P R
Wolf Prints Senior Edition | May 2015
YEAR OF THE SUPERFAN
Seniors You Should Know Megan Effinger, Salutatorian by BreAnne Fleer
She’s creative, determined, and family-oriented. She’s also the 2015 Salutatorian. She’s Megan Effinger.
Aaditya Rawal, Valedictorian by BreAnne Fleer
The 2015 Valedictorian Aaditya Rawal, self-described as “sarcastic, funny, helpful, and tall” explains that his title is a “nice added bonus” to his already robust high school career.
“It’s made me appreciate the opportunities I have at PR,” Megan says of her title. Megan certainly did take advantage of those opportunities, participating in marching band, jazz band, madrigals, German club and German NHS, set building, plays, math team, scholastic bowl, and pep band.
It doesn’t take much to see why Aaditya deserves this award. Throughout his time at Prairie Ridge, Aaditya was involved in marching band, scholastic bowl, speech team, math team, WYSE, French club and French NHS, varsity tennis, and sound crew for the fall play. In addition to his outside activities, Aaditya says he “enjoys sports--either playing or watching them.”
AP Computer Science and AP U.S. History were her favorite classes. On the side, Megan loves music, especially playing the piano and the saxophone and singing. You can find her doing arts and crafts projects or running, two activities she says she enjoys during her free time. Megan’s secret to success was to “always try to best myself.” “I’m very competitive,” she explains. It’s no wonder she made it so far. The most challenging part of becoming salutatorian, Megan says, was the “lack of sleep.” However, Megan never shied away from activities because she thought she couldn’t do them. “Don’t not do something because you think you don’t have time,” Megan advises. “As you get older, you realize you can make time for everything you want to do.” Next year, Megan will attend the University of Minnesota at Duluth, aiming to become a software engineer. As for her career, Megan says, “I’m constantly changing my mind because it’s hard to pick something I’m going to do for the rest of my life.”
His favorite classes were AP U.S. History and AP Psychology. “For tough tests,” he notes, he would wear “a red polo shirt and khaki pants” as a good luck charm. Despite the intensity of his academics and extracurriculars, Aaditya says that his secret to success was “being involved in a lot of different ways,” which kept him busy. That way, he explains, “I couldn’t procrastinate.” To Aaditya, the most challenging aspect of earning the recognition of being first in his class was not the myriad of activities he participated in, but “trying to keep up with the expectations that came along with it.” In the fall, Aaditya will attend the University of Chicago, where he will major in molecular engineering. “I’m pretty confident,” Aaditya explains about his future. “For the most part, it’s going to work out.” Aaditya’s advice for underclassmen is to choose fun activities that interest you. “Don’t do it because others tell you to,” he says. “Keep yourselves busy and do stuff you enjoy.”
2014-2015 WOLF PRINTS Wolf Prints is produced as an extracurricular activity, with students contributing stories and media throughout the year to PRWolfPrints.com. For this special print issue, seniors had the opportunity to complete an online survey between April 17 - May 1, 2015. Thank you to all the seniors and faculty members for participating and providing photos. Staff - Joan Alcazar, Megan Anderson, Shannon Batliner, BreAnne Fleer, Emma Jewel, Madelyn Link, Jack Lotito, Sanjana Nath, Emily Nikolich, Nicolette Schlup, Andie Shine, Mitch Stengel, Kristen Vosberg Contributors - Mike Benkoski, Riley Corcoran, Lauren Erickson, Brian Farstead, Shannon Freund, Jessica Hillman, Mary Houk, Monica Kennedy, Ryan Kowalkowski, Brittany Palella, Samantha Rzany, Shannon Sabol, Kylie Schremp, Savannah Sheridan, Mitchell Sullens, Nigel Ticknor, Leeza Trainor, HR Imaging, MCT Campus Sponsor - Amy Bland
#PrairieRidge stories @ PRWolfPrints.com
2 | Prairie Ridge High School
PR Cares Aug 20 - #PrairieRidge Link Crew welcomes the class of 2018 today
Mr. Weaver launches
OPEN YOUR EYES
campaign to highlight all the positive ways PR students shape school culture.
Nov 24 - #PrairieRidge Captain’s Council collected over $1000 in loose change to buy meals for @PrairieRidgeHS families this holiday season Feb 3 - #PrairieRidge National Honor Society’s blood drive last week donated 176 units of blood from 202 registered donors. Mar 13 - “We care about you - come talk to us, any of us” was this morning’s message from principal @SKochPR to #PrairieRidge students Mar 17 - #PrairieRidge sees uplifting messages on lockers this morning with note to tell someone else “You’re special to me”
Oct 8 - #PrairieRidge Tackle Hunger chili drive, led by Lashway & Brady sophomores, collected 1080 lbs (2x last year) Oct 18 - Community Honors @PrairieRidgeHS Mom’s Fight Against Breast Cancer - CBS Chicago cbsloc.al/1FhmOje Apr 8 - Fun “Duck, Duck, Goose” game today with @CrystalLakeSD47 students hosted by @PrairieRidgeHS class of 2015
Oct 30 - Over 150 cast and crew members contribute to One Voice, opening tonight @PrairieRidgeHS. One Voice, the fall play written and directed by PR counselor Mr. Dusenske, featured a kindness movement to “Be the Good” and inspire change, one person at a time. Each locker displayed an affirmation like this during the show.
Who will be the 2015-2016 WOLF PRINTS news team? Join us for breakfast! Wednesday, May 27 | 7:00 library
Superfan Reporters ~ Photographers ~ Writers
Follow @prwolfprints Wolf Prints May 2015 | 3
If We Could Do High School Over ... Try harder freshman and sophomore year. I know it’s the basic thing to say, but it really is important when it comes to college and scholarships. - Summer Dietz I would get good grades my freshman year. - Gil Anozie I would do 11th grade over. - Jasminique Brooks I would join the musical on set building freshman year. - Megan Effinger Get involved! I never did anything, and I really regret it. - Riley Aggarwal Get involved with more intramural sports as an underclassman - Michael Novak Attempt to do more than five homework assignments - Brandon Tessman Done 2 sports for a longer period of time. I wish I would have stuck with either basketball or football for another year. - Dustin Thelander Be more involved in the school. I didn’t really participate in anything at school except for soccer and I wish I had. - Myranda Falco I would try harder as a freshman and push myself more throughout my high school career. I would also try to join more clubs and sports. - Kaileigh Rado Figure out where I want to go to college right away, and plan classes around that. - Ryan Kowalkowski Take more classes. Not much else - Jack Berg Only thing I would do different is try to play football senior year when my back got a little better and see what would have happened. Owen Ritsema I feel like I missed out since I never took Foods! - Lauren Erickson Do better my first semester of freshman year. That set my GPA and ranking for the rest of high school and I have struggled the Sarah Niksa rest of my high school career to get it to a level I want it to be at. - Cassie Warton Join choir earlier and try harder on my grades freshman year. - Jenny Cantin Start thinking about where I wanted to go to college BEFORE my senior year. And join work program. - Emily Packer
Care less about what people thought about me. - Halle Simons I would get involved with the plays and musicals. - Ali Karacia Start off trying harder academically freshman and sophomore year - Alexis Brooks
I wish I would have been more outgoing - Elly Mann I would try harder freshman year and take harder classes. - Genny Dierking Try freshman year. - Katelyn Turskey I would have done everything the same! Well, maybe procrastinate a little less... - Shannon Gulgren Get involved and try harder - Mary Houk I would try senior year! - Matthew O’Connor Become friends with the grade below and above me sooner and do more extracurricular activities - Jami Proksa Study more, get involved beyond the Fine Arts Dept, go out with friends more. Rachel Johnson Arrive on time... - Tanner Bounthasack BE IN THE PLAY/MUSICAL! I’ve always secretly wanted to be in one of the shows because it just looks so fun. - Arienne Weil I would have tried to be a more involved member of math team and jazz band. Steven Diklich Be involved in a lot more clubs and sports - Cassidy Reardon Started focusing on my academics sooner - Alec Thune Most definitely take Foods class. I would also join many different clubs and try and make as many friends as possible. - Abbie Keck
4 | Prairie Ridge High School
Sleep more - Haley Glenn Not quit volleyball after sophomore year. - Emma O’Brien Be more comfortable with my style. Wear that purple lipstick if you want to! As long as you’re happy, it doesn’t matter what other people think! - Joan Alcazar Have more fun and be more confident - Megan Orr Go to more sports events to superfan. - Jada Berkland Stop stressing over little things that don’t matter - Riley Corcoran Try to be more involved in after school activities and clubs - Gabrielle Perruzzi Join choir and/or get involved in theater, without a doubt. - Tatiana Schaffer Be more motivated to do assignments and not wait till the last minute. - Krysta Doroba Get more involved. - Brittany Palella Take a fun class or two, not just AP classes, especially senior year. - Josie Anderson
Try harder freshman year; enjoy everything that high school has to offer. Frederick Roediger
Neil Ray
Hannah Stiff
Take things less seriously - Nick Citrano I would have joined a sport my freshman year. I wish I was more involved! - Tiffany Zwicky Not care what other people think of me. - Morgan Oberbroeckling Have played volleyball and taken a Foods class. - Samantha Chapnick Get more involved and do better my underclassman years. - Alicia Komes
Study harder freshman and sophomore year! Also get involved in as many extracurricular activities as possible! - Ryan Hickey Be more socially outgoing my freshman and sophomore years. I really shut myself in and didn’t go out of my way to meet new people or strengthen any relationships I already had so I feel like my social circles could be different or maybe I would know some people who I don’t know now. That’s not to say I’m not perfectly content with my friends group now- I love you all so so much and you make PR more than a school—you make it a second home. - John Lardino Be more outgoing, save more money - Elizabeth Evan
Have gone to the pops concert freshman year instead of my track meet! - Hannah Stiff I’ll have to go into witness protection, but I would join choir. - Aaditya Rawal Have tried out for the plays and musicals - Kirsten Barton Probably get more involved in extracurricular activities - Ashley Malkinski Not change a thing. Every single thing I did, including my mistakes, put me where I am today. I wouldn’t trade my experiences and learned lessons for a 4.0.
It’s a balancing act. - Kelly Statter
I wouldn’t. I’d give a kidney to not come back. - Alex Lewandowski Talk a lot more as a freshman and not be so concerned with people’s opinions of me, and strengthen my knees - Ashtynn Trauth Take more challenging and AP courses - Jackson Marwitz Be less of a try hard freshman year because that’s not cool. - Chris Berg I wouldn’t. - Casey Thorpe Sleep more. - Matt Dougherty
If We Could Do High School Over ... Try way harder - Julia Hartman Get further involved in more extracurriculars - Brett Maier Take engineering classes freshman year so I could take EDD. Also, I would probably be more involved in clubs freshman year. - Matt Koenig Worry less about where I was going to end up. My stress took away from my enjoyment of a lot of things in high school, so I wish I Vinny Bongiorno
would have had faith that everything
works out in the end. - Shelby Steverson Try out for a sport and take more pictures of all the good memories. - Lucy Skerke Have taken engineering class and cooking class - Anne Schulz I would have joined more activities/classes. I really wished that I was involved in the musicals somehow, and I wish I would have taken Preschool Lab earlier so that I could have taken it again my senior year! - Jess Bartucci Have more fun and be less focused on school work - Kevin Vedra Do homework earlier so that I don’t go to bed super late every night. Ellie Davila Try to be a part of PR more - Megan Brandon Tessman Shaver Being stressed does not help and interferes with actually doing school work. Monica Kennedy Have gotten more involved during my freshman year in extra-curricular activities. - Tyler Nikolich Stop caring about what other people think a lot sooner -
Nora O’Brien Take more challenging classes - Erin ReCupido Try harder freshman year. - Connor McDowell Wear more bro tanks and snapbacks - Mitch Kazin Talk with more people and not be as shy - Kaylin Moreland Have taken Chinese class more seriously - Brent Anderson Find more time to participate in all the awesome activities I didn’t get the chance to try. Our school offers so many fantastic opportunities to learn outside of the classroom. - Jimmy Bossemeyer
Talked to more people sooner. I made friends with some people
senior or junior year who I now love. - Arielis Reyes Take a lunch. - Niko Mendes Take more AP classes my junior year - Katy Fritz Try my hardest freshman and sophomore year and use the resources given to me. - Connor Newman Remember that as bad as any problem seems, or how terrible a situation is, it’s just high school. High school is supposed to be a trial and error period, and you’re gonna make mistakes and get stressed out. In a big picture view the vast majority of things that could happen to you during this time are temporary, and things will get better. Fast. Always. - Dean Jepsen Get better grades freshman year. - Erin Wing
Understand that you need to be happy with others dictate your happiness. - Elaine Bieschke Work harder freshman year - Edward Zdunek
yourself, and not let
Try harder freshman and sophomore year, take more AP classes earlier, and actually study for the ACT. Also become friends with a bigger variety of people earlier. - Maggie Borst Pass classes instead of not. - Brian Butler Do something with theater. - Paige Onoyan I would have been a bit bolder. - Brittney McHugh Do more homework....at least a little bit. Also I would join choir if I could. It seems like a lot of fun. - Jenny Lindahl
Take more art classes. - Dillon Ott Try harder my freshman year - Julia Jackowski Have tried harder 1st semester freshman year. - Holly Borst Not slacked so much sophomore year - Lexi Peza Take things more seriously in the beginning and I would definitely take more art classes. - Nick Miller I would also get more involved with extracurriculars Leanna Reimann and try out for choir. - Samantha Romagnano If I could do high school over, I would definitely get more involved with extracurricular activities. I know that everyone says this; however, I think it would have been a fabulous opportunity to make more friends in different social groups. Deanna Grelecki Get more involved with extracurricular activities and possibly play a second sport. - David Ferenc
Actually turn in assignments I didn’t feel like doing.
Couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve been at an 89%. - Natalie Favia Nothing. Life is about making mistakes and choices and living with them. Have no regrets! - Mitchell Todd Turn in my homework assignments on time. - Sarah Niksa Have tried to go to more events/ games. I never carved out enough time until senior year, which was a little late. - Helen Kessler Plan my senior year better, and don’t underestimate senioritis. - Danielle Wallner Try harder my freshman year. - Betsy Nikodem Take an art class. - Nick Hoklas
Take an Art Class!! - Peter Sokalski Start drinking coffee earlier. - Natalie Kessler Live it up a little more. - Dan Brainerd Try out for madrigals. - Reanna Khimani Probably play football so I could wear those cool jerseys hahaha - DJ Lima Play some sports - Patrick Nugent Try harder, and take more choir. - Hannah Yantis Join more things - Lauren Escobar Take more art classes - Jason Kovalic Make sure that I worked harder my first couple of years of school. - Matt Des Biens I would have joined certain clubs sooner a bit standard, but the truth in it cannot be overstated. - Mitchell Sullens
Emma Porter
Wolf Prints May 2015 | 5
To Favorite Underclassmen ... Dayna Rudder - Nick Czyzewicz Taylor Romanyk - Paige Carroll Jack Ruscheinski, Danny Fuchs, Cameron Glenn, Abby Gartner - Lexie Ruscheinski Olivia Ferree and Maddie Crandall Hannah Ferree Allie A, Lexi V, Cameron G, Sam R, Alex P - Anthony Rodriguez Giavanna Laukert & Jake Laukert Summer Dietz Abby Gartner, Danny Fuchs, Cameron Glenn - Mary Fuchs James Alaska - Gil Anozie Jericka Brooks - Jasminique Brooks William Effinger - Megan Effinger Emma Jewell - Riley Aggarwal Madeline Hopkins - Michael Novak Chase Ray - Brandon Tessman Cody North - Dustin Thelander Jasmin Vortmittag - Myranda Falco Chase Ray - Ryan Kowalkowski Nick Berg - Connor Zordan Nolan Yager - Sam Wheeland Caty Karacia - Owen Ritsema Sam Wheeland - JD Patterson Jack Erickson, Fisher - Lauren Erickson Emily Perhats - Cassie Warton Nick DesBiens and Jewl Amburgey Jenny Cantin Kelli Smith - Emily Packer Jenna Berkland & Emily Perhats Halle Simons Caty Karacia - Ali Karacia Vanessa Garcia - Alexis Brooks Hannah Martin - Marc Schoenebeck Nate the Great - Jessica Caravello Adarsh - Kacee Thompson Katie Cox - Elly Mann Hannah Olsen, Alli Clark, Kaylee Winnecke - Genny Dierking Emily Baudin - Katelyn Turskey Grace Morgan - Shannon Gulgren B Huellen - Mary Houk Dean Reid - Matthew O’Connor Sarah Jackowski, Jena Berkland Jami Proksa Elizabeth (R&P), Sarah (R&J), Evanny - Rachel Johnson Jawan Davis - Tanner Bounthasack Adalia Fritchley - Cassie Koch My two sisters of course! Kiara Weil and Melina Weil - Arienne Weil Bryce Thelander - Alec Thune Emily Keck - Abbie Keck
Tabatha Stevens, Julia Kappil, Emily Alcock, Alex Piotrowski, Cameron Glenn, Katie Cox, Teagan O’Connor, Payton Gentges - Haley Glenn Elise Reiche - Emma O’Brien Lydia O’Donnell, Joey Hanley, Filip Pajak - Joan Alcazar There are too many! - Megan Orr Julia Conti - Meg Gordon Billy Keaty and Ethan Farnam - Noah Mathes Addie Karlblom, Jena Berkland - Jada Berkland McKenna Corcoran, Spencer Weldon Riley Corcoran Spencer Weldon - Brett Stevens Ryen “Mayjor” Fingers - Scott Hearne Romy Perruzzi - Gabrielle Perruzzi All the freshmen flutes, my fellow distance runners, and Katarina and Tasha Schaffer - Tatiana Schaffer Jack Erickson and cheerleaders - Shannon Freund Quinn Regner - Krysta Doroba Mariah Truitt - Brittany Palella Katie Anderson, Sam McHugh, and Kasey Theil (forever my favorite freshman) Josie Anderson Greg Kulis, Jayden Jimenez, Michael Moran, Lucas Yanez, Hunter Martin,Ben Widger, Miko,Dean Brown,Spencer Weldon, Rose and May Larue - Frederick Roediger Mika Kaiser and Madeline Hopkins - Tiffany Zwicky Justine Golata, Bella Persino, Kendall Greenberg - Morgan Oberbroeckling Frank Andrzejewski - Samantha Chapnick Marisa Pollastrini - John DiCecco Brady & Skylar Potter - Alicia Komes Ben Widger - Ryan Hickey Chris McDonald - Riley Tonkin John Pergler - Natalie Pergler Max Brinckman - John Lardino Nolan Yager - Connor McDowell Isabella Stuart - Elizabeth Evan Shout out to Señor Taege’s 1st Hour Spanish Class 1st Semester, you all are my favorites! - Mitch Stengel Kendall Greenberg, Justine Golata, Lauren Delisi - Ewa Robak Cameron Glenn - Hannah Stiff Devarsi Rawal - Aaditya Rawal Katy Bergeron, Addy Karlblom - Andie Shine Hannah Olsen, Ali Clark - Kirsten Barton Ashie Ginsberg - Kelly Statter Megan Laufer - Kelsey Collings
6 | Prairie Ridge High School
Dec 9 - “Being an adult is about the choices you make” The Testing author @jcharbonneau tells @PrairieRidgeHS freshmen today
Emily Perhats, Ellie Gunwall, Jena Berkland - Ashtynn Trauth Bryce Thelander - Jackson Marwitz Ryan “Major” Fingers - Chris Berg Julia Conti - Matt Dougherty Gregory Peter Kulis - Julia Hartman Nolan Yager - Brett Maier Steven Peterson - Matt Koenig Cody North - Ben Cilano Katie Cox - Shelby Steverson Romy Peruzzi - Rami Halabi Annie Ahsmann and Meghan Maglente Chloe LaRosa Gina Wozny - Anne Schulz Jenna Bartucci - Jess Bartucci Jake Brown - Riley Dowdle Cameron Glenn, Brittany Scott, Kassidy Belcher, Isabel Perez, and Jack Ruscheinski - Ellie Davila Hailey Baker - Megan Shaver Mariah Truitt - Monica Kennedy Emilie Erbland, Lucas O’Hanian - Lucas Neiweem Romy Perruzzi, Will O’Brien - Nora O’Brien Sarah Jamieson - Erin ReCupido Nolan Yager - Connor McDowell Rian “Marjor” Fidgens - Mitch Kazin Katie Hemstreet! - Kaylin Moreland Zach Gulbranson - Brent Anderson Sarah Jenkins - Jimmy Bossemeyer Caty Karacia, Kevin Gilbert - Arielis Reyes Sami Mendes, Dana Rochford - Niko Mendes Tyler Fritz - Katy Fritz Aaditya’s Brother - Jonathon Byers Julia Conti - Dean Jepsen Lauren Brown, Kylie Schremp - Erin Wing Anna Pontius - Elaine Bieschke Gina Wozny - Edward Zdunek Kristin Golding, Jenna Bruns, Akshar Maggie Borst
Sydney Onoyan, Lexi Petersen, Kristen Vosberg - Paige Onoyan Grace Pontius - Brittney McHugh Ally Palm - Jenny Lindahl Matt Blake - Dillon Ott Sarah Jackowski & Luke Annen Julia Jackowski Nina Raemont and Payton Phillips Holly Borst Sarah and Rachel Hurn, and Julia Byker - Lexi Peza Julia Conti - Nick Miller Katie Nowakowski - Samantha Romagnano Ryan Barbour - David Ferenc Hayden Dzurisin - Natalie Favia Baylee Todd - Mitchell Todd Jena Berkland - Shannon Patinella Katie Fejer, Jacob Carr, Grace & Emily, Shark, Emma J, Dvershi R, Josh M, Jake B, Annie Q - Helen Kessler Adarsh, Court, Cheyenne, Matt Danielle Wallner Romy Perruzzi - Peter Sokalski Abby Brainerd - Dan Brainerd Romy Perruzzi - Grace Vivrett Romy Perruzzi - Sarah Vinton Sydney Tonkin - Reanna Khimani Jeremiah Zhungu - DJ Lima Chris Mcdonald - Patrick Nugent Dana Rochford - Hannah Yantis Alex Kast - Lauren Escobar Elliott Wesa, Connor Pils - Jason Kovalic Matt Blake and Chris McDonald - Matt Des Biens Jason Janiga - Michael Morones Noah Coleman - Mitchell Sullens
Oct 22 - Annie Timm, Jenna VanBosch, Morgan Riddell, Mikaela McNally, Natalie Favia to state for girls’ tennis #PrairieRidge
Here’s Some Advice ... Do the ACT prep classes. The higher you get on the ACT the more money you can get for college! - Myranda Falco Load up your schedule. Take lots of classes. Meet new people and above all, have fun. Be light and be yourself. These 4 years FLY by... - Jack Berg Have fun, and don’t stress over grades. - Sam Wheeland Do all after school events. Especially Baggo, and the La Copa Mundial tourna-
ment. Join as many clubs as you can - Owen Ritsema Make sure you know what you want out of life, in the short term and long term, and don’t let taking the steps toward it fall from the top of your priorities list. - JD Patterson Get in work program/Seminar in Child Care! - Lauren Erickson Go to every event possible. From football games to La Tasca, the more you put into your high school experience, the more you will get out of it. The time flies by faster than you think so make the most of it! - Cassie Warton
Cheerleaders and the Wolfpack band led several 9th hour parades for students going to State this year in golf, tennis, XC, choir, speech team, gymnastics, wrestling, swimming, drafting, WYSE, and math team. Will there be more? Take your grades seriously, but don’t forget to have fun and get involved. - Lexie Ruscheinski Be nice to your teachers! Say hello, have a good day, etc. They will be more inclined to offer help if you are respectful to them. - Vikki Battaglia Don’t be afraid to be yourself no matter what people think and no matter how bad/hard it seems at the moment; in a year it won’t even matter.
