This week's senior spotlight is Kendra Walton-Ruddick, daughter of Christine Walton and Danny Waters. Throughout high school, Kendra's favorite excuse to get out of homework was saying that she was “dyslexic.” After high school, she plans on attending college to get an Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice, which will help her pursue her high goals of being a police officer. When asked about the five most important things to her, she responded with: herself, mom, dogs, job, and most of her classmates. An interesting fact about Kendra is that she’s never eaten a school lunch in her four years of high school. Her advice to upcoming seniors is, “To not be like the class of 2019, don't think it's okay to yell at younger classmen because they made a mistake.” Good luck to Kendra Walton in her future endeavors!

This week's senior spotlight is Lexie Ehrman, daughter of Josh and Katie Ehrman. Lexie lives with her parents and she has a dog named Dutchess. Lexie has an older brother who is a 2016 CAM graduate. Lexie plans to attend DMACC for Realtime Court Reporting. She plans to be a Court Stenographer with her education. Lexie’s favorite memory of high school would be another student breaking a desk trying to show Mr. Symonds how short he is. Her favorite lunch is Salisbury steak. Lexie participated in vocal, band, speech, debate, volleyball, cheerleading, track, and NHS throughout high school. When asked five things most important to her she responded with: friends, family, food, dogs, and sleep. Lexie has some advice to upcoming seniors, “Don't mess around your senior year or else you won't be ready for college.” Good luck to Lexie Ehrman in her future endeavors!

This week's senior spotlight is Natasha Erickson, daughter of Mike and Jennifer Erickson. Natasha has a high school memory she finds to be her favorite-- Every year, Natasha’s family participates in a large family reunion where they tap trees, collecting syrup. Natasha has been involved in vocal, shooting sports, FFA, speech, and several sports for four years and band for three years. After high school, Natasha plans to attend Iowa Western Community College for general studies and then pursue a degree in Criminal Justice. Her favorite thing throughout high school was her vocal experience. When asked about the five most important things in Natasha's life, she responded with: her dogs, friends, family, money, and her phone. One piece of advice Natasha would give to upcoming seniors is to, “Take as many college classes as you can.” Good luck to Natasha in her future endeavors!

This week's lucky senior student is Nate Hensley, son of Mark and Jolene Hensley. Throughout Nate’s high school career his go to excuse for late homework is he thought he already turned it in. Nate was a varsity football player for two years, four year varsity basketball player, four year varsity track runner, four year varsity baseball player, and participated in FFA for four years. Nate also volunteered for Sports for Support at the elementary. Nate’s all time favorite high school memory is qualifying for the state baseball tournament his freshman year. After he graduates from high school he plans on enrolling into a two year college, then a university straight after. Nate has his mind set to his dream job being a shortstop for the New York Yankees. Some of the most important things to Nate are his faith, family, friends, ability to participate in sports, and last of all food. Nate’s advice to upcoming seniors is, “Enjoy it while you can, because time goes by quickly.”

This week’s senior spotlight is Daniel Kopp, son of Teresa and Doug Kopp. Throughout Daniel’s experience of being in high school, his go-to excuse for not getting homework done is “I have it done, I just left it at home”. Daniel’s favorite memory of high school was making friends throughout his high school career. High school has many different school lunches but Daniel's favorite is nachos. For his future plans, he will be going to Iowa Central Community College to study Radiology Technology to get his degree and become a Radiology Technician. His dream job would be a talk show host similar to Dr. Phil or just any doctor. Daniel was involved in vocal for four years and speech for two. Daniel also volunteered at the nursing home in Greenfield, Iowa where he ran errands for their residents. Daniel has his five values set to mind being: money, friends, family, punctuality, and support from his teachers and peers. Daniel has some advice for upcoming seniors, “Don't get detention by skipping school because it comes back to bite you.''

This week’s lucky senior is Grace Kauffman, daughter of Nick and Heather Kauffman. Grace is also the oldest of four children having two younger brothers and a little sister. Throughout high school, Grace has been involved in volunteer work at the hospital, while being in volleyball she has participated in softball and basketball being a four year varsity player in both. She has also done job shadowing at Arbor Hill Wind Farm. Grace stated that her favorite memory in high school was advancing to the second round in the softball state playoffs her junior year. If Grace had to give one piece of advice to future seniors it would be “Apply early to colleges and to have a plan, also scholarships are always a good idea.” Grace plans to attend the University of Iowa to study Engineering. She plans to pursue a career as a civil engineering project manager. Best of luck to Grace Kauffman and her future plans!

