Fifty-nine eighth-graders at Woodside Elementary School took part in the school's graduation and received diplomas in the school's amphitheatre on June 7.

Commencement exercises began with the Woodside School Band, directed by Beth Dameron, playing the processional, and eighth-grade students Anna Miller and Hunter Listwin leading the national anthem and salute to the flag.

Woodside School Superintendent/Principal, Dr. Beth Polito welcomed parents, guests and students before the eighth-grade students performed songs and gave addresses.

The class of 2012 chose and sang as its class song, "Little Wonders," with music and lyrics by Rob Thomas.

Woodside School Foundation President and parent Mary Pinkus gave the commencement address.

Assistant Principal Steve Frank presented the class of 2012 to the Woodside school board.

Graduates
A-D Audrey Alvarez Gonzalez, Hanna Marie Amirsehhi, Karl Vincent Par Arvidsson, Marie Ning Brzoska, Gillian Ally Schaeffer Campbell, David Castillo, LaMarrisha Chauntell Clemons, James Theodore Connolly, Owen James Whittington Cooper, Frederique Tregelles Cocoran, Joseph Rosner Coslet, James Patrick Diller, Wyatt Minch Dooley
E-K Jamie Wing Fong, Theodore David Freidenrich, Samantha Joy Frenkel-Popell, Eleanor Frances Gifford, Sofia Elena Gilbert, Justin Brandon Green, Matson Thomas Haley, Julia Nicole Hansen, Jack Lawrence Hernstadt, Haley Alexa Keare Hodge, Jaclyn L. Hovsmith, Raymond Paul Malvino Hurst, Ritwik Kesavath, Georgia Margaret Kingman, Sage Noel Kurnie,
L-P Olivia Marie Lara, Hunter Arey Listwin, Jessica Noelle Marguet, Katherine Elizabeth Avril McDowall, Anna Betts Miller, Cassandra Jo Miller, Mackenzie James Emmett Morehead, Alexander Lisle David Novitsky, Jessica Katheryn Patton, Charles Ernst Philip Pinkus, Andrew James Piro
Q-S Meredith Lee Raynor, Angelica Ruby Rebuelta Sanchez, Adelina Elizabeth Revollar, Kathryn Rose Sanderson, Eleanor M.H. Schley, Leila Arbuckle Schneider, Austin James Smith, Frank Daniel Smith, Avery Faye Simon, Caroline Amanda Sprague, Allegra Lind DeNardi Stangvik, Maxwell Austin Stearns, Hayley Harper Stringer
T-Z Christian Tehin, Katherine Terry Thomas, Chelsea Triveno, Edward Harold Lian Tuttle, Oliver James Weiss, Patrick Christopher Wilkinson, Niklas Alexander Yoho

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