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Volume 2 Issue 8 May 9, 2012
CONTENTS
Senior ProfilesAn in-depth look at the lives of some seniors as they prepare to leave Liberty North
Year in ReviewOne final look back on some key events from the past school year
Final GoodbyesSenior members of the Eagle’s View reflect on their high school expereince
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OUR STAFF
OUR MISSION
Haley RichardsonDylan SanchezCeci KuronKevin PageSavana MorrisonCassidy WarneBailey ReardonKelsea Graham
Editor-In-ChiefEditor-In-ChiefPhotographerPhotographerInDepth EditorStudent Life EditorSpotlight EditorA&E Editor
Emily RhewAlly PayneMadi SaundersCortney SnyderBenjamin WhalenPayton WolffKatelen Permenter Brock MitchellJennifer Higgins
ReporterReporterReporterReporterReporterReporterOnline EditorWebmasterAdviser
Arianna SkindellSummer Prather Timmy FalleriMark OylerKatelynn DowneyShelby GregoJessica GriffithChris Kandlbinder
Opinion EditorSports EditorSports WriterFun EditorReporterReporterReporterReporter
Our mission for the 2011-2012 school year is to create a quality magazine that informs our readers as well as provide a professional journalism experience for all members involved. The Eagle’s View is a public forum of student expression.
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GRADUATE GOODBYES
Haley RichardsonEditor-In-Chief
Harding University
Three years ago I was met with what I believed to be the most ridiculously absurd human beings to ever walk this planet. Everyday I spent an hour with them, taking part in their strange behaviors that consisted of everything from Pow Wows to a holiday party with a present bearing elf. These people walked the halls of Liberty High School just like everyone else, but stepping foot into room 101 brought out a little bit of crazy in all of us. The Journalism lab became my home away from home during my high school career, my sanctuary from the chaos and stupidity that occupied the halls. Junior year came and with it brought a new home, a new staff, and a new responsibility. North opening its doors gave me the opportunity to be the editor in chief of a newspaper that had yet to be created, something that I am forever grateful for. My staff reassured me of the fact that newspaper people are inevitably crazy (crazy awesome at least) and the new J-Lab would host just as many ridiculous deadline nights as the old. The year was spent building the paper from the ground up, and setting the precedent for years to come.
Senior year crept up and flew by faster than I could have imagined and left me with what will be my final newspaper endeavor: writing this graduate goodbye. Few people truly understand what newspaper and the staff have meant to me through the years. They have taught me important life lessons (i.e. when Haley yells, it calls for a celebration) and provided me with skills to equip me for the remainder of my life (my organization, however, is still quite lacking). The J-Lab has been the host to a few shed tears, countless bouts of uncontrollable laughter, and the occasional dance party; it has been where I have spent the majority of my senior year and what I will no doubt miss the most about high school. Through the years I became one of the people from room 101; someone who was genuinely passionate about the newspaper and the family it had provided me. So as I bid my publication adieu, I am forever grateful for everything it did for me. Between forcing me to be in charge to watching the staff drastically improve over the year, being a part of this class shaped me, for the better, more than I ever imagined it would.
For thirteen years of my life I have been a student of the Liberty Public School District, from my beginnings in Mrs. Bredemeier’s kindergarten class, to this very day of my senior year. It is with a bittersweet farewell that this reign finally comes to an end on May 20. That date is important not only because it is the day I finish high school forever, but it is also my long awaited 18th birthday. It is a symbolic culmination of all the years spent slaving over homework and tests, as well as bidding adieu to all the people I have met over the years in school, but also it is a symbol of my 18 glorious years of existence and finally crossing the threshold into adulthood. I am sure most of my fellow seniors can agree that graduation could not come soon enough, but at as badly as I want to move on from the suffocating confines of Liberty, I cannot forget all the experiences I have had as a student in this district. For better or worse, my thirteen years as a Liberty student have helped shape who I am today. High school is the freshest memory in my mind obviously, basically only made survivable by my time spent in newspaper. It gave me a distraction from my extraordinary unwillingness to leave all my friends at Liberty High and
go to North junior year. Eventually this bitter wound was healed though when our staff started crafting some truly remarkable newspapers. Suddenly North did not seem so bad. I even remember the exact layout of Mrs. Grundy’s art classroom at Ridgeview Elementary. That class was the groundwork for my inspiration to be an artist today. Then of course there was the bus crash of fifth grade year; perhaps the most haunting memory. The morning the wreck happened, seven years ago now, is still a vivid picture in my head. It will unfortunately be an experience I carry for the rest of my life. From seeing my classmates pulled from the bus, all bruised and scared, to being swept across the city in an ambulance to North Kansas City Hospital, all through the eyes of a fifth grader just wanting his mom and dad. This is not even a fraction of the life experiences, trials and errors, that have come from my time living in Liberty and being a student of this district. I can say with full certainty though that the time has never felt more right to move on and leave home to begin a new world of experiences at UMKC and whatever comes in the years following.