Sit with the kid sitting alone in the lunch room or commons. You
don’t understand how much that can change things. - Hannah Ferree Ignore what people say about you because at the end of these four years, all that really matters is how you see yourself. Also, try to be Aaditya. - Anthony Rodriguez “YOU GOTTA DO YOUR HOMEWORK!!!”- Connie Kendall - Summer Dietz 1. Don’t be afraid to take a risk and try something new because it just may change your life. 2. When you’re a junior and senior GO TALK TO MRS. STEINER!!! SHE WILL BE SO MUCH HELP!!! - Mary Fuchs Be nice to everyone because everyone is going through something. Always try hard in class even when it sucks. And join choir! - Gil Anozie Don’t stress over the small things in school. Enjoy being in high school because it’s going to be over before you know it and you’ll be off to college before you know it. Shake off the haters because that’s all they could do is hate. Have fun
and join different clubs and activities to keep you going. Jasminique Brooks If you’re going to bed before midnight, you’re not trying hard enough (or too hard) - Megan Effinger One F on a test will not make or break you, but don’t make it a habit. Have a conversation with Vic or Mrs. Penn. Sitting alone in commons isn’t as frowned upon as you think. - Riley Aggarwal
Open yourself up to new things and meet new people - Michael Novak Make friends, take risks, be a leader, and just be awesome. - Brandon Tessman Give a great effort. It will be worth it when you get into the college of your dreams. - Dustin Thelander
GET INVOLVED!! It’s the fastest way to make friends (I’m partial to theater but do what interests you). - Jenny Cantin
Don’t be a jerk to teachers. They’re not actually trying to torture you. - Emily Packer Make sure you open yourself up to experiencing new things with new people and allowing yourself to make your own choices. Don’t make your choices based on what other people will think of you. - Halle Simons Don’t be afraid to get involved with new people or in new organizations. Joining something new is what gives you so many good memories. - Ali Karacia Get involved in after school activities - Alexis Brooks Actually try. I didn’t, but if I had I could have accomplished a lot more. - Jessica Caravello Don’t slack off halfway through the year. - Kacee Thompson Work hard ‘cause it all pays off and don’t be afraid to be outgoing - Elly Mann Take hard classes, always try, get involved and go to sports events and make high school the best it can be. Don’t start pointless drama and don’t care about pointless drama - Genny Dierking Don’t screw up freshman year. - Katelyn Turskey
Do a lot of clubs or sports! It’s a great way to have fun and make
friends! - Shannon Gulgren High School is the quickest 4 years of your life; enjoy it! - Mary Houk Always play first then work later, that’s why there’s community college. And don’t drive on sidewalks or throw darts. - Matthew O’Connor Just do you - Jami Proksa
Get involved with something. Choir or band or sports or whatever; the friends you make will be the best you’ll have. - Rachel Johnson “Be safe, be smart, be sober,” (says Mr. Pellikan) and pursue your dreams like Mr. Freeze. - Tanner Bounthasack Don’t get senioritis - Cassie Koch Work hard all four years!! It really starts to pay off when you’re trying to take
your ACT and plan your future! GET INVOLVED! It actually helps you grow as a person socially! You never fail to meet so many great people, you could have missed out on! Talk with your teachers they are willing to help you!!! - Arienne Weil Try not to fall into the vicious cycle of procrastination, stress and lack of sleep. You will never escape. - Steven Diklich Don’t procrastinate on anything. Get stuff done early. - Alec Thune
More Advice p. 8 ... Wolf Prints May 2015 | 7
Advice to Underclassmen
Don’t limit yourself. Don’t put a cap on how much homework you do. Go above and beyond. Trust me; it pays off. Make time for friends. Oh, and don’t forget to have fun! - Abbie Keck Don’t be afraid to be yourself. There is a group for any kind of person at PR, so don’t be discouraged if you feel like you don’t belong in the very beginning. Put yourself out there, and you will find a great group that will help you discover yourself. - Emma Porter Try to get to know as many people as you can; be nice to everyone and try to make as many friends as you can! - Haley Glenn Take as many “fun” classes as you can like Foods or Child Development. Emma O’Brien Don’t be friends with people who: never ask how you’re doing, brag about a fun time they had without you, or make “jokes” about your insecurities - Joan Alcazar Savor what you have left of high school and if you think you might want to try something new then do it! - Megan Orr Be everyone’s friend. Don’t let anyone have anything bad to say about you because that’s what people will remember. - Meg Gordon Take classes that interest you. If you are required to take a class, make it interest you. - Noah Mathes Choose classes that you really think you’ll enjoy. - Jada Berkland Take classes you are interested in and would enjoy, step out of your comfort zone, and work hard. - Riley Corcoran Try hard freshman year and get involved in sports and go to the football and basketball games. - Brett Stevens Run more - Scott Hearne Don’t give up and enjoy your senior year - Gabrielle Perruzzi Sometimes, the right thing to do is to skip that homework assignment and spend time with people that you love. At the end of the day, it’s all a balance. Get good grades, but make good memories too. And join choir. I don’t care if you can’t sing, just do it. - Tatiana Schaffer Don’t let school stress you out - Shannon Freund Do not procrastinate and try hard every year because it will help a lot in the future. - Krysta Doroba Life is too short, so try not to stress over the little things that happen. - Brittany Palella Don’t stress about one or two bad grades in a class. You will still get into college. Also, form relationships with your teachers; they are really cool people and have a lot of good advice. - Josie Anderson Have fun in high school - Nick Citrano Get in the habit of doing homework and studying as early as you can. - Tiffany Zwicky Don’t wish your high school years away; it goes by way too fast so enjoy it while you can. - Morgan Oberbroeckling Stay classy. - Samantha Chapnick AP classes are definitely overrated. - John DiCecco
8 | Prairie Ridge High School
Try new things that interest you like choir, band, taking an art class, joining clubs. - Alicia Komes
Take marketing, go to every football game, join the golf team - Ryan Hickey Work hard now so you can kick your feet up and lean back in a few years - Riley Tonkin Keep school and work and your private life separate. It makes everything easier - Natalie Pergler You only get one chance to do high school. Do work that you can be proud of, realize the value of your education, have fun, be great to each other, and enjoy it while it lasts because before you know it you’ll be hearing your name called up to walk the stage at graduation. - John Lardino Save as much money as you can and do not bite off more than you can chew your senior year. Join choir. - Elizabeth Evan Do what you want. As you progress through your years in high school, grow more and more out of your shell and put yourself out of your comfort zone, because that not only makes you a super cool and interesting person, but also prepares you for life ahead! - Mitch Stengel Don’t act like you’re better than anyone, and give everyone a chance - Ewa Robak Don’t be afraid to try new and challenging things like AP or a new skill; now is the time to discover yourself! - Hannah Stiff
Be involved in as many extracurriculars/activities as possible! You’ll make so many more friends and learn to not procrastinate
(too much). - Aaditya Rawal Keep all of your notes for finals! - Kirsten Barton Relax. Take it easy. Bad test grades don’t constitute bad people; you’ll be fine. Ashley Malkinski Something that seemed to matter so much your freshman year will be nothing but a funny memory your senior year. Take a step back and realize how little time you truly have and try to focus on making the best of it because high school is a tiny fraction of your life. Things might seem impossible at times but you have to keep pushing through. - Kelly Statter Enjoy high school. I spent too much time worrying and being sad. This is it kids. One day during senior year it’s gonna hit you that you’re done. It’s over. You’re leaving in a few months and then you’re on your own. Get out there and do something you’ll look back on when you’re old and smile about. - Alex Lewandowski Get involved to make friends from other groups - Ashtynn Trauth Take challenging classes - Jackson Marwitz
Just Get Involved!
“I exist as I am, that is enough” (Whitman). - Chris Berg High school sucks but you will make it through. - Casey Thorpe Do what makes you happy and never allow someone to take that happiness from you. Be kind to everyone. Be grateful for everything in your life. If you’re having a bad day, go to the guidance office; Mrs. Berg has saved me countless times. Always remember all of the many people who care about you. If I survived high school, you can too. - Lanie Briggs Don’t give up no matter how difficult it gets. - Matt Koenig Don’t stress...it’s just high school; have fun with it. - Ben Cilano Take hard classes, but stay within your limit. If you don’t like the subject, don’t take the AP class in that subject even if you think you “need” to take it for college admissions. - Shelby Steverson Don’t blow off classes senior year, no matter how tempting. - Rami Halabi Eat it, don’t tweet it. - Chloe LaRosa Don’t ever slack off. Try your best in everything because in the end it will really count! - Jess Bartucci Be yourself - Kevin Vedra Get involved and do more at school. Not just with after school activities but with taking more classes too. Challenge yourselves to new experiences and put yourself out there. You’ll only regret the chances you didn’t take. - Ellie Davila Don’t sweat the small stuff - Megan Shaver Take school seriously! People that do not try the first two years are more stressed trying to get their GPA up and also preparing for the ACT. Having a good GPA to start off will allow you to have more options and more time your last year of high school. - Monica Kennedy Get involved and try hard in school! - Tyler Nikolich
Don’t be afraid to step out of your comfort zone. What’s the worst that could happen? - Erin ReCupido
Enjoy high school; it’s quick. - Connor McDowell Stay hydrated - Mitch Kazin Time goes by really fast so make sure you always be yourself and create everlasting memories with your friends. - Kaylin Moreland Go hard. - Brent Anderson Do something with your time! If you feel even a little interested, try something. In
my experience when I wanted to try something new, most people that were more experienced than me were extremely supportive and helpful. - Jimmy Bossemeyer Hugs not Drugs! - Arielis Reyes Discover yourself. You will change a lot over the next few years, don’t be afraid of that. If you’re not growing, there is something wrong. - Niko Mendes Always and I mean ALWAYS try your hardest and use the resources given to you. - Connor Newman Try to get involved in many activities or sports. It is a great way to meet new people and have a lot of fun! - Erin Wing Challenge yourself to step out of your comfort zone and get involved and make as many different friends as possible. - Elaine Bieschke Doing your homework actually helps you get good grades - Edward Zdunek Be a nice person to everyone, because you never know what they have been through that day. - Maggie Borst Take AP classes because they can actually be super helpful with college. Paige Onoyan
Join an activity or sport and find something you love to do! Brittney McHugh Go to stuff that isn’t just football and basketball games. Sure those games are always a blast, but go to other stuff too! - Jenny Lindahl Get involved. Whether it be in the fine arts like me or anything else from playing
The Class of 2015 liked a lot of different activities - Musical, Dance, Set Crew and Soccer received the most mentions. football to being on the chess team. High school is what you make it, so join clubs; find what you love, and make friends. - Dillon Ott Get involved in sports and activities and try your best freshman year - Julia Jackowski Enjoy high school. It goes by really fast. - Holly Borst Branch out! Do not be afraid to talk to different people - Lexi Peza Try to constantly push yourself to be better and better, and always ask questions. - Nick Miller Be the person you want to be because when you look back on your high school career, you do not want to be embarrassed or disappointed in who you were. Deanna Grelecki Use your time wisely because #procrastinationnation isn’t fun. I’ve screwed myself over so many times it’s actually repulsive. - Natalie Favia Branch out, and do not be afraid to be yourself. - Mitchell Todd Be open minded to new experiences. - Sarah Niksa Try new things! Take the difficult classes, join a random sport/club, meet new people! Also, run in the Epic Race at least once; it’s super fun! - Helen Kessler Get involved and try hard your freshman year. - Betsy Nikodem Find something to do and get involved. Identify yourself with whatever it is and take pride in it. - Dan Brainerd Think about your future more than your past and show yourself respect. - Grace Vivrett Not everyone you lose is a loss - Reanna Khimani Get more active and make a solid group of friends. - Patrick Nugent Try hard in gym volleyball. Don’t care what people think - Tatum Rea If you can get an A without trying you are doing life wrong. - Hannah Yantis When deciding whether or not to do something, just do it. If you want something, just go for it. It doesn’t matter who cares or what other people think. Go all in. Jason Kovalic Hey Nerds, JOIN CHOIR - Matt Des Biens Know yourself. Know your abilities. Succeed in doing what you love. - Michael Morones Just have fun - Allie Pottala
Go to the College and Career Center to start your college
search as soon as possible. It might be overwhelming at first but it’s far better than starting in your senior year getting drowned in stress. - Mitchell Sullens
Wolf Prints May 2015 | 9
Best Decisions Joining choir - Nick Czyzewicz To join the track team - Vikki Battaglia Taking child development - Hannah Ferree Joining choir my junior year! It’s been such a great experience and I’ve met so many new people. Mr. Jensen is super funny and makes the class amazing! Anthony Rodriguez Taking AP Psych because it made me realize that I want to do something with psychology in the future. - Summer Dietz Getting involved both through school and outside of school - Mary Fuchs To join choir! I wasn’t a great singer my sophomore year but I joined anyway, and it was an awesome experience! - Gil Anozie I went to the homecoming game and dance for the first time at PR - Jasminique Brooks Joining tech for the musicals and plays - Megan Effinger Joining the orchestra for the school musical for my junior and senior years Michael Novak Getting a job. It teaches you a lot of responsibility and you also can earn a lot of extra cash as well! - Myranda Falco Taking my grades seriously and having the hard work pay off. - Kaileigh Rado To challenge myself academically. Find out what I’m good at and pursuing that. - Jack Berg To be involved outside of class - Sam Wheeland Getting involved with sports and after school events. You get to know new people and make friends and also have a blast with your own friends at the same time - Owen Ritsema Never going to a party - JD Patterson Joining track senior year. I made new friends and improved my running! - Lauren Erickson Taking classes I was interested in. Although I wasn’t with my friends sometimes, I enjoyed the class that much that it didn’t matter. - Cassie Warton Taking German and being a part of the GAPP Program. - Jenny Cantin Taking senior Speech class with Mrs. Hartnett, or Modern World History with Mr. Terhaar. - Emily Packer Doing a lot of the activities that were offered - Alexis Brooks Taking Deutsch 1-4 - Jessica Caravello Taking AP chem - Elly Mann Becoming a basketball manager freshman year. - Genny Dierking Volunteering for the District 47 game day! - Katelyn Turskey Taking work program because you get out of school early - Mary Houk To stop being so uptight - Jami Proksa Joining choir and participating in all of PR’s productions. - Rachel Johnson Taking work program 5.0 - Tanner Bounthasack To take Myth and Legend - Cassie Koch Being on the cheer team all four years!! Also Link Crew so I can help all the incoming freshman learn the way of high school! - Arienne Weil Trying to participate in as many things as I possibly could - Steven Diklich Either taking AP classes or playing baseball - Alec Thune Taking art classes. - Emma Porter Getting involved in all sorts of different activities - Haley Glenn Not caring about what people think of me - Emma O’Brien Joining speech team - Megan Orr Joining choir. I met so many great people and it lead me to being in the musical. - Meg Gordon Asking a girl to Homecoming junior year - Noah Mathes Trying out for PRAC - Jada Berkland Taking Marketing class, the best class that PR offers. - Brett Stevens Wearing jorts to school - Scott Hearne Working hard and putting a lot of effort into school work. - Gabrielle Perruzzi
10 | Prairie Ridge High School
Preschool lab and working with the kids. - Lexie Ruscheinski
Taking Little Paws Preschool!
