"Lifers" set to graduate

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Thirty-four students who started first grade in 1999 at Saint John the Baptist Elementary School will graduate from Juan Diego Catholic High School this May. The group calls themselves the "Lifers." The students, shown in front of the Juan Diego bell tower, are Alissa Atwood, Marc Backman, Joseph Bigsby, Jacob Duing, Stephen Dunn, Annabah Glasser, Tyler Grogg, Megan Hatch, Eric Heinz, Sarah Hendricks (not pictured), Dorothy Ilada, Janessa Ilada, Callie Jungemann, Courtney Leonard, Evan Makin, Eva Ariana Malouf, Anthony Manuell, Erin McCarthy, Jacqueline Moynihan, Jake Nelson, Mitchell San Miguel, Augustus Schwab, Victoria Shimkus, Jacobe Sittre, Brooke Sorenson, Blake Steinvorth, Nathan Tack, Ryan Taylor, Rachael Vanderberg, Matthew Whipple, Scott Williams, Wyatt Wilson, Emily Woltkamp and KyLee Wykoff.