Issue 9 - Lake Stevens School District

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Lake Stevens
High School presents:
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Vol. #85
Issue #9
June 5, 2013
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Pg. 8
Pg. 2 Four students age out of Life Skills
Pg. 4 Jolena Goodhead overcame her challenges of being homeless
Pg. 10 Two students who excelled in sports and school
Pg. 11 Gino Crespo, the youngest senior, graduates at age 16
Pg. 18 Two boys started their own businesses as seniors
Pg. 19 Five sets of twins
Pg. 20 Two boys and one girl hope to become fishermen
Pg.21 Matthew Huang changed from unknown to Fearless
2Seniors
June 5, 2013
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Photos by Hannah Bartow
A prom for the Life Skills program was held on Tuesday, May 21 in the auxilary gym. Gregory Masten (left), Steven Roundhill (middle left), Bailey Davis (middle right), and Tyler Bales (right) were a few of the students who attended.
Four Life Skills students age out of the program
Gregory Masten, Steven Roundhill, Bailey Davis, and Tyler Bales prepare for life outside of high school
aging out of the
Life Skills program for students with
special needs. Students in the Life Skills
program can stay in school until they are
21. However, after that, they must move
on to a new stage in their lives because
services are no longer available. Tyler
Bales, Steve Roundhill and Bailey Davis
will age out, along with my older brother, Gregory Masten.
I’m so excited to be able to say my
brother and I will graduate at the same
time. I’m incredibly proud of my brother
and excited that we both get to walk at
graduation this year. Our mother, Carrie
Morehouse, is excited for the opportuni-
tunity to contribute to his community
and to becoming a valued member of the
workforce,” Morehouse said.
However, not all students who age
out choose to walk at graduation. For my
brother and the rest of my family, seeing
Gregory walk at the Everett Events Center is an amazing moment. My brother
was born deaf and blind, so growing up
with Gregory may not have always been
the easiest, but walking with him shows
how successful he’s been.
Some students however, including
Bales and Roundhill are not walking on
June 11. Bales and Roundhill will be successful members of society, and their
Global perspective inspires Chandler, Hadley
and Spencer to look into humanitarian work
by Samantha Smith
Staff Reporter
Some
h a v e
dreams of
being actors, doctors, singers, athletes
and an array of other professions, but
for Madalynn Chandler, Savannah Spencer, and Erica Hadley, their ideal job is
to help others. Wanting to help people
in need is a feeling almost everyone
has; however for these three, it is more
of a responsibility they feel than just
something they want to do. Humanitarian work benefits people all over the
world, from starving children, to people
left homeless because of the aftermath
of a natural disaster, as well as victims
of war crimes. With so many people in
need around the world, it’s difficult to
decide where to focus humanitarian efforts.
“Even if I [just] make a little impact, I
feel like I have accomplished something;
that’s my goal,” Hadley, who wants to
become a lawyer and work in Africa for
victims of human trafficking, said.
For Chandler, her goal is to see the
end of the Lord’s Resistance Army, an
army directed by Joseph Kony made
up of child soldiers and ruthless rebels.
Chandler has already taken steps in the
right direction to accomplish that goal
by being involved with Invisible Children, an organization dedicated to stopping the violence in central Africa and
the exploitation of child soldiers.
“I’ve been involved in two different
conferences, one was Move D.C. sponsored by Invisible Children and another
one was the Justice Conference in Philadelphia, both of which were basically
trying to make it known that there is
an injustice in this world being done
to people and crying out against that,”
Chandler said.
Chandler is not the only one who
has made a head start on her journey
of making the world a better place.
Spencer spends some of her time volunteering at local food banks. In addition
to volunteer work, Spencer has taken
several mission trips to other countries
with members from her church.
“Last year I went to Honduras where
we went to an orphanage and basically
redid all of their beds because they slept
on bunk beds,” Spencer said.
Between the three of them, there will
be many people who benefit from their
commendable efforts to make the world
a better place.
LSHS says goodbye to Mr. Scranton
Photo by Hannah Bartow
Mr. Scranton taught in
the Life Skills classroom at
Lake Stevens High School
for 3 years and overall for
45 years. He will be retiring
after the end of this school
year. He will be greatly
missed by his students.
Mr. Scranton’s happiest
event was with student
Arvin Farden.
families are preparing for their future.
“They are both attending the transition program and they’re involved in
vocational training and we’re hopeful
they’ll be able to at least work part time
in a regular setting,” Life Skills teacher
Tom Scranton said.
Finding work after high school can be
tough, especially with a disability, primarily because it’s difficult for people
with disabilities to receive funding. Unfortunately, our state is ranked as one of
the worst. According to the Developmental Disabilities Administration, Washington is 40th in the nation in the amount
it invests in supporting people with developmental disabilities in its communities, and only 10 percent of people will
We asked. You answered.
This year, four ties in our futures.
by Kacie Masten
students
will be
“I’m excited about [Gregory’s] opporSports Editor
receive funding after high school. Many
parents, like my mother, have worked
hard to make sure that people with disabilities can receive job opportunities,
and fortunately my brother has a great
chance at getting a job after high school.
I hope that I can say the same about my
brother’s classmates, who have worked
just as hard to be successful.
“I hope that [Gregory and his classmates] can continue to do well and practice what we’ve taught them in school,”
Educational Assistant Natalie Torgerson
said.
My family and I are so proud of my
brother and his classmates, and I hope
they will find success beyond high
school.
What is your most embarrassing
high school moment?
“One time I went to Jay’s Market with Taryn Rasmussen, and we were buying chocolates and tampons
and when we were in line, James Tanner came up
behind us and looked at our purchase and started
laughing. Yeah, that was pretty embarrassing.”
~Annemarie Davis
Photos by Kimberlei Brown
“I go up to my best friend this morning to say hi and
ask her if she has my yoga pants, and she gave them
to me and then she said, “Oh, I thought you were going to come over and say Happy Birthday to me. It
was pretty embarrassing I forgot, considering she
was carrying HAPPY BIRTHDAY balloons.”
~Tatum Lamberty
Causin’ a racket on the court
by Alexandra Mulvaney
Staff Reporter
Twin
b o y s ,
share just
about everything: a room, clothes, food,
car and of course, their birthday. They
play tennis together, and hang out with
friends together. These brothers are best
friends.
“I like being a twin and having a friend
with you all the time,” Blaise Finlay said.
Although they may be friends, the tables are turned while on the tennis court.
Working together to win a match has often been a struggle for them when playing together. These two play better when
they don’t have to work as a team.
“We don’t get along at all on the tennis court,” Blaise said. “We mostly play
singles, but when we do play doubles, we
have different partners,” Jackson added.
Being an identical twin may not always be as easy as it looks; people get
these two boys mixed up very often.
“People get us mixed up all the time,”
Blaise said. “Especially teachers more
than our friends,” Jackson added.
Being a twin means having an unbreakable bond as siblings that other
people don’t have. These two may be
graduating high school, but going separate ways isn’t exactly the plan for the
Finlay twins.
“We’re either going to community college or the military,” Jackson said. “We
will probably get an apartment together,”
Blaise added.
The Finlay boys enjoy being brothers
and being best friends. The bond of being
twins is tied tight between these two.
Photo by Sarah Gluck
Blaise and Jackson Finlay stand side by side as they have
in the past and will continue to in the future. The twins
work as a team on the court and in every day life.
Seniors3
June 5, 2013
Adrenaline rush Seniors reflect on their legacies
by Meredith Brown
Staff Reporter
Samantha Just is
privileged to have a
family who has been
involved in racing for
years. She has grown
up around racing her
whole life, but starting
in 2010, she started being hands-on. Her second family runs a team
and races. Just manages
that team, which involves working on the
racer’s car and cleaning the car in between
races. Also, she deals
with the track officials,
mainly making sure
that the drivers are
ready on time.
“I have sat in a
race car, and it is
small and claustrophobic. I can’t
even
imagine
what it’s like
going 130
miles per
hour,” Just
said.
J u s t
has never gotten behind the
wheel of
a racecar
because
she has
seen the
damage it
can cause.
“A
close
friend
of
someone on
the team got in
a bad accident
in September
of 2011. After
the crash, the
medics told him
he had an hour
to live, but when they
unhooked the machine
he kept breathing. He
was in a coma for about
two years and is still recovering,” Just said.
It is scary for Just
having loved ones behind the wheel racing.
Her family, boyfriend
of two years, and her
best friend race and she
worries about them.
Her brother is a perfect
example of passion and
dedication for a hobby.
“I love racing because
it’s not a true sport in
the sense that everyone
thinks of sports. Racing
is truly your second,
if not your first family.
It’s your vacation, your
days off; it’s everything. You live it,
breathe it. Gasoline really is as
thick as blood,
and it runs in
your
veins,”
Just’s brother, Nick,
said.
Her
weekends
a r e
filled
with time
at the track.
In Washington, due to
the weather,
racing
season is usually
from March to
October, but her
team travels to
warmer climates
to race year
round. Just hopes
to eventually get
behind the wheel
and race, when
the time is right.
Photo by Hannah bartow
Ping Pong and Green Team presidents contribute to student life
by Kimberlei Brown
Staff Reporter
Most students strive to be able
to leave a legacy behind at high
school. Some have done that by
starting new club at LSHS. Two
clubs that the seniors will be leaving behind this year are Ping-Pong
and The Green Team.
Ping-Pong was started by Ryan
Lian, Bryce Rowe, and Andrew Moe.
They wanted to be able to continue
playing after school as well as having other people join.
“We kept playing ping pong after
school and we wanted to see who
the best player in the school was, so
we went to Lian’s mom and made
sure that she was cool with being
the advisor. She said sure and PingPong kind of came to be,” Rowe
said.
On the other hand, the Green
Team was created by Samantha
Smith in order to make LSHS a
more eco friendly environment.
This was done by bringing awareness to the school. Smith hopes to
have students continue the club
From left to right: Bryce Rowe, Ryan Lian and Jared Rahn were the original members of the PingPong club. The club started as an excuse to see who the better player was.
next year.
“At first we had trouble because
‘being green’ isn’t cool, but sophomore Spencer Fosse who started
showing up for all of the meetings is really passionate about The
Green Team. He has made sure to
These seniors’ pursue their dream of fighting fires
A s
by Aleesa Browning
Features Editor t h e
end of
the school year approaches, seniors are discovering what they
would like to do after high school
and what they need to accomplish
in order to make their dreams a
reality. Although there are countless jobs to choose from, a handful of brave students wish to pursue a career that requires them to
risk their lives to save others.
Sidney Jamie Monroe III is
one of the few who want to be
firefighters. Monroe decided he
wanted to be a firefighter because
he is following in his dad’s and
uncle’s footsteps.
“My dad used to be a parttime firefighter in Lake Stevens,
and my uncle is a lieutenant in
Federal Way, but more than that,
I just enjoy being a part of some-
thing bigger than myself,” Monroe said. “Last year my mom was
diagnosed with breast cancer so
that really pushed it over the top
for me, and I just really wanted
to find a way to help out and give
back, and this is what I found.”
These soon-to-be fire fighters have worked
hard to make their dreams come true and they
are proud to say that they are making thier way
to where they want to be
Andrew Kreger: technical genius
Kreger uses his skills to go far with computer science
by Aleesa Browning
Features Editor
Having computer problems?
Andrew Kreger is the man for
the job. Kreger was introduced
to computers through his father. He began making money
repairing computers when he
was very young, and his skills
have drastically improved
over the years.
“I’ve been messing with
computers for a really long
time, but I started making
money fixing them in third
grade,” Kreger said. “It just
came naturally to me. I enjoyed the challenge.”
As of now, Kreger’s plan is
to go to school to further his
skills rather than starting his
have some other kids show up next
year,” Smith said.
While these seniors had fun
this past year, they hope that many
other students will take charge
and continue these clubs for many
more years to come.
You light ‘em; they fight ‘em
own business.
“I’m planning on going to
EVCC for two years, then transferring to UW and majoring
in computer science,” Kreger
said. “In all honesty, I’d rather
be on the cutting edge, developing products and working
with computers than managing a company.”
Kreger works on computers
because it’s something that he
loves to do, and he enjoys the
challenge of it. He also does a
majority of his work at school
on his laptop.
“Andrew gets excellent value from his computer in class,”
said John Unckles. “I see him
with it daily. He takes notes
with it, he does his assignments with it. He makes use
of his computer as well as any
student I have.”
Photo by Chloe Rowland
Andrew Kreger stands proudly next to the Viking which is displayed outside of his fourth
period engineering class with Mr. Davis. Kreger is currently taking this class to improve his
computer skills.
Samantha Just loves racing
Monroe has been a part of the
Sno Isle program for the past two
years to prepare himself for a career and he was also accepted into
a firefighting program happening
this summer. Another student
who has used Sno Isle as a tool to
prepare for firefighting is Adrian
Miles. Miles is beginning a job in
Eastern Washington this summer
to be a wild land firefighter, and
he plans to move to Maine and
continue his career there.
“I’m going to school eventually.
I’m moving to Maine, and next
year I’m going to take a year off
because credits are really expensive if I’m not a resident. So I’m
waiting a year to get residency
and then I’m going to go to the
community college there for the
firefighter program,” Miles said.
“After that, I’ll just be trying to get
a job as a real firefighter.”
What advice would you
tell your sophomore self?
“I would tell my
sophomore self
to join more clubs
and get involved
in leadership and
do more community services.”
~Marysa Hay
Photo by Meredith Brown
“[I’d tell myself],
don’t try so hard
to fit in; you’re
embarrassing
yourself.”
~Nathaniel Addison
4Seniors
June 5, 2013
A story of resilience
Jolena Goodhead lost her home in middle school
Life is not always easy, and
by Samantha Smith
challenges
are inevitable. But,
Staff Reporter
it is a matter of choice of how a
person deals with those challenging times. For Jolena Goodhead, the hardships in her life have helped shape the person she is today. Goodhead and her mother were homeless
for the summer between Jolena’s 7th and 8th grade year and
continuing into 8th grade, sleeping on couches at friend’s
and family’s houses.
“My mom was in a job that asked her to do some unethical things, so she walked out and that left us in a really hard
spot financially. We were evicted, and we ended up couch
surfing between friends and family,” Goodhead explained.
Losing a stable house to live in stressed Goodhead; her
grades slipped as she struggled with her health and depression.
“My grades dropped drastically because I never had anywhere to do my homework. I got really bad health conditions because I was getting no sleep. I got really depressed,
and I started to give up on things because I felt like they
were never going to get better,” Goodhead said.
But luckily for Goodhead and her mother, there were always people there to help.
One of Goodhead’s close friends, junior Jade Herrewig, was there in Goodhead’s time of need.
“I just tried to make her feel better
and not stress all the problems and
just be there for her,” Herrewig said.
There were also a number of
other resources Goodhead utilized during her time without a
home.
“We used the food bank. I got
free and reduced lunch, but I
think that the biggest thing that
helped was if you go through
the state, you can get healthcare if you’re homeless. That
helped a lot,” Goodhead said.
Goodhead’s friend, senior
Kathryn Danielson didn’t know
Goodhead during the time
when she was homeless, but is
very close with her now.
“Sometimes it seems like she
does go back to the past, but
everybody does. She’s a really strong person; she’s
one of the strongest people
I know. She has a really strong spirit to go
on and do what she wants to do,” Danielson
said.
Goodhead’s story is a story of resilience and perseverance. The challenges she has faced have served as an example that people can pull out of a tough situation and make
the best of it.
Goodhead is now happily living in a home she can call
her own. Her mother is working a stable job, and Jolena
herself is working two jobs.
