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Keep Calmand Carry On

“Keep Calm and Carry On” was a good motto to go by for the Dorchester students, especially in the first two weeks of school when everyone had to flee the building due to a natural gas leak. The students and staff had to immediately leave the building and go downtown to the community center or the church to wait. “It was really important for everyone to “Keep Calm” during the evacuation,” said sophomore Brit-tany Knorr. “Especially the older kids so they could set a good example for the younger kids, and to let them know everything was going to be okay.” The staff and students were not allowed back into the school for two hours until they knew for sure it was safe. Some students and staff had to leave before they had eaten their lunch. “I had just gotten my food when they told us to leave immediately. I put down my tray and then it sat there for two hours before I got to eat,” said Mrs. Sandy Severance. “The junior high and I are the only ones that didn’t get a chance to eat before the evacuation. Then when we got back , we had to hurry and eat so we could get back to class.” Not only did the students have to “Keep Calm”

during the evacuation, but also with the fact that for both high school and junior high football and wres-tling players and supporters were dressed as Milford-Dorchester Eagles. No longer did they wear orange and black at our home field, but instead donned pur-ple and drove fifteen minutes to the game. “It was different not having our traditional colors and being on a foreign field,” said senior Olivia Plonkey. Instead of crowning Homecoming royalty at a football game, they moved the crowning to a home volleyball game that Thursday. “Doing the crowning after our volleyball game was a little weird,” said se-nior Lydia Kahle. “They wanted us to change into our dresses, but no one did because we were all sweaty.” The Homecoming dance was moved to that Sat-urday night. “Some people didn’t like having it on a Saturday, but I did because we had more time to get ready, and the guys didn’t have to go shower after the football game,” said junior Valerie Ortiz. Whether it was handling a building evacuation, changing uniforms, or switching up the schedule, the students all managed to “Keep Calm and Carry On” throughout the year.

Supporting the Dorchester football players, sophomore Audra Bulin and freshmen Maru Ruiz and Jacee Weber dress in their Milford jerseys for the home football game. “I liked being able to support them even if it wasn’t on Dorchester’s field,” said Maru. “Wearing their jerseys showed the Milford players that we support them no matter who they play for.”

Senior Jus-tin Schwisow cuts out stars to decorate for the Homecom-ing Dance. The seniors all had their names on a star on the red carpet, just like in Hollywood. The seniors had to keep calm while decorat-ing because they had to do a lot of the deco-rating at the last minute.

Signing her name on the pledge, fifth grader Abigail Zoubek pledges to stay in school and to stay drug free. It was important for students to keep calm and make good choices to be able to carry on.

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Having a little fun after a track meet, fresh-man Jacee Weber slides down the glider at Coach Ryan Voelker’s friend’s house.

and have fun Keep Calm

Even if students were involved in everything from clubs to sports to after school jobs, they still always found a way to “Keep Calm and Have Fun” in their busy schedules. Having fun was a vital piece of a high school student’s life. Homecoming, pep rallies, bonfires, or Prom were all ways students were able to “Keep Calm and Have Fun.” “Homecoming is one of my favorite things all year because of all the stuff that goes on during Spirit Week,” said freshman Dustin Nelson. During Spirit Week there were many activities like the hamburger feed, skits, and games. “The games are always interesting be-cause everyone gets competitive,” said eighth grader Makenna Bird. Prom caused a lot of stress with all the planning and decorating. “Planning Prom took forever, especially trying to stay in the budget but still having enough decorations,” said junior Valerie Ortiz. Decorating Tabor Hall for the dance was hectic, but the juniors still managed to “Keep Calm and Have Fun.” “It was so stressful trying to get Prom all ready,” said junior Kacey Zoubek, “especially since only five people showed up to help. I was glad when the dance finally started, and I could enjoy the night.” Even if it was hard to fit in time to have fun, students still found a way. “Not everything fun has to be out of school activities; some school sponsored things are even better,” said senior Tiernan Creamer.

