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BETHLEHEM ACADEMY

Madelyn Bauer

Camryn Delaney Belmont

Matthew Croke

Justin Delesha

Andrew Donahue

Teagan Ferrin

Madelyn Gersemehl

Grady Goodwin

Kacie Hofius

Hope Jeanes

Abby Kugler

Molly Lund

Parents: Preston and Crystal Bauer Future plans: Attending South Dakota State University

Parents: Matt and Emily Gersemehl Future plans: Attend University of Minnesota - Rochester, majoring in pre-medicine

Parents: Jodi Belmont Berbrich and Parents: Andrew and Sarah Croke Eric Belmont Future plans: Attending South Future plans: Hamline University for Dakota State University Biochemistry and PharmD

Parents: Jason and Jenny Goodwin Future plans: Junior hockey then a post secondary degree

Parents: Barbara and Terry Condit Future plans: Attend Full Sale University for Animation Programing

Parent: Bob Delesha Future plans: Attend the University of Minnesota Duluth to major in Environment, Sustainability and Geography. With a focus in Environment and Sustainability.

Parents: Rick and Angel Jeanes Future plans: Undecided

Parents: Tim and Julie Donahue Future plans: Attend Embry Riddle Aeronautical University to major in Aeronautical Science

Parents: Keith and Diana Kugler Future plans: Abby will attend Gustavus Adolphus to Major in Biomedical Engineering.

Parent: Kelly Ludvigson Future plans: Teagan plans to attend Cosmetology School with in Minnesota or Texas

Parents: Brock and Bridget Lund Future plans: Attending Loyola University Chicago to major in Nursing


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BETHLEHEM ACADEMY

Matthew Palan

Parents: Gina and Mike Palan Future plans: Going to work for Faribo Plumbing and Heating to become a Master Plumber.

Carter Pavek

Parents: Joe and Sarah Pavek Future plans: Attend Gustavus Adolphus College to major in Physics

Jennifer Robert

Parent: Kerry Ace Future plans: Jennifer will be attending Utah State University and studying Animal Science/Equine Science.

Livia Schulz

Parent: Lori Schulz Future plans: University of Duluth, Majoring in Business Management & Ecology

Justin Simones

Parents: Jon & Jessica Simones Future plans: Attend the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota and major in Mechanical Engineering

Aiden Tobin

Parents: Jason and Kari Tobin Future plans: Attend Wartburg College to play baseball and major in engineering

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Ibrahim Muktar Aden Diego Alfredo Aguirre Martinez Abdirahman Hassan Ahmed Halimo Yusuf Ahmed Lul Ali Ahmed Zakaria Abdi Ahmed Isaac Alcala de Santiago Abyan Mohamed Ali Ahmednoor Ismail Ali Najma Mohamed Ali Nasri Dahir Ali Rahmo Bare Ali

Tegan Riley Almendinger Kailey Jean Amundson Aiden Taylor Andersen Alexia Michele Anderson Habso Abdi Anis Chandler Joseph Michael Apling Abdijabar Ahmed Bare Emily Jean Bauman Trey Mitchell Becker Calinda Joy Beede Ahmed Adel Bouabid Kaitlyn Fern Brekke

Blayze Brandt Breyer Dane Mathieu Briggs William Douglas Burmeister Sayann Calderon Richard Camarillo Joseph Arthur Carlsten George Jacob Caron Katie RubitCarrera Jalene Yasmine Chavis Cathlena Sue Chazen-Carreazo Svea Leigh Christianson Dayvie Bryan Conde-Castillo

Congrats 2022 Graduates

Best Wishes to the

Class of 2022 Here’s to a happy graduation and a bright future! We hope your commencement is filled with good friends, good times and good memories. We’re proud of you, and we wish you the best of luck today and always.