Dylan SanchezEditor-In-Chief
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Senior members of the Eagle’s View staff reflect on their past and future endeavors
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Whew! Finally done with high school, homework, and having to raise my hand just to go to the bathroom. Feeling like a little kid is over and now into the big girl world I go. I cannot wait to get away from this place and start a new life. I am not going to lie. Switching schools was really hard. Having to make new friends and having to come together with new people is not my forte, but some teachers here made it really easy to conform to the school. Gates with his fear of bananas and crude humor. Higgins with her tiny feet and easy to talk to personality. Mrs. Peters with her inability to speak one language at a time in return making everything come out in Spanglish and Spanish turning out to be that much more enjoyable. Mrs. Ugarte with her entertaining presentations and comical acting to make the everything more understandable. And Mrs. Bowen with how ever frustrating her class could be and how many countless times I wanted to quit, she always stayed after to help me. That is what I will remember from my high school memories. Those teachers made my life a lot harder, a lot
easier, and very maddening. I can’t just say that the teachers are all I’m going to remember from high school, though. There are a few students who I will always remember too. The guy who wants to be a hobo. The girls who are so fake. The guys who knows no boundaries. The girl who is so smart she can kick everyone’s butt in ‘Are you smarter than a 5th grader?’ And the friends that were always there for me, no matter what I did or how often I was in a terrible mood. These are the things I will remember out of my school career and look back and think about. But as for right now, it is time to move forward and make new memories. I am so excited to kick start my new life, where I can reinvent everything and anything. Like I said, it is time to go into the big girl world and hopefully reach my full potential, if I have any. So this is my goodbye to Liberty North and everything it stands for. Keep on moving forward and have the time of your life.
There are many lessons we have all learned through these last 18 (or so) of our lives. Some that we don’t care for, some that wish we could have avoided, but most that we needed, and many that we cherish. We all have those moments where things go horribly wrong, but you take something from it you couldn’t have learned anywhere else. I remember a time this year when we had planned for the best broadcast we were going to have. Little did we know, all of our cables would go bad, and barely have anything to broadcast. It taught me something I couldn’t have learned anywhere else, but can use everywhere. Plan for the worst, hope for the best. There are those moments when you hear something that you do not want to hear, but you need to, because it makes you a better person because of it. I consider myself to be “socially awkward” but I feel I make the right call when it counts. That couldn’t have happened unless someone told me I was out of line, or weird in those small situations. It made me aware of how I acted, and helped me form into a
better people person. We have the people around us who teach us these things. I can say I learned the most important things from the most unlikely of people. I learned what I know about technology from my parents, the most technologically impaired people I know. It’s because they put me in a environment very early in life that forced me to learn it, and know it well. My skills also come from the people around me everyday, who didn’t dismiss me because I didn’t know, but pushed me further to learn and get better at what I do, in every trade I work in. But of all of these, we must learn this lesson: This is a time of our life that must pass. We cannot live in high school forever, and must go on to a life, a career, and maybe one day, a family. This a safe place to be in a small version of life, before we go out into the place where it counts. While you’re here, make it last. When it’s over, get ready to move on. Brock Mitchell
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GRADUATE GOODBYES
Jessica GriffithReporter
Missouri Southern State University
As a child I was Princess Jessica. I had long blonde straight hair and a never-ending smile. I was a little girl full of happiness. I thought I could do anything and I dreamed happy thoughts. My mommy and daddy were always near. Now I’m growing up, I am leaving the nest and saying goodbye to everything and everyone I have known for seventeen years. I am ready for some change in my life. I just want to step out on my own, maybe stumble a little, but learn how to do things by myself. I have two amazing parents who have pushed me to do many things to help me grow and excel in life. My sister has been there for me from the beginning. I will never forget the night I thought my heart was broken and my little ten-year-old sister held me and let me cry. She is one amazing sister and I could not have done all I have without her. My friends and teachers have taught me to hold on to the positive things I have and stand back up when I fall. I appreciate everyone’s help but I am so happy to finally be leaving the never ending boring routine. In fall of 2012 I will be attending Missouri Southern State University in Joplin. While deciding what to do for college I
