Always a Falcon

Westosha Central High School graduated hundreds of students at a June 3 commencement ceremony (Earlene Frederick/The Report).

By Jason Arndt
Editor

Westosha Central valedictorian Anna Leigh Niles reminisces about her four years at the school.

While Westosha Central High School graduates enter a new chapter in their lives, it is imperative to cherish the memories of the last four years, according to faculty commencement speaker Tyson Mengel on June 3.

Mengel, who just finished his fourth year at the school, said this year’s class had similar experiences.

“You and I started our journey at Central together four years, we all came in wide-eyed and clueless about what to expect,” Mengel said.

“I remember the first two were a bit shaky. Being told to always have a device, we experienced the hardship of no working WiFi.”

“Hey, we persevered,” Mengel said.

Through the perseverance came growth, an experience the class should always remember, he said.

“Look around at each other. Soak up this moment. Make eye contact with the people around you,” Mengel said.

“Take a mental picture so this moment will forever be saved as a memory.”

Like Mengel, valedictorian Anna Leigh Niles reminisced on her four years, including a flashback to 2013, when the movie “Frozen” made its debut on the screen.

Senior class president Gage Reynolds, who also illustrated his four years at Westosha Central, said the Class of 2017 put in the work to make it to Sunday’s commencement ceremony.

“We all have worked so hard to be here today and we all deserve it,” he said. “We have had our low points and our high points.”

Through his four years, he recalled building new friendships inside and outside the classroom.

With new friendships built, Reynolds told his senior class to remember the common bond, even after graduates go in different directions.

“Many of us are going our separate ways next year, some near, some far,” Reynolds said.

“So let me just say, don’t let anything break the friendship we have now, we are Falcons, we are a family and we will always be Falcon awesome.”

Students Zachary Bannon, William Cushman and Dallas Evan jam one final tune at Westosha Central’s commencement ceremony (Earlene Frederick/The Report).