Photo courtesy of Aaron Piega
In a self portrait, Aaron Piega shows his love for success and determination. Throughout high school, Piega has participated in many clubs,
including DECA and Leadership.
A triple threat in Viking power
Aaron Piega takes on multiple activities around LSHS
by Marissa Fredrickson
Editor-in-Chief
Aaron Piega
is known for his
many talents in
DECA, Leadership and photography. His interest
in photography began as a kid when he received
a toy camera.
“Growing up I was always fascinated with the
whole concept of being able to capture a moment
by a single ‘click’,” Piega said.
As years went on, his photography talent blossomed. He shot over 40 senior portraits last summer and took Mrs. Granillo’s AP Photography
class in order to increase his photography knowledge.
“Aaron is one of the most talented student
photographers I’ve had in class as well as being
an amazing person. He is generous, kind and not
critical of others. He has also stepped up and has
done jobs without pay so that students in need
could have beautiful senior portraits,” Granillo
said.
Like most artists, Piega has a main inspiration, Annie Leibovitz. After learning about her
in Granillo’s class, he realized that he is able to
relate to her. He admires Leibovitz for her huge
success in not only being able to shoot with hundreds of celebrities, actors, musicians and political leaders, but also through her hard work and
dedication.
Piega shows hard work and dedication with
all of the work he does. He decided to join DECA
his sophomore year after shadowing at the high
school during his time at Cavelero.
“Before entering high school, I had no idea
what career base I wanted to pursue that is, until I was introduced to the Business & Marketing
class/DECA. During my three years, DECA has
given me some amazing opportunities to travel,
network and build strong relationships with other students and has even helped me land my first
job,” Piega said.
Photography and DECA are not the only activities for Piega. He joined Leadership junior year
after being blown away by the backdrops and the
costumes of the Toy Story assembly presented in
fall of 2010.
“I joined leadership not only to become more
involved within my high school, but because I also
wanted to be a part of a group of great students
who enjoyed helping out their school. Since joining, my artistic abilities have grown tremendously . Like DECA, Leadership has opened doors to
many amazing opportunities to branch out to the
community while also building strong relationships with LSHS teachers and staff,” Piega said.
While many would think that he would have a
career in either photography or DECA, Piega has
decided to take another turn.
“Although photography has become a passion
of mine over the years, I don’t completely see myself living as a photographer for the rest of my
life. However, it’ll still be a great hobby of mine
and hopefully I’ll be able to use these skills one
way or another in the professional world. I also
know that there is Collegiate DECA, but although
it’s been a fun ride, I think it might be time to just
leave DECA world at the high school,” Piega said.
Starting this August, Piega will be training for
the Army Reserves, and he will be starting his college experience at Western Washington University in the 2014 spring quarter.
“Throughout my life, it has always been a
dream of mine to be able to proudly serve my
country and community in one form or another
while also finishing my high school/college career at the same time,” Piega said.
Putting further education on hold
Students spend time travelling and working before heading to college
by Chloe Rowland
Photographer
Most graduates have long
hours of college assignments,
work and a diminished social
life to look forward to after high
school. Making good decisions is hard to do, and at some
point or another everyone is afraid of making the wrong
one. However, the time has come for this year’s senior
class to make their decisions wisely going into the real
world as young adults. Two great examples-Mikayla
Powers and Nicole Zaat-both made decisions for next
year and have determined, independently, that they will
be postponing college.
“I’ll be living at home for a year until I get on my feet,
and then getting an apartment hopefully with some
friends. I think at EVCC I am going to take art history
for my major, then maybe even do a year at Seattle Art
Institute doing some cartooning or graphic design,” said
Zaat.
Zaat plans on saving her earnings to be a capable
adult who is responsible enough to live on her own.
While some take off time to live on their own like Zaat,
others travel while postponing school. Powers has decided to use six months of her time traveling with a nationwide program called YWAM (Youth With a Mission).
“I will begin a six-month adventure that will deepen
my faith and allow me to grow incredibly as a person.
The first three months are spent at a YWAM base in Maui
where I will be receiving discipleship training (skills required to be in YWAM). The following three months I
get the privilege to backpack in; Nepal, Bangladesh or
Indonesia. While doing so I will be spreading the truth
and love of Jesus Christ with others. I am so excited to
have this time off from school to explore the world and
figure out more about myself during those six months. I
will most likely get a job during this upcoming summer
and if I am accepted, I will be attending Grand Canyon
University in the fall of 2014,” said Powers.
Both seniors are excited to be growing up and heading into the world. Most forget that college is an option,
and can be delayed. The choice is up to what a person
wants in their life, but no matter what decisions are
made, college will always be waiting.
Photo courtesy of mikayla powers
Mikayla Powers poses with two young girls she met while on a mission
trip to the Dominican Republic during the summer of 2012. Powers plans
to travel to Nepal, Bangladesh or Indonesia for another mission trip later
this year.
Seniors5
June 5, 2013
Acceptance into the Naval Academy
Robert DeGabriele follows in family’s footsteps and joins the military
A c cording
to www.
parchment.com in 2012, of the
17,419 applicants to the Naval Academy, 1,464 students were accepted. That
is only an 8.4 percent acceptance rate,
and Robert DeGabriele is now a part of
it.
“I am going to the Naval Academy
which means I will receive excellent
training and a great education,” DeGabriele said. “I’m going to be majoring in engineering.”
Though he has always known he
wanted to be involved with the military, the discovery of what DeGabriele specifically wanted for his future
occurred three years ago.
“I was on vacation and I took a
tour of the battleship USS North
Carolina. I knew I wanted to fight in
the armed forces and I felt at home
on the ship,” DeGabriele said. “I was
really impressed with how advanced
and creative everything on the ship
was.”
DeGabriele is not the only one in
his family who joined the military,
and he wants to continue the tradition.
“My family has been in the military
for a long time,” DeGabriele said. “My
dad was in the Marine Corps and so
were my grandfathers.”
Being a military brat, DeGabriele
Dancing her way to stardom
Kristen Hoffman will attend Cornish College of the Arts
by Tala Johnson
Staff Reporter
Kristen Hoffman is a star
among Vikings.
Since a young age, Hoffman has participated in both gymnastics and dance.
At age three, Hoffman’s mother, Amy
enrolled her in ballet classes. Hoffman
quickly grew to love ballet, and since then
danced both ballet and contemporary. At
age five Hoffman took an interest in gymnastics after watching the Olympic Team
Tour at the Everett Events Center. Hoffman began taking rhythmic gymnastics
classes shortly after.
Kristen participated in the Junior
Olympics three years in a row and during her last year she won 12th place. When
Kristen was 12, after taking seven years
of gymnastics, she quit so that she could
dedicate more time to her dancing.
Hoffman danced in multiple school
talent shows, and, according to Spanish
teacher, Alisa Arcos, is “always a joy to
watch.” Mrs. Arcos is highly impressed by
her talent.
“She is an elegant, professional and
truly amazing dancer for how young she
is,” Arcos said. “She’s very well rounded
and kind. She is a beautiful person, as well
as a dancer, and she will go far no matter
what she does.”
Kristen is currently dancing for herself, but was recently accepted into the
Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle
and plans to receive a Bachelors of Fine
Arts in dance when she graduates from
Lake Stevens. After receiving her BFA,
Hoffman isn’t sure exactly what she
plans to do, but is excited for any opportunity she receives.
“I’m just going to see where dancing
takes me,” Hoffman said.
Photo Courtesy of Amy Hoffman
Kristen Hoffman shows her felxibility. Hoffman will
attend Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle and received an annual $8,400 merit scholarship.
What will and won’t you
miss about LSHS?
“I won’t miss the smell of the
400 building bathroom!”
~Benjamin Werst
“I’d have to say the number one
thing I’ll be missing most here
are the teachers. It’s so rare for
you to find such people who’d
take extra time out of their own
day just to help you.”
~Annah Noetzelmann
“I will not miss having to
get up at the crack of
dawn and staying up all
day!”
~Lauren Brigolin
Photos by Marissa Fredrickson
and Hannah Bartow
had a few chances to experience the
training for the Navy.
“I did the Naval Academy Summer
Seminar in June last year, which is a
mini camp where you see what life
is like at the Academy,” DeGabriele
said. “I also went to the academy two
months ago to follow a plebe around
and go to classes.”
DeGabriele begins training June
27, 2013 at the Naval Academy. Although he is not sure which branch
he will choose, either Navy or Marine corps, DeGabriele is ready for
the adventure and training the Academy will provide.
“It will be a big change. I can’t wait
to get started,” DeGabriele said.
Robert DeGabriele poses with a navy recuiter while during lunch. DeGabriele plans to begin training for the Naval Academy at the end of June.
It’s not over ‘til
Mandy Hendrichsen sings
by Kaelyn King
Staff Reporter
Mandy
Henrichsen has been
singing opera
ever since she was eleven years old
when she was captivated by the
movie Sleeping Beauty and its operatic tones.
Henrichsen started singing lessons with a teacher
who had an opera company called Lyric Opera
Northwest. She fell in
love with opera and became motivated to reach
higher notes throughout the
years. “It’s a beautiful art form,
and I love singing high notes and
being a soprano and the characterization involved,” said Henrichsen, “Opera is just so regal
and majestic, and I just think it’s
beautiful.”
She has been involved in five
opera and musical theater shows
including last year’s school musical, “Chicago” where she played
lead, Roxie Hart.
“Mandy is a dedicated theater performer. She loves the
arts and the work that goes into performing well,” said her drama teacher, Carrie
Gerrard.
The sky’s the limit for Henrichsen’s
opera singing dreams and she’s determined to not let anything stop
her from reaching her goals.
Henrichsen has been accepted
into Palm Beach University in
Florida and plans to pursue
opera and take classes in
musical theater. She hopes
Palm Beach University
will help jump start her
career.
“I’m hoping to go somewhere like New York at the
Metropolitin Opera stage which
is every opera singers dream and
also experience some opportunities on Broadway in my future,”
said Henrichsen.
Mandy’s unique talent has
helped her find her own sense of
self over the years.
“Opera singing adds a lot to who
I am and the type of person I want
to be,” said Henrichsen. “I don’t think
I would be Mandy without my unique
talent. Everyone just associates me
with ‘the opera girl’ but it’s helped me
become more open and creative and I
couldn’t imagine life without it.”
Mrs. Waite says adiós to teaching
What do your future plans include?
Photo by Marissa Fredickson
by Mackenzie McLeod
Staff Reporter
I am actually stepping into another job--being a manager at the Marysville H & R Block office. During tax season I will be very busy, but the rest
of the year I will only be working 1 or 2 days a week. What I am really
looking forward to is not having to get up at 5:30 a.m. unless I want to. Of course I plan to continue my travels. Hopefully I’ll have grandchildren
before too long.
What will you miss most about working at LSHS?
I will miss the daily contact with my colleagues at work. I will miss the
contact with young people on a daily basis. I will miss the opportunity
to try to open students’ eyes to the world outside Lake Stevens through
langagage and stories. I will miss the love and respect I have felt from
the hundreds of students and colleagues I have had the pleasure to have
in my life.
Spring Sports Results: Congrats Vikings!
Golf
Track
Boys Soccer
Baseball
Softball
Tennis
Girls golf finished
second
in
Districts and three
girls,
Mackenzie
Mitchell, Makenzie
Sundvor and Julia
Elton, made it to
State. Elton finished 38th overall.
Senior Carey Campbell
placed thrd in the shot
put at State. Senior
Moussa Ben Sanoh
qualified for the long
jump and sophomore
Paityn Kaiser qualified for in the javelin
throw.
Boys soccer finished their season with an 113-0 record after
losing to Roosevelt on May 11
at Districts.
Boys baseball
ended their run
after losing to
Olympia, but
had an exciting
season
after
receiving their
second District
title.
The team ended their
season with an 11-3
record after making
it to State. Unfortunately they lost after
a double elimination,
but this was the first
time the team made it
to State in many years.
Juniors Megan
and Erin Huffman earned
5th place in
doubles at the
State Tournament.
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June 5, 2013
Best ‘bros’ in high school and beyond
Three best friends to take on UW together
From best friends to talented performers
by Kaylee Nunley
Staff Reporter
by Sarah Gluck
Staff Reporter
A
bromance is the most unique
kind of friendship. It’s a
bond where a group of
guys are inseparable and
stick together through
thick and thin. Joseph
Hendrickson, Keith Acfalle and Jared Rahn are one
bromance with no plan on
parting ways after high
school.
“We hang out so much
that we can complete each
other’s….” Acfalle said.
“Sentences,” Hendrickson finished.
The connection was
clear; they were meant
to be friends throughout
high school.
“Joe and I met in math
class in sixth grade. We
met Jared when we all
did basketball together in
seventh grade, and we all
became best friends afterwards,” Acfalle said.
“Two weeks and I fell in
love,” Hendrickson added.
The three are heading
towards college not only
together, but in complete
unison.
“We’re all moving in to-
Photo by Meredith Brown
Jared Rahn, Keith Acfalle and Joseph
Hendrickson have been members of a
love triangle for years.
gether because we’re all
going to the University of
Washington, and all of us
are majoring in science,”
Hendrickson said.
Every word that comes
out of their mouth is either borderline offensive
or borderline flirtacious.
“My favorite thing
about them is their chiseled abs,” Rahn said. “I
don’t want to move in
with them. I just didn’t
want to deal with a community bathroom at the
dorms.”
None of the boys knew
what to expect in their future friendship.
“Jared was a shy little
private school kid and we
brought him into public
school,” Hendrickson said.
All of their time together is time much appreciated and well spent.
“It’s been a ride. It’s all
about the kicks and giggles,” Keith said.
What is your most embarrassing
high school moment?
Photo by Kimberlei Brown
“I was coming back from the bathroom
and I was saying hi to Mrs. Horn where it
kind of indents in the 100 hundred building, and I walked into the indent too early
and it was the wrong classroom. I walked
about halfway in there and then I realized
it was the wrong classroom and they were
all staring at me, so I just turned around and
walked out, and then peered back in to say it
was the wrong classroom and then walked
back out again.”
~Mason Reichow
by Brittan Lamberty
Staff Reporter
It’s
been
an interesting roller coaster for Belgian exchange student, Celine
Lemaire; it’s been a long ways
away from home. After almost
an entire school year in Lake
Stevens, she has experienced
what the average American
teenager normally does; from
sporting events, to pep assem-
Foreign exchange student Celine Lemaire has
enjoyed her time in the United States. She has
made a lot of friends and memories.
blies, she definitely lived the
life of a typical American teenager.
Looking back, a few of the
school events that Lemaire enjoyed most was the sporting
events that she attended and
was a part of.
“I was manager for the basketball team and we went to
state, and that was a good experience,” Lemaire said.
Lemaire learned a lot after a
year in the U.S.; from different
customs to how to live like an
American.
“I have learned to be relaxed,
because Americans are very
cool and relaxed,” Lemaire said.
The foreign exchange students who stayed in Lake Steven’s high school definitely
don’t intend to be gone forever.
Lemaire expects to visit the
U.S. soon. Lemaire’s plans include coming back to the U.S.
and visiting Lake Stevens.
“I want to come here again;
I want to go to Lake Stevens to
visit my host family and friend.
I want to go to California and
Florida,” Lemaire said.
not always being the
same,” Hines said Now, that the two
are seniors they realize
their
friendship
is
special because the
majority of kids haven’t
been able to maintain
a strong friendship
duringall the years in
Lake Stevens, and they
are proud to call each
other their best friends.
“I respect his competivive nature, trying
to strive to be a better
athlete, as well as a better person,” Louie Tayag
said.
