Whitney Aschim Scott Bye Kelsey Burley Titia

Congratulations graduates of 2012
The
Refiner
North Toole County High School
Sunburst. MT 59482
Whitney Aschim
Plans: MSU Northern
to major in Graphic
Design
Sr. Best: Voice
Sr. Will: Give Vanessa my love for music and song: may you
never stop singing and
to Satyn my everlasting love and friendship, may we laugh for
years to come
Saying: If you don’t
stand for something,
you’ll fall for anything
Enjoyments: Drama,
speech and drama,
MCT
Nick Name: Whit,
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Titia Bloch
Whitters,
Hobbit,
Whitstar
Inspirational Teacher:
Mrs. Brandon, Mrs.
Felt, my mom
Remembrances: Ritual cheer chats, talks
at Kix, and all the
MCT experiences
jured to Steph Gliko
and my annoying abilities to Courtney Lindskog
Saying: Fool me once,
shame on you; fool me
twice, shame on me!
Enjoyments: Volleyball and softball
Nick Name: Titia
Rae, Aunty Sissy
Inspirational TeachPlans: U of M -- West- er: None
ern to major in Natural Remembrances: Patrick Buckley attacking
Horsemanship
Sr. Best: Most Outgo- Scotty in P.E.
ing
Sr. Will: My ability
to not get seriously in-
Kelsey Burley
Plans: University
of
Montana
to
major in Business
Sr. Best: Style
Sr. Will: My
height to Vanessa
Saying: They say it
all breaks down to
keeping your feet on
the ground; my sole
intention is to keep
my head in the clouds.
Enjoyments: Being
around my nieces,
drawing and Photoshop
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Scott Bye
Nick Name: None
Inspirational Teacher: Mrs. Ross
Remembrances: Bus
ride from North Star
when Angie started to
tell a story but couldn’t
get past the first few
words
Plans: Farm and possibly attend college
later
Sr. Best: Most Likely
to Be Late for Graduation
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Sr. Will: My #4 jersey to Paul Ehlers
Saying: Show me
a guy who’s afraid
to look bad, and I’ll
show you a guy I
can beat
Enjoyments: Basketball,
football,
baseball, science,
having fun with
friends
Nick Name: None
Inspirational Teacher: Mr. and Mrs. Ross
Remembrances:
Playing sports and just
having a good time
with everyone
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NTCHS Class of 2012
Kolter Cook
Plans: My pickup to
Goober
Sr.
Best:
Most
Changed in High
School
Sr. Will: Give Vanessa my love for mu-
sic and song, may
you never stop
singing. To Satyn, I give my
everlasting love
and friendship,
may we laugh for
years to come
Saying: Keep on
keepin’ on
Enjoyments:
Hunting and fishing
Nick Name:
KTC, Thomas
Inspirational Teacher: Mrs. Ross
Remembrances: P.
Buck and me messing
around with the backhoes at the Techno.
Expo.
Cassius Ehlers
Plans: My intelligence to my sister Rachel
Sr. Best: Athlete
Sr. Will: Give Vanessa my love for music and song, may
you never stop singing. To Satyn, I give
my everlasting love
and friendship, may
we laugh for years to
Rebecca Flesch
Plans:
Montana
S t a t e
--Northern
to
major in
Dental
Hygiene
Sr. Best:
Smile
Sr. Will:
My #8 volleyball and
my #13 basketball
uniforms to my sister, Nicole Potak, who
will be a freshman
next year.
Saying: Memory is a
way of holding on to
the things you love,
the things you are and
the things you never
want to lose.
Enjoyments: Basketball, volleyball, soft-
come
Saying:
Snakes!
Why’d it have to be
snakes?
Enjoyments: Hunting, playing guitar,
sports
Nick Name: None
Inspirational Teacher: Mrs. Ehlers
Remembrances: Recess in grade school
Josh Friesen
ball, FCCLA, student
council, choir, HOBY
Nick Name: Reba
Jean Machine, Reba,
Rabeba
Inspirational Teacher: Mrs. Johannsen
Remembrances:
When Angie “de-pantsed” Jacoba in front of
L.J.
