The Express Senior Edition 2024

Photo by Lucy Garibaldi

Valedictorians

Cumulative Grade Point Average of 4.0 or Higher

Maximiliano Acosta, Benjamin Ahmer, Aileen Akhavan, Madison Albee, Eva Andersen, Lexi Austin, Mikayla Balcom, Claire Banfield, Dilpreet Bhandal, Nash Biglin, Ryan Bissonnette, Madeline Blum, Tatum Bolton, Trenton Bradley, Alana Braun, Nathan Buchanan, Jiselle Burdett, Samantha Burt, Kaitlyn Campos, Chase Cappellino, Celeste Cariker, Natalie Chapman, Cayla Chen, Neel Chintamaneni, Chasen Colwell, Caleb Commisso, Sean Connell, Keegan Cooper, Keira Cox, Alyssa Dacre, Carson De Filippo, Lizbeth De La Cruz, Shaelen Delaney, Emma Delossantos, Mia DeNichilo, Shaan Desai, Remi Develter, Samantha Diaz Montalvao, Samayra Diaz Montalvao, Thanh Thien Elizabeth Duong, John Elsanadi, Joshua Evans, Savannah Faulkner, Tyler Feist, Shane Fitzgerald, Romeo Fortier, Taylor Fox, Kates Freska, Lana Gallimore, Colin Garibaldi, Reyhan Girgin, Sofia Gonzalez Curti, Addison Gravdal, Megan Hall, Cash Hardy, Sohum Harneja, Elena Harshman, Joseph Hattan, Alexandria Hatter, Spree Hazen, Amber Henderson, Benjamin Herrera, Andrew Hess, Ava Hill, Sadeen Hindiyeh, Jackson Hinrichs, Ethan Howard, Melanie Hui, Andrei Hunt, Maleah Huynh, Meetra Jabbour, Ashton Jacobs, Claire Jones, Lydia Jones, Luke Jueden, Nikita Karande, Samuel Katz, Abigail Kaufman, Kiana Kent, Jacob Koclanis, Seema Shanti Kulkarni, Jordan Lapin, Ava Larsen, Emily Larson, Summer Lewis, Mason Leykauf, Sophie Lim, Carter Lines, Megan Linsley, Broden Loo, Tlatoani Loya, Luke Magturo, Kyle Mai, Adyant Manchanda, Jack Markel, Joseph Marsicola, Blake Mason, Addison Maynard, Hannah McCabe, Emma Megerian, Anjali Mehra, William Meshkin, Olivia Meyer, Jacob Mihelich, Edward Millan, Ava Minier, Kayla Miyamoto, Emily Moghadam, Lily Monarek, Taylor Monson, Charlotte Moos, Alyssa Morrone, Tanner Morrow, Jason Nguyen, Giuseppe Novello, Jacob Novick, Hudson Nowak, Owen Nusso, Dylan Oakley, Bianca Oanta, Taylor O’Reilly, Yaitzel Parra, Lily Parsons, Owen Pasternak, Aabhi Patel, Jesse Paulsen, Victoria Perez, Dylan Peszt, Ashley Petersen, Sydney Peterson, Allison Piwonka, Austin Plisinski, Kate Pointer, Benjamin Pope, Charlie Pringle, Charles Qu, Kate Radley, Grace Radojicic, Natalie Ramirez, Jaselle Reed, Aiden Riley, Kevin Riley, Sara Rinkel, Natalie Ripic, Carter Roberts, Danica Robertson, Jacob Roess, Nicholas Roess, Nathaniel Roland, Emily Ruith, Sophia Salib, Anthony Sanchez, Mariah Keisha Ysabel Sanchez, Salma Sandoval, Kelly Schroeter, Nathanael Schwartz, Zakiah Sesay, Marlee Shamrell, Simone Shaw, Abigail Shreeve, Jake Shukur, Abraham Siegel, Ainsley Smith, Gracie Smith, Tara Smith, Chloe Sorensen, Natalie Stoner, Ryder Stowasser, Taylor Strongin, Ella Sun, Dontes Tak, Sydney Taulbee, Caden Taylor, Zoe Taylor, Paige Thompson, Darren Tollman, Francesco Tomasetti, Addyson Topping, Miyah Verde, Tess Vo, Tyler Walker, Zhe Wang, Madelyn Wapner, Stila Williams, Houston Willie, Paul Wright, Zhilin Xie, Chloe Yan, Kelsey Yi, Tanner York, Ashley Zambrano, Armin Zokaeieh.