Andrew Hines and Louie Tayag play during their first and only
Open Mic performance.
Mike Annis: DJ for hire
Mike
Annis everybody
crazy,
by Jack Petterborg
is
recognized
[and]
just
brings
joy
Staff Reporter
around campus
by his participation in the Hip Hop Club, but
there are other things that people may not
know.
“One time he and Horace [Price] tried to
wrestle each other, and Mike won,” sophomore Camille Piega, a fellow Hip Hop Club
member, said.
Aside from his physical accolades, Annis
has been DJ-ing for two and a half years. He
produced music for the Hip Hop Club at the
high school and plans on creating a career
out of it after he graduates; but more specifically, he wants to produce music for other
artists.
“I’ve been hired four times for gigs, mostly local parties and the prom fashion show,
here at the high school,” Annis said.
It seems that he has promise in the rising
industry of DJ’s, and he loves the work he
does.
“[I love how] the hype of the music makes
to people,” Annis
said.
Through
his
high school career,
his friends, members of hip hop club
and family have supported him.
“[I’m] mostly going to do gigs to
get money and
then get better
equipment as I
go along,” Annis
said.
He has no plan
of opening his
own record label.
“I’m going to
DJ in night clubs
and at weddings,”
Annis said.
by Brittan Lamberty
Staff Reporter
the best possible image,” Grassl said.
Even though Grassl and Stuck’s hobby can
be quite expensive at times, their love for photography never decreases.
“Photography is my passion and it has become my life in the past few years. I want to
peruse photography through most likely the
rest of my life, even when I retire,” Stuck said.
Celine Lemaire welcomes U.S.
customs as one of LSHS’ F.E.S.
Louie Tayag and Andrew Hines have been
best buds throughout
their time in Lake Stevens. Their bromance
began in seventh grade
when they met playing
football. The friendship
between the two seniors blossomed when
they started playing music together.
“I play a lot of instruments. I play the bass,
the drums, the uke and
the sax,” Tayag said.
As for Hines, he is
also very talented with
being blessed with
the voice of an angel.
The two started playing together in seventh
grade and added two
more members, creating a band, The Inside
Unknown. Over time
Tayag and Hines parted
ways from the two other
members and started
creating music and writing songs on their own.
“The talent shows
were big for us. The first
time we did it was our
junior year, and we were
pretty nervous, but now
that we did it this year it
was pretty chill,” Hines
said.
The band wouldn’t
be possible if it wasn’t
for each other and
didn’t have a strong
friendship.
“It takes balance.
We’re different in a lot
of stuff, a lot of our favorite teams and music
counteract each other,
it’s kind of about having
different opinions and
Looking at life through the lens
Talented photographers have
an eye for taking
breath-taking photos; the same can be said
Sarah Grassl and Cody Stuck.
Grassl and Stuck has been taking photography since sophomore year, and their love for
photography started immediately.
“When I discovered photography I discovered that it was a perfect meld between technology and art; it was something that I could
enjoy the best of both worlds with,” Stuck said.
Anyone who is involved in photography
has their own aspect that they love about it.
Stuck’s enjoys experimentation and finding new things to shoot and mostly the fact
that the surprise is often times the best part
of the image. Sarah’s favorite part about photography is that people don’t always get to
manipulate the elements of the final product,
like with a drawing or a painting. With a lot of
photographers, they have to work with what
they find and make it into something beautiful.
“I’ve learned to use what I’m given to get
Photo by Marissa Fredrickson
Sarah Grassl and Cody Stuck have been doing photography
for many years and they are both in Mrs. Granillo’s AP Photography class.
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8Seniors
June 5, 2013
Check out where to find seniors after LSHS
Academy of
Interactive
Entertainment
-Brendan Hurt
Arizona State
University
-Halle Jacques
-Tory Rothgeb
-Maggie Lykins
Art Institute of
Seattle
- Caitlyn Chandler
-Jessica Thornock
-Nilsson Garcia
-Samuel Westlund
Association Free
Lutheran Bible
School
-Sydney Clark
Aveda
-Tiah Lindstrand
-Tessa Tasakos
Bastyr
University
-Mahalia Mata
Boise State
University
-Brittney Pahukoa
-Brooke Pahukoa
-MaddiTuner
-Makenna Turner
Brandeis
University
-Colin Patzer
Brigham Young
University
-Chloe Reid
Central
Washington
University
-Nathaniel Addison
Centralia College
-Rosa Aguilar
Chaminade
University of
Honolulu
-Porscha Dacoscos
Clackamas Comm.
College
-Brandon Johnson
-Scott Schmitt
Concordia
University
-Kiaya Paulsen
Cornish College of
the Arts
-Kristen Hoffman
-Kristen Davenport
Digipen Institue of
Technology
-Kevin Lake
-Andrew Newmark
Doana College
-Jesse Peterson
Duke University
-Mawuli Attipoe
Eastern Arizona
University
-Roslyn Frisbee
-Mallory Gipson
Edmonds Comm.
College
-Hannahniah Reed
-Marcus Edwards
-Neal Akins
-Hailey Foley
-Sasha Massey
-Sydney Lewis
-Alaura Tuck
-Paulina Gloria
-Stevie Tetrick
-Kristina
Ayala-Mack
-Shelene Daniels
-Kiana Colberg
-Brendan King
-Chelsea Burlile
-Tessa Johnston
-Anna Benedetti
-Sierra Bauges
-Zachary Farrenkopf
-Amanda Ameny
-Caitlin Sherwood
Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical
University
-Stephen Higbee
Everett Comm.
College
-Sarah Grassl
-Moussa Ben Sanoh
-Chris Suszko
-Taylor Wagner
-Kimberly Garcia
-Katherine Isom
-Angel Rodriguez
-Carlos Bermudez
-Ashley Holman
-Shyla Hoke
-Javon Brown
-Sarah Chebert
-Isaac Salmeron
-Jenna Sellers
-Dante Davidson
-Carina Elston
-Evan Gordon
-Mason Reichow
-Claudia Salifu
-Nicollette Rindero
-Jacob Harrison
-Brittney ParsonsMurphy
-Cassie Upshaw
-Kimberly Mota
-Marissa Fredrickson
-Matthew Browder
-Kyler Jacobs
-Eian Wise
-Andrew Kreger
-Lydia Barker
-Korrie Sigrist
-Robert Lund
-Tanner Plaisance
-Morgan Matthias
-Jonathan Franco
-Andrew Jacques
-Courtney Houle
-Jackson Finlay
-Blaise Finlay
-Taylor Jones
-Cecilia Arevalo
-Jack LeBlanc
-Cherisa Bertain
-Kayla Barnes
-Jacob Stone
-Chase Crawford
-Ross Barnett
-Savannah Spencer
-Nicole Zaat
-Horace Price
-Aleicia Meza
-Heather Smith
-Daniel Aucoin
-Emily Stevens
-Gino Crespo
-Eric Sheffield
-Morgan Verlinda
-Elijah Williams
-Zackary Grier
-Cody Brown
-Jolena Goodhead
-Aliyah Riggen
-James Zebroski
-Ryan Bullock
-Austin Treherne
-Kara Franson
-Rachael Sobosky
-Gabriel Barrows
-Stefanie Dalmon
-Emilee Heiges
-Daniel Ortega
-Mason Nicol
-Ashley Baxter
-Kassiangbe Keita
-Derrick Kasuske
-Brett Jensen
-Tatum Lamberty
-Agape Dang
-Mark Sana
-Alexis Buehler
-Rylie Beck
-Bryce Rowe
-Elizabeth Carden
-Kyle Zellers
-Megan Devries
-Brenon Thompson
-Ryan Scully
-Morganne Novak
-Devyn Reed
-Tayhler Williams
Evergreen State
College
-Sarah Gluck
-Kathryn Danielson
FIDM
-Amanda Kaintz
-Melissa Nhean
Gonzaga
University
-Ryland Ploeger
-Gabriella Caferro
Grand Canyon
University
-Jessica Fuller
Indiana Tech
University
-Magaret McCrory
Lake Washington
Tech.
-Antonella Espinal
Lane Comm.
College
-Nicole Caffee
Le Cordon Bleu of
Seattle
-Alexandra Domer
-Khurram
Chaudhary
-Houston Pellham
Vanguard
University
Smokey Point
Institute of Dental
Assisting
Metro State
University of
Denver
Warner Pacific
South Whatcom
Fire Authority
Washington State
University
Missouri S&T
University
Syracuse
University
Lewis and Clarke
College
-Griffin Siadak
-Danielle Walsh
-James Tanner
-Andrew Ferrell
-Kasay Morran
-Khianna Calica
Northwest Beauty
School
-Alexis Geiger
Oregon State
University
-Sara Perry
Pacific Lutheran
University
–Lisa Hartwell
-Kacie Masten
Palm Beach
Atlantic
University
-Mandy Henrichsen
Portland State
University
-Connor Coleman
Rhodes College
-Erica Hadley
Seattle Central
Comm. College
-Samantha Weaver
-Emily Julson
Seattle Pacific
University
-Kelsey Miller
-Hannah Huesers
Shoreline Comm.
College
-Nils Nysether
-Sierra Card
-Devon Schultz
-Kristi Michaels
Skagit Valley
Tech. College
-Blake Minor
-Hans Gruber
-Cody Broullett
-Jakob Fabian
-Daniel Backman
University of
Maryland
-David Roberts
University of
Nevada
–Carah Solemsaas
-Grant Reimers
University of New
England
–Samantha Smith
University of
Portland
-Jhanica Reyes
University of
Washington
-Bradley Barry
-Rebekah Alewine
-Karen Plemel
-Matthew Huang
-Nicholas Alldredge
-Blake Sander
-Brock Johnson
-Alexander Massee
-Alec Yeutter
-Joseph Hendrickson
-Seth Nichols
-Andrew McDaniel
-Savannah Goguen
-Emily Moseley
-Carey Campell
UW-Bothell
–Shane Albedyll
-Zoe Bear
-Chandler Wegner
Utah Valley
University
-Jacqueline Barnes
Valencia College
-Kelsey Kennedy
Vancouver Film
School
-Ciara Carter
-Bailey Newell
-Marysa Hay
-Christiana James
-Brice Dodge
-Sarah Cailotto
-Floretta Woart
-Louie Tayag
-Andrew Hines
-J’Niyah Williams
-Hannah
Etherington
-Mitchell Claymore
-Alexandra
Schlosser
-Keenan Thomas
-Hannah Bartow
Western
Washington
University
-Katie Massee
-Kadu Xiong
-Emily Thomas
-Adelyn Posey
-Natalie Thomas
-Megan McCrea
-Taryn Rasmussen
-Lauren Senechal
-Ainslie Smith
-Holley Moran
-Mackenzie Mitchell
-Caitlyn Allen
-Tristan Coragiulo
-Lauren Brigolin
-Ashley Rice
-Noe Guzman
-Lejana Jimenez
-Bibek Shrestha
-Madison DonTigny
-Travis Cheap
-Jaclyn Caudle
Whitworth
University
-Jessica Scruggs
Windward Comm.
College
-Grace Jackson
Accessories:
Desk:
Alarm clock
Posters
Push pins
Bulletin Board
Calendar
Desk lamp
Scissors
Stapler
Pens/pencils
Pencil sharpener
Kitchen:
Food:
Cereal
Soup
Easy Mac
Pasta
Popcorn
Top Ramen
Water bottles
Soda
Condiments
Energy drinks
Bathroom:
Towels
Bathrobe
Hair appliances
Shower caddy
Flip flops
Face wash
First-aid kit
Electronics:
Chargers
Flash drives
TV
Speakers
DVDs
DVD player
iHome/CD player
Extension cords
Computer
Bed:
We asked.
You answered.
Sheets
Blankets
Comforter
Pillows
Pillowcases
Lights
Blank CDs
Area rug
Coffee pot
Microwave
Mini-fridge
Mugs
Pizza cutter
Utensils
Plates/bowls
Pots and pans
Paper towels
Medicine
Cosmetics
Body wash
Toothbrush
Mouthwash
Razor
Soap
Laundry:
Hangers
Iron
Detergent
Stain remover
Laundry bag
Quarters
Dryer sheets
Miscellaneous:
Debit card
Driving license/ID
Contact list
Insurance card
Batteries
Games
Flashlights
Sewing kit
Storage box
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to college?
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“I’m going to Western so
I plan on bringing all my
Viking gear. It may not be
the same school colors, but
same mascot!”
-Lauren Senechal
“I’m bringing sexy back,
oh!”
-Kyle Metzler
“I plan on bringing my
memory book, my dinosuar
cookie jar, to hide my candy, and my flower lights.”
-Gabriella Caferro
“I’m bringing a smile, my
creativity, and a great
deal of hope to succeed
and achieve my dreams.
-Brittney Parsons-Murphy
“I’m bringing a big carton
of goldfish and a pack of
Gatorade. That’s all I need
to have a solid year.”
-Rebekah Alewine
“I plan on taking my car to
college.”
-Nicole Caffee
“I’m bringing a giant hotdog costume so I can tell
at people while wearing
it.”
-Gabriel Barrows
What advice would you give your sophomore self?
“I would tell my sophomore self to not
waste time worrying about the little
things. Cherish the high school experience because, trust me, you will be
sad when it’s over. Don’t be so eager
for the end—it’s not as happy as you’d
think.”
~Karen Plemel
“[I would tell my sophomore
self that] high school isn’t a
joke, so take it seriously, but
have fun, also.”
~Mark Sana
10Seniors
June 5, 2013
Hard work and dedication prove successful
Two students win Gillies Award for personal achievements
Photo courtesy of jodi Sander
Photo Courtesy of Elizabeth Granillo
Photo Courtesy of Jason Pearson
Mallory Gipson and Blake Sander received their Gillies Award for personal achievments. They have both been busy with Leadership and their individual sports this year, as well as balancing academics.
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What is your high
school realization?
pretty hard,” Gipson said.
JV girl’s soccer and varsity
boy’s soccer, Coach Kit Shanholtzer coached both Gipson
and Sander throughout their
soccer careers.
“Mallory is the captain for the
girl’s team, and Blake is the captain for the boy’s team. Mallory
is so amazing at working hard
for the team and doing things
like picking up gear. She is such
a genuine, kind-hearted person.
She is the epitome of what you
want a high school athlete to
be. And what’s ridiculous is that
Blake is very, very similar. He’s
so dedicated to sports, family
and friends. I don’t know how
he has enough energy to do everything,” Shanholtzer said.
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athletics and school has proven difficult for many students. However,
Mallory Gipson and Blake Sander have flourished, receiving the
Cliff Gillies Award for “recognition of personal achievement
in academics, sportsmanship,
citizenship, and participation.”
The recipients of the award are
nominated and voted on by the
head coaches of each sport. The
award is later presented by Athletic Director Jason Pearson.
Gipson played both soccer
and basketball at LSHS. She began playing soccer at the age of
five, and went on to play basketball in third grade. Receiving the
Cliff Gillies Award came as a surprise to Gipson, despite all her
hard work.
“I was surprised. I didn’t
think that that many coaches
noticed me. I didn’t think I stood
out that much, but my parents
are really proud of me,” Gipson
said.
Among sports obligations,
Gipson is also a member of
Leadership and helps with the
kids’ camp that varsity girls soccer Coach Andy Knutson runs.
“The hardest part of my
schedule was balancing Leadership and a varsity sport because Leadership is mostly after
school stuff, so having practice
after school every day and
make-up for all that stuff was
“[I realized that] there is a lot
more to life than what I’ve done
so far, and frankly I’m just getting started.”