probably changed where I was going and what I was doing since I was a freshmen in junior high. That is one piece of advice I have for oncoming seniors: don’t expect the first thing you choose to be the final decision you make because I changed mine about a hundred million bazillion times. I really wanted to make sure that what I picked was what I really loved to do. As of now I will be majoring in Technical Theatre and Stage Managing for the upcoming school year. Saying goodbye is to hard so I will say “see you later” because you never know where the future will take you. I hope it takes me back here someday soon to remember how far I have come. Thank you to all my friends, teachers and family for pushing me to be my best and helping me realize I have so much more to look forward to in my life when I couldn’t see anything good. I hope I am able to leave and be able to return and everyone remember good things about me, but even so what you think does not really matter. I know I am who I am: Princess Jessica, who will always be creative and silly, and that’s all that matters. I will for now and always remain Operation Positive.
I was hoping to write a really grandiose, inspirational senior send-off for you guys. Literally, I ate, slept, and breathed wisdom for weeks as I mulled over every possible final message I could impart unto my beloved (and my not-so-beloved) peers. And then I got my hairball. For those who haven’t noticed, I have a bit of a tick. It’s called trichotillomania. Okay, that word is a mouthful, but what it means is that, when I get nervous, I find myself with a mouthful of hair. That’s right; after six years, I’m finally ready to admit it—I eat my hair. The reason that I’m admitting this now is because I’ve spent the last two weeks in the hospital having a hairball removed from my stomach. Apparently, the human body doesn’t digest hair well, and it clumps, forming little afros in your digestive
tract. Recovering from the surgery was awful: I missed debate state, and although I managed to go to prom, I was in pain and exhausted the entire time. If anything, this experience has taught me two things:1. nobody wants to write a ten-page paper about Franz Kafka when there’s a drainage tube looping between their nose and stomach.2. nobody should ever be so anxious and self-doubting that they destroy their body to the extent I did. In a way, I’m kind of relieved this happened to me now rather than later: it’s the wake-up-call I needed to start loving myself as I embark on that crazy adventure, college. It just sucks that I’m missing the end of my senior year for this.
Arianna SkindellOpinion Editor
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BOOSTERSCongratulations Seniors of 2012! Thank you to each and everyone of you seniors, especially with the last names H-P! You have made my first year as a counselor so AWESOME and I have loved getting to know you! I am sad that I only got one year with you, but I am grateful for the one year to say the least! Don’t forget about me and keep in touch! I will always be an email or phone call away to support you in any way possible! Good luck in each of the paths you have taken! Live and love life! -Jill Brock
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Congratulations Collin! You Did It!We are so very proud of you and all you have accomplished. Your hard work and determination have paid off. We wish for you happiness, continued success, inspiring classes, great friends and pray all your future dreams will come true. Enjoy this time in your life, have fun in college and remember to call and come home often!God Bless You! We love you! -Mom, Dad,
Dallas and Jenna
Hooray for Shannan Sanderford! From Homecoming Court to Polar Plunge, from Yearbook to Student Council, from great grades to good citizenship, from All-State diver to four time State Meet qualifier, from great daughter to great sister, we are all so proud of you. Congratulations and best wishes with lots of love from all Sanderfords and Noblets near and far.
Erich, congratulations on all you have accomplished throughout the years. Now as you move to the next chapter of your life, our blessings are with you. New opportunities are waiting for you to reach out and grab. With hard work, faith, and determination, you can achieve whatever your heart desires. It has been a joy to watch you experience life and grow into a responsible young man. We will always be there for you in the future and are very proud of you. With love, Mom and Dad.
