Thursday, May 19, 2022 | Waseca County News
WASECA HIGH SCHOOL
Kylynd Adams
Jarett Ahlschlager
Alayna Akers
Taylor Anderson
Marylee Baardson
Derek Bakken
Keira Barber
Ttaylor Barber-Flatau
Luke Bartel
Miguel Beltran
Halle Benson
Caden Berg
Hannah Berndt
Cole Bjerke
TaraJenna Blowers
Emma Bramer
Austin Brase
Elijah Breck
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WASECA HIGH SCHOOL
Theresa Breck
Kilee Britton
Madeline Bulfer
Bailey Bye
Kyle Chen
Kaylee Chicos
Spencer Christiansen
Kshawn Coleman
Jack Conway
Josiah Dahle
Lillian Dahle
Nicola DeJager
Mason Dekruif
Isaac Denouden
Morgan Ebnet
Michael Evans
Victor Feeley
Alyssa Feeney
Katrina Fuller
Max Gaytko
Jordan Hackett
Matthew Haley
Lillian Halla
Joshua Harrison
Congratulations to the Class of2022 Congrats ts to our grads and the Class of 2022! Hannah Berndt Amalia Paulson Marylee Baardson Dezray Unverzagt
Trust us. We’re the cool way to go.
2022 Seniors Madison Thompson Adam Strand Troy McBroom Mateo Mathias
Ian Medin K’Shawn Coleman Summer LeMieux
118 N State St, Waseca, MN 56093 • (507) 835-9140 • www.icanmn.us
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WASECA HIGH SCHOOL
Jacob Harty
Grace Herbst
Brooklynn Hicks
Jordan Hofmeister
Christopher Hopper
Jackson Hudak
Alleyce Huff
Shaun Hulscher
Raelin Jacky
Katelyn Johnson
Samara Johnson
Sophiah Johnson
Aliyah Kahnke
Hannah Kilmer
Calie King
Haylie Kmecik
Aaron Kotz
Walker Krampitz
Hats off to tHe class of 2022!
Kshawn Coleman “luCKy” Nephew of Jennifer Flowers
McKenna Krull
Gabriel Lacroix
Jenna Larson
“Wherever you go, go with all your heart!”
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WASECA HIGH SCHOOL
Summer Lemieux
Parker Link
Camryn Lynch
Felicity Madson
Paige Malecha
Ian Malis
Chloe Mansfield
Mateo Mathias
Brady Matz
Cora McCabe
Camie Mcclune
Carter Mcquery
Ian Medin
Jaidence Medina
Daniel Mens
Josh Miller
Julian Montemayor
Madison Mosser
Madalynn Mumme
Brecken Neid
Jack Nelson
Tahvo Nevalaimen
Jadyn Olsem
Farhan Osoble
Cameron Parker
Amalia Paulson
Jewel Paulson
Brandon Pena
Carlyann Pilacysnki
Isaac Potter
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WASECA HIGH SCHOOL
Sophia Potter
Jacob Praxi
Thomas Quintero
Hope Ring
Juliana Ross
Eliza Sankovitz
Calista Schuette
Jack Schumacher
Ethan Skains
Jayden Spicer
Adam Strand
Heaven Thibedeau
Madison Thompson
Kayley Tobon
Brooke Tramp
Lucas Trumbull
Dezray Unverzagt
Alexis Wade,
Jaida Walters
Ryan Wendland
Ethan Westphal
Jadyn White
Emma Wieseler
Chloe Wolf
NOT PICTURED:
Ryan Zimmerman
Michael Hjermstad
Devyn Peterson-Riecke
William Jones
Braden Schauer
Riley Lynch
Devin Thompson
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JANESVILLE-WALDORF-PEMBERTON HIGH SCHOOL
Claire Adams
Gable Adams
Carter Anderson
Andralea Armstrong
Raegan Berndt
Eli Blaisdell
Christian Born
Tanner Boyer
Bradley Budach
Lilli Cahill
Ashlynn Cameron
Alexa Cords
Blake Cowdin
Deacon Dahlberg
Jonathan Daschner
Erin Dauer
Mackson Erdman
Jackson Eustice
Sydney Gahlon
Kyle Hammett
Jaden Hanks
Shylah Hanks
Jahdyn Hermel-Melcher
Brennan Hoehn
Jack Holland
Kelsy Ingle
Brooke Jahr
Cassidy Jewison
Kaden Johnson
Trae Karels
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JANESVILLE-WALDORF-PEMBERTON HIGH SCHOOL
Brittany Kidd
Jordyn Larson
Kaylon Lynch
Alex Mayo
Ellie Meihak
Ellie Mendez
Faith Miller
Ethan Moravec
Addison Oliver
Blake Olson
Ezekiel Peterson
Chloe Possin
Cody Quast
Will Quast
Mara Richardson
Spencer Sather
Marshall Schultz
Cory Scrabeck
Jocelyn Seeley
Dylan Sheeran
Dawson Slaughter
Logan Stenger
Zak Svenby
Kirsten Thell
Congratulations to the Class of 2022!
