Hillview Middle School will graduate 221 eighth-graders — one of the largest classes in recent history of the Menlo Park City School District — on Thursday, June 15, during outdoor ceremonies that start at 5 p.m. on the school’s blacktop.
The Hillview Concert Band will perform a pre-ceremony concert as well as the traditional Elgar processional, “Pomp and Circumstance,” and “Legacy March” by Steve Hodges as the recessional.
Music specialist Richard Vaughan will direct the band of sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders, as they perform “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 2006.
The eighth-graders have invited Hillview teacher Lexy Keller, a math and eighth-grade core teacher — and also a Hillview graduate — 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 one of the eighth-graders for use after high school. The award, now given for the 20th 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. They are Daria Finstad, Carolyn Malquist, Willy Haug, Lexy Keller, Barbara Berkowitz and Jennifer Hutsell, with help from Ernie Imura, physical education specialist.
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 graduates
A-B Joanna Acosta, Zachariah Omar Adham, Bryce Alexander Aebi, Hasti Sara Afsarifard, Maria Celerina Alejandre, Amanda Arrington, Courtney Michelle Arrington, Alexandra Brie Anne Badduke, Giovanna Baffico, Mariela Yasmin Bahrami, Brian Jacob Barrow, Hilary Benedick, Mae Harriet Bethel, Daniel Joseph Beyers, Nathaniel Bieselin, Francisca Patricia Bobb, Heather Lynn Bogott, Hannah Elizabeth Bowersox, Amber Boyd, Alexander E. Breya, Andrew Wayne Brodbeck, Madeline Burwell
C-D Shannon Terese Carmody, George Alan Carruthers, Daniel Bevan Case, Brandon Joel Castillo, Gino Cavallaro, Eric Patrick Ching, Nicholas Church, Zachary Dean Clarence, Tyrus C. Cobb, Ashby Cogan, Benjamin Walter Cohen-Stead, Jesse Michael Colligan, Kevin Michael Culbertson, Kayla Nicole Cunningham, Crystal Angelina Cuschieri, Michael Edward Deady, Katie Elizabeth Deras, Russell John DeSandre, Cory Myers Downing, Sierra Monet Drew, Courtney Alexandra Durdle
E-G Caroline Ann Edwards, Hensley Shea Ellefritz, Tyler O. Estkowski, Victoria Fakalata, Allison L. Felt, James Maxwell Fergason, Christopher Kenneth Fisher, Thomas D. Folker, Reed Carlisle Foster, Guido Franke, James Fisher Fredericksen, Emma Kathryn Fuller, Reid Wayman Gaa, Sandra Arlette Gaitan, Ryan Andrew Gallen, Mindy Alyssa Garagozzo, Anna Rose Geiduschek, Beaugart Cognein Gerber, Zuhir Ghazawneh, Nils Peter GilbertsonBrittany Brianna Goodwin, Molly Elisabeth Gould, Phillip Goupille, Melissa Ann Grace, George Grass, Karla Maria Guevara
H-K James Wally Hansen, David Eugene Harris, Jessica Lee Hartman, Andrew J. Higgitt, Sylva Hinton, Brian Nelson Hohl, Heather Robin Holyoake, Joshua Daniel Hubert, Austin James Hume, Nicholas Hutter, Christopher M. Ibarra, Nestor Daniel Jaco, Aili Sugimura Jiaravanont, Dominique Ciara Johnson, Sophia Daniel Kalin, Gabriel Alexander Kaplan, Corinne Elizabeth Keer, Jeffrey Keller, Sabrina Alessandra Keller, Erin Kelley, Maya Grace Kelley, John Joseph Kelly, Ivy J. Kelso, Kyle Jacob Kessler, Jackson Kinne, Eugenie Maryanne Kitekeiaho, Wynton J. Kitzmiller, Katrina Kleck, Elizabeth G. Knox, Daniel Alexander Kozlowski, Veronica Alexandrovna Kushnareva, Annie Mako Kuwabara
L-M Vanessa Akemi Lane, Sofia Latifi, Matthew Michael Lawson, Benjamin Robert Levison, Alvin Wai Tsun Li, Janice Yijin Li, Savannah Flora Lindsey, Ashley Nicole Lipinski, Brianna C. Lopez, May Lozinski, Vincent Morell Maier, Serena Hoi Mak, Sitani Malupo, Ana Maria MarkdaSilva, Gregoire Martineau, Rachel Marty, Samuel H. McClure, Matthew Gordon Mcgrouther, Garrett McMurtry, Brian Robert McNamara, April Rose Melendez, Brieanna Rose Miller, Darryl Griffin Miller, Lucy Alice Milner, Alden Spencer Mitchell, Thomas William Mitchell, Tyler Young Moragne, John Fredrik Moran, Kristina Carolyn Morris, Jacqueline Leigh Mosher, Dominic J. Mullen
N-P Yuki Joshua Nakayama-Larrabee, Kristen Bingham Nash, Megan Jane Nash, Olivia Purcell Nash, Maria Navarro, Matthew Jay Newman, Helen Anhkhanh Nguyen-Pham, Gregory Thomas Nisbet, Benjamin Joseph Nuyens, Meagan Elizabeth O’Brien, Joseph Anthonio Ocon, Isabella V. Oledan, Pablo Manuel Ortiz, Samantha Lyn Otte, Elmer Palacios, Connor Tomas Payne, Tyler Peart, Elizabeth Anne Peck, Aaron Peckler, Kristy Carrington Perez, Spencer R. Petersen, Elitah Ripley Petty, Matthew Matt Pilla, Jacob Pinkston, Joseph Juan Piper, Mark Ploeger, Christopher S. Pontilo, Stefanie Christine Pressesky, Jessica Mitze Pulido, Maria Puna
Q-S Jessica “Kwale” Quartey, Janna Loren Ratzlaff, Jennifer Kathryn Rechsteiner, Megan Elaine Reed, Vanessa Carmen Renkel, Jairo Vinizio Revueltas, Ian Matthew Rhine, Ashley Elizabeth Roberts, Alexander Webster Rohn, Darby N. Rosenberg, Cameron Mills Rowland, Hassan Saad, Brunella Salerno, Ian Benjamin Schmid, Monica Sekona, Jordan Kindy Shaw, Darya Guity Sheikhrezai, Shashwat Sigdel, Matthew Robert Silano, Quinn Anton Skidmore, Anne Katherine Skoulis, Chad Slightam, Derek Robinson Smith, Peyton Chiossi Smith, Lauren Ilana Solomon, Rachel Elizabeth Solomon, Chloe Marie Songer, Alexander T.F. Stephenson, Mallory Stevens, Zachary Allan Straube, Caroline M. Stroud, Claire H. Sutton, Scott James Swartz
T-Z Kai-Chantal Tamme, Matthew Shiro Tan, Manu Ha-i-vailahi Taufa, Sione Molou Taufa, Jacob Liu Taylor, Megan Thomas, Angelina Louise Thomson, Forrest Fraser Tiffany, Riley Tight, Alyssa Rae Tomijima, Tolifili Tongotongo, Jessica Valasi Tuliau, Austin M. Turner, Shilan Dilnaz Ugur, Roy Ulukivaiola, Maxwell A.Unger, Rolando Valencia, Adam Robert Vaughan, Jeffrey R. Wagstaffe, John Edward Walecka, Janice Walton, Megan Webb, Anne Jordan Weil, Selena Autermease Welch, Taylor Ann Wentz, David Martin Westley, Samantha A. Wirtz, Keiko Grace Wolff, Liuaki Wolfgramm, Eric Spencer Wright, Mehrad Yazdi, Camille Simone Zolopa
