaver, Eli Bo , Eh Taw
Boe ll s torff, Trayven
Bonney - Heermann , Jordan
Boyd , Chase
Britton , Desiree
Brock , Rakee m
Brooke, Kaitlyn
Brooks , Jazzmyn
Broom , Joe Brown , Christopher
Brown , Karynn
Brown , Keonah
Bualaq , Saadi
Bui , Thuan
Bullerdiek , Quinn
Burton , Halle
Burton , Jaydn
Byron , Fawn
Campolito, Juliann a Carl, Lee
Carlson, Joseph Carney, Caelan
Case, Joshua Castaneda Puente s, Jonathan
Castillo, Juan Castillo, Mari
Chacon, Katherine Chapin, Te ssa
Chau, Cuong
Cherry, Manney
Chol , Alonga
Chuo!, Mary
Chuo!, Ruan
Clabo, William Claypool, Sandra Cline, Mackenzie
Clough, Dru Contreras, Lacretia
Conway, Alleha Cronin, Seven
Cruz Sosa, Jeraldine
Cummings, Nigel
Dawkins , We s ley
Daw so n, Treyton Day, Eh Tee
Delgado , Nicky
Diamant , Eli
Diaz -Debose , Andres
Dorn , Anthony Duffy , Kyle
Dya s, Bobbi
Edgar, A very
Engnell, Kayla Enriquez, Roberto Evans, Anthony
Evans, Jacob Fleming , Nathan Flores, Dulce
Flores, Yohana Frakes, Jaidon Fredenburg, Naomi
Fuentes Ortega, Jonathan Gallentine, Charlie Gannon, Jessica
i\bove: Rachel Thiel (9) Reads "Unearthly" a novel in her 9th 9rad.e En9lis.h Clas.,. She d.es.cribes. this. b rious. and. fun at the s.ame time."
Headley , Taylor
Healey , Mackenzie
Hefner , Adriana
Hejl , Joanna
Helms , Jacob
Helweg , Aedan
Higgins , Clara
Hinrichs , Miles Hoffman , Hanna
Holba , Daniel Holmes , Bryley
Honnor , Kalli
Hser, Mue
Htoo , April
Htoo, Byut
Htoo, Thaw
Huggins , Brandon Hunt, James Hutchens , Taylor
Hyberger, Madi s on Inamura, April
Iraheta, Esmera lda
Izaguirre , Ofelia
Jack, Nash
Jimenez , Jennifer Jimenez , Pamela Jobson, Emily Johnson , Ashley Johnson, Eric Johnson, Jordan Johnson , Leah Johnston , Andrew Jones , Quinesa
Jones , Sierra
Jone s , Terry
Jud , Sunday Judy, Dayten
Kempkes, Jevon
Keys , Ja'Shauna King , Isiah
t\bove: Student5 in Deborah McGinn'5 En9/i5h 'l c/c:155 pc:1y attention to their le55on. Each day they 5tc:1rt c/c:155 With cl word puzzle 1~hoto by t\lli5on Holt
t\bove: Judd Salem ('l) c:1nd t\iden t\rnold ('1) arrive c:1t Pioneer5 1~c:1rk on Friday. September 28th for the LPS C.hc:1mpion5h ip race. Photo by Emma fi5her
Knapp-Cuevas, Isabel
Koch, Caitlyn
Koung,Sunday Koydakovskiy, Denis
Kreifels, Kaley
Kreifels, Kayla Krueger, Rae
Laravie, Angel
Laravie, Makala Leach, Dale Leafty , Ryan Leonard, Christian Lesiak, Lauren Lewis , Anthony Lewis, Chanel
Liggins, Tatyanna Livers, Levi
Logewolf, Bryan Longwell , Jillean
Lopez, Kimberly Lovan, Matthew Lucas , David Luedtke, Celeste Luedtke, Noah Lupo , Jeff Maas , Tyler
Markey , Alexandria Martin , Caleb Martinez , Alyssa Martinez, Juana Masten, Alexa Matzen , Joel Maw, Erin
McAlister, Sydney McCall, Lauren McClain, Jason McCray, Bryce
McDowell, Tanaya McGrath, Elizabeth McIntosh , Maya
McShannon,Joseph
Memeti , Leonita Menard, Zoe
Merrick , Carlos Meyer-King , Jazmin
Mijangos Garcia, Karolina Miles, Jordyne
t\bove: Clara Higgin, (9) work, on her collage in Yvonne Meyer', 8th period. 2.D De,ign claĀ». She ha, to decide which collage ,he like, the be,t.
Miller, Ali Milleson, Colton Milligan, Kaileb Mitchell, Se'Vahn Moore, Madison Morey, Matthew Morgan, Amanah
Morris, Shanya Morton, Liam Musito, Yuritzy Myers, Jacob Ndayishimiye, Paul Newman , Jevaughnte Nguyen, Dat
Nguyen, Gianna Nguyen, Johnny Nguyen, Khang Nguyen, Peter Nguyen , Tam Nguyen, Tony Nilsen, Dakota
Above: Karynn Brown (9) and Seven Cronin (9) pose for a photo du rin9 Spirit Week on Wacky Wednesday durin9 Deborah McGinn's 9th Grade En9/ish class. Photo by char cather
Smith, Alexandria Smith, Breanna Smith , Jordan Smith-Parrott, Kobi' Spahn , Tanna Spaulding, Isabella Stahly, Kira
Starr, Monica Stencel, Na' Jazia Stoneall-Nelson, Christian Storonskij, Isaiah Strozier, Adren Stuefer, Samantha Svoboda, Courtney
Talbot, Melanie
Taw,Moo
Tharnish, Laura
Thiel, Rachel Thomas, Mckenzi
Thoo , Tha , Lean Tracy , Trevor
Tran, Dat
Tran, Kenny
Traylor , Autumn Truong, Shaylena
Tshiela, Abraham
Uhlmann, Reagan
Uldrich, Roni
Vanlaningham , Gage
Varela , Gabby
Verbitskiy , David Vo, Vuong
Vu , Thu
Wai, Yu
Waldman -Shanks , Lela
Warner, Madison
Watters , Joshua Webber, Caitlin
Webster, Tyra
Wheat, Jordin
Wheeler, Leighton
White , Antanea
White , Hunter Williams, Deja Wilson , Ashley
Wirthele, Katie Witte , Daniel Wolfe, Tanner Wood , Bailey
Wright , Kyle Yost , Elizabeth Young, Camden Young, Jackson
Zahrouni , Mehran Zuniga, Jesus Zweerink, Bonnie
Not Pf ctured
Abbas, Abbas
Al Saadi Bu' Alaq, Saadi
Amador Dominguez , Ericka
Bluford , Tayler
Bonill a Musito, Yuritzy Yunue
Brown , Justice
Bryant , Phillip Diaz , Lesly Dominguez, Mercedes
Falcon , Damien Garza Zuniga , Jesus Gray , Kaylee
Hajda , Peter
Jarzynka , Adam Krogh , Hayden Le, Van Mai , Vy Ochoa, Eli
Pavey Jamie Paw, Lay Yay
Ratumaimuri , Sasha Renteria Ortiz, Estefani
Scott, Christian Scott, Damion Williams , Tyrone
r\bove: Paula Mcclun9's freshman r\d.visory meets in the Media Center. l~hoto by Gre9 Keller _ 1 ,
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eac 1ers ave a umque power t a no ot er emg 1as. 1e pmver to qrnet a c ass , to move a arge group of people to the same place , to enforce rules and regulations , to take something thats good and make it great. With great power comes great responsibility though. Teaching and talking are two different things , while some teachers may talk, all Lincoln High Staff do way more than that. They teach kids not only book material , but as Science teacher , Mrs. Sharill Luedkte says, they teach real world experiences. ⢠Teachers become a huge impact for students later in life. When it comes to college , man y students use their previous high school students as reference letters and references. The same goes for applying for a job , students use their coaches and teachers for references. Teachers are remembered for a life time, and maybe more as students grow up and pass down stories to their children about their favorite teacher and experiences with him/her.