~Wesley Allen
There’s a first time for everything
Students are proud to be the first to walk in their family
Many
by Kimberlei Brown
kids
are
Photographer
just like
their parents and they can share
the good and the bad traits. For
some, their parents never graduated from high school, and those
students hope to not always follow
in their parents’ footsteps.
Amanda Milam lived in California for most of her life and came
from a family where it was common to not graduate from high
school.
“It’s cool to be graduating. I’m
excited, so is my family, especially
my grandma because I’ll be her
first grandchild to be graduating,”
Milam said.
Jameson Reyes’ mom had him
when she was seventeen, because
of this she could not graduate on
time. Jameson had some rough
spots during high school but he is
on top of all his work now.
“My mom had me when she
was seventeen so she was kind of
restricted on graduation. My dad
wasn’t a good kid, so he didn’t
graduate either. I wasn’t sure if I
would graduate on time, but I’m
all good now,” Reyes said.
Anna Benedetti was pretty sure
that she would not cry, but now
that her family from all across
the country are coming to see her
graduate she isn’t sure whether or
not she will cry.
“I told myself that I didn’t want
to cry. I’m probably going to bawl
my eyes out. Only because so
many of my family members are
coming to see me graduate,“ Benedetti said.
Amanda Milam is the first grandchild in her family to
graduate, she is very excited to have her grandma see
her walk with the rest of her class.
Sander has played multiple
high school sports, including
soccer, football, and wrestling.
While playing three sports,
Sander maintained a 4.0 GPA, tying with four other students for
the school’s highest GPA.
“When my day is packed, and
I go from morning practice to
school to afternoon practice and
then to select soccer practice.
After all of this, by the time I get
home, it is late and I have to immediately get on my homework
and anything else that needs to
be done by the next day,” Sander
said.
Not only did Sander win the
Cliff Gillies Award, but he won
all four awards given by his
teammates.
“The awards are Most Valuable Player, Most Inspirational,
Best Teammate and Hardest
Worker. Four very different
awards, but Blake won them all
by triple the amount of votes,”
Shanholtzer said.
Although Gipson’s and Sander’s sports careers at Lake Stevens have seen great success,
neither plans to play in an official capacity after graduating. Gipson will attend Eastern
Washington University, where
she hopes to become an athletic trainer in the future. On the
other hand, Sander will take a
completely different path and
will major in engineering at the
University of Washington.
Shy guy to track star
In Decem- know if I will go back there though. Mayby Kimberlei Brown
Photographer ber of 2006 be to see family or friends,” said Sanoh.
Moussa Ben
Sanoh left Conakry, Guinea, Africa and
landed at SeaTac airport.
“I came to the U.S. for a better education, a better life. I came to Lake Stevens
and achieved it, if I was still in Conakry I
don’t know what my life would be like,”
Sanoh said.
Upon arrival, communication was
difficult.
“At first I couldn’t speak with anyone
so I hated it, but afterwards I started to
interact with people; I loved it,” Sanoh
said.
Playing in school sports has really
brought Sanoh out of his shell. Once he
stepped out on the court at a basketball
game everyone began to know his name.
“I guess it’s cool if you can play ball
here. At a rally game I would step on the
basketball court and all the girls would
go insane,” Sanoh said.
Track has also helped Sanoh become
known.
“The people in track are kind of
close, so once one of them knows your
name they all do because of how often
everyone sees each other and talks to
each other, everyone knows everyone,”
Sanoh said.
Although Sanoh and his whole family moved here together, his father still
works all the way in Conakry.
“He’s not here all the time, but I make
sure to call him and talk to him. Sometimes it’s usually every other day. I miss
him but I’ll see him later,” Sanoh said.
Sanoh loves it in Lake Stevens but he
is still contemplating whether or not he
wants to go back to Conakry again one
day.“
I have lots of family in Conakry, I don’t
Sanoh is not sure about college at the
moment, but he plans on studying electrical engineering.
“I like computers. I guess I should
start applying,” Sanoh said.
Photo courtesy of Moussa Ben Sanoh
Moussa Ben Sanoh moved to Washington in 2006, coming
from Conakry, Guinea. By making friends and joining sports,
he has learned how to communicate with his peers.
Bittersweet graduation on the horizon
Destiny Hamilton perseveres through physical struggles
Destiny Hamilton was
born with Muscular Dystrophy (MD). Affected
muscle tissue becomes
disorganized and the concentration of dystrophin
is greatly reduced. Causing loss of muscle and
muscle weakness. Hamilton has been in a wheel
chair for “as long as she
remembers.”
Hamilton
has used her strength in
persevering to overcome
a disease that tries to
hold her back every day.
“I am a genuinely happy person, and I don’t let
my MD get in the way of
my life,” Hamilton said.
Not only has Hamilton had to learn how to
handle her disability, but
also the everyday setbacks that some people
face. A major setback was
when Hamilton’s mother
passed away.
“When my mom died
I got really sad. I didn’t
know what to do next, but
I knew I couldn’t quit,”
said Hamilton.
Along with these obstacles, however, have
come many personal
achievements.
“A couple of weeks ago
I could sit up by myself. I
don’t have hip bones, so
this is a huge accomplishment I think,” said Hamilton.
Hamilton’s uplifting
personality and smile
outshines her physical
challenges.
“She can be really funny sometimes. We were
eating lunch the other
day and she went by a
friend of hers and hooked
his chair leg and dragged
him half way across the
Destiny Hamilton celebrates her last year at Lake Stevens High School
with a smile on her face and a great memorable year behind her.
cafeteria,” Samantha Just
said.
Although Hamilton is
very excited for graduation, she wishes that her
mom was able to see her
cross the stage.
“It’s sad she won’t be
here but I know she will
be watching and cheering
the loudest of all,” Hamilton said.
Upholding the Lake Stevens legacy
The pressures of being a Viking wrestler at LSHS
Photo Courtesy of Keenan Thomas
Keenan Thomas pins down his opponant at a
home match. He has wrestled for LSHS since
his sophomore year.
by Meredith Brown
Staff Reporter
Wrestling
is
a
huge
part
of
Lake Stevens High School. Brandon
Johnson, Jesse Peterson, and Keenan
Thomas have all contributed greatly
to the wrestling program during their
high school careers.
Wrestling has been a big part of
Johnson’s life since he was in fourth
grade. His hard work has noticeably
paid off. This year, he won state. John-
Sixteen and graduating
son will wrestle in college and gives
a lot of credit to Lake Stevens High
School for his success.
“I probably wouldn’t have won
state if I went to a different school,”
Johnson said.
Peterson thinks the high expectations and winning reputation of Lake
Stevens and being a part of it is a
privilege.
“There are very few teams that
have the history and such a great
coaching staff,” Thomas said.
Both Johnson and Thomas look up
to coach Barnes, whereas Peterson
looks up to Derek Lopez, an assistant
coach.
“He spends all of his time making
me better,” Peterson said.
Wrestling is a strategic sport that
requires tactical thinking, and Thomas has a great mind set when facing a
challenge.
“I don’t think about whether or
not an opponent is difficult, I just
think about what I have to win in any
match,” Thomas said.
Wrestlers devote most of their
time to the sport and are very committed during the season. During the
season, practices usually last two to
three hours, but on match days, it can
be up to ten hours a day. Finishing the
season takes focus. Wrestlers are extremely dedicated athletes; they eat,
sleep and breathe it.
“Wrestling is a way of life,” Thomas said.
Photo Courtesy of Brandon Johnson
Brandon Johnson takes State for the 2013 season.
He has had a very successful werstling career.
by Brittan Lamberty
Staff Reporter
At sixteen years
old, Gino Crespo is
the youngest senior
of the Class of 2013. After moving from the Philippines over a year ago, there was a debate aboutwhich grade Crespo would be placed into because
of his age; this was a possible option for him because he already had acquired the necessary credits to be a senior.
In the Philippines, Crespo attended a private
school exclusively for boys. He took ten classes a
day; each one hour long. At the end of the school
day, which ended at 5p.m., Crespo’s long day continued. Afterwards, he went to soccer practice until 8 p.m.
“Basically, I stayed at school for 12 hours,” Crespo said.
Crespo enjoys the students in his grade because
despite his younger age, they still appreciate him
for who he is. However, he sometimes wishes he
was turning eighteen like the rest of them.
The transition from the Philippines to the U.S.
has been different for Crespo; however, the change
has been something he has liked and is happy to
be attending Lake Stevens High School. Crespo’s
plans after high school include attending Everett
Community College for two years and then transferring to University of Washington where he will
major in mechanical engineering.
We asked.
You answered.
by Kimberlei Brown
Staff Reporter
Seniors11
June 5th, 2013
What was your high school
realization?
“[I realized] I should
have done my homework more.”
~Christopher Suzko
From Duke to doctor Life with a kick -a roundhouse kick
Mawuli Attipoe accepted to the school of his dreams
Powell & Hartwell take on Tae Kwon Do
by Hannah Bartow
Design Editor
Staff Reporter
Choosing a college is a major
step in the high
school process.
This fall Mawuli
Attipoe will attend Duke
University. Attipoe has
dreamt of going to Duke
for the last year and a half;
his hard work at LSHS has
helped him receive a scholarship from Duke University.
“Duke has the preparatory classes to get into a
medical school that I like.
I chose Duke over UW because the [UW] undergraduate program isn’t as good. I am
attending for about $5,000 a
year, so I got a scholarship that
covers my full tuition,” Attipoe
said.
Throughout his high school
career, Attipoe has taken
multiple advanced placement classes, including
chemistry and calculus.
Doing well in these advanced classes puts Attipoe in a stronger position to
succeed in his future medical
career.
Attipoe must maintain a 3.0
GPA in college and participate in
work study to keep his scholarship.
“I plan on working in a lab
to get some work study hours
to help the price of school to go
down, while volunteering at a
hospital nearby,” Attipoe said.
Being accepted and choosing
Duke has made Attipoe excited
for his future, and one day he
hopes to be one of the top doctors.
Lisa Hartwell and Alex
Powell have
dedicated a
lot of their time to practicing Tae Kwon
Do and working their way up to black belt;
Hartwell is a first degree black belt, and
Powell dis a third degree black belt. Man-
Photo Courtesy of Alex Powell
Powell (back left) and Hartwell (back right) are members
of the Young-In Taigon Tae Kwon Do demonstration team.
They participate in the Aquafest parade last year.
aging school, mastering Tae Kwon Do and
being involved in many other activities is
not always an easy balance for these two.
“My Tae Kwon Do schedule was conflicting with my gymnastics schedule, so I had
to stop practicing it; it is difficult trying to
balance, but I’ve had to make it a priority to get my school work and everything
done,” Hartwell said.
Tae Kwon Do is very disciplined and difficult. The sport takes a lot of concentration and balance.
“There are a lot of elements to it that
make it a very cool sport. It helps with
building confidence, it’s really fun and
challenging,” Powell said.
The years of practice have made being a
part of this unique sport worthwhile. Powell did Tae Kwon Do for eight years, and
Hartwell did it for four.
“A highlight was when I reached the
level where I could teach other students,
I’ve done that for a long time, and it’s been
a really rewarding experience,” Powell
added.
12
year started off like every
The
other year... FOOTBALL!
PO
“Sparks Fly as long
as you love me”
- Matty Ice ft. M2
Q: Have you ever broken
the law?
A: Well, I was driving
shirtless and I got pulled
over for having two guns
and an open 6-pack
-Nathan Main
Mr.LSHS, Nathan Main, with his last two competitors Brandon Johnson and Matthew Huang
13
Amanda Kaintz won Homecoming Queen and Horace Price
continued to show his awesome moves off at each assembly...
The Berzerkers finished another amazing
year taking first place as state champions...
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m
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o
B
The year finished up with Sasha Massey playing Captain
Hook in the prom assembly while one of the Peter
Pans, Jacob
Baughman won
prom king.
Like a Boss, Class of 2013!
Seniors photographed on this page:
Mawuli Attipoe, McKayla Huntley, Sara Perry, Christiana
James, Kiana Calika, Joseph Hendrickson, Chelsea Pahls,
Amanda Kaintz, Kolby Girard, Horace Price, Jessica Fuller,
Kyler Jacobs, Keith Acfalle, Blake Sander, Bradley Barry, Daizhanique Richardson, Gabriella Caferro,Brandon Johnson, Ciara
Carter, Grant Reimers and other members of the swim team,
Shaquille Reed, Anthony Thees, Hannahniah Reed, Javon Brown,
Aaron Piega, Gabriel Barrows, The lovely Man Leaders, Kasey
Spencer, Kevin Loth, Frazer Carpenter, Megan McCrea, Matthew
Huang, Madalynn Chandler, Caitlin Sherwood, Kadu Xiong, Marcus
Edwards, Nathan Main, Jacob Lavelle, Matthew Fowler, Carey
Campbell, Moussa Sanoh, Jacob Baughman, and Sasha Massey
14Seniors
June 5, 2013
Serving their beloved country
Photo art by Marissa Fredrickson
Students pursue a future in the military
Although want to do my required four years,”
by Tala Johnson
Staff Reporter most seniors Smith said. “I’ve always wanted
have
big
plans after graduation, a few plan to
serve their country through military
service.
Cody Smith plans to join the Marine Corps soon after high school.
Smith decided that he wanted to
join the Marine Corps in the sixth
grade.
“I haven’t decided if I want to
make a career out of it or if I only
to serve my country, and it is also
a great opportunity to travel the
world and get an education.”
Also looking to pursue a military
future is Kacie Kicinski, who has already sworn into the Navy. Since age
twelve, Kicinski has had her sights
set on joining the Navy.
“I want to travel and get my
schooling paid for,” Kicinski said.
“I’m excited to live on a boat.”
Kicinski is joining the Navy for
four years and leaves this summer
to start her training, which will last
one year.
Beau Klick, another military
hopeful, plans to join the Air Force
after graduating. Klick decided he
wanted to join the Air Force just
three short months ago and will enlist for six years.
“They have the same kind of degree that I want for college, but it’s
free,” Klick said.
Takin’ a bite out of the Big Apple
After stay at LSHS, Trung Pham seeks college in New York
by Iris Favoreal
A&E Editor
Graduating
with the seniors this year
is foreign exchange student, Trung
Pham. He traveled 7,000 miles from
Vietnam in hopes to uncover new experiences as well as the American
culture. The opportunity opened
his eyes to the contrasting way of
life between the US and his homeland, such as the traffic and the
systems of education.
“Traffic in Vietnam is terrible
[and] dangerous. There are a lot of
people in my city, and the [roads]
are not big enough,” Pham said,
“and we study [everything]; we
have 13 classes [every] year.”
Senior Nikole Mulligan and
her family have been a great support throughout Pham’s stay. Being his host family, they try their
best to expose Pham to different
kinds of food and places that represent American culture. During the
past spring break, the Mulligans took
Pham to Crescent Bar Resort, located
in Eastern Washington to go swimming
and golfing. They also camped on
Camano Island over Memorial
Day weekend.
“It’s an adventure,” Mulligan said. “We
have a lot of fun together, and he has a great
personality. We are very sarcastic to each
other.”
Although his stay in the country has
proven to be fruitful and exciting, Pham
still underwent major adjustments.
Homesickness as well as language
difficulty became two of his main
struggles.
“[I’ve] never lived far away from
my family before, but now it’s about
half-of-the-world from my family,”
Pham said. “[The] language is totally different.”
Pham has grown to love this
country and has decided not to leave
just yet. For college, he came to a decision to pursue business for four years
as an international student at City University of New York.
“I see [that] America is [a] good
country for education, and [New York
being] a huge city [will offer] a lot of
jobs for me after graduation,” Pham
said.
