The Issaquah Press
Sarah Fan smiles and folds her hands in thanks as she steps forward for her diploma.
Shelby Sullivan pumps her fists and shouts as she comes forward to receive her diploma.
Thursday, June 23, 2016 •
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A student’s mortarboard is decorated with a scene from the animated movie “Up” and the motto “Adventure is out there.”
SKYLINE’S CLASS OF 2016
Rows of seniors listen to faculty speaker Paul Doran during Skyline High School’s Class of 2016 commencement June 13 at Safeco Field.
About the Class of 2016 Size of graduation class: 488 Valedictorian: Lisa Tang Student speaker: Neel Baxi Faculty speaker: Paul Doran Senior class officers: President Austin Elliott, Vice President Neel Baxi, Treasurer Eric Ke, Secretary Amuyla Bhattarai, Councilmember Ehmer Taj, Councilmember Gleb Sych, Councilmember Jessica Ma, Councilmember Vanessa Ma, Councilmember Kiwi Shing, Councilmember Jenny Knutson Senior ASB officers: President Sisir Gudipati, Alex Appel, Ellie Bacon, Nicole Cox, Austin Elliott, Blake Gregory, Diana Hild, Fletcher Huish, Claire Kimble, Avery Radigan, Andrew Schweitzer, Lauren Steiner, Nicole Tsai, Ashlyn Wedeking, Alec Willig, Alessandra Zonta Distinguished graduates (3.76 to 4.0 GPA): Courtney Allred, David Arnold, Kyle Avalani, Stephanie Babb, Krithi Basu, Neel Baxi, Isaac Beeman, Luke Beeman, Jenna Bellavia, Brianna Benz, Amulya Bhattarai, Charles Blondino Jr., Cayden Boll, Thomas Bowler, Maizy Brewer, Justin Bu, Britta Bunnel, Nathaniel Burdekin, Ryan Butcher Weltman, Paige Caldwell, Ian Camal Sado, David Carrasco Rivera, Jeremy Chang, Cameron Chen, Kevin Chen, Kristine Chen, Jeffrey Cheng, Elliott Chinn, Sydney Christianson, Allison Chu, Joshua Chu, Sarah Chu, Jessica Clark, Sabrina Commons, Suvir Copparam, Andrea Corno, Connor Crisp, Victoria Cuce, Whitney Darnell, Sanna Darvish, Ketaki Deo, Austin Elliott, Sarah Fan, Nate Fischer, Sabrina Fischer, Maya Fletcher, Jessica Freeman, Alyssa Jan Gatan, Emily Geiger, Vikram Ghangurde, Noah Gibson, Alejandro Graterol, Sonia Grutzius, Sisir Gudipati, Annette Guo, Keer Guo, Yaqing Guo, Lara Hakam, Mitchell Hansen, Kyle Haynie, Yu Tian He, Conor Hershey, Diana Hild, Randall Hilleary, Darian Himes, Grant Holland, Audrey Huang, Brandi Hughes, Fletcher Huish, Megan Hutchison, Blair Ivy, Nathan Jensen, So Young Jeong, Tia Jin, Anna Johnson, Callie Juetten, Elyse Kaczmarek, Rohit Kalyanpur, Pranav Kartha, Lisa Katsube, Eric Ke, Ann Kelsey, Anusha Kikkeri, Eun Sae Kim, Paul Kim, Pierce Klinke, Jack Kooley, John Kruper, Shavani Kulkarni, Arjun Kumar, Jordan Kurtz, Tamara LaGow, Tristan Lagron, Gordon Lee, Jiwon Lee, Joseph Lee, Michelle Lee, Kathy Lin, Lucas Lindberg, Meghan Long, Noela Lu, Sophia Luehmann, Tyler Ma, Vanessa Ma, Yung-Chia Ma, Amol Mavuduru, Patrick McGrath, Rachael McGraw, Thomas McIlwain, Taylor McKerlich, Madeline Miller, Benjamin Millett, Caleb Mok, David Moore, Homa Moosavi, Geetika Mukkamala, Adithya Mukund, Shashank Murching, Malia Nakamura, Megan Namba, Elizabeth Ni, Emily O’Brian, Sofia Olsen, Jennifer Pak, Kelli Paulsen, Jake Pendergast, Rohan Perisetla, Gabrielle Plastina, Abbey Powers, Poojashree Rajanbabu, Marcus Ralph, Puja Ramanathan, Hannah Robison, Trevor Rogerson, Federico Rubiolo, Alyssa Rustik, Victoria Saturay, Carrick Scripa, Meryl Seah, Srinithi Sellakumaran Latha, Mrinal Sharma, Erika Shing, Jack Simpson, Vidhi Singh, Tarika Sivakumar, Samuel Stout, Justin Suh, Connor Sullivan, Shelby Sullivan, Glib Sych, Ehmer Taj, Lisa Tang, Bradley Taylor, Kosuke Terada, Benjamin Terry, Benjamin Therrien, Collin Tran, Mattias Tung, Isaac Uselman, Ashlyn Wedeking, Eric Werbel, Tanner Whitney, Alec Willig, Geoffrey Yang, Jenny Yang, Kristen Yose, Oliver Young, Eric Zeng, Haotian Zeng, Joseph Zhang
An International Baccalaureate diploma candidate yells encouragement for her Skyline classmates as they also come forward for their diplomas.
Photos by Greg Farrar / gfarrar@isspress.com
Rashaad Boddie walks outside Safeco Field after the ceremony next to Delores Green, the grandmother of his prom date, friend and fellow graduate Tiffany Long.
Ben Millett, the last of six siblings of the Millett family to graduate from Skyline, shares his graduation cap with niece Everly Browne, 2, after the Class of 2016 commencement ceremony.