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Congratulations Austin!!!!! Wow, wow, wow! We are so proud of your accomplishments in grade school, jr. high, and high school. You have always set the bar high for yourself and you never cease to amaze us with your unending energy and spirit to thrive. As you graduate and look back over your school days, cherish the wonderful friends and memories you have made. Your teachers, your coaches and your friends....they are a part of you, and are a part of what made you into the wonderful man you have become. As you close this chapter of your life, you will open another. Life is exhilarating and frightening and promising all at once. But we know you will continue to overcome any hurdles that get in your way and you will continue to reach great heights. We are so proud of you and we thank God for you. You picked the verse that you chose to live by......”For Nothing Is Impossible With God.”Enjoy every minute of your life. We love you so much.-Mom and Dad
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Taylore and Alycia-Thank you so much for all your effort and time the past 2 years! Your personalities, work ethics, and hard work will be surely missed. We wish you all the success in college and look forward to seeing you at games in the future! You are truly “Super Seniors.” -Coach Morley
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力争上游 [li zheng shang you] – striving to reach up stream. To my “中”class:It’s an old Chinese idiom often used by parents and teachers for the kids to do their best. It’s the words of encouragement my favorite teacher said to me before I left Taiwan to come to America. I’d like to pass it on to my seniors as this little saying truly reflects my wishes and hopes for all of you—to work hard and be the very best that you can be. 力争上游！-Shianguu Hsieh
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Congrats to my seniors who stressed over every quiz and essay, studied hundreds of definitions for the class favorite (cumulative vocab) exams, and studied Shakespeare, poetry and classic novels like your lives depended on it. Thanks for letting me be a part of your senior year.May you have much success and most importantly happiness in your future. Best of luck (and don’t forget to work hard)! -Ms. T
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RSMy dear seniors, How I’ll miss the moments where you’ve cried about... well... everything. You’ve matured and grown into yearbookers and young adults I’m so proud of. Brennan, you’ve made me laugh more than I ever thought possible. I can’t imagine the next year without you. You’re my Liberty North. Rachel, I love that we share the same sense of humor! Who will introduce me to new TV shows? Downton Abbey!! Kim, you stayed serene, even when things went from good to bad. Shannan, I know you wanted to hurt me, yet you smiled and cheered everyone (even me) on. Sarah, you made lemonade out of lemons, and I’ll miss your hugs. Alannah, your big heart and falling on the floor kept me on my toes and laughing. Timmy-Jimmy, our passive-aggressive, always dependable, best-of-the-best and most-talented boy. Rachel Hill, you managed to get pictures in split-second timing! Bailey W., I love that you never said, “no.” Bailey B, where will we be without our red-headed cheer next year? I love you all, Sparky
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Haley, Dylan and Ceci...you came with from LHS, and I’m so thankful I had you. Thank you for navigating the waters of a new school along with a brand new newspaper with such enthusiasm and grace. I can’t imagine working on the newspaper without you. You’ve done so much for Eagle’s View, and I am very appreciative. Jessica, Brock and Ari... thank you for joining us on staff and doing everything in your power to make the paper as good as it can be. You’ve been so much fun to have around. Love you all, Higgs
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William JewellTony McBroomBrennan CanutesonArianna SkindellJohnathan EndersZac GantMaple Woods
Steven NguyenKyle ParkinsSean ReedyJordan HornDanielle BaylessLauren CoxMegan MillerStephan JacksonMichelle BoyerBreanna HeuszelSara CableKim RhewSummer MoenTanner PruittLogan CamperBailey JohnsonAudrey FoyJessica MedlenShelby MillerBrett MuellerAshten OhdeSeth PierceAntony AndersonKerry BoyerRyan Donica
Racheal LoveallBrandon SeoaneChristopher liddellHunter SmithNathaniel Koluch
Penn ValleyBreanna PittmanTaylor BennettTaylor FrisbieColton StennerRyka Gonzales
UMKCHunter RobertsKortney NiederhauserDylan SanchezNicole WisePaige AlleyCecilia KuronSydney Styhl Mason CaywoodTyler RadcliffeZachary DyeBlue River Comunnity CollegeBailey BarnettMissouri Western State UniversityAnna DeasonTim Harder
Rockhurst UniversityKelsey MarkusRebecca Filla
Kansas City Art InstituteMax Workman
Avila UniversityMegan HummelJared Dotson
Emily EmmettAndrew GentryAbraham Tesfamariam Erich ThompsonJacob HannahMichael DorcyAleena DuncanJames Taylor
Missouri ValleyLauren Kiely