His family back in Vietnam feels
very proud of him, and their support
strengthens him to be more independent. He looks forward to not only
succeeding in college, but also having a good time in the United States.
What was your high school
realization?
“High school isn’t so
scary. They make it seem
like it is a terrible place in
movies and TV shows,
and it’s actually not.”
~Nilsson Garcia
Photo by
Hannah Bartow
Hardworkers
Reward well-earned
California to the Pacific Northwest
After trouble with school, Acuna starts anew at LSHS
“I don’t want to be nothing; I don’t want to join
Raymond Acuna
by Jack Petterborg
the
military and just hang back and not fight,” Acumoved
to
Lake
Stevens
Staff Reporter
from a small California
town called Roseman, where his former high school
had roughly 800 students, and less than a hundred
students in his class were expected to graduate.
“Living there was a lot different; it wasn’t the
best area. It brought you down a little bit, like all
of the girls were getting pregnant, everybody was
smoking weed and they even smoked at school, and
they got caught, but they didn’t care,” Acuna said.
Acuna came from a difficult and trying educational environment, and transitioned into a nurturing and caring educational environment.
“[LSHS] has affected me in the way that the people [and] the community actually care about their
kids, which made me try harder,” Acuna said.
Acuna’s grandfather helped him through the difficulties of adjusting to a new environment, which
has been difficult, relocating to a completely different place, with different people, different ways of
doing things and different expectations. With the
additional support, Acuna has come to the conclusion that the Air Force will best serve his interests.
“I’ve wanted to join the military since I was a
kid, and like two years ago I was going to join the
Marines, but my grandfather talked me into the Air
Force,” Acuna said.
He hopes to be stationed in Germany, and his
fear of being deployed is absent.
na said.
Acuna said he’s leaving for training in September.
Raymond Acuna adjusted well to LSHS when he transferred
from Roseman, California outside of Los Angeles.
(Left to right) Carey Campbell, Alan Brazelton and Lejana Jimenez sacrificed most of
their time putting their hard work into their academics, finishing off high school with
flying colors.
Lake Stevens High School is filled
by Meredith Brown
with
intelligent, hardworking stuStaff Reporter
dents. Some of the many who fall
into that category are Lejana Jimenez, Carey Campbell and Alan
Brazelton. They have all committed a huge amount of their time
to their academics, making it worthwhile in the long run.
“Well, it’s really just investing for the future. Right now, I am
going to high school staying on the high track, so I can go into
college then go out and get a job,” Brazelton said.
Getting good grades comes with sacrifices. Campbell has
made a lot of those for sports, such as playing on a rec basketball
team. Also, Campbell and Jimenez both said that they have given
up a lot of sleep in order to juggle school, sports and a job.
“I manage my time with a lot of focus. After school and sports I
go home and focus on doing the work efficiently,” Campbell said.
All four students have found that studying independently
works best for them. They have all excelled since they were
younger. Brazelton was homeschooled from sixth through eighth
grade, and that’s when he felt he started excelling, especially in
math and science.
Coming to the end of their high school careers, they see their
hard work has been worthwhile. Brazelton will attend University of Washington, as well as Campbell, who will join their track
team. Jimenez plans on majoring in biology, then hopes to go to
medical school for pediatric psychiatry. Now is the time when
seniors are being rewarded for their late nights of studying, and
perseverance through the rough patches.
June 5, 2013
Seniors15
Helping others becomes a family affair
Kiana Colberg follows her relatives’ footsteps in nursing
Many stuTeila Colberg, who graduated at
by Kacie Masten
dents
dream
LSHS
in 2009, studied at Everett ComSports Editor
about their future career at a young age. Some aspire to become professional athletes,
writers, or even actors, but these
plans usually change. However, some
students, like Kiana Colberg, know
what they want to do before middle
school. Since fifth grade, Colberg has
always wanted to be a nurse. It was
an easy decision for her to make since
the majority of Colberg’s family are
nurses. Her mother, older sister and
uncle work hard in the medical field
every day, and Colberg’s younger sister plans on becoming a nurse as well.
“It’s just a family of nurses, and
we’re that caring type of family where
we just have to help others and heal,”
Colberg said.
munity College in their nursing program while K. Colberg was still in high
school. It hasn’t been easy for T. Colberg, since the nursing program is difficult to get into, and K. Colberg knows
she’ll need to prepare for the program.
“[There is a lot of pressure.] I realized that watching my sister, it’s going
to be hard to get into the nursing program at [Everett Community College],
but I’m going to try my hardest and
get in there as fast as I can,” K. Colberg
said.
K. Colberg has taken time to prepare for EVCC. During her junior
year, she enrolled in Sno-Isle tech,
and learned many important nursing
skills. Towards the end of the year, she
volunteered at Sunrise View Retire-
ment Villa and then completed the
program as a certified nursing assistant.
“I’m so proud Kiana took the first
step towards becoming a nurse. I believe gaining knowledge is the best
investment you can make, and I’m
thrilled she has chosen the same profession as I have. It would be be incredible if she and her sisters all worked
together someday. Just imagine,” the
Colbergs’ mother, Kozi Colberg said.
The road to becoming a nurse will
be tough on K. Colberg at times, but
luckily for her, she has her entire family supporting her through the journey.
“It takes a committed student to
pass the biology classes in college and
be accepted into the nursing program.
I know she can do it and will make a
great nurse,” T. Colberg said.
Photo Courtesy of Kiana Colberg
Nursing-hopeful, Kiana Colberg (middle), comes from a family of nurses.
Her grandmother, Susan, has sewn over 400 pairs of scrubs for the nurses
in the family—Kiana’s mother, Kozi (left), and her sister, Teila (right).
In
a
class
of
his
own
Passion for cars Nicholas Alldredge’s wit takes him places
Conway’s mechanic experience pays off
Photo Courtesy of George Conway
George Conway spends a lot of time four-wheeling in his solid 38” axle 1994 Toyota pickup,
getting down and dirty in the mud.
George Conway has more exby Alexandra Mulvaney
Staff Reporter perience working on cars than
the average teenager. Conway has
been working on many different types for quite a few years.
He enjoys working on cars in his spare time and wants to
open his own car mechanic business in the future. Conway
spends countless hours fixing up old cars and trucks.
“I restored a ‘78 Dodge truck with my grandpa, and I’ve
rebuilt and swapped motors, lowered a ‘69 Chevy C10 also
installed lift kits,” Conway said.
Conway is a student who intends to turn his passion into a
career after he leaves LSHS.
“I want to have a custom fabrication business as well as doing motor and transmission work; I want it to be a side business, I’m not sure if I’m going to do any kind of schooling for
it after high school. Maybe I’ll pursue further training in some
things,” Conway concluded.
by Kaylee Nunley
Staff Reporter
Future UW stu- heavy projectiles that will detach from the
dent and 4.0 Na- orbiter and Martian surface,” Alldredge said.
One would think that this inspiration
tional Honor Society
would come from something big, but
member Nicholas Alldredge shows that
in fact, Alldredge only needed a little
he’s a modest genius. In college,
trigger to set him off onto a lifetime
he’s hoping to major in aeroof ingenuity.
space engineering. As a
“One summer, my mom wantdesign and engineering
ed to redesign the house, and I
enthusiast, he has taken
thought, ‘I bet I can model this
part in activities that
on my computer’,” Alldredge
would make any science
said.
fan turn green with envy.
Alldredge’s participaOr maybe they would envy
tion in Airspace Scholhis talent and abilities in the
ar’s Program got him
subject.
invited to volunteer
“Last year, I did Washington
at the Wing’s of
Airspace Scholars Program; it
Hero’s Gala, where
was through the Museum of
bonafide astronauts
Flight, and basically, we did
made an appearten or eleven projects. We
ance.
had to design different ways
“I was asked to volto reenter the atmosphere,
unteer at the Wing’s of
lunar bases or Martian orHero’s Gala, and that was
biters,” Alldredge said.
probably the best night of my life.
He had to design
Buzz Aldrin came up and stood next
either a lander, an orto me, so I was pretty star struck,”
biter or a rover to
said Alldredge.
send up to Mars, so
His fascination with space does
Alldredge chose an
not end at LSHS, but will stay with
orbiter.
him in his future and is included in
“I designed an ormore distant dreams of his.
biter and I used con“There are all these private
cepts from the Lunar
companies sprouting up and
Reconnaissance Orbiter,
they’re hiring graduates as inwhich basically smashed
terns. They’re trying to cominto the moon’s surface
mercialize space travel, and,
and sent up dust, and
I mean, it would be pretty
then you can analyze
freaking cool if I got to go up in
the dust in orbit. So I
space one day,” Alldredge said.
designed these super
Students joining the law enforcement
Timothy McConnell and Brennen Countryman look to protect community
However dangerous the career path may be, Timothy McConnell (left) and Brennen Countryman (right) plan to pursue their dreams of joining the police force as their way of giving back
to the community.
Jobs in law enby Caitlyn Chandler
Opinion Editor forcement are some
of the most dangerous and risky jobs in the world. Timothy
McConnell and Brennen Countryman are
two students who are willing to take the risk
to join their dream career.
McConnell knew he wanted to be a police officer during freshman year. He plans
to make his commitment to the job and start
his education right after high school. After
six years of training as a police officer, McConnell wants to become a ballistic forensic
scientist. Becoming a ballistic expert combines his desires to become a police officer
and his interest in guns into the perfect ca-
reer.
“I’m going to Edmonds Community College for standard courses, psychology and
criminal justice courses,” McConnell said.
“After that, I want to join the Police Academy.”
Countryman has wanted to become a police officer ever since the age of six. He wants
to give back to the community, and joining
law enforcement will become his way of giving back.
“I’m going to start out at Everett Community College and then transfer to WSU and
get my degree in criminal justice,” Countryman said. “I just think it’s a really great way
to serve and give back to the community.”
16Seniors
June 5, 2013
Nathan Main: Musical Extraordinaire
Student goes from a face in the band to a “Main” man on campus
Being in band for the past
by Caitlyn Chandler
six
years of his life has made
Opinion Editor
an impact on Nathan Main.
Especially being part of such a successful band during
his time at LSHS. He joined band in the sixth grade and
started playing the trumpet. Since then, it’s has been all
music all the time for Main.
“[Being in band] has been a really fun experience
overall. It is a really great environment to be in,” Main
said.
Main’s life is completely consumed by music. He
plays in school band, is in the guitar class, and plays
many different instruments during his free time.
“[I play] trumpet and guitar well, I can also make my
way around a drum set, and I can play the mandolin.
Also, I’m getting better at playing the piano,” Main said,
“At home; my favorite to play is probably the guitar”
Main’s friends and fellow band mates appreciate his
wonderful musicianship and humble attitude.
“Nate is a very good musician and he is very laid
back. He doesn’t try to be over confident, he just plays
music at his best. In person, he’s very chill has great
qualities,” senior Chelsea Burlile said.
Nathan Main being hoisted up by contestants (from left) Gabriel Barrows,
Carey Campbell, Kevin Loth and Brandon Johnson after winning Mr. LSHS.
Etheric hopes to succeed
outside of Lake Stevens
by Caitlyn Chandler
Many students in high
school
create bands. Most end
Opinion Editor
up playing in their garage on
Saturday nights, and that’s all that comes of the project. Nicholas Kitson, Jeremy Schnoor, Sasha Massey
and Michael Vasil are leaving the garage and entering
the real music scene with their band, Etheric. Etheric
began in the winter of 2010 when Kitson and Benjamin
Werst began playing together in a project they called
“Quasar”. They recruited Schnoor in 2011 and Massey
and Vasil soon after. After Werst left the band, they
changed their name and started writing new songs.
“We’ve recorded only one of our songs, it’s called
“Amniotic Abyss”. We recorded it at Shoreline Recording Studio,” Massey said, “It’s an older song for us, [we]
wrote a majority of it while Ben [Werst] was still in the
band.”
At this point, Etheric has only played one show.
They played Vikingpalooza earlier in the school year
and received a very good reception.
“We’ve only played a single show, but hopefully
we’ll get to some serious writing soon so we can get
more material prepared for a set. That should get us
prepared for more gigs,” Schnoor said.
Etheric’s style is not something that average high
school students listen to, or even know what it is.
“I would describe our sound as a mix of modern
death metal, 1970’s progressive rock and a flair of
grim frostbitten black metal,” Kitson said, “We are
writing some tremendous new material that we hope
to start recording in the near future.”
Most bands that start up during high school usually
don’t end up making it far past that. The members of
Etheric believe that they will have a much better fate
than that.
“We hope to keep this project going as much as possible. I would like to see us on an underground record
label and eventually start touring,” Kitson said.
Like most bands that are trying to gain a fan base,
Etheric uss their Facebook page to post pictures,
events and their recording. The page currently has 88
likes.
“If anyone wants to check out our tune Amniotic
Abyss, they can head over to our Facebook page and
give it a listen,” Schnoor said.
Check out Etheric’s
Facebook page to listen
to their song “Amniotic
Abyss” and to find information about upcoming shows and events!
Many of the band members, including Band Director Neil Proff, find Main an interesting character and a
talented addition to the band.
“[Main] can play anything well. He can play a rock
and make it sound good,” Proff said, “Also, he really
likes to smell things.”
After graduation, Main plans to continue his love of
playing music outside of the school environment.
“My goal is to play in local community jazz bands.
And to just play guitar a lot!” Main said.
On May 1, Main was one of the 12 contestants competed in the Mr. LSHS competition. For his talent, he
dressed up like Ash Ketchum and performed The Pokemon Song on his guitar. After this, Main quickly became
a crowd favorite.
During the interview portion, he was asked if he
had ever broken a law, and he came up with a clever
response.
“One time, I was driving without my shirt on and I
got pulled over for driving with two guns and an open
6-pack,” Main said.
This response earned him a standing ovation and
won him the title of Mr.LSHS.
The final curtain call for seniors
Caitlyn Allen and Kevin Loth say goodbye to the Drama Club
by Mackenzie McLeod
Staff Reporter
Graduation is almost here and
the spotlight can be hard to leave
behind Caitlyn Allen and Kevin
Loth have been in drama for the
better part of their high school
lives. Allen has been in Drama
Club since her sophomore year
and plans to come back to LSHS
and possibly take over the program.
“I’m going to Western Washington University, to major in
secondary education and minor
in drama so that I can come back
here and take over the drama
program,” Allen said.
She recently decided where
she wanted to go in her life.
“I’ve been involved in drama,
and I became the president this
year. As I kept going I wanted to
find something that I would be
able to come back here for and I
really enjoyed drama, and I love
the program and the people, and I
just love Lake Stevens,” Allen said.
Loth has been in Drama Club
since his freshman year at Cavelero and decided he wanted to join
at the high school after seeing
their productions.
“My sister was in ‘Beauty and
the Beast’ when I was in eighth
grade and that was awesome. I
saw it four times. That was when
I really wanted to act,” Loth said.
“The next year I got to be the only
freshmen in ‘The Mikado’, and
that’s how I got started.”
Loth is going to Central Washington University, but does not
plan to make drama his future
career.
“I’m going to act as a hobby
more than a profession. I’m not
going to seek it out, just do local
theater in college,” Loth said.
Allen and Loth plan to be involved with drama wherever they
are.
Photo courtesy of Anne Julson
Caitlyn Allen and Kevin Loth show off their proffessional drama headshots for this year’s
musical “Calamity Jane”.
A self-sufficient vegan
Mahalia Mata goes vegan; a task most people couldn’t imagine
Food is an esby Samantha Smith
Staff Reporter sential part of
er,” Weaver said.
