Eastside's Top Students Gear Up For Graduation
Thousands of Eastside high-school seniors will march down the aisles this week at graduation ceremonies throughout the area. The events will celebrate the success of all the students and recognize the academic achievements of a handful of outstanding graduates.
Here are top students and graduation dates for the Eastside's Class of 1999:
Bellevue Christian High School: 7 p.m. June 17 at Westminster Chapel. Valedictorian: Matthew Sargent. Salutatorian: Christopher Young.
Bellevue High School: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the school stadium. Valedictorian: Alison Haddock. Salutatorian: Jason Anderson.
Black River High School, west of Renton: 11:30 a.m. Friday at the school gymnasium. Top graduates: Alicia Bass, Melissa Darrah, Ahmed Harhara, Tommie King, Kelly Smith and Kristol Trent.
Bothell High School: 7:30 p.m. next Wednesday in the Kingdome. Valedictorians: Jessica Cantelon, Jeffrey Dunn, Blake Herbison, Sarah King, Ann Marie McDonald, Jennifer Onustack, Lindsey Orsinger, Christopher Pearson and Jared Wilkin. Salutatorian: Tarilyn Isenhart.
Cedarcrest High School, Duvall: 7 p.m. Tuesday at the City Church. Valedictorian: Jennifer Oakes. Salutatorians: Glenn Eric Briscoe and Joshua Mitchell.
Chrysalis School, Woodinville: 1 and 5 p.m. June 19 at the Northshore Senior Center. Top graduates: Lindi Duesenberg, Josie Edwards, Leah Hansen, Kelley Jones, Anna Kreager and Paul McCann.
Eastlake High School, Sammamish: 7:30 p.m. Monday at the school gymnasium. Top graduates: Lori Huibregtse, Jennifer Lohn, Derek Moulton, Benjamin Paulson, Holli Pheil, Kellie Rooney, Anthony Salter, Jamin Schwehr and Jennifer Slavick.
Eastside Catholic High School, Bellevue: 6 p.m. Sunday at the Bellevue Community College gymnasium. Valedictorian: Lisa Wiegel. Salutatorian: Christine Coldiron.
Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, Bellevue: 8 p.m. Friday at St. Madeleine Sophie Catholic Church. Valedictorian: Keiko Namba. Salutatorian: Jordan Vincent.
Hazen High School, Renton: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Highline Community College. Top graduates: Stephanie Bean, Tara Mellom, Megan Melo, Ryan O'Dell, Jeffrey Parks, Heather Paul, Achsa Rathvon, Nicholas Switzer, Rebecca Wilcox and Nathaniel Williams.
Inglemoor High School, Bothell: 7 p.m. June 17 in the Kingdome. Valedictorians: Julie Fu, Marcie Garrity, Jenifer Genshock, Julie Hourigan, Paige Nelson, Jean Shi, Alpana Waghmare, Sarah Watrous, William White and Sophia Yen. Salutatorian: Nu-Anh Tran.
Interlake High School, Bellevue: 7 p.m. Saturday at Bellevue Community College. Top graduates: Tracy Garretson, Tom Goldman, Jacob Johnson and Sandra Naylor.
Issaquah High School: 7:30 p.m. next Wednesday at Bellevue Community College. Valedictorians: Lori Cooper, Deborah Gravrock, Danielle Leiske and Martina Wang.
Juanita High School, Kirkland: 7 p.m. Saturday at the school's field house. Top graduates: Robin Altman, Christine Banker, Bobby Kaliappan, Brandon Marsh, Megan McClure, Rikky Muller, Reema Patel and Collette Williams.
Lake Washington High School, Kirkland: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Juanita High School Field House. Top graduates: David Almond, Jennifer Bolson, Stephanie Choi, Justin Colson, Timothy Doyle, Megan Heasty, Thomas Jafari, Cindy Liou, Christina Mach, Erin Moss, Sheetal Shah and Bernice Yee.
Liberty High School, east of Renton: 7 p.m. June 17 at Bellevue Community College. Valedictorian: Jennifer Klassen.
Lindbergh High School, east of Renton: 7 p.m. Friday at the school gymnasium. Top graduates: Elizabeth Ahlbeck, Ivana Babic, Geoffrey Davidson, Puja Goyal, Joshua Jasman, Ruchi Kapoor, Devin Kipp, Erin Maxwell, Juliet Nguyen, Tommy Orlinski, Tana Potter, Romina Rivera, Jessica Strachan, Ly Tran, Tanya Van Winkle, Beth Von Bargen and Andrea Ward.