Max Gaytko
Camryn Lynch
Rhys Martin
Clay Stenzel
Eliza Sankovitz
Congratulations Class of 2022! Emma Bramer
Special recognition to the First National Bank family graduates. Best of luck to you and all your fellow graduates in the future!
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JANESVILLE-WALDORF-PEMBERTON HIGH SCHOOL
Sammi Wehking
Austin Westphal
Elizabeth White
Anakin Williams
Ashley Ziegler
N.R.H.E.G. HIGH SCHOOL
Jazlyn Acevedo
Brittyn Anderson
Jaxon Beck
Hunter Bogue
Bo Budach
Autumn Combs
Alex Dobberstein
Severin Eads
Linda Garcia Mejia
Rylee Gruenhagen
Kendall Habana
Ashley Hagen
Cora Harpel
Asa Holdeman
Jordan Horejsi
Madison Johannsen
Natalie Johnson
Dakota KetterlingKormann
Parents: Arturo Acevedo and Sara Dubon Future plans: Opening small business - Nail Technician and Esthetician
Parents: Luke and Brenda Dobberstein Future plans: Attending the Owatonna Airport - Advanced Aviation
Parents: Jack and Kari Harpel Future plans: Attending St. Olaf College
Parents: Chris Anderson and Marylin Harris Future plans: Entering the workforce
Parent: Candace Eads Future Plans: Serving in the National Guard and attending Minnesota State University, Mankato - Law Enforcement
Parents: Jon and Amber Holdeman Future Plans: Serving in the U.S. Army
Parents: Dave and Heather Beck Future plans: Attending University of Wisconsin, La Crosse - Sports Science
Parents: Aaron and Sara Bogue Future plans: Furthering his education
Parent: Oberlina Mejia Parent: Elizabeth Gruenhagen Future plans: Entering the workforce Future plans: Attending Ridgewater and attending cosmetology school NDT
Parents: David and Audrea Horesji Future plans: Attending South Dakota State University - Landscape Architecture
Parents: Dustin and Jill Johannsen Future plans: Attending Winona State University - Criminal Justice
Parents: Dan and Kari Budach Future Plans: Entering the workforce - Lineman
Parents: Kimberly McIntosh and Bryan Habana Future plans: Attend college Education or Law Enforcement
Parents: Mary Baker and Lowell Johnson Future plans: Entering the workforce
Parent: Lisa Combs Future plans: Attending Riverland Community College – Technology
Parents: Brad and Allyson Hagen Future plans: Attending University of Wisconsin, Madison – Nursing
Parents: David Ketterling and Stacy Wayne, Tabatha Kormann Future plans: Entering the workforce
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N.R.H.E.G. HIGH SCHOOL
Austin King
Brenlee Knudson
Maverick Knutson
Cassie Kormann
Kylee Kruger
Ava Kyllo
Miranda LaCanne
Gabrielle Ladlie
Trevor Lenort
Lex Lewison
Tylar Malakowsky
Rhys Martin
Matthew Mueller
Cameron Nicholson
Jack Olson
Matthew Olson
Emily Pater
Ethan Peters
Anna Peterson
Porter Peterson
Nikolas Petsinger
Ashton Raimann
Brittney Rocha
Ralph Roesler
Parents: Ronnie and Jaade King Future plans: Attending Winona State University - Athletic Training
Parents: Chris and Tami LaCanne Future plans: Attending Tennessee Wesleyan University – Psychology
Parents: Kevin and Katie Knudson Future plans: Attending Minnesota State University, Mankato Nursing
Parents: Kyle and Rachel Ladlie Future plans: Attending Riverland Community College – Cosmetology
Parents: Rich and Penni Mueller Parents: Alan and Carla Nicholson Future plans: Serving in the National Future plans: Attending Winona Guard and attending Winona State State University - Data Science University - Physical Therapy
Parents: Chris and Mandra Peterson Future plans: Attending Winona State University – Nursing
Parents: Thomas and Tamara Peterson Future plans: Entering the workforce
Parents: Ben Knutson and Heidi Wangness Future plans: Entering the workforce
Parents: Jason Lenort and Tami Tufte LaCanne Future plans: Serving in the National Guard
