Senior Spotlights (E-H) - West Lyon Comm School District

Evan Erpenbach

By Katelyn Berentschot

Evan Erpenbach, also well known as Erp, was welcomed into this world by his loving parents Jake and Aletha Erpenbach. He was later joined by his two younger siblings Aubry (14) and Eli (13). Evan’s role model is his dad because he has always pushed him to be better in everything he competes and takes part in. He also is always by his side through wrestling matches, academics, and everything in his life.

In Evan’s high school years, he has been actively involved in football, golf, wrestling, and FFA. Wrestling is where Evan thrives and spends most of his time. He has received All-Conference 3 years in a row along with being a state qualifier 3 years in his career. He has also created some of his best memories through wrestling in his 4 years. On one of the many trips to Ida Grove for a wrestling tournament with the team, they were unloading the bags out of the van. Evan decided to be the last one to get his things out and Mr. Bouwman started backing up and almost ran Evan over before the tournament even started. His favorite West Lyon memory also came from wrestling. When Evan heard that the school was going to get remodeled along with a huge new wrestling room. He heard many rumors about the wrestling room not being done by his senior year, which made him upset. When the construction finished ahead of schedule, he can still remember the first time they went to practice and started running for warm-ups. When running, the whole room started to shake and from then on, every running warmup was filled with the constant shake of the wrestling room. Evan is also diligent in his academics by earning his academic letter and pins during high school. He loves math class because of how easy math is. No matter the concept, he loves to understand and work through many difficult problems. Outside of school, Evan works for his uncle doing plumbing at Battle Mechanical.

Evan will cherish his time at West Lyon. He will miss being able to see his friends every day and the amazing chicken alfredo lunch. He also isn't going to forget about Covid year. During the weeks home, Evan’s father had to work from home and always made him complete his homework along with attending every zoom meeting. He can’t even count how many times the zoom call only entailed him and Mr. Hawf. After high school, Evan plans to attend a four year college. His last piece of advice for the underclassmen is to “pick classes based on what interests you, not what all your friends are doing.”

Brayden Faber

By Eliana Kooi

Brayden, also known as “B-Fabes” to his friends, was born to Shannon and Joni Faber. Being the only son in his family of six, he has made sure to give his sisters the brotherly love that makes up for it. He was born after his older sister Breanna (20) and before his two little sisters, Ayla (15) and Aspen (11).

Brayden is very involved in the community outside of school; he attends his Church’s Youth Group and is a recurring member of T.E.C. (Teens Encounter Christ Church Camp) since February of his freshman year, aka T.E.C. 9. In school, Brayden is an avid athlete having been a part of the football, golf, and track teams, though his abilities don’t just end on the playing field. Academically he has been awarded Academic Allstate in Football, the Academic Letter his freshman year and Academic Pins since, and has also been a part of West Lyon’s NHS (National Honor Society).

When asked about who has inspired him these past few years and has become his role model, Brayden said, “Trevor Rozeboom because he is such a kind person to everyone and loves Jesus and it shows.”

Brayden’s favorite memory from West Lyon was during elementary school when he would attend the home football games though it wasn’t because he would watch the high schoolers play; it was because he got to play in his own football games behind the bleachers with his buddies. Another one of his favorite memories from school, specifically with a teacher, was in junior high during Mr. Rentschler’s class. Every class period before turning in assignments, they would talk about random topics so that the people who forgot to get it done could quickly finish it.

While Brayden is seen as a very positive person nowadays, there was a time his excess energy got the better of him. While in Mrs. Weber's class during third grade, he received a detention for kicking the back of someone’s rocking chair. He says that it was a very stupid reason for getting detention.

He then learned to channel his extra energy and brought it to recess,where he would dominate the 4-square court by slamming the volleyball as hard as he could on the ground—this was before cherry bombs got banned. Brayden was really good at games like this so it makes sense that his favorite subject was P.E, saying, “it was always a chill class until it got to the pickleball unit which was a ton of fun.”

When Brayden leaves, he will miss his friends that are going to different schools the most. He will also miss the lunch’s pork loin sandwiches and the countless carrots he would get from the salad bar everyday. His advice to the younger classmen is, “Do anything you think you can to be better than Central Lyon at sports, school, and at life.” After Brayden graduates, he plans to major in Physical Therapy and “maybe go to USD.”

