June 15, 2005

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Publication Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Graduation 2005: Hillview graduates its largest eighth-grade class

The Hillview Concert Band will perform a pre-ceremony concert as well as the traditional processional "Pomp and Circumstance" by Edward Elgar, and "Legacy March" by Steve Hodges as the recessional.

Richard Vaughan, music specialist, will direct the band of sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders, as they also play "Peter Gunn," "Evil Ways," "Secret Agent Man" and "Louie Louie" as a prelude to the ceremony.

Students are being chosen this week as graduation speakers to represent the Class of 2005. The Hillview tradition is for each eighth-grader to reflect on life-shaping experiences, and then write, memorize and give a speech to classmates on lessons learned and universal truths.

The eighth-graders have invited Hillview teacher Phil Eaton, who directs special studies for sixth- through eighth-graders, to be the adult speaker at graduation.

Again this year, a member of the Morris Sorrells family will present the Jeff Sorrells Memorial Award, a $2,000 college scholarship, to an eighth-grader, who will use the college scholarship in four years upon graduation from high school. The award, now in its 19th year, was established by the Sorrells family in honor of their son, who was a student at Hillview.

Principal Mike Moore will give a short talk and present the eighth-grade class members to their core teachers, who will present the diplomas. The teachers are Barbara Berkowitz, Megan Curtis, Daria Finstad, Willy Haug, Jennifer Hutsell, Michael Kaelin, Lexy Keller, Carolyn Malquist and Shirley Reed.

Paula Chidichimo, , who is retiring after 38 years in the Menlo Park district as a teacher of Spanish language and culture, will assist the teachers in presenting the diplomas. She is recognized for her devotion to the students, leadership in the school community, and support of the Hillview Site Council, cooking club, talent show, student trips and district activities.

A reception for the graduates and guests will be hosted by the seventh-grade parents immediately after the ceremony.

The graduates will celebrate later at the traditional grad night party, sponsored by their parents and held in the school's multi-use room.

Hillview's candidates for graduation are:

A-B Navid Afsarifard, Courtney Albini, Rosie Altman-Merino, Benito Amaral, Katherine Anderson, Anthony Armendariz, Kelsey Austin-King, Katherine Babcock, Alexander Baloff, Suraj Banot, Alexander Barker, Nora Barnard, Gage Bastian, Demi Battaglia, Jeffrey Bell, Joseph Bill, Catherine Blawie, Jared Bloom, Alexander Boesch, Kevin Bohannon, Ryan Bohannon, Sylvia Bowditch, Kelli Branning, Matthew Brees, Jonathan Brody, Brianna Brown, Rachel Brown, Adam Brownstein, Kevin Burks

C-F Mark Calvarese, Evan Carlton, Sarah Carp, Daniel Chao, Michael Chase, Ben Chute, Tali Citron, Cameron Cogan, William Cohen, Robert Cooper, Clarissa Coultas, Andrew Creighton, Christopher Cummings, Andrew Dahlkemper, Madeline Davis, Todd Daye, Peter Defilipps, Diana Deras, Zoe Downing, Stephen Durdle, Janelle Eastman, Kendall Eder, James Erwin, Melissa Evans, Mara Fabiano, Mele Fakalata, Alexandra Fanelli, Joel Feier, Nicholas Felt, Catherine Fisher, Charles Fitz, Christopher Fitzgerald, Matthew Fitzgerald, Mark Frankle, Kaitlin Fronberg, Mariana Fuerte, Sara Furney-Howe

G- I Cherie Galvan, Joshua Galvez, Caleb Geballe, Mark Gerow, Sean Glascock, Robert Goodwin, Matthew Gorman, Jordan Graczyk, Melissa Hall, Sabrina Hamade, Haley Harrier, Virginia Harris, Tamara Hasoon, Werner Herold, Catherine Higgitt, Garrett Hom, Richard Hong, George Horowitz, Hunter Horsley, Michael Huang, Adriana Huerta, Isaak Huerta, Brittany Hume, Nicholas Hurn, Jessie Hutt, David Ing, Thomas Ivy, Kaitlyn Iwashita

J-L April Jackson, Benjamin Jackson, Jacob Jackson, Nathan Jackson, Nikko Jackson, Paul Jacob, Forrest Jensen, Mika Jiaravanont, Danny Jimenez, Ernesto Jimenez, Uriel Jimenez, Eileen Johnson, Cyane Juedemann-Grebe, Yu Kambe, Jonathan Kaslow, Stephanie Keith, Christopher Kelvie, Jonathan Kieninger, Josephine Kitekeiaho, Lauren Knox, Patrick Labarre, Angela Lam, Kelly LaRue, Amanda Lee, Morgan Leech-McDonald, Conrad Leugers, Gregory Liggett, Sarah Lipps, Emily Little, Mary Locher, William Lockwood, Gina Lothrop

M-O Humberto Marroquin, Darius Mashack, Jose Martinez, Madeline Mayerson, Isabella McClure, Ryan McGill, Molly McMullan, Courtney McNellis, Kelly Mellenthin, Leily Moazami, Leonard Mohr, Chelsea Mongird, Casey Monroe, Christina Moseman, Paige Montgomery, Thomas Moore, Molly Murphy, Elizabeth Nakamura, Walt Napel, Michael Nelson, Nora Ng-Quinn, Francis O'Hare, Haley O'Neel, Fredrick Oliver, Nathan Olson, Katherine Orton, Lauren Osgood, Emily Ota

P- S Serafina Papi, Julia Peck, Alexandra Peers, Jazmin Perez, Jabari Perry, Jakari Perry, Kevin Peters, Andy Ponce, Stephanie Proctor, Elizabeth Pyne, Adi Qauqau, Keenan Quijano, Timothy Riddle, Kirsten Rodgers, Benjamin Rojany-Fogel, Alissa Rubin, Elise Rudolph, Paul Rudolph, Nadia Saad, Nicholas Sako, Luc Sallaberry. Ariana Sanchez, Joey Sandoval, Samuel Scheifly, Sean Schooler, Morgan Schwanke, Ariana Schwarz, Olga Serrano, Alexandra Sewell, Kaisarena Sheffield, Kevin Sheridan, Eric Siegel, Jeffrey Sklarin, Jay Slavik, Cheri Slightam, Vaughn Smith, Zachary Sobell, Jia Jun Soon, Eric Stanske, Samantha Stelzer, John Suttle, Stephen Szczurko

T-Z Samiu Talakai, Viliami Talakai, Benjamin Taylor, Sean Terribilini, Elise Thygesen, Cailin Todd, Kaitlyn Treadwell, Jessica Truax, Oliver Tully, Lusia Tupa, Mele Uhila, Adin Vaewsorn, Olivia Vagelos, Siuila Vainikolo, Sam Vea, Rachel Verity, Elizabeth Wagstaffe, Megan Walling, Neil Watters, Marc Weil, Ryan Weiss, Ire Welch, Marie Widmer, William Widmer, Aaron Wiener, James Wilson, Allison Windham, Matthew Wood, Sarah Zasslow, Marisa Zuk

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