Parents: Steve Olson, Todd and Patty Stencel Future plans: Attending South Central Technical College - Civil Engineering
Parent: Lynette Petsinger Future plans: Furthering his education
Parents: Tim and Lis Kormann Future plans: Attending University of Kansas – Nursing
Parents: Brad and Tammy Lewison Future plans: Attending Riverland Community College - Auto Service and Technology
Parents: Shane and Olivia Service, Spencer and Crystal Woods Future plans: Entering the workforce
Parents: Daryl Raimann and Jackie Moen Future plans: Attending South Central Community College Business Management
Parents: Patrick and Jessica Kruger Future plans: Attending University of Minnesota, Duluth
Parents: David and Amanda Malakowsky Future plans: Attending South Central College - Agribusiness Technology
Parents: Doug and Shelly Yotter, Scott Pater Future plans: Attending South Central Community College – Nursing
Parents: Sara Schumacher and Mariano Rocha Future plans: Attending Mankato State University – Business
Parents: Eric and Lisa Kyllo Future plans: Attending Minnesota State University – Accounting
Parents: Mitch and Shannon Martin Future plans: Attending Washington State University - Animal Science
Parents: Travis Peters and Kelsey Vanderhorst Future plans: Furthering his education
Parents: Greg and Barb Roesler Future plans: Attending Ridgewater College - Ag Business and Farm Operations
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How to Pack Up
Whether you’ve been in a shared college apartment or still living with your parents, graduation leads to a time of transition. (GS) Here’s how to pack up in preparation for or sometimes through the moving company itself. These can be pricey, but they’re also what comes next. going to be free of the dents and tears typically associated with free boxes you might FIRST QUESTIONS Moving is always complex and stressful. Start retrieve from convenience or grocery stores. with a few key considerations before putting Purchase packing paper and bubble wrap the first thing in a box. Are you renting a to protect more fragile items, and tape to moving van or truck, or relying upon your secure everything inside. If you are managing own transportation? Will there be hired the move yourself, consider renting a dolly hands, or are friends chipping in? Contracting to help with heavier items including furniture with a moving service obviously involves and appliances. It’s also handy for carrying some expense, but there are significant numerous boxes in a single trip. advantages. They’ll know how to safely pack your belongings, and how to stack them for ON MOVING DAY travel. That leads to less breakage, and fewer Unpacking is made immeasurably easier if scratches and scrapes. Your move will also you gather and list items on a room-by-room happen in one drive, rather than the multiple basis. Labeling boxes with different marker trips typically needed when graduates rely colors — like red for a bedroom and blue upon their buddies to help out. Finally, for the kitchen — will also make moving and professional movers are insured, so you’re unpacking easier. You can quickly identify covered in the unlikely event that something what’s inside and where it goes, without having to open the box — or even clearly happens during transport. make out the label. Assemble a separate box of needed essentials for the move, including EARLY PREPARATIONS Obviously, you’ll need an array of boxes snacks, phone charger, tools, first-aid items to pack away your belongings. Cardboard and medication. They’ll come in handy on and plastic sealable versions are typically moving day, and ensure that important things available for sale at your local hardware store, aren’t lost.