Mercer Island High School: 7:30 p.m. next Wednesday at Meydenbauer Center. Valedictorians: Lindsay Hampson, Elaine Moy and Sarah Shulman. Salutatorians: Annie Chu, Karen Intrachat, Marina Ma and Anny Soon.
Mount Si High School, Snoqualmie: 7:30 p.m. Friday at the school gymnasium. Valedictorians: Jessica Easley and Lindsey Vermilye. Salutatorians: Dallas DeBeck and Maron Lopez-Jolly.
Newport High School, Bellevue: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Meydenbauer Center. Top graduates: Irene Chin, Bren Dixon, Tyler Hollenbeck, Erik Jensen, Sean Kennedy, Peter Liang, Cindy Lin, Babak Nazer, Jeremy Rifkin, Jessica Seccombe and Michael Yu.
Northwest Yeshiva High School, Mercer Island: 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Sephardic Bikur Holim Congregation. Valedictorians: Mayer Grashin, Joey Oppenheimer and Sarah Roer.
The Overlake School, Redmond: 4 p.m. Sunday at the R. Dean Palmer Activity Center. Top graduates: Bogdan Albu, Jessie Bowen, Beth Irwin, Garrett Linn, Allison Luhrs, Ryan Marriott, Andrew Meyers, Chelsea Paxton, Jean Placko and Agnes Zoltowski.
Redmond High School: 7 p.m. Monday at the Juanita High School Field House. Top graduates: Brooke Bakun, Alyson Barham, Adam Bowser, Kami Braun, Jeff Churchill, Kendra Crismier, Gabriel Doleac, Kelsey Endres, Karen Ho, Jessica Isono, Anna Jackson, Troy Johnsen, Jared Kirkham, Tim Lindquist, Jonathan Osterman, Emily Tarr, Collin Thornber and Eileen Thorsos.
Renton High School: 7 p.m. Friday at the school gymnasium. Top graduates: Quan Dau, Marlon Descargar, Timothy Gifford, Vivian Hope, Scott Juelfs, Alexander Louis-Jeune, Lorraine Macalino, Kristen Wong, Richmond Wu and Bailey Yee.
Sammamish High School, Bellevue: 7 p.m. Monday at the Bellevue Community College auditorium. Top graduates: Lindsay Baugh, Gwen Dillow, Jeffrey Giansiracusa, Kim Samek, Deborah Anne Stoner and Michael Zadorojny.
Tiger Mountain Community High School, Issaquah: 6 p.m. June 21 at the school sports court. Graduates: Chad Allen, Michael Blessing, Ron Bodey III, Christopher Alan Calkins, Ryan Davis, Angela Duran, Jessica Goldsberry, Jordie Hall, Melissa Henderson, Matt Jones, Brenna Kellogg, Lynn Kilgore, Garrett Kraun, Lucia LaCava, Roger Lemon, Denali Liston, Vanessa Martin, Amber Matthews, Matthew McCain, Ryan McClure, Maria Nicassia Milianta, Shawna Mitchell, Jessica Ann Moe, Rachael Nagamatsu, Elizabeth Pearson, Rachel Peery, Elisha Rubino, Summer Rynning, Amanda Sherling, Dan Solberg, Amy Vondette, Jon Wagner and Janaki West.
Two Rivers School, North Bend: 7 o'clock tonight in the Chief Kanim Middle School commons. Graduates: Sadie Andersen, Ingrid Anderson, Josh Brown, Rochelle Curnutt, Timothy Fankhauser, Jennifer Jansen, Heidi Kelley, Jessica Loechelt, Michelle McDonald, Yedda Newton, Irlanda Pena, April Pipkin, Virginia Plowman, Kevin Poland, Christopher Randall, Jennifer Schneider, Gary Shew, BreAnne Smith, Nicole Suemori, Amy VanDinter, Lindsey Vowels and Bethany Wright.
W.A. Anderson Secondary Alternative School, Bothell: 7 p.m. tomorrow in the school gymnasium. Student speakers: Dustin Adams and Curt Cheever.
Woodinville High School: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Kingdome. Valedictorian: Gregory Huseman. Salutatorian: Sara Zier.
Compiled by Seattle Times Eastside bureau news assistant Nicole Curry.