Hayley Folkens

By Eliana Kooi

Haley Folkens, daughter of Jonathan (Trim) & Brenda Folkens, was the perfect way to complete their family of three. Haley’s role models are her parents because of how strong headed and hardworking they are, but also because of how supportive they are through everything and their willingness to give in many situations.

Outside of the house you can find Haley spending a lot of her time working at the Larchwood daycare center, Wiggles and Giggles; she says she loves working with the kids and making connections with them. In school, Haley is a part of the girls golf team where she was a state participant freshman year, Second Team All Conference sophomore year, and First Team All Conference junior year.

A funny story she mentioned was while on the way to state Mr. Mannes caught all of the classes cheating, which started with her 8th hour class, and she was freaking out unsure of if she’d be able to compete or not. However, that didn't change her view on Mr. Mannes, with his math classes being her favorite subject.

Haley’s favorite moment at West Lyon was when she went on the state golf trip. She said she spent a lot of great bonding time with her team, especially with the seniors because she only had one year with them; she was also able to golf in beautiful weather.

Some of her favorite memories at West Lyon was during her junior year 7th hour study hall, where she, Jayla, and Eliana would either take turns giving each other back rubs everyday or play different card games that were available in Mrs. Gerber’s room.

That wasn’t the only memory she shared with Eliana. During an elementary recess they were playing at the basketball courts and Eliana thought she would try to shoot it into the hoops. But what Eliana didn't notice was the recess duty teacher walking underneath it, so she ended up hitting her on the top of the head and started freaking out. Haley thought the whole ordeal was really funny and said that, “She is NOT a basketball player.” (Don’t you worry, Haley, I found a new sport).

Although the two don’t play on the basketball court anymore, they found a new court to spend their time at, the food court where at one point you could find them “stealing” (kindly asking for) the underclassmen’s brownies as they walked by. Haley’s favorite lunch was the one with chilli and cinnamon rolls.

As Haley is preparing to leave high school, she will miss the interactions she has with fellow students and the ability to people watch those around her. Her advice to the underclassmen is, “Never let people walk over you,” and, “Don’t care what anyone says and just have fun.”

Haley will start her new journey next fall at SDSU for a year and then “hopefully” another two years at Avera so she can finish up the rad tech program.

Maya Garcia

By Nevaeh Van Dyke

In January of 2008, Brittney and Regino Garcia brought Maya Garcia into this world. Since Maya was baby #2, her older sister Danica (20) got a great little sister to hang around. Eventually Aleksi (10) came further down the line. Maya also has a brother-in-law, Landon Moser, and her two perfect cats, Bean and Mozzarella. She says her role-model, her mother, Brittney is a very hardworking person with kindness to throw at everyone. Her mom has also taught Maya to always be herself in every way that matters.

Throughout school, Maya did exceptional at whatever she felt like doing. She’s never gotten a detention, “because I’m a rule follower,” she says. She has participated in color guard, speech, and Battle of the Books, and she even tried the spring play and had a great time! With everything she has been involved in, she’s achieved so much and more. Her color guard team has won best guard at multiple marching band competitions, and she's also attained the Iowa Seal of Biliteracy and an ABC academic award every single year of high school. With all of these many achievements and activities, Maya boiled down her love of a school subject to her English classes because of her love to read and write while discussing new topics. More specifically, during College Composition her senior year, Maya would love to chat with Mrs. Koedam rather than do her work. Maya has taken this love to chat and pushed it forward in her work at Jimmy John’s, where she’s made so many new friends in her first year and a half.

Maya will always remember the wacky things she's done with her friends throughout school, starting all the way back in elementary when she and her friends would eat crackers from Mayas’ pockets and call themselves “rats.” We don't know where she kept getting those crackers from. Another memory is playing four square at recess with Meg Lapka and Emersyn Rentschler and having a bunch of fun against the other kids that dared play. Moving to high school, Maya remembers a color guard outing to Buffalo Wild Wings during the season and requesting random people take pictures of the group for their Instagram posts.

Maya had a lot of fun throughout her life at school, and she is going to miss many things, mainly getting to see her friends every day and talking about the latest over her favorite lunch, orange chicken and rice. Her advice to underclassmen is to try your best but don't let grades stress you out. After high school, Maya plans to attend Southwest Minnesota State University and major in elementary education.