Saying:
There
is
nothing
to
fear but fear
itself
E n j o y ments: Football, basketball, science,
track, golf,
student council
Nick Name:
Icemaker,
Freeze
Inspiration-
Plans: Enlisted in the al Teacher: Mrs. Ross
Remembrances:
Marine Corps
Football senior year
Sr. Best: Nickname
Sr. Will: My knack
for finding explosive
“Wow Day” projects
to a person who likes
explosives
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THE REFINER
May Special Edition 2012
NTCHS Class of 2012
Justin Hauschulz
Plans: Enter the Job
Corps
in
Anaconda
to major in
We l d i n g
and Carpentry
Sr.
Best:
Best Teammate
Sr.
Will:
My good looks to
Braydon Dunk, my
post moves to Andy
Ryan and Jarret Bloch,
my smarts to Hannah
Hauschulz, and my
neat, groomed, natural
hair to Tyler Tharp.
Saying: That which
does not kill you
Aurora Hurlburt
makes you stronger
Enjoyments: Basketball
Nick Name: Haus,
Hausy, Justine, Justina
Inspirational Teacher: Mrs. Hauschulz
Remembrances:
Watching game film at
football practices
Saying: People don’t care
how
much
you know until they know
how
much
you
care
about them.
Enjoyments:
Swimming,
spending time
with
family, watching
Plans: Enter the U.S.
Navy
Sr. Best: Most Likely
to be a Millionaire
Sr. Will: My locker to
Vanessa. I also will
everyone my sense of
adventure and my funseeking abilities.
Kress Lamey
Plans: Enter the work
force
Sr. Best: Car
Sr. Will: All my money to Hunter and all
my partying skills to
Amanda
Saying: If you don’t
have time to do something right the first
Hunter Leichliter
Plans: University
of
Montana to
major in Music
Sr. Best: Hair
Sr. Will: My
wisdom to the
lower classmen
who
most need it
Saying: Be
who you are
and say what
you feel because those that mind
Remembrances: Judon’t matter and those
nior year Science
who matter don’t
Olympiad with Josh
mind.
and Hunter
Enjoyments:
football, track, science,
pep band, drama
Nick Name: Crash,
Hunt, Jesus
Inspirational Teachtime, when
will
you
have time to
do it right?
E n j o y m e n t s :
Hanging
with friends
Nick Name:
Toothpaste,
Kresstation
I n s p i rational
Te a c h e r :
Mr. Hough
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football
Nick Name: Aurora
Borealis, Rora, Ror
Inspirational Teacher: Mr. Thomas, Mrs.
Schilling, Mrs. Felt
Remembrances: Too
many to count
er: Mrs. Ross
Remembrances:
Eight grade trip to Lethbridge when Scott
and I got stuck in the
dark water slide at the
Ramada
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NORTH TOOLE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
THE REFINER
May Special Edition 2012
NTCHS Class of 2012
Jayleen McAlpine
Hali Miller
things:
a wishbone, a
backbone,
and a
funnybone.
Enjoyments:
Plans: MSU College of Technology in
Great Falls to major
as a Physical Therapy
Assistant
Sr. Best: Eyes
Sr. Will: My leadership in basketball to
Brooke
Saying: To succeed
in life you need three
Shooting
gophers,
riding horses, prom,
homecoming
Nick Name: J., Auntie
Weanie, Jayleno
Inspirational Teacher: Mr. and Mrs. Ross
Remembrances:
Holding my niece
Kacey for the first
time and junior prom.
Plans: University
of
Montana
to major in
Nursing
or
Education
Sr.
Best:
Dressed
Sr. Will: My
Kix Captain
skills to Chimane
S a y i n g :
Love, peace,
happiness
Enjoyments:
Vo l l e y b a l l ,
dance
Nick Name: Hali girl,
Bugs
Inspirational Teacher: Mr. and Mrs. Ross
Andrew Stevens
Remembrances:
State volleyball and
all the times spent
with good friends.
Amanda Tharp
Plans:
Rocky
Mountain College
to major in Music Education and
minor in Political
Science
Sr. Best: Most
Likely to Succeed
Sr. Will: My leadership and motivation to my littler brother, Tyler.
May they help you
Plans: Enter the workforce with plans to enlist in the Air Force
Sr. Best: Class Clown
Sr. Will: My personality to the Finster
Saying: Get ‘R done
Enjoyments: Football
and Explorers
Nick Name: Drew,
Drewcifer, Drewbie
Inspirational Teacher: Mrs. Ross
Remembrances: Nap
time in kindergarten
and in Mrs. Ehler’s
class.
the next three years. I
will my outgoingness
and excitement for
trying new things to
Chimane -- good luck
in Kix!
