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Celebrating the Class of 2015

Kare Greve

Raymundo Rios Cruz

School: Battle Mountain High School

Favorite school moment from any year: Going on the hut trip for environmental science.



Give a shout out: To my family and friends. Also to all the awesome teachers at BMHS.

Summer plans: Work and enjoy the summer.

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Where are you headed this fall: Montana State University.

If you’re leaving Eagle County what will you miss most: My family and friends.

In 10 years you’ll be: I will be a computer programmer.

Favorite class you took: AP English literature and composition.

Class you wish had been offered: All the classes that I wanted were offered throughout all four years.

Kara Greve

School: Battle Mountain High School

Favorite moment of every year: Performing in the spring musical as Hope Harcourt with the amazing cast of Anything Goes.

Summer plans: I will be a horseback riding instructor at a girls sleep-away camp called Red Pine in Wisconsin. I will also be skiing on the Plum Ski-ters waterski show team.

Where you’re headed this fall: Colorado State University, I will be double-majoring in biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering.

If you’re leaving Eagle County, what will you miss most: Sporadically seeing elk and deer and seeing the same people at Smoose and Starbucks but not knowing their names.

In 10 years you’ll be: Creating prosthetics while being the hero Gotham deserves.

Favorite class you took: Foods 1, Foods 2, Foods 1 again. OK but actually Calculous and probably Show Choir

Class you wish had been offered: Interpretive dancing to hip hop music.

Anything else? “I am no man” (if you can guess the movie you’re awesome)

Levi Loria

School: Battle Mountain High School

Where You’re Headed In The Fall: Colorado State University

If You’re Leaving What Will You Miss Most: Mowing the lawn

In 10 years you’ll be: 28 years old

Favorite class you took: Botany

Class you wish had been offered: A class where one learns to tell time by the sun

Anything Else: I’m on the left in the photograph

Sands Donald Simonton

School: Battle Mountain High School

Favorite school moment from any year: Being congratulated in the halls after the winning the State Men’s Alpine Ski Championships this year.

Summer plans: Working at Steven’s Home Care Landscaping in Eagle, having fun with friends and getting ready for college. Hopefully backpacking, fishing and rafting too.

Where you’re headed this fall: Colorado State University, Warner School of Natural Resources

In 10 years you’ll be: Working, skiing and playing hard in the Northwest with my new wife (?) new used Audi A4 and new Husky Thor.

Favorite class you took: AP Environmental Science; with a big shout out to Mr. Von Stralendorff

Class you wish had been offered: Stand Up Comedy for Athletes

Shout out to my Dad Cliff for being my ski and life coach and mentor throughout my entire school and athletic career and to my Mom Teak for keeping me alive with great food all these years!

Dakota Rae Sloniker

School: Battle Mountain High School

Favorite school moment from any year: Being a part of the school Musical Anything Goes and making new long lasting friendships.

Summer plans: Working hopefully, hanging out with my friends and adventuring out in the wilderness with Skyler Runke.

Where you’re headed this fall: Boise State University in Boise Idaho.

If you’re leaving Eagle County, what will you miss most: All of my friends that I have made this year that will stay with me forever. Also, the skiing of course .

In 10 years you’ll be: Hopefully finishing up graduate school to become a surgeon or physical therapist with my own practice.

Favorite class you took: AP DE College Biology with Mr. Caudill, the most amazing teacher in the world.

Class you wish had been offered: I really wish I would have been able to take a sign language class, I believe it would have been a really interesting and insightful class to take.

Anything else? GO BOISE STATE BRONCOS!!


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