The following students are graduation candidates for the Class of 2017 at Westosha Central High School:
Jared Adams, Brandi Ager, Seth Aker, Emily Allen, Austin Anderson, Joseph Anderson, Lucas Andre, Nicole Ashmus, Savannah Avellino, Brantleigh Bannon, Zachary Bannon, Karlie Barnes, Jessica Batko, Hunter Becker, Breanna Beitzel, Michelle Belmont, Beau Bergles, Mackormic Bernhardt, Byron Biehn, Sarah Blair, Kaitlyn Boarini, Alyssa Bock, Christian Bortko, Katrina Bostanche, Tyler Bounds,
Aidan Brown, Carolyn Brown, Joseph Brown, Justin Brown, Alexander Bruzas, Katelynn Buchholtz, Veronica Bursek-Krekling, Tanner Bykowski, Julianna Calzada, Miranda Cantu Gonzalez, John Capelli, Alexis Carlson, Autumn Carlson, Nathan Carlton, James Cater, Nathan Caya, Anneliese Ceisel, Luke Cetera, Mikayla Chon, Douglas Clements, Carter Clothier, Taran Cole, Hunter Conrad, Karli Cox, Emma Crowe,
William Cushman, Hunter Danielowicz, Tyler Daniels, Dakota Danielson, Tyler Davis, McKenna Decker, Emma Delisi, Robert Denikas, Sheena Derler, Ivana Desancic, John Dietz, Kyle Dorsey, Derek Drier, Shania Dumelle, Ryan Edmonds, Riley Edquist, Bryce Edwards, Julianna Ellerbrock, Nathan Ernst, Dallas Evans, Meghan Faszholz, Heaven Fecht, Caio Felipe, Hannah Fellows, Collin Fish, Lucas Fitzpatrick,
Billy Flahive, Jesse Flores, Jordan Foltz, Nadia Foltz, Samantha Fornell, Claudia Fox, Abigail Frederick, Mackenzie Fredrickson, Joshua Friedrichs, Alexandra Frost, Hannah Fugate, Joshua Fugate, Cruz Garcia Jr., Fleur Gawlik, Chelsey Gerber, Garrett Gilbert, Kevin Ginnow, Anthony Giorno, Raylene Gonzalez, Haley Gorsuch, Joscelynn Gould, Lucas Graveley, Kyle Gray, Symphony Greenlee, Alesija Hall, Paul Halladay,
Elizabeth Hameau, Scott Hanover, Madeline Hansen, Jessica Hartlaub, Sara Hebior, Mason Hedrick, Rachel Hernandez, Rafael Herrera Jr., Katie Holmstrom, Jacob Holverson, Kenneth Horner, Faith Howell, Alyssa Hrncar, Dustin Hucker, Nichole Hudrick, Hunter Huggins, Logan Hughes, Joseph Hulback, Tessa Jahneke, Emily Jones, Trent Jones, Rilye Kaebisch, Janel Katzer, Julie Katzer, Amanda Keating, Bailey Kehoe,
Lindsey Kimpler, Alexander King, Ryan Kirsch, Olivia Klean, Rhett Kliger, Ryan Kliger, Noah Kofron, Patrick Komperda, Andrew Korando, Andrew Koroly, Zachary Kramer, Tyler Krause, McKenna Krueger-Gapko, Parker Krumm, Cade Kuebler, Kyle Kuhfuss, Austin Kurylo, Andrew La Forge, Kara Laffin, Aaron Lance, Sasha Landa, Lisa Landry, Morgan Langer, Kyle Larsen, Maxwell Larson, Caitlyn Lawrence,
Madeline Leafblad, Brian Lois, Ashley Lura, Todora Lux, Scott Lynch, Blake Mahan, Luke Mahar, Samantha Manis, Abigail Marcquenski, Lindsay Mazurek, Tyler McCarthy, Thomas McClain, Josiah McDermit, Gavin McKenna, Bailey Menarek, Taylor Meredith, Kira Mickelson, Trace Miller, Michael Mosback, Kaeley Mueller, Andrea Muhlenbeck, Drake Muhlenbeck, Bradley Mynor, Kenneth Ney, Brett Niederer, Victor Nightingale, Anna Leigh Niles, Colleen Nolan,
Kestly O’Neill, Kaitlyn Olson, Emily Ortloff, Willie Owens Jr., Shane Parker, Sheel Patel, Jonathan Pecha, Nickolas Penge, Matthew Perona, Tyler Pfrommer, Tevin Pielhau, Austin Podella, Carli Podella, Kendra Proell, Patrick Prokop, Dominic Pulera, Esteban QuiÒones, Hasan Rahman, Jonathan Rasmussen, Jonathan Ratliff, Dawson Rausch, Aliya Raza, Lizzeth Retana, Gage Reynolds, Katrina Rhodes,
Arielle Richards, Michael Robbins, Sarai Roberts, Michella Robles, Devin Roenfanz, Lillie Rogers, Julia Rook, Amelia Ruckoldt, Trinity Rudd, Nikita Ruffolo, Matthew Ryan, Amanda Sabourin, Nicholas Salerno, Victoria Salerno, Mackenzie Sarbacker, Jeffrey “Schmadebeck, Jr.”, Rory Schmucker, Jack Schroeder, Zachary Sepanski, Kaitlyn Serini, Kylie Shane, Rebecca Sheen, Mitchell Sibilsky, Trevor Silber,
Paige Sloviak, James Smith, Zachery Smith, Gabrielle Soehn, Alaina Sorensen, Alexandra Sostre, Jeanna Soto, Alison Stardy, Stevi Sterling, Tyler Stone, Nicole Stratton, Alexis Sturino, Griffin Switalla, Jamie Tambornino, Isabella Tondi, Kyle Toppel, Megan Turk, Alan Turner, Vanessa Tym, Nicholas Uzzardo, Bryce Vernezze, Sarah Verzal, Jacob Voigt, Jesstys Volbrecht,
Noelle Wadas, Thomas Walsh, Breana Weber, Carrie Weis, Emily Wells, Jacob Werth, Jessica Werth, Kaitlyn Westman, Tyler Wiley, Gwendolyn Williams, Tre’ Williams, Mikayla Wittliff, Jenna Wozniak, Theodore Yeugelowitz, Jennifer Young, Jacob Yule, Arielle Zamba, Julia Ziemelis.


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