National Honor Society Awards

Aileen Akhavan, Tatum Bolton, Trenton Bradley, Alana Braun, Ashley Ceja, Cayla Chen, Caleb Commisso, Carson De Filippo, Thanh Thien Elizabeth Duong, John Elsanadi, Romeo Fortier, Colin Garibaldi, Emma Gibson, Sadeen Hindiyeh, Jackson Hinrichs, Melanie Hui, Maleah Huynh, Jordan Lapin, Mason Leykauf, Carter Lines, Megan Linsley, Luke Magturo, Kyle Mai, Blake Mason, Anjali Mehra, Sage Melkonian, William Meshkin, Ava Minier, Kayla Miyamoto, Emily Moghadam, Alyssa Morrone, Owen Nusso, Jacqueline Olivera, Taylor O’Reilly, Yaitzel Parra, Owen Pasternak, Victoria Perez, Ashley Petersen, Jasmine Policarpo, Natalie Ramirez, Natalie Ripic, Danica Robertson, Jacob Roess, Nicholas Roess, Kelly Schroeter, Abigail Shreeve, Abraham Siegel, Ainsley Smith, Gracie Smith, Taylor Strongin, Savannah Stull, Darren Tollman, Addyson Topping, Miyah Verde, Kelsey Yi.

Jacqueline Olivera

Scholar of Scholars:

Academic Distinction

Cumulative Grade Point Average of 3.5 to 3.99

Emma Aguayo, Helen Alfaro Reyna, Kathryn Allen, Brittany Amezcua, Emma Aviles Snider, Kai Baer, Julian, Baggaley, Paola Barrera, Hudson Bates, Elias Baxter, Emily Beauchene, Nathan Bensadoun, Brookelyn Berger, Valentina Betancourt Luna, Aditya Bhaskara, Olivia Biacchi, Carol Boutros, Abigail Buckman, Gemma Butler-Woodhouse, Kennedy Canizales, Ashley Ceja, Bryce Chapman, Yazmin Chavez, Aidan Choksey, Jadyn Cohen, Quinn Colby, Stella Coler, Lauren Conlisk, Abigail Conover, Chloe Cooper, Shannon Coppola, Daniel Cox, Olivia Davis, Monika De Gree, Morrissey De Santiago, Max DeSaulniers, Andrea Desiderio, Sofia DiCesare-Bystrowicz, Will Dingus, Taylor Doane, Masha Dubrovsky, Travis Dyball, Gavin Eaves, Brinley Fenn, Amber Fleming, Madison Folz, Megan Frangente, Taylor Frith, Leon Gajsek, Gabriella Gall, Jaden Garcia, Ella Gaspar, Cambria Geyer, Emma Gibson, Isabela Gillis, Anna Gnielinski, Jonathan Goldbaum, Anthony Gonzalez, Quil Gordon, Sydney Gremel, Lily Guidotti, Talyn Hardy, Lauren Herrera, Marlee Hopkins, Aryanna Hudson, Jake Javorsky, Keatakarn Kaewmanee, Amelia Keetch, Brendan Kelsey, Catelynne Klure, Cole Koenig, Olivia Kong, Sophia Kulik, Sullivan Land, Shaili Lebaschi, John Marano, Karen Martinez de Leon, Timothy McElroy, Grace McGloin, Josephine McKeon, Alexis McKinstry, Rachel McMillan, Sage Melkonian, Aaron Mercado-Ochoa, Beau Michalis, Evan Miller, Shane Miller, Jack Monarek, Kylie Moorefield, Chelsea Morales, Jack Morrissey, Emma Mulder, Kurt Mullen, Graysen Myers, Angelina Najar, Caden Nedelykovic, Dylan Nelson, Raychel Nestor, Trevor Newkirk, Jordan Newsome, Emily Nishti, Aidan Noonan, Addisen Ogden, Jacqueline Olivera, Luke Padilla, Kelsey Panchak, Kaitlyn Parker, Caressa Parra, Eliese Paul, Diego Phelps, Maureen Pike, Olivia Pirro, Colin Pitko, Jasmine Policarpo, Jonathan Price, Gavin Pritchard, Danny Prokopowicz, Sahana Pugazhendhi, Jeremy Putica, Emeline Quezada, Cayden Reish, Christian Roberts, Angel Felipe Rodriguez, Sorrell Rubin, Sethe Rubio, Elizabeth Ruith, Madeline Salinas, Ayelen Sanchez, Lukas Sarantos, Christine Sawtelle, Grace Schlesinger, Emma Shaberly, Jonathan Siong, Bradley Smolinski, Danica Snyder, Alessandra Sofia, Ted Solis, Alexandra Stone, Savannah Stull, Molly Summers, Laney Sweeney, Jack Tetley, Siena Thatcher, Luke Thompson, Stephen Tindell, Kai Tran, Nicholas Tran, Jacqueline Trinidad, Vincent Unzueta, Alexis Urban, Jonathan Valerio, Gabriella Van Vliet, Chloe Ward, Kate Warezak, Anthony White, Kaitlyn White, Linh-Ai Wilkinson, Austin Wood, Ryan Yassini, Annalise Zobrist.

