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Dear Senior Class of 2013, Be the unforeseen. The term hipster is a label some hate and some revere. To many, it’s about being independent thinkers, spiritualists and tasteful personalities who appreciate creativity, intelligence, and self-image. They would rather be the trendsetters of society rather than the trend-followers. To others, they are amoral and self-superior people who think they’re better than everyone else. But the modern day theme of “hipsterism” represents more than just this stereotype of a group of people. It’s a state of mind that acts as a metaphor for how we should live. Today, America’s youth are told every day to be themselves. Hipsterism says, “Don’t just be yourself, think about it. Think about who you are and what you value.” Counter-culture, the rejection of social norms, is a root for hipsters in their idea of self-image because it allows them to be them-selves rather than everyone else. Hipsterism appreciates the individual and rejects bandwagon ideals. So let’s all “think hipster.” Be the new trendsetters, the unfore-seen phenomenon that no one will see coming. The staff of The National-ist would like to thank you earnestly for continuing to read The Nationalist these last four years and hope that you will be successful in all your endeavors.

Your Friends,The Nationalist Staff

The Nationalist Staff (from front to back): Whitney Fryer, Courtney Miller, Molly Gray, Cheyenne Zephier, Long Ha, Kourtney Sundheim, Luke Herbert, Kristina Ivanov, Destiny Moen and Napoleon Martinez.

Cover: Top Ten Seniors of 2013 show off their personal style. From front to back: Daniel Otamendi, Jordan Larsen, Brittany Kortan, Katelyn John-son, Kara Bunkers, Kassandra Friese, Adam Kost, Seth Bolon, Zachary Tuschen and John Slunecka.

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The Good, the Bad and the Ended Really Ugly!A vignette of the senior class and the stories they’ll be telling for years, whether they were happy, horrid or hilarious.

Just like most stu-

dents on the first day of a new school year, senior Dylan McK-

elvey had a hard time getting from class to class his junior year. However, he wasn’t

getting lost trying to find his classes, he just kept ending up in his sophomore classrooms. “I walked

to my geometry class when I had Algebra II and my geometry teacher was like, ‘You’re a junior now,’” said McKelvey. It took McKelvey about a week to finally re-member his new schedule. “I started looking at my ID and it said 11th grader instead of 10th grader,” said McKelvey.

According to McKelvey, this didn’t hap-pen his freshman or sophomore year and

it hasn’t happened at all during his senior year.

How I Forgot My ScheduleBy Courtney Miller

Senior Patrick Musil’s most

memorable moment in his time at RHS was receiving a football award

known as the Coca-Cola Unsung Hero Award. “The Unsung Hero Award honors volunteers, pro-

fessionals and high school students whose work and leadership efforts inspire others and have an impact on

Jewish life,” according to HaroldGrinspoonFoundation.org. “Coach Nelson thought my hard work and prac-tice attitude was good during the hard times,” said Musil. He received the award last November. When he was given the award, he was in shock. Musil said his parents are the people who impact him the most in his life because they are always pushing him to do his best, like helping his team win the state

championship in 2011. Musil’s plans for next year are going to SDSU

for athletic training and psychology.

The Coca-Cola HeroBy Destiny Moen

Lao-Tzu once said, “The journey of a thousand

miles begins with a single step.” For senior Mariam Albousafi, who was search-

ing to find her own identity, that single step all started with an old song and a few wise words from

a trusted teacher. One of the first things she had to do was find out

what was lost. “The ‘lost’ would be like…peer pressure and falling into the roles of society,” said Albousafi. But finding herself came at a cost. “I lost one friend that I feel made me a better person. Because she didn’t fit what everybody [else] thought was cool and pretty, I didn’t think she was cool and pretty,” said Albousafi. In order to break free of societal stereotypes, she had to change her entire point of view to things that she felt would better help her in the long run as opposed to helping others in the short term.

“It’s going to be waves and rushes and hur-ricanes, but as long as you can get through

it, it’s pretty smooth sailing afterwards,” said Albousafi. “It’s a really good

thing; it feels great.”