Marae Gerber

By Alyssa Hoogestraat

Marae Gerber was welcomed into the world by her parents Monte and Karla Gerber. Since Marae was the youngest child out of Katrina, Shawna and Dalton, she knew she was the favorite. Later in Marae’s life, her sister Katrina married Garth Fehr, which eventually led to Marae becoming a proud auntie to Grayson, Briggs, Aurora, and another baby expecting soon.

Marae’s love for her nephews and niece pushed her to work at Wiggles and Giggles daycare. Marae is also involved in 4-H and County Council outside of school.

Marae kept herself busy as a West Lyon student. She is talented in music, participating in the marching band, chamber choir, and concert choir during high school. Marae is not only gifted in music, but also academically. Not only did she receive academic letters and pins, but she is also a member of NHS. If you want to be a good academic student like Marae, you should follow her advice, which is, “Just listen to your teachers and you’ll be fine.”

Marae was an active FFA member as well. Her accomplishments in FFA include receiving a Greenhand and Chapter Degree. It was through FFA that Marae also got her favorite memory with a teacher, which was when she and her fellow FFA junior classmates went to Alaska with Mrs. Severson. Additionally, when asked about her favorite subject in school, Marae said, “FFA, because all my classes were really fun, we did a lot of hands-on activities, and my classmates got along together well and had a good time every day."

Marae also really enjoyed the lunchroom. Her lunch room favorites included not only her favorite meal of BBQ chicken nachos, but also a special tradition from fourth grade. Marae remembers having peaches almost every day for lunch that year. So everyday Marae and some classmates would have “peach wars,” which was dumping as many peaches onto each other's trays as they could and then covering them with napkins so the lunch duty teacher couldn't see. Another favorite memory Marae had from elementary school was singing and learning songs with Mrs. Meyer in second grade–perhaps this is where Marae got her love of music!

As Marae leaves West Lyon, she will most miss seeing her friends every day. While she is not certain about her plans after high school, she is considering becoming a patient care technician at a hospital as she is taking CNA classes currently. Whatever she does, she hopes to follow in the footsteps of her role model, her mother, who Marae says, “taught her to be respectful and responsible and shows unconditional love.” We know whatever Marae does she will certainly be respectful, responsible, and make the world a better place!

Mya Hage

By Nevaeh Van Dyke

Just like the best part of a meal–dessert–comes at the end, the best part of the Hage family came last. Mya Hage is her name. Her parents, Angela Jennings and Randal Hage brought the final piece of the puzzle home to her three older siblings, Ciara (33), Colton (28), and Maddie (25). Also in this big family, is her stepdad David Jennings, someone she loves very much. Mya has many things about her family that she loves, but her mother has to be her biggest role model. She’s been through so many things, including her stage 4 breast cancer and other life-changing events. Even through it all, her mom has been so strong and selfless, and it really empowers Mya to do the same.

Mya has kept herself busy during her time as a Wildcat. Her favorite reason for getting a detention was back in kindergarten when she spit on a kid for unknown reasons. At least she’s gotten better about keeping her hands to herself and channeled all that energy into colorguard, in which she has earned best color guard the years that she has been in it. She’s also been in choir for a long time too. Outside of school, Mya serves and cares for others at Stoney Brook Suites in Sioux Falls.

With all of these years at West Lyon, Mya has a lot to remember. It started all the way back in elementary when she and her friends would fly off the tire swings because they would push each other too fast. Another recess memory was when the same girls slid down the tornado slide supporting pole even after being told not to. Coming to high school, Mya still loves her friends and loved getting to be in ceramics and painting with them and Ms. Lindaman. Another great memory with her friends is the time they took panoramic photos of all her friends. They couldn’t stop laughing for minutes on end looking at the final products. Another teacher Mya loved talking to was Mr. Childress. He would always give Mya insight that she needed and would never pick sides with his logical mindset.

Mya will miss her friends, obviously, and the teachers she considered her favorite. There were so many fun days and classes that she will remember forever while she's following her dream of joining the air guard to become a commercial pilot. Perhaps flying off the tire swings all those years ago gave her the idea to safely stay in the air as a job in the future. Some final advice she has for underclassmen is: “Do your work. You’ll get it done eventually, so just do it before it's late.”