As expected, the social part of eating,
such as dining out with friends, can be
our everya little difficult for Mata, however, her
day lives. For Mahalia Mata, her eatboyfriend, senior Eric Sheffield doesn’t
ing habits have recently become a big
mind the challenge.
change in her life. Mata is doing what
“It’s a bit difficult to find [vegan
some believe to be impossible, she is
friendly] restaurants. When we go out
vegan. That’s right, vegan; no meat,
to eat, we normally go to the grocery
cheese, milk, or any sort of food that
store, and we’ll get vegetables and
comes from animal products.
fruits and go back to one of our houses
“[I’ve been vegan] for about five
and make our own food,” Sheffield said.
months now…basically for health reaEven more impressive is the fact that
sons. I’m really into whole foods, and I like
Mata grows a lot of what she eats.
to stay healthy, and I think a plant-based
“My aunt has a nice farm, and we get
diet is the way to go.” Mata explained.
some of our food from there, and we help
Mata’s close friend, senior Samantha
her with that, and I also have my own herb
Weaver supports Mata and her new diet;
garden,” Mata explained.
however, she couldn’t imagine doing what
While most people might starve if they
Mata does.
were expected to eat only plant-based
“I will never go vegan, I love food- all
products, Mata embraces her new vegan
food, especially dairy products and meat…
diet and loves the health benefits
But her healthy lifestyle and positive
attitude make me want to be healthi- Photo by Chloe Rowland from it.
What was your most
embarrassing high school moment?
“One time in PE my freshman year, I was
with my friends Erica and Emily, and we
were playing soccer outside, and I kicked
it and completely fell and got my whole entire back muddy and then I had to do the
walk of shame back into the gym.”
~ Tatum Fetherston
“The first pep assembly sophomore year I
decided to make a sophomore shirt, and I
totally forgot the second “o” in sophomore.
And when I was walking around school everyone would tell me I forgot the “o”, but I
was just like ‘NO I DON’T BELIEVE IN SILENT O’s,’ and acted like I forgot it on purpose.”
~ Matthew Fowler
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June 5, 2013
Mr. Kelly
We asked.
You answered.
What is your favorite
memory during your
career at LSHS?
“It’s difficult to recall any one moment,
of course; there have
been so many. i suppose I would lump together all the occasions
former students have
sent me messages or
emailed me.
What are you looking forward to most in your
retirement?
“I’ve already told my students that I was exploring
a new career as an international playboy, or, perhaps,
the Pope. Some have indicated that those aren’t realistic goals, but I need to follow my dreams. If those don’t
work, however, I think I might learn Italian, work around
the house, and take a trip to Greece and Istanbul so I can
see the Parthenon and the Hagia Sophia.”
18Seniors
June 5, 2013
To My Senior Leadership ALL STARS: Aaron, Lauren B, Matt, Kevin, Nathan, Keith,
Moe, Chelsea, Mallory, Frazer, Brittney,
Brooke, Ciara, Blake, Emily, Nikole, Brad,
Mawuli, Joe, Maddi, Sara, J’niyah, Cole, &
Sam - I am so proud of you all and the difference you’ve made on this campus! You have left an indelible mark on LSHS and on me. Thank you for serving this
community with heart, character, and most of all, VIKING
SPIRIT!! Go, Fight, Win!
~ Mrs. Arcos
Cassie Upshaw:
What a great story yours is! Thank
you for leaving so much art in staff offices, friends’ rooms, and our collective memory. Thank you for welcoming so many younger students to the
counseling team. You will be missed!
Keep creating!
We Asked. You answered.
Taylor Lilja:
It’s been a joy to see you mature into your adult self this
year. Remember the value of real support, and you’ll go
very far. Keep singing with an open heart and open mind
like you have!
Lauren Martinis:
I’m proud you gave yourself the gift of hanging in there
through a year of huge changes! Keep yourself a priority,
and you’ll continue to be able to help others the way you
always have.
Nicholas Kitson:
Thanks for all your continued support for NHN, and for
being an awesome drummer! Your continued dedication
as others graduated or went their way has impressed me.
Rock on!
Jacob Christjohn:
Thanks for all the killer roady work, dude! Your quiet
hard-working style is a refreshing experience, and will
serve you well. Best of luck to you!
~ Mr. Pitkin
Staff goodbyes
Class of 2013, we go way back. And it’s
hard to believe that the young adolescents I knew at NLMS and Cav, are now
grown men and women stepping out
into the world. As usual, I’m gonna say
it with music:
“And if you take of my soul,
You can still leave it whole
With the pieces of your own you leave behind.
We came for salvation,
We came for family.
We came for all that’s good, that’s how we’ll walk away.
We came to break the bad,
We came to cheer the sad.
We came to leave behind the world a better way.”
~ The Avett Brothers
Peace out homies - go make your lives extraordinary.
And report back often.
~ XOXOXOXO Ribs ;)
I would like to wish my son, Ryan
Lian, the best of luck! You Rock!!
~ Cathy Lian
Dear Henggeler Viking Period Seniors,
I can’t believe these three years are
over. I am so thrilled for all of you, and
I truly enjoyed our class. I wish you all
the best, and you have set the bar high
for my new class of sophomores.
Take care,
Mrs. Henggeler
What is your most embarassing
high school moment?
“When I was on a
scooter after I had surgery I hit the break and
fell on my face in the
front of the school.”
~ Morganne Novak
Photos by Hannah bartow
What won’t you miss at LSHS?
“I won’t miss all the
high school drama.”
~ Hang Nguyen
To Cherisa, Hannah, Kara, and NicciI will miss seeing the four of you every
morning.
The Tribond won’t be the same without you.
Good luck to you wherever life takes
you beyond LSHS.
~ Mrs. Horn
Thank you and best of luck to Brice
Dodge. You did a terrific job helping me
with my Geometry and Algebra classes as
a Careers’ in Education student.
~ Sharon O’Brien
DECA Seniors:
It has been my pleasure to work with
such a talented and fun group. I wish you
the very best and look forward to having
you partner with me in the DECA program as alumni! As Dr. Seuss says,
“You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any direction you choose.
You’re on your own. And you know what you know.
And YOU are the on who’ll decide where to go!”
Take care and keep in touch! DECA clap on two--one, two!
~Mrs. M
Mes chers élèves,
C’était vraiment un plaisir de vous connaître, et je vous souhaite beaucoup de
chance pour l’avenir. Vous me manquerez
tous! N’oubliez surtout pas de m’envoyer
une carte postale si vous allez un jour dans
un pays francophone.
Je vous adresse mon très amical souvenir,
~ Madame
Photos by Kimberlei brown, Marissa Fredrickson and Hannah Bartow
They work hard for their money
Seniors take their knowledge to the work force
by Hannah Bartow
Design Editor
Having a job is a part
of many students’ lives;
however, not many run
their own businesses. Ryan Simoneaux and Matej Novotny both work with their families in two very different jobs.
About seven years ago, Simoneaux began his business repairing and selling washers and dryers on
Craigslist as an easy way to make money. Six months
after starting, his brother and father joined in the
venture. Simoneaux and his family purchased a picnic tent from Costco to showcase their washers and
dryers outside of their house.
“[Our price] usually starts at $150, and we typically don’t go over $225. We sell every washer and
dry eventually. The longest it takes to sell a washer or
dryer is about a couple months. Most of the washers
we fix have really simple problems. If we pick up one
that has too many problems, we usually junk it for
parts. If you have a washer or dryer that needs fixing,
you come to me,” Simoneaux said.
Simoneaux plans on attending Everett Commu-
Valhalla hopes the school stays informed
The Valhalla Staff
Staff Editorial
During distribution day,
when we pass out the newest
issue of the Valhalla, we see
mixed reactions from the people receiving copies. There
are the few kids who gladly
take a copy and immediately
flip through the pages and the
kids who calmly take one, too
afraid to say they don’t want a
copy. Then there are the students who ignore the Valhalla
staff or refuse to take a paper.
Yes, this can be frustrating
to us, since we work so hard
to feature as many students
as possible, but we believe
these reactions are probably
because no one knows the
work that goes into creating
the newspaper.
“On a normal week, we
work five hours on the paper; however, I put in an extra
hour every day, but during
layout weeks, we work any-
where from 20 to 40 hours
over a four day span, to make
the paper as wonderful as it
can be and to bring the news
to the community,” Editorin-Chief Marissa Fredrickson
said.
Working on the paper
takes a lot of time, and most
of us leave the classroom exhausted, but we’re always
proud of the issues that we
complete. This year, the Valhalla staff has worked extremely hard to feature interesting and important topics
in our community, including
homeless teens and teen partying. To successfully understand these delicate topics,
and to make sure our readers
understand them as well, we
try to do everything we can,
including conducting sensitive interviews and writing
articles that can students can
relate to easily.
“The homeless issue was
definitely the most sensitive
topic I’ve worked on. It makes
an impact knowing one of
your friends could be homeless and you can’t help them
because it’s not something
that the school goes out and
advertises. That’s why we
write articles like this; they
really do impact our lives,”
Design Editor Hannah Bartow said.
We’ve been looking forward to working on the senior issue since August 2012,
when we first came together
as a class, and now that it’s
finally here, it’s sentimental looking back at everyone
we featured. Unlike previous
years, we feel like as a staff,
we’ve been able to cover stories that have made students
think about others around
them, and we consider that a
success. Our job is to educate
the people of the happenings
in Lake Stevens and hope that
others will become involved
in the community.
nity College and managing his business.
Unlike Simoneaux, Novotny, a foreign exchange
student from the Czech Republic, doesn’t work for
himself. He works for his father and is a major contributor to his advertising company back home.
“My dad started this company a few years ago
that creates advertisements for larger companies. I
basically do the same work my dad does, the designs
of the advertisements. The company is not here in
America, but the people here are so different [and]
being here will help the business in the future if we
decide to expand,” Novtony said.
Although Novotny decided to not take Digital Design, the information he learned in Davis’ Engineering
class will help him in the future.
“I’ve learned a lot in America. Engineering helps
because I know how to use a variety of computer programs,” Novotny said.
Balancing school and work proves difficult for
many students. However, Simoneaux and Novotny
strive to maintain the two in order to accomplish
their future goals and hope for future success.
Mrs. Rowland pushes
start on retirement
What is your favorite memory during your career at
LSHS?
“I’ll always remember the Great Mr
Talley who always
had pleasant chats
with me and left
with a great smile
and hand raise.
Photo by Julie Henggeler
I hope to get back into sewing, knitting
and a lot more gardening. Spending more
time with family, friends and lots of time with
grandchildren. I think the most I’m looking
forward to is heading to warmer places when
it starts to cool down here and not having any
kind of time schedule but only enjoy.
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Double trouble - two is better than one
Sellers girls -- who’s who?
Williams connected in everyway
Have you ever
switched places?
What are the pros and
cons of being twins?
“Once in fifth grade
on the last day we
switched and everyone in the class knew
except the teacher.”
~Hailey Sellers
“A pro and a con can be having different friends; we
don’t fight because we don’t
see each other that much, but
we are close enough at home
to still be able to be friends.”
Jacques share everything
1.What’s different about
having a twin
rather than just
a sibling?
~Ashley Williams
Cheberts take a look back
Have you always liked having a twin?
“No, two years ago she went through an awkward
stage, well we both did I just didn’t think I was. I
didn’t talk to her, we were both quiet, we fought a
lot. But we don’t fight anymore and became a lot
closer because of it.”
~Emily Chebert
2. What are the
pros and cons of
being a twin?
1. “I feel like Drew and I are closer
than [than we are with] Will (older
brother) because we are the same
age, we do the same stuff, and have
all the same friends.”
~Halle Jacques
2. “It’s a lot bigger deal that we are
graduating together this year, our family is excited that we are both graduating.”
~Drew Jacques
What are the pros of having a twin?
“We relate to each other a lot, basically can talk
about anything, especially when my parents are
being dumb, we can talk it out with each other too.”
~Sarah Chebert
Massees look
forward to next year
Do you like having a twin? Have you
always liked it?
How will next year be different since you won’t be
spending everyday with each other?
“Yeah, I have. It made starting school a lot
easier, having sort of a friend there already.
It makes going into anything a little easier.”
“I like how there’s always someone there. It’s going to be weird not
having [Alexander] next year, I’m going to Western and he’s going to
UW. He’s always been there. But no matter what school or anywhere
we always have a sense of being together.”
~Katie Massee
The Pahukoas take their talent to Boise State University
The Pahukoa twins,
Brooke and
Brittney, are
two of the most accomplished and rewarded seniors of the class of 2013. After
graduation, they will be attending Boise
State University to play basketball with a
full ride scholarship. One would imagine
that their life is hectic, just constantly going.
“[Life isn’t] as hectic now, just doing one sport. After we stopped doing
soccer and track, our schedules kind of
opened up, now we just train. We’re busy
now just because of leadership, and this
month is pretty crazy,” Brooke said.
Every day is important individually,
but long term is exponentially more important. Finding a college, a major and a
minor, and figuring out what to do with
their life is one of the most important
things that can be done towards the conclusion of high school.
“Well, right after we graduate we’re
going to go play basketball at Boise State
University which will take up a lot of our
free time,” Brooke said. “I think I’m going
to major in Psychology.”
Brittney is unsure of what she wants
to major in at the moment. As previously
mentioned, the Pahukoas are certainly
one of the most rewarded seniors of the
2013 graduating class.
So it brings to mind, what must it be
like to accomplish more in less than a
year, than most people do their entire
four years of high school?
“Freshman year feels like so long ago,
it’s kind of sad, leaving behind everything
we’ve done.” Brooke said.
It’s small things that make people
happy. The Pahukoas described themselves in one word, and both of them said
“simple”. Even with all of their rewards,
they feel homely.
The Pahukoas will be remembered
not only for their achievements in sports,
but also for being humble, modest, and
sweet.
Photo Courtesy of brady pahukoa
Brooke and Brittney Pahukoa celebrate with their family after getting signed at Boise State University. They
recieved full ride scholarships to play basketball on the Boise State’s Women’s Basketball team.
~Alexander Massee
Photos courtesy of Sellers, jacques,
cheberts, williams, and massees
First place almost as good as a hole-in-one
Two seniors leave after a great season of success
Staff Reporter
T h e
girls’ golf
t e a m
had an amazing season this year. Unlike
last year, there are only two seniors on
the team. Rene Spruiell and Mackenzie
Mitchell are sad to be leaving their fellow LSHS golfers behind.
“My favorite part is hanging out with
my team because we are really close
knit,” Mitchell said.
Both Mitchell and Spruiell play outside of the school team and will continue
to play after they leave the high school.
“It is a sport I really enjoy and hope to
be playing as long as possible,” Spruiell
said.
Mitchell and Spruiell’s senior season
have been one they will proudly remember as their last.
The team has made their coaches and
the school proud.
We asked.You answered.
One slam dunk away from college
by Jack Petterborg
Staff Reporter
by Sarah Gluck
Staff Reporter
Photo Courtesy Mackenzie Mitchell
Mackenzie Mitchell [second from left], and Rene
Spruill [far right], with the rest of the golf team, and
their coach Larry Palmer celebrate their exciting successful season.
“The highlight of this year was being
number one in WESCO North,” Mitchell
added.
LSHS was privileged to have these
girls on the golf team, and they will be
missed.
How have you lived up to
the school motto?
“By my name… they call me A-weezy.
All the weezys can do is finish strong.”
~Allias Nelson
“When my grades slipped this year,
I worked hard to get them up.”