Able, Jill Anderson, Ardella Anderson, Donna Anderson, Lindy Aten, Laura Avery, Susan Baker , James Baltensperger, Rob Bargar, Jeff Bargen , Andrew Beck, Alicia Beck, Nancy
Belford, Kimberly Betts, Alice Bollen Jr, Richard Borgialli, Mike Bozek, Jane Cariotta, Amy
LHS STAFF
Story an d spread done by: R enessa Crowl
Carlson, Je ss ie Carlson , Marlyce Champoux, Daniel Chew, Sara Christiensen, Bump Claus, LaDona
Conradt, Richard Craig, Denise Cramer, Susanne Dawson , Larry Dawson, Susan De Vries, Christia
Denkovich , Sally Diaz-Debose, Chandra Domeier, Trudi Douglas , Sarai Dowd, Robin Droud, Rodney
Dutton, Sue Dvorak , Emily Es, William Fargo, Shelly Fletcher, Lakesha Foley, Brian Frerichs , Kellie Fries, Casey Gatzemeyer , Patrick Genrich, Andy Ghormley, Jana Gish, Lenny
Goodbrake , Brian Goodwin, Carolynn Graham-Rowe, Lynda Grant-Colson, Nancy Green, Jarrell Gruett , Jon
Haa s, Stanley
Haller , Su san
Hamby , Leann
Handle y, Genee ' Han sen , Katie
Hardy , Barbara
Hattersley , Graham
Heibel , Mic ah
Heineman , John
Hertzler , Su san Hickerson , Betty
Higgin s, Jo seph Hill , Roger Hillhou se , Alice Hitz, Rustin
To stop leach ing afte r severa l years is a big ch a nge in life. Eve ryone is going lo m iss E ng lis h teach er A lice B etts aft er s h e r etires this yea r: Towa rds th e en d ofa nyth i ng on e oft en t hin ks a b out t h e beginning. IIow did Ms. B etts dec ide to go in to teaching E ng lis h ? "Wh en I was a little girl a n d I wo uld baby sit, I wo uld a l ways p lay teache ,; a n d th ey wo uld b e t h e studen ts, "B etts sa id. S h e ea rn ed her degree a t t h e Un i ve rsity ofNe bras k a a n d t h en went to Tucson, w h ere s iz e ta ug h t for 10 yea rs. S h e came b ack h om e and continu ed to teaclz h ere at LHS until t h is .rea r: S h e w ill n ever be .forgotten in LHS or w ith h er stu de nts s h e t a ug ht S h e sa_ys s h e re la tes to the to rtoise a n d t h e h a re in th e wo rld of fa i ry ta les. S h e went p a r t ti m e to co llege so it too k h er longe r, bu t in th e end siz e was success L
James , Jack J anike , Patrick Jeidy-Brown, Laura
Johnson , Michelle Johnson-Flowerday , Linda
Kai ser , Tamara
Left: English Teacher Alice Betts will retire at the end of this year after 24 years at LHS.
Photo by Leah Kash-Brown
Keefe , Debra Keefe , Terrence Keller, Greg
Kiely, Lisa Knight, Sarah Koch, Benjamin
Ateact1er t0;th a heavy ,oacl t,ut stm successfu,? It sounds ,;ke a clescr;ption of most teachers , t,ut one teacher that has a heavy ,oacl is a science teacher. Sharm Luedtke . She is an assistant su,im coach, a fun time teacher, and a mother of three Onc,ud;ng tu,;nsJ It may !,e a r,,ur at t;mes, e1peciaHy lOhen Slo;m season comes around , t,ut shes ar,,e to hancl,e it. She says she ;s most ,ike a mermaid ;n the fairy ta,e loorM, because her We ,s surrounded r,y lOater lo;th her tloo !,oys t,e;ng ;n Slo;mm;ng, ancl her daughter he,ping manage the Sloim team .
Sharon Lacy, Constance Larson , Mark Lefeber , Carole Legg-Mccarty , Kim Leick , Janet Limbach, Paula Lindgren, Laurie Lorraine , Lynnor Loth, Kim Luedtke , Sharill Mack, Bryan Macke, Mark Maier, Zoe Males , Josh Maly , Chris Marr, League, Schawn Mason, Amanda Mason , Joseph Mason, Wallace McClung , Paula McGinn, Deborah Meyer , Shaunna Meyer , Yvonne
Right: Sc ience teacher Sharill Luedtke helps two students dissect a frog during class Photo By: Leah Ka sh-Brown
Kreimer,
Munger , Mars ha
Myers , Jason
Newcomer , Marjean
Nguyen, Van Noble , Dan
Oetken, Jill
Ogden , Tiffany
Okereke , Elizabeth
Orellana , Hu go
Patterso n, Janice
Pena s, Bryan
Peterso n, Mandy
Pierce , Jeff
Pl ettner-Nel so n , Glenda
Putnam , Se a n
Rau , Wendy Redwine , Marcus
Rempfer , Beth
Renning s, Lon-ilyn
Rikli , Laura
Sand, Nancy
Sandberg, Todd
Saporta, Virginia
Schaffer, Marilyn
Schlake, Charlot
Schneider, Jacob
Schuster-Graff, Mary
Shandera, Joseph
Simp so n, Donald , Simpson, Fred
Sjuts , Michelle
Smith , Nathan Smith , Will
Sprou se, Carl
Stetson , Amy
Stoebner, Kimberly
LHS STAFF
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Bates , Shelly
Brestel , Ann
Brison , CJ
Calhoun , Gary
Hardin , Janice
Himmelberg , Kebbi
Jiles , Vernon
Keown , Ben
Mathiason , Wendy
McKathnie , Laurie Medina, Dave Meyer Chad Mueri,Jeff
'Right: Socia{ Studies teacher Lucas 'Yar{ey d'iscusses the three 6rancfte s of government with his Civic s dass Photo 6y '.Bara :Meskin
Stokes , Shawn Swartz , Shelley Sze lag , Kim
Tege ler , Becky
Test , Meli s sa
Thacker, Karen T hi esse n, Lisa
Thomas , Mo ll y
Tol l iver , Lisa
Tran, Toan
Trembley , Ju l ie Van, Arsdal l, Jr , Ward
Var ley, Lucas
Vlasnik , Amber Wanamaker, Marissa
Ward, Steven
West , Michelle W hite , Robert
Wieden, S heri
Wiedman-Tidball , Laura W iig, S hannon
Willemsen, Nancy Wo lfe, Nancy Woog , Samantha
What does it mean to be in IB? International Baccalaureate is an advanced program for students that want to take the challenge , and receive college credit in high school. These students work all throughout high school to get to this point , but when their junior and senior years hit, it's on!! They must take six core classes including English, World Language , Social Studies , Math, Science, and the Arts. Students are also required to take a Philosophy class entitled Theory of Knowledge, complete a 4000-word research essay, and complete 150 hours of school involvement aĀ·nd community service This prepares students to meet all the college challenges
Students prepare for these courses by taking classes their freshman and sophomore years designed specifically for the philosophy, exams , and assessments that they will be facing in the upcoming years "One of the exciting things this year was , again , our 1B Honors Academy for eight graders," 1B Coordinator John Heineman said. "Our numbers have really exploded We ' ll have 5 sections for gifted kids for the honors academy next year. That's the biggest we ever had."
graduA had 17 taking in "That exa examiner had both Trinidad and we've had In AnlBd" students receive ⢠isty in the world! Being In 18 is growing. Lincoln High ⢠the 1B program means more portunities for the future.
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Above Left: Holly Barr (11), Anika Zempleni ( 11 ), and Hana McmahonCole (l l) look at art work during the Lincoln High Art Show.
Photo By: Hiyam Hesso
Above Middle: The audience looks at 1the art work of Lincoln High students at Lincoln High Art Show.
Photo By: Hiyam Hesso
Above Right: Ory Wickizer (12) works on his sculpture during art teacher Shawn Stoke's sculpture class.
Photo By: Leah Kash-Brown
Business/ FBLA
Job Fair, State competition o
up opportunities for LHS stu
The LHS Busine ss Department kept thin gs liv e ly this year, whether stud e nt s w job or just wanted their picture taken with Santa . On October 30 , 2012, 10 local bu s Lincoln High to look for potential employees . Students could talk to employers , fill and in some cases , even interview during the job fair.
" This wa s our 2nd year of the job fair ," Bu s ine ss Department chair Marlyce Carl were about 65 students who attended, and 3 were hired on the s pot! " Carlson added
Other Busine ss teachers, like Nancy Wolfe , a nd Instructional Coordinator Chand helped supervise durin g the fair and helped s tudents fill out applications.
During the winter holiday season , FBLA members offered fami ly photos with drai se r LHS familie s e njoyed snacks as well as movie s (E lf , and Polar Express) , c cocoa while waiting to have their picture s taken with St. Nick They could also orders cars which included the photo
At the State FBLA Competition , senior Catherine Burns placed in four events a National s which will be held this s ummer in Anaheim, California. She placed 3rd in munications , 8th in Job Interviews , and s he got Honorable M e ntion s in Bu s ine ss Hospitality Management.
T op: Yonteseya Hite
Above Right: Catherine Burns (12) hleps check families in during the Santa pboto shoot event.
Far Left: Devin-Hildebrand ( 12) greets families at the door.
Left: Principal Mike Wortman takes a turn ll&Santa.