Bailee Halma

By Nevaeh Van Dyke

Patrick Halma was just 13 months old when a lovely surprise came. He was given a little sister, Bailee Halma. Her parents, Mindy and Loren, were overjoyed to have two perfect little children so close in age. Bailee, now 18 and graduating, has expressed that her role model is her dad. She loves to be her dad’s second pair of hands whenever he needs help with calving or working on farm equipment. She also loves that her dad will let her help him at the sale barn (and in turn miss school) to sell their family calves. She is thankful to have such an amazing inspiration in the form of her father.

Throughout school, Bailee has been great at everything academic. She’s received her academic letter, pins and medals all throughout high school for her consistently high GPA. However, that hasn’t been her favorite thing about high school. That has to be the first hour study hall she had where she could read her favorite books every single morning. Another favorite memory was being in the advanced classes, like Algebra I as an 8th grader and getting to skip physical science in order to take biology as a freshman. Bailee really did enjoy being smart and getting to help others with those subjects.

Being in the advanced classes allowed Bailee to also join the later classes early, which in turn got her her favorite teacher memory. Mrs. Wiertzma had taken the anatomy classes to the cadaver lab that year and that has got to be Bailee’s favorite time of the year with that teacher. Another Wiertzma memory was the banana DNA and the cat dissections, in biology and anatomy respectively. Her favorite class though was computer programming, sitting in the shivering cold room that had Mr. Brasser's computers sitting in neat rows. She learned how to create a website from HTML and CSS and even got to make her own video game!

Bailee also really enjoyed elementary school. She loved Mr. Johnson's class, especially the Egypt unit where the students learned to make a sarcophagus. She loved playing four-square during recess and collecting the little keychains all her friends and peers were obsessed with trying to get; she distinctly remembers a Garfield-inspired one she got and still has to this day. Reading all this you should know that Bailee has never gotten a detention. “Just don’t get caught,” she says. Another piece of advice would be to base your last year in school off what you want to do in college so you’re prepared for that next step in life.

She will not miss any lunches, as she has never eaten school lunch in her entire school life. But she will miss getting to see all the flowers that would pop up in the grass surrounding the school and working at Knobloch’s greenhouse over the summers to make the two and a half months go by way quicker so she could study again. Now, Bailee plans to attend Augustana University up in Sioux Falls to study pre-vet and then pursue a career in being a small animal veterinary technician.

Daemian Hamilton

By Alyssa Hoogestraat

Daemian Hamilton was welcomed into this world by his loving mother, Kellie. Daemian is a middle child to his other siblings, Karlie, Alexandria, Estella, and Amylie. When asked about his favorite role-model, Daemian said, “My mom because she has taught me a lot of things in life and she is very understanding of things.”

Daemian had a blast during his time at WestLyon. His favorite subject is PE, because they do a lot of different, fun things and overall would always have a good time. His love for PE explains why his favorite elementary memory is playing catch with other students. When Daemian isn't being active in PE or playing catch, you can find him in Mr. Marks shop class. In fact, Daemian’s favorite memory with a teacher is with Mr. Marks, because “he is always funny.” Daemian is very grateful for the opportunity to take classes, and he will miss those classes and seeing his friends every day after high school.

Even though Daemian never got a detention, he still likes to “test the teachers limits.” In fact, his favorite West Lyon memory is when he and his friends get yelled at during lunch for being loud. When Daemien is quiet during lunch, he is probably eating his favorite lunch, BBQ chicken nachos. If you ever hear someone saying “5 O”, it is probably Daemien and his friends communicating with a teacher.

Daemien is very successful outside of school. In his free time, he works at Subway. His hard work there has led to him receiving the accomplishment of “Employee of the Month.” Daemian’s future plans include going into the workforce after high school. As Daemien leaves West Lyon, he leaves some advice for underclassmen: “Get your work done in class if you have the time,” and, “take classes you really wanna take because when you’re a senior then it will be your last chance to take those classes.”

Evan Hildring

By Eliana Kooi

Evan was welcomed into this world by his parents Nick and Amy Hildring and just a few years later, his younger brother, Owen (15), came to follow in his footsteps. Outside of school, Evan is a hard worker and you can occasionally find him working at the Brandon Steakhouse or, during the summer, working for Al Poppens.