I have enjoyed learning how to make lesson plans and how to handle little kids. - Jess Bartucci A tie between joining my Peer Ministry Team and running cross country, because both introduced me to people that remain my best friends today and both programs challenged every aspect of me as a person. They basically ruined my life in the best way possible, and I couldn’t be happier. - Tatiana Schaffer Producing Lil Turtles raps - Frederick Roediger To take Marketing - Nick Citrano My best decision was joining choir. Even though I joined late, I’m glad I did because the friends I have met through that class have been some of the most genuine people I have ever met. - Tiffany Zwicky Eating lots of the good cookies before Michelle Obama. - Morgan Oberbroeckling Joining the softball team - Samantha Chapnick Getting out of my shell a little bit and being more social. - Alicia Komes Approaching everything almost overly relaxed - Riley Tonkin To help charities and donate my time outside of school when I was able to Natalie Pergler Deciding that I wasn’t going to get good grades because my parents wanted me to or because I was afraid of my teachers getting disappointed in me not trying, but because I wanted to achieve my goals and take full advantage of the great educational opportunities Prairie Ridge has given me. Once I realized I wanted to do things for myself, it became a lot easier to find motivation to excel. - John Lardino Taking APUSH, AP Pysch, AP Lang and Comp, and joining choir - Elizabeth Evan Taking AP classes. AP kids are some of the most fun kids to be around and you form a super special bond with all of them since you’re with them so often, plus you get FREE MONEY! - Mitch Stengel To follow my passion and take AP Art over a science senior year! - Hannah Stiff To take all of my AP classes and join my extracurriculars. - Aaditya Rawal Taking Dramatic Literature - Kirsten Barton Taking German - I met some of my best friends in that class - Ashley Malkinski To stop caring so much what others thought of me and to make my own opinion of myself #1, most important. You don’t need anyone to like you but yourself. Kelly Statter Joining backstage crew and becoming a part of the theatre productions. I made most of my friends through the long hours and tired laughs. - Kelsey Collings To play soccer all 4 years - Ashtynn Trauth Playing baseball - Jackson Marwitz
Best Decisions Deciding to do work program - Casey Thorpe To superfan with my friends senior year. It was really fun! - Julia Hartman When I stopped caring about what people thought of me and people judging how I lived my life. There will ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS be someone trying to tear you down and talk badly about you. So, really, who cares. I didn’t let people’s negative opinions take control of my actions in my life. - Lanie Briggs To take PLTW classes. - Matt Koenig Auditioning for Madrigals freshman year. - Rami Halabi Working hard to be prepared for college - Kevin Vedra To join sound crew - Riley Dowdle Taking AP Chemistry. Even though I struggled through it the whole year and I almost dropped it at the semester, I am proud of myself for sticking it out. I feel so accomplished in myself and looking back now, I feel like I have learned SOOO much new information and have also learned more about myself as a student. This was seriously the hardest class I have ever taken but I have no regrets now. Also Brockland is an awesome teacher. She helped me survive AP Chemistry, and I am very thankful for her. - Ellie Davila Challenging myself in math. Although it was hard, it was worth it and I am very happy that the classes I took pushed me to learn in ways I was not used to. Monica Kennedy Deciding to play tennis my junior year - Tyler Nikolich Taking Engineering classes - Lucas Neiweem Actually trying my best freshman year - Erin ReCupido Staying hydrated - Mitch Kazin Getting involved in lots of activities and going to all the school events. - Kaylin Moreland Chess club sophomore year - Brent Anderson To join speech team. I had the honor to be a part of a team that always felt like a supportive family. - Jimmy Bossemeyer Academic: Taking AP Psych. Extracurricular: Superfanning or going to almost every dance - Arielis Reyes Joining the theater program. - Niko Mendes Taking Intro to Computer Science. Even if you won’t use it later in life it is a lot of fun. - Connor Newman Joining set-building, and building connections with people that will last a life time. - Dean Jepsen To play three sports all four years. - Erin Wing Joining choir and sticking with it all four years - Elaine Bieschke Doing extracurricular activities and putting myself in challenging classes - Edward Zdunek Taking hard classes, going to all of the football games, having good friends Maggie Borst To get a job - Brian Butler Taking AB calc instead of BC - Paige Onoyan Getting involved with Speech Team and the Theater department. I made so many friends and I really grew as a person. - Brittney McHugh Filling my schedule with honors and AP classes (though my current teachers may not believe me, I think it’s better to be challenged than bored) - Jenny Lindahl Trying out for all of the musicals and being a part of choir - Dillon Ott Taking every business class & getting involved in a ton of extracurriculars - Julia Jackowski Running passes for the deans - Holly Borst Taking classes that interested me rather than classes I felt I had to take - Nick Miller Playing sports all four years of high school and working hard - Samantha Romagnano To join book club! There has never been a boring book club meeting in my four years of being a member. The discussions are always interesting and fun and the people that you meet are pretty awesome. And let’s not forget the cookies we have every meeting! YUM! - Deanna Grelecki
Deciding to play baseball, every second of hard work was worth it, and I made a lot of memories. - David Ferenc Stepping up and taking on leadership roles like joining Link Crew, becoming the Vice President for SNHS, being a gym leader, attending student advisory meetings, and leading our Varsity tennis girls. - Natalie Favia To get involved as much as possible. I met so many awesome people doing many different activities. - Mitchell Todd Taking art classes because I met so many great people. - Sarah Niksa Taking AP Psych! - Shannon Patinella Also my worst decision: getting super involved. Although I definitely did not get enough sleep and there were some tears, it was a lot of fun. - Helen Kessler Playing soccer - Nick Hoklas Getting a job. I liked having money of my own to spend. - Peter Sokalski Playing football - Dan Brainerd Joining a sport was a huge part of my time at PR. I make so many close friends every day at practice was a blast. Being a part of poms made me have so many memories that made high school fun. - Sarah Vinton Taking choir all four years - Reanna Khimani Never being anyone but myself - DJ Lima Doing U.S. History over the summer - Patrick Nugent To double up on math and sciences, and push myself through AP Language and Comp - Hannah Yantis Joining choir - Jason Kovalic Reaching out to my teachers for advice and counseling as well as seeking opportunity to be a leader within the arts - Matt Des Biens Taking U.S. History over the summer and joining choir - Michael Morones
Spending a lot of time in the College and Career Center.
I would still be completely lost about what I want to do with my future if it weren’t for Mrs. Steiner - Shannon Gulgren
Becoming close with Mrs. Steiner. She helped me find and get accepted into my dream school,
personally introduced me to the college representative, and cheered me on throughout the entire college admission process. I couldn’t have done it without her. - Shelby Steverson
Wolf Prints May 2015 | 11
Seniors You Should Know
My best memory from PR was going to state for soccer my sophomore year. The support and unity from the school was amazing. – Halle Simons
My best memory has to be the two years I did guy poms. It was really funny and I wish more people would have joined too. – Owen Ritsema
My best memory is storming the field against Central, and then clinching the basketball Conference Championship with another Prep Out – Sam Wheeland, pictured here on Halloween dressed as Principal Koch
I’m proud that I was able to join multiple activities and stick with them throughout my high school career. Especially board of student council, since that can get overwhelming at times but I still really enjoy it and I’m glad I got to be a part of it. – Lauren Erickson 12 | Prairie Ridge High School
In my marketing class we participated in the MCC Marketing Challenge and my group ended up winning and getting free pizza for a year! I was pretty proud of winning because we had to present in front of real business owners and also competed against a hundred different groups. – Cassie Warton
I would want people to remember me as a friendly face who is willing to talk to anyone no matter who they are. I always tried my best to reach out to everyone and be a light in the school especially to those that needed a positive person in their life. I hope that people would remember the times that I brightened their day or listened when they needed someone to talk to. – Tatum Rea
Seniors You Should Know I’d like to be remembered as a good friend and a positive influence, as those are characteristics that I value greatly. I tried to focus less on myself and care more about others. This doesn’t always come across as being considerate of others, but I hope that even just a few people can remember me for this. – Benjamin Lamar
Next year I hope I will be doing well on my 2-year Mission in Rancho Cucamonga California. – Dustin Thelander
My best memories are from gym class volleyball because there is never a dull moment when playing. I looked forward to it every year. A little competition never hurt anyone... – Jami Proksa There are a lot of exciting new things that will come with college but what I will miss the most is Friday night football games. They have been such a big part of my life and I have created so many memories that it will be weird to not be cheering at the games next year. – Krysta Doroba Wolf Prints May 2015 | 13
Favorite Teachers & Classes With her trademark enthusiasm, Mrs. Boddy earned many well-deserved compliments from her students. This year she led the faculty in wearing Blackhawk gear during playoff season.
Mr. Jensen made me strive to want to get out of my norm and go for the solo. Nick Czyzewicz Mrs. Sullivan’s English class- She was always so positive, made class fun and got to know us as people and not just as students. - Lexie Ruscheinski Mrs. Eschman, Mrs. Sullivan, and Mr. Powell. They always have a positive attitude. - Hannah Ferree Mrs. Brechbiel for being both funny and educational, Mr. Seiler for being Mr. Seiler, Mr. Jensen for existing, Mrs. Kautz for letting me call her “sister” and “girl”, and Wadlington for being so entertaining. Also Mr. Powell for asking how you are and actually wanting to know! - Anthony Rodriguez Wadlington and AP Psych. Terhaar, Powell, and the Taeges are also super rad! - Summer Dietz Mrs. Fuerholzer because she always encouraged me both inside and outside of the classroom! Coach Schremp gave me a great opportunity as a football manager during junior/senior year. - Mary Fuchs Mr. Jensen: taught me to give my all to whatever I do. Engineering gave me a sense of direction for my life - Gil Anozie Mr. Powell was the most genuine teacher who I will remember for the rest of my life! - Riley Aggarwal Herr Higgins shows extreme passion for what he does - Michael Novak Mrs. Boddy has taken time to really know me. - Dustin Thelander Mr. Boldwyn taught me that life is always knocking. - Connor Zordan Mr. Powell and Mrs. Kendall were quick to help me and explain in a different way. They are also very positive and make class fun. - Kaileigh Rado Herr Higgins: mere presence can lighten a mood - Ryan Kowalkowski Mr. Kennett showed me every day is a chance to better yourself. Mr. Benson is all around just awesome. - Jack Berg
If you like kids take Pre-K Lab with Mrs. Eschman. The kids are adorable and you gain experience with teaching. - Lauren Erickson I cannot thank Fuerholzer enough - she has talked to me about my life and has guided me with my decisions and future. - Cassie Warton Mrs. Senese - For being helpful and inspiring - Jenny Cantin Mrs. Kallwitz’s Honors Physics class inspired me to become a physics teacher in the future. - Emily Packer With Mrs. Sullivan freshman year you knew you’d always have someone there for you for the rest of your high school career. - Halle Simons
APUSH with Mr. Terhaar was the best class! - Ali Karacia
Herr Higgins, for introducing me to the sweet symphonic sounds of the Nose Flute. - Jessica Caravello
14 | Prairie Ridge High School
May 8 - In 2 weeks, 363 @PrairieRidgeHS students (sophomores, juniors, and seniors) will take 797 AP exams #APseason
Mrs. Kendall is always upbeat, positive, and happy! - Katelyn Turskey I made my best friends in band, and Mr. B is the bomb! - Shannon Gulgren Mr. Karlblom gave me good advice. Mrs. Gilbert encouraged me to try my best and to stay in AP Calc even though I hated it. - Mary Houk
Mr. Peckhart’s Marketing and Consumer Ed classes were by far the best classes I’ve ever taken at PR. - Matthew O’Connor
AP Music Theory with Mr. Jensen. I’ve never had to struggle so hard to
get an A, and I’ve never been so happy to do that struggling. - Rachel Johnson BODDDDD SQUADDDDD encouraged me to do my best. - Tanner Bounthasack Mrs. Powe and Mrs. Kautz made me feel the most welcome during freshman year. Mrs. Dunker and Mrs. Sanford always make me laugh. - Cassie Koch Mr. Powell went above and beyond his duties as a teacher to help me succeed. Mrs. Buck taught me compassion for others. - Abbie Keck Mr. Cummins helped me follow my gut. Mr. Terhaar pushed me to become a stronger person and to think about the world in a new perspective. - Emma Porter Mr. Peckhart because he is always positive and gets me pumped up. - Emma O’Brien Mrs. Kautz’s enthusiasm and passion for English made class very engaging and easy, even if the content was challenging. - Joan Alcazar Mr. Jensen’s choir classes were the best part of my day. - Megan Orr Mrs. Kallwitz has taught me how to be a better human being. - Meg Gordon Weights & Conditioning: I learned to push myself past the limit and to live a healthier lifestyle. - Noah Mathes
Mr. Peckhart’s Marketing class - great field trips and hands on activities/ projects. - Brett Stevens Boddy because she likes to be boo’d in class by students - Scott Hearne Mr. Wadlington and Mrs. Boddy truly care about you and your life as well as how you’re doing in their class. - Gabrielle Perruzzi Mr. Boldwyn, Senora Taege, Bro, and Mr. Shutt all knew how to push us to become better athletes, but better people too. - Tatiana Schaffer Mrs. Boddy always has smile on her face. - Krysta Doroba Mrs. Fuerholzer always pushed me to work really hard even when things may get tough. - Brittany Palella Mrs. Fuerholzer tells it like it is! Mrs. Brockland also is very invested in her students. - Josie Anderson Mrs. Kazlauskas pressures us to properly correct finished homework every day, and it really became a habit. I’m glad she pushed us so much. - Tiffany Zwicky
Marketing with Mr. Peckhart: guest speakers, projects, and contests that would test us as business students. - Ryan Hickey Mr. Wadlington (Wads) helped me see both the world and this educational journey in a new perspective - Riley Tonkin I couldn’t have survived without Mrs.Eschman’s advice. Going to her class has always made my day better. - Natalie Pergler Mr. Low didn’t teach me what to think or even HOW to think: he taught me to find my own way to think and solve problems, different ways for different situations, and to think smarter, not harder. - John Lardino
Mr. Terhaar: honestly one of my favorite people! Made APUSH so fun and is an excellent teacher. Mr. Wadlington: awesome and caring teacher with an interesting and profound outlook. Mrs. Fetzner: great teacher, and inspired me to pursue English! Mr. Jensen: so insightful and caring. His speeches are extremely inspiring. - Elizabeth Evan Every single teacher at Prairie Ridge is so special and understanding, but especially shout out to Wadlington and the Taeges for taking me under their wings, to
Favorite Teachers & Classes Mrs. Sullivan and Mr. Powell for starting me out right - Mitch Stengel Mr. Taege- amazing teacher and overall person - Ewa Robak Mr. Cummins for supporting my creativity and putting up with me these past 4 years - Hannah Stiff Herr Higgins! He was the light that shone bright throughout the darker moments of my high school life. - Ashley Malkinski Mr. Mason, Mr. Zier, Mr. Boldwyn, Mr. Peckhart and Mr. Jensen. They all impacted my life in big and small ways, from helping me improve on something specifically in my life to providing a positive environment to come learn in each day that I actually looked forward to going to. - Kelly Statter
Mr. Pellikan: The man taught APUSH in a way that made it not a one man iditarod through hell. Plus, his archive of live footage is impressive. Mr. Mason: Not only made classes fun but played great music throughout the year. I got to hear some good, wholesome, meaningful 90s alternative and grunge. (Nirvana is better than Pearl Jam, Mr. Mason. You know it’s true.) - Alex Lewandowski Taeges: made Spanish very fun and always very personable Seiler: super helpful, very sarcastic and very funny, and made AP Chem tolerable, so that’s definitely an accomplishment - Ashtynn Trauth Mr. Powell inspired me to be a math teacher. - Casey Thorpe Cummins. He is a god. - Matt Dougherty
APUSH. Pellikan and Terhaar are amazing people.