Dressed as the longhorn mascot Chester, junior Corey Bird cheers along at the Spirit Week pep rally. The person dressing as Chester changes every year to keep students guessing who it is.

Decorating the gym, senior Riley Za-hourek blows up balloons for Home-coming. The theme for Homecoming was Hollywood and stars.

Enjoying themselves at Prom, sophomores Brittany Knorr, Avery Behrens, Lydia Wells and Jessica Kalkwarf dance to the Cupid Shuffle by Cupid.

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From unscrambling words to life-size Mario Carts, Spirit Week was full of exciting games and activities. The games ranged from Disney Trivia or the orange toss to blindly feeding each other. Most students’ favorite game was where they had to feed each other apple-sauce while both people were blindfolded. “It was hilarious because Ryan Weber kept spilling the applesauce all over Savannah Plonkey’s face,” said eighth grader Maken-na Bird. Along with the pep rally games, the bonfire and hamburger feed on Tuesday night was an exciting part of Spirit Week. “The best part of the bonfire was watch-ing all the skits,” said seventh grader Daisha Hoffman. Winning first place out of all class skits, the juniors made their skit about wild ani-mals in their habitats. “Personally, I think our skit was the funniest because of Corey Bird’s acting and our so-called animals,” said junior Valerie Ortiz. Another favorite skit was the freshmen’s because it was like a life-size Mario Cart game. “Driving the golf carts around was a lot of fun,” said freshman Michelle Kotas, ”especially when the cones were ran over.” When the skits were done, the students gathered around in a circle to do class yells. “Class yells are like a tradition so it wouldn’t have been right if we didn’t do it,” said se-nior Tiernan Creamer. After all the game points were added, the freshmen came in first, followed by the juniors, sophomores, seniors, seventh grade, and eighth grade. “Spirit Week al-ways seems to bring the school closer to-gether,” said senior Kyla Brummett.

Bringing Spirit to the Games

Holding the letters to be unscrambled, Daisha Hoffman, Dustin Nelson, Chris Nel-son, Kacey Zoubek, Jordan Keller, Makenna Bird, Megan Kotas, Abigail Plouzek, and Valerie Ortiz spell out LONGHORNS to represent the volleyball team.

Blindly feeding applesauce to his classmate Keegan Sholty, freshman David Ortiz tries not make a huge mess of the game. This portion of the game was supposed to represent Senior Citizen day. “It was really messy,” said Keegan.

Seniors Tiernan Creamer, Justin Schwisow, Eliseo Ruiz, & Olivia Plonkey try to unscramble the letters to reveal the secret word at the bonfire. The answers were names of the competing teams.

Driving a golf cart through the Mario Cart speedway, freshmen Dustin Nelson and Bailey Velder represent the Hampton Hawks in the fresh-men skit. The freshmen placed second for their skit.

Helping feed each other, sophomore Avery Behrens lets her fellow sophomore Clarissa Bors take a bite of her hamburger. The Booster Club hosted the hamburger feed and bonfire at the Dorchester City Park.

Favorite Game“I liked the Disney Trivia because I’m really good at it.”

~Lynn Cooke (9th)

“My definite favorite was the Friday the 13th game with the giant Jason’s mask.”

~Katlynn Dewey (11th)

“My favorite was the Senior Citizen game because I got to eat a bunch of applesauce.”~Chris Nelson (10th)

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Proving she’s not afraid to make fun of herself, freshman Ripley Creamer makes a humerous face.