Hitting the Job Market (GS) Graduating means turning your attention still require a local workforce, so stay open to to a future in the workplace. But there’s more relocating. But don’t look at this kind of move to it than polishing up your resume. as an end-point destination. Your first job is simply the first step in a long journey. You EMBRACE VIRTUAL REALITY should also be ready to leverage transferable Job seeking officially joined the digital age skills. The industry you intended to join may when the pandemic began, as job fairs and have been impacted in surprising ways over interviews for new positions with hiring the last couple of years, and there could be managers went virtual. Life has begun a fewer job openings for now. Consider jobs in return to normal, but virtual interviews — adjacent fields, even if it’s just on a temporary and virtual meetings, once you’ve landed the basis. Someone with a hospitality degree, for job after graduation — appear to be here to instance, can use a similar skill set in customer stay. They’ll still be used for initial interviews, service. before a company goes through the expense of flying someone to a faraway place to NETWORKING STILL MATTERS discuss an opening more seriously. Virtual It may sound old fashioned, but personal or career fairs have continued, and remote work professional connections still lead to the vast is impossible without online connectivity. So majority of new jobs. Nurture relationships that download the needed software, invest in will advance your career when you’re looking proper lighting, and build up your confidence for a job, and even after you’ve secured one. by practice interviewing in front of your Search out people, on professional sites like laptop. LinkedIn or in your every-day life, who have the kind of job you want — or work at firms STAY FLEXIBLE where you can see yourself employed. Stay in In today’s competitive marketplace, you may touch with professors and other experts from need to broaden your horizons. Consider your school days, since they may be able to remote roles, since so many companies have open career doors. All of them will provide a started allowing employees to work from well of informed advice along the way. home. At the same time, other organizations
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N.R.H.E.G. HIGH SCHOOL
McKenna Schiell
Benjamin Schoenrock
Clay Stenzel
Sophie Stork
Walker Thompson
Journey Utpadel
Torri Vaale
Nathan Vanek
Haley VanWinkle
Alisa Witikko
Tyrone Wilson
Ulrich Woollard
Parents: Nikki Schiell and Dave Schultz, Shane Schiell Future plans: Attending Nova Academy- Cosmetology
Parents: Michael and Jenna Vaale Future plans: Attending Winona State University - Elementary Education
Parents: Leon and Beth Schoenrock Future plans: Attending South CentralTechnical College - Welding/ Machinist
Parents: Doug and Amy Stenzel Future plans: Joining the union
Parents: Dan and Stacy Stork Future plans: Attending Hamline University - Legal Studies and Social Justice
Parents: Gregory and Jennifer Vanek Parents: Chris and Lacey Bartsch Parents: Alan and Tina Witikko Future plans: Attending Winona Future plans: Attending University Future plans: Attending University State University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire – Psychology of North Dakota - Biology and Forensics
Parents: Mike and Jenny Thompson Future plans: Entering the workforce
Parents: Richard and Rebecca Lassahn Future plans: Attending Augsburg University - Exercise Science and Kinesiology
Parents: Troy and Kelly Utpadel Future plans: Attending the University of Oregon – Marketing
Parents: Eric and Sarah Sundve Future plans: Entering the workforce
WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN HIGH SCHOOL
NOT PICTURED: Teagan Borwege Elsabet Gushwa Isaiah Huisman Cole Kath Samuel Zimmerman
Parents: Mike and Tina Zimmerman Future plans: Entering the workforce
Bryce Bohlen
Parents: Brad & Amy Bohlen Future plans: Attend Minnesota State University-Mankato
Michael Adams
Daniel Akemann
Angela Allen
Paige Atherton
Urban Casteel
Gage Cates
Gloria Cortez
Lydia Ell
Parents: Kristie & Derek Adams Future plans: Enter into the workforce
Mariah Boyd
Parent: Tricia Johnson Future plans: Attend Minnesota State University-Mankato
Parents: Eric & Angela Casteel Future plans: Attend South Central College-Mankato
Parents: Andy & Carrie Akemann Future plans: Enter into the workforce
Parents: Mark & Cheryl Moriarity Future plans: Enter into the workforce
Parents: Scott Allen, Christine Allen Future plans: Enter into the workforce
Parents April Cortez Future plans: Attend Minnesota State University-Mankato
Parents: Kyle Atherton & Wendy Atherton-Stoen Future plans: University of Wisconsin-Stout