Preschool lab & work program! Work program is awesome because you
get early release and the class teaches you real life skills. Preschool is fun because you get to have a relationship with the kids and learn how to create lesson plans. - Julia Hartman Mr. Benson as both a tennis coach and a teacher has given some great life advice. From dietary tips to how to intrinsically motivate yourself, Benson has impacted my life positively both on and off the court. - Matt Koenig Honors English sophomore year-helped me learn the importance of hard work and dealing with failure. - Ben Cilano
Mr. Wadlington (AP Psych) - He taught me how to think, how to understand people, how to succeed in college, and how to take a joke. - Shelby Steverson Choir and Band because they allowed me to follow my passion and have fun for all for years. - Rami Halabi Mrs. Sullivan and Wads! - Lucy Skerke My favorite teachers are Mrs. Sullivan, Mrs. Kautz, Ms.Tyler, Mrs. Dunker, Mrs. Stantesly, Mr. Powell, Mr. Peterson, and Mr. Mason. They are all really caring and they taught me to always try my best and never give up! I hope that one day I can be a wonderful teacher like all of them! - Jess Bartucci AP Spanish with Sra. Martin because she is so sassy! :) - Kevin Vedra Mr. Seiler pushed me to be the leader I needed to be. - Riley Dowdle German four years with Herr Higgins. Our class is like a family and I’m going to miss it. - Ellie Davila Mrs. Kautz, so nice and always made class fun. Mr. Terhaar was the first teacher I had that made learning history seem interesting. - Megan Shaver Mrs. Stantesly hands down is my favorite teacher. She was so easy to talk to. If I was having trouble in any way she was always there to help. - Monica Kennedy
APUSH: I enjoyed the class immensely, and it helped me develop as a
learner. - Tyler Nikolich Mrs. Boddy because she takes a god awful class like AB Calc and makes it less terrible through her humor, great personality, and teaching techniques - Nora O’Brien Mrs. Passaglia, Mr. Powell, and Mrs. Stantesly. They are all inspiring and truly wish the best for their students. - Erin ReCupido
Coach Terhaar taught me how to be a man! Marketing class is awesome. Brent Anderson
Apr 10 - Today is the @CHSD155 @mcc_edu Marketing Challenge for @jerseymikes @PrairieRidgeHS team strategy= #chickenforgood
Apr 10 - Must have liked our campaign @PrairieRidgeHS wins today’s Marketing Challenge with #chickenforgood and #PRCares Terhaar and Kendall are the best teachers here. - Connor McDowell Mr. Boldwyn and Mrs. Eschman for helping me grow to my full potential and inspiring and helping me learn how to be a great teacher in my future. - Kaylin Moreland
APUSH with Pellikan - Mitch Kazin
Mrs. Hartnett has taught me not only how to speak to others effectively but has prepared me for whatever I choose to do in life. Miss Orsi was one of the first teachers who really challenged me in math and taught me how to approach problems. - Jimmy Bossemeyer Mr. Wadlington, Mr. Terhaar, and Mrs. Brechbiel made a huge impact on my life. Not only did they teach me academics with enthusiasm but I know that they genuinely cared about me as a person. They welcomed open conversation. They treat their classes and students with compassion and interest. They certainly deserve to be recognized. - Arielis Reyes PR has the best teachers anyone could ever hope for. In particular, I’d like to thank the fine art teachers for their impact on my life--Mr. Cummins, Mr. Jensen, Mr. Kennett--and all the rest. And a big shout out to Herr Higgins, who can brighten up anyone’s day. - Niko Mendes
AP Psychics challenged me to find new ways to think of ideas and
concepts. - Connor Newman Mr. Cummins, Mr. Kennett, Mrs. Billimack, and Señora Matthias have all made a wholesome effort to know me as a person, and shaped my high school experience in a positive light. They all made me feel so welcome and cared for while attending PR, and pushed me to do my very best throughout my four years. They are some of the most kindhearted people I’ve ever known. - Dean Jepsen Ms. Glover is a fun and amazing teacher and helped me to do very well on the
AP Physics test! Ms. Hie has been a great golf coach and mentor to me as
well. - Erin Wing
More Favorite Teachers & Classes on p. 18 ... Wolf Prints May 2015 | 15
PROM Enchanted
16 | Prairie Ridge High School
M 2015 d Evening
Wolf Prints May 2015 | 17
Favorite Teachers & Classes Mr. Jensen, Mr. Terhaar, Mrs. Dunker, Mrs. Kallwitz all encouraged, challenged and pushed me to be my best. - Elaine Bieschke Mrs. Boddy, Mrs. Billimack, and Mr. Terhaar were always understanding, energetic and excited to teach. - Edward Zdunek Mr. Seiler made AP Chem bearable, Wads really makes you think, and Boddy because she is the reason that I am majoring in math. - Maggie Borst Aaron Cummins and Judd Shutt for being the real MVP’s - Brian Butler Mrs. Boddy is the happiest, nicest person. - Paige Onoyan Choir made me much more confident. Mr. Jensen is amazing! - Brittney McHugh Fuerholzer, Palese, Pellikan, Wadlington - Jenny Lindahl Even though I hardly knew how to read a note on a page, Mr. Jensen welcomed me in to choir and gave me a family in PR, and for that I am forever grateful. Dillon Ott Mr. Peckhart and all the business classes!! - Julia Jackowski Mrs. Kautz, and Mrs. Powe. They have always been there for me when I needed someone. They have seen the good, the bad, and the ugly. - Holly Borst Mr. Cummins for pushing every art student to really think - Lexi Peza Men’s Choir introduced me to an amazing community of individuals who have really made an impression on me and what I want to strive to become. - Nick Miller Mr. Powell, Mr. Hlavacek, Mrs. Kendall and Mr. Rick because they made class enjoyable. - Samantha Romagnano
AP US History with Mr. Terhaar because after that class and having him
as a teacher sparked my interest in majoring in history at college! AP Calculus AB with Mrs. Boddy. She made class really fun and she always had such confidence in me that I didn’t want to let her down so I pushed myself to do my very best. - Deanna Grelecki Mr. Petersen and Mrs. Billimack both taught me a lot, have always supported me, and are always willing to help! - David Ferenc My favorite teacher was Mr. Peckhart. He helped me to find my interest in business classes, and now that is what I will be studying in college. - Mitchell Todd I love me some Cummins Muffins smothered in Shutter Butter, cooking up in the art room because it is so good! - Sarah Niksa Mr. Terhaar in US History for always being so positive and fun! - Shannon Patinella Mrs. Fuerholzer is amazing at getting people to think critically, and she’s always ready to help those in need. She’s helped me with almost all of my papers and also with big decisions. I’ve also learned that life isn’t just about grades, and that to succeed, one needs to work hard. - Helen Kessler IED with Mr.Low allowed me to see what engineering will be like in the future. Nick Hoklas Mr. Seiler is awesome and my idol. Ms. Orsi made Calc really fun and interesting in a way where you can see it in lots of different situations. Ms. Glover made Physics awesome and that’s what I’m going to be doing next year, so she “opened that door” for me. - Peter Sokalski Taking Sociology with Wads was the best decision of my high school career because it was an eye-opening class that made me think about the world in a different way. I loved math with Mrs. Boddy. Spanish with the Taeges was also a great class because Spanish is fun, and they are even more wonderful. - Grace Vivrett Mrs. Boddy is the best teacher ever! She’s so sweet and willing to help anyone. She gives up a lot of her time for her students and really cares about them. She’s the best teacher in the world! - Sarah Vinton Mr. Wadlington changed the way I look at life, and Mrs. Keaty is the sweetest person I’ve ever met. - Reanna Khimani Mrs. Fuerholzer made learning fun and also influenced me to be myself and to always strive for the best. - DJ Lima Mr.Jensen, Herr Higgins, Mr.Claver, Ms.Tyler - Patrick Nugent Curt Wadlington is the best teacher at this school - Tatum Rea
18 | Prairie Ridge High School
Mr. Boldwyn, who organized the first inaugural Ugly Sweater charity 5K this winter, regularly sends his students to the library with this poster board hall pass. I enjoyed Mr. Boldwyn’s corny jokes, police stories, and the way he made sure to say “It is a great day to be alive” when we entered the classroom! - Arienne Weil I would like to thank Mrs. Hartnett and Mrs. Brockland for being so supportive when I was so hard on myself. - Hannah Yantis Mr. Boldwyn has a completely different way of teaching, best teacher I’ve ever had. - Lauren Escobar Fuer, Dunker, and of course, the original bros Dusenske and Jensen. These men are caring, understanding, and share all their knowledge of life with students to help them become mature and successful. - Jason Kovalic Mr. B and Mr. Jensen are some of the best people I have met in my entire life. The offered me counseling and advice throughout my years at PR, and I wouldn’t be the person I am today without them. - Matt Des Biens Mr. Jensen, Mr. Dusenske, Mrs. Dunker, Mrs. Brechbiel, Mrs. Kautz - Michael Morones Miss Orsi made me kind of like Calc, which is really hard, and Miss Glover made physics phun! - Allie Pottala
Mr. Wleklinski, retiring this year after 21 years teaching math and science in District 155, encourages the Class of 2015: ‘Pursue headlong your passion. If that passion ever changes, then confidently pour all your energy in the new direction, knowing that all you invested on the prior path was not wasted, rather the rich experiences will always be a part of who you are.’
SENIORS: What do you want to remember from your senior year?