and be yourselfKeep Calm

Whether you were an incoming fresh-men or a senior getting ready to start their journey into the world, making decisions and choosing what’s right for you could be difficult. Adults, if they could give ad-vise, might tell teenagers to “Keep Calm and Be Yourself.” Deciding what a student wanted to do with his or her life was a major role in high school. “I’m not sure where I want to go to college,” said junior Nixon Nerud, “but I’m going to pick the right choice for me.” Having fun was also a factor in “Be-ing Yourself.” “Having fun is important to me because I don’t want to become too serious,” said sophomore Marivelle Magana. Students participated in many activi-ties out of school to distinguish themselves from other students such as trap shooting, hunting, and church activities. “I partici-pate in trap shooting because I think it’s fun,” said freshmen Dustin Nelson, “and it’s not something that everyone does.” Although some students seemed simi-lar, they found other ways to set them-selves apart. “I like the fact that not ev-eryone is always doing the same things together,” said senior Derek Pohl. “No matter what we do, we still come togeth-er and are friends.” It may have been difficult to try to dis-tinguish oneself from a group, but finding your own place in the world was worth it. Students could be themselves and re-member to “Keep Calm and Be Your-self. “After all who else could you be?” asked senior Olivia Plonkey.

Not afraid to wear makeup and have his hair styled, sophomore Chris Nelson shows his face after participating in the “Blind Make-up Challenge” in English. Chris was “punished” for not putting his scarf on correctly in his culture group.

Being yourself comes easily for se-niors Olivia Plonkey and Lydia Kahle. Each has their own style and personal-ity demonstrated in their clothes and hairstyles.

Yelling their graduation year, the freshmen class participate in the class year chant. This reminded students that although they are different, they are all in this together.

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Receiving pomegranates from Mrs. Severance, Bryce Rockenbach learns about the goddess Persephone.

Jessica KalkwarfAudra BulinClarissa BorsAnthony BonillaAvery Behrens

From learning about the Greek gods to learning how to write term papers, the sophomore class’s minds were always being put to the test. In English the sophomores learned that writing a term paper was harder than it looked. “If you get behind on your term paper, it’s really hard to catch up,” said Agustine Perez. The sophomores also created their own cultures. The students made up rules and chose the way their cultures would dress and talk. If anyone broke these rules, he or

Having Fun with New Challenges

she would suffer a punishment, ranging from the “Chubby Bunny Challenge” to the “Blindfolded Makeup Challenge.” “It was funny putting makeup on classmates because they looked weird,” said Marivelle Magana. Students also learned to play a new card game. The rules were simple: students weren’t allowed to talk, and everyone had a few minutes to read the instructions before they were taken away. Most students got along fine dur-ing the game, but others struggled not to talk. “It was hard finding out

what the other people were saying without using words,” said Brittany Knorr. English wasn’t the only class that made the sophomores think. “Ge-ometry was hard because we had to learn proofs,” said Audra Bulin. Whether the sophomores were in biology creating a breed of drag-ons or learning new Spanish terms, they were always using their heads. Even though most of the students’ classes were difficult, they still man-aged to have fun during it all. “Even though we were working in class, we still had fun,” said Lydia Wells.

Chris NelsonMarivelle Magana

Brittany KnorrJordan Keller

Keelin Schlosser Lydia Wells

Enjoying their Tres Leche Cake, Chris Nelson and Jessi-ca Kalkwarf scarf down their dessert. Students enjoyed the cake for Cinco de Mayo in Spanish I class.

Trying to prove his point, Agustine Perez explains to Anthony Bonilla without using words during the Card Culture game.

What is your favorite subject?

“My favorite class is art because we have no homework.”

~ Audra Bulin

“My favorite class is shop because I’m good at it.”

~Thomas Vavra

“I like English because it’s super easy.”

~ Marivelle Magana

Coaching Avery Behrens, Jordan Keller tries to mo-tivate her to lift the weight higher in their class skit.

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Hanging out after the Hamburger Feed and Community Pep Rally, the sophomore class enjoys the food, the skits, and working together as a class at the Bonfire.

Anthony Bonilla, Thomas Vavra, & Agustine Perez hug it out during the Culture Group.

Stirring up the mixture, Claris-sa Bors helps make homemade whip cream in Spanish I.

Attempting to lift the balloon weights, Lydia Wells has fun during the sophomore skit for Spirit Week. Students created skits for the Bonfire.

Riding the fire truck with the preschool, Brittany Knorr rides along with the elementary students so she can get photos for yearbook.

