Joyful Seniors Say 'goodbye woodside' - Almanac News

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Christian Abrego, Navid Nick Afsarifard,
Orlando Aguirre, Hassany Agustin
Alejandre, Katherine Rose Altman-
Merino, Benito Amaral, Alex Perry
Amato, Nancy Analco, Evelyn Angulo,
Diana Arellano, Abi Arias, Anthony
James Armendariz, Amanda Avery
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Katherine Christine Babcock, Alexander
Albert Barker, Nora Elizabeth Fithian
Barnard, Brenda Graciela Barragan,
Michael Baskin, Demi Katherine
Battaglia, Jeffrey Stephen Bell, Nicholas
Parish Beltramo, Monserrat Benavides,
Jasmine Ann Berk, Jordan Francis
Berry, Catherine Anne Blawie, Jared
Evan Bloom, Alexander James Boesch,
Kevin George Bohannon, Ryan David
Bohannon, Sylvia Parsons Bowditch,
Rachel Lyn Bowley, Kelli Lynn Branning,
Hannah Rose Breen, Jackson Lee Brian,
Jonathan Dale Brody, Marion Isabelle
Brossard, Rachel Sierra Brown, Adam
Ross Brownstein, Kevin Jeffrey Burks,
Cassandra Eve Burnett, Sophia Butler
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Karla Jasmin Cacho, Victor Calderon
Zamora, Mark Evan Calvarese, Anarika
Cardenas, Sarah Barbara Carp,
Jonathan Carranza, Anthony Cesar
Casillas, Jose Felix Castro Jr., Ada
Yan-Yee Chan, Daniel Chao, Juliana
Chavez, Luis Alonso Chavez, Nathaniel
Wyson Chow, Benjamin Wesley Chute,
Talia Rachel Citron, Cameron Michael
Cogan, William Russin Cohen, John
Joseph Contreras, Julia Marie Cook,
Robert Thomas Cooper, Rene Alfredo
Corado Figueroa, Rosa Maria Correa,
Melanie Chiyoko Cortez, David Dresean
Marchise Council-Jackson, Andrew Scott
Creighton, Vera Marta Czernichowska
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Andrew Kerwin Dahlkemper II,
Madeline Elizabeth Davis, Maria
Monika Decker, Peter DeFilipps, Diana
Olivia Deras, Jessica Diaz, Kristina
J. Dokonal, Sasha Sarvenaz Duchin,
Stephen Matthew Durdle, Vernon
Wendell Durham Jr.
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Janelle Eastman, John Richard Eberli,
Kendall Louise Eder, Ameena Hossam
El-Din El-Bibany, Troy Richard Ellison,
Melissa Yesenia Espinoza Garnica,
Yadira Isabel Espinoza-Rangel, Daniel
Alonso Esquivel, Nikole Chantale
Estrada, Roberto Antonio Estrada,
Melissa Evans
G R A D U A T I O N 2 0 0 9
Class of 2009 says
farewell to M-A
It’s an annual event at Menlo-Atherton High School, a Thursday in early June
when seniors assemble on the football field around 4 p.m. to initiate their final
moments as high school students.
At M-A’s commencement ceremony on June 4, senior Jessica Truax led the
pledge of allegiance to the flag, which was brought in by a contingent of U.S.
Marines. The singing of the national anthem followed, led by the school choir
under the direction of Patrick Maier.
Senior Brittany Margot made the official welcome to the gathering of seniors,
parents, relatives and friends.
Four seniors spoke to the crowd: Ms. Margot gave a speech entitled “You had
to be there,” followed by Jasmine Berk, who talked about “Saying goodbye.”
Next came Yu Kambe and Tiffany Kung with “A formal congratulations; free
yourself from expectations,” and Mele Latu with a talk called “Loto to’a.”
Principal Matthew Zito spoke and presented the class to Olivia Martinez,
a trustee with the Sequoia Union High School District; and Debra Moore
Washington, an assistant superintendent with the district.
M-A staff chosen by the Class of 2009 matched diplomas with graduates as
their names were called out. With that, and with mortarboard tassels adjusted to
reflect the seniors’ new status, the event drew to a close.