Saying: Be the change
you wish to see in the
world
Enjoyments: Dance,
cheer, jazz band, FC-
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CLA, student council,
speech & drama
Nick Name: Coconut, Manda, Mandy,
Shorty
Inspirational Teacher: Mr. John Faust
Remembrances: Any
activities shared with
friends and classmates
at NTC
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NORTH TOOLE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
THE REFINER
May Special Edition 2012
NTCHS Class of 2012
Jesse Tomsheck
Plans: Enter
the workforce
Sr.
Best:
Most Memorable
Sr. Will: Mrs.
Kimmet wills
to Jesse “time
for crafting.”
Saying: If I
cannot win,
let me brave
the attempt
Enjoyments:
Vo l l e y b a l l ,
senior
trip,
managing
basketball,
special
olympics
Nick Name: J.T.
Inspirational Teach-
Alex Watterud
Plans: Montana Tech
in Butte to major in
Biology
Sr. Best: Laugh
Sr. Will: My ability to
er: Mrs. Kimmet
finish math homework
Remembrances: Se- in class to Zack and
nior night in basket- my mad point guard
ball
skillz to Rachel; I’m
passing on the
torch; better be
ready, Lady!
Saying: Today you are
you, that is
truer than true.
There is no
one alive that
is youer than
you.
Enjoyments:
All the sports,
Kix, homecoming
Nick Name: Lex,
Lexi
Inspirational Teacher: Mrs. Ross
Remembrances:
The volleyball trip to
North Star junior year
-- classic.
Senior Class Prom Picture
Courtesy of Lana Ahrens
“The future is before us, the past is behind us, but our memories are forever with us.”
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NORTH TOOLE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
THE REFINER
May Special Edition 2012
NTCHS 2012 Awards
Academic All-State
Students who qualify
must be athletes who can
earn at least a 3.5 GPA
during the term while
playing the specified sport
and must also earn a varsity letter in the MHSA
sanctioned sport.
Kamron
Ratzburg:
Football and basketball
Jacob Alborano: Football
Andy Ryan: Football and
basketball
Amanda Tharp: Cheer,
speech & drama, and volleyball
Whitney Aschim: Cheer
and speech & drama
Alex Watterud: Volleyball and basketball
Rachel Ehlers: Volleyball and basketball
Hali Miller: Volleyball
Becky Flesch: Volleyball
and basketball
Hannah Hauschulz: Volleyball and basketball
All Conference
Alex Watterud: Volleyball and basketball first
team
Hali Miller: Volleyball
Rachel Ehlers: Volleyball
Scotty Bye: Basketball
first team, honorable mention for football and Bob
Cleverly Treasure State
8-Man All Star Game
Kamron Ratzburg: Honorable mention for football
Army Rserve National Scholar/Athlete Selection
Alex Watterud
Cash Ehlers
Attendance
Students who missed 3
days or less throughout
the year.
Brett Simons
Hali Miller
Forrest McEwen
Boys and Girls
State
Kamron Ratzburg
Brett Simons
Cole Brown
Rachel Ehlers
Stephanie Gliko
Class Competition
Senior Class
Culinary
Shelby Wallace: Top Culinary Student
Brooke Lindskog: Most
Thorough
Ben McAlpine: Best
Laminated Dough
Aurora Hurlburt: Most
Dedicated Student
Kylie Pattison: Best Pies
Daughters of the
American
Revolution
Amanda Tharp: Good
Citizenship Award
Drama/
School Play
Tyler Tharp: Rookie
Award
Amanda Tharp: Outstanding Actress
Josh Friesen: Outstanding Actor
Whitney Aschim: Audience Choice Award
Alex Watterud: Director’s Choice Award
Satyn Tomsheck: Director’s Choice Award
Brooke Lindskog: Backstage Award
Chimane
Hastings:
Backstage Award
4-Year Awards
Becky Flesch, Alex Watterud, Amanda Tharp,
Whitney Aschim, Justin
Hauschulz and Andrew
Stevens
3-Year Awards
Scotty Bye, Kylie Pattison
and Brooke Lindskog
2-Year Awards
Hunter Leichliter, Josh
Friesen and Chimane
Hastings
1-Year Awards
Satyn Tomsheck, Kaitlin
Williams, Noemi Schaerer, Hannah Hauschulz,
Courtney Lindskog, Tyler
Tharp, Jennifer Samsal,
Nicole Friesen, Hayley
Dunk, Jarret Bloch, Vanessa Legler, Andy Ryan,
Stephanie Gliko, Emily Griffin, Braydon Dunk
and Kaitlin Barnes
Driver’s Education
Emergency Driver Award
granted to the students
who, if Teri Iverson were
stranded somewhere, she
would most trust to get her
back safely.