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and sttudy onKeep Calm Being a full time student is difficult. Stu-dents have to learn to balance their time between classes, after school activities, and friends, and to “Study On” even if there’s no desire to do so. Instead of studying to learn the materi-al, many students just memorized answers to receive a decent grade or pass a class. Forty percent of the students in high school admitted that they only studied to receive a good grade. “If I don’t study at all, I’ll fail,” said fresh-man Keegan Sholty. “I only study a little so I can pass.” The amount of time students studied wasn’t always consistent. Thirty percent of the students said they studied between 30-60 minutes, and 48 percent admitted to under 30 minutes, if at all. “I just don’t have time to study,” said senior Riley Zahourek. “I get home after practice usually a little after six, and then I have to shower and eat and by that time I just want to go to bed because I’m so tired.” Distractions were a huge factor in how long students studied. Sixty-three percent of students said they got distracted by their phone or other electronics while studying. “I get distracted by the games I play on my tablet,” said senior Kyla Brummett. “The games continually update me, so I’m more tempted to play them.” It seems students study long enough to receive good grades, and short enough so they don’t cut into their leisure time. Stu-dents soon learned to “Study On” in spite of distractions. “I make sure I have plenty of time to do the stuff I want to do before I study,” said sophomore Marivelle Magana.

Blowing up a balloon for her rocket in physical science, freshman Ripley Creamer tries not to laugh. The class had races to see whose rocket could travel down the string the fastest.

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Wondering what her companion is trying to communicate to her during the culture card game, sophomore Avery Behrens watches classmate Jessica Kalkwarf try to communicate without speaking in 10th English.

Seeing if her waffle is done, freshman Bailey Velder checks her masterpiece. The pre-algebra class drew graphs on waffles.

Wondering if he followed the directions properly, junior Nixon Nerud puts his egg in dye to watch the chemicals mix in chemistry.

Stress. A feeling that affects almost everyone at some point. A student can do homework and stay ahead of their school work, but eventually they feel the strain. “School is really stressful because of all the worrying about home-work, grades, and scholarships,’” said senior Kyla Brummett. A few classes seemed to be more stressful to students than others. The class that caused stu-dents the most stress was math. “There’s a lot of homework, and I don’t always understand what’s going on,” said junior Cassidy Ol-son who took Algebra II. Many students tried to get it done in class or in study hall so they wouldn’t have to worry about not having it done and get-ting a late grade. “I use study hall

Exploring real world applications of geom-etry, sophomore Avery Behrens and junior Kacey Zoubek measure the angles for pool shots.

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to get my homework done, but if I don’t finish it all, there’s less to do at home,” said senior Laura Davidsen, a foreign exchange stu-dent from Denmark. Some students said they never had stress over school or home-work. “I don’t have stress because I don’t worry about school. There’s a lot more important stuff to worry about than school like college,” said senior Kevin Donohoe. There were various activities that students liked to do to help them relieve their stress. Some listened to music and others hung out with their friends. “I listen to music while I do my homework because it’s fun and helps me to relax,” said sophomore Keelin Schlosser. Taking breaks helped some as

well. “I work on my homework for a while, then take a short break before I work again. It helps keep me focused without stressing me out,” said senior Olivia Plonkey. It wasn’t easy for everyone though. Sometimes when things were too stressful and difficult, students turned to trusted adults. “I do everything on my homework that I can by myself, but usually there’s a few really hard problems that I need help with, so I ask my mom instead of worrying about it all by myself,” said freshman Lynn Cooke. No matter who it was, stu-dents had their own way to keep stress levels to a minimum. With-out stress, students were happier and found more free time to do what they liked.

Taking a break from vocabulary, sophomore Jordan Keller tries “tres leche cake” in Spanish class while learning some cultural aspects of His-panic culture, which included new foods.

Using a steady hand, junior Valerie Ortiz slowly brushes paint on her painting to get it just right. “I like to see what I can make, but some-times it’s hard to have new ideas for art,” said Valerie.

