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“It is not our abilities that show who we truly are,� Satterwhite quoted Rowling, “It is our choices.� Just as Harry Potter lived for 11 years in a world completely unlike that which he would enter upon his admittance to Hogwarts, senior speaker Yareli Flores, though born in America, lived in Mexico and began her freshman year at Los Altos speaking no English. Flores credited her family and her teachers — whom she referred to as her “second family� — pushing her to do her best. Like
Harry Potter, Flores excelled at her studies and she is headed to college. Another student speaker, Carolyn Yang, thanked her parents and her teachers for guiding her through four years of learning and self discovery. Yang said she would surely feel a bit sad leaving her hometown behind to go off to college, but, like Schonher, her enthusiasm for her next stage in life was palpable: “We will take the world by storm, class of 2011!� Satterwhite shared the graduates’ excitement. “It has been a pleasure to work with this class,� she said. “Class of 2011, you are truly magical!� V
LOS ALTOS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
NICK GONZALES
Allison Hyer looks up at principal Bill Pierce during Alta Vista’s graduation ceremony on Wednesday, June 1.
Making the grade ALTA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS, GRADUATES WORK HARD TO GET BACK ON TRACK By Nick Veronin
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ill Pierce, principal of Alta Vista High School, always keeps a tissue box handy during his school’s graduation ceremony. That’s because Pierce, along with the rest of the faculty at Alta Vista, invest a great amount of time and sweat every year getting their students back on track. “It’s hugely rewarding,� Pierce said of this year’s graduation, held June 1 at
Mountain View High School’s Spartan Theatre. Pierce is not the only one who is moved by the ceremony each year. Though graduating seniors at Mountain ViewLos Altos Union High School District’s continuation school may not be bound for Ivy League schools, many in the class of 2011 do have college plans. That, in and of See AVHS, page 26
A Monika Acharya Cassandra Achermann Miranda Adams Christopher Aiken-Forderer Hugo Alcaraz Ruby Alcazar Amber Alvarez Peter Ambiel Caleb An Morgan Elizabeth Aozasa Edward Jacob Ayala Nika Ayat Martin Aycott Jr Kelsey Ayers B Sarah Baird Jorge Ballinas Karen Barajas Jessica Barrios Viana Bauer Gabriela Bautista Garzon Marielle Beaulieu Lauren Bednarski Anna Bekker Clayton Berens Christopher Beyer Lauren Biglow Anthony Biondi Julian Bliss William Bliss Heather Blockhus Dainen Bocsary Sophia Borello
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See LAHS GRADS, page 26