May 2019 Senior Edition
OUR SENIOR EDITORS Read about the seniors who make the Messenger possible! | page 2
FUTURE PLANS What will the last class of 1025 N 2nd Street do now? | page 3
SENIOR SURVEYS Advice, Plans, and Memories | page 4
May 2019 Senior Edition A YEAR IN REVIEW OCTOBER 2018
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR The month of May has brought sun, rain and wind; a few 60 degree days, but mostly the brisk, invigorating chill of 30 degrees. No matter what the weather, time continues to go on, and so do the emotions. Students are sad their time as a SM Saint is dwindling but are eager for the promises of the future. As the year comes to a close, so does our time at 1025 N 2nd street. Not only will this be the last publication with me as the editor, but it will also be the last Messenger distributed at 1025 N 2nd street. The Messenger staff has worked hard all year to bring our readers material they will enjoy. In this final issue, the class of 2019 looks back on their high school years and offers their advice to the underclassmen who are starting their adventures at the new school. Thank you to all our readers, and best of luck to our seniors as they leave 1025 N 2nd street to start their future adventures.
OUR MISSION
First issue! Students reminisce about their eventful summer. The tragic loss of our previous Messenger editors hit us hard. Nonetheless, the fall of 2018 brought new beginings and priests.
DECEMBER 2018 Winter begins and the spirit of Christmas fills us! The fall play, Little Women, was put on in the start of December.
Kathryn Goettle Editor-in-Chief
Here at Messenger, we love to see the groups of people huddled around our paper, the proud smile when students read articles about themselves, and the slight laughs as students make fun of our bad attempts at jokes. Our mission at the Messenger is to produce a quality newsletter that provides insight into SMCHS by featuring our own students and their accomplishments and goals. So, before you go sitting in the newest road construction, grab a copy of the Messenger and flip through its pages!
FEBRUARY 2019 In the March for Life this year, St. Mary’s was at the front. We also brought home the Know Your Faith state trophy!
OUR EDITORS KATHRYN GOETTLE Editor-in-Chief
JULIA JARAMILLO Layout Editor
GRACE VOLK Feature Editor
MEGHA BHARADWAJ Opinion Editor
ANNA BRAUN Entertainment Editor
ALLISON BRAUN Opinion Editor
HANNAH GARDNER Entertainment Editor
KENDALL TIBOR Religion Editor
ALYSSA RUD Photography
ANDERSON HAGEROTT Sports Editor
OUR WRITERS Ryan Brown Darian Coghlan Rachel Rusch
Allyson Treiber Sydnie Welch Maria Fleck
Jeffrey Savadel Jacob Schepp Jacek Dojs
MARCH 2019 A bit of background on the Nathional Guard whose ad is on every Messenger. On the front, is Fr. Bouck reminding us to make room for Jesus in our lives.
APRIL 2019 The last regular Messenger at 1025 N Second Street! We reconnect with an old friend (it’s Mr. Vetter) and the Speech Team gets second place at state!
OUR SENIOR EDITORS KATHRYN GOETTLE | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
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athryn Goettle was born on August 19th, 2000 and before long was determined to become an ardent reader and writer. Not only was she well on her way to becoming Editor-in-Chief of the St. Mary’s Messenger, but she was also preparing herself to become an avid Baker. From the moment she ate an entire chocolate cake by herself at 9 months old, Kathryn has loved baking and trying new desserts. In order to burn the calories from all her sugar, Kathryn does not allow herself to sit still, but stays active in all her extra curricular activities. Being captain of the speech team, playing varsity soccer, blowing through a trombone in wind orchestra and jazz band, advocating for faith and life in Leo Lions, Vera Forma, Saints for Life, and Assistant chaplains are just a few of the ways she stays moving. She is not quite sure how she will shed the sugar in college, but is currently planning on pursuing degrees in both psychology and exercise science at the University of Mary.
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GRACE VOLK | FEATURE EDITOR
hey thought the world was going to end at the turn of the century, but then Grace was born on August 28, 2000. She instantly took to sports, waiting to be old enough to play in traveling basketball. But then she changed her mind. She instantly took to violin and guitar-wait, not that either. As she grew up, Grace delved into many different activities and career choices including medicine, politics, and lately writing. However, whatever wild idea Grace gets, she perfects and makes it beautiful. So, as she has now decided what she wants to go into as a career, (for now anyway-something to do with writing but plans change). It is safe to say Grace does everything with purpose and passion, and we’ll have to stay tuned to what’s to come with her.