Decorating the community in art, sophomore Agustine Perez dabs paint to add details on the mural at the Saline County Museum. High school art students spent many afternoons painting murals at the museum.

Piecing their masterpiece together, junior Kevin Donohoe and seniors Eliseo Ruiz and Justin Schwisow build a car for racing in EV class.

Examining the intestines of a sheep, senior Lydia Kahle isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty for a little hands-on learning in anat-omy and physiology.

Preparing for liftoff, sophomore Chris Nelson launches his kite in the air during an outside activity in geometry class.

All Stressed Outand Trying to Manage It

Experiencing new cultures, freshmen Dustin Nelson and Maru Ruiz try new food that was shared during different cultural presentations in geography.

Junior Cassidy Olson strives to keep her calm and beat her Meridian oppo-nent in the 100 meter dash, an event in which she qualified for State.

and go for the winKeep Calm From leaving school early and changing the colors worn when competing, to having small numbers and new coaches, sports had plenty of things that might make an athlete need to “Keep Calm and Go For the Win.” In football, the boys changed colors worn and mascots when they co-oped with Mil-ford because of low numbers. “It was hard to adjust to at first,” said junior Nixon Nerud,” but it was fun to have larger numbers. “I wish we could have played on varsity, but we will next year.” In both fall sports, players had to “Keep Calm” with adjusting to new coaches. “I re-ally enjoyed having a new volleyball coach,” said sophomore Brittany Knorr. “He made practices fun.” In winter sports, wrestlers faced the same dilemma of merging with another school. “I hated leaving twenty minutes early and miss-ing my study hall,” said junior Alex Stern. Wrestling and girls basketball also experi-enced total turnovers in coaching. “Having a new coach improved our skills which also im-proved our records,” said senior Lydia Kahle. The regular stresses of competing were felt in boys basketball. The boys had to learn to deal with small numbers. “We never gave up, even when the competition was tough,” said senior Riley Zahourek. Four track athletes “Kept Calm” and made their way to State: senior Riley Zahou-rek for long jump and triple jump, juniors Cory Bird in high jump and Cassidy Olson in 100 meter dash, and freshman Bailey Velder in shot put. “I was so excited to go to State my freshman year, but I knew I would have to “Keep Calm and Go For the Win” when it came time to throw,“ said Bailey.

Keeping her eye on the ball, Junior Kacey Zoubek does everything she can to calmly keep the volleyball in play for her team. “Vol-leyball’s my favorite sport,” said Kacey.

Looking to pass the ball to his team-mates and trying to keep it away from his BDS opponent, Junior Corey Bird calmy passes the ball.

Keeping calm to claim the football, sophomore Chris Nelson and junior Nixon Nerud rush to get the ball that rolled off the Ashland-Greenwood opponent’s hands.

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Striving To Improve scores

Adjusting to a new coaching staff and having a team made up of mostly freshman and sopho-mores were just two of the challenges the Lady Longhorn basketball team faced. “The girls put great effort into everything they did and improved a lot throughout the season,” said Head Coach Ryan Voelker. Because the girls basketball team had more members, underclassmen were able to participate in junior varsity games where they could work on their skills. “I liked being able to play a lot of JV games. I learned a lot and got better,” said sopho-more Jessica Kalkwarf. Also because of the increase in numbers, team-mates were able to scrimmage and have an of-fense and full defense when putting in new plays. “It was really nice to have a larger team than we’ve had in previous years,” said Assistant Coach Bran-don Bruha. “It definitely brought more depth to the team.” Players set goals to get better throughout the season and worked hard to achieve them. “One of my goals was to get better at free throws. I worked hard every day at practice to improve,” said senior Lydia Kahle. The most memorable game for most players was the regular season game against High Plains. The ladies came back from behind with a three pointer made within the last few seconds by fresh-man Jacee Weber. “I will always remember the High Plains game because I banked a three and everyone was all excited and happy afterwards,” said Jacee. An enjoyable part of the season was winning more games than previous teams. They ended with a record of 7-13. “It was fun to improve so much during my senior season,” said senior Ol-ivia Plonkey. Special recognition went to Lydia Kahle who received Second Team All Conference for her hard work. “It was great to be recognized by oth-er coaches for all my hard work,” said Lydia.