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FARIBAULT HIGH SCHOOL

Kendra Albers

Olivia Bauer

Parents: Jillene and the late Lee Albers Future plans: Attending South Dakota State University, majoring in Nursing and continuing education to become a Nurse Anesthetist

Jadyn Maria Cook Araya Jean Crombie Luis Miguel Cruz Baez Antonio Azahel Cruz Perez John Tyler Cunniff Suhayb Noor Dagane Jaycee Elizabeth Daniels Ella Rose DeCoux Jaden Allyse DeGroot Natalie Marie DeLeon Ochoa

Parents: Steve & Lisa Bauer Future plans: Attend College of St Scholastica

Caroline Joan Drenth Monet SophiaDuchene Bich Duong Faith OliannaDyrdahl Sarah Genet Engbrecht Collin Steven Ernste Alexis Gerardo Esparza Macy Therese Ferris Enrique Antonio Figueroa

Tessa Bauer

Parents: Todd and Chris Bauer Future plans: University of Minnesota major in Kinesiology

Gabriella Granada Tania Guerrero Erik Robert Hagre Adnan Abdiwahab Hajji-Mohamed Elijah Jaheim Hammonds Maryn Elise Hart

Aaron Bice

Parents: Tracy and Travis Bice Future plans: Something in the Auto Ind.

Mushab Mohamed Hashi Aubrey Jo Hatfield Jose Manuel Hernandez Juan Antonio Hernandez Almaraz Allyson Mae Herrley Faribault High School 2022 Graduates:

Gabriel Ambrose Fillipi Angelica Estrella Galdamez Robles

Adrian Thomas DeLuna Corey Allan DeMars Donnie DanielDeMars

Christian Johnathan Garcia Leslie Martinez Garcia Anahi Garcia Ceronio Stevie Jo Gardner JoHannah Gehrke Brianna Lynn Gillen Keaton Christopher Ginter Kevin Manuel Gomez Tino Marcos Hernan Gonzalez

Ella Beardsley

Parents: Jonathan & Renee Beardsley Future plans: Attending University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire

Olivia Bolster

Parents: Tonya Bolster and Jon Bolster Future plans: Attend University of St. Thomas going on the PreMedicine track with a biology or neuroscience major

DRIVE OFF IN STYLE & COMFORT Cristian Barton

Parents: Brandon & Carly Barton Future plans: Park ranger in northern MN

Congratulations to all the graduates of the Class of 2022!

2022 CONGRATULATIONS

GRADUATES!

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FARIBAULT HIGH SCHOOL

Owen Carlin

Parents: Heather Silvis Carlin and John Carlin Future plans: Minnesota Army National Guard

Cole Donald Hill Izaak Mathew Hoff Ainsley Jane Howells Riley JamesHustvedt Elizabeth Marie Jacobson Faisa Shuaib Jama Abdirashid Jimale Isabelle Grace Johnson Miriam Jane Kanne Andrew Allan Katra Samuel John Kenney Jordan AndrewKlecker Aiden J Klett Abdikeyr Kosar

Karly Chmelik

Parents: Johnathan & Stacy Chmelik Future plans: Attend South Central College Faribault for Associates of Arts Degree and then go on to receive a degree in Special Education

Jayden Matthew Kral Ethan Parker Krogh Grace Rose Kuhlman Joseph Wayne Laabs Elizabeth Michelle Langmeier Paige Victoria Larson Anne Marie Lee Maggie Kay Leichtnam Matthias Jude Lenway Courtney Lynn Lewis

Caleb Dewbery

Parents: Rochelle Dewbery mother Lisa Dewbery grandmother Future plans: Going to the U of M for Biomedical Engineering

Thomas Glenn Malecha Sebastian Joseph Malkavage Mara Noemi Marquez Gutierrez Melanie Jazmin Martinez Canseco Aidan Michael Martinson Isaac Anthony Mata Lauren Elizabeth McDonough Connor Jon McGeehan

Brody Esser

Parents: Bryson and Christina Havumaki, Brian and Kelly Esser Future plans: Attend Winona State University Pre-med program

Treysean James Monahan Laura Amy Morrissey Desiree Ann Moseng Abdinasir Noor Muhumed Istahil Hassan Muhumed Nimo Mohamud Muhumed Rahma Hassen Muhumed Shenkaron Arab Muhumed

Marlenee Jesus Lopez Garcia Ryann Brin Louis Tony Willson Luo Jamison Michael Maas-Wick

CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES!