Tyler Tharp
Andy Ryan
Courtney Lindskog
Sam Miller
Expressions
Literary Magazine
Cole Brown: Best graphic art/manipulated photo
for “Windmill Sunset”
Emily Griffin: Best artwork for “Looking Back”
Austin Robbins: Best
photograph for “The Forgotten”
Brett Simons: Best short
story for “If They Came to
Hear Me Beg . . .”
Satyn Tomsheck: Best
poem for “A Beautiful
Creation”
FCCLA/FCS
Chimane Hastings: Top
Life Skills Student
Alex Watterud: FCCLA
Member of the Year
Kylie Pattison: National
FCCLA Conference
Justin Hauschulz: National FCCLA Conference
Cash Ehlers: National
FCCLA Conference
Football
Ben McAlpine: Outstanding Lineman
Kamron Ratzburg: Most
Valuable Defensive Player
Scotty Bye: Most Valuable Offensive Player and
team MVP
Tyler Tharp: Most Improved Player
George Wilson
Amanda Tharp
Golf
Cameron
Richmond:
State competitor
Braydon Dunk: State
competitor
Rachel Ehlers: State
competitor
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Andy Ryan: State competitor
Courtney
Lindskog:
State competitor
Heisey Foundation
Titia Bloch
Justin Hauschulz
HOBY
Chimane Hastings
Industrial
Technology
Hunter Leichliter
Journalism
Whitney Aschim
Cole Brown
Kelsey Burley
Becky Flesch
Aurora Hurlburt
Vanessa Legler
Brett Simons
Satyn Tomsheck
Jake Woodward
Ladies Auxilliary
VFW
Amanda Tharp
Marias Medical
Center Auxilliary
Scholarship
Alex Watterud
Marias River
Electric
Scholarship
Whitney Aschim
Titia Bloch
Scott Bye
Cash Ehlers
Becky Flesch
Justin Hauschulz
Hunter Leichliter
Jayleen McAlpine
Hali Miller
Alex Watterud
Marketing
Scotty Bye
Austin Luckenbill
Math
State-level award winners for the Montana
Council of Teachers
of Mathematics Exam
awarded to those who
tested in the top 15%.
Rachel Ehlers: Superior
in Intermediate Test
Zack Dichtel: Superior in
Intermediate Test
Montana Writing
Assessment
Top scores for the Mon-
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THE REFINER
May Special Edition 2012
NTCHS 2012 Awards
tana University System
Writing Assessment. The
highest possible score is
a 6. The school average
was 4.3 -- placing NTCHS
in the top 25% of the state.
Alex Watterud: 5.5
Shelby Wallace: 5.5
Music
Awards voted on my
members of the band and
choir
Becky Flesch: Outstanding Choir Member
Connor Overcast: Outstanding Band Member
Vanessa Legler: Choir
Rookie
Courtney
Lindskog:
Band Rookie
Andy Ryan: Band Rookie
Tyler Tharp: Band Rookie
Awards selected by Mrs.
Hauschulz for students
who were involved in
many areas of the music
program and made many
contributions to the department.
Justin Hauschulz: Outstanding Musician
Amanda Tharp: Outstanding Musician
Award given for an outstanding instrumentalist.
Alex Watterud: John
Phillip Sousa Award
Justin Hauschulz: John
Phillip Sousa Award
General departmental
awards
Jesse Tomsheck: Choir
Award
Jarret Bloch: Step-it-up
Award
Titia Bloch: Step-it-up
Award
Rachel Ehlers: Step-it-up
Award
Vanessa Legler: Step-itup Award
Awards given for number of years participating
in the music programs.
