Farewell
My name is Kassidy Fetch and I’m the
senior class president. We are a graduating
class of 53 students. 19 of us have spent the
last 13 years together, 20 of us have above
a 3.0 GPA, currently 16 of us have received
scholarships, totaling over $53,000. We’ve
shared a lot of ups and downs together. I know
personally that I’ve had some great times,
and have been through a few hardships along
the way. It’s going to be strange not going to
school with the same people I’ve grown up
with, and not seeing the same faces everyday.
Ms. Safier won’t be telling us to have
a happy day at the end of each day, or giving
us advice for the weekends. Mr. Brown won’t
be threatening to go on the three check mark
system. No more pie day with Mr. Shockey
or Mr. Ware telling us his crazy stories, and
we won’t be hearing him yell those stories in
the hallway either. Mrs. Willard’s contagious
laugh won’t be something we hear all of the
time. Mrs. Riley won’t be updating us on her
fish, or yelling at us not to kill spiders. Mrs.
Hyde won’t be checking in on you to see
how you’re doing all of the time. We won’t
be painting any more salmon for Ms. Allen,
or taking any more computer classes with
Mr. Lower. We probably won’t ever have Ms.
Gwin handing out gum to all of us either and
instead of filling out fake W-2 forms with Mr.
Blair, we’ll be doing taxes by ourselves.
One thing I’m going to look back
on and always be able to smile about is our
homecoming memories. From air jams, to
making the banners and signs, to powder-puff
and the homecoming football game, our class
always did well and it helped us grow together
from freshman year on.
Our class has been a part of a lot,
particularly our senior year. It was the best
year Vernonia has had for athletics as a whole,
ever. Through the course of our 4 years,
we’ve had many accomplishments. But this
year, our volleyball team went to state for the
5th consecutive year, our football team had
a winning season and was league champions
for the first time since 2004, our girls’
basketball team was league champions for
the 4th consecutive year, and they went to
Pendleton last year for the first time in history.
Our boys’ basketball team was not only league
champions, but STATE champions as well for
the first time since 1979. Cheerleading came
back to Vernonia our freshman year, and
earned second at state this year. Our baseball
team went to district playoffs, and our softball
team was league champions and made it to
the quarter finals of the state tournament,
which was only the third time for Vernonia to
do so. Our track team also had multiple state
champions, and a state record as well, and our
equestrian team sent athletes to state for the
last four years.
I’ve had a love/hate relationship with
high school. I’ve learned a lot, and have truly
been blessed with some of the things I have
encountered. I’m sure a lot of us would say
the same. As our years of high school have
come to an end, and it may be a scary thought
or an exciting thought, I want everyone to
Steven Burns & Jocie Roberts
Kassidy Fetch
Robert Connor
Kennedy Fish
Emily Bergerson
Margaret Brent, Jared Cook & Leire Valladares
Lacey Best-Cutright, Trevor Kent & Elisabeth Kreuter
Patricia Garcia
-Kassidy Fetch
Class President
Jordan Brickley
Jocie Roberts
Benjamin Skanes
Quentin Skanes
Sheyanne Pedersen
Kassidy Fetch, President
Sara Smith, Vice President
Jordan Brickley, Secretary/Treasurer
Lola Berger & Klára Sehnoutkova
Congratulations
to the class of
2016, always be
the best that you
can be. We did
it!
Honor Graduates
Class Officers
Charity Barklow
imagine what’s still to come, and the journeys
we will take on. I hope we can put some of
the stuff we’ve learned in high school to use.
Not just academically, but the lessons you may
have learned with friends, family, reacting to
situations, learning when to bite your tongue
and when not to, learning where hard work
can get you and much, much more.
Although things are never going to be
the same, I know that we will all contribute to
society in our own way. We don’t just have
the potential, we WILL do something great,
whether it be athletics, careers, schooling or
what ever challenges we decide to take on.
As Alan Alda once said, “When you
embark for
strange places
don’t leave
any of yourself
safely at the
shore. Have
the nerve to go
into unexplored
territory.”
Breanna Gardner & Nichole Gardner
Jordan Brickley
Bradley Ely
Rachele Hanner
Andrea Castaño
Mahaila Fennell, Pavel Michalec & Corra Jensen
Jake Harbour
Marc Henke