Brittany Amezcua, Brandon Angeles-Saucedo, Lexi Austin, Cristian Barrera-Orzuna, Jaret Betancourt Vargas, Caden Carmelo, Andrea Desiderio, Brian Diaz, Valeria Garcia, Anthony Gonzalez, Sofia Gonzalez Curti, Kevin Gonzalez-Alvarez, Brady Goodfellow, Erik Hallowell, Alondra Herrera Valentin, Lucas Hickey, Ashley Jimenez, Sophie Lim, Viviana Lopez, Tlatoani Loya, Devyn Lynch, Bridgette Lyon, Ana Macias, Jorge Manzano, Maritsa Mendoza, Edward Millan, Emily Moran, Roxana Olivera, Victoria Perez, Diego Phelps, Kate Pointer, Jasmine Policarpo, Grace Radojicic, Sandra Ramirez, Cayden Reish, Declan Riesgo, Sara Rinkel, Gabriel Rivera Robles, Angel Felipe Rodriguez, Nathaniel Roland, Evelyna Salinas, Salma Sandoval, Matthew Santana, Abigail Shreeve, Jake Shukur, Danica Snyder, Zoe Taylor, Siena Thatcher, Paige Thompson, Anthony White, Ashley Zambrano.

Advanced Placement Merit

Completed a Total of Five or More Advanced Placement Courses at Least Two Taken during the Senior Year

