Lake City

Krajack

Graduation

The Lake City High School commencement will be at 11 a.m. June 12 at Timberwolf Stadium, 6101 N. Ramsey Road, Coeur d’Alene.

Principal: Deanne Clifford

Valedictorians: Kennedy Krajack and Eleanor Tenbrink

Class of 2021

Expected to graduate are:

Jessica Ackerman Sydney Adams Grace Aguilera Samuel Anselm Payson Arbanas Cole Austin Casiana Azzollini Selena Balbin Paris Ban Grace Barry Raigenn Basnight Marton Bene Rachell Bennett Veronika Berglin Zachary Bernard Angelina Besze Kristian Bice Carson Biggerstaff Nathan Biggs Vaughan Bissaillon Kyah Blessinger Prestyn Blount Jessi Blubaum John Bonus Jace Bowman Labria Bowman Evan Brenner Braden Brown Courtney Brown Savanah Brown Rochelle Bruning Samuel Buffington Vonn Bunker Taylynn Burks Marcus Butler Ronan Cafferty Caitlyn Canfield Skylar Carlin Sierra Carlon Gavin Carter Erik Caton Carter Cavanagh Jantzen Cerrillo Mckenzie Chan Elizabeth Chapleski Angelyca Chapman Anthony Chavez Jett Childers Emma Childs Devin Claflin Dolcee Clark Melissa Cogley Austin Cole Makayla Colhoff Dustin Collins Julianna Cooper Breyson Coppess Allison Cord James Cord Jay Corrales Ryder Cosgrove Mckenna Cranford Alison Cranney Karsyn Crawford Solomon Crowley Kaylei Cummins Rachel Cutler Taj D’agostino Amira Davis Ethan Davis Nicholas Day Alyssa De La Rosa Tien Dea Daniel Deboer Willow Delong Paytan Dennis Michael Dion Luci Dixon Malachi Dodson Alison Dougherty Jordan Douglas Aubrianna Draper Cael Duncalf Ashlee Duncan Dillen Duncan Jillian Eason Ethan East Bryson Ebberts Ashlynn Ekhoff Caleb Emory Katarina Enns Caleb Erikson Aidan Fink Taylor Fleshman Lillian Fletcher Joshua Forbes Brandon Freeman Michael Fulton Patrick Gallavan Figueroa Garcia Elena Garcia-Sanchez Lily Gardner Kadin Garrett Sierra Gaylor Cambria Geib Cody Gervais Benjamin Gibson Cassidy Glaspie Sean Glenn Connor Godbehere Lily Graham Abby Gray Mason Green Gracie Grubar Kaitlyn Haggerty Ian Hampton Sydney Harbison Dante Hardin Jesse Harlan Elizabeth Hartnell Cody Hatfield Brenna Hawkins Parker Henley Kiera Herndon Asia Heston Austin Hill Aidan Hille Grace Hodge Jadyn Hofacker Aaron Horist Holly Horrocks Landen Hughes Kyle Hunziker Urban Hurtado Christopher Irvin Belen Ivey Jillian Jabbes Dale Jackson Kayleen James Abigail Jankay Benjamin Janke Tyler Janson Tanai Jenkins Haley Johnson Hannah Johnson Malia Judd Darian Juvan Hawkin Kaurin Liam Kavanaugh Justin Keene Riane Keller Glenn Kellogg Jack Kiesbuy Kearstyn Kiger Francine Koziol Stephanie Koziol Kennedy Krajack Seren Krasselt Elaine Kubetz Paris Labossiere Sophia Lafrinier Bradley Lambert Clayton Land Lucia Landrus Jordan Lange Aiden Laponsey Kace Larsen John Laufenburger Hayden Lenox Nathan Liermann Darby Lindholdt-Anderson Ryan Logan Riley Loughman Ruvym Luptovych Jordan Lyon Emmanuil Maksimov Haven Mann Emma Manton Marcus Manzardo Paris Marceau Kobe Marcell Mason Margo Andrew Marroquin Taylor Martini Kimberly Martinson Travis Massie Sean Mayo Peter McCarthy Erika McDonald Justin McGlynn Kali McKellips Kaitlin McKnight Venna McKnight Dylan McLaughlin Adrian Mendoza Kahili Meredith Camellia Merrill Caiden Mertz Brennan Miller Damien Miller Dylon Moore John Morris Maddison Morrow Aimee Moser Lindsay Moss Micah Mueller Tressa Mullen Aundraya Munson Piper Murphy Destiney Nelson Alyssa Nerlinger David Nesbit Evan Nicholson Troy Nivette Riley O’Brien Jada Olson Mckenzie Olson Dylan Opp Logan Parson Jeffrey Parsons Kali Paull Chloe Pegoraro Christopher Petersen Mya Peterson Cole Pettit Chloe Pham Heidi Pham Sarah Pleasant Emmi Pollow Carley Pratt Braden Prior Abigail Putzig Diamond Quagliana Austin Ramirez Madison Randol Kaden Reagan Jessica Rempe Brooklyn Rewers Chelsea Reynolds Chase Richardson Taylor Roberts Gavin Rock Holly Rod Randi Rodriquez Daniel Rojo Claire Romero Damon Rosenau Hannah Rowan Christopher Rowland Kayden Ruhter Ethan Russell Mirabelle Sakaske Mckenzie Salters Caitlin Scarola William Schaal Phoebe Schultze Macalister Severns Kobe Seyler Kennedy Sheffield Avery Slater John Smith Madeleine Smith Theodore Smith Joseph Sodano Keegan Stanwood Ethan Stein Alissa Stennett Brooklyn Stone James Stryker Caleb Swaim Kyra Swearingen Austin Taylor Eleanor Tenbrink Colby Thomas Nathan Thornton Abagail Tillery Leeland Tolliver Jacob Travis Gracie Tucker Tucker Turley Josephine Turner Joshua Turner Sarah Turpin Gavin Tuttle Ayden Tweedy Lilith Tweedy Ethan Unruh Jarrett Usdrowski Anyssa Valero Reece Vawter Samantha Veare Charles Vedder Matteo Vicenzino Lyra Vonk Garrett Walcker Hazel Waldman Eliana Walsh Jaden Waters Nicholas Webb Chyanne Weller Molly Whelan Luke White Hailey Wilson Madeline Wolford Sage Woodard Ashley Yochum Grace Young Cameron Zaragoza Manuel Zhang

