It's Hats Off To Eastside Graduates!

Thousands of Eastside high-school seniors will march down the aisles this week at graduation ceremonies.

The events will celebrate the success of all the students and recognize the academic achievements of a handful of outstanding graduates.

Here are graduation dates and top students for the Eastside's Class of 1998.

Bellevue Christian High School: 7 p.m. June 18 at Westminster Chapel. Valedictorian: Nicole Craddock. Salutatorian: Melissa Woo.

Bellevue High School: 7 p.m. Friday at the Bellevue High School stadium. Valedictorian: Skyla Loomis. Salutatorian: Thomas Clifton.

B.E.S.T. High School, Kirkland: 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Eastlake High School theater. Top graduates: Alaina Perez, Lindsay French and Alicia Carter.

Black River High School, Renton: 11:30 a.m. tomorrow in the school gymnasium. Top graduates: Brandon Johnson, Tanshell Johnson, Terri Khounsombath, Mike Scott and Heidi Wohrman.

Bothell High School: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Mercer Arena at Seattle Center. Valedictorians: Rebecca Ashbaugh, John Esser, Kaitlin Hope, Sarita Mahtani, Larissa Ringger and Robert Wilson. Salutatorians: Rachel Malm, Erik Mildes, Bree Morgan and Jeff Rice.

Cedarcrest High School, Duvall: 7 p.m. June 16 in the school gymnasium. Valedictorians: Laura Dimock and Heidi Kern.

Chrysalis School, Woodinville: 1 and 5 p.m. June 20 at the Northshore Senior Center. Valedictorian: Bishop Wilkens. Salutatorian: Emily Morrison.

Eastlake High School, Redmond: 7 p.m. Wednesday in the school gymnasium. Top graduates: Brendan Erne, Carolyn Mazzitelli, Sean McCormick, Casee Miller, Markus Nordvik, Megan Sanders and Breege Zachary.

Eastside Catholic High School, Bellevue: last night in the Bellevue Community College gymnasium. Valedictorian: Lane Martin. Salutatorian: Mary Bossi.

Forest Ridge School, Bellevue: 8 p.m. Wednesday at St. Madeleine Sophie Church. Valedictorian: Amy Chou. Salutatorian: Melissa Garcia.

Hazen High School, Renton: 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Bellevue Community College gymnasium. Top graduates: Avanti Baruah, Nga Chuong and Julie Feltmann.

Inglemoor High School, Bothell: 7 p.m. Saturday at Mercer Arena at Seattle Center. Valedictorians: Melissa Dellino, Thaddeus Garlatz III, Lisa Grekowicz, Joanne Johnston, Brenda Lee, W. Benson Metcalf, Gretchen Olson, Samir Shaunak, Jeremy Skogsbergh, Ryan Toivola and Christina Tun. Salutatorian: Katherine Stewart.

Issaquah High School: 7:30 p.m. next Monday at Edmundson Pavilion, University of Washington. Valedictorians: Kimberly Evanger, Matthew Kalouner, Elizabeth Kappler and Kristin Knight.

Juanita High School, Kirkland: 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Juanita fieldhouse. Top graduates: Tyson Ayers, Christina Griffiths, Sarah Miller, Melissa Nelson and Krystal Pagano.

Lake Washington High School, Kirkland: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Juanita High School. Top graduates: Peter Brende, Peter Henderson, Susan Holgren, Tavia Holt, Francis Icasiano, Sean Maddox, Joseph Philip, Joshua Pickrell, Ian Slade, Yasuko Tamura, Devon Thurtle and Phillip Watts.

Lindbergh High School, Renton: 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the school gym. Top graduates: Michelle Almeida, Tiffany Ash, Lindsy Sherman and Eric Stephens.

Mercer Island High School: 7:30 p.m. next Monday at Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue. Valedictorians: Alexander Gin, Christopher Labrum, Dalibor Snyder and Krishna Vara. Salutatorians: Erica Close, Jeffrey Lee, Batholomew Paull, Christopher Shim and Mark Trousdale.

Mount Si High School, Snoqualmie: 7:30 p.m. Friday in the gymnasium. Valedictorians: Lindsey Jorgensen and Elizabeth Childs. Salutatorian: Mark Safstrom.

Newport High School, Bellevue: 7:30 p.m. June 16 at Edmundson Pavillion on the UW campus. Top graduates: Marisa McKelvey, Tammy To, Marek Grabowski, Brent Nelson, Jasmine Zia, David Skordal and Teddy Youn.

Northwest Yeshiva High School, Mercer Island: 7:30 p.m. next Monday at the Sephardic Bikur Holim Congregation. Valedictorian: Olga Kaufman. Top graduates: Amivrav Davy, Erez Davy and Sarah Lefton.

Renton High School: 7 p.m. tomorrow in the school gym. Top graduates: Grace Akpata, Tiffany Butters, Rosa Ebalo, Jeremy Fletcher, Sharon Holt, Brian Jackson, Diane Mount, Hailey Nance, Sau "Jenny" Sit and Randy Wong.

Redmond High School: 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the school gym. Top graduates: Sonali Bhgat, Kevin Chan, Jarret Dumond, Nicholas Glancy, Joanne Grbic, Monika Hjelte, Brittany Jamieson, Jonathan Jones, Megan Nelson, Tam Viet Nguyen, Sapan Parekh, Komal Patil, Kimberly Person, Ann-Marie Polverari, Anne Powell, Jordan Shannon, Ethan Simonowitz, Heatherr Tanner and Linda Townsend.

Sammamish High School, Bellevue: 7 p.m. June 17 at Bellevue Community College. Top graduates: Racheal Ono, David King, Mark Merritt, Kristen Reavell, Elisabeth Wolf, Jonathan Oakdale, Jennifer Kuskey, Katherine Polson and Eric Huebner.

Secondary Alternative High School, Bothell: 7 p.m. tomorrow in the W.A. Anderson cafeteria. C.P. Johnson Humanitarian Award: Mica Crisp and Brooke Strong. Scholarships: Autumn Cagel, Tiffany Blake, Mica Crisp, Lynell Garross and Becky MacLearn.

Skykomish High School: 7 p.m. Friday at the school. Valedictorian: Laural Cyrus. Salutatorian: Lora Knight. Top graduates: Heather Cyrus, Noresa Gillihan, Joe King, Josh Partner and Michelle Shawver.

Two Rivers High School, North Bend: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Chief Kanim Middle School in Fall City. Graduates: Tiffani Albrecht, Luke Bartholomew, Matt Brelder, Carl Churchill, Bryan Fowler, Shane Goin, Josh Kossow, Shannon Malone, Mark Montgomery, Heidi Noonan, Tracy Osborne, Walker Randalls, Stephenie Vanwolveaer and Alec Womsley.

Overlake School, Redmond: yesterday in the R. Dean Palmer Activities Center. Student recognition: Eva Anderson, Graydon Muller, Josh Honeywell, Jason Warfield, Matt Longman, Terry Crane, Erica Barr, David Perkins and Kelly Jewell.

Tiger Mountain Community High School, Issaquah: 6 p.m. June 16 at the school. Student recognition: Lisa Barr, Todd Ziegler, Zachary Smith, Jessica Smith and Sonia Shipley.

Woodinville High School: 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Mercer Arena, Seattle Center. Valedictorians: Aaron Dickie, Erin Knight, Kristina Rudeen, Vanara Taing and Amy Wideman. Salutatorian: David Piscitelli.

Compiled by Jamie Bails of The Seattle Times Eastside bureau.