Maximiliano Acosta, Emma Aguayo, Benjamin Ahmer, Aileen Akhavan, Helen Alfaro Reyna, Brittany Amezcua, Lexi Austin, Julian Baggaley, Claire Banfield, Paola Barrera, Elias Baxter, Valentina Betancourt Luna, Dilpreet Bhandal, Aditya Bhaskara, Olivia Biacchi, Ryan Bissonnette, Tatum Bolton, Trenton Bradley, Alana Braun, Samantha Burt, Kaitlyn Campos, Chase Cappellino, Celeste Cariker, Ashley Ceja, Natalie Chapman, Cayla Chen, Neel Chintamaneni, Jadyn Cohen, Chasen Colwell, Caleb Commisso, Sean Connell, Chloe Cooper, Keira Cox, Alyssa Dacre, Carson De Filippo, Lizbeth De La Cruz, Morrissey De Santiago, Shaelen Delaney, Emma Delossantos, Shaan Desai, Max DeSaulniers, Andrea Desiderio, Remi Develter, Sofia DiCesare-Bystrowicz, Thanh Thien Elizabeth Duong, Rachel Ellis, John Elsanadi, Joshua Evans, Savannah Faulkner, Tyler Feist, Shane Fitzgerald, Romeo Fortier, Kates Freska, Gabriella Gall, Lana Gallimore, Jimmy Garcia, Colin Garibaldi, Emma Gibson, Addison Gravdal, Collin Gray, Megan Hall, Erik Hallowell, Cash Hardy, Sohum Harneja, Elena Harshman, Joseph Hattan, Alondra Herrera Valentin, Ava Hill, Sadeen Hindiyeh, Jackson Hinrichs, Ethan Howard, Melanie Hui, Andrei Hunt, Maleah Huynh, Denise Ince, Ashton Jacobs, Claire Jones, Lydia Jones, Luke Jueden, Nikita Karande, Samuel Katz, Abigail Kaufman, Jacob Koclanis, Cole Koenig, Olivia Kong, Seema Shanti Kulkarni, Jordan Lapin, Ava Larsen, Emily Larson, Mason Leykauf, Sophie Lim, Carter Lines, Broden Loo, Tlatoani Loya, Devyn Lynch, Luke Magturo, Kyle Mai, Adyant Manchanda, Jack Markel, Joseph Marsicola, Blake Mason, Addison Maynard, Timothy McElroy, Emma Megerian, Anjali Mehra, William Meshkin, Jacob Mihelich, Edward Millan, Shane Miller, Ava Minier, Kayla Miyamoto, Emily Moghadam, Lily Monarek, Alyssa Morrone, Tanner Morrow, Emma Mulder, Graysen Myers, Jason Nguyen, Giuseppe Novello, Jacob Novick, Hudson Nowak, Owen Nusso, Dylan Oakley, Bianca Oanta, Jacqueline Olivera, Roxana Olivera, Taylor O’Reilly, Yaitzel Parra, Lily Parsons, Owen Pasternak, Aabhi Patel, Jesse Paulsen, Amy Perdomo, Victoria Perez, Ashley Petersen, Kate Pointer, Jasmine Policarpo, Jonathan Price, Charlie Pringle, Sahana Pugazhendhi, Jeremy Putica, Emeline Quezada, Grace Radojicic, Natalie Ramirez, Sandra Ramirez, Jaselle Reed, Sara Rinkel, Natalie Ripic, Jacob Roess, Nicholas Roess, Nathaniel Roland, Emily Ruith, Sophia Salib, Anthony Sanchez, Salma Sandoval, Matthew Santana, Kelly Schroeter, Zakiah Sesay, Simone Shaw, Abigail Shreeve, Jake Shukur, Andrew Siebert, Abraham Siegel, Ainsley Smith, Tara Smith, Natalie Stoner, Dontes Tak, Caden Taylor, Zoe Taylor, Siena Thatcher, Luke Thompson, Paige Thompson, Darren Tollman, Addyson Topping, Miyah Verde, Tess Vo, Tyler Walker, Zhe Wang, Madelyn Wapner, Anthony White, Linh-Ai Wilkinson, Stila Williams, Houston Willie, Zhilin Xie, Kelsey Yi, Tanner York, Ashley Zambrano, Armin Zokaeieh.