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Mara Fabiano, Mary C. Fakalata,
Alexandra Alyssa Fanelli, Joel Feier,
Nicholas Lee Felt, Rah’seem Allen
Ferguson, Losaline Finau-Lavemai,
Catherine Elizabeth Fisher, Charles
A. Fitz, Chris Fitzgerald, Matthew
M. Fitzgerald, Kaitlin Flanagan,
Kenny Flores, Miguel Alberto Flores,
Alexandra Justine Foraker, Jack C.
Fornaciari, Clark Spencer Forsaith,
David E. Foster, Daniel Fountain,
Michael Fountain, Mark Benjamin
Frankle, Kaitlin Marie Fronberg, Sara
Furney-Howe
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Joshua Nathaniel Galvez, Justine Avery
Gananian, Janet Garcia, Caleb Geballe,
Habtamu Getasew, Gina Giarmo,
Daniela Gil, Emily Grace Goldberg,
Robert Goodwin III, Alexander
Greenblatt, Dominique Jasmine Nicole
Greene, Brittney Guitron
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Melissa Anne Hall, Sabrina Giulia
HamadÈ, Haley Ann Harrier, Aleah
Catherine Harris, Tamara Hasoon,
Luis Fernando Hernandez, Uriel H.
Hernandez, Christopher P. Higgins,
Catherine Emma Higgitt, Haley
Katharine Hoech, Adrian Fae Holland,
Garrett J. Hom, Richard Hong, Simon
Leo Hood, Amelia M. Hopoi, Matthew
Hornberger, George M Horowitz, Letice
Hubbard, Adriana N. Huerta, Esmeralda
Huerta, Isaak Cameron Huerta,
Angelica Hueso, Brittany E. Hume,
Nicholas Allen Hurn, Jessie Rose Hutt
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David Ibarra, David A. Ing, Thomas A.
Ivy, Kaitlyn K. Iwashita, Benjamin John
Jackson, Paul Jacob, Mariana Atali
Jacuinde, Alexis Jenkins, Jerry Duval
Jenkins, Forrest A. Jensen, Sara Ann
Jewell, Mika Sugimura Jiaravanont,
Danny Jimenez Caballero, Eileen
Johnson, Brian Jordan, Jessica M.
Juhasz, Yu Kambe, Hideyo M. Kameda,
Mari Kaneshima, Jonathan Kenneth
Kaslow, Stephanie Elizabeth Keith,
Christopher Kelvie, Lindsay Caroline
Kelvie, Jonathan Kieninger, Samuel
William Knapp, Lauren Knox, Sonia
Mira Kolarov, Stephen Michael Krause,
Konstantin Kuehn, Tiffany H. Kung
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Patrick Galloway LaBarre, Martin
Laguna, Mikalie Yuen Wai Lai, Angela
Lam, David Lara, Jonathan Lara, Mele
Kasavu Latu, Jeffrey Paul Leanse,
Amanda Rochelle Lee, Morgan Ashley
Leech, Daniel Leggett, Conrad Leugers,
Marianne Ada LeVine, Gregory Charles
Liggett, Jeffrey Michael Lin, Sarah
Lipps, Emily Elizabeth Little, Kari Ann
Loftesness, Brizzia Lopez C.
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Remo Macartney, Brenda Maciel,
Joe MagaÒa, Sarah Allison Maibach,
Soakimi Maka, Carmen Maldonado,
Brittany Jeannette Margot, Juvenal
Marin, Nancy Martin-Mendez, Raissa
Lorette Masket, Jose Felix Mayen,
Madeline Mayerson, Isabella Marie
McClure, Ryan Neil McGill, David
George McLaughlin, Devon McNabb,
Aysha Meacham, Miryan Medina,
Khevna Mehta, Kelly Mellenthin,
Salvador Mendes, Dale Miller, Laura
Brooke Mitchell, Chelsea Mongird,
Casey Cameron Monroe, Paige
Elizabeth Montgomery, Thomas E.
