Issue date: June 16, 1999
The Class of 1999 will graduate from Menlo-Atherton High School on Thursday, June 17, during traditional ceremonies at 4 p.m. on the school's football field.
Seniors, wearing maroon gowns and mortarboards, will enter the field as the Menlo-Atherton Performing Band plays "Pomp and Circumstance." Senior Michael Simon will lead the seniors and audience in singing the national anthem.
Senior class president Susanna Chenette and vice president Pedro Castaneda will give the welcome. Danny Pickard, senior class treasurer, will present the class gift.
Eight seniors, who wrote and presented their speeches to a panel, were selected as graduation speakers. They and their topics are: Melissa Jeuck, "Our Journey"; Robert Studley, "Flight 1999"; Emma McKeithen, "To Rise Above"; Ashley Drummond, "The Good Old Days"; Fernando Villanueva, "Holding Tight to Our Memories"; Melissa Camacho, "Making a Difference"; Vanessa McKenna-Morillo, "Diversity at M-A"; and Anamaria Nino-Murcia, "Passion, Perspective and Peanut Butter."
Principal Eric Hartwig will present the class to President Pat Nail of the Sequoia Union High School District Board. He will give a talk, accept the class and present the diplomas, assisted by Mr. Hartwig.
Seniors who will take turns calling the names of their classmates as they step forward to receive their diplomas are: Susanna Chenette, Pedro Castaneda, Stephen Carson, Logan Elliot, David Golovin, Randell Lewis, Jonathan Li, Karen Lu, Noah Machtinger, Jaime Marconette, Emma McKeithen, Brian Nicholas, Patrick Ochieano, Danny Pickard and Daniel Tyre-Karp.
Class leaders Susanna Chenette and Pedro Castaneda will lead the graduates in the ceremonial changing of the tassel.
Three Menlo-Atherton teachers Shannon Griscom, Nancy Barnby and Charlotte Monteith, who are retiring at the close of the school year, also will be recognized.
Menlo-Atherton's candidates for graduation are:
A: Selmawit Abay, Juan Aguilar, Brindicy T. Alcaraz, Sara J. Alongi, Henry Stanley Alvarez, Katherine Andreiev, Courtney Kristine Andrews, Maribel Arteaga, Maria de Jesus Arzate, Christopher James Ashton, John Joseph Avaunt, Elisabel Avila.
B: Maurice J. Backey, Noe Baez Mota, Miguel Bailon Cordova, Mayra Baquedano, Andrew C. Barker, Megan Rachel Barnes, Aida Vanessa Barquero, Ismael Barragan, Rebecca Beth Batchelder, Paula Belfiore, Allison Paige Berkowitz, Matthew Shigeo Bigliardi, Rebecca Boeddiker, Paul Robert Bolton II, Peter Bowman Borak, Peter Andrew Bosel, Shamealle Bostic, Natasha Monique Bradford, Stephanie Brender, Erika Broadwin, Melissa Karen Browne, Ashley Elizabeth Brubaker.
C: Michelle Calderon, Wendy Jane Caldwell, Melissa Camacho, Martha Odilia Cano Morales, Angela Corinne Carr, Stephen D. Carson, John E. Carter Jr., Pedro Angel Castaneda, Fabiola Castillo, Gloria Imelda Castillo, Ana Ceballos, Jessica Ann Cerda, Luis Armando Cervantes, Kelvina Cheng Fai Chan, Susanna Lynn Chenette, Kingsley Chunling Cheung, Irvin Ching, Young Me C. Chung, Simone Cirani, Adam Edward Clark, Leslie Ann Clark, Bakari Frank Clark Thompson, Lauren Hastings Connor, Aracely Contreras, Fidel Contreras, Karina Contreras Mendoza, Noemi L. Contreras, Roberto Contreras, Phillip Edouard Cornell, Mariela Cruz, Lorena Y. Cuffy, Richard L. Curry, Richard Duane Curtis III.
D-E: Bradley Daniel Davidowitz, Baye Agbeko Davis, Matthew Aaron Day, Henry Deras, Andrea DesMarais, Brad Detrick, Juan Jose Diaz, Derek Francis Dickinson, Justin C. Dietrich, Martha Dominguez Martinez, Nyla X. Dowden, John F. Draper, Ashley Elaine Drummond, Lars O. Ekberg, Lorena Vereniz Elisea, Logan Mitchell Elliott, Stephanie Enriquez.
F-G: Joshua Scott Farray, Sarah Runstrom Fick, Christopher Chiang Fiorentini, Scott Nathan Fisher, Peter Allen Fjeldsted, Adan Garcia, Yoalli Garcia Palacios, Daphne Anne Gille, Chloe Jennifer Glare, David Samuel Golovin, Consuelo C. Gomez, Hector Gomez, Justina Gomez, Eric Gonzalez, Joseph Alan Gotelli, John J. Gray, Elizabeth Green, Laia Christine Grino, Francisco J. Guardado, Angelica Guarneros Cadena, Shalimar Vianey Guerra, Angelica E. Guerrero, Shari Denise Gurley, Jorge Luis Guzm n Gutierrez.
H: Maurice Darnell Haines, Dominique Zone Haley, CaSandra Lynn Hand, Keith Jay Handelman, Moses Hardy Jr., Jonathan Stephen Harrison, David Ian Haskell, Clayton Howard Hathorne, Xuan Lan Hay, Taryn R. Hebbert, Wilfred Abiel Heimuli, Joanna Lynn Heiple, Eric Hemmerling, Jorge Hernandez, Stephen Patrick Hernandez, Rachelle Helen Hewitt, Alanna Louise Hibbard, Luke J. Hitchcock, Tyler McClean Holland, Jonathon Hooker, Alana Justine Hosking, Jessica Ruth Hosking, Araceli Hurtado Cuevas, Stephen Imperiale Hagerman.