COURTESY

Eleanor Tenbrink is graduating valedictorian with this year’s Lake City High School senior class. Tenbrink plans to attend Utah State University in the fall.

Tenbrink seized her moments

Lake City senior takes mother’s advice to make best of high school’s four years

By Connor Gilbert

THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

For Lake City senior Eleanor Tenbrink, becoming the dynamic and well-rounded student she is now began when she started saying “yes” to things.

Entering high school, Tenbrink made a simple goal: If it seemed interesting, she would say “yes” and pursue it to the best of her ability. Her parents, having seen what she was capable of for years, naturally supported it.

“What we discuss with all of our kids as they are going through school is that it’s only four years in high school, and you might as well get everything you can get out of it because you’re doing it for four years either way,” said her mother, Heather. “You know, there are some great things about being in high school. There are some things that are not so great too, but you might as well take advantage of the great and really seize the opportunity while it’s here. And I think she’s done a great job with that.”

Four years later, Eleanor says she couldn’t have asked for more from her high school experience. As a crucial member of the band, a standout track and cross country runner and a valedictorian, there’s plenty to show for it. Not that it was ever about appearances.

“I mean, sometimes her schedule makes me tired just thinking about it,” said Heather Harmon, her coach and former teacher. “I don’t know how she has managed to do everything, but with her ‘say yes’ sort of attitude, it comes from a place of truly being interested and caring.

“Sometimes you’ll have people that are chasing the grades or they’re just doing it because it looks good on a college application, that sort of thing. And that was something that I never ever have felt from Ellie.”

As one of the first things she chose to take on entering high school, Tenbrink says running was instrumental in widening her comfort zone.

“I saw a lot of growth in her self-confidence and her leadership skills, and her ability to step up into that role,” Harmon said. “She’s always been an excellent person, always been somebody that I could rely on, and her leadership style is more of a quiet sort of leadership … she does it in a quiet sort of way in which people want to follow her.”

That’s become the case for Eleanor in nearly every group she’s become a part of in the course of the past four years, and her parents and teachers point to a supportiveness that has pervaded all of her interactions within them – regardless of the different faces around her.

Harmon remembers the cookies she’d bring to races for the team – individually-packaged to be as COVID-19-safe as possible – and “a willingness to show up to life and be part of it.” A toe injury held her out of the rest of the season this spring, but she’s attended every practice regardless, even if the individual benefit isn’t the same.

She also balanced the time commitment of both sports and a variety of AP classes with band, playing clarinet. Her mother says she gets “a little bit of teasing from both of those groups,” but it’s never bothered her. She simply values the experiences.

“I’ve really enjoyed being able to be so involved at the school and do well academically and to explore my interest in the environment, but also be an athlete and be in band,” she said. “I’m really grateful for that.”

Tenbrink said she’d always known she wanted her career to be involved with science, but credits an outdoor studies program she took her junior year at Lake City that included related content in history and English with helping steer her toward environmental studies and natural resources.

“It’s a lot of really hands-on stuff with natural resource management,” she said. “I had a suspicion that ecology was something I was curious about doing and interested in before I took that program. And then that program made me realize this is really something I’d like to do for the rest of my life.”

Now, she’s planning on heading to Utah State University in the fall to study at Quinney College of Natural Resources, a program she says has the resources and outdoor opportunities she seeks.

“It’s a little scary just because it’s a new place, but I’m really excited to get to meet lots of new people and be somewhere new,” she said. “I’m excited for the opportunity to just experience new things and make new friends.”

She’s still uncertain what extracurriculars she’ll join in Utah with her schedule still in flux, but she says those possibilities are exciting, too, with an even wider array of options than she was presented in high school.

It’s not always possible to do everything at once, nor is it always practical – but those who know Tenbrink know she’ll never be scared of saying “yes.”