All photos by Hiyam Hesso
Top : English teacher Laura Aten and her family take advantage of the.opportunity to have ' tneir picture taken with Sant for their holiday greeting cards.
Above Left: Associate Principal Jill Abel's husband snaps a photo of their son with San
Right and &low: ~mi <E>ouglasĀ· ebb l!ZV!ZI 1 studints work on thiir assignm!Znts.
~ w, S ~ im er (E I; Teacher) e p , her students review an assi~n m ent in her 2nd eri od ELL L eve l 1 class P
Photos by BlaiS!l Rashidi
Above: Lincoln High students listen to New York f'i:lm director John Soreusen talk about his f'i:lm prOject about Sudan entitled, ''The Quilted Conscience." Artist in residence Peggy Hartwell d.ireted the quilt prOject. Photo by Elena Lovorn
hoto by T iau na L ewis
Above Top: ELL st1t1dent foc1t1ses on wor~ t~at needs to be done, Above: ELL classes listen to a spea~er t~at came to Lincoln Hlg~. Pfotos by Elena LovorN
Above Top RigM: StlAdents !Ase electronic translators to do an assignment,
Lincoln High has a long tradition of providing English instruction for students who have other languages as their first language. The program used to be called ESL (English as a Second Language), but it was changed ' to ELL (English Language Learners ) because many of the students already knew a second (and sometimes third or fourth) language.
These students bring rich experiences and knowledge to Lincoln High from as many as 20 different countries, speaking dozens of langauges
This year, as part of an LHS tradition , Student Council cooked a Thanksgiving meal for all of the ELL students. Even though the food was different than in their home countries, they enjoyed the meal and the company.
ELL Te a chers a t Lincoln Hi~h
Left to Ri~ht;
Front Row; LinJy AnJerson , Sus a nne Cra mer
B a ck Row; Li z Okereke , S a r a i Dou~la s-Schul z, Sha ron Kreimer, Sus a n Hertzler
Above: ELL st1,1deY1ts at a T~aYJRSglvlYJg Meal ~eld by SttAdeYJt Co1AY1cll
P~oto by ReYJessa Crowl
Photo b y Gre~ Keller
Above: SttAdeYJts aYJd teac~ers eat t~e T~aYIRSglvlYlg Meal ~eld by SttAdeYJt Co1AY1cll, P~oto by ReYJessa Crowl
Above: SttAdeYJt Co1,1vicll wrote Happy T~aYJRSglvlvig lvi dlffereYJt laY1g1Aages for t~e ELL studeYJts, P~oto by ReYJessa Crowl
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By Hiyam Hesso
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English teacher Jacob Schneider is new to Lincoln High this year. He had substituted for the English department many times before , and that's how he knew he wanted to be a teacher here. His very first time corning into Lincoln High he was intimidated because of all the rumors he had heard. After coming in and teaching he thought it was the perfect school to teach at.
English classes aren't just about preparing you for the ACT or NeSA. They teach you to write a story or speak in front of a class. Oral comm is one class that everyone has to take. Beth Rempfer, the oral comm teacher , explains that she lets the students pick what they want to write about instead of giving them a prompt. This makes students more comfortable speaking to the class.
Top: Trey Anderson ( 12) reads a poem during the African American Read-In during 7th period in the Media Center. The annual event was spo nsored by the English Department.
Above Left: English teacher Deborah McGinn 's seco nd period 9th Grade English class li ste ns to instructions. Phot o by Jordan Masters
Above Right: Amanda Hood and Haily Ally work in the hall on their English project. Ph oto by Char Cather
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Lcrt: Nancy Hunt smiles at Malina's "cheese face"
B0low : Kim Belford cleam, out the inside of the pumpĀ· kin before each child get their turn.
(Photos By: Brittany Warta)
.\bow~Ā· ā¢v : John Willis(l2) Hold his daughter Ivy while enjoying the outdoors.
AbuVL R1pJ t : Alicia Martinez(l2) and her son enjoy the nature walk together.
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Sine(⢠about 1993 there have been the sounds of little pitter patter in the halls of Lincoln High, this is when the SCLC became the great supporter of stu~ detns with children. Many people think bad our dont think at all because thev dont know how helpful it
is to be able to come to school and make a futur0 for not just themsEā¢lf but for their children. To help make these student parents :-;uccessful they must keep up their attendance and their grades which is thE⢠best surcumstances their could pos:-;ibly be for a growing student and their family.
R1r:ht : Arianna and Malina have fun dressing up an<l playing with their dolly's.
Photo By: BritĀ· tany Warta
\bo"e ChildrE'n play with toys and enjoy eachothers company.
l,<_ā¢wer L ,ft : Parents JT MCcartcr(ll) and Charlyn Cather(ll) hold open a goody bag with their son ,Jesse.
Lt.;WP Ā·Rt; it : Elena Lovorn(I2) and daughter Daniela play in the pumpkin (Photos by: Brittany Warta)
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Jazmine Mendoza (12) and Daugter Zoe play in the pumpkins
Rip:tit. : Parents and children have Borne fun group coloring.
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Photo by Britany Warta , I,pf+ : Davina Fal ⢠con(lO) and her daughter Malina walk hand in hand on a nature walk
Page, story and Pictures By:
Renessa Crowl
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T h ese t e w words are descri bing o n e ot t h e ma n3 activi t ies th at O ut d oo r ad ve ntures tters. w h at is t h is activit3? Its n o n e o th er th a n 5e la3i ng Wh e n 3ou b e la3 3o u n eed to kn ow certai n kn ots t or t h e ro p es 3o u u se. Stude n ts w h o take t h is class lea rn t h ose kn o t s , h ow t o put t h eir h arness o n, a n d put th eir kn o wl edge to th e tes t a nd b e la3!
5e la3i ng is n 't t h e o nl3 activit 3 st u de n ts lea rn i n O utdoor Adve ntu res. T h is class tters ca mp ing, ka3aki ng, swi mm ing, a nd mo r e. Ms A m3 Ca r iotta , PE: teac h er at Li n co ln
High , c h a ngec:l t h e class a litt le bit , 63 sett ing it t o h ave a mo re s u rviva l set o t s k ill s. " It's a ki ng so me ot t h e t h ings we lea rn in class a nd h av ing a live experie nce. " S h e is ta king t h e kids ca mP, ing once d u ring t h e class a nd h avi ng o u tsid e gro uP, s co me a nd h e l p t h e st u clen t s.
T h e class a lso goes ott ca mp us to t h e zoo , p ark and t o t h e lakes. Wli at wo ul d t h is lass d o at th e zoo? w ell , th e3 d o a l ittl e scave nger hunt ! " D oi ngs tutt lik e t h is ma k es it a little more exciti ng " Mrs. Cariotta ex pl ai n s Yo u Fi it t h e la k es t or k a!-Ja king, a nd fis h ing, a nd ou go to pl aces l ike t h e p ark to rock cl imb Ta king t h e class o u tside o t Linco ln High's mpu s is a n exciti ng wa3 to h ave kid s ex p erie nce w h at th e3 lea rn in - d oors
T h e wa3 Mrs. Ca r iotta teac h es h er class is d ittere nt t h a n h o w most PE: teac h ers eac h th eir classes. 5 e t ore t h e3 begi n t o d o a n activit3 , Mrs. Ca r io tta s h o ws th e st u d e nts video ot h ow protessio na ls d o t h e activ it3 , or s h e wo ul d have a s p ea k e r co me i n a nd ta lk o h er class For exa mp le, it t h eir activit _l:I was roc k cli mb i ng, t h e3 wo ul d watc h a video ot protessio n a l roc k cli mber 's experie n ces beto re t h e_y started goi ng over. T h is is d o ne to s h o w tu d e nts t h a t it th e_LJ wa nte d to t u rt h er a n activit y fh e!J a re a bl e t o.
O u t d oor ac:lve n t u res is o ne o t t h e ma n3 l-un dasses to ta k e at Li n co ln H ~ h Th e re re ma n3 oth er P.E: classes _yo u ca n ta k e , s u c h as D a n ce IOI , swi mm i ng, a d vance d weight ra in i ng, fi tness tor lit e , a nd -tea m s p orts.
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By Bodie Lame
9.killed Technical 9.cience classes are some of the mod interactive classes at thi s school. The classes range from Welding Technology. Auto Technology to Graphic Communications and Digital Electronics. These classes are hands-on problem solving education. which is preHy useful for life after high school.
9.ome of the classes have competitions and tournaments during the school year. For Auto Tech there are about 4-5 different: tournaments. including Ford's AAA f; Troubleshooting contest which is in the spring. "It darts out with a wriHen test and then after the test the top ten schools in the date participate in a hands-on competition." 9.T9. teacher Don 9.impson explains.
