Hillview Middle School will graduate 216 eighth-graders on Friday, June 15, during outdoor ceremonies that start at 5 p.m. on the school’s blacktop.
Hillview is the sole middle school in the Menlo Park City School District.
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 “Louie, Louie,” “Evil Ways,” “Secret Agent Man” and “Salute to Freedom” as a prelude to the ceremony.
Students are being chosen this week as graduation speakers to represent the Class of 2007. The Hillview tradition is for all eighth-graders to reflect on their experiences and how they have shaped their lives. They all write, memorize and give a speech to classmates on “Life Lessons” they have learned. The finalists are selected by the students from their classes.
The eighth-graders are selecting a guest speaker for the graduation ceremony.
This year, Dr. Morrie Sorrells 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 given for the 21st 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 to their core teachers, who will present the diplomas.
A reception for the graduates and guests will be hosted by the seventh-grade parents at the school 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.
Candidates for graduation
A-B David Abbott, Michael Abramson, Alexander Ackerman, Emily Aguilar, Lidia Arenas, Brandi Armstrong, Erik Athens, John Athens, Adrian Austin-King, Erin Badduke. Madeline Bahr, Calder Baloff, Trent Bastian, Samantha Battaglia, Max Bazan, Adrian Bennett-de Avila, Alexander Bercow, Matthew Berger, Haley Berggren, James Blawie, Isaac Block, Melanie Bloom, Benjamin Brees, Daniel Brenzel, Charles Brock, Nicolas BrodyC-D Robert Caine, Alison Candlin, Laura Canessa, Nicole Case, Jeffrey Casey, Kathleen Champion, Ian Chase, Andrew Chavirs, Christopher Chavolla, Grace Chen, Jennifer Chute, Gillian Collom, Austin Costello, Armando Cristerna, Anna Crookston-Herschlag, Michael Culhane, Thomas Cummings, Kathleen Dahlhoff, Victoria Dahlhoff, Abigail Dahlkemper, Robert Davis, Stas Della Morte, Robert DeSandre, Amanda Devine, Sofia Dewar, Michael Dickey, Stephen Dickey, Amanda Dobson, Emily Doherty, Quentin Doyonnas
E-G Chandler Eason, Cristofer Echols, Camille Escobar, Kate Estkowski, Eric Evans, Gregory Evans, MollyFagan, Jordyn Fantuzzi, Michael Farzi, Alison Feldman, Alexander Fioretti, Grahame Fitz, Jeremie Fitzpatrick, Christina Fogel, Katharina Fore, Hallee Foster, Rachel Fox, Esmeralda Garcia, Justin Genevro, Jack Gertridge, Megan Glazebrook, Citlali Gonzalez, Jose Gonzalez, Nahuiketzali Gonzalez, Nicolette Gottuso, William Gray, Hailly Green, Amanda Griffin, Russell Gurman
H-K Charlotte Hailey, Emma Hailey, Paul Hailey, Brendan Hale, Jonathan Halprin, Kenna Harpell, Anthony Hatfield, Samuel Hausman, Nicolas Henze, Christina Hidalgo, Brett Hightower, Anelise Hohl, Madeline Holtzman, Natalia Huerta, Keith Inman, Kassidy Iwashita, Edward Johnson, Emily Johnson, Taylor Karis, Paige Keating, Alexis Keller, Colin Kelley, Rory Kennan, Kurt Kessler, Christopher King, Sofia King, Fiona Kirby, Julian Kitzmiller, Sara Kline, Bridget Kludt, Tristan Konolige, Courtney Kurtz
L-M Tyler Lawrence, Clarissa Lee, Sydney LeFebvre, Katherine Liang, Ian Lindelsee, Jacob Lindquist, Brian Little, Sofie Madden, Linda Marroquin, Francis Masuda, McKinley Mathon, Jason McGhee, Natalie McMahon, Amy Meltzer, Jacob Meyers, Lauren Miller, Samantha Mitchell, Daniel Mohr, William Mohr, Kendall Mongird, John Morey, Henry Mouat, Izamar Moya, Regina Mullen
N-P Farzan Naimi, Yuga Nakayama-Larrabee, Jiayi Ning, Yuki Nishimura, Laurin Noguchi, Maria Nunez, Maxwell Nuyens, Brogan O’Hara, Daniel O’Neel, Megan O’Neil, David Oser, Gregory Owen, Viliami Palu, Edwin Parada, Karen Parada, Dylan Ping, Nicholas Plante
Q-S Kelera Qauqau, Preben Ramleth, Austin Randall, Kate Reardon, Lauren Richards, Joseph Ricktor, Christina Rodgers, Hannah Rosenfeld, Rachel Rosensweig, Tyler Ryan, Jailan Sabet, Clary Sawyer, Maggie Schack-Lambdin, Kyle Scherba, Garrett Schwanke, Marisa Schwarz, Diane Seely, Samuel Sexton, Joseph Shepard, Cara Sivara, Nathaniel Skinner, Adam Sklarin, Matthew Smith, Buck Stanek, Kelley Stanske, Kristina Steben, John Strebler, Andrew Sweeney, Julia Sylvester
T-Z Weston Tapia, Salofi Tautua’a, Sulia Teu, William Thomsen, Abigail Thornburg, Christoffer Thygesen, Colton Toy, Ross Trammell, Pesa Tupa, Nicolas Valencia, Willie Veenhuyzen, Julia Vitale, Jordan Voskuil, Chace Warren, Sarah Watson, Evan Weiner, Zachary Wentz, Nicola White, Elisabeth Wilkinson, Daniel Windham, Zoe Winkworth, Cameron Winn, Shelby Wirtz, Philip Witham, Nathan Wulff, Caleb Young, Miles Young, Neil Zaky, Sylvia Zasslow