ANDERSON HAGEROTT | SPORTS EDITOR
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nderson Hagerott was born on a cold December evening in 1999. The first thing you should know about him is he is a huge nerd, but not in any of the cool ways. He loves movies and is a big history buff. His favorite show is Star Trek, and his favorite movie is We Were Soldiers with Gettysburg as a close second. It’s often been said that sarcasm is his native language, and he loves to talk about history and movies. He has been part of the Messenger for three years and the sports editor for two. He is a private second class in the North Dakota Army National Guard. He will be going to Fort Leonard Wood Missouri for six months following graduation to become a licensed military police officer. He plans on going to NDSU starting in January to get a degree in criminal justice and a commission as an officer in the United States Army through their ROTC program (Reserve Officer Training Corp). Outside of school, Anderson enjoys hunting, hiking, and watching movies.
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WHERE ARE THEY GOING? BISMARCK STATE COLLEGE, ND
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA, ND
Andrea Turner Cole Ellison Colton Scheetz Dalton Welle Eliot Barney
Ben Ryberg
Ethan Tanous Hunter Horner Jake Pfleger Jolee Condol Kaylee Berger
Kellie Burns Mckenzie Johnson Taylor Schmitt
Conner Feist Dayna Wanner Elizabeth Frohlich Emily Splonskowski Gabby Easton Jack Zander
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Erynn Dunnigan Grace Volk Jana Hutzenbiler JD Churchill Jeff Waletzko Kathryn Goettle Katie Schnaible
Mary Tschosik
Kolden Lokken
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY, MT Caitlin Moen
Jacob Schepp Madisyn Rusch Michael Leidenix Noah Weber Zachary Cave
Charles Reichert
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, MN Brandon Prichard
Dan Balcom Holten Bradley
Mason Spies
MOORHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY, MN
UNIVERSITY OF MARY, ND Alex Schaefbauer Alli Schumacher Ben Schmidt Braden Benz Brooke Mueller Cole Waletzko Ella Konieczka
Evan Leingang
VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY, ND
NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, ND Alex Schon Anders Larson Anderson Hagerott Andrew Nagel Brooke Heidrich Cole Grossman
Emily Glass
Jayce Hoesel Kathryn Goettle Katie Schnaible Kelli Vetter Kinley Bosch Madonna Richter Maria Fleck Marriann Senftner
Matt Scott Mercedes Flores Rachel Neff Samantha Heen Taylor Gerving
AVEDA INSTITUTE, MN Brooke Aberle
NATIONAL GUARD Alex Schaefbauer
Anderson Hagerott
ST. CLOUD UNIVERSITY, MN
CONCORDIA COLLEGE, MN
WORKFORCE
Connor Russell
Kylie Haas
Collin Schmitz
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, AZ
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, HI
Chris Voutsas
Michael Mirzai
MOUNT MERCY UNIVERSITY, IA
UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS, MN
Clayton Reid
Darian Coghlan
ESTEVAN BRUINS, CANADA
UNITED TRIBES TECHNICAL COLLEGE, ND
Dain Sardelli
James Hulm
FAVORITE CLASS AND WHY? Brooke Heidrich | “AP Biology, JLoom. Gym, Ferrie.”
Taylor Gerving | “Marriage and Family. It made me aware of what a healthy marriage is.”
Cole Ellison | “Gym because of 3-court and Mr. Ferrie.”
Dalton Welle | “Art, the artistic freedom of the class.”
Emily Glass | “College American Government with Mrs. Schuele and English 10 with Mrs. Huff because these teachers taught and challenged me to become a better student.”
Charles Reichert | “AP English 11 with Mr. Vetter. Spraying large amounts of Febreze, the Snow Dance, Jiminy Christmas, and Mr. Corncob.”
Clayton Reid | “Gym with the one and only Russ Ferrie. Who doesn’t like getting kicked out for hitting the ball over a girl?”
Mckenzie Johnson | “English 10 because Mrs. Huff was a very good teacher and I enjoyed her stories.”
Mary Tschosik | “English 10 because of Mrs. Huff and learning a lot in that class.”
Dain Sardelli | “Gym, Ferrie is the Goat.”
Collin Schmitz | “Economics because Mr. Richter was the bomb.com and I liked it because it was interesting.” 4
Ben Ryberg | “Don’t forget to sleep.”
Kylie Haas | “It’s all about effort and attitude. You can’t always control the external circumstances, but you can decide to be optimistic and hard-working.”
Eliot Barney | “Don’t carry everything around with you.”
DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE FOR FRESHMAN?
Samantha Heen | “Welcome to St. Mary’s! These next four years will go by very fast so cherish them and all the amazing opportunities you will be given. The chapel is for you! Make sure to visit Jesus daily. It will make a difference!”
Kolden Lokken | “Play 3-court.”
Caitlin Moen | “Don’t get completely stressed out about everything, it all works out in the end.
Matt Scot | “Take the classes you want to take.”
Katie Schnaible | “Be invovled and build relationships with your teachers.”
Mason Spies | “Enjoy it, it doesn’t last forever.”
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Kellie Burns | “Respect the upperclassmen”
Taylor Schmitt | “Have fun, but get your homework done.”