Seniors You Should Know
The spirit of Madrigals is something to treasure. - Maggie Tucker
I would like to remember the entire year. - Vinny Bongiorno
I’ll always remember the fun I had at La Tasca with SNHS and with the Epic Race. - Nora O’Brien Going to all the VEI trade shows with my Chiefs Justin (Dustin Thelander) Pig (Ben Cilano) and Red (Sam Wheeland) and bringing back some hardware - Chris Slack
I couldn’t pick one! I will remember performing on stage with my Musical family and sprinting the 400m dash with the crowd cheering. - Ginika Osude
More “Best Memories” on p. 22-23 Wolf Prints May 2015 | 19
Seniors You Should Know
Making Mr. Cummins laugh so hard he started to cry is my best memory. There’s some odd sort of satisfaction in making someone so stoic crack. – Emma Porter
Next year I will be attending MCC and will be applying to the Disney College Program. I’ll still be living at home but I hope to someday work in the Disney Parks, or at least for the Disney Company. – Cassie Koch
I am proud to be friends with so many amazing individuals. Over these past four years, I have gotten to know some of the most creative, most hilarious, most intellectual kids in the 815. I am proud of all that my peers have done for the world; I am grateful for the way my friends have shared their talents. I probably sound like a mom by now, but nothing makes me happier than seeing the people I love do great things. – Haley Glenn
I hope for a new beginning, but to never forget the lessons that I learned to get there. College is an exciting and terrifying opportunity for me, and I know that PR has prepared me to succeed as I pursue my degree in engineering. – Brett Collar
20 | Prairie Ridge High School
My best memory at Prairie Ridge was during my Junior year musical: The Drowsy Chaperone. I was a reporter and in the patriotic chorus, and so I didn’t have the biggest role, but how many lines I had wasn’t important to me. I just loved sitting in the tunnel right before the show; hearing the tuning of the instruments reminded me that I was about to be a part of something bigger than me and that brought people joy. - Meg Gordon
Seniors You Should Know
The best memory by far is when we won the High School State Gymnastics competition for a great senior year finish! – Jada Berkland
My favorite memory with Prairie Ridge was my first Chinese field trip to Chinatown. We learned about the history of Chinatown and had an authentic Chinese meal. We also had time to explore the area, during which I purchased a turtle that I had to smuggle back. – Nigel Ticknor
I am most proud of playing three sports all four years. Playing in every season took up a lot of time and effort, but I am really glad that I was able to stick with it until the end. – Erin Wing
I hope my many video projects will live on forever and inspire students of the future. Making videos have been the most frustrating, rewarding, and fun times in high school. – Ryan Kowalkowski
My best memory would have to be all of my teachers. Every single teacher I had (and yes I do mean ALL of them) actually cared about you as a person, and took time to help when you needed it. You weren’t just a seat-filler in the class, you were an individual. That has to be my favorite thing about this school. Everyone here is so caring and it really made high school manageable, even through the tough times. So thank you to all of my teachers and thank you to the staff who didn’t even have me in class but still cared. – Leeza Trainor, pictured with her newborn niece Wolf Prints May 2015 | 21
Best Memories
The Taeges Frozen music video - Alexis Brooks When we won state for football freshman year. Also the Taeges’ Frozen music video for Karaoke for a Cure! - Summer Dietz Every pops concert I sang in! - Nick Czyzewicz Homecoming, Prom, participating in the musicals, football games - Lexie Ruscheinski Cheering at football games! - Vikki Battaglia The football games - Hannah Ferree Backstage during musical with some of the best people ever. - Anthony Rodriguez Homecoming, football games, hanging out with my best friends every weekend - Mary Fuchs Winning my first tennis match as a PR athlete - Gil Anozie People being so open and kind to me even though I was really shy and kept to myself. - Jasminique Brooks Making district IMEA as an individual for choir. - Megan Effinger Making Homecoming court, all thanks to Vinny Bongiorno campaigning for me. Riley Aggarwal Playing in the PR Drumline for all my 4 years at high school - Michael Novak The time Mrs. Buck told me she shares embarrassing stories about me. Good luck, kids. - Brandon Tessman Catching the games downstate - Dustin Thelander Dunking on Ben Cilano - Connor Zordan Superfan Fridays and senior dress up days. It was hilarious and so much fun to see everyone dressed up as something completely ridiculous. - Myranda Falco Driving a go-kart to school on the last day of junior year - Ryan Kowalkowski Cutting down the nets after beating Central to secure the conference title. A feeling I’ll never forget. - Jack Berg Dog piling after winning the super sectional - JD Patterson Getting second in state for soccer sophomore year! - Cassie Warton Hosting a German exchange student in October - Jenny Cantin Gym class volleyball - Emily Packer Going to state for soccer sophomore year - Halle Simons Going out to lunch with my friends - Ali Karacia All the XC and track meets - Elly Mann Senior night, boys’ varsity basketball when we beat Central for the 2nd time, unbelievable fan atmosphere - Genny Dierking The pink out football game - Katelyn Turskey Going to Disney World with the band and choir! It was a blast! - Shannon Gulgren Epic Race with Kevin Vedra and the football games - Mary Houk Storming the field after beating Central at home!!! 31-21!! Or the senior dress up days! - Matthew O’Connor All the memories from musicals, plays, Madrigal Dinners, choir... anything with the Fine Arts Family. - Rachel Johnson Football games of course. - Tanner Bounthasack
22 | Prairie Ridge High School
Just getting to know so many people! Everyone you meet has a different story. Arienne Weil Having all the super fans stand on the football field at the last home game. Cassidy Reardon Our 2014 baseball state run. - Alec Thune The football games and also when the fire alarm went off on the first day of my senior year. - Abbie Keck Super fanning at all the football games! - Haley Glenn The decades project! It was fun to present the 80s and dress up as Winona Rider from The Heathers. - Joan Alcazar Cross dress day every year. While it scarred you mentally, it was so funny. Megan Orr Watching the sun rise over the horizon as we teed off at golf tryouts - Noah Mathes
Senior Citizen Day during Homecoming week when we all fell over for Life Alert - Julia Jackowski Homecoming week. I love the dress up days and seeing how goofy everyone looks. The pep rally is so crazy, but it makes everyone so excited for the game and dance! - Sarah Vinton
Winning high school state for Gymnastics - Jada Berkland Being able to superfan my senior year at football games - Riley Corcoran The Pink Out game - Superfans were honored to ring the bell for football, and Jack Berg goes up to ring it and breaks the bell. - Brett Stevens Cross country state 2 years in a row - Scott Hearne Spending time with great friends during senior year - Gabrielle Perruzzi Being drum major, because not only did I really grow as a person, but I got to see others grow and improve as well. Seeing that transition was absolutely awesome, and performing in competitions with those kids was a huge honor. Tatiana Schaffer All the fun activities like football games, dances, and Epic Race - Shannon Freund Going to state for Poms. - Morgan Oberbroeckling When Samantha Loch and I played spies. - Samantha Chapnick Winning Conference this fall - John DiCecco Being a Super fan at football, basketball, and baseball games - Ryan Hickey Probably the spring break trip to Disney with the music department - Riley Tonkin Going to football games and dances with my friends - Natalie Pergler The Johnny2014 campaign. - John Lardino Choir/band trip to Nashville - Elizabeth Evan
Best Memories Being a Senior Leader to playing soccer to going to Prom, how could I possibly pick one moment to define my entire Prairie Ridge experience? - Mitch Stengel Going to state for football, baseball and poms - Ewa Robak The last Saturday of Shrek the Musical-such a bittersweet and crazy fun day! Hannah Stiff Scholastic bowl practices and the constant reminders I get about superconductors... And post AP Test chemistry with Seiler. - Aaditya Rawal Qualifying for the State Cross Country meet - Andie Shine Going to all of the football games - Kirsten Barton Freshman year during musical season between two of the shows we all ran outside and rolled down the hill in the front of the school. - Kelsey Collings Playing the song I wrote at PRAC junior year. - Alex Lewandowski Winning the Epic Race two years in a row - Ashtynn Trauth Winning Supersectionals in baseball - Jackson Marwitz All of the dances during freshman year and sophomore year. - Casey Thorpe When the football team won state my freshman year! - Julia Hartman Commons. Just messing around with friends and not doing anything but talking, playing cards, or just being dumb teenagers. - Lanie Briggs Going to state for IDEA. - Matt Koenig Going down state in baseball. - Ben Cilano Creating and placing 1,500+ magnets on every single locker in the school with the quote “Be Kind; For Everyone you Meet is Fighting a Hard Battle.” - Shelby Steverson Super fanning senior year at the football games. - Lucy Skerke I really have enjoyed going to all of the musicals, plays, PRAC’s , and the Epic Races with all of my friends! - Jess Bartucci AP Spanish field trip to Chicago - Kevin Vedra Musicals: I loved hanging out with my favorite techies in the booth! - Riley Dowdle Prom last year with all my best friends! And joining the Pom team as a freshman because I learned a lot about myself, became a better dancer, and met a lot of great people I wouldn’t have met. - Ellie Davila Winning the Baggo championship. - Tyler Nikolich Going to the state football game freshman year as well as senior year Homecoming week - Erin ReCupido Freshman and sophomore year lacrosse games - Connor McDowell Watching Chris Berg grow from a skinny awkward freshman into the hunk he is today - Mitch Kazin Being in the musicals and being a part of the super fans! - Kaylin Moreland Going to the quarterfinals in football my junior year - Brent Anderson Prom 2015 with Joey Hanley! - Arielis Reyes Driving to White Castle during my sophomore year - Niko Mendes Going to Six Flags with my AP Physics Class junior year! - Dean Jepsen Going to Woodfield after the “virtual” cadaver lab field trip - Erin Wing The theater department at PR - Elaine Bieschke The state football team, and every Homecoming week - Maggie Borst All my darkroom shenanigans. - Brian Butler Senior Homecoming dress-up days. - Paige Onoyan The speech tournaments every weekend. They were all so much fun! - Brittney McHugh The Spring Break Field trip to the East Coast, going to musicals and sporting events, being a part of the track team, and meeting some super cool friends and faculty members. - Jenny Lindahl Any one of the many memories made from staying behind during set strike or after a choir concert to help clean/ finish things up. - Dillon Ott When we won state in football my freshman year - Holly Borst Getting to go to football games with my friends to super fan and getting to share the same gym class with my brother freshman year. - Samantha Romagnano AP US History class with Terhaar! - Deanna Grelecki
The Preppy Ridge football game - Megan Shaver The Preppy Ridge game where we all stormed the field. - Danielle Wallner Driving to all the football games senior year with my friends and super fanning. David Ferenc Making it to state all four years in tennis and placing 17th in the state doubles tournament with Mikaela McNally our senior year - Natalie Favia Playing three different sports throughout my four years. It lead to wonderful friendships and accomplishing great things like winning the conference championship in basketball this year! - Mitchell Todd Being in marching band freshman year when the football team won state. I got to be on the field when everyone was cheering for the team. I pretended they were cheering for me. - Sarah Niksa Going to state for soccer sophomore year! - Shannon Patinella Being a part of the musical. My memory is a little hazy from the sleep deprivation, but it was always a lot of fun to put on a show and work with all the people involved. - Helen Kessler The soccer season all four years. - Nick Hoklas #libsquad - Peter Sokalski Playing football on our home field - Dan Brainerd The pops concert - Reanna Khimani All the times spent in the musicals - DJ Lima Men’s lounge talks - Patrick Nugent Dancing with Niko Mendes at the Irish House Party performance in the theater Hannah Yantis When we rushed the field after beating Central at a football game. - Lauren Escobar All the memories made during musicals - Jason Kovalic A freshman came up to me this year and talked to me for a long time about how he looked up to me and how I was like a brother to him. It meant a lot to me and justified all of my hard work in the fine arts department. - Matt Des Biens All state with a Capella choir. - Michael Morones Winning Epic Race... Twice. - Allie Pottala The Band and Choir spring break trip down to Disney World. - Mitchell Sullens
Wolf Prints May 2015 | 23
Seniors You Should Know I hope to be remembered as the person who would always lend a helping hand when people needed someone most. – Jenna Martino
I’d like to be remembered as someone who is always open, positive, and friendly to anyone no matter who they are and how I’m happy I was able to try new things and make the most of my time at PR. – Brittany Palella
I’m most proud of how far I’ve come as a person and a student. I used to really not take anything seriously in school until my sophomore year came around. The teachers here truly inspired me to better myself every day. – Nick Miller
Being a part of the football team with all the amazing coaches and players that are in and have come the program. Playing football for PR has made these 4 years the best time of my life so far. – Chris Dolleton
24 | Prairie Ridge High School
I hope to branch out and meet as many new and diverse people as possible. I not only want to learn more and grow as an individual, but also get involved in projects that have a direct impact on society as a whole. – Grace Vivrett
Seniors You Should Know I am most proud of my academic accomplishments at PR because it shows how hard I worked while I was here. These accomplishments range from competitions like maybe speech team and IDEA to my actual grades. – Matt Koenig
The past four years I competed alongside the amazing people on the speech team. Whether we are competing in the same event or cheering for each other at an award ceremony, our team always cares for each other like a family. Because of this constant support, I have made friendships that I hope will last a lifetime. – Jimmy Bossemeyer
The lasting friendships that I made with my peers and even with some of my teachers. I will miss the time that I spent talking outside of class about life and things that we don’t discuss during class. – Darbi O’Connor
I am going to miss all the inspirational teachers along with all my peers. I will miss football games, homecoming, dress up days, and all the commons periods I spent laughing with friends instead of doing homework; all the things that made PR an unforgettable experience. – Erin ReCupido
One of my best memories of PR is senior leading an amazing group of Sophomore Honors English students with Mrs. Fuerholzer. Getting to watch the kids in that class grow was incredible and being part of that was one of the best things I ever did during high school. – Josie Anderson
Wolf Prints May 2015 | 25
Seniors You Should Know Something I look forward to next year is staying connected with my close friends. Even though we are splitting up around the country and even the world, I consider my friends to be family and I’m excited for us all to enter adulthood together. – Jared Priesz
I hope for a lot of things, actually. I hope I still stay conected to my family, I hope I make the Marching Illini, I hope I keep in touch with my friends. But most importantly, I hope I grow as a person and realize how big the world is, because there’s a lot out there that I can’t even begin to imagine. And I hope my sisters enjoy high school as much as I did. – Tatiana Schaffer
I can’t wait for move in day because I know that that is when I will, finally, feel the full weight of my future resting completely upon my shoulders. Because, from that point on, it’s kind of me versus the world. It will be my turn to make a difference, either on an everyday level or on a grand scale or, hopefully, both. And I can’t wait. – Michael Morones
During my time at PR I really tried to put myself out there and try new things. I was involved in a lot of different clubs and activities, and at times it was hard to juggle them all with academics too, but I never quit and I’m pretty proud of that. – Allie Pottala
26 | Prairie Ridge High School
My best memory is going to state for cross country my senior year. Even though I didn’t do very well it meant a lot to be there with all my teammates, friends, and family in the one day of the year when it feels cool to be a runner. – Mitch Kazin
