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Amelia Scharber
Parents: Dan and Kelly
Scharber Town: Rogers 1. Highlight your involvement in high school classes and extra-curricular activities this past year.
Amelia was involved in many activities in high school. She was a member of the National Honors Society, Readers to Leaders club, and the RHS News Crew.
2. What was your most memorable high school experience? Why was it special?
Amelia’ s most memorable high school experience was winning the title of 2025 Homecoming Queen.
Sarah Zyskowski
Parents: TJ Zyskowski, Rob
Zyskowski Jr Town: Otsego 1. Highlight your involvement in high school classes and extra-curricular activities this past year.
Sarah has taken 3 different AP classes this year( AP Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Gov), CIS Anatomy and Physiology through the UMN, and on her 4th year of Spanish, this class through CIS— St. Cloud State University. Sarah has been involved in Leos for her 4th year, Link Crew for her 2nd, and she is the secretary of RHS Drama Club. Through secretary, she has run the social medias and have been honored to be the Student Publicist for MN’ s regional theatre awards. She has been involved with RHS Theatre, and has participated in all 3 shows this year, with record-breaking attendance and performances.
2. What was your most memorable high school experience? Why was it special? Sarah’ s most memorable high school experiences have been near the end of the
She explains that it was special to be voted for amongst her peers and have everyone come together.
3. What are your plans for the future?
Amelia plans to go to the University of Iowa next fall for Radiation Sciences.
year, after all the AP Tests and finals are over, and students get to finally relax and celebrate with friends and teachers. These are some of her favorite memories, from cribbage in calculus, to the random presentations and fun projects, to the final goodbyes and yearbook signings.
3. What are your plans for the future?
Sarah plans to explore her interests in both biology and marketing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, either diving into Digital / Creative Marketing and Social Media or exploring Genetics and Genetic Researching at the university.
Mackenzie Moir
Parents: Joel and
Melissa Moir Town: Rogers 1. Highlight your involvement in high school classes and extra-curricular activities this past year.
Mackenzie played both varsity hockey and lacrosse while balancing schoolwork.
2. What was your most memorable high school experience? Why was it special?
Mackenzie’ s most memorable high school experience was playing team sports. Being able to spend time with friends while
Hannah Thompson
Parents: Josh and Tori
Thompson Town: Otsego 1. Highlight your involvement in high school classes and extra-curricular activities this past year.
Hannah took several challenging courses during her senior year, including Medical Terminology through ARCC, AP Statistics, Human Physiology, and the Nursing Assistant program, where she earned her CNA license. In school, Hannah participated in NHS, LEOS, Link Crew, and Readers to Leaders. Outside of school, Hannah’ s passion belonged to aerial dance. She worked as a Teaching Assistant at Eureka Aerial and took classes twice a week with her team to prepare for their showcase on May 17th. She also competed with a solo in Wisconsin last November where she got 3rd place in her division.
2. What was your most memorable high school experience? Why was it
doing something she loves made everyday so much more special.
3. What are your plans for the future?
She plans to attend Concordia St. Paul where she will be playing division II lacrosse while furthering her education.
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Hannah’ s most memorable high school experience was going to sporting events with her friends. She loved spending time with her friends while cheering on her high school teams.
Throughout her high school career, she loved getting to go to US Bank with the football team and Xcel Energy Center with both the Volleyball and Hockey teams.
3. What are your plans for the future?
Hannah will be attending the University of Minnesota— Rochester and majoring in Echocardiography. She hopes to later specialize in Pediatric Echocardiography.
Madison Selander
Parents: Heather and
Jeff Selander Town: Rogers 1. Highlight your involvement in high school classes and extra-curricular activities this past year.
In the past year, Madison has taken almost all of her classes through PSEO to earn college credits while in high school. For extracurriculars, she played the mellophone in River Valley Sound over the winter and is now in the 728 Cadets Marching Band for the summer. She also performed in the pit orchestra for the fall musical and participated in World Language and Culture Club and National Honor Society.
2. What was your most memorable high school experience? Why was it special?
Madison’ s most memorable high school
Claire Larson
Parents: Jill and Jeff
Larson Town: Dayton 1. Highlight your involvement in high school classes and extra-curricular activities this past year.
This year Claire has taken 3 AP classes, and 3 PSEO classes. She was a Link Leader, secretary of National Honors Society, a captain of the volleyball team, a tutor, and a student leader for Roger’ s Breakfast Club.
2. What was your most memorable high school experience? Why was it special?
Claire’ s most memorable high school experience was playing in the state volleyball tournament. A
experience was performing with both River Valley Sound and the 728 Cadets. She met many amazing and talented people through the group and learned to work with others and play multiple instruments with better technique and greater confidence.
3. What are your plans for the future?
Madison’ s plans for the future are to attend the University of Minnesota Duluth, where she will continue her education and later decide her major.
large number of students came to the games, and being a part of the community support and family-like culture at Rogers was very special.
3. What are your plans for the future?
Claire plans to attend Florida State majoring in Biochemistry, pursing a career in medicine.
Sedrick Neba
Parents: Felix Neba and Stella
Ngwa Town: Otsego 1. Highlight your involvement in high school classes and extra-curricular activities this past year.
The highlight of Sedrick’ s high school career was definitely his involvement in the RHS Theatre Department. He participated in 2 musicals, 1 play, and many other events in the Theatre department. Other than extracurriculars he took many classes, like most High School students, and some of his favorites were Forensic Science, AP Lang, and AP Lit. These classes allowed Sedrick to open up and taught him so much, beyond just the subject material.
2. What was your most memorable high school experience? Why was it special?
One of Sedrick’ s most memorable high school experience was being prom king of his senior year. This moment served as a reminder of all the connections he’ s built during his time at Rogers High School. All the groups of people he’ s befriended came together to vote for him, which means a lot.
3. What are your plans for the future?
Sedrick is studying Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota Twin-Cities.