May 2021 (Senior Edition)

May 2021 Senior Edition

Where are They Going?

Learn everyone’s after high school plans! | page 3

Class Polls Some quick opinions from the Seniors | page 5

Senior Questions Read some memories, words of wisdom, and predictions | page 6

St. Mary’s Central High School | 5802 Ridgeland Dr. Bismarck, ND 58503

May 2021 A YEAR IN REVIEW October November/December

LETTER FROM THE LAYOUT EDITOR Dear Reader,

T

his is the last letter from the editor I Will be able to write as the editor-in-chief of this newspaper. It has been an honor and a privilege to work with such an amazing and dedicated writing and photography staff and I’ve learned so much over my years by being a part of this dedicated team. More than anything, I love hearing about the accomplishments and interests of our student body and I am so thankful for everybody who has helped me along the way. I hope you enjoy this last edition of the SM Messenger for this year, And to all my fellow seniors, I can’t Wait to see where You all end up going. Once again, thank you and I hope you enjoy this special senior edition of the SM Messenger

January/February March/April

Megha Bharadwaj Editor-in-Chief

OUR EDITORS

OUR MISSION

MEGHA BHARADWAJ Editor-in-Chief

JULIA JARAMILLO Layout Editor

JACEK DOJS Feature Editor

MEG HEPPER Entertainment Editor Opinion Editor

ALYSSA FORTNEY Entertainment Editor Opinion Editor

SORAIDA PICHARDO Religion Editor

Eva Rykowsky Lilyanne Haag Margaret Kathol Eva Krebsbach Julianna Lengowski Ruby Tolstad Maja Dojs Fiona Kelly

CONTACT US LAYOUT EDITORS

Jordan Jacobson Hannah Koch Clare Tamisiea Joseph Schweitzer Naomi Schuh Rory Milbradt Bella Sletteland

ON THE COVER Congrats to the Class of 2021!

Photo by Julia Jaramillo

TEAGAN BAUER Activities Editor

OUR WRITERS

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.

Maja Dojs Bella Sletteland

Instagram: SMMessenger Email: smmessenger@locstudents.org

READ IT ONLINE https://issuu.com/smmessenger

SENIOR EDITOR BIOS JULIA JARAMILLO | LAYOUT EDITOR Long ago, the Messenger staff lived in harmony. Then, everything changed when the class of 2018 graduated. Only Anthony, master of InDesign, could actually do the layout, but when the Messenger needed him most, he vanished. A summer passed and Mrs. Stromme and Megha found a new layout editor, a socially anxious Filipino girl named Julia. And although her artistic abilities were “great”, she had a lot to learn before she could actually do anything. But Mrs. Stromme and Megha believed Julia could save the Messenger.

MEGHA BHARADWAJ | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Mega has had a passion for writing ever since she was old enough to hold a pencil.

She’s been a part of the messenger staff since she was a freshman and can’t believe her journey is already over. Her passion for writing comes from her desire to share her opinion with anybody and everybody who will listen, and she can’t wait to see where the Messenger goes in the future. She knows it will be left in capable hands And is so excited to see the underclassmen take over and make it their own.

W h e re a re T h e y G o i n University of Mary Olivia Anderson Reece Barnhardt Santi Barreto Frances Barry Shalae Baumgartner Kylie Behrendt Celia Brekken Jacek Dojs Caleb Fix Dominic Fleck Jackson Gilchrist Erica Glass Sydney Goettle Zachary Haas

North Dakota State University Averie Meyer Edmund Peliska Leah Ross Alyssa Rud Rachel Rusch Breanna Schatz Rachael Schepp Joseph Schweitzer Adam Volkman Brady Yoder Thomas Jackson Eliza Konieczka Andrew Link Jenna Stiegelmeier

M State Community College Kate Mongeon Avery Wanner 3

Zachary Aberle Maren Ahneman Wyatt Armstrong Lauren Berger Hale Bradley Adler Candreva Cullen Curl Kieran Eberle Alyssa Fortney Lincoln Frohlich Ethan Graner Brandon Grossman

Luke Hebert Erin Jahner Quinn Johnson Caralie Letteer Marissa Messer Madelyn Miller David Nordberg Chase Russell Carson Rohrich Grace Vetter Caleb Wanner Abigail Weber

Military Service Jonathan Aberle (U.S. Marine Corp) John Goettle (National Guard)

Later NDSU

Jackson Roerick (U.S. Air Force)

Later NDSU

ng?