But his hard work doesn’t stop there; in school, Evan has been a part of the football, track, and wrestling teams here at West Lyon. In each of these programs he has contributed much of his time and talent. Through these activities, Evan was awarded various achievements and honors for his efforts. While in football, Evan helped the team bring the State Championships trophy to West Lyon the past two years. Evan was also awarded All State and All District for football during his junior and senior year while also taking the title of KCAU 9 SportsZone “Player of the Year” for this last season. In addition to football, Evan has also qualified for state track his sophomore and junior year as well. With all these numerous athletic achievements, it doesn’t seem out of the ordinary that when asked about who his role model is Evan replied with Dak Prescott (the quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys), saying, “He’s a great guy and awesome leader.”

Some of Evan’s favorite memories at school have happened in his 7th hour study hall period with Mr. Brasser. It also happens to be his favorite class at school because he and his friends would never do their homework and would just mess around. One of these times includes when he and his friends had more than half of the class participate in multiple games of imposter including Mr. Brasser himself. Another funny memory Evan had here at West Lyon —specifically during elementary school— was when he watched one of his friends ask a girl for her number in the middle of the lunch line. In the process of asking her, his friend had stumbled on every word and the girl ended up telling him no; a funny memory he will not forget. However, that’s not the only thing Evan won’t forget from the lunch room; one of his favorite lunches was pork loin and it will be something he will miss when he graduates, but what Evan will miss the most about leaving high school is hanging out with his friends as much as he does now.

After graduation Evan will attend Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, majoring in Exercise Science and then continuing on to be a Physical Therapist. Evan will also continue his athletic career to play on their football team. Evan’s leaving advice to the underclassmen is, “Have fun and push the limits.”

Alyssa Hoogestraat

By Eliana Kooi

Alyssa, also known as “Lys” to her friends, was welcomed into the world by her parents Beth and Brock Hoogestraat. Alyssa is also lucky to have her stepdad Kyle Stensland, her brothers Brandon (25) and Tyler (27), her sister-in-law Rose, one niece, and two nephews in her family.

Alyssa kept herself busy at West Lyon. In fact, her advice to underclassmen is, “You don’t have to be the best at something to be a part of it, so get involved in everything.” In addition to being a part of West Lyon’s Volleyball and Golf team —which she has earned the honor of lettering in— Alyssa is a member of FCCLA, FCA, and NHS. She is also the current Senior Vice President on Student Council. Finally, Alyssa was an excellent student who earned a silver medal as well as an academic letter and pins.

Of her many activities, one that she has especially excelled in is FCCLA. She was the 2023-2024 Iowa FCCLA Vice President of Public Relation. At the National level, Alyssa placed in the top 10 twice and earned gold medals twice with her Star Projects. During the 2024-2025 school year, Alyssa completed a safe driving project for FCCLA. This project led to her earning the National Families Acting for Community Traffic Safety award as well as a Teen RSA award, receiving a total of $2,000 for her efforts to make West Lyon a safer driving community. She additionally received the Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau Education and Training Award for this project, which earned her an invitation to present at the Lifesaver Conference in California; Workplace Road Safety also gave the West Lyon FCCLA Chapter $1,000 because they were so proud of the work Alyssa did through this project.

Her time at the conference in California was not only a great accomplishment, but also gave her one of her favorite memories with a teacher. Workplace Traffic Safety took her group to a very fancy restaurant, where the waiter was very serious and grabbed Mrs. Rockhill’s napkin off the table and threw it on her lap. She says of the bill at the end of the night: “the total was like $5,000 I swear.” This was an experience she will most certainly not forget. She also will never forget how much she and Leah looked forward to inside recess during elementary so they could find YouTube videos with TikTok sounds and dance to them or the time she and some friends received detentions for changing a time on a pass from Mr. McKenney in order to skip band and hang out in the locker room. Neither Mr. McKenney nor Mrs. Wedeking were very pleased with Alyssa and her friends.

Despite the skipping band mishap, it’s fair to say that Alyssa has definitely made her impact on West Lyon, helping many positive things happen through her activities and accomplishments. In this way, she is following in the footsteps of her rolemodel, her grandma Verlaine. Alyssa says her grandma, “is a very positive person and always wants to be the light in someone’s life. I want to be a positive person and make life fun for others.”

