Medical Lake's graduates experience their own change

Medical Lake's Class of 2002 had the knack of being around when something big was changing.

During our freshman year, Medical Lake High underwent a remodeling project. If you thought that it was tough to figure out high school as a freshman, imaging trying to maneuver cranes and backhoes, all the while avoiding the seemingly cantankerous men in hard hats.

Add to that needing to find the new location of your biology class because the old one is turning to rubble to make way for the new.

As our senior class leaves this year, so goes the last class of Medical Lake High that attended the old high school.

As the school grew and changed, it seemed like we finally grew into ourselves, learning from our mistakes as much as our successes and truly turning into the people we are today.

Among our books and lesson plans we learned that "If you take a look" (thanks Mr. Giannandrea) at your world you can "save yourself" (we'll miss you Ms. Luhn) with your own quick wit and grow to be a "safe and not sorry" (Mrs. Von Lehe, you made a difference) member of society.

If that wasn't enough, we learned that sometimes the only thing that you can do with life is to "dig deep and play gut ball" (Mrs. Keibrecht you were more than a coach).

But I think that if there was one thing that could sum it all up, I'd have to go with ... well ... dancing gophers make us smile (Mr. Carr, you know that is so true)!

The class of 2002 has been around to see so much change.

Change in our newly completed school, the world that we live in, but mostly, I think, in our hearts.

I look around at all the teachers, coaches, parents and friends who have put so much love, time and faith in us that I just can't help but think that the biggest and best changes - the ones within ourselves - are yet to come.

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