Chasing down the ball, senior Laura Davidsen tries to keep the ball in play and get it back to her team. Dorchester defeated McCool at their last regular season game.

Jumping for the ball, freshmen Bailey Velder and Jacee Weber try to get the ball out of the hands of the Osceola defender. The team lost by one point during the CRC Conference game.

Driving around her Friend opponents, se-nior Lydia Kahle goes straight to the hoop and attempts a lay-up to add two points to the board.

Girls Basketball Opponent Us-ThemMeridian 27-48Diller-Odell 17-56Exeter-Milligan 25-49BDS 23-51Harvard 53-31Osceola 34-50; 38-39Sterling 36-67Saint Edward 37-30 College View Academy 41-13Friend 15-71High Plains 38-37Cross County 21-54Shelby-Rising City 18-78Parkview Christian 51-12Nebraska Lutheran 36-50Giltner 32-60Hampton 54-35; 44-46McCool Junction 42-26

Holding on to the ball, sophomore Avery Behrens pulls it away from the McCool opponent to look to score. The girls played well and came up with a win.

Girls Basketball. BR: Head Coach Ryan Voelker, Jacee Weber, Olivia Plon-key, Jessica Kalkwarf, Avery Behrens, Brittney Zoubek, and Assistant Coach Brandon Bruha. MR: Laura Davidsen, Bailey Velder, Lydia Kahle, Lydia Wells, Michelle Kotas, and Audra Bulin. FR: Student Manager Savannah Plonkey, Keelin Schlosser, Clarissa Bors, Maru Ruiz, and Student Manager Daisha Hoffman.

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Pinning up some decorative paper, se-nior Lydia Kahle helps set up Honors Night for NHS.

Keep Calm Students liked to get involved and felt like they were a part of tight-knit groups that seemed like family. Different clubs and orga-nizations helped students “Keep Calm and Get Involved” while they built on their rela-tionships and worked together toward a com-mon goal, no matter how big or small the goal was. With so many clubs and organizations, it wasn’t hard to “Get Involved.” Students could participate in One Act, FBLA, journal-ism, National Honor Society, Student Coun-cil, speech, and more. With so many choices, kids bonded through shared interests. “I liked speech, but it was hard to “Keep Calm” at competitions because I was the only one from Dorchester in speech,” said fresh-man Lynn Cooke. One Act cast members had to “Keep Calm” and work together to learn lines and live out their characters. The spring play had many of the same people from One Act act-ing out a role in the spotlight. “I got a main role, and it was hard to learn the lines. I usually got them memorized only a week before we performed,” said senior Tiernan Creamer. National Honor Society members had to “Keep Calm and Get Involved” because they only had three members. “Trying to get the gym ready for Honors Night was a lot harder because of having so few members,” said senior Kyla Brummett. “We had to work almost every period for a whole day to get it all done.” No matter what activity a student chose to be involved in, learning to “Keep Calm and Get Involved” was important to the success of the organization and to the success of the event.

Showing her school spirit, sophomore Avery Behrens plays the flute during a Spirit Week pep rally on Orange and Black Day.

Rushing to Algernon Snipes (senior Tiernan Creamer), Mrs. Grimm (se-nior Kyla Brummett) stays with him as he dies in the high school play.

Infected with spring fever, the Dorchester choir sings “Fireflies” by Owl City at the Spring Choir Concert. The number in choir increased a lot because of a schedule change.