~Samantha Cook
Photo by Aleesa Browning
20Seniors
Students head to the last frontier
June 5, 2013
Fishing enthusiasts plan to travel to Alaska to pursue careers
by Tala Johnson
Staff Reporter
After
high
school, all of Lake
Stevens graduating
Vikings have made unique plans for their futures. Several students are planning on going
to Alaska this summer to pursue a future as
professional fishermen.
One student, Cody Brown, has been fishing his whole life, and is going to Alaska this
summer to work and save up money for college.
“I want to be able to make a lot of money
in a short amount of time,” Brown said.
Brown decided he wanted to go to Alaska two years ago. This summer he is going
Cody Brown and Kody Barney smile confidently
and await this summer to set off to Alaska.
to Alaska to help out a good friend, Andrew
Jaques’w= father on his boat. Jaques’ father has been fishing in Alaska for 15 years.
Brown hopes he will get more experience
this summer with this opportunity.
Also looking to pursue Alaskan fishing is
Kody Barney who has been fishing for four
years. Starting this summer Barney will be
going to Alaska for a month to help his friend,
Beau Klick’s dad on a boat.
“I want to go for the adventure and the
experience.” Barney said. Barney recently
decided to go to Alaska, just two months ago.
While many people would assume that
only boys would pick fishing as a profession,
Moving beyond LSHS roles
Using her experiences as president, Khianna Calica will lead
What is your high school realization?
you still got to be a kid while you
still can with this high school stuff.
So that’s what I am trying to do
while I still can before graduation.
I am taking every advantage I can
for solos in choir and what not. I
am having the time of my life right
now. I’m trying to enjoy high school
while I still can with the people that
I love.”
~Erin Ellis
.
“What I realized is that now
the pressure is on. Now you
have all these responsibilities.
I have to choose between two
colleges by next week and they are
on opposite wsides of the country.
It’s a whole lot of pressure. It’s like
life is forcing me to make all these
decisions now and it’s so frustrating, but at the same time it’s like
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the past two years,” Calica said.
As eventful as this year has been for Calica, her top priorities have been to bring the
school together and she specifically made
sure Gator Week was a huge success.
“ASB wanted something that wasn’t
strictly for diversity or singled out people. We wanted to bring people together,
so we created something new. The success of that is something that I’m really
proud of, and I think we accomplished that
really well,” Calica said.
Calica’s advice to anyone wanting to take
on a major role like she did is simply to have
a good support system.
“As cliché as it sounds, really support yourself with people that believe in you, more
than you believe in yourself,” Calica said.
Ahead in Calica’s future, she will be attending Syracuse University, which is in upstate New York. She hopes to persue a degree
in Communications while she is there.
an
As the ASB
and
DECA
president,
some could say that Khianna Calica
has a lot on her hands. It’s a demanding job being in charge of
both major organizations for our
school. However, Calica seems to
make time for everything and is
always up for a challenge. Calica’s
drive to join DECA and be as involved
as she is now, all began her freshman
year at Cavelero Mid High.
“When freshman were able to go to
the high school and shadow an upperclassmen, the upperclassman that I
got happened to be the vice president
of DECA and she let me run the student store. So I got to work in the Cove
as a freshman and then she showed
me the project that I was able to do,
which is the Chapter Awards Project,
the 90 page project I’ve been doing for
Photo by HANNAH BARTOW
by Brittan Lamberty
Staff Reporter
Lauren Martinis is another student who is
interested in pursuing a fishing related future. Martinis’ family has been in the salmon
fishing business for decades. Martinis has
been fishing her entire life.
“I’ve always wanted to try it,” said Martinis. My whole family has done it.”
Martinis will be traveling to Alaska this
summer and helping out on her grandparent’s boat.
While these students are not sure if they
will continue fishing or not, all of them have
a wonderful opportunity this summer to try
out this interesting career and make some
money.
Homecoming
Queen
by Iris Favoreal
A&E Editor
Earlier this year, Amanda
Kaintz, escorted by Kolby Girard,
won the title of Homecoming
Queen against two other lady Vikings, Jessica Fuller
and Khianna Calica. Being up against two class officers
and well-known leaders of the student body, the verdict was definitely a delightful surprise to Kaintz.
Kaintz and her group of friends dressed up formally
on Homecoming night, but decided to skip the dance
for a night out in Seattle instead.
“It was fun doing our own thing and dancing on the
bus with all of my friends,” Kaintz said. “It was sad not
seeing everyone all dolled up from our school, but it
was still a great time.”
The title definitely set Kaintz’s senior year off to a
good start, proving that LSHS would be a place for her
to miss.
“I’m going to miss all of our incredible [assemblies],
cheerleading [at] Friday night football games, and my
favorite teacher, Mr. Flanders!” Kaintz said.
Prom King
Photo by KIMBERLEI BROWN
Living in foster care
Jessica Thornock overcomes a tough past
by Kaylee Nunley
Staff Reporter
While
most students have
to
face
bumps in the road before and during high school, some people face
more bumps than others. Jessica
Thornock is a girl who faced many
challenges and has come out stronger than ever. After Thornock’s
mother decided that her father
would not have contact with any of
the kids, it turned out she wasn’t fit
to care for them at the time either.
Thornock was placed in foster care,
along with her sisters and brother.
“We didn’t like the first lady very
much because she accused my older
sister of stealing. She grounded my
older sister and she wasn’t allowed
to look out the window or lay in bed
because she’d be enjoying herself,”
Thornock said.
After being in foster homes with
not such good experiences, her
grandpa took custody of her and
her siblings. He turned out to not be
as great of a guy.
“He would sometimes use physical enforcement. If I didn’t want to
eat what he made, then he told me
I had to eat in the closet,” Thornock
said. “My sister ended up telling
people how we were being treated,
so we got put back into foster care.”
When she was twelve, she finally
got put into a nice foster home with
loving foster parents.
“They were going to adopt me,
but the court decided not to let
them,” Thornock said.
Her father found her a year after
being put into the home where she
was treated well. Thornock is now
living with her dad and believes
that all of these experiences have
changed her for the better.
“Well, I definitely feel like I’m
more giving, and I’m a lot stronger
than before. I’m more accepting of
others, but I hope that I’ll get a job
that’ll give me extra money to help
out other people,” said Thornock.
Thornock will attend the Seattle
Art Institute and has taken all of
these experiences and has decided
to make a difference for foster children in the future.
Jessica Thornock has overcome her past and looks
forward to attending AI of Seattle.
by Iris Favoreal
A&E Editor
Another surprised winner
was Jacob Baughman after acquiring the title of Prom King
against fellow nominees Moussa Sanoh and Carey
Campbell. Baughman swears that the only reason he
won the title was because the student body didn’t
have the chance to watch Sanoh’s whole prom video.
“I [kind of] thought Moussa would win because
his video was hilarious. No offense to Carey,” Baughman laughed.
Baughman became more invested in the event
once the preparations came under way.
“I thought I didn’t care until we started making the video,” Baughman said. “But I wouldn’t really have been disappointed if Carey or Moussa won.
They’re both strapping young souls.”
Baughman received several handshakes throughout the dance, and he spent the rest of the night
bowling with his friends, proudly wearing his crown.
“I wore the crown [during bowling] and [everyone said], ‘The King has arrived,’” Baughman said.
“It was a good ending note to the whole high school
experience.”
Seniors21
June 5, 2013
Matt Huang proves that being fearless changes lives
by Marissa Fredrickson
Editor-in-Chief
Well known Matt Huang shows off his Viking spirit on a regular basis during lunches and assemblies. Huang has
expanded his popularity since beginning his first term here at the high school.
Paint the world beautiful
Many think that Huang will be wonderful at teaching because of his great
personality and caring attitude; like
Leadership teacher Alisa Arcos, as she
has seen what he has done for this school.
“Matt is a genuinely caring person. He
has a smile that lights up the room and
that convinces those around him that it is
going to be a great day. He has dedicated
hours to his leadership tutoring project
and has made a difference on campus. I
Huang was accepted to the University of
Washington, and he aspires to become a
teacher because he wants to help others
who are in the same situation he was.
“You make a lot of good friends and
you meet a lot of new people around the
school. I help run Academic Lab, and I tutored for whoever needed it. I found out
that I really want to spend my life being
a teacher and maybe someday coming
back to LSHS,” Huang said joyfully.
We asked.
You answered.
From
b e i n g
called
“flat face” and having no friends to becoming a social butterfly, Matthew Huang
has changed from the inside out.
After Huang moved to Lake Stevens
in Kindergarten, he experienced bullying
through elementary and middle school.
Being different from everyone else while
not knowing who he was became a huge
struggle for Huang.
“I just didn’t know how to talk to people, and I didn’t know who I was back
then. It was scary,” Huang said.
Then along came high school—the
time when Huang made the change.
“What changed was really accepting
who I am as a person and what I can do
for myself and others. Being myself and
getting to know other people outside of
whom I would normally talk to is really
rewarding because you open yourself up
to new experiences and step out of your
comfort zone,” Huang said.
After he started to accept himself
and not care about what others thought,
Huang began wondering about what he
was doing with his high school career.
He realized that the high school isn’t like
Cavelero, and the start of life on his own
was only a couple years away.
At the end of junior year, Huang decided that he wanted to join Leadership.
Leadership helped Huang find what
he wanted to do with his life. This year,
think Huang will be an excellent teacher;
he has the heart and the attitude for it.
Teaching is a job that requires a desire to
serve others and a love of people, and he
definitely has that!” Arcos said.
Students who know Huang recognize
him for being very outgoing and for his
love of Taylor Swift. After buying and listening to the “Fearless” album over and
over again, he realized that he could relate to her songs even though he was a
boy.
“‘Fifteen’ and ‘22’ literally [spoke] to
me from the beginning because it starts
out ‘freshman year and you’re gonna be
here for the next four years in this town.’
And I was trying to stay out of everybody’s way, but I got involved with more
and more stuff, and pretty soon, I ended
up letting loose and enjoying myself senior year, just like in the song ‘22’—just
dancing around and doing whatever. It’s
just fun to let loose and see the reactions
of people. It gives you that little rush like,
‘Oh man, am I really doing this?’” Huang
laughed.
Taylor Swift and Leadership made
Huang who he is today. He is no longer
the kid who was scared of going on the
bus; he is now fearless and isn’t afraid
to be goofy or make a fool of himself. He
sang in the Voiceapella as a joke talent,
sang in the Talent Show and got into the
top 3 in Mr. LSHS. Huang proved that
letting go of fears makes school and life
more enjoyable.
What will you miss about
LSHS?
I’ll miss not having to pay
thousands of dollars for school.
~Emma Fritzler
Importance of academics
Star athlete rebounds from sports injury
Cassie Upshaw (left) and Sydney Lewis (right) are both budding artists. Upshaw holds
up her Batman version of the popular painting called “The Scream”, which took her two
class periods to finish. Lewis holds up her version of a Dr. Who telephone booth piñata.
Being a triple threat artist makes the
by Kaelyn King
whole
world a canvas. Artists Sydney Lewis
Staff Reporter
and Cassie Upshaw plan to take their multiple passions into the professional world and will stop at nothing
to make their dreams come true.
Sketcher and sculptor, Lewis, plans on getting degrees in sculpture and biology. She wishes to later venture to Hollywood to
make monster movies and work with digital facial reconstruction.
“It’s pretty much in my blood. I love it because when things get
tough, my fallback is always there. Nothing can ever take away my
passion for art,” Lewis said.
Photographer, painter and sculptor, Upshaw, has always felt the
need to express herself through the arts ever since she was a child.
When she was young, she had a desire to take as many photos
as possible and use up all her art sets that she received from her
aunt. Now, she dedicates every day as an opportunity to create.
“Art helps me cope with a lot of things in my life. It impacts everything about me and who I am today. When it makes others feel
happy, it makes me happy,” Upshaw said.
Upshaw plans to attend Everett Community College for fine
arts and photography and later transfer to a university. She wishes to become a photographer or art teacher in the future.
“It’s funny how I didn’t even know I could paint until I took art
class at LSHS,” Upshaw said.
Upshaw and Lewis each have big plans for the future and take
every moment as an opportunity to grow as artists.
“It’s what I revolve around as a person. I look for the most creative things in life and let them inspire me,” Lewis said. “Don’t
judge an artist on what they do or how they act; judge them on
what they make.”
Throughout his high
by Kacie Masten
school
career, Bradley
Sports Editor
say goodbye,” Barry said.
It was especially hard on Barry since sports
Barry has focused
were his life. His good friend and fellow athon trying his best and always working his
lete, Travis Cheap, was crushed for him too.
hardest. After attending private school
“It was hard on me too, because I knew
until eighth grade, Barry began particihe had so much potential for football bepating in school sports. Football, wresyond high school, and it was tough for me
tling and track became his life. However,
to watch him go through that,” Cheap said.
Barry maintained his number one prioriLuckily for Barry, because his primary
ty- his grades. He’s taken numerous
focus was on academics, he was able
advanced classes, including AP
to receive more scholarship opCalculus AB and UW English,
portunities. He’s been able to fill
and has a 3.8 GPA.
out multiple scholarship applica“I think a lot of athletes
tions and even received a $4,000
don’t focus on [grades] and
scholarship from the UniverI think that there’s so much
sity of Washington, where he
more to life than sports. If you
plans to attend next year. Barget injured, what’s next? If you
ry’s younger sister, sophomore
don’t have the grades, you’re
Megan Barry, looks up to him
going to be struggling to find a
both academically and athletijob,” Barry said.
cally, as she also participates in
Barry soon started receivhigh school sports.
ing recognition for his efforts
“I’m proud of what he has been
and began talking with colable to accomplish with his difleges, both small and large,
ficult classes and busy life, and I
especially for sports. Howevknow he will continue to be amazer, plans changed earlier this
ing at UW and med school,” M. Baryear.
ry said.
After suffering from a
B. Barry hopes that other stuconcussion during a football
dents experiencing similar situagame, his doctor delivered
tions realize that even though athbad news. Since Barry acletics are important, academics are
quired multiple concussions
what truly matters.
before, he was told he couldn’t
“A lot of kids, when they don’t do
play sports anymore, which
well, get discouraged and they start
meant he couldn’t receive
doing other things when they’re
any scholarships he could
not playing sports,” B. Barry said.
have won for his athletics.
“Keep your head in the books and
“After growing up and
keep your head on the field. Focus
playing football for that
on those things and not the othlong, it was really hard to
ers.”
Best friends reminisce
22Seniors
June 5, 2013
Roslyn Frisbee and Jniyah
Williams share both funny and
scary moments
Roslyn Frisbee and Jniyah
Williams met at the beginning of
fifth grade when Frisbee moved
to Lake Stevens.
“Our friendship means so
much to me because she was
my first friend that I made after I moved here,” Frisbee said,
“After we became friends, she
introduced me to other friends
as well.”
Frisbee and Williams have
had a lot of fun throughout the
eight years they’ve been best
friends.
“[My favorite memories are]
probably all the times we spent
dancing in each other’s houses
or scaring her at the most intense part of a scary movie!”
Williams said.
Savannah
Goguen
and
Jordan Carlton dish about
weekend lunch dates
by Caitlyn Chandler
Opinion Editor
Savannah Goguen and Jordan Carlton
have been friends for 13 years. They met
in kindergarten and have been inseparable ever since. Throughout their long
friendship, they’ve made some amazing
memories.
“My favorite memories are our fun
Fridays where we go to Red Robin, eat
copious amounts of french fries and
watch horror movies. It sounds kind of
lame, but I enjoy it to an unhealthy degree,” Carlton said.
Over the years, Carlton and Goguen
have created a bond that’s more than a
normal friendship, they consider each
other family.