Whitney Aschim: Fouryear Choir Award
Titia Bloch: Four-year
Choir Award
Becky Flesch: Four-year
Choir Award
Justin Hauschulz: Fouryear Choir and Band
Award
Andrew Stevens: Fouryear Choir Award
Amanda Tharp: Fouryear Choir and Band
Award
First Year Music
Award Winners:
Braydon Dunk, Hayley
Dunk, Hannah Hauschulz,
Sam Miller, Ethan Paulson, Andy Ryan, Noemi
Schaerer, Tyler Tharp,
Jarret Bloch, Nicole Friesen, Kress Lamey, Vanessa
Legler, Courtney Lindskog, Jennifer Samsal, and
Tylor Tomsheck
State Music Team
Luke Becker, Rachel
Ehlers, Alex Watterud,
Amanda Tharp, Whitney
Aschim, Titia Bloch, Hayley Dunk, Becky Flesch,
Nicole Friesen, Heather
Froslie, Chimane Hastings, Hannah Hauschulz,
Justin Hauschulz, Kress
Lamey, Courtney Lindskog, Erika Postma, Jennifer
Samsal, Noemi Schaerer, Satyn Tomsheck, and
Shelby Wallace
Jazz Band Members
Brett Simons, Mason
Kearns, Connor Overcast, Andy Ryan, Hannah Hauschulz, Justin
Hauschulz, Tyler Tharp,
Alex Watterud, Luke
Becker, Chimane Hastings, Amanda Tharp, and
Haley Dunk
National Guard
Cash Ehlers
Alex Watterud
NHS
Whitney Aschim, Cash
Ehlers, Amanda Tharp,
Alex Watterud, Hali Miller, Brett Simons, Kamron
Ratzburg, Luke Becker,
and Mason Kearns
Photography
Finley Jarvis
Whitney Aschim
Austin Robbins
Science
Scotty Bye: Most Dedicated to Science -- graduating with eight science
credits (only two were required)
Hali Miller: Top Science
Student
Haley Denison: Top Science Student
Shane Horgus
Scholarship
Jayleen McAlpine
Titia Bloch
Social Studies
Alex Watterud: Top Senior Government Student
Amanda Tharp: Top Senior Government Student
Rachel Ehlers: Top Junior Government Student
Andy Ryan: Top Freshman Government Student
Hannah Hauschulz: Top
Freshman
Government
Student
Hali Miller: Most Improved History Student
Brett Simons: Most Improved History Student
Sophistikix
Hali Miller: Second-year
caption, fourth-year dancer
Amanda Tharp: Firstyear captain, second-year
dancer
Alex Watterud: Firstyear captain, fourth-year
dancer
Chimane Hastings: Firstyear caption, second-year
dancer
Whitney Aschim: Fourthyear dancer
Jennifer Samsal: Firstyear dancer
Nicole Friesen: First-year
dancer
Vanessa Legler: Firstyear dancer
Student Council
Jesse Tomsheck: Helping
Hand Award
Amanda Tharp: Most
Outstanding
Student
Council Member (voted
by peers), Student Body
President
Josh Friesen: Student
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Body Vice President
Becky Flesch: Student
Body Secretary/Treasurer
Hali Miller: Senior Class
President
Scotty Bye: Senior Class
Representative
Brooke Lindskog: Junior
Class President
Brett Simons: Junior
Class Representative
Mason Kearns: Sophomore Class President
Austin Robbins: Sophomore Class Representative
Hannah
Hauschulz:
Freshman Class President
Forrest McEwen: Freshman Class Representative
Toole County Education Foundation
Cash Ehlers
Becky Flesch
Justin Hauschulz
Hali Miller
Amanda Tharp
Alex Watterud
Top 2 GPA
Awarded to top two students in each of the top
three classes
Alex Watterud
Amanda TharpRachel
Ehlers
Kamron Ratzburg
Chimane Hastings
Luke Becker
Track
Cash Ehlers: State competitor, 3 school records
Hunter Leichliter: State
competitor
Josh Friesen: State competitor
Matt Becker: State competitor
Mason Kearns: Alternate
state competitor
Kamron Ratzburg: Alternate state competitor
Tri-Angler’s
Sportsman Club
Scholarship
Cash Ehlers
Victor Taule
Kamron Ratzburg
Vocational Ed. Outstanding Student
Kamron Ratzburg
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