Parents: Steve & Laura Ell Future plans: Attend Winona State University
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Documenting your Day (GS) All of your perseverance and hard work hard for you to take everything in during the has paid off. But don’t forget to properly busy ceremony. Then get plenty of images as you celebrate with friends and family document this special day. members afterward. These are moments everyone will treasure forever. WHY IT’S SO IMPORTANT As you prepare to venture into college or the workforce, it’s easy to overlook the notable LOOKING AHEAD achievement of graduation. You may be so Your parents will likely want to celebrate this excited about the next step that you don’t watershed moment by hanging a few of these properly celebrate this one. Document it shots on the wall at home. But your new all, anyway. Photographs and video from images can also serve as a career- building graduation will help set these memories in tool. stone forever. One day, after you’ve gotten yourself established in the next phase of your Professional photos raise your game on life, these images will remind you of all that business-focused websites like LinkedIn, while jazzing up your resume. And let’s face it, was accomplished back in school. the first years in college or on the job market are usually pretty lean. You may not be able WHAT TO DOCUMENT Photographs with your cap and gown are to afford something like this again for a while. standard, of course. But don’t forget to get some shots with friends and family in an FINDING A PHOTOGRAPHER informal setting. Suggest an historic building Ask older friends or family members for on campus, or go off the beaten path to an recommendations on selecting a suitable outdoor garden or scenic waterway. Invite photographer. Their experiences will likely classmates too, since they’ve also played a be the most useful in deciding who’s right for you. Do your own research by clicking big role in your academic journey. Ask the photographer to take some through online portfolios, perhaps the best environmental shots at graduation, not just guide for determining a photographer’s your entrance and degree conferral. It’ll be approach. Create and follow a budget for this
process, since some photographers are less affordable than others — and other expenses like apparel, invitations and graduation trips add up. Once you’ve hired someone, be
honest about expectations, but listen for their input too. They may have a suggestion as an experienced pro that you’ve never considered.
Getting Ready PACE YOURSELF Understand that graduation likely ends your life of regulated time. You and your classmates have spent the bulk of your lives tracking success on a class-by-class basis — all in service of getting to the point of graduation. Your life will move at a different pace now. Projects may take much longer to come to fruition. You’ll build a career over decades instead of semesters. Work life is a marathon, not a sprint.
(GS) With graduation looming, the end of school is in sight. Here’s how to get ready. TAKE IT ALL IN While the excitement of graduation is undeniable, don’t let the end of your tenure in school rush by unnoticed. There are still memories to be made, even late in your high school or college career. Take in the sounds and sights of every day. There’s something special about the time you’ve spent and the friends you’ve made. Soon, all of it will be replaced by new and different experiences. So take everything in. Whether you walk across the stage as valedictorian or someone who just barely passed, you’ve shown the diligence to earn a well-earned degree. Celebrate it. CONTINUE NETWORKING You may have already gotten an internship or new job, and made a few contacts in your industry. Take this opportunity to dig more deeply. Connect with movers and shakers on LinkedIn, join virtual communities, and ask
people within driving distance to meet you for an informal getting-acquainted session. You’ll gain valuable information about your field, while getting your name out there. Start building a mentors list, featuring contact information both from these new contacts
and anyone who had an impact on you throughout your time in school. Stay in touch. You never know when they might have a transformative suggestion — or a connection that advances your career path.
KEEP LEARNING Education didn’t start with high school and college, and it shouldn’t end there. Sign up for industry-related seminars, conferences and continuing ed classes. They’ll spark new ideas, and provide more depth to your mentors list. Or switch it up entirely by going outside of your degree path: Try learning a new language. You’ll be arming yourself with another powerful networking tool, while teaching yourself to think in a new way.