Sydney BachmanShannan SanderfordTyler KnauthKayla StarkMacy AngleKyle AmensonReed MortonJordan RoarkHaley ProutyBrandon Oehm
UCM
MURachel HillKelsey TaylorErich HartmannCollin CrainAddison SpiehsHannah BrackettDrew HutchisonMissouri StateUniversityTori CitroEmily FullerChuck HealeyCaleb HowellSeth WeathersBrock MitchellConnor BushKane SheekRoss Allman
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University of ArkansasJessica JewellCaleb Crahan
Harding UniversityHaley Richardson
michiganMichigan State UniversityKathryn Suprenant
minnesotaSt. Olaf CollegeBailey Williams
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Texas Christian UniversityEmma Barry
coloradoColorado School of MinesGarrett Loew
Colorado StateAdam Todd
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The first senior class of the Liberty North Eagles prepare to fly the nest, and come August will be separated by 14 states
MilitaryMatthew BurgdorfLukas MingoriStephen GrahamConnor WentzCasey CarterWorkforceHayley HendersonKijona McLaughlinAdam ReedBradley ReikofskiUndecidedQuinn ThompsonSophia SvetlecicExchange StudentsDominik LangeFilipa Valentim
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Rockhurst UniversityKelsey MarkusRebecca Filla
Kansas City Art InstituteMax Workman
Sydney BachmanShannan SanderfordTyler KnauthKayla StarkMacy AngleKyle AmensonReed MortonJordan RoarkHaley ProutyBrandon Oehm
Rachel HillKelsey TaylorErich HartmannCollin CrainAddison SpiehsHannah BrackettDrew Hutchison
Drury UniversityAlex FlanaganPark UniversityNicole Smith
Missouri StateUniversityTori CitroEmily FullerChuck HealeyCaleb HowellSeth WeathersBrock MitchellConnor BushKane SheekRoss Allman
Truman StateUniversityAlycia ShepardAnna JonesTaylor WatsonRachel HainKayla BowersMackenzie BarnesDan QuarlesLindenwood UniversityJayde Ogle
Northwest Missouri State UniversityZachary LoveKonnor BraughtonHaylee BarrosAlannah KennowithDennis SeiterMarissa NedeauLuke Berry
Washington UniversityMarc Ohlhausen Missouri Southern
State UniversityJessica Griffith
Missouri University of Science andTechnologyKelcy YunghansPrice WeakleyClay Brendel
Southwest BaptistUniversityBethany Juergens
arizona
Eastern Arizona CollegeNick Giordano
kansasKyle Monize
University of St. Mary’sZach Stark
American Institute of BakingCarolyn Linder
Pittsburg StateMax Jobson
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Mississippi State UniversityTrevor McNeal
kentuckyAsbury UniversityKellen Burgess
ohioJohnathon Lehunbauer
Ohio State University
University of Central Iowa
Iowa State University
iowaElizabeth Scarpino
Austin HaywoodDerek LeachZachary MillerMike Barrett
nebraskaWayne State UniversityAnna Gomez
michiganMichigan State UniversityKathryn Suprenant
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Brigham Young UniversityEmily FoleyBranden Foley
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MACKENZIE BARNES
Arguing is something few enjoy doing, but for senior Mackenzie Barnes it has become an integral part of her high school, and possibly future, career. Between the debate team and Model United Nations, Barnes’ argumentative nature has made for some interesting class discussions and a case full of trophies. Debate sparked Barnes’ interest during freshman year and she has been an involved member ever since. “I decided to join debate because it seemed interesting and I thought it would improve my speaking skills. My favorite part of debate is the competitive season. The regular season starts in mid-October and goes through mid-March; however, off-season debate (state and national tournaments) go all the way through June. My favorite part of the season is the national tournament in June. At this tournament, I have the opportunity to compete with people from across the US, and the team we bring to this tournament is smaller so we form a closer bond,” Barnes said. Debate, however, was not the only activity Barnes participated in during her high school career. “I was also involved in band and Model United Nations. I enjoyed band because I got to take a leadership position, leading the band during marching season as a Drum Major. Model United Nations was also enjoyable because it gave me the opportunity to work with my favorite teacher, Mr. Gates, again,” Barnes said. Through these activities, Barnes developed an appreciation for Liberty North and the closeness it provided. “I love having the chance to be in the first graduating class of Liberty North High School. When I learned I would be going to LNHS, I was incredibly disappointed, both because I would be separated from my friends down at the “south side” and because I had grown up looking forward to being a student at LHS. But being at North was fantastic because our senior class formed a closer bond than we’d had at LHS, and I’m much more comfortable at North than at the overcrowded Liberty High School,” Barnes said. Barnes plans on attending Truman State University in the fall for pre-law and eventually strives to become a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union where she can put her debating into practice.