As for the other classes like CAD !Computer-Aided Design) and Intro into Engineering taught by 9.t:an l-laas. there are a couple of tournaments. "E-Week is one of the biggest tournaments we have every year." l-laas said. "It is usually placed at UNL Campus. E-Week is either a bridge building contest against all the other schools involved. unlike lad year when it was a crud building contest. Also there is one with l-lomebuilders Association where we are given a lot of land and the students design a house and build it within 4-5 weeks." l-laas said. "Great careers. good paychecks come from these type of classes." he added.
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Austin Catron (12) carries a piece of metal to we ld in 2nd period Welding class with Stan Haas . Photo by Kirsten Williams
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Sean Shear ( 12) welds his straight weld very carefully in Stan Haas's 2nd period Welding Tech Class. Shear says welding is one of hi s favorite classes . Photo by Shyann Johnson.
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Ezra Lasenieks (11) welds hi s assignment in Stan Haas's 2nd period welding tech. Photo taken Shyann Johnson
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Walt Groft (11) makes a bead in hi s Arc welding booth 2nd period in Stan Haas welding tech c la ss. Photo by Jason Yelder.,
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Nick Hager ( 12) works on his car in Don Simpson ' s Auto Tech class Photo by Christian Luedke
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(Above) Austyn Stutheit ( 12) and Zachary Wheat ( 12) try to figure out how to fix the engine in 2nd period Advanced Auto Eng ine class.
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Some of the classes our math department offers are Tngonometry, ask qu .stions. Geometry, Algebra, and so much more. Lenny Gish says, "Trigonometry is hard for students the first time they take it, because they have no experience yet." Gish and Zoe Maier love being math teachers because they enjoy when their stud ents have that "aha" moment when the student doesn't understand the problem and then they suddenly get it. Being a math teacher has its flaws, they don't like it
when their students do NOT do their homework. Maier is also coach of the Math Team. The team consists of President Linh T. guyen, Vice President Shawn Wimer, Secretary Jenny Haar, Spirit Coordinator Tyler York and other students from Advanced Algebra or Higher levels of math classes here at Lincoln High.
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,1bove: .Student watch as .Shannon Wigg teaches them their lesson for the day.
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By Maygen Middleton
The theme of the Lincoln High Marching Band this year was "Complex", and their song was the Blue Man Group. The routine was a crowd-pleaser all season.
Instrumental music director Chris Watson brings his passion and experience to the bands. "I love being a band teacher, because I love music, sharing music with others, and what my students accomplish," Watson said. He also plays two instruments: the piano, and the trumpet. He can play other instruments but not as well as those two.
Before the band starts to perform, he says that he tries not to freak out by deep breathing, and he tries to relax his nerves. When the band is rehearsing before performances Watson talks to them about what they are going to be doing, discusses what they achieved, and just talks to calm their nerves.
The Lincoln High Band students are supposed to practice every time they think about practicing, whether that is twice a day for about 2 hours or three times a day for an hour a day. Watson just wants them to practice at least an hour or two minimum each time they think about it. The best thing about the Marching Band is that it's a great opportunity to succeed with team effort, and to have everyone's individual techniques at hand.The band will finish out the year by going on a trip to Worlds of Fun.
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gh Band presents themself for the conte s t.
Ing class time. He wants his student s to remember the joy that music can bring to your life outside of school as well
1 want them to remember the Importance of being able t o express yourself through music -not only listening to it but performing it as well , because it ' s life-long ," Gruett said. "That ' s my hope Is that they sing for a long time. Ā·
Several students have taken that idea to heart. Students like seniors Tyler York, and Jamie Tran, and juniors Emma Waechter and Abbie Austin have committed themselves to the music program at LHS. "They are just some of the students that are consistently involved in music and theatre, Ā· Gruett said. These four in particular had principal roles in the musical production this year, seusslcal : The Musical. "
"That was a large, combined production,Ā· Gruett said. " It was a very successful production, and also it had some instrumentalists and vocalists as well. Ā·
One of the challenges of the show included a change in location for the orchestra and the conductor "The Orchestra was behind the stage. That was quite a bit different. Usually It's out front , so we had to hook up video cameras so the singers could look at the conductor - who was up in the balcony. Ā·
"That was a challenge for sound people , too ,Ā· Gruett added. On the practical side of things , the Music Department did a lot of fundraislng this year to raise money to purchase platforms for performances and practices.
"We ' ve done very well. I don ' t think we're going to get our goal reached this year - unless we have a donor step up and say , ' Let me help you out .' We have about ¼ of the funds raised so far ,· Gruett said.
With or without platforms, LHS vocal music students kept the crowds entertained at both concerts and theatre performances throughout the years. With a wide variety of groups to choose (Freshman Choir , Vocal Links , Concert Choir , or Jazz Connections) there was a lways a spot for everyone.
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Above: Ashely Itzen (10) works on her Spanish Level 1 assignment. Photo by Sammy Greer
Kylie Phillipi (11) talks about what s he brou g ht to class. Photo by I Niki ya Giger
Right: Spanish teacher Amy Stetson teaches her 2nd period Spanish level 2 class. Photo by Leah KashBrown
Marissa Wannamaker talks to her German 3/4 Class about the show and tell. Photo by Nikiya Giger
Nyberg (10) tells the class about her show and tell items in Marissa Wannamaker's German 3/4 class.
We've got vour language
By Debbie Hernandez
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Photo by Nikiya Giger
Marlene Rhadshi ( 11) focuses on her worksheet for French class. Photo by Debbie Hernandez
By: Shyann Johnson
5ocial Studies/I
World History, Government & Politics, US History, 9th Grade Honors Social Studies, Civics, Geography, Psychology, these are just a FEW of the Social Studies classes you can take during your high school career.
As a freshman you are required to take two semester Social Studies classes and they are, Civics and Geography. Civics is the study of the theoretical and practical aspects of citizenship, its rights and duties; the duties of citizens to each other as members of a political body and to the government, and Geography is the study of the Earth, and you use lots of maps in this class.
As a sophomore you're required to take a yearlong class called World History. World History teaches you about everything that goes on in the World from the early 1800's or even before to present day. You learn a lot about wars, poverty, and history that has made our world what it is today
Then during your junior year, you are required to take US History; this is just factual information that has gone on in the United States through out the years. It this class you talk a lot about the wars that the US has been in, the propaganda for the war, 9/11, and the all the hard ships that the US has faced since the day they became a country. Last but not least, during your senior year, you are required to take Government & Politics or GOPO. In this class you learn a lot about the Government, laws, Constitution, Amendments, and the President. In order to graduate high school you have to have one semester of GOPO and with this class you must do 20 hours of community service or volunteer work around the city, for church, for school or whatever you can find it for.
I think that social studies classes are very important. They help you know that your rights as a US citizen are, help you know more about your country, and the history that is behind you. All in all, enjoy social studies classed during high school.
Justice Brown (9) Cracks open a book in Jeff Pierce's Geography class Brown is studying hard for the geography quiz.
LEFf: Akilah Akbar ( 12) Take, down notes in Mr. whites Government and Politics class. Photo By : Deunte Johnson
ABOVE: Kyly Baxter ( 11) works on her work outside of room IOI, during 3rd period. Lucas Varley gives her a hand on her work. Photo By: Adriana Montez BELOW: Lucas Varley and Andrew Bargen "sweep" the hallways catching people who are late to clas, at LHS on the first floor. Photo By: Jasmin Rogers
LEFT: Nancy Grant-Colson explains to her 2nd perod Advanced Placement Human Geogrpahy (APHG) students why development varies among countries. Garret Cruz ( I 0) , Cohren Barth ( I 0), and Victoria Garza ( 10) try to answer a question about why development varies among countries. Photo By: Thomassen Honnor
ABOVE: Students take notes a, Jeff Pierce teaches his second period Civics Class
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A bove: Lind a E dw a rd s ( 12) exam in es th e g rain s o f wh ea t for fo re ig n o bj ec ts
'The Seeds of Wisdom
Five LHS students got the chance to do some hands-on trainin g this y ear buy working at the Seed La b on UNL's Fast Campus in the \v hcat department. Students work during the school d ay sorting the seed and performing quality control checks to make sure the s eeds arc free of foreign objects o r chaff. This makes it so that the s ci e ntists arc more able to studv the s eed s without having to wort)' about o ut s ide contaminants.
"The students do an excellent job," Special Ed teacher Linda John s on-Flowerday said. She takes th e s tud e nts to the lab each day.
The s tudents arc doing such a great job at the Seed Lab that one o f the s upervisors there brought th e m s eed that the college students, w h o get paid to do this, were supp os ed to work. The college students' s tandard s aren't set as high as our s tudent s , 'iO they would rc1ther have
students from our school work on them.