Female Athlete of the Year

Male Athlete of the Year

Female Scholar Athlete of the Year

State Seal of Biliteracy

Maximiliano Acosta, Helen Alfaro Reyna, Brittany Amezcua, Brandon Angeles-Saucedo, Lexi Austin, Kai Baer, Julian Baggaley, Mikayla Balcom, Paola Barrera, Cristian Barrera-Orzuna, Nathan Bensadoun, Valentina Betancourt Luna, Dilpreet Bhandal, Nash Biglin, Ryan Bissonnette, Tatum Bolton, Alana Braun, Caden Carmelo, Ashley Ceja, Natalie Chapman, Cayla Chen, Neel Chintamaneni, Lauren Conlisk, Chloe Cooper, Keira Cox, Lesly Cruz, Sheyla Cruz, Carson De Filippo, Lizbeth De La Cruz, Emma Delossantos, Andrea Desiderio, Naomi Desiderio, Brian Diaz, Daniella Diaz, Thanh Thien Elizabeth Duong, Evelyn Espinoza Cigarroa, Alexandra Estrada, Joshua Evans, Ruby Fabian Hernandez, James Florentino, Romeo Fortier, Jessica Garcia, Valeria Garcia, Colin Garibaldi, Jonathan Goldbaum, Kimberly Gomez, Anthony Gonzalez, Jayla Gonzalez, Sofia Gonzalez Curti, Kevin Gonzalez-Alvarez, Brady Goodfellow, Addison Gravdal, Erik Hallowell, Sohum Harneja, Angel Hernandez, Ricardo Hernandez, Benjamin Herrera, Alondra Herrera Valentin, Lucas Hickey, Ava Hill, Jackson Hinrichs, Melanie Hui, Maleah Huynh, Edwin Jacinto, Ashton Jacobs, Ashley Jimenez, Lydia Jones, Abigail Kaufman, Catelynne Klure, Seema Shanti Kulkarni, Mason Leykauf, Sophie Lim, Carter Lines, Viviana Lopez, Tlatoani Loya, Devyn Lynch, Bridgette Lyon, Ana Macias, Jorge Manzano, John Marano, Jack Markel, Blake Mason, Hannah McCabe, Emma Megerian, Maritsa Mendoza, Aaron Mercado-Ochoa, Montserrat Mercado-Ochoa, Natalia Meza, Adam Mihalczo, Edward Millan, Chelsea Morales, Emily Moran, Alyssa Morrone, William Neri, Owen Nusso, Dylan Oakley, Bianca Oanta, Jacqueline Olivera, Roxana Olivera, Luke Padilla, Brandon Parra, Yaitzel Parra, Owen Pasternak, Lucas Patton, Amy Perdomo, Victoria Perez, Dylan Peszt, Diego Phelps, Austin Plisinski, Kate Pointer, Jasmine Policarpo, Jeremy Putica, Emeline Quezada,Esmeralda Quintero, Grace Radojicic, Natalie Ramirez, Sandra Ramirez, Alexandra Reichner, Cayden Reish, Declan Riesgo, Sara Rinkel, Gabriel Rivera Robles, Danica Robertson, Angel Felipe Rodriguez, Nathaniel Roland, Mauricio Rosas, Elizabeth Ruith, Emily Ruith, Mia Ruiz, Sophia Salib, Evelyna Salinas, Madeline Salinas, Anthony Sanchez, Ayelen Sanchez, Cristian Sanchez, Francia Sanchez-Barriga, Salma Sandoval, Matthew Santana, Christine Sawtelle, Abigail Shreeve, Jake Shukur, Abraham Siegel, Tara Smith, Danica Snyder, Ella Sun, Caden Taylor, Zoe Taylor, Siena Thatcher, Paige Thompson, Cassandra Torres, Jacqueline Trinidad, Urubiel Ulloa-Barriga, Jonathan Valerio, Miyah Verde, Fatima Villanueba, Tess Vo, Zhe Wang, Madelyn Wapner, Kate Warezak, Anthony White, Stila Williams, Houston Willie, Kelsey Yi, Ashley, Zambrano, Armin Zokaeieh.

Advanced Placement Scholars

Scholar With Distinction

Score of Three or Higher on Five or More AP Exams

Neel Chintamaneni, Caleb Commisso, John Elsanadi, Romeo Fortier, Kates Freska, Cash Hardy, Joseph Hattan, Sadeen Hindiyeh, Melanie Hui, Ashton Jacobs, Nikita Karande, Samuel Katz, Seema Shanti Kulkarni, Jordan Lapin, Mason Leykauf, Sophie Lim, Carter Lines, Tlatoani Loya, Jack Markel, Blake Mason, Emma Megerian, Edward Millan, Jason Nguyen, Jesse Paulsen, Victoria Perez, Kate Pointer, Jonathan Price, Grace Radojicic, Salma Sandoval, Zoe Taylor, Paige Thompson, Tess Vo, Zhilin Xie, Armin Zokaeieh.