STEVEN GRAHAM
The end of an era is coming, but a start of a new one is beginning and Stephen Graham is off to his next adventure. During high school Graham was involved in many activities including track and field, and several Theatre Productions. “My favorite theatre production I was involved in was Grease. It was fun getting to make friends with people I did not expect to have a connection with, it was a fun, outgoing environment,” Graham said. Stephen was a varsity pole vault and has enjoyed doing something he is passionate about. “I liked being involved in a sport because I was able to find something I was good at. I recommend sports to other students so they can meet new people and have fun finding something they are good at,” Graham said. Soon Stephen will no longer be a high school student and will be living with new responsibilities and off on his own. He will miss many things about high school. “I am going to miss the people and teachers and memories of having the freedom to just drive around with my friends, getting in trouble and just having fun,” Graham said. Since he was a child Stephen knew the general idea of what he wanted to be when he grew up. Stephen has enlisted in the United States Military Marine Corps. Stephen knows it will help pay for college and it also carries on the family military tradition that he has grown up being apart of. “I am looking forward to the discipline and organization: the don’t-screw-around mentality that comes along with going into the military,” Graham said. During Graham’s childhood and high school careers, he has gone through many hardships and is a ready to start a new part of his life. Graham often is giving other students advice for surviving high school. “Be the best you can be and ignore the people that are going to beat you down, be yourself and not what others want you to be. The real world is rough so take the time to have fun and have no regrets,” Graham said.
SENIOR PROFILES All throughout Liberty North there are seniors who have done outstanding things with their time in school and plan for their futures in the coming years.
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With clubs and programs like EIP, A+, and Peer Helpers under her belt, senior Ashten Ohde has had an active part in carving out her own niche at Liberty North as well as preparing for her future post-high school with a career in elementary level education. “EIP is the Educational Internship Program. It is a program for seniors who have a desire to teach for a living. You get to go to a class of your choosing, you choose the teacher and grade level, or even the Gateway Program if you want. Then after you get experience in a real teaching environment you can decide if that is what you want to do in the future,” Ohde said. With this opportunity presented to her, she has already been set on the path to her future of college and beyond, fulfilling her dreams she has had since she was a young girl. “I decided to do EIP because since I was little I have enjoyed the idea of teaching and I really enjoy helping the youth of our generation,” Ohde said. As well as learning to teach younger children, she has had experience in assisting students of her own age in the club, Peer Helpers. “Peer Helpers is a club designed to help people coming into our school district. It is to make sure they feel comfortable with the building and to introduce them to some teachers and students so they can decide if this is the school they want to go to. Like last year for example, I spent one day taking a girl to all of my classes and showed her what a day at North is like,” Ohde said. Already having this experience of teaching and interacting with people, she had a choice of colleges to attend after she graduates to pursue her teaching degree. The decision was made easier for her with her active involvement in the A+ Program. “You save a lot of money by doing A+ because you get two years at Maple Woods for free. My other school of choice was Northwest and that is where I will be attending after my two years at Maple beginning next fall,” Ohde said. As the May 20 graduation date nears, there is much excitement for Ohde on what is to come, as well as thoughts on what kind of lasting impression she been made from her time at North. “I hope people remember me as somebody who didn’t care about what people thought of me. I didn’t focus my entire high school career on being popular, I focused on having a few good friends to have fun with and keeping my grades up,” Ohde said.
