Ahhh, the cliches of senior year! If you’ve ever watched the cinematic masterpiece that is the High School Musical franchise, you would know that being a senior in high school is the pinnacle of adolescence.

Each year at LHS, we honor the best of the senior class in each individual activity by hanging their pictures up on the foyer wall. You may pass by them several times a day without knowing whose photo is gracing your presence. We all know some of the seniors whose activities are popular among the student body, such as the football players and members of the basketball team. However, there are certainly seniors who have excelled in their activities in their past four years of high school that many LHS students may not know about.

Being apart of activities in high school teach students important life skills and lessons. Becca Nevin, a senior involved in the yearbook, credits advisor, Katie Kroeze, with teaching her more about responsibility through the deadlines that are required by being involved in yearbook.

“If I don’t get my deadline in on time, and it stresses me out if other people don’t make their deadline on time,” said Nevin. “Because, if that happens, then you have to start worrying about them and what they’re doing or helping them out, because they couldn’t cover what they were doing. So just helping everyone out and making sure that their deadline is in on time is really important.”

Senior Max Honner is featured for his dedication to boys golf, however, he credits a majority of his success during his high school career to his coach, Jeff Halseth.

“Halseth gives us drills at practice every day, so there’s drills for chipping, putting and hitting balls on the range, so the team gets better every day,” said Honner.

Not only has golfing during high school taught him how to improve his swing and become the player he is today, but it has also taught him responsibility and self control.

“I think that [golf] has made me mentally stronger, if I have a bad round or something like that. I think it’s taught me how to be tough,” said Honner.

Toughness certainly comes in handy in many areas of athletics from golf all the way to powerlifting. Avery Rice, a senior member of the powerlifting team at LHS, says that lifting weights has also lifted him to new heights as a person and a leader across all of his areas of involvement.  

“Powerlifting has grown me more into a leader, which has helped in football and baseball, and some other things like that,” said Rice. “It’s pushed me to just take the reins and showing the team what needs to be done.”

Being a member of a team is something that pushes Rice enjoys most about being apart of powerlifting. He enjoys the element of competition that the sport brings, but also the constant encouragement and connection that he has with his peers.

“… When you go up and lift, everyone’s there sitting and cheering for you, hoping that you get it. Sometimes you don’t, which is a little heartbreaking. But, when you do, it feels real good.”

The class of 2019’s time at LHS is nearly at a close, but before the outstanding leaders of our school don their caps and gowns at graduation, we will honor them for all of their paving ways of leadership and hard work in all areas of involvement.

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Photo provided by Lauren Teller.

Senior photos can be found in the LHS foyer.