Where are my Firebirds? From the Friday night games to SGA meetings, there’s just some things that set as apart from other schools.

1. Chipotle was a must before every game.

It wasn’t a Friday night game without going to Chipotle first. Walking in, you just see a sea of red, gray, and black among the chrome of the interior.

2. You were decked out for all the games.

No matter what the game was, you know we were decked out in the school colors, painted onto our stomachs and chest. We won in school spirit, no matter if we lost or not.

3. You remember the Bomb Squad.

Before becoming a senior, going to the games was fun, but once you hit senior year and you could sit in the front of the student section, rocking the signature senior pants, you knew you made it!

4. You know the Slurpees from circle K were the thing to have.

Walking into the main doors with a Circle K Polar op was just the cool thing to do. Simple as that, plus, they were like, 80 cents… why not?

5. You remember the Butler County Fair.

Don’t worry, if you missed the St. Max festival, there was the Butler County Fair. It was a little farther out, but you could still get caught up on what happened while you were on that family vacation and figure out who your new bae was going to be for the school year.

6. You know the library was the place to be.

Though we hated walking there and we all wanted to drive, it was the place to be after school. Plus, we had no choice if we didn’t have a car, since we stopped getting bus transportation.

7. You remember Tom's Driving School.

When it came to the time to get our temps and go to driving school, you knew there was at least one Tom’s Driving School car in the parking lot every day.

8. You remember Elite Photography.

Everyone knows that little yellow square in the corner of those senior pictures and seeing our classmates displayed on the kiosk at Kenwood.

9. You loved The Rave.

Yes, The Rave. Not that lame AMC. The Rave. You bet you’d find half of the school there on a Friday night. Even if you weren’t actually going to watch the movie, you were there.

10. You patiently awaited The Cone.

As soon as The Cone opened, you bet your bottom dollar we were all there, melting along with the ice cream.

11. You were a member of SGA.

Student Government Association. You remember those weekly meetings, and the oh-so-clever t-shirts that are still sitting in that t-shirt draw of yours. Or how half the school joined SGA right around the time homecoming was coming up.

12. You participated in Relay for Life.

Homecoming, Prom, Relay for life. The main events for Lakota West! We held Relay very high on the event list.

13. You went to Ikea when you were bored.

“What should we do?”

“I don’t know.”

“Ikea?”

“Let’s go.”

if you never had this conversation with your fiends, then you didn’t go to Lakota West!

14. Go Firebirds!

And as always… Go Firebirds.