Though she will miss interrupting Mrs. Koedam’s class to say hi to her friends (or even say hi to Mrs. Koedam), Alyssa is excited to continue to make life fun for others as she goes on to SDSU to major in elementary education.

Bailey Huber

By Savannah Smith

Bailey entered the world and to welcome her were her overjoyed parents Melissa Baartman, Toby Huber and her siblings Alyssa Huber (29), Alexis Huber, (23) Austin Huber, (22) and Presley Aldis (22), making Bailey the youngest child. Bailey enjoys the quality time she spends with her nephews Rowland and Reece and her niece Bella. Bailey’s role model is her Dad. He shows perseverance constantly, shows her to go for what she wants in life despite what others think, and teaches her to not be lazy and actually work.

The main place you will find Bailey spending her time out of school is at her job. She works diligently at Wiggles and Giggles Daycare in Larchwood, where she really enjoys getting to spend time with the kids she gets to watch and take care of and being able to make strong connections with them.

Bailey has never gotten a detention, but her senior year she was pretty close to receiving one when she told Mr. Reinking's kid at daycare to tell Mr. Reinking no school tomorrow because of all the snow that was coming, and he in fact did tell his dad, and Mr. Reinking wasn’t very impressed.

Although Bailey didn’t come here until freshman year, she has sure made lots of memories in her short time here at West Lyon, her favorite being freshman year in study hall when she and an unusual group of others would play BS almost everyday instead of doing their work. Another favorite memory comes from her and math teacher Mr. Mannes. Junior year he would yell at her almost everyday for being too loud, so she would just ask him if he’d miss her over the weekend instead of being quiet, and he would always say no, until she got him to say yes finally at the end of the year.

Bailey's favorite subject in high school was easily anything history related with Ms. Haffner. Her class was always very fun and actually interesting. She is a real teacher when it comes to asking questions or anything that involves a good and entertaining conversation.

After graduation, Bailey plans to go to either a 2 or 4 year college to become an ultrasound technician. She will truly miss spending time with friends and trying to distract teachers from teaching in class. Bailey’s advice to underclassmen is to not worry so much about school, and don't put your time and effort into people who don't deserve it.

Sidney Huyser

By Savannah Smith

Sidney, known to many as Sid, was welcomed by proud parents Jordan and Bonnie Huyser, and her older siblings Dylan (27), and Jaxan (19). A little while later Mylie (15) and Tysan (13) came along to join the family, making Sidney the middle child. Sidney’s role models are her parents because they have taught her to work hard, and they support her no matter what.

During her time at West Lyon Sidney was involved in volleyball and softball. Outside of school, Sid is involved in her local youth group in Inwood, and she works at Fellowship Village in Inwood as a Dietary Aide and will soon move up to work as a CNA there. Sidney has received multiple awards, including earning a spot on the A and B honor roll, lettering in volleyball, and being in the top 10 for assisted blocks for West Lyon volleyball her senior year!

In high school Sid’s favorite subject was easily English because it was always very easy for her to understand. Sidney’s favorite funny story from her elementary years is when she was at recess, when someone accidentally threw a ball at a teacher’s head and the teacher gave that person an angry look.

Sidney’s by far favorite memory with a teacher was freshman year in Mr. Peterson’s Intro to ITE class. He would yell at Ellie Kooi, Marissa Broesder, and her because they would just sit in the classroom talking and be on their phones instead of going in the shop to work on their projects.

Although Sidney has never had a detention, there was a couple of times in elementary school when Savannah Smith, Emersyn Brands, Emery Koch, Ellie Kooi, and Sidney got into some trouble and would get sent down to Mrs. Twedt’s office, and had to talk with her about how they did not allow kids to play with them on the far blue monkey bars at recess because those kids weren't part of their friend group. Sidney and her friends learned their lesson from Mrs. Twedt. Now, whenever they are playing on the monkey bars, they will let everyone play with them.

Her favorite all time memory from her time at West Lyon was getting to watch many football games at the UNI dome and getting to watch state basketball in Des Moines. Sidney will miss her favorite school lunch of BBQ chicken nachos, a class favorite.

After Sidney leaves West Lyon she plans to go to college for something in the health care field. Sidney’s advice to underclassmen is to work hard, have fun, and don't take everything so seriously. Sidney will truly miss seeing her friends and certain teachers everyday.