One of the benefits for our students is that they get a chance at job skills so they are prepared for a better future. These involve much of the social part of the job like taking bn:c1ks, how you interact with your coworkers, how you complete your task, doing what is required of you, and taking direction from a ho s. Another part that helps make them better prepared for their future is taking the city bus to and from class. This helps them to learn to navigate the city buses in order to get to where they need to be.
Lincoln High is very fortunate to have this program available to our students, and they represent us well through their hard work and top performance.
Photos by LindaJohnson-Flowerday
A bove: Kay la M a rtin ( 12)
.. / A bove: UNL Seed La b workers . Front row: Kayla Martin ( 12), Linda Edwards ( 12) . Back Row: Spencer Beard (12). Whitney Gropp O
⢠Ke,in Tran ( n ) Tedum rpimnee ( 9) and Landon Beard control the music during jam session. (Photo Courtesy of Brinany \Varta )
J,., ( : Student Council members who helped with the ELL dinner.(Photo Courtesy of Renessa
1." h : Srudcnt Council members stand in front of the diaper cake at;\ Is.Craigs surprL baby shouwer. ( Photo Courtesy of Shell)
I ( >\c : EmilyGaspcr(r doing the bcrnic as an opener for the district con,ention ( Photo Cou rtesy of Zach \\'heat)
\ m, Ā·: Dc111se ra1gopens her baby shower AboH :Letter from the gifts with Ā·a big- smile white house.(Photo cour.(Photo Courtesy of tesy of AndyNgo)
Right: Student Council members with their anti bul1y ing campaign sign. (Photo Courtesy of Denise Craig)
Abm : Celeste Luedtke (9 ) works hard to make the homecomin decor great. (Photo Courtesy of Brittany 5
} frĀ·ve : Stuco sponsor Denise Craig helps work on homecoming decorations
(Photo Courtesy of Brittany Warta)
l 1 : Brittany Warta(12) and Penny Bui (11) talk about the agenda for the day.(Photo Courtesy of Zach Wheat)
Ā· bo c : Lindsey Hastings speaking at District convention
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J-{ey Stuco, J-fOW 'DO }1011 TE'EL? We aefimte{y fee{ good after fiosting one of tfie 6est district six conventions in tlie fiistory of student council Tfiis year Linco{n J-figfi stuaent counci{ liaa tlie fionor of liosting tlie district convention. We y{annea maae yfione ca{{s ana yut many liours into maliing it tfie 6est we cou{d ana it a{{yaia off in tfie end. 'lfie morning of tfie convention every stuco member sfiowea uy in tfieir green "Linco{n uy {eaaersliiy," sfiirts at 6:45am reaay to get tlieir districti!1,B on. Tfie morning of J\fationa{ guarayrovicfea 6realiJast andgrouy yictures, wliere Jfy-Yee yrovidea fruit .'As yeoy{e 6egan to fi{e in tfie soutfz gym everyone came to reafization tfiat tfiis was rea{{y liayyening. Nobody cou{d even imagine wfiat was to come next. .'As we 6egan to guiae yeoy{e to tlie 'Ted Sorensen tfzeatre tfiere on stage was a great motivationa{ syeaRer ana vo{{ey6a{{ y{ayer, Linasey J-fastings. Sfie ta{/iea a6out {eaaersliiy andliow we cou{aa{{join together anamaRes our generation lfie next {eaaers of America .Jl{tfzougfi wliat Linasey dian 't reafize was we are afreaay {eaaers. Tliis year our stuaent counci{is maae uy of a variety of stuaent 6ut our freshman toy tfie cfiarts as our liigliest number of student counci{ mem6er at Linco{n liigli for quite sometime.
'Everyone tfiinRs tfiat student counciC yeoy[e just y[an stuff, Gut tliat's nowfiere near tfie trutli . .'As a stuaent counci{ mem6er we ao y{an Gut we afso set uy, talie aown, organize, Guy tfie stufffor our events. Our events consist of 'Prom, Jfomecoming, 'ELL dinner, .Jlnti6u{{ying concert, 'Bfooa drives, ana two new tfiings we diatfiis year was liaving sfiaaows from otfzer {eaaers in surrounding towns, andfinaffy our one time event was fiosting tlie district convention for 'D6 student councifs. :for every event we fiave a committee Gut we a{{yitcli in. No matter liow liardwe know it's going to 6e stwfent counci{stiffy{ans more events and does an amazingjo6!
So tlie time you fiere a reaffy {ow:Ā£. W'E J"'E'EL (jOO'D, It just miglit Ge stuaent counci[ members aoing tfieir warm u , ee{ ood cfiant.
h<⢠l SrudcnrCoun ' 'L : Lincoln I I igh 's cil memchrs decorate Amazing Su,dcnt sunda) nioghc for Council. ( Photo by Ms.Craigs hab) showunkm,vn ) c_r. ( Ph~t courcess~ of Shelly Swartz
(Top Rl9ht) Yearbook student⢠cit Wal woHh workshop, to help brarn1torm fdeas, and learn how to mate a cĀ«ā¢arboolc
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Page and stories By Renessa Crowl
Monthly .scrolls
You pick up a paper, look down , see the color, the names, the pictures, the developed copy of what seems to be easy and well put together. What you don't realize is that same cop of the advocate school newspaper, was made by a very ots of time outside of class , and development.
rent columns, and different ways the stories can be nd developed come from different people, with difgrounds For e xample, a young lady who is very soft closed to just herself, would write a different storyll:ian a big, tall, loud, young man acker of the footbgll team. We are fortunate to have different b kgrounds come together and give us ression, and even a b(t of personal d to each completing a segment of a story, to make r int restin and entertainin
(Top Le~): Kylee Johnson and Grace Green hand out the advocate newspaper to another student (Top Middle): Micheal Scotto (12) carries the box of newspapers after they get printed (Top Right) : A group of students both from Advocate and Yearbook attend NHSPA Conference.
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Dancing is full of passion. inspiration, love, and. lots of practice. All of this showed. in the Pomalinks performances this year From their amazing routines at assemblies to their jaw-cl.rapping show at the Mall of America. the hard. work and. practice proved. to be worth-while when they placed. 3rd. at that competition
Over all the Pomalinks had. an amazing season Jazi Lott sud. 'My :favorite thing about Pomalinks is performances." Ariel M illsap sa.id.'T love it when we performed.and. I heard. everyone cal.1.u'ig- our :nanies." Throughout their dance season they entertained. peaple at footl:ell games, resketWl games, assemblies, and. dance competitions.
They have inspired. several young ladies to try out and. share a passion for dance The Pomalinks are role mod.els and. a big part of Lincoln ffig h School's tradition of spirit and. excellence.
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By Renessa Crowl
Front Row (L-R) : Zoe Reineke , Erin Tharnish , Kamaya LongHawkins, Andrea Bowman, Miranda Fricke
What makes band great? "I like the fact that we can . come together as a group and make something so beautiful". Senior, Tyler York, says about marching band. The band has been working on their routines and their show since summer, "Its coming along rea77y we77" Mr. Chris Watson, the Band Director, says, "I sti11 think band is the best thing you can do. in my opinion it's the only activity you can do that is not directly competitive, but you are competitive with yourself." There are a few new ssaCrowl things this year, like electric keyboards and speakers, to make them sound 1 otobyRene even better. When it comes to band or color guard it may look easy when ou're sitting in the crowd watching them, but it's far from it. In fact, half of the band consists of freshmen. Mr.Chris Watson states, "I am rea77y proud of these kids for being more involved, seeing what other bands are dorng and thinking, very inte1egent1y, about it and making progress."
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Illusion Theatre Members: Far Back: Shanda Shappell , Jon Felix Back Row: Will Mosby, Melissa Wilson , Austin Green, Bryce Tyler, Albero Malcom , Che ye nne Staton. Front Row: Miranda Gunnerson , Sue Lethaby, Cathrine Nyberg. Hunter Othling, and Rachele Merliss.
rs have put together four audience groups. They pecifically designed to eaking on bullying and of those shows " Be the performers, Letheby, Thomas. done in what is called, nsists of taking a oroup sic characters, and having r own personal fashion ience members give in the audience "magishow ," Letheby said. allows actors to 'break ge the audience. creatroach. Senior perfonner e, in normal cases, is putience and not being able ok at them. However, in the kids. " are not limited to speakever else is on stage. ct their characters, dren in the crowd to efore the counseling when the actors act out a Hied, Letheby (the direcsks the crowd something in this situation if it Kids, enthused to be ourageously raise their part of a ~roup metaooer than tney are. The iTdren' s ideas, creating was partially created by Ā·ation for doing that is to ining. Learnin& the script hy) 1s only hair of the have to be comfortable about serious situations. allowed to come up to h individual performer, handled it correctly, or t in the future.
er show designed to tarow , the focus is directed t. This show does not and was not created by is a commonly used ed for over 15 years. on the different levWhat is a good touch? o can I tell? Is it my harassed? Should it feel ry serious questions that nks to Letheby and the are.