This week’s senior spotlight is on Ethan Fast, son of Brad and Bonnie Fast. While in high school, Ethan has made some great excuses to get out of some assignments, and his favorite is that he worked really late at night so he got home too late. Ethan’s schedule wasn’t just filled with work, but he was also a varsity football player for three years, a commercial drone pilot, participated in track, and he ‘extremely’ enjoys fishing. After he finishes high school, he plans to go straight into the workforce, working for XCEL NDT as an Assistant Radiographer. Ethan has his sights set high, as his dream job would be for him to be the owner of a CNC company that makes truck parts. During high school, Ethan has learned a lot about what’s important to him and five things really stuck out: the freedom of choice he has, people he is surrounded by, the opportunities he has ahead of him, the great teachers supporting him, and the ability to participate in high school athletics. Ethan has some advice that he’d like to pass on to the upcoming seniors and that is, “High school and senior year goes by very quickly, so it's very important that you make the most of the time you have left.”

Cryssi Scybert is the daughter of Misty Scybert and Trey Scybert and also the granddaughter of Ruth Eilts. Her plans for after high school include attending SWICC for arts/music and teaching. Her favorite pastimes are reading, watching anime, and hanging out with her friends. Her favorite memories are all the times she and her friends made each other laugh so hard that milk came out of her nose. So far, high school has taught her that, “Life is full of drama, but you have to look past that and just have fun because life goes on.” She will miss her friends and all the memories they all made here at the CAM high school as well as the teachers who helped make her into the person she is now.

Tyzik Case, our senior spotlight this week, is the son of Tanya and DJ Case of Anita. His plans after high school include attending a two-year community college and a trade school to learn creative writing and welding. In his free time, Tyzik enjoys playing video games and commented, “They are fascinating and really interesting to learn about. The technology behind the creations of many video games are just so complex, yet fun to learn about.” His favorite food is apples because he has always enjoyed them as a little kid and they are “super healthy,” according to Tyzik. His favorite memory of high school was going out for track, and running with all his tracks mates. He says it taught him not only a lot about what a team truly means, but also what the CAM Cougar family means to him. He would like to let all the underclassmen know, “Being different isn't always bad and you should just be yourself in high school.” We would like to wish you good luck in all your future endeavors, Tyzik!

Lucky number ten is Kolby Nelsen, son of Oscar and Kelsie Nelsen. His favorite memory so far is “Hands down State baseball, it was no doubt my favorite and most enjoyable memory.” His plan for after graduation is to work in the apprenticeship and take classes through Camblin Plumbing and Heating. His favorite teacher is Mrs. Miller because she introduced him to Digital Media and live-broadcasting. She has been the biggest supporter in his broadcasting project and that makes her his favorite teacher. He would like for underclassmen to know that “YOYO - You’re only young once, do things while you're young, that you can't do when you’re old.”

This week is Kaylee Hardin, and her parents are Shamus and Alissa Fountas. She started out her high school career at Adel- DeSoto- Minburn and started at CAM her sophomore year. Most of Kaylee’s favorite memories stem from being on the road and going to livestock judging competitions. “I think that every trip really had something memorable, but a few stand out. For instance, when Mr. Miller went all ‘Carroll County’ on a lady, when Carson Cary spelled ewes “us”, when Chase Jahde went for the first time and ended up beating almost everyone, and listening to “Take Me To the River to Pray” the entire ride of every trip.” Kaylee has been accepted to Northwest Missouri State University and plans on attending there in the fall. She plans on studying to get her Agriculture Education degree with a minor in Life Sciences. She hopes to move back somewhere close where she can teach and be an FFA advisor. When asked what her major goal in life is, Kaylee responded, “My goal reaches well beyond teaching my students the different types of livestock or what seed belongs to what crop, my goal is to give them something that they can be passionate about. And If that doesn’t work, well I can always marry a successful farmer.” Kaylee has a lot that she’s going to miss about high school. She said the thing she will miss most is slipping on her blue corduroy and all the friends and memories she’s made because of it.