Noah Weber | “Managing an engineering firm where I can design and develop better wind and solar energy sources.”
WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING IN TEN YEARS?
Ben Schmidt | “Teaching and coaching at SMCHS.” Connor Russell | “Running a multi-billion-dollar real estate agency.”
Brooke Mueller | “Hopefully loving life and owning at least 30 dogs, give or take.”
Emily Splonskowski | “Vacationing in Bora Bora.”
Kinley Bosch | “Happily married with a baby or two, at least two dogs, living in a cozy home, and probably blogging.”
Grace Volk | “Traveling city to city, country to country and practicing law or writing.”
Braden Benz | “Owning my family’s business.” Ella Konieczka | “Teaching at an elementary school.”
Brandon Prichard | “Hopefully done with law school. Probably ranting about politics.”
James Hulm | “Working at Bruno’s.” 6
Dayna Wanner | “I will miss the day to day interactions with our chaplain.”
Kelli Vetter | “I will miss how St. Mary’s feels like a home and how the people here are a family.”
WHAT WILL YOU MISS MOST ABOUT ST. MARY’S?
Andrea Turner | “Jeanne doing announcements.”
Holten Bradley | “1025 N 2nd St.” Dan Balcom | “Choir”
Madisyn Rusch | “Catholic Schools Week.” Andrew Nagel | “Mr. Ferrie kicking me out of 3-court.”
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Anders Larson | “3-court with Mr. Ferrie.”
Cole Waletzko | “3-court and Father’s class.”
Kaylee Berger | “I will miss the family feel and all the memories that I have made. I will also miss all the great teachers that are at SMCHS.”
Mercedes Flores | “The way it incorporates faith into every day.”
Jeff Waletzko | “Trying to find a parking spot every morning.”
Colton Scheetz | “Being known as ‘The Shark.’”
Erynn Dunnigan | “Meeting Gianna Emanuela Molla because she’s the daughter of a Saint! Also the March for Life!”
Jacob Schepp | “The trip to St. Paul Senior year to visit the seminary.”
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE HIGH SCHOOL MEMORY?
Alex Schaefbauer | “Winning state Know Your Faith at Shanley; team: Samantha Heen, Michael Leidenix, Alex Schaefbauer.”
Michael Mirzai | “Assistant chaplains retreat at Red Willow Bible Camp.”
Jake Pfleger | “Freshman year Jazz band we would sit in the teacher’s office and talk.”
Jayce Hoesel | “Freshman year ROCK when someone won a live chicken.” Anderson Hagerott | “My first March for Life.”
Madonna Richter | “Punching through the black sheet of paper when we hosted the State Know Your Faith competition sophomore year, 2017.”
Gabby Easton | “Winning state Golf my sophomore year.”
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Alex Schon | “I messed up on a three-word sentence once.”
Cole Grossman | “Falling backwards off a high rise while practicing in a band rehearsal playing the Euphonium.”
MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT IN HIGH SCHOOL?
Chris Voutsas | “When I was a freshman we were in the bus driving back to the school for gym class, I was holding the volleyball and I yelled “Kobe!” and then I shot it and it bounced off of Colton Scheetz’s head and went flying out of the bus.”
Marriann Senftner | “I accidentally threw my retainer away at lunch freshman year and I was freaking out so I went looking for it in the trash while the seniors sitting at the table by the garbage wouldn’t stop laughing at me and judging me.” Jana Hutzenbiler | “Highschool.”
JD Churchill | “Setting a pop tart ablaze in the microwave.” 9
Zachary Cave | “Passing out during the stations of the cross.”
Jack Zander | “Getting yelled at for stealing the Homecoming Tiara.”
Hunter Horner | “Everything.”
Michael Leidenix | “Ripping my pants playing 3-court.”
Kathryn Goettle | “Freshman year during a Jazz band concert I swung my trombone and the slide smacked Ben Schmidt in the back of the head.”
ADVICE TO NEXT YEAR’S SENIORS? Brooke Aberle | “Just breath, it will all work out.”
Elizabeth Frohlich | “Lol, good luck!”
Darian Coghlan | “I highly recommend breaking your foot, getting one of those cool scooters, and letting your classmates/teachers borrow it. It’s a great way to make friends.” Conner Feist | “Respect yourselves by being respectable leaders.”
Ethan Tanous | “Enjoy your time here, it goes by fast.”
Jolee Condol | “It’s your last chance to try new things. Go for it!”
Alli Schumacher | “Never forget 1025 N 2nd Street Bismarck, North Dakota 58501.”
Evan Leingang | “Don’t get lazy, finish strong. The senior slide is a choice; be a good role model for the kiddos in the grades below.”
Maria Fleck| “Go to every event you can. Make the most of your last high school year.” Rachel Neff | “Enjoy your last year and go to every school event possible.”
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