Kendra Giefer

Parents: Heather Giefer(Mom) Joseph Giefer (Dad) Future plans: Taking a year off and then deciding on college or not

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Parents: Adam & Amber Holven Future plans: Owen has enlisted in the US Army. He will begin his Army career on July 6th 2022 after returning from the German trip.

Nathan Allen Menard Madelyn Kay Minick

Shukri Abdille Muhumed Ugbad Abdi Muhumed Myles Aaron Munoz

Abdi Aden Mohamed Raha Abdi Mohamed

Matthew Wayne Murphy Timothy Andrew Neirby

Anfa Ali Mohamud

Desirae Rose Nelson

Faith Elaine Meili

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Owen Thomas Holven

Katie Johannsen

Parents: Tami Anderson and Jason Johannsen Future plans: University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, majoring in Elementary Education

Tricia Johnson

Parents: Lori Johnson and James Schwartz Future plans: American Sign Language Interpreter at Saint Paul College


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FARIBAULT HIGH SCHOOL

Zoey Johnson

Macy Keilen

Parents: Derek Johnson and Mika Leiendecker Future plans: Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Minnesota State University, Mankato

Yahye Mahat Noor Angel Edwardo Nunez Mendoza Seamus Keene O’Connor Adnan Abdi Omar Seryna Alexandria Ortiz Ahmed Abdirizak Oyow

Parents: Nicole Johnson/Nate Farley and Tom Keilen Future plans: Attending Mankato State University this Fall

Daisy Pacheco Vazquez Makenzie Ann Page Adam Joseph Paschke Curtis Ronald Pecore-Kotek Anthony Mauri Perez John Kayleen Perez Jose Luis Perez Morales

McKenzie Marie Manahan

Hunter Nelson

Parents: William and Jill Manahan Future plans: Study nursing and psychology at the University of Minnesota Duluth

Parents: Kert and Natalie Nelson Future plans: Attend Minnesota State University-Mankato

Congratulations

Jack Knutson

Parents: Matt and Stacy Knutson Future plans: attend MN Sate University Mankato to earn a degree in Construction Management

Nathan Robert Pientka Barriga Faustino Pimentel Luis Alberto Pimentel Quintero Makhi Antonio Pusateri Espinoza Briana Isabel Ramirez Timothy Ronald Reid Devin Charles Reineke

James Steven Ohlemann Parents: Brent and Michaela Future plans: Electrical trade

Devin Lockerby

Parents: Saul & Sarah Lockerby Future plans: Attend NDSU to pursue a degree in Physical education and play football!

Madison Hanna Reuvers Amy Andrea Reyes Kadance Irene Rice Gavin Thomas Rocha Deandres James Rodriguez Kaden Scott Roiger Amairani Noemi Rosas

Alexis Owens

Parents: Tracey Owens Aric Owens Future plans: University of MN

Congratulations CLASS OF 2022!

2022 class of

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FARIBAULT HIGH SCHOOL

Kortney Prior

Parents: Bill and Laurie Prior Future plans: Pursue a degree and career in Nursing. I would also like to continue dog training and showing.

Carson Reuvers

Parents: Dominic & Tiffany Reuvers Future plans: Work force

Paige Ross

Parents: Mike & Tammy Ross Future plans: Attend Luther College in Iowa to study Exercise Science and play collegiate soccer.