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Remember the Notes Whether it was singing a high note or playing a mu-sical instrument, musically inclined students had op-portunities to display their talents in band and choir. To get more students these opportunities, the schedule was changed so that band met three days a week and choir met the other two so more students could fit these classes in their schedule. Choir was also opened up to junior high. “I was glad that they moved choir because it made it easier to take and a lot more students took choir, which made out choir better,” said sophomore Bryce Rockenbach. Learning was what choir was all about. “I feel like the notes are easier for me now,” says eighth grader Kaytee Eberhardt. “I’ve learned to have more breath support and taller vowels for a better sound,” said freshman Lynn Cooke. Sometimes it was not all about the music though. “I’ve learned more about my classmates and gotten to know people,” said seventh grader Harmony Shep-herd. The band and choir had many opportunities to bond since they performed at many places. The band and choir held a Spring Concert and a Winter Con-cert, honored veterans during a Veterans Day pro-gram, played at the Pops Concert and went to District Music Contest. The band also played at the State Fair, entertained at pep rallies and sports games, and held a

Staying in formation, band members Kaytee Eb-erhardt, Keegan Sholty, Moises Martinez, and Zoe McKnight perform a song for the fairgoers at the State Fair.

Focusing on his music, sophomore Bryce Rockenbach plays the school song with the rest of the band during a pep rally.

Choir. BR: Director Mrs. Jennifer Craven, Tim Havlat, Tiernan Creamer, Corey Bird, Keegan Sholty, Bryce Rockenbach, and Avery Behrens. MR: Audra Bulin, Valerie Ortiz, Katlynn Dewey, Anthony Bonilla, Lydia Wells, and Bailey Velder. FR: Clarissa Bors, Marivelle Magana, Laura Davidsen, Cassidy Olson, Lynn Cooke, Keelin Schlosser, and Harmony Shepherd.

What did you learn from Choir

or Band?

“How to control pitch much better than before”

~Anthony Bonilla (10th)

“How to adjust my instrument and articulations.”

~Zoe McKnight (8th)

“How to sing louder”

~Audra Bulin (10th)

Memorial Day performance. Students had favorite memories of moments togeth-er. “My favorite memory was going to the State Fair,” said freshman Moises Martinez. At District Music Contest, the choir earned a 3 and the band earned a 2. Lynn Cooke, who sang “To The Sky” arranged by Carl Strommen, performed the only solo from Dorchester. Lynn scored a 2 on her indi-vidual solo. The trio of Lynn Cooke, Katlynn Dewey, and Keelin Schlosser sang “Coming Home” by Jay Alt-house and earned a 3. Some students were awarded for their individual talents. Making CRC Honor Band were Tim Havlat and Moises Martinez. CRC Honor Choir members in-cluded Lynn Cooke, Keelin Schlosser, Katlynn Dewey, Keegan Sholty, and Bryce Rockenbach. The John Philip Sousa award went to Lydia Kahle and the Outstanding Choir Member award was given to Lynn Cooke.

Band. BR: Tim Havlat, Keegan Sholty, Nixon Nerud, Corey Bird, & Alex Bonilla. MR: Director Mrs. Jennifer Craven, Lydia Kahle, Avery Behrens, Jeremy Pliva, Jason Jensen, Daisha Hoffman, & Bryce Rockenbach. FR: Moises Martinez, Nathan Cochnar, Zoe McKnight, Kaytee Eberhardt, Lydia Wells, Makenna Bird, Clarissa Bors, & Harmony Shepherd.

Freshman Lynn Cooke, seventh grader Harmony Shepherd, and sophomore Keelin Schlosser perform “Roar” by Katy Perry as a trio at the Pops concert.

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and Play That Tune!