Most Embarrassing Moments Watching a video of Drake kissing Madonna at Coachella during commons and Mr. Koeppen coming up behind me and trying to give me a letter of recommendation. - Gil Anozie Cracking my head open on a pool floor when we went to state for choir - Megan Effinger The time I fell out of my chair in Mrs. Buck’s class and hit my chin on my desk. Good times. - Brandon Tessman When as a freshman on the sophomore baseball team I was sent to search for the ‘’batters eye key” that did not exist. - Dustin Thelander Running the flag at the Dundee Crown football game in nothing but tights - Connor Zordan When I knocked the bell off of its holder while ringing it at the Homecoming football game. - Jack Berg Eating it on the first day of gym class my senior year. I got 6 stitches on my chin... - Lauren Erickson Mr. Pellikan recorded the school bell, and played it five minutes before the end of class to see who would fall for it...I did, and ended up walking down the hall, completely unaware of the joke. Yikes. - Emily Packer Forgetting half of my stuff at Disney World and Mr. B having to get it mailed back to me...Oops. - Shannon Gulgren Running into a garbage can in the hall, knocking it over, and apologizing to it cuz I thought it was another student....as a senior. - Rachel Johnson Getting completely lost on my first day at PR. I was personally escorted by Mr. Pellikan to my freshman English class 8 minutes late, where my giant freshman backpack ripped open and dumped its contents onto the floor. Karblom temporarily paused his first day speech to help me gather my plethora of school supplies. - Emma Porter Attempting to light a candle for the NHS induction ceremony, failing for a solid three minutes, and almost burning the stage down. - Haley Glenn Pronouncing “oxytocin” as “oxycontin” in Ms. Lashway’s English class Junior year. - Emma O’Brien When I accidentally rear ended Brady Olson on the way home from summer school... sorry about that, Brady. - Meg Gordon Celebrating an in-the-park ground ball freshman year. - Noah Mathes Splitting my football pants down the middle my freshman year - Nick Citrano Trying out for a solo for the first time my junior year. My voice was so crackly, and I was so nervous. It sounded awful. - Tiffany Zwicky When I got stuck in the creek freshman year. Special thanks to Miss Franco and Sam Reynolds for pulling me out of there! - Mitch Stengel Messing up escorting the Air Force Academy rep. at Honors Night two years ago. - Hannah Stiff Trying to kick the ceiling at freshman baseball - Jackson Marwitz The first day of Cross Country freshman year. I was young, inexperienced and there weren’t any bathrooms for miles. - Chris Berg Being the new kid - Matt Dougherty Homecoming Week Pajama Day, I was wearing a onesie. I got hot at lunch, so I tied the arms around my waist. I completely forgot I was wearing it. When I stood up to throw my lunch away the whole thing fell to the floor. I was standing up in the lunchroom basically naked. - Julia Hartman When I accidentally broke the air vent in the gym during eclipse ball - Matt Koenig Getting dunked on in front of a plethora of people and having it posted all over social media as well... - Ben Cilano Incorrectly spelling “Prairie Ridge” as “Praire Ridge” on the 2011 Homecoming Court T-Shirt Design, even though I went to Prairie Grove Elementary & Junior High and Prairie Ridge. - Shelby Steverson Ripping my pants in Honors Biology freshman year - Kevin Vedra Junior year Decades project when Nora O’Brien and I dressed up as Batman and Robin to represent the 60’s and we stayed in our costumes ALL day and people in school had no clue why we were dressed up. - Ellie Davila
When I was a wee freshman in a bio class full of sophomores I didn’t know, I was walking to my desk but I tripped over a backpack and fell right on my face Nora O’Brien Freshman basketball shooting on the wrong hoop and missing twice - Brent Anderson Accidentally lighting some of our necessary materials on fire with a Bunsen burner in Chemistry - Dean Jepsen When I broke the bed on stage during the live performance of “I Do?” - Elaine Bieschke Getting shot in the eye sophomore year with a high speed carrot at lunch - Maggie Borst You know when you’re walking down the hall and you miss the door you were supposed to go into and you keep walking so you don’t look weird. - Brian Butler Falling asleep in health class and people taking pictures of me. - Paige Onoyan Getting my dress completely stuck in the escalator on a professional business school field trip this year, freaking out, and yelling at everyone to press the emergency stop button - Julia Jackowski In gym freshman year I got hit in the nose with a frisbee and was bleeding everywhere. I was called nose girl for at least 2 weeks after that. - Holly Borst Giving a speech sophomore year I had the worst voice crack of my life - David Ferenc Not washing my hair for a few days and Mrs. Eschman asking me if I had just come from gym. - Natalie Favia Spilling chocolate milk on my pants and having to walk around in wet shorts until they dried - Mitchell Todd Opening a huge bag of dum-dums in the library and having them fly eveywhere - Peter Sokalski When everyone thought I didn’t wear pants the last day of sophomore year - DJ Lima Dancing with the Irish house Party - Patrick Nugent Exited stalls to find Mr. Jensen in the bathroom as well, realizing with horror he had heard the majority of our conversation - Jason Kovalic & Michael Morones
Seniors involved in the PRAC Variety show on May 13 gathered before school to practice the group dance. Their talent ranged from singing to juggling to even breakdancing! Wolf Prints May 2015 | 27
The Best Things about PR
Our fans at sporting events - Vikki Battaglia The school spirit! Football games were always a blast. - Riley Aggarwal Fan section at the home football games - Owen Ritsema The school spirit for football games - Halle Simons We have the best fan crowds for any sports - Genny Dierking The school spirit. - Emma O’Brien The amount of school spirit we have - Julia Jackowski The best thing about PR are the football games. They are such a blast because the crowd gets so excited. They are always on their feet cheering on the team, and it makes the games so much fun to attend. - Sarah Vinton The AC is nice in the warmer months. - Nick Czyzewicz The teachers and the environment in general. - Lexie Ruscheinski The friendly environment and the school spirit - Hannah Ferree The fact that Grace Vivrett and Jimmy Bossemeyer have both attended this school - Anthony Rodriguez There are so many opportunities for every person to find something they’re good at. - Summer Dietz The people- teachers, students, administration, janitors, lunchroom staff! We have a great community here at PR! - Mary Fuchs Football games, Saturday tennis tournaments, and my friends - Gil Anozie The Student Services staff - Jasminique Brooks The opportunities to have a customizable schedule - Megan Effinger Getting to know all different kinds of people and learning about their interests. Michael Novak Curved Hallways - Brandon Tessman The amazing faculty here, and the students who come out to support all of the sporting events. - Dustin Thelander How the teachers and faculty view us as equals and allow us to do fun things like running around in the halls with a speaker - Connor Zordan I would say the College and Career center. It helped me out so much with college decisions and scholarship search. Plus anyone who goes in there will most likely become your friend! - Myranda Falco A good portion of the staff is very friendly and positive every day as well as willing to help anyone who asks. - Kaileigh Rado The resources. There’s lots of help you can get for college, you can get involved in lots of sports and clubs, and you can stay in school and use the computers and other resources for pretty much as long as you want. - Ryan Kowalkowski The opportunities it gave prepared me well for college. - Jack Berg The positive atmosphere and the great student body - Sam Wheeland The amount of good looking people who go here - JD Patterson
28 | Prairie Ridge High School
Mrs. Penn - Lauren Erickson The teachers - Cassie Warton The teachers. I’ve never had so many teachers care so deeply about your learning and well-being. - Jenny Cantin The counselors: especially Mr. D and Mrs. Steiner. They helped me so much this year! - Emily Packer The teachers. They are so helpful and always go out of their way to help you if you need it. - Ali Karacia Most of the teachers are awesome, and we get a lot of opportunities - Alexis Brooks Graduation - Marc Schoenebeck Air conditioning in the summer - Jessica Caravello The teachers - Kacee Thompson Teachers - Elly Mann How understanding the teachers are - Katelyn Turskey The College and Career Center! It’s insanely helpful! - Shannon Gulgren Faculty and superfans! - Mary Houk The student body is amazing - Matthew O’Connor The chill teachers - Jami Proksa Mr. Jensen and all of his quotes - Rachel Johnson The teachers and the friends you make - Tanner Bounthasack The best thing about PR is the amazing faculty! All teachers are willing to help and it is really hard to fail. All my teachers would always offer their free periods and say they are open for anyone who needs help! I really liked this year how a lot of the students started coming together to form great super fans at all the activities! Keep that up!! - Arienne Weil The staff and classes - Steven Diklich Making memories. - Cassidy Reardon The opportunities and resources available to us - Alec Thune The Faculty. By far. - Abbie Keck The variety of people that you can meet. - Emma Porter The teachers; they truly care about their students. - Haley Glenn The amazing staff that really does care about us. - Megan Orr The people. Before I came to Prairie Ridge I didn’t know that people could be so nice. - Meg Gordon The faculty. - Noah Mathes The staff and the school spirit - Jada Berkland The staff!!!! - Riley Corcoran The staff. They are very welcoming and helpful with questions and problems you have. - Krysta Doroba The theater department and the amazing teachers PR has - Josie Anderson The melting pot of people and personalities - Frederick Roediger Cookies - Nick Citrano Open Wifi - Tiffany Zwicky Football games - Morgan Oberbroeckling It’s only 4 years. - Samantha Chapnick The moments of camaraderie between students at certain times - Alicia Komes There’s many things you can do. Get involved. - Ryan Hickey It has a warm comfortable environment with a community full of generally friendly and skilled teachers and students. I’ve never been the one that looked forward to going to school but as I see it now, it’s one of the best things I can do in a normal given day. - Riley Tonkin How the teachers care about you and get to know you and help you when you’re struggling - Natalie Pergler I feel so lucky to have had the privilege of being taught by the teachers here, and I truly feel that they gave me the best high school education I could have received. And to the students, freshman to senior, I’m so grateful to have known you all and to have grown up with you over the years. You all have truly helped me grow into the person I am and that is more than I can sufficiently thank you for. - John Lardino
The Best Things about PR Hands down the faculty and teachers. I will miss my teachers more than most of the students - Elizabeth Evan How accepting everyone is. You can be who you are and love who you love and do what you do, and someone will be there to have your back. How flippen’ awesome is that? - Mitch Stengel When the bell rings at the end of the day - Ewa Robak There is something for everyone - Hannah Stiff The dedication of the teachers, and how open they are to anything we as students have to tell them. - Aaditya Rawal The staff that’s always willing to help you out - Kirsten Barton The new water filter that they installed on the main level; it’s so efficient. - Ashley Malkinski Puppy chow, freshman and sophomore year. - Kelly Statter Nothing. - Alex Lewandowski The new water bottle filler - Ashtynn Trauth Teachers - Jackson Marwitz The fine arts department’s fantastic plays and musicals in the past 4 years Chris Berg The Gay Straight Alliance - at least you guys did something right. - Casey Thorpe The teachers - Julia Hartman The teachers - Lanie Briggs The best thing about PR was the cookies freshman and sophomore years. Matt Koenig The people. Tons of teachers who care and great kids to be around - Ben Cilano The teachers, coaches, and faculty - Shelby Steverson The Fine Arts department - Rami Halabi Mrs. Boddy! - Anne Schulz The TEACHERS!!! Every teacher in PR is amazing! They all will go above and beyond to help you. They are all really caring! - Jess Bartucci Late start Mondays - Kevin Vedra All the great teachers and staff!!!! All of my teachers are so intelligent, hardworking, and also really care about helping all their students do well. - Ellie Davila The teachers - Megan Shaver The puppy chow freshman year - Monica Kennedy The students and teachers that make up our school community - Tyler Nikolich Gym volleyball, the school spirit especially during football games, and of course the teachers - Erin ReCupido The teachers - Connor McDowell Cocoa and Cram - Mitch Kazin Faculty and Teachers because they all really care about your achievements and helping you do your best in class and preparing for the future. - Kaylin Moreland Friday night lights - Brent Anderson The wonderful environment created by a faculty that cares so much about us. They provide opportunities to persevere through any failure and achieve our goals. - Jimmy Bossemeyer We can go out to lunch. Chipotle everyday<3 - Arielis Reyes How it encourages students of all interests, whether you’re sporty, academic, or artistic. - Niko Mendes The teachers and atmosphere. Nothing is better than a fun teacher in a fun class. - Connor Newman The welcoming teachers, and the massive amount of opportunities available to you. - Dean Jepsen The amount of extracurricular activities they offer - Elaine Bieschke The staff and the teachers. Especially Jim the Janitor, Vic, Diego, and Mrs. Steiner. - Maggie Borst The laid back feel of the school as a whole. - Brian Butler The teachers - Paige Onoyan
The young relatable and caring faculty members, also that it is so easy to be involved and get to know your classmates in and out of class. - Jenny Lindahl The teachers. PR has the best teachers I have ever met in my life. They actually care about their students and are always willing to help. - Dillon Ott The amazing support teachers have here! - Holly Borst My friends and the supportive teachers - Samantha Romagnano The Teachers! They are so supportive and they care about you as a person; they don’t see you just as a student. - Deanna Grelecki An opportunity for a good education and commitment to sports - David Ferenc Those teachers who can connect and reach you beyond spewing content at you. Also all the activities/opportunities they offer-very hard to pass up. - Natalie Favia The teachers! They are so dedicated to the students. They made high school a breeze. - Mitchell Todd The art program - Sarah Niksa The teachers. Seriously, they do so much for all of their students - Helen Kessler The teachers! They are all really helpful and some are pretty funny - Danielle Wallner The new couches in the library - Nick Hoklas New couches in the library - Peter Sokalski The best thing about PR is the football program. - Dan Brainerd The teachers - Grace Vivrett How accepting it is - Reanna Khimani How accepting everyone is - DJ Lima Is our Fine Arts Deparment - Patrick Nugent We have pretty solid teachers who genuinely care about us - Tatum Rea That even through the material can get hard, we have a really well-rounded curriculum. - Hannah Yantis Vic the janitor - Lauren Escobar The faculty really cares about the students and their future. You can see that in their actions. - Jason Kovalic The faculty and staff are some of the most amazing people and teachers in the country and are too undervalued. They put up with the sass and back talk from a bunch of privileged kids and still love their jobs. - Matt Des Biens The theater department. The teachers. The opportunities. - Michael Morones The school dances! - Allie Pottala
The people. It might be a bit of a simplistic answer, but it is true. - Mitchell Sullens
@RidgeSuperfans Sam Wheeland, Chris Slack, and Brett Stevens pose for a picture at the Dundee-Crown football game September 19, 2014 - #PRWolves beat Dundee-Crown 41-7
Wolf Prints May 2015 | 29
Fifteen Years From Now An officer in the army - Nick Czyzewicz Successful in my career field, living in a cute house, married with kids - Lexie Ruscheinski Living in a big house - Vikki Battaglia Married, with kids, and teaching. Living on a beach - Hannah Ferree As funny as Khloé Kardashian - Anthony Rodriguez Happy with my life and my choices! - Summer Dietz Living in a big city, doing public relations for the NFL/professional sports team Mary Fuchs Working as an engineer and playing more tennis! - Gil Anozie Married with five children, a software engineer - Megan Effinger Traveling the world or living in a different country (preferably Africa) while teaching English to kids. Hopefully no kids of my own, financially stable, and living a life full of crazy adventures! - Riley Aggarwal Have a nice steady job at a German/American company and help manage projects to help the environment. Also hopefully starting a family too. - Michael Novak Eating - Brandon Tessman A hedge fund operator, making so much money I won’t know what to do with it. - Dustin Thelander A Professional hitch hiker in North Korea or a dictator of a small country - Connor Zordan An Architectural Engineer hopefully living in California! Fingers Crossed! Myranda Falco Not paying off student loans - Ryan Kowalkowski In a hot tub, soaking it up with soulmate. But really. Employed, loving what I do, and enjoying time with those close to me. - Jack Berg Working on Wall St. with a 200 foot yacht in my private port - Sam Wheeland Not really sure. Going into the military, I will not know what I want to do until my first four years are up. Then I can re-enlist or go to school. - Owen Ritsema Married with young children, living in an upscale suburban neighborhood - JD Patterson Happy with my family and my job of a social worker. - Lauren Erickson Working as a speech therapist, helping kids and getting married (at some point). - Jenny Cantin A physics teacher or professor...and maybe an author. Who knows! - Emily Packer A successful veterinarian completing all my goals in life with a family of my own - Halle Simons Graduated from college working in a field that I love with a big family and lots of dogs - Ali Karacia A wealthy civil engineer in the Pacific Northwest - Jessica Caravello Working overseas for the government - Kacee Thompson Living in Europe, biomedical engineer - Elly Mann A forensic analyst for the FBI - Genny Dierking Married with kids - Katelyn Turskey A librarian! - Shannon Gulgren A Spanish teacher or school counselor - Mary Houk On a 200 ft yacht off the coast of Monaco drinking champagne with the Playboy girls and my own private chef cooking up some steak for me - Matthew O’Connor Happy - Rachel Johnson Dunking on kids - Tanner Bounthasack Working at Walt Disney World - Cassie Koch Be an elementary teacher pursing my dream to help children with education and life lessons! Hopefully have a family by then too - Arienne Weil An eccentric billionaire or engineer, whichever comes first - Steven Diklich In either California or London - Cassidy Reardon
30 | Prairie Ridge High School
“What’s past is prologue.”