Carter Sietsema

Parents: Bill and Andrea Sietsema Future plans: National Guard

Leonor Michelle Rosas-Gutierrez

Nathaniel James Sommers

Adria Grace Wellinghoff

Kacie Jean Hofius

Hani Mohamed Sahardid

Olivia Darlene Stephes

Abshir Mohamed Werar

Craig Andrew Lopez Espinoza

Abdulmajid Said

Logan Jeffrey Storm

Nasteho Mahamud Werar

Andrea Liliana Martinez

Thoeun Choun Samai

Timothy Clarence Strese

Levi Joseph White

Martha Sarai Martinez Jimenez

Erika Lynn Sanchez

Meghan Oletta Swanson

Andrew James Worrall

Noah Miller Shane ChristopherMogren

Joseph Allen Standstorm

Will Edward Thomas Swanson

Kelly Michelle Wroblewski

Zoe June Sartor

Trina T Ta

Abdishakur Abdulahi Aden

Mustafe AhmedMuse

Miles Nathanael Schiffer

Emma Mae Thibodeau

Abdirahman Hassan Ahmed

Abubo Mou Ojullu

Kattia Thofson

Ashley Underdahl

Jordyn Tesch

Parents: Paula Tesch Future plans: Undetermined

Henry Karl Schonebaum Cayden James Schultz Kayla Valerie Schultz Abdimajid Hussen Shukri Zackary Mitchell Slinger Sheldon Myles Sobey

Jackson Warmington

Parents: Corey and Tonia Warmington Future plans: Jackson will be heading off to college to study psychology, he wants to be a psychiatrist and to help in the mental health field.

Parents: Christine Sammon & Chad Davis Future plans: Minnesota State University, Mankato for Language Arts, Spanish

Parents: Rick & Gretchen Underdahl Future plans: Plans to attend University of Minnesota Mankato Nursing program.

Rosie Eliana Tobar

Jewel Ann Berg

Aaliyah Lessett Trigueros

Ava Joan Ferris

Nyaluak Pock Tut Cody Marcus VanThomme Talor Veronica Velishek

Hannah Wetzel

Parents: Mike and Lisa Wetzel Future plans: Attend Iowa State University majoring Agriculture Business and Accounting

Angelica Estrella Galdamez Robles Angelina Patricia Gideo Zachary Lee Graves Danielle Lynn Grose

Isaac Winkelman

Parents: Donovan Winkelman and Brittney Lenway Future plans: Attend Gustavus Adolphus and major in architecture.

Evy Vettrus

Parents: Ryan and Angie Vettrus Future plans: Attend Minnesota State University, Mankato

Joel Abner Ortiz Gricelda Perez-Alvarado Leonardo Rodriguez Valdez Eduardo Solis Abdikarim Ibrahim Yusuf

Whitton Wolff

Parents: Chad and Courtney Wolff Future plans: Undergrad at GCU, in Arizona majoring in Exercise Science followed by a Masters in Holistic/ Functional Medicine


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MEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL

WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN HIGH SCHOOL

Michael Adams

Daniel Akemann

Angela Allen

Paige Atherton

Urban Casteel

Marissa Bauer

Parents: Kristie & Derek Adams Future plans: Enter into the workforce

Gage Cates

Gloria Cortez

Lydia Ell

Isabella Fessel

Alexavier Gibson

Bryce Hermel

Parents: Mark & Cheryl Moriarity Future plans: Enter into the workforce

Parents April Cortez Future plans: Attend Minnesota State University-Mankato

Parents: Andy & Carrie Akemann Future plans: Enter into the workforce

Parents: Steve & Laura Ell Future plans: Attend Winona State University

Parents: Scott Allen, Christine Allen Future plans: Enter into the workforce

Parents: Travis & Nancy Fessel Future plans: Attend Penn Foster Vet Tech Program

Parents: Kyle Atherton & Wendy Atherton-Stoen Future plans: University of Wisconsin-Stout

Parents: Travis & Andrea Gibson Future plans: Attend South Central College-Mankato

Parents: Eric & Angela Casteel Future plans: Attend South Central College-Mankato