“I consider Jordan to be my sister, and
I will always love her no matter what. I
hope that we get to make tons more awesome memories to infinity and beyond!”
Goguen said.
A fresh start senior year Learning by teaching others
Three students transition to living in Lake Stevens
Changby Samantha Smith
Staff Reporter ing schools
can be incredibly stressful for any student.
Moving to a new school district
comes with the trouble of transferring grades, making new friends and
adjusting to the transition. And imagine how difficult this change would be
at the start of or in the midst of senior
year. Students are forced to move for a
variety of reasons including their parents’ jobs, financial or family reasons.
For three LSHS students, their senior
year has been a time of transition and
new beginnings. Fortunately, these
experiences have all been pleasant.
Kyriana Scott moved to Lake Stevens because of her father’s job in the
Navy. Scott has lived in four different
states including Washington, in the
past 18 years.
“I’m pretty much used to [moving],
but it was pretty hard senior year
because that’s supposed to be your
fun year, but it’s still pretty fun here,”
Scott said.
Randy Thigpen, also a child in a
military family, relocated to Lake Stevens because of the Navy. Thigpen has
lived all over Washington in addition
to a few other states and has never
lived in the same house for more than
three years. Thigpen’s favorite place
to live has been in Silverdale, WA, but
enjoys living in Lake Stevens.
“It’s a lot better than my old school.
It feels like the people here are a lot
nicer,” Thigpen explained.
Kyle Wright only traveled a short
distance to Lake Stevens from where
he used to live in Everett, WA. The
move has prompted an academic
turnaround for Wright.
“I like it here better I think because
I had a couple bad grades [because]
it was easy to skip class there [Everett High School]. I have all A’s and B’s
now. It’s more interactive here than
other schools,” Wright said.
No matter where they came from,
these three students are ready to
graduate high school as fellow Vikings.
Bailey Newell strives to become an educator
Bailey Newby Chloe Rowland
ell
has set a
Photographer
goal, a milestone she wants more to reach than
anything, becoming an educator. Newell plans to seek a career in public education. Currently, Newell works with a
boy with autism and takes part in the
CIE [Careers in Education] Program
that LSHS provides.
“I have always known that I want to
work with kids. I want to be a kindergarten or special ed teacher, because I
like working with kids. I also have been
working as a nanny for an autistic boy
for almost a year now,” said Newell.
Not only has Newell outlined her
future after graduation, she has begun
working with others who can teach her
the responsibilities and skills required
to work with younger children.
“I have been taking CIE for two
years, I have interned in a classroom
for two years. I am going to Warner
Pacific for Elementary education and
then I am going to earn my masters in
special education,” stated Newell.
The Careers in Education program
takes high school students who are
interested in a teaching career and
places them as interns (student teach-
ers) in a class taught by a fully trained
teacher.
“I met Bailey in tenth grade, three
years ago; she has been in my math
class every single year. What I have
been impressed with is since day one
she has always wanted to be an elementary school teacher. There are
not a lot of kids that knew coming
into tenth grade what they wanted to
be when they grow up. I just think she
would be the perfect person to work
with kids,” teacher Scott Flanders said.
Newell not only has outlined of her
future, she has the personality and
skill strength to easily make her dream
come true.
Bailey Newell poses for the camera while presenting a
project in her Careers in Education class. Newell plans
to become a teacher for small children.
After 40 years, Ms. Riffel logs off as
Computer Applications teacher
What is your favorite memory
during your career at LSHS?
New seniors Kryiana Scott, Kyle Wright and Randy Thigpen all moved to Lake Stevens to finish off their final year
at high school. Overall all three students enjoy attending LSHS.
“I lived up to
the motto ‘we
can’ by helping with extracurricular
activities that
set our school
apart
from
others in the
district.”
~ Chandler Wegner
“I needed to
do credit retrieval and I
finished it and
got my credit
as quick as I
could.”
~ Nils Nysether
Photos by Kimberlei Brown
How have you lived up to the motto “We Can”?
Over the past 20 years, I have met so many
wonderful students and staff and have seen a lot
of changes take place at LSHS....when I taught my
first Computer Apps class here in 1993, students
were using an Apple IIe and 5 1/4 Floppy Disks!!
(Of course, that’s an improvement from when
I started teaching in 1973 and students used
manual typewriters). I guess my overall favorite
memory would be the times when I could see a
student finally grasp a concept they had been struggling with or when they have
been excited to learn how to use some of the software tools or finance concepts
that they never even knew existed!!
I am most looking forward to not being on a rigid schedule every week! It will be
nice to travel other than during Winter Break, Spring Break and Summer Break!
I am also looking forward to the little things, like NOT having to pack a lunch, not
eating my lunch at 10:35 a.m., not having papers to grade in the evenings and
over the weekends, and, of course, sleeping in later and getting to be the night
owl that my inner self really is! My plans in the near future include catching up
on many household projects, spending more time with friends, a trip to Hawaii
next January, trip to Philly, trip to Iowa, trip to Colorado, trip to New Orleans,
maybe Texas and who knows what else will occupy my leisure time.
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June 5, 2013
Zachary St. James: singin’ through the halls
Many people wake up
by Aleesa Browning
Features Editor every day with the ambi-
tion and desire to live life to
its fullest and have fun with whatever is thrown their
way. Zachary St. James comes to school each day with
a bright and lively attitude that fills a room instantly.
“I love being able to live life and have fun and know
that my future could hold anything,” St. James said. “I
think that people should live without worrying about
what other people think because people are going to
judge you, you just can’t let it get to you.”
Those who know St. James and even those who
don’t know him very well are probably aware of his
love for singing. As a matter of fact, he is usually singing as he walks through the hallways and even in the
classrooms. This is what St. James is known for among
the majority of his peers. In his opinion, everyone
should live without fear of judgement, which is why
he always tries his best to be himself and isn’t afraid
to show the world his talent. He can be caught singing
regardless of the situation or the size of his “audience.”
“I guess you could say that I live without fear of
judgment,” St. James said. “Music means a lot to me.
I enjoy singing. Music has helped me through things
and its just always been there. Singing is a great way of
expressing feelings.”
Along with his love for music, St. James enjoys making others happy. No matter the circumstance, he likes
to see smiles on people faces. Senior Andrew Jones,
a close friend of St. James, had nothing but positive
things to say about him.
“I love Zach’s personality. He’s a very fun person
and very lively. He’s a good singer and a good looking
guy,” Jones said.
Zachary St. James is known by most as a very outgoing and friendly person.
He spends his days at LSHS singing throughout the halls on his way to class.
Trains, cranes and automobiles 7,360 mile journey to graduation
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
in 2010, there were
242,200 diesel mechanics in the United
States. Jacob Fabian is
adding to that number,
as he plans to become
a diesel technician. The
job requires a lot of
work, since the majority of the labor consists
of either diagnosing
and fixing problems on
giant automobiles, like
18 wheelers, or fixing
agricultural machines,
bulldozers and cranes.
“[I want to become
a diesel mechanic] because I feel diesel has
a lot more money involved in it, and I absolutely love and enjoy
working on motors and
figuring problems out,”
Fabian said.
Fabian decided he
wanted to become a
diesel technician earlier this year, but thought
of it as a career option
during his sophomore
year. In his junior year,
he went through the
auto technician program at Sno-isle Tech
and continues to work
in the program this year.
He’s received great opportunities from his
teacher and is now enrolled in Skagit Valley
Technical College this
fall, where he will earn
Photo courtesy of Lori Fabian
Jacob Fabian leans on his Toyota Supra in one of his senior photos. His love
for for working on his car has inspired him to become a diesel mechanic.
his bachelor’s degree
and diesel certification
at the same time. With
all of this work, Fabian
is glad his parents will
support him through
the next few years.
“I think it’s great. It’s
a career that will last a
lifetime. [It has] good
pay, good benefits for
his future,” Fabian’s father, Gary Fabian said.
After college, J. Fabian will have many
opportunities for work
and could even work in
Alaska. The job will be
hard, as he will work
seven days a week and
12 hours every day.
However, he would receive a six figure salary and could take six
months off after his
work is done. However, J. Fabian’s overall
goal is to own his own
shop where he can have
control over his own
business and do what
he loves best, working
with cars. His younger
sister, sophomore Tayler Fabian, is incredibly
proud of the work he’s
done.
“He’s set his mind
on something he wants
to do,” T. Fabian said.
“We both support each
other and our decisions
that we make.”
by Tala Johnson
Staff Reporter
Lake Stevens High
School seniors all have
interesting
stories,
but Claudia Salifu has
one that hasn’t been
heard before. Claudia
is from Africa. She was
born and raised in Accra, Ghana, and lived
there with her grandmother until she was
nine years old. Accra
is the capital of Ghana,
and is located in the
North-Western part of
Africa.
In 2005, when
Claudia was nine, she
left Africa and went to
New York City to live
with her mother. Claudia’s first impression
was comical.
Claudia Salifu misses her home in Africa, but is excited to graduate high
school here in Lake Stevens.
What is your favorite memory during
your career at LSHS?
[My favorite memory] is watching the
students in the culinary class learn to
cook.
What do your future plans include? i.e.
What are you most looking forward to in
your retirement?
I love to travel to different countries.
I enjoy kayaking and biking. Also, I’ll be
rejoining a volunteer organization.
Ashley Holman’s major success in LSHS video production
endless video abyss, YouTube.
Ashley Holman began producing
her very own YouTube show, “Two Guys One Show” and
has big dreams of making a career out of video production.
“[Juniors] Joshua Pulley and Isaac Munn came to me
and said that they wanted to create something like their
own show, but they didn’t know how to do it because they
weren’t familiar with video, so I was asked personally to
help them create a show and have me get the experience
of directing and producing my own show, so I am ready
for the real world,” Holman said.
Although being a senior with a large video production
on her plate and multiple deadlines to handle, Holman is
grateful she gained the experience no matter how stressful it may have been.
moved to Indiana, and
in 2010 they moved to
Lake Stevens.
Even after all this
time she still misses
the weather of her African hometown.
“It’s fun to be here,
I hate the weather still
though. I miss the heat
of Africa,” Salifu said.
Mrs. McLeod steps away from the LSHS stove
YouTube spoofin’ skills
Everyone with a smart phone
by Chloe Rowland
or
a computer has heard of the
Photographer
“It was cold, I saw
my breath for the first
time ever. I asked my
mom if I was on fire,”
Salifu said. “I was so
cold I couldn’t move.
I wore six layers of
clothes!”
One year after moving to New York, Claudia and her mother
“It’s made things a lot more stressful. It’s hard getting the guys focusing, sometimes we just spend a day to
where we are like we don’t want to do anything, we just
want to goof around and take a break. It’s not easy trying
to produce your own show, make sure everything goes
right, the equipment’s right. It’s been difficult for my first
experience directing a show, but it’s been a great experience and I have learned a lot,” Holman stated.
Holman has taken on a large leadership role and plans
on applying to the best program in videography at IE in
Texas after graduating.
“Both Isaac Munn and Joshua Pulley wanted to create
a show that was more edgy for YouTube. There was a mutual understanding that Ashley Holman was the most experienced to run the show because she has the skills required to produce it. They brainstorm and run the whole
thing on their own under my supervision at the school,
then post the videos online,” Micheal Furoy commented.
What advice would
you give to your
sophomore self?
by Kacie Masten
Sports Editor
Claudia Salifu spent most of her childhood in another country
Jacob Fabian works to become a diesel tech
“I would tell myself to work on time
management and
sleep more because
those are the most
important tools of
high school.”
~Brendan King
“Do
your
homework; it will
help your test
scores. The teachers aren’t just
making that up.”
~Hannahniah
Reed
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Valhalla
Valhalla
Ink Slingers
Sarah Gluck, Kacie Masten,
Marissa Fredrickson, Hannah
Bartow, Caitlyn Chandler
and Samantha Smith are
graduating after covering
events and bringing the
truth to Lake Stevens.
Participation on the Valhalla takes ‘being in the know’ to another level
by Julie Henggeler
Advisor
This year’s
mighty
ink
s l i n g e r s
brought awareness of student issues and
events in the community to the student
body. The staff covered student survival,
environmental issues, the teenage psyche,
LGBTQ issues, homelessness in Lake Stevens and underage drinking. Although
senior staff members will be moving away
from each other and forming new alliances, we appreciate their service and leadership that they provided to the younger Valhalla ink slingers they are leaving behind.
Some of these seniors began working
on the Valhalla three years ago, while others joined just this semester.
“The reason I wanted to become design
editor was because of a bowl of soup. I
took a picture of a bowl, and on the inside
we wrote information soup that related to
Knowledge Bowl. The cool part was that
I was able to take a last minute idea that
added to the page, and it helped me get to
where I am now,” said Hannah Bartow.
Valhalla Staff
2012-2013
Bartow, who has been on staff for three
years, will be attending Washington State
University in the fall and will be majoring
in communications. Bartow hopes to work
at Wire magazine some day or maybe go
into the ROTC program and become a public affairs officer. Either way, journalism
and communications will be a career connection for Bartow.
Sarah Gluck will major in photojournalism at Evergreen University and is interested in capturing moments and informing
people of events, and Journalism sparked
that interest.
“Journalism is like a little family. I liked
being involved in the student body and
learning about things going on,” Gluck said.
Even though Caitlyn Chandler is pursuing a career as a pastry chef, Journalism
fed her passion for writing.
“I stayed in Journalism for the past two
years because I love writing and having
my work published in the Valhalla is really rewarding. Writing for the Valhalla has
also introduced me to a lot of people that
Editor-in-Chief
Marissa Fredrickson
Design Editor
Hannah Bartow
Sports Editor
Kacie Masten
Opinion Editor
Caitlyn Chandler
A&E Editor
Iris Favoreal
Features Editor
Aleesa Browning
I probably wouldn’t have talked to before.
The thing I will miss most about Journalism is the time the section editors spend
in layout. Some of my best high school
memories have happened when we’re at
school late at night finishing the Valhalla.
I am going to miss my journalism family
very much!” Chandler said.
Publishing throughout the year also
provided staff members to share their
points of view.
“I think my favorite part has been writing opinion articles. I always seem to have
an opinion for everything and journalism is a good way for me to express it. I’ll
miss spending time with all of the friends
I’ve made, especially with the section editors. Staying after school for hours can be
stressful, but I’m glad we all get along,” Kacie Masten said.
Masten will be pursuing a degree in
political science and possibly journalism
to continue to stay informed of current issues.
Members of the Valhalla, like the Rune,
Reporters
Sarah Gluck
Samantha Smith
Meredith Brown
Tala Johnson
Kaelyn King
Brittan Lamberty
are responsible for being informed and
recording the history that unfolds on campus.
“I enjoyed Journalism because I learned
about a lot of new people and issues that I
wasn’t really educated about before. I had
no idea that Jolena Goodhead had been
homeless; it gave me a different perspective on people,” Smith said.
Marissa Fredrickson will attend college
and use her photography and leadership
skills in a future career. She gained experience and led the staff with confidence.
“Being in Journalism has made me a
better person. Being Editor-in-Chief has
made me a better leader and having to do
interviews has made me more outgoing.
Journalism is like one big happy family,
and I love these people. They are my journalism family, and spending long layout
nights with them is always an adventure.
I am very sad that this year is ending, but I
am glad that I got to spend one great year
with these amazing girls during our many
layout weeks,” Marissa Fredrickson said.
Mackenzie McLeod
Alexandra Mulvaney
Jack Petterborg
Photographers
Kimberlei Brown
Chloe Rowland
News straight from
Viking heaven

Issue 9 - Lake Stevens School District

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