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affect other students. The show explains that you could be more aware of othersĀ· feelings, and who you can talk to if a problem persists after you ' ve used appropriate anti-bullying methods. "This show is about teaching understanding, and accepting differences and diversity," Letheby said
These actor want to be part of this program and love the idea of changing children's lives for the better. "We do this for the students that get bullied," sophomore Cat yberg said. "It's our job to let them know they don't have to stand for bullying they can stick up for themselves."
Illusion is not only investing time into changing the lives of those who have seen the show, it also has made an impact on the actors themselves. Illusion is more than just a class. sophomore Alberto Malcolm said. "Illusion is a home School used to be, 'I want to hurry up and get through this so I can go home.' ow it's, Ā·I want to hurry up and get to my 7th-8th period class which is Illusion!" '
The cast originally consisted of 10 students, the majority from LHS one from East, and one from Arts and Humanities. Former East High senior Shanda Shappell said , "Illusion ... .led the way in making me fall in love with theatre. For once, I was happy with what I was doing.Ā·, Shappell is now enrolled at LHS and is a full time student. What made her change schools? Shappell says Illusion played a huge part in her transfer. "One day it dawned on me , if these theater kids are this cool. imagine what the rest of them are like."
The group traveled around western ebraska performing for elementary, middle, and also high schools almost every day throughout
October & November.
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The LHS Bowling Teams don't get nearly the recognition they deserve, but that doesn't stop this dedicated group of athletes frorn putting forth their best effort.
In fact, this year LHS sent a tearn rne1nber to the State 0 ::>In-
dents who qualified to represent our school at state this season.
Both boys and girls teams had record numbers of participants this year. They even had enough to have a JV Boys tea1n.
With the growing popularity of this sport, hopefully the future petition. Seni r Gage Niemann will see even bigger teams and was one of a number of LHS stu- ⢠1nore recognition.
Above: The Varsity Boys Bowling Team - Back Row: Ron Phillips, Micah Eigbrett, Dylan Rotert, Gage Niemann, Coach Scott Boltz.
Front: Andrew Rosenau, Kenny Phil!Jips, Mikey Hansen , Matt Scribner
Top Right: Boys and Girls Bowling Teams pose for a photo. In the picture is Joseph Dodge, Scott Bolts, Dillon Rotert, Kenny Phillips, Ron Phillips , Austin Thompson, Leah Ortiz , Lauren Thuss, Gage Neiman, Michael Hansen, Breanna Ogden, Andrew Rosenau, Jeff Lupo, Jordon Moyer, Laura Tharnish, and Matthew Scribner (not pictured)
Right: Boys Varsity Bowling Team member Gage Neimann (12) competed at the State Bowling Tournament.
The Varsity Girls Bowling Team - Back Row : Coach Ron Phillips, Jordan Moyer , Caitlin Holman , Lauren Thuss , Coach Scott Boltz
Front: Briannah Ogburn , Lia Ortiz, Allison Goldenstein
Above: Caitlin Holman and Lia Ortiz.
Below: The Boys JV team gets ready for a game.
The JV Boy s Bowling Team - Back Row : Andrew Rosenau , Coach Scott Boltz, Austen Thompson
Front Row : Jeff Lupo , Joseph Dodge
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earth planet , sunshine and rain , distances you could never imagine people would run. When you're almost out of breath but you keep on running because you love it. Is that you? No? But somewhere there are people that are willing to do it. they are called Cross Country Runners. When Frank Cuddy ,sophomore , was asked, "What made you want to join Cross Country? " He responded , "Honestly , my whole family did it. I couldn't play football because of too many concussions ." As the season started for the Cross Country Runners according to Coach Jon Dawson this season would be a good one Even if it did rain during their time trails Cross Country runners did not see that as an obstacle
Even when weather starts to become a major player also, runners will have to work along with it. As new team members adjust for the season along with former runners coming back it ' ll create a good mix for the Cross Country teams. When coach Dawson was asked, "Do you think that this years boys and girls Cross Country runners will have a chance to qualify? " He responded, "I think that the boys team is in a little better position to qualify for state at this point , and individually Frank Cuddy , sophomore , Rebecca Vanneman ,sophomore , and Hana McMahon-Cole.junior, have a good chance to qualify."The season is yet to be over , still a few more runs before calling it the end of the season over. With their minds already set qualifying for districts and state. And to do wh9,tever the season will bring them to get to the finish line. So far everything is moving in the right direction, the teams have good chemistry , and working towards becoming a better team
On Thursday , October 11th , 2012 the Lincoln High Cross Country team were at districts where they would found out who had made it to State. Sophomore runners Frank Cuddy,Varsity, and Rebecca Vanneman ,Varsity , had qualified for state. They did a lot in order to make it to state. For Rebecca Vannaman it was her second time going to state and a reminder of last year. When as a freshman she qualified for state For Frank Cuddy it would be the first time going to state since last year he missed the chance to go by 10 seconds and for that this year it would be something be remember When Frank Cuddy was asked, "What did you feel when last year Rebecca Vannaman qualified for state? " Cuddy responded, "It was like bitter sweet but I was happy she made it but I missed it by 10 seconds It was like I was happy for her but at the same time I wish it was me ." But with hard work this season Frank Cuddy qualified for state
They are both sophomores and with that they earned experience and practice for seasons to come. When asked, "What would you say to new runners and runners that have been here for a while?" Cuddy said, "Just to keep coming out there , I think it's a fun sport, I think everyone should to do man, it's a fun sport. " Even though sometimes things get in our way we over come them and we focus on the goal that's important to us. At LINCOLN HIGH teachers and coaches want to see everyone be successful. Just like the saying , "It's better late than ever." But at the end Frank Cuddy's wish did come rue he went to State.
Girls Cross Country Front Row (L-R):Rebecca Vanneman , Brenda Alvis , Cassidy Taladay , Hana McMahonCole , Ami Naff , Mackenzie Healy Second Row : Mariana Ossenkop , Ash le y Johnson , Marissa Maughan , Elizabeth Yost , Karynn Brown , Elizabeth Avery , Charlotte Guyer
Third Row: Emma Waec hter, Alison Goldstein, Mackenzie Cline , Hannah Higgins , Coach Dawson
Boys Cross Country
Top: The Girls Cross Country team line up at the start line before taking off On Sept. 27th , 2012
Left:Hana McMaHon-Cole (11 ),Benie Buzi(12) and Rebecca Vanneman (10) , On Sept. 27th , 2012
Right: Coach Dawson , Coach Johnson , Volunteer Coach Brad , talk to Boys Cross Country Runner Frank Cuddy (10)
Below: Benie Buzi (12) runs at Pioneers Park On Sept. 27th , 2012
Photos by Emma Fisher
Front Row (L-R) : Jack Young , Aiden Arnold , Judd Salem , Jordan Smith , Douglas Tesh
Second Row: Will lnamura, Frank Cuddy , John Frey , Ben Hadley Third Row: Joseph Carlson , Dietz Wannamaker, Sander Sieglaff , Heladio Perez, Coach Dawson
Top Left to Right : Will lnamura (12) and Ashley Johnson (1 O) run at Pioneers Park on Sept. 27th , 2012
Photos By : Joseph Dodge
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L.oyal fans, Heartbreaking losses
"The crowd, the support was outstanding especially when we were struggling as far as wins and losses ," Coach Mark Macke says about the Lincoln High Varsity team fans. "The crowd was great especially playing here at Lincoln High and for that we were grateful," he adds. Links never disappointed the team. Every Friday, weather it was below zero or high in the 90s, they gathered up at the games and cheered on the team. "It kind of lets you know that if and when we do start winning, what kind of crowds are we really going to get," Coach Macke says. Dressed in that black and red Links showed pride in their school and the team They believed in the team even at difficult times.
This year the team welcomed a new player . Tyren Baker is a freshman that starts on the varsity football team. He has probably played on the varsity team more than any other freshman to have ever attended Lincoln High. "Tyren had a great year as far as gaining experience and we expect him to get nothing but better," states Coach Macke .
Tyren is a 14 year old playi.p.g against 18 and 19 year old players, so at times it can be difficult for him, but he has shown everyone
"It kind of lets you know that if and when we do Ā·start winning, what kind of crowds are we really going to get."