Scholar with Honor

Score of Three or Higher on Four or More AP Exams

Lexi Austin, Claire Banfield, Nathan Bensadoun, Valentina Betancourt Luna, Trenton Bradley, Alana Braun, Kaitlyn Campos, Chasen Colwell, Chloe Cooper, Carson De Filippo, Lizbeth De La Cruz, Emma Delossantos, Remi Develter, Sofia DiCesare-Bystrowicz, Colin Garibaldi, Collin Gray, Jackson Hinrichs, Andrei Hunt, Lydia Jones, Abigail Kaufman, Anjali Mehra, Emily Moghadam, Taylor Monson, Tanner Morrow, Taylor O’Reilly, Owen Pasternak, Aabhi Patel, Ashley Petersen, Jaselle Reed, Nathaniel Roland, Sophia Salib, Jake Shukur, Ainsley Smith, Danica Snyder, Natalie Stoner, Darren Tollman, Miyah Verde, Stila Williams, Chloe Yan, Kelsey Yi.

Scholar Score of Three or Higher on Three or More AP Exams

Male Scholar Athlete of the Year

Maximiliano Acosta, Emma Aguayo, Benjamin Ahmer, Brittany Amezcua, Mikayla Balcom, Cristian Barrera-Orzuna, Aditya Bhaskara, Ryan Bissonnette, Samantha Burt, Chase Cappellino, Celeste Cariker, Sean Connell, Keira Cox, Shaelen Delaney, Max DeSaulniers, Andrea Desiderio, Joshua Evans, Savannah Faulkner, Lana Gallimore, Anthony Gonzalez, Elena Harshman, Ava Hill, Ethan Howard, Maleah Huynh, Luke Jueden, Sullivan Land, Ava Larsen, Emily Larson, Kyle Mai, Adyant Manchanda, Joseph Marsicola, Addison Maynard, Ava Minier, Kayla Miyamoto, Lily Monarek, Alyssa Morrone, Emma Mulder, Jordan Newsome, Giuseppe Novello, Jacob Novick, Owen Nusso, Dylan Oakley, Bianca Oanta, Roxana Olivera, Lily Parsons, Diego Phelps, Jasmine Policarpo, Sandra Ramirez, Sara Rinkel, Jacob Roess, Anthony Sanchez, Matthew Santana, Kelly Schroeter, Zakiah Sesay, Simone Shaw, Abigail Shreeve, Abraham Siegel, Dontes Tak, Siena Thatcher, Luke Thompson, Addyson Topping, Zhe Wang, Anthony White.

What Are Your Plans After Graduation?

Zoe Taylor: “I’m going to CSU Long Beach, and then I hope to become a character artist in the animation/gaming industry.”

Bridgette Lyon: “Move away from OC.”

Caressa Parra: “Trade school -> SFX artist.”

Celeste Cariker: “Obtain my political science major at Pitzer, have a family, and then go to law school.”

Dylan Nelson: “Head to university of Utah for my next 4 years.”

Diego Phelps: “Definitely pay all my taxes. I would never consider evading taxes.”

Ella Sun: “Get a bachelors in nursing and later become a Nurse Anethetist.”

Jacob Koclanis: “I hope to continue acting and pursuing my dream of being a star.”

Sydney Taulbee: ‘Nursing school.”

Sara Rinkel: “Study Hospitality Management and Business at Hotelschool The Hague in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.”

Masha Dubrovsky: “Going to University of Utah with our entire school!”

Kate Radley: “Forensics science investigation.”

Craig Leinen: “I am going to be a helicopter mechanic in the army.”

Katelyn Becerra: “I am going to become a hair salon owner.”

Austin Plisinski: “Play baseball at Pepperdine and then go to the MLB. Then I will have my platform to spread the Gospel and inspire people.”

Kai Tran: “Going to UC Davis.”

Jacqueline Philpott: “BEAR DOWNNNNNN.”

Derek Eckstein: “Collegiate soccer at IVC.” with my boy maddox Cooper eagan: Trade School

Oliver Anderson: “Go to Saddleback and try to get an internship at Blizzard, or any game company.”

Jason Ashby: “Oil rig.”

Abbie Buckman: “Going to Boise State.”

Emma Gibson: Attend Colorado State University

Makenna Reiter: “Go UTES.”

Kelly Schroeter: “Going to Westmont College (Santa Barbara). After: high school history teacher.”

Zhe Wang: “4 years college at UCI.”

William Meshkin: “I am attending the University of Miami as a double-major in Marketing and Sustainable Business.”

Jessica Garcia: “Go to college and major in veterinary.”

