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Pierce High SchoolThe beautiful thing about learning is that no

one can take it away from you.

Student Life !is year, a fun-"lled summer transitioned to an equally exciting back-to-school and fall season. A cold winter couldn’t bring down spirits as students attended Winter Royalty, dressed for theme days during FFA and FCCLA weeks, and even enjoyed a few snow days. Moving into the spring, prom, graduation, and awards celebrations had students looking forward to the end of the school year. Warm weather the last week of school tempted many students to “check out” early, but they managed to stay focused and "nish "nal projects. At the tail-end of the year, students were able to show o# in a talent show at the academic awards assembly, and a few took the opportunity to demonstrate their skills.

Far Le!: B. Attema runs at P. Spieker and B. Tinker while playing red rover at the band’s summer camp.Le!: Junior Noah Fisher focuses on "nishing the yearbook during a summer work day in June. Below: Kristin Arens gets interviewed by KTIV about the Freedom Riders’ trip through Pierce.

Back to SchoolWhen summer ends and learning begins.

For Pierce High students, summer brought activities like camps, the Pierce County Fair, and lots of fun in the sun. For some students, though, school didn’t necessarily end with May’s "nal bell. For example, several journalism students spent a day of their summer "nishing the yearbook, and many in-coming freshmen took drivers ed. Another summer highlight was a state championship for the summer so!ball team. #e summer so!ball team, the

Pacers, are pictured above. Top row: T. Chohon, M. Stone, B. Sporleder, S. Sihacek, A. Koehlmoos, S. Schuett, R. Tucker, B. Polt, K. Reinke, D. Johnson. Front row: M. Jenkins, A. Johnson, S. Linville, J. Bretschneider, and A. Starkel. When summer ended, the students returned back to school. #ey were reunited with their friends that they hadn’t seen in awhile. Students were given a warm welcome back at the back-to-school assembly.

As the school year went on, fall brought assemblies and pep rallies, the student council’s Color Me Crazy run, fall sports events, Community Service Day, a trip downtown to see the Free-dom Riders, and many more fun activi-ties. Red Ribbon Week was full of fun, including dress up days. Many students participated in the Halloween dress up day to “scare away drugs.” Despite being hard at work back in the classroom, the students enjoyed a fun start to the year.

Right: Can you see our student section? Several stu-dent supporters show their pride by going “hunting” for the O’Neill team at a volleyball game.Below: To ‘scare away drugs,’ F. Kuehler and S. Pedersen participated in a Red Ribbon dress up day.

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Far Above: Juniors Kelsi Svendsen, Bailey Tinker, Paige Spieker, and Kim Carlson enjoy participating in the student council’s Color Me Crazy fun run. Above: Attempting to stay on for eight seconds, freshman Braden Nuesch holds on tightly in the Pierce County Fair’s bull-o-rama over the summer.Right: Ellie Moeller and Breane Ho$man are ready to hit the open road during driver’s education.

Above: Fall participants from the football and boys and girls cross country teams compete dur-ing a pep rally game put on by the cheerleaders.Below: During Community Service Day, Sam Sargent and Kendra Ronnfeldt mulch a tree.

HomecomingA time for parades, pep rallies, and PHS pride!

!is year’s homecoming theme was “Beach Bash.” !e dress up days throughout the week were: Monday, pa-jama day; Tuesday, bright day; Wednes-day, workout day; !ursday, beach day; and Friday, spirit day. On Friday, there was an early dismissal at noon, followed by the homecom-ing pep rally in the gym. A"er the pep rally, students proceeded down to the elementary for another pep rally with the students and sta# there.

!e band and $agline performed, and each activity sponsor introduced the seniors. Also, an autograph session was held for the elementary students. Next, the parade headed to main street and made its way down to Zion. Later that night, the football game was held against Boys Town, and the Blue-jays were victorious. During the game, the juniors held a tailgate for spectators to come and eat in order to raise prom money. A"er the game, the crowning of

this year’s king and queen took place in the school gym. !e candidates, pic-tured above, included Charlie Krueger, Myles Sudbeck, Aydan Ronspies, king Lane Rohrich, queen Abby Starkel, Rachel Tweedy, Ali Johnson, and Jacy Bretschneider. !e BLC representative was Caleb Lohrberg, and the GLC repre-sentative was Carly McElhose. !e students spent their Saturday dancing the night away at the homecom-ing dance held in the auditorium.

Right: Volleyball player A. Koehlmoos bright-ens up a girl’s day by signing her autograph. Far Right: Candidate Charlie Krueger hoola hoops at the homecoming pep rally. Below: Emily Willard, Shelby Bretschneider, and Casey Sutherland wobble to the music.

Le": During the homecoming pep rally, the band and $ag line perform part of their competition piece, “To Catch a !ief.” Below: Junior John Polt is ready to catch some sun rays and hit the beach.

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Above: Showing o# their workout gear, A. Price, E. Dunn, and E. Moeller enjoy homecoming week. Below: C. McWilliams is ready to take a nap in his footie pajamas and Pooh Bear slippers.

Far Above: FFA members Raymond Barnes, Quentin Anderson, and Braden Nuesch show o# their horses in the homecoming parade. Above: Taking part in tradition to celebrate homecoming week, senior Tyler Tinker takes a powerful hit during the car smash.Le": Sophomore girls Kaylee Dankert and Taylor Williams rock out at the dance.