Graduation 2002: Hillview Middle School Graduation 2002: Hillview Middle School (June 12, 2002)

Eighth-graders -- 191 of them -- will graduate from Hillview Middle School and the Menlo Park City School District on Friday, June 14, during commencement exercises that begin at 5 p.m. on the school's blacktop.

The Hillview Graduation Band and Orchestra will perform music under the direction of music specialist Richard Vaughan.

Keeping with a Hillview tradition, all eighth-graders wrote, memorized and presented a speech on the theme, "Life Lessons." The students who will speak at graduation will be chosen early this week after the finalists give their speeches during an assembly.

The eighth-graders have asked teacher Phil Eaton, who teaches directed studies, to be the adult speaker at graduation. They also asked science teacher Millie Niemeyer, who is retiring after 30 years of teaching in the Menlo Park district, to assist the core teachers in presenting diplomas.

For the 16th year, the Jeff Sorrells Memorial Scholarship will be awarded by a member of the Morris Sorrells family in honor of their son who attended Hillview. The $1,500 scholarship will be used four years from now when this year's recipient graduates from high school.

Principal Mike Moore will give a talk and present the graduating class to the eighth-grade core teachers, who will award diplomas to their students. The core teachers are: Margaret Appenheimer, Lesley Martin, Susie Jayasanker, Carolyn Malquist, Daria Finstad and Lexie Keller.

After the ceremony, the graduates will celebrate at a party, planned by their parents on a surprise theme, in the school's multi-use building.
Hillview School's candidates for graduation are:

A-B Jonathan Stewart Abramson, Eric Miller Alonso, Russ Rico Federico Altman-Merino, Kristina Anderson, Ruth Abrams Bacon, Jessica Erin Bailey, Victoria Mae Barry, Hannah Laura Bernstein, Jonathan Michael Berry, Giorgio Bianchi, Kimberly Yu Blanck, Sean Ray Blum, Abby Browning Bohannon, Maddy Rosealie Bohannon, Laura Elizabeth Brown, Lauren Nicole Brown, Matthew Joseph Brownstein, Stacy Ann Buch, Emily Trip Buerger, Meredith Helen Buerger

C Shayna Joan Carp, Felisia Adelina Castaneda, Jason Raynil Chand, Erin Juhl Chandler, Arielle Becka Citron, Christina Marie Clark, Shane Patrick Collins, Jonathan Anthony Corea, Caitie Elizabeth Crawford, Ricky Cecil Crawford, Romisha Sabrina Crawford, Tori Allison Creighton, Nicole Catherine Curatola

D Jeff Arvey Damian, Genna Catherine Darby, John Benson Darby, Patrick Burns Darby, Christina Davila, Rachel Kay Dawes, Julien Wyman deBenedictis, Allegra Sara DeCurtins, Lindsay Marie Denny, Dana Esperanza Duran

E-F Alana Leilani Eakin, Mwinyi Faida A. El-Kindiy, James Alexander Enns, Melissa Jean Evans, Jennifer Riley Farel, Michele Suzanne Fasig, Jennifer Kuni Fell, Lisa Anne Ferch, Kelli Marie Ferguson, Danielle Therese Fernandez, Ryan Steven Ferrari, Tyler Christopher Finley, Matthias Arthur Fore, Heather Ann Fox, Kevin Andrew Fox, Benjamin Aaron Fried, Jean Margaret Fundakowski, Brian James Funk, Wendy Marie Funk

G Nicholas Gabriel Galvan, Katie Elizabeth Garagozzo, Anna France Gardner, Katrina Cotter Glantz, Brendan Richard Goodman, Robert, Robby Peter Gray, Benjamin Knute Gullard, Eric Liu Gumerlock, Camille Lauren Guy

H-I Catie Rose Hagman, William Francis Hale, Alison Eller Harris, Christopher Hern, Danielle Elora Hildebrandt, Stephen Edmond Hipskind, Chris Robert Holyoake, Robert John Horsley, Sarah Logan Howe, Jacob Joel Hutt, Marcus Jamelle Hyde, Jessica Lorraine Iler, Matthew BenIng

J-K Julian Dinely Jennings-White, Daniel Jacob Kadvany, Noe Khalfa, Steve Matthew Kieninger, Justin William Kinder, Georgia Elyse Kinne, Scott Douglas Kirkwood, Patrick McKenzie Knox, Lindsay Marie Kopf, Nathan Kwok

L Kevin Alexander LaBarre, Tim Edward Langeloh, Nicholas Alexander Lederer, Charlie Adam Leonard, Robert Yun shang Lin, Nicholas Otjens Liotta, Zyctzy Jelli Lombera

M Hoi Sang Mak, Christina Selene Marshall, Chris Thomas Marty, Karley Marty, Bryn Elissa McMullan, Amy Elizabeth Mendez, Katy Elspeth Merk, Kyle Martin Mills-Bunje, Spencer Sheridan Montgomery, Ellie Fraser Moore, Kelly Elizabeth Morton, Lauren Taylor Mouat

N-O Kyle Walter Naas, Nima Babajun Naimi, Kenzo Nakamura, Thomas James Navarro, Clara ShaoTan Ng-Quinn, Matthew Michael Nisley, Jessica delCarmen Nunez-Varela, Akie J.J. Ogawa, Alexandra Louise Ogg, Allison Nicole Ogrey

P-Q Molly Stroud Pam, Josh Earle Peckler, Joshua Deal Perri, Craig Douglas Peterson, Elizabeth Dmitrievna Petrov, Jenny Beatriz Ponce-Deras, Peter Jay Pressesky, David Michael Prinvale, Rosalinda Pulido, Michael Anthony Quaglietti, Concepcion Chonito Quintero

R Niklas John Ramo, Sabrina Leigh Reddy, Michael Zachary Reiterman, Adrian Marcos Renkel, Mark Joseph Rentie, Eneida Mariana Revueltas, Adam Michael Rhine, Matthew Miller Ricktor, Randall Rivas, Christina Lee Robinson, Sonia Lee Robinson, Jose Luis Rodriguez, Elyse Lorien Romano, James Robert Ronstadt, Mika Mochley Rosen, Laura Magdalena Rytz

S Sadaf Sholen Saaber, Blanca Santoyo, Ian Collan Savage, Kendra Ann Sawyer, Helen Graham Seely, Haley Kathryn Selmon, Evan Naito Shea, Rachel Shelley-Abrahamson, Rebecca Yael Siegel, Nadja Diamond Sisco, Angelo Louis Sison, Jackson Paul Slavik, Andrew JP Smith, Geoff Clark Smith, Max Ramond Sobell, Susan Sky Somporn, John Stinkamp Sorlie, Jordan Conner Stelzer, Jordan Robert Sterling, Clark Elliott Stern, Alexandra Kay Stoneham, Britt Reid Sullivan

T-V Jacqueline Rachelle Tank, Andrew Sterling Tight, Stephen Charles Treadwell, Hadrien Donimique Trempont, Aaron James Vanides, Miriam Katerina von Guggenberg

W-Y Alicia Lynn Walcher, Justin Michael Wallace, La Crecia Monique Wallace, Kevin Emil Wang, Matthew Thomas Wertz, Katherine Rose Wertzler, Megan Ann Wessler, Cody Cameron West, Matthew Raymond Wheeler, Ariel Brianna Winawer, Michela Mickey Withers, Oren Marshall Wright Abby Compton Yeakel.