MICHAEL DORCY
As people grow up they develop their own sense of self. This comes in the form of hobbies, favorite things, such as color and food, and their taste of subjects, such as history or science. For a Liberty North senior, Michael Dorcy his sense of self is his hobby. He build castles and adds his artistic style to them. “[I started] about five years ago. I always wanted to go to Disney and stuff, but I couldn’t get there, so it was always just easier to make them. It’s especially cook to build miniatures because you can act like you rule them” Dorcy said. Coming up with ideas might be hard for some people trying to create a masterpiece. However, this does not seem to faze Dorcy when he is trying to find inspiration. “Sometimes I design my own, and sometimes I’ll look up real building an get inspiration form those. I really favor Roman and Monolithic architecture” Dorcy said. Dorcy has created many different constructions. This includes many castles and houses. His favorite is still building castles, though. “You can make a castle evil, extravagant, so many things. It’s not just a house, which is only a house. A castle is a symbol of anything” Dorcy said. The movie, the Hunger Games, hit the theaters this fall. A frenzy hit among teenagers and adults a like. This did not exclude Dorcy when he reconstructed a castle from the book. “[My favorite] right now is, President Snow’s mansion from The Hunger Games. I like the idea of post-apocalyptic worlds, so it was interesting to make that real instead of on the screen” said Dorcy. There is a special process to Dorcy’s clever castle making. It takes a specific order of events to formulate the type of castles he manages to create. “I hunt for the material, wherever they may be. I start out with a sketch, and those sketches can take months to become a full one. I go through months of obsessions where I like different types of architecture. Then I finally start, and sometimes I destroy them and rebuild them” Dorcy said. Not only does Dorcy enjoy making castles, he is very passionate about other types of art also. “I like computer generated design, you can make the model on a computer instead of by hand and it’s a lot faster. You can get your work out to a lot more people that way. That’s why I want to work at Disney someday, because you can mix those things together. That, and I’m just in love with everything Disney” Dorcy said. A Disney lover, an artist and a senior part of Liberty North’s first ever senior class, Michael Dorcy is truly an Eagle.
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Kim Rhew
Having to transfer to a new school in the middle of a student’s high school career gave some seniors a bad attitude, but one girl came in with a positive outlook. “Changing schools was exciting. I didn’t know what was going to happen and I was lucky enough to have most of my friends transfer over with me. I had their support so that didn’t make me so nervous,” senior Kim Rhew said. With a new high school comes reinventing self-images and taking part in new activities. Rhew’s activity of choice was yearbook. “I wanted to be able to be apart of capturing the first of this high schools moments. My favorite part is that I can be a member of helping others remember what they may not be able to remember in the future,” Rhew said. Being in yearbook is not all it is cracked up to be though and can come with tough times. “There is so much pressure from yearbook. The pressure of having to get the yearbook done on time and getting everything turned in is really difficult. It’s a lot of responsibility because the yearbook is in your hands,” Rhew said. With pressure on Rhew and the yearbook staff to get the yearbook done, she had to not only put everything she had towards this class but towards her job as well. “My last job at Walgreens is the reason I had to move to weekends. They would always say that school came first but for deadlines nights when I would have to stay after school, I would have to try and convince them to let me stay at school. It was a mess,” Rhew said. As the year comes to an end, with the yearbook done and Rhew moving onto a new job working as a receptionist for a company called Premier Parking, she looks back over her high school years and only regrets one thing. “I wish everyone would have come to the school with more of an open mind. To be more positive and think about what we could really do instead of what we did do,” Rhew said. Next year, Rhew will be attending Maple Woods College to get her basics done and is thinking about pursing a career in business and cosmetology. She wants to open her own salon but before she does that she is focusing on wherever life takes her and is open to new ideas.