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WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN HIGH SCHOOL
Isabella Fessel
Alexavier Gibson
Bryce Hermel
Maverick Herrley
Alexandra Heuss
Lena Hulsing
Christian Johnson
Kealie Kemp
Kiri Kerekes
Gabriella King
Emma Kuball
Anna LaBlanc
Kayci LeMieux
Samantha Lowe
Giovanni Lozano
Madison Maglothin
William Mahowald
Troy McBroom
Emma McGraw
Katelyn Missling
Anthony Moncelle
Brady Nutter
Domanik Paulson
Rylee Pelant
Parents: Travis & Nancy Fessel Future plans: Attend Penn Foster Vet Tech Program
Parents: Layne & Cindy Johnson Future plans: Attend film school
Parents: Andrew & Shari LeMieux Future plans: Attend the University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Parents: Travis & Gabe McGraw Future plans: Attend the University of Wisconsin-Stout
Parents: Travis & Andrea Gibson Future plans: Attend South Central College-Mankato
Parents: Scott & Marina Kemp Future plans: Attend South Central College-Mankato
Parents: Christine Miller, Michael Lowe Future plans: Enter into the workforce
Parents: Eric Missling, Nycole Missling Future plans: Attend Minnesota State University-Mankato
Parent: Cindy Deno Future plans: Attend Riverland Community College
Parents: James & Katherine Kerekes Future plans: Attend the University of Wisconsin - Madison
Parent: Rhonda Wunderlich Future plans: Attend South Central College-Mankato
Parent: Scott Moncelle Future plans: Attend Minnesota State University-Mankato
Parents: Matthew & Tabitha Klicker Future plans: Attend South Central College-Mankato
Parents: Taya Rux Future plans: Enter into the workforce
Parents: Shane & Holly Maglothin Future plans: Enter into the workforce
Parents: Brian & Pam Nutter Future plans: Attend Bethany Lutheran College
Parents: Shawn & Brenda Heuss Future plans: Attend Harvard
Parents: Nathan & Shannon Kuball Future plans: Attend UW-River Falls
Parents: Gerry & Nancy Mahowald Future plans: Attend Winona State University
Parents: Chris & Lisa Taylor Future plans: Attend Bethany Lutheran College
Parents: Cory & Mary Hulsing Future plans: Attend MN Brow & Lash Studio Academy
Parent: Nicolle LeBlanc Future plans: Attend Minnesota State University-Mankato
Parents: Tom and Tracy McBroom Future plans: Attend Minnesota State University-Mankato
Parents: Jason & Trista Pelant Future plans: Attend Bethany Lutheran College
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Saving Money (GS) You may or may not exit college with some student-loan debt, but you’re almost assuredly going to be starting your career with entry-level pay. Saving money will be key. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Even into college, most of your finances might still have been managed by others. You were covered under your parents’ insurance policy, and they may have helped out with certain bills. You shared rent with classmates, or lived in a dorm room paid through some form of financial aid. Tuition may also have been covered by grants or scholarships. But once you leave school, life’s financial responsibilities become yours alone. Suddenly, there is a difficult monthly cycle to manage, and longer-term bills to remember. But don’t forget to budget in savings. You’ll need an emergency fund when the inevitable bump in the road arrives. HOW MUCH TO SAVE Debt experts recommend that you have at least three months’ worth of expenses in savings. Ideally, they suggest six months’ worth in reserve. As these savings accumulate and you begin to build past an entry-level salary, consider splitting your emergency fund into short- and long-term accounts.