Blast From the PastBy Luke Herbert

Mos t girls have been look-

ing forward to Prom since fresh-man year. Senior Megan Saathoff ’s fa-

vorite moment of high school was the night her boyfriend of three and a half years, senior

Austin Klueber, asked her to prom. At a Stampede game she attended with Klueber, a

player threw a T-shirt at the couple. When Saathoff opened it, the shirt had the question “Prom?” on it. “I knew he was going to ask me because we’ve been dating for so long, but I didn’t know when it was going to happen. I was really sur-prised,” said Saathoff. On Prom night, Saathoff and Klueber, along with their group, took pictures at the CNA building downtown

and ate at Grille 26. Saathoff ’s favorite part of the night was the party bus she went on after Prom.

Saathoff and Klueber have decided to at-tend the University of South Dakota

together and she will be study-ing pre-law.

By Kourtney Sundheim A “Catchy” Proposal to Prom

For senior Katelyn

Foss, orchestra has always been a part of her high school ca-

reer. Through playing the viola all four years, she has met a lot of different people

and developed many memories. “My favorite memory is when we went to

Cleveland, Ohio my freshman year because I got to meet all of my senior friends,” said Foss. These connections have opened up new opportunities for Foss. “Now I get to play [at] one of their weddings,” she said. Foss and fellow seniors Kirsten Wheaton and Rachael Biggerstaff will all be playing in the band for a former RHS classmate’s wedding this summer. “Megan asked me because I was in

her section my freshman year,” said Foss.

By Cheyenne ZephierLiving Through the Music

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How I Forgot My ScheduleBy Courtney Miller

Senior Miranda Bar-

ton, was a stage manager for several RHS Drama Productions.

The things they did in Tom Sawyer back-stage is laying in the orchestra pit and have

dance parties where they jumped onto the gym-nastics mats that they used in the play. To make a play

run smoothly, it takes a lot of work. But people who are sitting in front don’t see what’s happening behind the scenes or what’s going on back there. “Watching the playing in the back is so much dif-ferent, we don’t always hear the best, so if we miss a cue it will not be fun,” said Barton The people she worked with behind the scenes were sophomores Sterling Cook and Rachel Dickerson, senior Ben Denui and former

RHS students Lindsay Boehemer and Marissa Boesel. “Tom Sawyer is a show I will always

remember, I will remember always sitting with my techies and laughing about

nothing and everything,” said Barton.

The Time I Jumped in the PitBy Long Ha

Senior Nicole

Hutchmeier’s plans for the future had included enlisting into

the Air Force since this past summer. Recently, however, she learned she did not

meet their requirements. “I was devastated for a whole 20 minutes and then I moved on to the

next thing,” said Hutchmeier. Hutchmeier had been interested in enlisting be-cause the Air Force would have helped her pay for college and get a job after graduating. “As of now, I [have] applied to the Univer-sity of Iowa and the Art Institute of Chicago,” said Hutchmeier. She is interested in pursuing

a career involving marketing, adverting or graphic design. Between the two, the

Art Institute is where she really wants to attend.

By Whitney FryerA Change of Plans

Senior Ariel Feist re-

members Valentine’s Day 2011 very well. She was standing by the

locker bay near the library with her sister, senior Alyssa Feist, and senior Brielle Mears.

She dropped a piece of candy and naturally, she went to pick it up. Before she could do anything else, her pants ripped. “I was freaking out,” said Feist. She quickly went to the bathroom with her sister, in need of another pair of shorts. Luckily, another girl had some in her locker who could lend them until Feist called her mom in the office. “It doesn’t matter, it happened. I just thought it was funny; every year I look

back at it,” said Feist. “My sister brings it up every year… I’ll remember it

forever.”

By Napoleon Martinez“Why I Hate Valentine’s Day”

W e all experienced the

strange and dangerous ice storm of 2013. After all who can forget the

time we had three snow days in a row. Senior Alexander Staebell was lucky enough

to never lose power during the storm. He was stuck at home for the majority of the three days, mostly be-

cause his car couldn’t go safely through the ice, sleet, and snow. One of the trees in Staebell’s backyard fell and Staebell helped his father chop it down properly. “I was unhappy with the storm,” said Staebell. As some may know, AP classes don’t get their tests pushed back to make up for snow days. Those three days missed give AP students less time to prepare for their exams. While he was upset with losing

three whole days, Staebell did spend most of his break studying which helped him

catch up on all his homework.