Coming this week to our senior spotlight is Mason Chester, son of Brad and Cheri Chester. Mason enjoys farming with his family on their cattle farm. His plan for after graduation is to work on the family farm near Massena. He would like to work at the sale barn in Massena because working with cattle means everything to him. His favorite memory he will always have of highschool is going to the “Great Wolf Lodge” in Kansas City. Mason is known as one of our senior players in football and his positions are fullback and linebacker. Before leaving his senior year, he would like the underclassmen to know that, “Getting your homework done and turned in on time will help you, especially if you want to do sports.”

This week’s senior spotlight is Emily Lee, daughter of Sean and Julie Lee. In her free time, she enjoys participating in Speech, Debate, Band, and Newspaper. Emily’s biggest fear coming into high school was having harder classes, but she managed to pass somehow. Her plans for after high school are to go to a community college for two years and then transfer to the University of Iowa for Pre-med studies with hopes of being a Dermatologist in the future. Emily says the top three things she values in her life are Jacob Holste, coffee, and her cat. When asked what advice she had for the freshmen, she responded, “Just don’t be a dummy head and don’t give Mrs. Miller attitude.”

Our next senior for our spotlight is Allison Spieker, daughter of Chris and Shana Spieker. Her favorite memory of high school is going to state basketball, she went on to say, “Even though we lost it was a great time knowing we could make it”. Her favorite drink is Dr. Pepper because one of her best friends, Madison Gettler, got her hooked on it her sophomore year. One of her future goals includes going to Northwest for Elementary Education, with intent to teach fourth grade. Her favorite classes are Spanish and Intern. She interns in Massena with Jenna Maiers in the fourth grade room. Her Senior quote/message for the underclassmen is, “Don't take anything for granted, and don't be afraid to try something new! Be smart, but have fun”.

Our Senior spotlight this week is Darcy Denney from Anita. Her parents are Nina Jameson and Dennis Fogleman. Her plans after high school involve going to college to study early child Development because she hopes to become a preschool teacher. One day, maybe she will become a new teacher here at CAM. Her best memory from high school is Daniel yelling, “I am dirty Dan,” so loud that the entire lunch room went quiet. Before we wrapped up our conversation, she said she would like to tell the underclassmen, “Don't take a day for granted because everyday is an opportunity to achieve something great.”

Ally Lung is the daughter of Daniel Lung and Meradith Marshall. Her plans after high school are to go directly into the work field and save up money for her future goals. Ally says that after graduating she will miss seeing the same people every day and giving all the teachers sass, but her favorite memory is performing in the musical,” Beauty and The Beast.” What Ally would change about her high school experience and do differently, would be to change the fact that she was stressed out so much. Ally commented, ”School is meant for fun and to not worry about the little things. They won’t matter in a couple of months.”

Lucky number three for CAM’s Senior spotlight is one of our varsity football players, Jacob Holste. He is the son of Joe and Jennifer Holste. Jacob was the king for homecoming and in Kindergarten he was one of the crown bearers. He is still narrowing down his options for college and his major. When asked about his favorite high school memory he explained, “Three-time homecoming volleyball champs.” When asked what advice he would give to a freshman, he said, “Enjoy high school while you can, because before you know it you’ll be a senior, looking at colleges.”

Next, up for Senior spotlight we have Charlotte Williamson, who came to CAM during middle school and is now one of our seniors. Charlotte stated that she intends to be an art teacher. She plans to continue her education at Iowa Western and then move to a four-year university. The only thing Charlotte said she wishes she could change would be the number of people who participate in the fine arts programs. Her favorite high school memory is the annual band “Rock, Paper, Scissors” Tournament. The one piece of advice that Charlotte would give to underclassmen is “Ignore the drama, and do what you want, but behave.” Best of luck Charlotte Williamson!

For Senior Spotlight this year, we are starting off with Hunter Frost, son of Erica Totty & Timothy Frost. We asked a few simple questions, only asking for honest answers. His response to his after-graduation plans was, “I will probably work for a year or two to earn money for college.” When asked if he could change anything about his high school experience, he answered, “I would have taken my classes more seriously, but also enjoy my years a lot more.” Hunter’s favorite memory so far has been when Brady Beerman was chasing Daniel Kopp for a piece of candy that he stole, then tripped over the edge of the track and biffed it. When wrapping up the interview with Hunter, he was asked what advice he would like to give to the underclassmen, he said, “It is something you hear all the time, which gets your homework done and do not slack off, but remember the moments of fun you can have.” Good luck Hunter Frost!