Eighth-grade students at Woodside Elementary School on Friday, June 12, strolled across the soccer field to the school’s amphitheater and began the commencement ceremony for the Class of 2009.
The class has a total of 51 graduates.
The Woodside School Band, directed by Beth Dameron, played “Pomp and Circumstances” as the students enter the amphitheater.
Students Alexis Clark and Jack Power led classmates, families and friends in the salute to the flag and singing of the national anthem.
The class of 2009 sang “Welcome the Wherever You Are,” popularized by Bon Jovi, as the class song.
Superintendent/Principal Diana Abbati welcomed guests and graduates. Student speakers were Cameron Merten on “The Road through Time”; Grabrielle Shaw on “The Spirit of Woodside”; Jacqueline Falkenberg on “The Voices Inside of Me”; Hannah Campbell on “Handprints”; Michael Marguet on “Boundaries”; and Mikaela Waters on “The Eternal Love of Fall.”
Christopher Dressel, president of the Woodside School Foundation, gave the commencement address. Then, Dean Amy Retttberg presented the class of 2009 to Karen Werner and Ellen Ablow, members of the Woodside School District’s Board of Trustees.
Graduates
A-C Alejandro Arturo Aguijosa, Joseph Michael Alftin, Ariana Barron-Silva, Ricardo Barron-Silva, Hannah Malinda Campbell, Kasandra Garcia Carrico, Jennifer Elizabeth Caruzo, Therese Aaron Chipault, Alexis Ruth Clark, Cleo Shannon Cleary.
D-F Madison Leigh Darbonne, Emily Elizabeth Degnan, Michael William Allen Degnan, Cole Minch Dooley, Daniel Francis Draeger, Julia Joan Dressel, Jacqueline Nicole Falkenberg, Christine Elaine Flock, Sadie Helena Foti.
G-K Alexandra Maria Gilbert, Paisley Anna Lyda Gilbert, Caroline Rose Glazer, Spencer James Hanley, Emma Swan Hinman, James Michael Jupiter Kollar-Gasiewski, Christian Stephen Kurtela.
M Michael Griffin Marguet, Miles McCann Robinson, Madeleine Claire McMorrow, Taylor Jacquelyne Mendes, Blake Camden Meredith, Cameron Eva Merten, Madison Ann Michelis, James Parker Michelsen, Jahana Roshan Moledina.
N-R Shea Aaron Nobbs, Maya Ablow Norman, Emily Rose Ohara, Lexington Diana Phillips, Amy Morgan Pinkus, Jack Ryan Power, Peter Whiteley Quinby, Kestutis Paul Rushing.
S-Y Gabrielle Clara Shaw, Nicolette Adrienne Stoddart, Dominic Tehin, Leigh Hanson Thomas, Maritza Lisa Triveno, Matthew Drake van Veenendaal, Mikaela Hannah Waters, Christina Marie York.