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just how hard he can play. "I had to come in every day during the summer and lift, put in the work, show up and I had the potential to play varsity," Says freshman Tyren Baker. Tyren looks up to players like captain Trey Anderson who sees Tyren succeeding in football at Lincoln High . Anderson, who is a senior says , "I don't regret my senior year and how I played- I went out there and played my hardest." He especially feels proud that his teammates voted him one of the captains, "It feels good to know that I have their support," adds Trey Anderson.
The team may have not played well but they learned a lot- about themselves, their teammates and the game . There ' s always more to the game than just how much touchdowns you get Senior Joe Addison feels they could have done better, "Sometimes we have our mental mistakes and breakdowns, hopefully next year the Juniors that will be seniors will learn from our mistakes . " Coach Macke says, "The team is battling a lot of issues from previous years and sometimes it's easy for them to get down on themselves We're still growing."
Front Row (L-R): Jose Perez Blanco , Austin Thompson, Marquis Kirklin, Jordan Snodgrass, Anthony Lewis , Joe Addison, Allen Corey, Stephen David, Payton Helmstadter
Second Row (L-R): Gage Niemann, Jeff Brooks, Cody Allgood, Wade Michalski, Curtis Russell, Trey Anderson, Tyren Baker, Garett Carter
Fourth Row (L-R) : Deontre Belford, Brandon Varrati, Jacob Brown, Nick De Yong , Yohanna Shakai, Jaden Jilg-Brown, Austin Phipps , Tyson Wilson, Dean Christensen, Jamie Davis
Fifth Row (L-R) : Grant Jensen, Kevin Gallardo Franklin, Josh Matz , Evan Clark, Zach Breck, Chad Franssen-Cook, Jonathan Arnold , Cody Morse, Trevor Shriner, Hunter Pritchard
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On Friday, October 19 2012 Vietnam Veterans, which are Lincoln high alumni, reunited in front of the main building. They had a little tailga te party before the game against Grand Island. They talked over chili and hotdogs on a frosty day . During halftime over 50 Vietnam War veterans walked onto the track to be honored by the crowd of Lincoln High students and their families. 111e crowd stood to pay their respect to the vets as me marching band played the national anthem. 111ey rose to their feet and applauded the ve .. for their service. This year was tT1e 50tanniversary of the U.S. entering the war. ())ach Macke of the Varsity footbal team says abo ut the service, "That was a nice ges ture it was very humbling- i put things into perspective and that was
Lincoh1 High a lumni Vietnam War-Era veterans and their families gathered in the front of Lincoln High on Friday, Oct. 19, 2012 before a ceremony to honor their service
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By Brnoke Putty
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The Lincoln High 's Girls' Golf Tean-, encountereci son-,e r"'.,,~~m., unique problen-,s this year. ciue to the fact that they only haci three players. For one thing. there is no recorci of their scores
They were able to con-,pete in tournan-,ents but were not able to keep score. because you have to have at least four players But that cioesn 't n-,ean they ciicin 't have a great season.
"The nice thing about having new players on the tean-, is that they cion 't really have any baci habits . they Just have fun." varsity coach Larry Elwooci saici. "When playing in the varsity tournan-,ents' the tean-, realizeci how other players' play ahci how n-,uch experience they haci It was kinci of harci for then-,. but for these three not having playeci golf they have cione a really gooci Job."
The players on the tean-, are sophon-,ores Lia Ortiz. ahci t\1onica Delgacio Gonzalez anci Junior Erin Tharnish.
But son-,ething exciting Erin Tharnish got non-,inateci for the Serton-,a awarci! Anci she also got the awarci!
"I was really happy to get the awarci it was really cool to get it anci n-,e anci n-,y coach were really close this year sot that was really nice. Anci I seen a lot of people fron-, Lincoln High that workeci really harci. so it felt gooci to get that awarci". Fron-, Erin Tharnish about getting the Sertorna awarci.
This is Tharnish 's first experience with golf. "I thought it woulci be easy because it looks like an easy sport. It's harcier than it looks. People uncierestin-,ate golf!" Tharnish saici.
But the only person on the tean-, that haci experience was Delgacio Gonzalez. because she playeci golf ciuring her freshn-,an year. One of the best parts. accorciing to Ortiz was "Just playing together anci bonciihg with one another."
(Above) Left to Right- Lia, Ortiz (10), Monica De lgado Gonzalez (10) and [rin Tharnish (11) poses on Ager course durin g practice.
(Above) Left to Right- Monka Delgado Gonzal ez (1 0 ) and Erin Tharnish (11) are walking up Ager course with other golfers.
All photos ta.ken by Brooke Putty (12).
(Left -Going from left to right) Lia Ortiz (10), Monica Delgado Gonzalez (10), and Erin Tharnish (11) posing for a funny picture. (At Ager course during practice.)
(Left) Erin Tharnish {11 and Lia Ortiz (10 are fo~ using on hittipg the ball, DuriD.g practice at Ager 1eld. J
(Below) Coach Larry teaches ~onica Delgado Gonzalez ,10) were you should stand when hitting the ball. (At Ager course during practice.)
(Above) Lia Ortiz (10) putts the ball and makes it in the hole! (At Ager course during practice.)
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Above. Left to Right: Amanda Hood ( 11) and Emily Gaspe r ( 12) d o a team glove bump to get 1he game started against Fremont on 9- 10- 12
Photo Coun.scy of Mr .Thuss
Top Right: Lincoln Hi gh School Girls Softball Student Section. Photo Courtesy: Emily Gasper
Above Right : Alexis Graewe ( 11) and Varsity Assistant Coach Jeff Pappas
Heartland Athletic Confrence on 9-812. Above : Casey Wilken (1 1) swings to hit the ball during a game against Fremont on 9- 10-12. Photo Cou n esy of Mr Thuss
Jordyn Stover ( 12)
Heartl and Athletic Confrence Tou rney on 9-8- 12. Photo Courtesy of Mr Thuss
The crowd screa , " LHS, LHS YOU KNOW!" The softball players look up and see their BIG student section - around 15 people who regularly came to support the girls. This was pretty much a first for softball.
"My best memory this year was our supportive student section," Senior Emily Gasper said. Gasper has played on Lincoln High's Varsity Softball Team since she was a freshman. "In the past years the softball team has never really had support from other students," (She gives a shout out to her fellow seniors DJ Castillo and Shaundra Freeman for always being there cheering the team on.)
"The idea of having our very own student section was unreal, but they were very dedicated and supported us through many losses," Gasper said.
Having a crowd really pumped these players up this year. As Gasper said, they never really had a student section, so this year was something else.
As for team bonding the girls tried to get together as much as possible to make the team closer. "We had lots of bonding activities" Gasper said. They had team dinners at senior Victoria Bretthauer's house. The varsity girls also made tye-dye T-shirts before districts, and it was fun being unified and wearing them to school she said.
"Even though we didn't win much , this year was one of the best years, because it was all about having fun and the team morale was best it has ever been," Gasper said. The girls knew that if they didn't do well in practice or school, they got less playing time.They tried their hardest and made every second of practice and game time count.
"I will never forget winning our only game, the senior game!" Gasper said. The girls had a tough season, but they pushed themselves beyond the limit.
By Shyann Johnson
Softball coach Li sa Thiessen is new to Lincoln High thi s year, and she had a great experience working with the team
" I enjoyed being a softball coach. I have always wanted to have an opportunity to do high sc hool coaching, so thi s was awesome for me. "
Thies en also liked getting to know all of the players and see them grow over the season.
"I did feel like I built positive relation s hip s with some of the girls," Thiessen sa id " I could see progres s at every level."
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Third Row (L to R) : Mg r. Shyann John son, Taya Arkfeld, Cacey Wilken, Amanda Hood , Ra c he l Page ler, Lauren Thuss , Fawn Byron
Caleb Martin (9) hits the ball to his Pius opponent at Woods Park on Sept. 27, 2012.
Lincoln High Team total Score: 6
Race Schuurrnans ( 1 1) and Austin Trejo ( 12) won first round against Bellevue East, but didn't win second round.
Aaron Cook ( 12) went to state for singles.
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Left : Varsity tennis player Caleb Martin (9) has a talk with Coach Sandberg during a match with Pius on Sept. 27 2012
Photo by: Penny Bui
Top left: Austin Trejo (12) gets ready to serve the ball to his Plus opponent.
Photo by: Penny Bui
Bottom left: Christian Stoneall-Nelaon (9) hits the ball to his Pius opponent at Woods.
Photo by : Penny Bui
Top Right: Caleb Martin (9) serves the ball towards his Pius opponent. Martin has a varsity tennis match at Woods.