Brett Maier is just one of several seniors who would like to pursue teaching. He is pictured here with his favorite teacher Mr. Terhaar “who has inspired me to pursue teaching as a profession and have a great interest in history.” A successful chiropractor with a happy, healthy family - Alec Thune I hope to be a high school math teacher, maybe even back at PR! - Abbie Keck Married to some hottie that I met while studying abroad…fluent in Spanish and a successful Speech Language Pathologist. - Emma Porter Helping anyone I can, anywhere I can. - Haley Glenn Living a happy life, with a good job and Zac Efron as my husband - Emma O’Brien Living in a world where basic human rights are not privileges - Joan Alcazar Out of school with a job I love to do - Megan Orr A nurse with at least one Italian greyhound. - Meg Gordon Happy - Noah Mathes An engineer with a big family living in North Carolina - Jada Berkland Doing something that I love - Riley Corcoran Making money and have a job I love with a family - Brett Stevens Running more - Scott Hearne Living happily with my husband and kids and having a successful career - Gabrielle Perruzzi Serving people and improving as many lives as possible - Tatiana Schaffer Livin big - Shannon Freund A successful occupational therapist who has a family. - Krysta Doroba A pediatric doctor, married with kids. - Josie Anderson A king - Nick Citrano Married, have children, and be a first or second grade teacher in the area hopefully! - Tiffany Zwicky Rich with a hot husband - Morgan Oberbroeckling Married to a NFL player - Samantha Chapnick Starring in Fast and Furious 24: One Last Ride - John DiCecco Published and continuing the things I love to do: writing and singing - Alicia Komes Working for the Chicago Blackhawks and married to Ariana Grande - Ryan Hickey Making six figures in a job I love - Riley Tonkin Having a career that makes me happy - Natalie Pergler
Fifteen Years From Now
An astrophysics Ph.D. researching dark matter distribution as well as its composition, or maybe doing radio astronomy research at the Atacama Large Millimeter Array in Chile - John Lardino Traveling and teaching English in the district - Elizabeth Evan Remembered for being an amazing person who cared about everyone and left a lasting impact! - Mitch Stengel Settled down with an amazing husband - Ewa Robak Happily combining my love of art and film into an epic career at Pixar studios! Hannah Stiff Finally starting my job as a researcher and physician - Aaditya Rawal Criminal justice, or occupational therapy - Kirsten Barton A successful forensic criminalist with a super great husband and some really cute kids - Ashley Malkinski Playing my music on stage in front of thousands of screaming fans who are there to see me and my brothers do what we love. There’s no better feeling than an instrument in your hands and your fingers strumming the chords of your heart. It’s a different reality on stage. None of your problems, your grief, stress, anxiety, depression, or anger exist on stage. Suddenly you don’t feel worthless. You’re not out of place anymore. - Alex Lewandowski A doctor - Ashtynn Trauth President - Jackson Marwitz A dad - Chris Berg Out of this state, married, having a family - Casey Thorpe Far away from here - Matt Dougherty Hopefully an elementary teacher! Hopefully I’m married with kids by then too! Julia Hartman Happy and content with my life - Lanie Briggs Working as either a mechanical or civil engineer - Matt Koenig Performing research as a successful neuroscientist or psychiatrist - Shelby Steverson Teaching in a classroom with either elementary kids or high school kids teaching math! - Jess Bartucci
Working as a Financial Analyst in Seattle - Kevin Vedra Graduated from college with hopefully a degree in actuarial science or math. I also hope to be working, settled down, and possibly married. - Ellie Davila Married, a family and my dream job - Megan Shaver In a successful career and enjoying life - Tyler Nikolich Working at a major company or in Europe - Lucas Neiweem Successful doing a job that I love. And living in a house by the beach. That would be pretty cool too. - Erin ReCupido Flying planes - Connor McDowell In college getting huge - Mitch Kazin An elementary teacher! - Kaylin Moreland Happily living in or around a city with a secure job and maybe planning to start a family - Jimmy Bossemeyer Happy - Arielis Reyes Living in space (Make it happen, people.) - Niko Mendes The head of an IT company and living life to the fullest - Connor Newman Working at a law firm in Chicago, married, and with a family! - Dean Jepsen A small animal veterinarian - Erin Wing Working in the film industry as a writer, director, or music producer - Elaine Bieschke Making money and proving you all wrong - Brian Butler Happy and successful - Paige Onoyan Employed somewhere and starting a family (original, right?) - Jenny Lindahl Happily married, starting a family, and teaching history in a school district I really like - Dillon Ott Married, with kids, and making bank as a financial manager - Julia Jackowski An occupational therapist in Green Bay - Holly Borst Doing stuff I love with people I respect. Plus I hope to have like a hover board or something. That’d be cool. - Nick Miller I hope to be a nurse in a hospital helping children and have a family of my own! - Samantha Romagnano Someone who has followed her passions and is living life to the fullest! - Deanna Grelecki Working and making a lot of money at a job where I can be happy everyday David Ferenc Working for the FBI or Secret Service as an agent - Natalie Favia Somewhere fun doing big things. No one really knows what the future has in store for us that far down the road. - Mitchell Todd Happy and successful with a family - Shannon Patinella Traveling the world through Doctors Without Borders and happily married Helen Kessler Not still in student loan debt - Danielle Wallner Successful - Nick Hoklas A trophy husband - Peter Sokalski An Army officer - Dan Brainerd A mom - Reanna Khimani Financially stable with a good career and have a family - DJ Lima A video game designer - Patrick Nugent Making bank - Hannah Yantis World renowned tattoo artist or graphic designer - Lauren Escobar Creating music that I love and sharing it with people everywhere - Jason Kovalic Teaching or creating something to better humanity - Matt Des Biens A genius playboy billionaire philanthropist, aka iron man. - Michael Morones $$$$$$$ - Allie Pottala
Wolf Prints May 2015 | 31
Next Year Find Us ... Augustana College Josie Anderson Matt Des Biens Rami Halabi Matthew Kuechenberg
Bradley University Nicole Baran Ben Cilano Hannah Stiff
Brigham Young University DJ Lima Dustin Thelander Mason Patten
Carroll University Dakota Pesol Victoria Underwood
Illinois State University Maggie Borst Lanie Briggs Elizabeth Evan Shannon Freund Meg Gordon Ryan Hickey Mary Houk Nick Miller Brett Maier Kaylin Moreland Mitch Stengel Arienne Weil
Indiana University Luke Feetterer Julia Jackowski Landis Mast Shannon Patinella Connor Zordan
Iowa State
Chris Berg Riley Corcoran Genny Dierking Scott Hearne Mitch Kazin Lucas Neiweem Joshua Reichert Lexie Ruscheinski
Marquette University Riley Dowdle Emma O’Brien Linda Pozen Ewa Robak Samantha Romagnano
Missouri University of Science and Technology Henry Blake Jessica Caravello
Northern Illinois University Julia Hartman Kevin Legare Sarah Niksa Michael Novak Emily Packer Keyon Pitcher Zachary Serritella Hannah Yantis
Northern Michigan University Michael Linder Matthew O’Connor
Purdue
Halie Iavarone Matt Koenig
SIU Carbondale Kirsten Barton Ryan Kowalkowski Connor McDowell Margaret Morgan Michael Morones
Truman State University Kelsey Collings Veronica Jewell
University of Illinois Jimmy Bossemeyer Jonathon Byers David Ferenc Monica Kennedy John Lardino Noah Mathes Niko Mendes Brittney McHugh Tyler Nikolich Anne Schulz Tatiana Schaffer Peter Sokalski Edward Zdunek
University of Iowa Ellie Davila John DiCecco Thania Garcia Jackson Marwitz Brittany Palella JD Patterson Gabrielle Perruzzi Emma Porter Frederick Roediger Sarah Rohloff Andie Shine
32 | Prairie Ridge High School
University of Alabama Steven Diklich Katy Fritz Rachel Johnson Elly Mann Jared Priesz
University of Chicago Helen Kessler Natalie Kessler Aaditya Rawal
University of Kansas Myranda Falco Shannon Gulgren
University of Kentucky Ashley Crandall Kevin Vedra
University of Minnesota - Duluth Megan Effinger Harry Kinowski
University of Minnesota Paige Onoyan Alec Thune Ashtynn Trauth
University of Missouri Morgan Oberbroeckling Arielis Reyes Marc Schoenebeck Kelly Statter Sarah Vinton Sam Wheeland
University of Wisconsin - Madison Jada Berkland Dan Brainerd Cassie Warton Erin Wing
Winona State University Nora O’Brien Halle Simons
MCC
Cassie Koch Lauren Escobar Jess Bartucci Holly Borst Summer Dietz Anthony Rodriguez Erin ReCupido Natalie Pergler Riley Tonkin Tanner Bounthasack
Alverno - Samantha Chapnick Anderson University in South Carolina - Tatum Rea Auburn University - Jami Proksa Azusa Pacific University - Riley Aggarwal Ball State University - Mary Fuchs Boston University - Danielle Wallner Cardinal Stritch University - Katelyn Turskey Carnegie Mellon University - Nicholas Peterson Carthage College - Natalie Favia Cedarville University - Megan Orr College of Lake County - Gil Anozie Columbia College Chicago - Alicia Komes DePaul University - Hannah Ferree Drake University - Mitchell Todd Florida Gulf Coast University - Paige Carroll Florida Institute of Technology - Claire Kessler Florida Southern College - Abbie Keck Indiana State University - Jenny Cantin Indiana Tech - Aubree Eggers Indiana Wesleyan - Lauren Dierker Kalamazoo College - Arianna Raemont Knox College in Galesburg - Mitchell Sullens Lake Forest College - Dean Jepsen Lincoln College - Jasminique Brooks Loyola Marymount University - Reanna Khimani Loyola University Chicago - Ashley Malkinski Luther College - Deanna Grelecki Miami University-Ohio - Jenny Lindahl Milwaukee School of Engineering - Matthew Mohapp New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology - Matt Dougherty North Central College - Jessica Hillman Northeastern University in Boston - Haley Glenn Northwestern University - Allie Pottala Ohio University - Adia McLin Ohio State University - Chloe LaRosa Palm Beach Atlantic University - Betsy Nikodem Ripon College - Brent Anderson Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania - Dillon Ott Spring Arbor University - Alex Mowthorpe St. John’s University - Cassidy Reardon University of Arizona - Michael Barnes University of California, Berkeley - Grace Vivrett University of California, San Diego - Mikaela McNally University of Colorado in Boulder - Jack Berg University of Evansville - Magda Sokalski University of Illinois at Chicago - Joan Alcazar University of Findlay - Ali Karacia University of Louisiana at Lafayette - Vikki Battaglia University of Michigan - Ann Arbor - Shelby Steverson University of Rhode Island - Casey Thorpe University of St. Thomas - Jason Kovalic University of Wisconsin La Crosse - Krysta Doroba University of Wisconsin Milwaukee - Elaine Bieschke University of Wisconsin Platteville - Nick Hoklas University of Wisconsin Stout - Connor Newman University of Wisconsin Whitewater - Lauren Erickson Western Illinois University - Megan Shaver Xavier University - Kacee Thompson
And Thank You for Serving ...
Michael Brachmann - United States Coast Guard Academy Dan Brainerd - Army ROTC Nick Czyzewicz - Army Reserves Patrick Nugent - U.S. National Guard Owen Ritsema - United States Army Brett Stevens - Marines