Ice ApocalypseBy Kristina Ivanov

Senior Jordan Larsen's

biggest fears as a freshman were failing academically, socially and in activi-

ties. But, four years later, she elaborates on how she overcame her fears, got involved at RHS, and her

plans for the future. "[Failing] was my biggest fear because I always like to do

my best and I always like to push myself to be successful," said Larsen. While admitting that she still has a fear of failing, Larsen got involved from the beginning at RHS from basketball, Span-ish club and band to being on the SALSA Youth Action Council. "Helping other people, that was super good for me," said Larsen. She definitely wants to stay involved this fall at the University of Oklahoma as a history, psychology or biology major. "I want to still play in band in college. I also want to do something with volunteering," said Larsen. And for

high-schoolers who have the same fear of failing as her, Larsen has some advice, "try everything, even

if you're afraid. High school is the perfect op-portunity for that.”

By Molly GrayFear of Falling

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525 Class Members

130 Regent’s Scholar award Recipients

65 National Honor Society Members

73 President’s award of education nominees12 Senior student council members

32 with 4.0 and above Gpa

20 AP Scholars2 National Merit Finalists

10 Qualifiers for National DECA

33 Girls and Boys State Attendees

4 AP Scholars with Honors

6 AP Scholars with Distinction

8 All State Chorus Members

4 SD Honor Choir Members

4 All State Orchestra Members

4 All State Band Members

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“A stone in the road will trip a runner, but only stumble a walker.”

- Zachary Steffen“Be the best you can be, be not

someone else .”- Jordan McDougall

“You are a star, nobody can hide you away, even in the dark.”

- Kaylie Cavanaugh“You’ll succeed if you want to win as bad as you want to breathe.”

- Jonathan Strand

My Greatest Accomplishment in High School

was...“Student Council and all we accomplished

together.” – Kassandra Friese“Working, sports and

keeping [an] A/B average.” - Elizabeth Kolda

“Taking my place as VP of Student

Council .” – Taylor Leasure“Make a big pot in Adv. Studio [Art].”

– Nicholas J. Schnider“Leadership in Drama

Club.” – Emma Arends

St nding Out by Shouting OutMy Most

Memorable Moment in High School

was...“My entire senior

year.” – Dylan Schieffer“State champion

football .” – Dylan C. Letcher

“Concert Choir in NYC.”

– Nicole VanDerWolde“Transferring to

Roosevelt.” – Sydnei Olsen

“Getting the Teacher Pride Award from

Coach Nelson .” – Benjamin Carper

The best advice that I ever received was... “Don’t worry about getting an A,

worry about learning something new.”- Mitchell Karbo

“Be the best at everything and never doubt yourself.”

- Diannah Biron“If you must strike, strike

with such force that you must not fear retaliation .” - Benjamin Hawkins

“Honor the time you have been given .”- Andrew Woertendyke

“[Being] nominated and representing RHS at South Dakota Girls State”

– Camille Pepper

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What are your parting words to the senior class?

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”Mrs. Schmitz. She loves her job, and I want to love mine someday.”- Whitney Rederth “Ms. Pomeranke.

She taught me that you can really do

anything.” - Chelsie Hansen

“Mrs. Nelson . I realized not to judge people be-fore knowing them.” -Olivia Christensen

St nding Out by Shouting Out

What was your most embar-rassing moment in high school?

“Going completely blank on my final speech in speech class. Mrs. Kemmis was really nice about it.”

– Elizabeth Runge“[When I] went into the wrong bathroom.”

– Francis Reineke“Messing up in the cheer routine during

the Homecoming pep rally.” – Kelsey Randen

The teacher that influenced me most in high school was...

“Mrs. Kemmis,. She is an amazing teacher, and

taught me ways to calm myself and release stress.”