Photo by : Penny Bui
Bottom right: Austin Trejo (12) and Race Sc exchange a high five at the boys V enni ~ Northeast at Woods cou eptem 2012
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LHS JV Volleyball
By: Briannah Hunt
IIIwas ,wed that I would fall off the rope, aod nervous that I would mess up some how," said Christie Do as she crawled across the rope hanging upside down trying to rescue the princess.
The Lincoln High School JV volleyball team pushed their limits to learn how to trust and listen to their teammates in the beginning of the season. When the JV team went to the Nebraska ropes course they played intense games of "stay out of the ooze, and rescue the princess," while facing their fears of heights while their teammates cheered them on up the rock climbing wall. freshman Lela Waldman-Shanks said that it taught her team how to "trust each other in what we do, because in volleyball you have to trust them to get to their areas." Sophomore Meosha Wallace said, "it taught us how to work together as a team, and talk to each other on the court."
When the JV team moved further into their season, they continued to keep pushing and helping each other get through the season successfully. With all of the positive attitude and teamwork, the junior varsity volleyball team defeated Omah a Northwest in the first two sets picking up their first win.
The junior varsity volleyball team has had many fun times together and good laughs throughout the season. One story that sticks out in the teams mind is during the Fremont game sophomore Meosha Wallace caught the ball in her hands and froze due to a miscommunication between her and the hitters on
Tigers. This story shows that the team can laugh at the mistakes they make and come together as a team to fix any problem that may occur. Another funny story that the team remembers is when they were on their way to the Benson tournament they made a music video cover of "yeah" by Usher on the bus. All of the laughter and fun they had making
confidently by getting many blocks and serve receiving like pros. Coach Chelsea McMeen said " I had a blast watching the girls improve, and I am looking forward to see the improvement in the yea rs to come!" All of the teams hard work throughout the season was great, but the bonds and friendships they made were even better. In the words of Christie a free ball. Despite the miscommunication the team this video led to a couple wins in a row that night. Do , "It ain't over 'Iii it's over." pulled through the game and ended up beating the The JV Volleyball team ended their season
Photo By: Brlannah Hunt
Lela Waldman-Shanks (9) spikes the bal during the MIiord West Tournament whle the rest of the team COY8t'S her hit.
This season was very successful for the Lady Links JV Basketball team. They started out their season with a win against Omaha South, battling it out till the end. The lady Links played the game like they were shooting stars. They never gave up on anything, and they kept lying down the court to get the ball and score. "We competed all the way till the last buzzer," sophomore Alexis Grawe said.
The girls made many memories along their journey to the end of the season; but the main thing that stuck out in their minds was their teammates. Teammates' trust and memories are the most important things on and off the court. "The bus rides with her teammates were he funnest part of the season. There wasn't a specific special event, it was just my teammates hat gave me great memories," junior Dimitria Sierra said.
The main struggle the JV Girls Basketball Team faced was that they had to work on keeping their heads up and not get down on themselves after a bad play. The girls worked hrough this struggle together, and by the end of the season they played with miles of confidence. These girls worked very hard to become the best team they could possibly be, and by he end of the season they achieved their goal. They played together and for each other the hole game, and that's all anyone could ever ask for.
As Alexis Grawe said, "Never ive u . Play like it's your last."
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s season e oys ars1ty as et team a m.any ups an owns ne ng t at ushed them. a step back but also pushed them. forward was when their tea.mm.ate, a senior JaVon ones, ended up getting bis appendix rem.oved, and could no longer play basketball for the m.ajor⢠·ty of the season. The boys were devastated and decided that they would play their next gam.e for ⢠The team ended up winning their Senior night game against Northstar, and dedicated it to a Von. After this experience the boys learned that they needed to play for each other and as a unit "We started off playing individually and it wasn't good, but as the season progressed we ca.me ogetber and ā¢it's gotten better," senior guard Joe Addison said.
Som.e good words for this year's Varsity Boys Basketball Team. are "Trust" and "Belief." These ords symbolize the way the team. grew stronger througho u t the year. The word trust cam.e into lay early on in the season as the boys realized it's a combined effort that can hel p to succeed in eir goals. As the team. grew stronger together their goals becam.e rnore and more achievab l e.
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State qua1ifier for the girls, Becca Vanneman ( 10) runs to the finish tine at Pioneers Park. State qualifier for the boys Frank Cuddy (10) talks to his teammates at Pioneers Park.
State this year Junior Sarah DiMagno (right) brought home a First Place trophy and qualified for Nationals! Celeste Torrence ( 12) and Mary Wickizer (10) made it to the final round. Soreti Teshome (II) was a semifinalist, Raymond Wunder ( 12) and Zach Hadenfeldt ( 12) were semifinalists, and Erin ( 11)
⢠, ⢠Wilford and Trevor Obermueller ( I I) were / octofinalists.
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State Qualifiers for this year's LHS Boys Tennis team were Aaron Cook (12), Austin Trejo (12), Dang Dang (12), Race Schuurmans (11), Christian Stoneall-Nelson (9), and Caleb Martin (9)
The 2013 LHS Slam Poetry Team won first place at semifinals and will move on to be in the four school final round.
The 2013 State Qualifiers for Wrestling. DJ Castillo (12) got first place at state, and Wesley Dawkins (9) got third place.
Soreti Teshome (11) placed 5th at the State Speech competition.
Your 2013 State Qualifier for Bowling Gage Niemann (12).
2013 Swimming and Diving State Qualifiers. Ashlie Izzo (12) got 4th place in Diving at State.
2012-2013
Jorge Mario Bergoglio "Pope Francis" becomes the 266th Pope of the Roman Oitholic Church on March, 13, 2013 after Pope Benedict XVI retires. He is the first Jesuit and the first person from the Southern Hemisphere to become Pope.
President Barack Obama got reelected for a second term. He was sworn in on January, 20 2013
Hurricane Sandy formed on October 22, 2012 and Dissipated on October 31,2012. The Stonn caused $7 5 billion in damages in the U.S. alone. 24 states in the U.S., Greater Antilles, Bahamas, Bennuda, and Eastern Canada were affected.
90's R&B singer, Natina Reed, from the group Blaque died on October 26, 2012. She was hit by a car. She was in movies like "Bring it on", "V.I.P.", and "Honey"
On December 9, 2012 Jenni Rivera, MexicanAmerican singer, died in a plane crash in Mexico.
On October 14, 2012 Felix
Sherman Hemsley from The Jeffersons (played George Jefferson) died on July 24, 2012 His life was taken by lung cancer.
Baumgartner a 43-year-old Austrian daredevil made the world record for skydiving - 24 miles high. He landed in New Mexico after 4 minutes.
15 year old Malala Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban on October 9, 2012. She was on a school bus in Northwestern Pakistan. She was shot because she promoted girls' education and "western thinking" and criticized the militant group's behavior. The shooting sparked outrage all around the world
"Golden Gabby." Gabby Doug las is the first African-American women to win the all -around Gymnastics title at the summer O lympic games on Thursday, August 2, 2012 in London, England. She is only 16.
On December 14, 2012 20 year old Adam Lanza shot and killed 20 children and 6 adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School. He ki lled his mother at home before going to the school. Lanza committed suicide at the school.
On August 5, 2012, South Africa's Oscar Pistorius starts in the men's 400-meter semifinal during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer O lympics in London. Pistorius became the first double leg amputee to participate in the Olympics.
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. . Ground Zero sure does .... Being Ground Zero ·s third Year their still going ⢠strong and bringing new talent to their crew. The members include: (Brodrick Kudron r12J Trung Hoang r12J Demetre Gibson r 11 J Long HuYnh r 11 J ThommY Tran r 11 J Lucky Tran r11 J Charlie Curtis-Beard r11 J Jerrin Ewings r1OJ TYkele Jones r1OJ. Along with the great enthusias-
tic members there are some high energy People behind the scenes that do all of the choreographing and Planning gigs those PeoPle are; Donna Anderson the sponsor and a Social Studies teacher at Lincoln High. Their coach and former member Tim Curtis-Bear HS 201 oGraduateJ and two lovely team assistants. LYia Gadeken 1OJ and Julia Medina fl OJ.
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During the year McGinn sells treats o students in order to keep a budget for he Slam Poetry team. This year a former student of McGinn, Jennifer Davis-Korn, convinces Wayne's Body Shop to donate $1,500 to LHS Slam Poetry. The team was excited and very thankful for the care they showed. The money is used for travel exenses, snacks for their trips to Omaha and other things.
To the Lincoln High Slam Poets winning isn't everything. The other teams poetry always inspires them to do better and when they hear a piece they like they stand to applaud that person . Junior Lillian Bornstein hopes to win finals but says, "The sense of creation and comradeship with the other teams, I think, is more important."
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