Picture provided by Mrs. Jacob

Valley City State University

University of North Dakota

Bismarck State College

Hannah Hellman Katie Kelsch Breanna Klein Amanda Klym Ean Leingang Mckenna Matt Matthew Nathe Chandler Russell Erin Waletzko Jayce Weigel

Abby Balkowitsch Barbara Dickhut Lauryn Hoesel Billy Karls Jordan Porter Sawyer Rapp James Richter Eden Schlinger Ty Sturm Luke Vetter Jonah Weigel Logan Weiler

Boston University - MA

Workforce

University of Notre Dame - IN

Dawson Mills Jaydan Johnson Liza Kirkeide Grace Ziegler

Nathan McLeod

University of Jamestown Maddy Zander

Mission Trip - Colombia Matthew Scheer

Later University of Utah

Logan Heen

Megha Bharadwaj

Colorado State University Meg Hepper

Fordham University - NY Julia Jaramillo

University of Hawaii Darius Mirzai

Dickinson State University Jackson Uhler 4

CLASS POLLS

Favorite Class

2nd

Gym w/ Ferrie 10 votes

1st

3rd

Gym

Business Law II

13 votes

9 votes

AP Psych

7 votes

World History

7 votes

Business Law I

6 votes

Art

6 votes

Favorite School Event Graduation Holy

Catholic Schools Week 61%

Prom 3%

Homecoming 3%

5802 Ridgeland Drive

28% 26 votes

5

21%

Hoops 10%

The ROCK 2%

VS

1025 N 2nd Street

72% 66 votes

Wh e re d o Yo u S ee Your s e l f i n 1 0 Ye a r s? | Ean Leingang

“Practicing Law”

| Jacek Dojs

“wife, kids, and the family goose!”

| Reece Barnhardt

“Fresh out of grad school and maybe married???”

| Avery Wanner

“Hopefully graduated from dental school.”

| Maren Ahneman

“I will be a famous interior designer that lives in a glorious mansion in the mountains.”

| Averie Meyer

“Hopefully being an Occupational Therapist and working a successful job.” | Logan Heen “I will most likely have a successful job related to Wildlife Management in North Dakota or Minnesota.” | Erica Glass “Most likely be living in Bismarck and teaching elementary school.

Hopefully married and planning to have kids.”

| Jordan Porter

“I see myself with a family, a dog, dream job making money and having fun.”

| Caralie Letteer

“Probably living in ND as a history teacher (maybe Alaska)” 6

| Nathan Mcleod

| Ethan Graner

“I will be sipping cocktails in Dubai celebrating my successful career as a businessman. “

“On the run from the CIA and living the rest of my years in the coldest part of Russia”

| Billy Karls

| Logan Weiler

“Either a chef or jobless”

“Somewhere warm, cruising in my squad car.”

| Thomas Jackson

“I think I will be the owner of a successful business”

| Frankie Barry “I think I will be married and working in NYC before I move back to Bismarck to raise a family.”

| Hannah Hellman

“Get my degree in business and be working in a job I love and being able to travel.”

you see yourself in 10 years?

7

| Chandler Russell

“Mandan”

| Barbara Dickhut

“I think that I’ll be living somewhere else with a little family and a job as a nurse” | Kylie Behrendt

“Hopefully a Nurse Practitioner”

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

| Kieran Eberle

| Olivia Anderson

“Thriving on my lakeside house in Duluth, MN”

“Have my degree in veterinary medicine and be working at a vet clinic”

| Breanna Schatz

| Maddy Zander

“I think I will be working as a Labor and Delivery Nurse.”

“Teaching elementary school and married with kids “

| Andrew Link

| Jaydon Johnson

“Working as a head Computer Network Adminsitratior for Sanford or St. Alexis “

| Brady Yoder

“Working”

| Caleb Fix

“In 10 years I will probably be beginning my journey into residency”

“I hope to be working as a astrophysical researcher.“

| Jackson Uhler

| Hale Bradley

“Teaching and coaching somewhere.”

“Out of North Dakota”

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

Where do you see yourself in 8

Alyssa Fortney

Grace Vetter

Matthew Nathe

Joseph Schweitzer

“Mr. Ferrie getting super excited during a good game of three court ”

“There are way too many to choose from.”

Meg Hepper

Santi Barreto

Sydney Goettle

Breanna Klein

“At Catholic Schools week my sophomore year at St. Mary’s Know Your Faith, Mr. Ruggles announced that school was cancelled the next day because of snow”

“Playing devil’s advocate in religion class.”

“Ferrie giving us pop and food”

“My favorite high school memory was my freshman year when Hallie Schweitzer swished a last second three and won the game at state girls basketball.”

“The locker room after a win”

“When we got locked in the choir room”

FAVORITE HIGH

Erin Jahner 9

“Golf bus rides”

Adam Volkman “Quarantine Season”

Celia Brekken

Julia Jaramillo

Cullen Curl

Dominic Fleck

“Being called Julia almost everyday”

“Being called Celia almost everyday”

“Going undefeated in football my senior with my best friends.”

