Class Notes

Claire Wright ’16 Mar Bactol ’09 Ashlyn Ramos ’18

Kaitlyn [Nichols] Carey ’07

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1988

Adra Tiryakioglu has been working as a nurse at Eastside Catholic since 2017 after volunteering in the role for fi ve years. She recently participated in the EC Alumni Speaker Series. She has three children who attended or are attending EC: Ally ’18, Emily ’21 and Jake ’24. She has four dogs and lives in North Bend.

1990

Joe Butler has worked in print media for more than 20 years at newspapers in Bothell and Coeur d’Alene, and currently works for The SpokesmanReview in Spokane. He offers writing, marketing and branding assistance to businesses. One of his latest projects is Evercannabis, the fi rst general news publication in Washington that focuses on the cannabis industry.

1999

In September 2020, Matt Siderius celebrated his thirteenth year as an administrative assistant at Seattle Children’s Hospital. He stays in touch with his friends from high school and continues to participate in Special Olympics events.

2007

Spencer Conway Carey was born May 9, 2021 to Kaitlyn [Nichols] and Brad Carey. 2008

Laura Gunning is a corporate communications manager at Amazon, predominantly supporting the Corporate Development team. She participated in the EC Alumni Speaker Series with fellow Amazonians. She recently married Drew Wate ’08. 2009

Mar Bactol serves as the program coordinator of recruiting operations for UW football. He participated in the fi rst virtual EC Alumni Speaker Series in January. Mar credits his time at EC for preparing him for all aspects of life. Mar cherishes the relationships he made at Eastside Catholic to this day. Mick Davis is the vice president of growth for the Premier Lacrosse League, overseeing marketing, ticketing, content and production for the league. He participated in the EC Alumni Speaker Series in January. Mick most fondly remembers the community at EC and the lifelong friends made in the classroom, on the fi eld and everywhere in between. Marisa Weeks is currently a registered nurse at Seattle Children’s in outpatient oncology and infusion. She also works at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance in infusion. She is working on her master’s to become a family nurse practitioner with an expected graduation of August 2021. She participated in the April EC Alumni Speaker Series. She fondly remembers AP Biology at Eastside Catholic which led to further interest in medicine.

Caroline Sonnen ’17

Marisa Weeks ’09

2010

Kelsey Mikolajewski graduated

with an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business in May. She will move to New York to work as a consultant.

2013

Charlie Kittridge graduated from

Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine on May 9.

2015

Nick Reichart proposed to Juliana Beauchene at the top of Mount Si on May 5. Their wedding will take place next summer.

2016

Ellie Bernstein will be starting medical school at the University of Pennsylvania this August.

Juliana Beauchene ’15 Kyle Jenkins ’18

Laura Gunning ’08 Adra Tiryakioglu ’88

Charlie Kittridge ’13 Mick Davis ’09

Ellie Bernstein ’16

Claire Wright graduated in December from New York University with a BA in politics and journalism. She now works in production for NBC News Now at Rockefeller Center in New York City.

2017

Caroline Sonnen graduated in May from Gonzaga University with a degree in computer science and computational thinking with minors in leadership and women’s and gender studies. She is working towards her master’s in organizational leadership at Gonzaga and will begin her career in June with Slalom Consulting. 2018

Kyle Jenkins was a Merwin Scholar recipient at Gonzaga. The scholarship is awarded to current GU music students who have demonstrated outstanding musical and/or academic skills as well as substantive contributions to the Gonzaga Music Department. Ashlyn Ramos set a new school record for Bucknell University at the Virginia Challenge. In her fi rst 10k on the track, she completed the race in 34:04.76 and placed eighth overall. Ally Tiryakioglu is currently a junior at the University of Hawaii Manoa majoring in marine biology. She works with the Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources to raise juvenile sea urchin recruits for release into Kaneohe Bay to reduce invasive algae presence which in turn reduces coral bleaching.

Congratulations to High School Dean of Students Soonja Larsen

who recently completed the challenging process of earning National Board Certifi cation in Music for Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood. “It’s an honor to earn this certifi cation and be recognized as a skilled and refl ective practitioner in my fi eld. My journey to achieve certifi cation wasn’t easy, but I feel accomplished in all the hard work, detail and refl ection I put into it. I found myself concentrating on all the teaching choices I was making and how those choices were helping all my students.”

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Congratulations Class of 2021!