Menlo School graduates 144

The 144 members of Menlo School’s Class of 2016 received their diplomas June 9 in an outdoor ceremony that included welcoming remarks from Director of Upper School John Schafer.

Commencement speakers were Connie Wolf, then director of the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford (she subsequently resigned), Menlo history teacher and alumnus Charles Wetherell of the class of 2005, and senior class president, George Tamer of Hillsborough.

Menlo School’s Chorus and Chamber Orchestra provided music.

Menlo School Board Chair Larry Frye assisted John Schafer and Head of School Than Healy in conferring high school degrees upon the graduates.

Established in 1915, the private Menlo School enrolls 795 students from around the Bay Area in grades 6 through 12.

The graduates

A-B: Faraz Abbasi, James Elliott Adler, Shayanna Ahuja, Leslie Cynthia Akin, Katelyn Ann Aoyama, Elena Stephanie Ariza, Harrison Louis Armsby, Andrew Scott Arnold, Ronjoseph J. Babiera, Lily Bigley Barnett, William Theodore Eliopoulos Bleicher, James Taggart Bonham, Emma Nicole Brady, Mason Lane Brady, Alli Anne Britts, Erin Fiona Broderick, Kelly Lynn Buck, Madeline Laura Buxton

C-D: Joshua S. Campbell, Andrew Michael Cardozo, Justin Thomas Cardozo, Kevin Patrick Cardozo, Antoinette Carpio, Sasha Caroline Cassidy, Jocelyn Chan, Alyssa Kathryn Chao, Jasmine Syan Charles, Wen Shin Chen, William Francis Chisholm III, Julian Navab Christensen, Adriana Contreras-Sandoval, Grace Lynne Costello, Welling James Costello, William Edward Crouch, Mackenzie Cornell Duffner

E-G: Avalon Rose Edwards, Zoe Ann Enright, Hutchinson Christopher Fann, David Andrew Farnham, Taylor Kristen Felt, Polly Haniman Finch, Kaitlin Vaughan Frangione, Samantha Joy Frenkel-Popell, Carson James Gampell, Renee Noelle Girard, Peter Callender Gish, Alexander Benjamin Gold, Lila Grace Gornick, Cornelia Loft Gray, Elena Loft Gray, John Vasken Guiragossian, Jessie Helen Guthrie

H-K: Philip Hausen, Nicole Dizon Henderson, Lucy Margaret Heneghan, Lauren Elisabeth Henske, Jeffrey Briones Herr, Frances Ho, Haley Alexa Keare Hodge, William George Hsieh, Constance Rebecca Hu, Lauren Jacques, Matthew Alexander Joss, Monica Danira Juan, Andrew J. Kim, Annie Kim, Isabella Koningstein, Marcus Arkadi Kuhlmann, Nikhita Kunwar

L-M: John Davis Lambert, Makena Jane Lambert, Katherine Elena Lazar, Lane Leschly, Noah Silton Listgarten, Hunter Arey Listwin, Lucas Leonardo Loaiza, Ian Alexander Loftis, Antonio Lopez II, Jared Cheney Lucian, Payton L. Mack, Dennis Mandudzo, Mia Wu McConnell, Tyler Austin McGraw, Michelle J. Meyer, Anna Betts Miller, Riya Mirchandaney, Oratile Monkhei, Mackenzie Morehead, F. Gabriel Morgan, Esmee Marie Morris

N-P: Parvathi Narayan, Denna Nabbaat Hashemi Nazem, Alexander Richardson Neumann, Samuel T. Nuttle, Angel Muka Okoro, Dylan Graham Francis Pace, Rylan Andrew Pade, Marco Nicholas Papadoyannis, Andrew Caro Parker, Hannah Katherine Paye, Olivia Marlis Pellarin, Claire Phibbs, Paige Patricia Pietrofesa, Ashley Janet Pimlott, Charles Ernst Phillip Pinkus, Thomas Rory Plewman, Jordan Leonard Pluchar, Elizabeth Dorothy Power, Nicola Mae Price

Q-S: Michael Alexander Quezada, Sarah Kathryn Rantz, John Moore Reinstra, Meghana Renavikar, Davis Rich, Jessie Rong, Charles Andrew Roth, David Whitehurst Roy, Connor Scranton Ryland, Nathan Aldredge Safran, Chelsea Renee Sahami, Kylee Tiger Santos, Jada Jinhi Scacco, Eleanor MH Schley, Kian Seddighnezhad, Jeptha Cabot Sedgwick, Raphael Colin Serrano, Michael Morris Shames, Ryan James Shanley, Shannon Shih, Benjamin Kibrik Simon, Lauren Kathleen Smith, Daria Barbara Inez Sprague, Scott Richard Stevens, Madeleine Cole Stewart, Kira Donohue Sze

T-X: George Tamer, James Allan Thygesen, Schuyler Anne Tilney-Volk, Melissa Tran, Falahola O ‘Eniketi Vaka, Maya Varma, Benjamin Kai Werdegar, Claire Alice Wilson, Christopher Weiping Xi.