Moore IV, Jocelyn Morales, Carla
Moran, Molly Brett Gui Xin Murphy,
Anna Malka Murveit
N - O
Elizabeth Rei Nakamura, Roderick
Nash, Jacqueline Nicole Naylor, Michael
Needle, Michael Nelson, Michael Cory
Nelson, Michael Andrew Newsom, Nora
Ng-Quinn, Helena Dengelei Ngirkelau,
Sandrine Nicolet, Francis Robert O’Hare,
Haley Rebekah O’Neel, Ashley Marie
Olin, Ana Ongko, Vanessa Bradamante
Ortiz, Katherine Orton, Lauren
Elizabeth Osgood
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Erica Palmieri, Sheri Park, Lizette
PatiÒo, Julia Allison Peck, Samuel Ripley
Peirce, Erik Perez, Jazmin Perez-Yen,
Pedro PÈrez, Russell Shigeji Perkins,
Andrew Van Pham, Anthony Van Pham,
Freddie Pierce, Crecensiano Pineda,
Rachel Michelle Pomales, Alina Prasad,
Martin W. Preston, Stephanie Emel Joan
Proctor, Stephan Putman,
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Adi Ceva Qauqau, Keenan Alexander
Quijano, Maren Johanna Ramleth, Saydi
Ramos, Julia Dory Ransohoff, Andrea
Real, Karla Revuelta, Marco Rivas, Isikeli
Allen Roberts, Rubi Rocha, Kirsten
Elizabeth Rodgers, Ali Rodriguez de la
Rosa, Jorge Alberto Rodriguez, Timothy
George Shalhoob Romley, Alissa
Hollander Rubin, Elise Sarah Rudolph,
Maria Rueda, Alexander W. Rupprecht
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Nadia Saad, Raquel Saavedra, Nicholas
R. Sako, Ariana Danae Sanchez,
Cuauhtemoc Sanchez, Nancy Sanchez,
Jameca Lawryn Rene Sanders, Joey
Sandoval, Eduardo Santana Jr.,
Rishikesh Santhanam, Justine Santiago,
Ashley Nitda Sayavong, Ryan Michael
Scandlyn, Nicole Scherm, Sean Schooler,
Steven Reid Schultz, Jessica Schwab,
Ariana Kaurin Kapany Schwarz, Amrita
Sehgal, Maria Olga Serrano, Alexandra
Sewell, Garrett J. Sharp, Kevin David
Sheridan, Lauren TseWren Shimbo, Eric
Joseph Siegel, Adrian Silva, Monica
Sisavat, Jeffrey Michael Sklarin, Jay
Slavik, Cheri Lisa Slightam, Chelsea
Jonelle Snow, Jia Jun Nicholas Soon,
Malena Jennae Spar, Eric Stanske,
Samantha Kathryn Stelzer, Aron Paul
Sue, Katharine Sullivan
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Hema Takau, Viliami Tomoelupe Talakai,
Karyna Tapia, Samuel V. Tavera, Jorge
Tejeda, Sean Michael Terribilini, Julia K.
Tetrud, Mele Taumoepeau Teu, Roger
Alexander Tonna II, Elizabeth Toribio,
Greg Torres, Paola Tovar, Janna Frances
Traeger, Kaitlyn Michelle Treadwell,
Jessica Truax, Takai M. Tuionetoa, Oliver
James Tully, Patricia Tupou
U - V
Adin Samuel Vaewsorn, Koloamatangi
Gary Vailala, Siuila Vainikolo, Daniel
Valencia, David Valencia, Sergio
Valencia, Stephanie Denise Valencia,
Karina Guadalupe Valverde, Emily
Moran Van Rheenen, Rachel Lee Verity,
Kevin Viegas
W - Z
Elizabeth J. Wagstaffe, Megan Karryn
Walling, Neil Andersen Watters, Robert
V. Weber, Brooke D. Weisenfluh, Ryan
Anthony Weiss, Jeremy Alan Welsh,
Lindsay Louise Welton, Aaron Wiener,
Jason Williams, Joseph Frederick
Williamson IV, James Stuart Wilson,
Matthew K. Wood, Marisa Zuk
Carolina Gambetta
GAMBETTA MEMORIAL
GYMNASIUM
DEDICATED TO
MRS. CAROLINE GAMBETTA
AND HER SON LOUIS
1971
Following the he death ofher of her only child child, Louis Gambetta Jr Jr., Ca Carolina
Gambetta donated $485,000.00 , in 1970 to build a gy gymnasium in his honor.
In her loneliness and despondency she entered Sharon Heights
convalescent Hospital Hospital. In 1979 she returned toher to her home and lived
there with her grandniece until her death in 1985.
gambettaranch@gmail.com
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