- Amber Runcik“Mrs. Holcomb. She be-came more of a mom to me and not just a

teacher.”- Erika Trapp

“Mrs. Moore. She always... understood everything.”- Kennedy Arechigo

“Set the world on fire, change it for the better. We are

young.” – Jeremy Behrends

“Don’t let anyone crush your dreams.”

– Nathan Hauck

“I’m glad to graduate . I will miss you.” – Travis Rehder

“Make the most out of se-nior year; it ’ll go by fast.”

– Jade Jasper

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South Dakota State University Emma ArendsMichael BaileyMiranda BartonDiannah BironAndrea BramleyKendra ColeMadison ElkinsZachary HinrichsRumana KasimeBrittany KortanBrianna MettlerChase PotasJessica VanDykJada WiesePatrick Musil (Athletic Training)Kylea Larsen (Biology/Pre-med)Brielle Mears (Business)Alexander Staebell (Computer Science)Molly Veire (Consumer Affairs)Whitney Rederth (Education)Kaylie Cavanaugh (Elementary Ed.)Daniel Otamendi (Mech. Engineering)Mitchell Williams (Mech. Engineering)Austin Elkins (Nursing)Patrick Gillespie (Nursing)Kaelyn Larson (Nursing)Dylan Schieffer (Physical Ed.)Devann Ellis (Pre-Dental)Alex Defries (Pre-Med)Kassandra Friese (Pre-Pharmacy)

Sydnei OlsenU. of Arizona

Kourtney Sundheim(Pre-Med)

Oregon State

Jenice Rubright

Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Maggie SteppMitchell Tech

Austin LkueberAlexander WestCourtney Zuraff

University Center

Olivia Christensen (Architectural Engineering)Long Ha (Accounting)Alyssa King (Diagnostic Medical Sonography)Tyler Kremer (Engineering)Jordan Nelson (Health Service Management)Heather Hrdlicka (Invasive Cardiovascular Tech.)Victoria Muchow (Marketing in Design)Brittney Whaley (Phlebotomy)Brady Eichhorn (Law Enforcement)Kennedy Arechigo (Cardiac Ultrasound)Juan DiazErin GriebelChance JepsonChelsie Hansen

STI

School of Mines and TechnologyMishael IvanovDylan Letcher (Engineering)Nicole VanDerWolde

Texas ChristianSavannah Olson

U. of WisconsinAbigail Scheel

Calvary Chapel Bible College

Hope Yount

Dakota State UniversityZachary Steffen (Computer Science)Tanner Bowman (English Ed.)Bryceton Hehn (Graphic Design)Erika Trapp (Special Ed./ Elementary Ed.)Eric Anderson Haleigh GunnAshlei Mueller

Carleton College

Adam Kost(Pre-med)

Elani MinorSonja PedersonBailey Zwahr (K-12 Special Education)

Black Hills State

Molli Johnson

Black Hills Beauty Lake Area TechCal Rowenhorst

Megan Kaup(Massage Therapy)

Globe University

Gustavus AdolphusAudrey Shattuck(Communication Studies)Dylan Top

St. Cloud StateJoshua Miller

Sarah Norgaard(Fashion Design and Merchandising)

Kent State

AugustanaMiranda MillerZachary TuschenAshley Wilson Parker Christensen

Madeline Robertson

State University of New York

Mollie Koepp

Presentation College

Duke UniversityBrady Graber (Mechanical Engineering)

Northern StateJessalyn HolsingLauren KunzElizabeth Kolda (Secondary History)

U. of Sioux FallsKara Bunkers (Elm. Sp. Ed.)Jenna Bunker (Elm. Ed.)Abby Seigenthaler (Social Work)

Mankato StateHaley HoferLili Kovacs(Graphic Design)

The resposibility of accuracy and inclusion of information rests solely with respondents of the senior survey and its April 19 deadline.Where re You Going?

Erin Ward (Sociology)Chelsey BertelsonKelsey RandenSheldon TulioShelbi Bartscher (Psychology)Benjamin Carper

Mount MartyElliot Bierwagen(Radiological Tech.)