Keep Calmand Carry On

“Keeping Calm and Carrying On” during the school year was a must for the Dorchester High School student body. “Keeping Calm” was important for not only the seniors, but also younger students. With such a small high school student body, students were involved in many school activities. It was some-times hard to “Keep Calm.” Because of so few students, each student played many roles to keep activities going. Trying to juggle all of these activities could bring stress to students. “Even though I was not out for sports, I still kept very busy. It was hard to schedule it all in sometimes,” said senior Tiernan Creamer. “During basketball season I took work off a lot on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday nights to help keep book for boys basketball games. I am also the FBLA president and a part of Student Council, which, unlike basketball, was an everyday responsibility throughout the year.” Some found that being involved kept them busy enough, but others found interests out-side of school to help them to “Keep Calm.” “I work at Bright Beginning’s day care across the street after school. I’m also involved in volleyball, Student Council, and journalism. Homework takes up a

lot of my free time, but I like working at a day care, and I also enjoy being involved in my school and commu-nity, even if I’m not in every club and sport,” said junior Valerie Ortiz. Another way students eased stress and worked to “Keep Calm” was by doing community service or activ-ities to help others. Freshmen and sophomores were re-quired to serve five hours, and juniors and seniors were required to serve ten hours. There was also a Pennies for Patients fundraiser, a Make-a-Wish Raffle, and Jump Rope for Heart event. Each raised quite a bit of money to help the designated organization. The seventh grade also held a clothing drive. Items donated were later taken by members of the high school Fellowship of Christian Athletes to the Rosebud Reser-vation in Corn Creek, South Dakota over Christmas break. “I enjoyed helping pack things for the mission trip. It feels good to help others,” said seventh grader Cela Magana. No matter if it was trying to keep up on homework, everyday activities, sports, or outside commitments, the students learned to “Keep Calm and Carry On” through it all.

Helping pick weeds out of a yard, junior Katlynn Dewey and sophomore Jordan Keller make sure to get out the roots. Students helped clean out yards and painted to help out their community on the last day of school. This was a way for the students to give back to the community. Helping out others is a proven way for people to change moods and to help keep calm.

Mrs. Dvorak kept calm all the way to retirement. Being honored for thirty-one years of service, Mrs. Pat Dvorak, a paraprofession-al in the elemen-tary and an aide in the library is presented with a plaque during an elementary rally honoring her retirement. Su-perintendent Mr. Mitch Kubicek presented her with her plaque for her service to the school. She will be deeply missed.

Experience brings calm to DHS. For twenty-five years of service to the school Mrs. Joyce Karl, Mrs. Theresa Johnson, and Mrs. Sandy Severance receive watches to honor their years of service and dedication to Dorchester.

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About the Book & Special Thanks

Kyla Brummett

Staff Member

Yearbook Staff

Designer

Advisor

Designer Designer/Assistant Editor

Assistant Editor

Ad Editor/Asst. Editor

Ad EditorEditor

Photo Editor

Mrs. Sandy Severance

Keelin Schlosser

Jacee Weber

Michelle Kotas

Brittney Zoubek

Marivelle Magana

Brittany Knorr

Valerie Ortiz

Olivia Plonkey

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“Keep Calm And...” is volume 22 of DHS’s

yearbook collection. The 2013-14 Longhorn was

written and composed by the high school journalism

class. The cover picture was designed by Walsworth

representative Keith McCoy. The graphics were de-

signed by Jessica Hansen.

The body font used was AWPC Optima, folio

font and caption fonts were AWPC Dean. Other

fonts included: AWPC Abyss, AWPC Barnes, AWPC

Bracken, AWPC Cameron, AWPC CheersType,

AWPC Chelsea, AWPC Christina, AWPC Daisy,

AWPC Danny, AWPC Daria, AWPC Ebony, AWPC

Fast Pardon, AWPC Fatback, AWPC Import, AWPC

LittleSquirt, AWPC Lunchbox, AWPC Omegatype.

We would like to extend our gratitude to

Greg Adams, the greatest Walsworth Representa-

tive ever. Thanks also to B.J. Fictum and Stephanie

Croston for supplying some sports’ photos and An-

derson Studios for our group and sports team pho-

tos. Special thanks to Jessica Hansen for helping

with graphics and assisting designers.

The staff has one big last think you to the

awesome Mrs. Sandy Severance for all of her effort,

time, and dedication she puts forth to make this

yearbook a success. We wouldn’t be able to do it

without her.

Sincerely,

DHS Yearbook Staff