Parent: Cindy Deno Future plans: Attend Riverland Community College

Maverick Herrley

Alexandra Heuss

Lena Hulsing

Christian Johnson

Kealie Kemp

Kiri Kerekes

Gabriella King

Emma Kuball

Anna LaBlanc

Kayci LeMieux

Samantha Lowe

Giovanni Lozano

Parents: Matthew & Tabitha Klicker Future plans: Attend South Central College-Mankato

Parents: Taya Rux Future plans: Enter into the workforce

Parents: Shawn & Brenda Heuss Future plans: Attend Harvard

Parents: Nathan & Shannon Kuball Future plans: Attend UW-River Falls

Parents: Cory & Mary Hulsing Future plans: Attend MN Brow & Lash Studio Academy

Parent: Nicolle LeBlanc Future plans: Attend Minnesota State University-Mankato

Parents: Layne & Cindy Johnson Future plans: Attend film school

Parents: Andrew & Shari LeMieux Future plans: Attend the University of Wisconsin-River Falls

Parents: Scott & Marina Kemp Future plans: Attend South Central College-Mankato

Parents: Christine Miller, Michael Lowe Future plans: Enter into the workforce

Parents: James & Katherine Kerekes Future plans: Attend the University of Wisconsin - Madison

Parent: Rhonda Wunderlich Future plans: Attend South Central College-Mankato


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WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN HIGH SCHOOL

Madison Maglothin

William Mahowald

Troy McBroom

Emma McGraw

Katelyn Missling

Anthony Moncelle

Brady Nutter

Domanik Paulson

Rylee Pelant

Grace Petersen

Jonathan Remme

Samuel Rezac

Wyatt Saemrow

Riley Sammon

Kyle Schmitz

Riley Schmitz

Austin Schulz

Kevin Schumann

Mikaya Schuster

Kelsey Surrett

Damon Tolzmann

Michael Taylor

Tobias Tenhoff

Tanna VanRyn

Parents: Shane & Holly Maglothin Future plans: Enter into the workforce

Parents: Brian & Pam Nutter Future plans: Attend Bethany Lutheran College

Parents: Keith & Jackie Saemrow Future plans: Enter into the workforce

Parents: David Schuster, Beth Hruska Future plans: Attend South Central College-Mankato

Parents: Gerry & Nancy Mahowald Future plans: Attend Winona State University

Parents: Chris & Lisa Taylor Future plans: Attend Bethany Lutheran College

Parents: Nick & Amanda Sammon Future plans: Attend Bethany Lutheran College

Parents: Bryan & Cari Surrett Future plans: Taking a Gap Year

Parents: Tom and Tracy McBroom Future plans: Attend Minnesota State University-Mankato

Parents: Jason & Trista Pelant Future plans: Attend Bethany Lutheran College

Parents: Jerry & Jessica Koski Future plans: Attend the University of Minnesota-Duluth

Parents: Travis & Gabe McGraw Future plans: Attend the University of Wisconsin-Stout

Parents: Dave & Lori Demars Future plans: Attend Riverland Community College in Austin

Parents: Jerry & Jessica Koski Future plans: U.S. Army National Guard

Parents: Jared Taylor, Angie Phares Future plans: Attend Minnesota State University-Mankato

Parents: Eric Missling, Nycole Missling Future plans: Attend Minnesota State University-Mankato

Parents: Ron & Tammy Remme Future plans: Attend South Central Technical College-Mankato

Parent: Melissa Comeau Future plans: Attend South Central College-Faribault

Parents: Larry & Dawn Tenhoff Future plans: Attend Onondaga Community College

Parent: Scott Moncelle Future plans: Attend Minnesota State University-Mankato

Parents: John & June Rezac Future plans: Enter into the workforce

Parents: Richard & Sharon Schumann Future plans: Taking a Gap Year

Parents: Tim & Teresa VanRyn Future plans: Attend South Central College-Faribault


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WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN HIGH SCHOOL