Short-term expenses would include a vehicle breaking down, or the costs of repairing or replacing small household appliances. Longer-term funds wouldn’t be accessed unless an extenuating circumstance like a major medical bill or job loss occurred. STUDENT DEBT? Perhaps the biggest impediment to saving when you’ve just graduated from college is any accumulation of student debt. Paying these loans down is critically important, since interest charges will continue to build. Try to pay above the minimum-required amount each time, in order to reach the end of the billing cycle faster. Consider banking all of the cash you got for graduation. That can provide an instant foundation for your rainy day fund, without taking away funds needed to pay your student debt. The federal government also provides a payment-free grace period of six months following graduation. Create a monthly budget that takes this expense into account, and save as much as you can in the meantime. Then start paying down the highest- interest loans first. It’s a difficult juggling act, but an important one since we all experience every-day setbacks like a flat tire. Savings become even more important when the unthinkable happens.
Should you Take a Gap Year? (GS) Getting to the point of graduation is no clear. Gap years may be beneficial coming easy task. That’s why many consider taking out of college, too. Time spent exploring new places, broadening your horizons and some time away. meeting different people can inform your future career path, too. DEFINING THE TERM You may have reached this important day with a sense of exhaustion, after so many IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS years spent studying, testing and writing term Taking a gap year might mean leaving behind papers. Perhaps you see the time in between funds associated scholarships or every day high school and college, or between college work. Part of the experience may be signing and work life, as a moment to reflect. Or on for temporary or part-time work to make maybe you’d like to travel or do the kind of ends meet. Some jobs may actually qualify for community service work that is so much more college credit, and that can open the door for difficult to schedule without a dedicated financial aid. The website gapyearassociation. block of time. You’re considering what’s org also includes information on scholarships known as a “gap year,” a period of time spent and grants. Note that taking a gap year off the academic or career treadmill. There’s a may be more difficult if you’ve already been lot in front of you, and much of it is uncertain. accepted into college. Ask if the school will Time away might help you reset. defer admission, while placing a hold on any financial aid you may have received. Some universities will help smooth the way for your MAKE A PLAN While there are officially no right or wrong time off, but others may not. If there’s no justifications when considering a gap year, formal process in place, discuss the issue in you should have a clear idea about why you’re depth with admissions — and keep complete considering it — and a definitive plan on what documentation of your communications in you’ll do. For instance, delaying your college case they’re needed when you return. Finally, enrollment because you haven’t yet decided remember that despite the name, you don’t on a degree path might be beneficial. Use have to take an entire year off. Sometimes a the gap year sharpening your life goals, and semester is all you need to reset. answers to questions like that will become
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WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN HIGH SCHOOL
Grace Petersen
Jonathan Remme
Samuel Rezac
Wyatt Saemrow
Riley Sammon
Kyle Schmitz
Riley Schmitz
Austin Schulz
Kevin Schumann
Mikaya Schuster
Kelsey Surrett
Damon Tolzmann
Parents: Dave & Lori Demars Future plans: Attend Riverland Community College in Austin
Parents: Jerry & Jessica Koski Future plans: U.S. Army National Guard
Parents: Ron & Tammy Remme Future plans: Attend South Central Technical College-Mankato
Parent: Melissa Comeau Future plans: Attend South Central College-Faribault
Parents: John & June Rezac Future plans: Enter into the workforce
Parents: Richard & Sharon Schumann Future plans: Taking a Gap Year
Parents: Keith & Jackie Saemrow Future plans: Enter into the workforce
Parents: Nick & Amanda Sammon Future plans: Attend Bethany Lutheran College
Parents: David Schuster, Beth Hruska Future plans: Attend South Central College-Mankato
Parents: Bryan & Cari Surrett Future plans: Taking a Gap Year
Parents: Jerry & Jessica Koski Future plans: Attend the University of Minnesota-Duluth
NOT PICTURED: Dominack Kuyl Gabrial Rux
Michael Taylor
Parents: Jared Taylor, Angie Phares Future plans: Attend Minnesota State University-Mankato
Tobias Tenhoff
Parents: Larry & Dawn Tenhoff Future plans: Attend Onondaga Community College
Tanna VanRyn
Parents: Tim & Teresa VanRyn Future plans: Attend South Central College-Faribault
AnnMarie Weller
Parents: AnnMarie Weller, Frank Weller, Lisa Schlueter Future plans: Attend Riverland Community College
Savannah Wendel
Parents: Chad & Carrie Wendel Future plans: Taking a Gap Year
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