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MilitaryMason Chamberlain (Marine Corps)Dylan McKelveyMitchell Kann Nichole Huchtmeier (Air Force)Francis Reineke (Army)Dylan Munn (Navy)Brian Bauer (Army)Seth Bolon (Air Force)

Loras CollegeAmanda Mauss (Athletic Training)

UndecidedJakob AhlgrenBrandon’is BoggsBrandie BrandisAnna BurmeisterBrooke EvenErik FernandezAlexander HoangBrady KjonegaardQuentin KruckenbergKory KuhnertBrandon LupoLee MehCody MohlencampBrooke MurrayJacob NelsonSeth PetersonShay RehParker SmithNatasha StarkCole StienblockSteven TisdelTylor LuxGabrielle Skramstad

Alexa GiesAmanda Greer

Minnesota State

Mitchell Karbo(Physical Therapy)

U. of North Dakota

Kirstie Chang(Elementary Ed.)

Nebraska Weselyan

Clara Jastram

Southwest Minnesota State

Taylor LeasureOlivia Schneider(Biology/Pre-Med)Zoie PalmerTravis RehderCamille PepperJason Nelson

U. of Minnesota

U. of Nebraska-LincolnKenny Dobberpuhl(Math)Morgan Robson (Math)Dexter Herr(Accounting)Ashley Beaner (Architecture)

Colorado ChristianLouisa Jastram (Education)

Mikaela Lynch(Dental Hygiene)

North Dakota State College of Science

Pierre Guzman (Biology)

Iowa State Iowa WesternJeremy Eich (Media Production)

Jordan McDougall(Zoology)

North Dakota State

Katherine Bieber

Forerunner Music Academy

Hunter Dorsey

Dordt College

Babson CollegeJacob Lindamood(Marketing)

U. of South DakotaJohn Wessel (Business)Jade Jasper (Dental Hygiene)Elizabeth Runge (Dental Hygiene)Jeremy Behrends (History)Rachael Biggerstaff (Music Education)Alexis Rupp (Nursing)Lyndsay Claussen (Political Science and History)Megan Saathoff (Pre-Law)Meggan Weier (Psychology)Belmir Smajic (Psychology)Miranda Ruiter (Spanish and Medical Biology)Benjamin HawkinsMariam AlbousafiAlba BashaTanner CompAriel FeistNathan HauckCarly HostRandi JohnsonTaylor KnechtDana PetersonMason MarcotteSamantha SchartzHayley Warren

U. of OklahomaJordan Larsen

Emily Watkins

U. of Nebraska-Omaha

Michigan StateJessica Leat(Pre-med)

U. of WashingtonAndrew Woertendyke

WorkTanner GregoryJessy HarbertJoseph HarrisErik KleinschmitJohn NguyenAaron PesickaQuenton RoganNicholas SchniderJonathan StrandHailey Tough

U. of DenverAlexander Buchloh

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Northwestern CollegeMcKayla Johnson(Nursing)

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“Whenever the op-portunity presents itself, do the right thing. The world is already full of people looking for the easy thing, the fun thing, the narcissistic thing. What it needs is more people willing to do the right thing, even when no one seems to notice .”-Leah Nelson , English

“Think Smart, because you are smart! - RHS Seniors Rock!”-Penny Brunken , Business

“Use all the crayons in your crayon box, play nice, be kind, and refer to me as your “former teacher” not your “old” teacher if we meet in public!”-Mary Schmitz, History

“One “do” and one “don’t ”: Do yourself a favor: Make life com-mitments that form your identity and what you should do will follow. Do yourself another favor: Don’t bor-row money.”-Terry Bultje, ELL

“When you get the choice to sit it out or dance......I hope you DANCE”-Michele Jensen , Science

“If you have made mistakes in your life or you make a mistake in the future, remember these powerful words from The Kite Run-ner by Khaled Hosseini: ‘There is a way to be good again .’”-Joel Sage, English

“It is never, ever too late to dream big and set a new goal . Em-brace every chapter of your life .”-Rhonda Kemmis, Speech

“The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.” “Life is a process and your participation is required. Life – just show up!” -Sara Campbell , Counseling

“As Robert Frost ’s poem says, “Take the road less traveled.””-Anita Wek, English

“Take time each day--maybe at the beginning or the end--to think about what you are grateful for.”- Gina Benz, English