J-K: Angelica Jaimez, Ariel Jakobovits, Melissa Francine Jeuck, Patricia Maria Jimenez, Sarah L. Johnson, Tylisha Sedalia Johnson, Diana Juarez, Risa Kanaguchi, Jacob Kaplan Moss, Nicholas Matthew Karuntzos, Sherice Rochelle Keasley, Nadia N. Kelly, Pontea Masuemeh Khalili, Michael Charles Kinsey, Alexandra Scheraga Kleinerman, Brett Koller, Zacarias Krasuk.
L: Joseph D. Lacina, Kristy L. Lawson, Cherie Le Zotte, Alejandra Lemus, Clayton Robert Leonard, Blake Lewis, Randell Dishaunae Terrell Lewis, Jonathan Hon Sum Li, Robert Nils Lion, Preeya Lofgren-Boll, Claudia Yadira Lopez, Jose Lopez, Lilia Lopez, Sergio Lopez, Ayinde Loudd, Katelyn Vanessa Low, Karen Niu Lu, Nikaria Demae Luckey.
M: Noah Benjamin Machtinger, Jose Angel Magana, Alma Maldonado Quiroz, Jaime Daryl Marconette, Roark Adam Marsh, Daniel Steven Mason, Sean Michael McCandless, Cameron James McClure, Alicia Renee McGee, Lisa Justine McIntire, Adriana L. McKee, Emma Maeve McKeithen, Vanessa McKenna Morillo, Adriana Isabel Medina Arias, Isoura Medina Arias, Josephina Medina Gil Aguilar, Doreatha Sharon Melancon, Alfonso Mendoza Bustos, Dalila Marien Mendoza, Efrain Mendoza Salas, Lorena Mendoza, Mercedes Mendoza Trujillon, Iriam Maricela Menjivar, Andrew Albert Menninger, Ricker Whitman Minkler, Adelita Montalvo, Letroy Moore, Erick Morales, Maria Guadalupe Morales, Carlos Manuel Moreno, Piper Lynn Morrison, Vika'atu Movete, Edom Mulugeta, Paul Andrew Nelson, Brian Walrath Nicholas, Kendra Cathleen Nicholas, Katie Nicholson, Anamaria Nino-Murcia.
O-P: Patrick Joseph Ochieano, Laura Angelica Olivares, Jesus Ortiz, Adam Michael Oscarson, Karin Taylor Ostrander, Peter Bingham Otte, Mariela Aide Palafox, Karla Paredes, Evan Hardesty Parker, Alisa J. Patterson, Carlos Roberto Patterson, Michelle Christine Pellone, Eduardo Penaloza Morales, Nicholas Phillip Penna, Darrell A. Perry, Spencer Scott Peterson, Kimberly Anne Pettingill, Nancy Phillips, Ruby Dennita Phillips, Daniel Ward Pickard, Patricia Katherine Piers, Nathaniel C. Pinkston, Lewis Powell, Joshua Cain Powers, Terry Frederick Powers, Shirley Yogeeta Prakash, Alejandra Preciado Ceja.
Q-R: Hernesto Quinonez, Lynne M. Rambin, Maria Isabel Ramirez, Alison R. Rasch, Gilberto Rascon, Megan Ward Rawlins, Martha Reyna, Mathew Cyrus Rick, Jasmin Lee Rivas, Alberto Rodriguez, Katherine Ruth Rolla, Noam Yehudah Rosen, Niles Hamilton Rowland, Angelica Ruiz.
S: Kalisi F. Sakalia, Ariana Sanchez, Christian Sanchez, Christopher Masaru Sanders, Myra Idania Sandoval, Angelica Santana, Annie Sartor, Mirna Michelle Sazo, Megan J. Schrader, Tim Scully, Matthew Shechmeister, Daniel Shelsta, Robin Deborah Sieben, Marina Silva, Marisol J. Silva, Michael Dwayne Simon, Jacqueline Ann Sinnott, Caroline Curtis Snyder, Tracy Y. So, Jose Roberto Solano, Daniel B. Spiegel, Jessica Stagner, Samuel Stephens, Katherine Bannister Strahorn, Meaghan Bannister Strahorn, Suzanne Kathaleen Stroebe, Robert William Studley, Sayako Suzuki.
T-V: Maya Tanovic, Keven M. Tecon, Ana Tinajero, Laura Jean Todd, Christina Tom, Michelle Lai Won Tom, Gerardo Torres, Jessica Torres, Kym Tran, Athanasios Triadafilopoulos, Isi Tuanaki, Ian Thomas Turner, Daniel Isaac Tyre Karp, Humberto J. Valencia, Lynn Marie VanAntwerp, Rebecca Joy Vanides, Carlos Vasquez, William Vela, Paula Velasquez, Joshua Bain Veltman, Marita Vera Bohorquez, Fernando Villanueva.
W-Z: Arly Janell Wagner, Kelly Christine Walker, Abigail Ann Warden, Amber Warren, Kamisha Warren, Fady Wagdy Wassef, William Taylor Welch, Trent Todd Wenzel, Scott White, Taiam Shayrel White, Trevor E. White, Thomas Scott Whitnah, Gregory Paul Whittaker, Brooke Alaine Williams, Dave Williams, Julia Loreen Williams, Tiffany Williams, Troy Williams, Ariane Robin Wilson, Schanta L. Wilson, Michael Andrew Woods, Michelle L. Woods, Chad Chao Hsing Wu, Milad Yazdi, Anthony Bryn Young, Mark William Younger, Rodolfo G. Zamora, Rosa Araceli Zertuche.
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