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Alumni: What Are They Doing Now?

June 1, 1998 by Mini Archives

By Trish Laumann and Kristina Petron

STEVE LAUMANN

  1. What year did you graduate?
    ‘95
  2. What are you doing now?
    Service manager at Amoco (getting paid for doing basically nothing.)
  3. What are your plans for the future?
    To keep everybody happy (if you know what he means.)
  4. Did you have a nickname in Mini-School?
    Lauie wowwy!
  5. What is your fondest memory of Mini-School?
    Family relationships.
  6. What was the most memorable trip you went on with Mini-School?
    Arkansas 92-93. Why? Gilbert, Arkansas population 14. Ma and Pa’s store, and Cubins
    on the porch after one of Doug’s fulfilling breakfasts.
  7. How had your life changed being in Mini-School than any other program at MHS?
    I graduated
  8. What teacher or student influenced you the most?
    Justin Weitnauer. Why? “Because he was as old as me, and still stuck in school.”

JOSH ROCKSTAD

  1. What year did you graduate?
    Graduated in 1993
  2. What are you doing now?
    Living in South Minneapolis and working for Hunter Landscaping.
  3. What are your plans for the future?
    Continuing working for Hunter, and starting Brown institute in the fall.
  4. Did you have a nickname in Mini-School?
    Yes, it was Rocker.
  5. What is your fondest memory of Mini-School?
    Stepping out on the ledge of the Grand Canyon.
  6. What was your most memorable trip?
    The Grand Canyon. Why? Because it’s the Frickin’ Grand Canyon.
  7. How had your life changed being in Mini-School than in any other program at MHS?
    I would have dropped out my sophomore year.
  8. What teacher or student influenced you the most?
    All of the teachers, but Doug was the most responsive to my needs. All my kind buds influenced me too.

SARAH MORTENSON

  1. What year did you graduate?
    1996.
  2. What are you doing now?
    I currently work at Micro Dynamics, and I just got married on May 5th.
  3. What are your plans for the future?
    I plan to be an architect.
  4. Did you have any nicknames?
    Yes, Thumper.
  5. What is your fondest memory of Mini-School?
    My fondest memory is when I embarrassed my cousin by bringing in a birthday cake and balloons, and got the whole class to sing happy birthday.
  6. What was your favorite Mini trip?
    When we canoed down the Minnehaha River.
  7. How had your life changed being in Mini-School instead of any other program at MHS?
    It allowed me to go to Mini in the morning, work during the day and night school at the same time.
  8. What teacher or student influenced you the most?
    Doug and Randy, because they tried to help me graduate early, until my files were lost!

PHIL LYNOTT

  1. What year did you graduate?
    ‘97
  2. What are you doing now?
    Living at home and working full-time at Rubble Tile.
  3. What are your plans for the future?
    Buy a 97 chev. 271, and keep working at Rubble Tile
  4. Did you have a nickname in Mini-School?
    Lynott, it’s legendary, “I was the mad hatter,” ask Doug.
  5. What is your fondest memory of Mini-School?
    Jumping off the 2nd floor of some church and just about broke both my ankles.
  6. What was the most memorable trip you went on with Mini-School?
    The Green River trip of 97, because it’s so much fun spending all my time with Doug. YEAH RIGHT!
  7. How had your life changed being in Mini-School than program any other at MHS?
    I could go on trips N’stuff. It was cool
  8. What teacher or student influenced you the most?
    Doug and Randy, mostly Doug because he’s an @##. Just kidding Doug.
Posted in: Alumni News Tagged: Kristina Petron, Trish Laumann

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