“Congrats! Once you leave this place , you cannot assume that everyone is look-ing out for your best interests. Seek advice from people you know have made the right decisions, then it ’s up to you. These will be some of your best years yet but they will be your most challenging. Good luck and best wishes.”-Brad Brockmueller, Computer Science

“If you decide to attend college: Go to class, go to class, go to class...”-Anthony Lanham, Math

Staff F rewells

“Do your best each and every day.”- Deb VanHove, FACS

Beloved Seniors:Serve one another. Then serve some more. Serve until you think you won’t be able to serve anymore. No-tice how the more you serve, the more you are able to serve. We have plenty of selfishness in our world. Swim against the cultural current by being a servant.Love, Mr. Lukens, Science“Don’t buy into this YOLO lifestyle . It ’s what you do for oth-ers and the people around you that matters. Make your decisions based on where/what you want to be in 5, 10 years.”-Jared Fredenburg, Social Studies

“Have fun! Remember to always be yourself and make choices that you can be proud of forever!”-Lori Warne, PE

“My advice for se-niors is to continue to explore the positive things in their lives that they are inter-ested in and enjoy doing. This will help develop core val-ues and beliefs that will allow you to stay true to yourselves in every situation . Be who are and always choose to be honest in all situations and things will fall into place.” -Tim Hazlett, Principal

“Never stop asking questions--always be curious.”-Janelle Lenser, ELL

Seniors, You were a great class and you have a great future! When you fall down , get up and move on . Pay it forward.All our best wishes! Love,Jean Gill , History

Seniors: Don’t take any day for granted, because to-morrow is a not prom-ised to any of us, so live life to the fullest every single day. Sur-round yourself with people who make you want to be better and then be better.-Jennifer Bergan Gabor, English

“Words of wisdom for the seniors-- To quote Jim Elliot--he said, “Wherever you are, be all there”. Enjoy the moments and cher-ish this upcoming new season of life!”-Jessica Pomerenke, Math

“Never stop learning and teach your chil-dren to enjoy learning new things!” -Sheryl Johnson , Student Store

“Do what you want today. There are only so many tomorrows.” -MaryGail Monahan , English

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What The Mainstream?!

Major news events of the last four years.

BP Oil Spill April 20, 2010 - 16,000 miles of U.S. coastline oozed with oil from an underwater oil rig explosion.

Michael Jackson’s Death June 25, 2009 - Jackson died of cardiac arrest after over-dosing on drugs at age 50 in his house in Beverly Hills, CA.

Haiti Earthquake January 2, 2010 - 250,000 people died in a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck near Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince .

Osama bin Laden is captured

May 2, 2011 - the al-Qaeda leader is caught and killed in Pakistan by Navy SEALs.

Pinterest is started March 2012 - CEO Ben Silbermann launches this pin-board site that specializes in photo-sharing.

Bridesmaids Premiere May 11, 2011 - This box-office comedy staring Kristen Wiig hit the screens and earned $26,247, 410 it’s opening week.

SENIOR BABY PHOTO ANSWERS: Row A: Connor Fullerton, Nichole Hucht-meier, Mikaela Lynch, Andrea Bramley, Brittany Kortan, Erika Trapp, Jordan Larsen, Ramsey Christopherson, Chantelle Sjogren, Amanda Mauss, John Wessel. Row B: Shelbi Bartscher, Elliot Bierwagen, Desirea McClure, Victoria Muchow, Brieanna DeBoer, McKayla Johnson, Emily Watkins, Michael Otamendi, Brianna Mettler, Jaron Bouw-man, Francis Reineke, Maggie Stepp. Row C: Sarah Norgaard, Ashley Wilson, Kourtney Sundheim, Jeremy Behrends, Samantha Schartz, Chelsie Hansen, Ashley Beaner, Ash-

ley Bailey, Taylor Knecht, Spencer Ballieu, Jade Jasper. Row D: Makayla Frye, Miranda Barton, Patrick Musil, Kiara Lane, Dana Peterson, Dylan Munn, Steven Tisdel, Jordan McDougall, Katelyn Johnson, Sonja Pederson, Kennedy Arechigo, Bailey Zwahr. Row E: Joseph Peters, Shivon Barwari, Clara and Louisa Jastram, Nicole VanDerWolde, Kas-sandra Friese, Brady Eichhorn, Lyndsay Claussen, Benjamin Carper, Brittney Whaley, Kara Bunkers. Row F: Aaron Decker, Diannah Biron, Taylor Leasure, Long Ha, Al-yssa Feist, Tiffani Carroll, Haley Schnell, Hercules Harder, Brooke Even, Kaitlynn Foss,

