2019 - 2020 The Miegian Vol. 63, Iss. 5 | Bishop Miege High School | 5041 Reinhardt Dr, Roeland Park, KS | July 17, 2020 2 CONTENTS 02 Senior Issue Introduction 04 The Miegian’s COVID-19 Response 06 Collage 08 Seniors and their Bright Futures 12 Collage 14 Featured Seniors 16 Senior Survey 18 Featured Writings 19 Senior Sports 24 Senior Advice & Teacher Memories 26 Farewell Miege 2019-2020 Miegian Staff Maren O’Connell Moira Sutherlin Luke Lazarczyk Editor-in-Chief Senior Issue Co-Editor Sports Editor Maddy McBride Kaitlin Thrun Isabel Copeland Staff Writer Staff Writer Staff Writer Sindy Garcia Allison Masilionis Cooper Brandmeyer Staff Writer Staff Designer Staff Photographer 3 Letter from the Editor Maren O’Connell eye-catching and a colorful keepsake granted the beauty of CTRL+Z (undo for each student if they so desire. keys). (Of course technology is often Editor-in-Chief The first step was transitioning unreliable—ahem—sometimes re- from a traditional newspaper to a sulting in an entire deletion of the f you know me, you probably are magazine-type format through the newspaper’s servers. Don’t worry, we aware that I tend to downplay my help of our printing company, Best recovered from this setback.) Iachievements and shrug them off Graphics. Mrs. McCambridge said After receiving a note from Ms. as not being that important. It was she shared that her editor loves the Hartwig at the end of my sophomore no exception when I learned that I smell of the pages, after I walked year, enticing me to join the news- was going to be Editor in Chief for into class raving about the scent. paper through bribery of hot choc- The Miegian for my senior year. Do Guilty as charged, but I did not mind olate, I did not expect this decision not misread me, I was thrilled and the small bit of embarrassment to impact my future. However, I immediately started strategizing and that came to me after I learned that am enrolled at K-State, majoring in thinking of what I wanted the de- everything was approved. The most Graphic Design, with a passion for sign to be and achieve—but I didn’t important part of the plan of mod- creativity and leadership. My senior immediately think to celebrate or ernizing the newspaper was final- year in newspaper gave me so much even tell my parents. Even now, I ized, and I could finally focus on more than I ever planned for and I have had to condition myself to take fonts, color themes, and the overall would not change the journey that credit for the work I have completed design of the newspaper. led me down this path for anything throughout the year. This position I cannot imagine the amount in the world. has taught me to be more confident of hours I have spent on the Ado- Throughout this past school and not be afraid to be “bossy,” a be software this year alone, but I year, we have published four is- word largely only used for women in enjoyed nearly every second of it. sues total. I was looking forward leadership roles. Graphic design fits my creative brain to completing the senior issue This year has been a year of an perfectly; I thrive on having all the with my newspaper staff because it exponential amount of learning for elements laid out before me and was going to be the issue we were me. I learned how to lead a staff then set my mind to begin arranging planning to have the most fun in and figure out what kind of leader I things. My mind is restless when it designing and writing pieces. Then wanted to be; I experimented with comes to artistic planning. I still quarantine happened and the last designs and learned how to recover have a passion for traditional art, two issues were postponed and I was from unexpected problems; I dis- but I usually make mistakes because heartbroken. I made it my mission covered new software that will soon I don’t like waiting and sketching, to still hand out a senior newspa- become my career and continued to and just plan to figure out how to per, because quarantine took away develop my artistic style. I came into solve the problems as they come the finality students desired at the the position having a strong idea of (because they always do). When it end of the school year. I am hoping what I wanted to turn The Miegian comes to graphic design, I am able— that the newspaper Moira Suther- into. even encouraged most times—to lin and I spent hours designing this In past years, from my obser- make mistakes because that is when summer is a welcome keepsake for vations, students would rarely take new ideas emerge. In the graph- each student. I hope everyone feels the time to look through each issue ic design world, no alteration is a they are represented throughout once they were handed out in Faith promise. It is a possibility because the pages, and they can look back in Family (a sad truth that even I have you can very easily go back and try future years and remember the cha- to own up to). My main goal was to something new out with little to otic circumstances of Miege’s loving elevate the design to make it more no problem; I will never take for class of 2020. | issue design by Maren O’Connell | senior issue designers: Maren O’Connell and Moira Sutherlin | cover photos from Miegian archives | collage photos courtesy of Liv Alvarado, Maddy Bohon, Nayeli Garcia, Ariacna Martinez-Andrade, Maddy McBride, Dustin McCasland, Morgan McNally, Elena Nguyen, Payton Nies, Moira Sutherlin, Matthew Virgil, Kate Winklhofer 4 Miegian’s coronavirus Reasons I still had a good senior year Moira Sutherlin I was able to dress up fancy, stuff my happened. face with expensive food, and strut my I’ve made so many memories from Staff Writer mediocre dance moves three times. the musical and play, and couldn’t imag- Fall/Winter Sports Sadly, students ine a senior year without them. nfortunately, our senior year was were not able to attend spring sports Teacher’s Assistant Although it was rudely interrupted by the coronavi- games. It was worse for spring athletes cut short, I still got to be a teacher’s assi- Urus, which caused us to finish the rest when their season was over before it even tant for Campus Ministry (CMT) most of of our year online. This was devastating started. the year. Students can only TA when they for the senior class; we were so sad to Luckily, I was still able to scream and are a senior, and it was one of the best hear we would be missing all of the ex- cheer at games. For example, the Rock- decisions I have ever made. citing senior activities that happen at the hurst-Miege football game, which was the Kairos Unfortunately, the April end of the year. most highly anticipated, intense game Kairos had to be canceled, but four Kairos While it is sad we missed so much, I I’ve been to at Miege. managed to happen. still had a good senior year. These are my Musical/Play Right before spring I was part of K-65, and it was a really reasons why: break, I was able to become a director for eye-opening experience for me. It helped Three Dances Although we were not One Acts, which was supposed to perform me become close with people I barely able to attend my favorite dance — prom in April. I was heartbroken to hear it was talked to before. I do not regret going at — we still had the 80’s mixer, Homecom- canceled, but I was thankful that our all, and highly recommend it to every ing, and Sadies. fall musical and winter play had already underclassman. 2020: the year of the unknown Cooper Brandmeyer out a friend during a sad time in do miss it. Seeing everybody there their life. was something special to see, Staff Photographer I let the negatives of my life seeing everyone eagerly counting tear me apart. That’s why I put it down the days until graduation. or me, the year of 2020 was upon myself to help others. That is Even if 85 percent of us were unknown; I was walking into it why I was admitted to a University already consumed by senioritis, we Fcompletely blind. of Kansas program that will allow all had one common goal and that Whether it was my mom deal- me to work in the medical field was to walk across that stage with ing with breast cancer, or whether eventually. each other and shake Mr. Salis- it was college coming right around 2020 was going in the right bury’s hand one last time. the corner, 2020 was completely direction I would say, but that’s And now, as I’m typing this up in the air from there on out. I when the news of the coronavirus paper, I feel like we’re back into took it upon myself to make some- took the world by storm. being in the unknown and that thing out of it. I remember getting the news. scares us. I started focusing on not my- My mom called me and said I I can say this though: we can self but more of others. It was all would not be allowed to come really go up from here, it all de- to me about getting outside of home for a month when I got back pends on us.