Addison Spiehs
It is the fall, and the team is rushing out on the field, and the student section goes crazy. Then, next to the student section, there were those kids with yellow shirts, who could not have been more loud and obnoxious, with their cry, “Go Addison!” They were cheering for Addison Spiehs. This, along with other things, made a place for Addison here at Liberty North. “My dad wanted me to go to school with my step-brother at Staley, but I decided to come back to North because all of my friends were here,” Spiehs said. The choice he made proved to be beneficial to us. Spiehs, being one of the team captains, helped lead the team to many wins, and all the way to Districts in November. Not only for that, but his friends and classmates appreciate the choice as well. Now, with his high school football career at an end, Addison spends his time with friends, and enjoys his final days of high school, in a way many high school students could relate to. “I started eating more, and gained a few pounds, also playing more Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons and Dragons, and video games,” said Spiehs. His time spent between games and friends, is also shared with his girlfriend of 2 years, Alexis Borchardt, senior at Liberty High School. With so much going on in his life, it took some work to keep their relationship alive. “During football season, it was the worst time because there was literally no time to get to see each other. She worked on most weekends, and I had football everyday. Although, Tuesday were our ‘good’ days; I could just go over to her house and just hang out with her and her family.” Spiehs said. With all the free time between them, they can now focus in on what’s important between them. With days left until the senior class steps away, Spiehs hold much excitement for his plans after high school. “I’m looking forward to spending the summer with my friends…I just recently decided to go Nebraska, and study General Business.”
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51Things of Summer Fun
Make a complete and utter fool of yourself
Sleep under the stars
Spend three months getting your body in shape
Go Skydiving
Give to Charity
Run a marathon
Plant a tree
Turn your phone off for a week
Have a jello eating contest with one hand tied behind your back
Play in the rain
Try not to think about purple gorillas
Build a Robot
Have a massive shaving cream fight
Dye your hair a different color
Count how many licks it takes you to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop
Learn the alphabet in sign language
Go to a ball game
Make dinner for your family
Visit 3 zoos all over the country
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Go through your clothes and donate the ones you don’t wear
Make cupcakes from scratch
Ride the rip cord at Worlds of Fun
Go streaking
Stay up for 48 hours
Have a dance off
Stage a sword fight in a mall
Senior trip
Try to make or do four things from Pinterest
Watch every Harry Potter movie in a row in one day
Kiss at the top of the ferris wheel
Visit a psychic
Get a tattoo
Host a pool party
Play Wal-Mart bingo
Party with a celebrity
Get a job
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Ride in a human size hamster ball
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“Go on a senior trip, get a job, and makes lots of money so that way you can pay for stuff and have nice things in college. Also enjoy life as much as you can,” senior Jason Lehnardt said.
“Spend a lot of time with the people you are close to now because chances are you will end up splitting, but hopefully you stay to-gether, so value that time,” senior Kelcy Yunghas said.
“I would have to say do a senior prank. Past years have done one and it is really a tradition that we should do. Plus it would be a lot of fun,” senior Marissa Nedeau said.
“If you want that job when you get back for the summer then you need to do some sucking up. For the military it is different but definitely get in good with your employer,” senior Conner Wentz said.
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August 17: Seniors’ First Day“It was crazy because it was our very last first day in high school. It was sort of a surreal feeling.”-senior Megan Hummel
August 16: Classes begin
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November 11: Veterans Day
October 8: Homecoming Dance
December 16-20:Finals“Finals really were not that bad and it was nice knowing that these were some of the last finals I would have to take in high school.”-senior Trevor McNeal
December 2: Choir hosts Madrigal Feast
November 4:Crimes of the Heart preforms in new theater
October 23: LNHS adopts a highway through National Honor Society
October 8: Softball wins districts“Winning districts was probably the most rewarding experience of my life. It was like finally the hard work meant something. Also, it gave me the courage to try out for a college team. It was an amazing feeling.”-senior Alycia Shepherd
September 2: First Varsity football game
“It is the feast that choir holds annually around Christmas time. It is called Madrigal Feast because we sing Madrigal style of music.” -junior Austin Robbins
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February 4:Senior Girls Lock In. “It was a really fun way to get the girls together.” -senior Bailey Barnett
February 11:Courtwarming game and Seniors Night
February 13:First (and only) snow day
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March :Boys’ Basketball in Final 4
March 16:Sadie Hawkins Dance
March 27:Scholar Bowl won Greater KC Suburban Conference Blue
February 28:Prom. Tori Citro and Chuck Healey were crowned Queen and King.
April 9-13:Operation Positive
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May 17:Baccalaureate“I am going to Baccalaureate because my friend Michelle Boyer is going to be speaking there and her words will be like music to everyone’s ears.”-senior Collin Davis
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January 13-14:Liberty North Debate Tournament hosted 34 schools
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