“Maybe it was good they killed [him], but I think he should have been interrogated first.” - Alyssa King, 12

“It was pretty good, I thought it was funny.” - Whitney Fergu-son, 12

“It was really sad. I remember I got ice cream that day and I didn’t finish it.” - Daisy Haiar, 12

“I saw the price in gas increase and that made me sad. Gas is really expensive now-a-days.” - Jon-athan Bravo, 12

“I was overwhelmed with the informa-tion on it. I use it for everything now. It’s really helpful!” - Sydney Tuttle, 12“A lot of people

chipped in from around the world, people care about places like that.” - Alex West, 12

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Be Unforeseen

Be Unforgotten

Be Everywhere

Be Promising

Be Trendsetters

Be Legendary

Be Newsworthy

Be Nostalgic

Junior Senior2012-2013

2011-2012

Winning State Football November 12, 2011 - The Rough Rid-ers bring a 3rd State victory, beating Washington 31-17.

2012 Summer Olympics July 27, 2012 - London, England hosted this international event and passe d out nearly 4,700 medals to world athletes.

Channing Tatum named Sexiest Man Alive 2012 November 14, 2012 - People Magazine picked their next hunk and described him as “charmed and chiseled.”

President Obama’s second election November 6, 2012 - President Obama won his second term in office over Romney with 50.6 percent of the votes.

Sandy Hook Shooting December 14, 2012 - 20 children and six adult staff of Sandy Hook Elementary by Adam Lanza.

New Pope Chosen March 13, 2013 - Pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Pope Francis) from Argentina is chosen as the new Pope.

SD Ice Apocalypse April 9-14, 2013 - The city of Sioux Falls issued a state of emergency after the winter storm damaged 100,000 tons of tree material and caused 35,000 people to loose power.

The Boston Bombing April 15, 2013 - Two bombs go off at the Boston Marathon, injuring 22 people and killing two. The two brothers behind the bombing were Tamerlan and Dzhokar Tsamaev.

“It’s cool because he’s from Argentina and we have never had one from there before.” - Jose Diaz, 12

“I think it’s good that he won the second term, but he can’t get gun rights passed.” - Dylan Top, 12

“It was really crazy! A couple limbs fell near my house. [The power] flickered on and off.” - Steven Tisdel, 12

“It’s so bad to think that little kids got hurt and that some-one would actually do that.” - Sheldon Tulio, 12

“I was worried be-cause I had a friend that moved out there over the summer.” - Kristin Wheaton, 12

“I think he deserves it. He’s hot!” - Eri-ka Trapp, 12

Zachary Ekeren, Audrey Shattuck. Row G: Devann Ellis, Whitney Davenport, Benjamin Hawkins, Ariel Feist, Brooke Lee, Ashley Moberg, Miranda Ruiter, Adam Kost, Kristin White, Jordyn Larson, Camille Pepper. Row H: Riley Erickson, Elizabeth Kolda, Jenna Bunker, Alexa Gerlach, Darian DeVries, Allison Jensen, Kylee Crager, Sydnei Olsen, Rachel Gale, Hunter Dorsey, Olivia Schneider. Row I: Kylea Larsen, Alexander West, Whitney Rederth, Kallan Groseth, Ashlei Mueller, Cole Stienblock, Daniel Otamendi, Nathan Hauck, Molly Veire, Kara Sullivan, Elizabeth Nickel.

“I was very proud of our team.” - Kayla Sanizzaro, 12

“I loved it because we got first [in gymnastics] and I have met some of the girls on the team.” - Devann Ellis, 12

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