“My favorite high school memory was the March for life in Washington DC.”

SCHOOL MEMORY Leah Ross

Megha Bharadwaj

Alyssa Rud

Carson Rohrich

“Mr. Schon rapping at homecoming”

“After speech practice, our head coach and other students stayed late to help wrap my “Let’s Make Megha Moment” suckers for my FBLA campaign the next day even though they had no reason to help me. To this day, I still have 300 extras sitting in my basement!”

“Joking around with friends in class”

“My favorite high school memory would have to be catholic schools week my junior year in 2020. It was a month before Covid had happened and it was just all around a great week. My favorite Catholic Schools week of all.”

Chase Russell “Winning State football ferda bois”

James Richter “Wrestling with da Boi’s”

10

Brandon Grossman

Adler Candreva

Marissa Messer

Eliza Konieczka

“Thanksgiving”

“Thanksgiving with the boys”

“Showing up to Mr. Richter’s Economics class late because we got ‘stopped by a train’.”

“When we hid in the locker room hallway at the beginning of Know Your Faith last year so we could run out yelling and Megha got trampled. ”

Jayce Weigel “Spiking on John Nordberg in 3 court freshman year an then flexing on him after”

Erin Waletzko “Being a Cheerleader and cheering for the football team!”

mory 11

Jackson Gilchrist “The Thanksgiving Feast”

Ty Sturm “Thanksgiving feast with the boys”

Maddy Miller “My favorite high school memory is selling straws with Sea Life Savers in entrepreneurship.”

Favorite High School Memory

Jenna Stiegelmeier “My favorite high school memory is playing three-court with Mr. Ferrie in gym class.”

Favorite High School Memory

Luke Vetter “Catholic Schools Week”

John Goettle “Choir tour freshman year”

Favorite High School Memory

Favorite

A D V I C E for Underclassmen “Invest in gold.”

- Lincoln Frohlich

“Don’t be afraid of the upperclassmen, they have a lot more experience than you, and they’ll help you to create strong friendships with a lot less unnecessary drama.”

- Rachel Rusch

“Remember to always be yourself.”

- Grace Ziegler

“At least do enough to get by, if not that, then try to do even better. Challenge yourself.”

- Liza Kirkeide

“Don’t take your four years for granted. Take every single opportunity to experience your faith.”

- Shalae Baumgartner

“Invest yourself in everything you do. There’s fun in being serious.”

- Edmund Peliska

“Have a mind set of, I have a job to do and only I can do it.”

- Jonathan Aberle “Just be you, because the upperclassmen really don’t notice you.”

- Amanda Klym

“Dont run from class to class” - Wyatt Armstrong

“I would tell them to befriend Mr. Effertz.”

- David Nordberg

“Don’t be afraid to take classes you like.”

- Matthew Sheer 12

“Wearing sweatpants is not a crime.”

- Jonah Weigel

“Try your best and be kind to your teachers.”

- Quinn Johnson

“Don’t be afraid to make mistakes, and try to spend time enjoying your school year to make it a memorable experience!”

- Caleb Wanner

“Do not put off the work that needs to be done and when you screw up own up to your mistakes, honesty goes further than lying.”

- Dawson Mills

“Make good friends, they will be with you through it all.”

- Kate Mongeon

“Try to enjoy as much as you can.”

- Katie Kelsch

“Have fun instead of stressing” - Abby Weber

“Have fun.”

- Luke Hebert

“Try new things, go to events, and make it count.

Be who you want because in the end the opinion you have of yourself is the one that matters most.”

- Rachael Schepp

Underclassmen 13

Advice for Underclassmen

“Go to The ROCK.” - Lauryn Hoesel

Advice for Underclassmen

Advice for Underclassmen

Advice for

“Listen to your parents.”

- Jackson Roerick

“Work hard, do not do anything half way and slack off. It is not cool.”

- Eden Schlinger

“If you are stressed, GO TO THE CHAPEL!!!

Growing in your relationship with Christ is very important and we are fortunate enough to celebrate our faith within our school.”

- Abby Balkowitsch

“Take AP and dual credit classes.”

- Mckenna Matt

“Take hard classes your sophomore and junior year so you can make your senior year as easy as possible.”

- Zachary Haas

“One test does not define your outcome.”

- Lauren Berger

“Use deodorant and bathe at least once a day.

- Darius Mirzai

“Branch out of your friend groups that you have now, you may meet your new best friend.”

- Zachary Aberle

Underclassmen

Advice for Underclassmen

“School doesn’t define who you are.”

- Sawyer Rapp

Advice for Underclassmen

Advice for Underclassmen

Advice fo 14