KENYON-WANAMINGO HIGH SCHOOL

NOT PICTURED: Dominack Kuyl Gabrial Rux

Luke Alme

Braden Baumgartner

Leah Berg

Corrie Born

Lucas Brezina

Evan Brossard

Nathan Carroll

Emma Crouse

Mali Crouse

Julie Dahl

Abby DeGroot

Brigette Delgado

Thomas Erickson

Max Feasel

Carter Flom

Layne Groth

Emily Hendrickson

Alexus Holey

Matthew Jackson

Paul Kortsch

Arin Kyllo

Kayla Landry

Preston Leininger

Zachary Linaman

AnnMarie Weller

Savannah Wendel

Noah Bermudez

Raven Bolton

Vincent Clingingsmith

Parents: AnnMarie Weller, Frank Weller, Lisa Schlueter Future plans: Attend Riverland Community College

Parents: Chad & Carrie Wendel Future plans: Taking a Gap Year


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KENYON-WANAMINGO HIGH SCHOOL

Jessica Morgren

Devon Moore

Nicolai Mork

Laden Nerison

Rachel Nesseth

Brooklyn O’Brien

Buck Oeltjenbruns

Elliott Olson

Hannah Peters

Taylor Putnam

Stella Rechtzigel

Hunter Salveson

Kyila Schiell

Bryanna Schmidt

Joshua Schmidt

John Smith

Gavin Sommer

Trevor Steberg

Ally Stein

Sydney Sundin

Kevin Vazquez

Alex Vold

Hailye Voracek

Thuan Vuong Jr.

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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.

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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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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.

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fidence I could do a good job because I had experience. I live here, so I wanted to give back here.” Sutherland works as a reading tutor with students in kindergarten through third grade at Roosevelt. During the school year, Sutherland works with a group of 18 students and meets with them individually or in pairs once a day in 20 minute sessions. The Reading Corps program has been in place at Roosevelt since 2009.

Six weeks after blowing past a deadline to stop higher tax bills from going out to Minnesota businesses, the Legislature finally reached the bipartisan compromise needed to retroactively fix the problem. But further deals seem as out of reach as ever. Delayed as it was, the compromise on unemployment insurance represents the most high profile breakthrough to date of what has otherwise been a legislative session marked by minimal results and maximal bickering between the DFL-run House and Republican-led Senate. Included in the bill was $2.7 billion that Department of Employment and Economic Development Commissioner Steve Grove said was needed to meet the state’s financial obligations to the federal government without steep, automatic tax increases on Minnesota businesses. Prior to COVID-19’s onslaught, the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund was $1.5 billion in the black. However, the swift and drastic impacts of the pandemic in its early days left many temporarily out of a job, so much that the state soon found the fund $1.2 billion in the red. Gov. Tim Walz made full replenishment of the fund a centerpiece of his budget proposal, and the Senate passed a bill in February. Given that the bill passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, hopes were high that the issue would quickly be solved. House DFLers were more hesitant, floating plans for a partial repayment of the fund. They were most determined that any move to refund the trust fund should be paired with robust “hero pay” checks for workers on the frontlines of the pandemic.

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Julie Sutherland tutors students one-on-one and in pairs at Roosevelt Elementary School. (Tom Nelson/southernminn.com)

ONE-ON-ONE IMPACT

AmeriCorps reading tutor sees Roosevelt students progress By TOM NELSON

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A transplant from Colorado, Julie Sutherland was looking for a way to get connected with Faribault and help out in the community. Thanks to her association with the AmeriCorps’ ServeMN program, Sutherland has been able to achieve some of those goals. She is serving as a reading tutor at Faribault Roosevelt Elementary School. Sutherland’s position at Roosevelt is part

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of the Reading Corps program, which is part of AmeriCorps — a government agency designed to improve lives and build communities through service and volunteering. “I think it is really important to get involved in the community and help out,” said Sutherland, who moved here from the Denver suburb of Centennial, Colo. three years ago with her husband and three children. “We live here in Faribault and I felt a strong connection to get involved. The position at Roosevelt was an opening for me to jump in and help out where I could. And I had con-

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