Hannah McCabe: San José State University.”

Christian Roberts: “Attending Saddleback College and hopefully becoming a journalist, and continuing my dreams of being a NASCAR driver.”

Mariah Sanchez: “I want to be a travel nurse.”

Madelyn Wapner: “I hope to become an exotic veterinarian and have my own practice.”

Emily Beauchene: “I’m going to Saddleback for 2 years and then transferring to a 4 year after.”

Brody Goodsell: “Work for

california highway patrol and get payed by the government.”

Caden Nedelykovic: “I’m going to Pepperdine and majoring in International Business with a minor in either Software Engineering or Entrepreneurship.”

Claire Banfield: “Majoring in Computer Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder.”

Melia Kouche: “My plan after graduation is to attend Saddleback college the transfer to a 4 year.”

Brody Loo: “I plan on attending SDSU.”

Brianna Garcia: “Going to college to study Criminal Justice.”

Tess Vo: “Becoming a trillionaire.”

Oakley Rodriguez Nava: “My plans after graduation consist of studying Technical Theater at Saddleback for 2 years, and from there I’ll decide if I want to transfer to a 4-year university, or start with my career as a set designer/worker or scenic artist.”

Bianca Oanta: “To become a doctor.”

Ashley Jimenez: “Saddleback college, health.”

Viviana Lopez: “To become an Ultrasound Technician.”

Cooper Eagan: “Trade School.”

Makai Roberson: “I plan to attend Saddleback for 2 years then transfer to University of Hawaii at Manoa. I’ll major in business and minor in Marine Biology!”

YEARBOOKS

DELIVERED: Austin Plisinkski and Jake Novik assist Federal Express delivery man Chris Brewer unload a pallet of yearbooks on Friday, May 10. Yearbook Adviser Avery Arman and her staff ordered 1,720 copies of the 2023-24 yearbook that came on six pallets at a weight of 11,000 lbs. Photo by Celeste Cariker

In Ten Years...

Bridgette Lyon: “Hopefully not dead.”

Celeste Cariker: “A lawyer, a journalist, and severely freckled

Dylan Nelson: “On a stage, whether it’s preforming or putting on the event, I will be on a stage.”

Diego Phelps: “Very old Ella Sun: “A nurse anesthetist.”

Jacob Koclanis: “Probably still 5’8.”

Sydney Taulbee: “A pediatric nurse practitioner.”

Megan Hall:”Hopefully back in the Capo School District teaching math.”

Makai Roberson: “A stay at home mom please. Married I hope. Maybe a kid or two. Def traveling and surfing all the time.

Kate Radley: “Living with all my pets happily.”

Katelyn Becerra: “A sugar mommy.”

Austin Plisinski: “In the MLB and teaching people about Jesus.”

Kai Tran: “Airline pilot or something in the medical field

Jacqueline Philpott: “Rich #manifesting.”

Derek Eckstein: “A pro soccer player for sure with my boy maddox a.”

Cooper Eagan: “A goddamn American.”

Oliver Anderson: “Designing characters for shows maybe. Hopefully living on my own.”

Jason Ashby: “Rich as heck.”

Grace Radojicic: “Happy, hopefully.”

Abbie Buckman: “Having a career and a family.”

Makenna Reiter: “Making bank.”

Kelly Schroeter: “In debt.”

Jessica Garcia: “Possibly still in university or paying my student debt.”

Hannah McCabe: “In graduate school.”

Christian Roberts: “Hopefully a sportscaster and NASCAR Driver.”

Sheyla Cruz: “Alive and well with a successful career.”

Mariah Sanchez: “On a yacht.”

Madelyn Wapner: “Traveling the world and restoring habitats somewhere.”

Jeffrey Mitchell: “Better than everyone else.”

Caden Nedelykovic: “Achieving UNC status.”

Brody Loo: “28.”

Brianna Garcia: “Working for the justice system.”

Tess Vo: “Married to Megan Thee Stallion.”

Oakley Rodriguez Nava: “In ten years I will be working with film and play directors, coordinating set designs and scenic art for the piece.”

Bianca Oanta: “Rich and traveling around Europe.”

Emily Moghadam: “Married to Chris Sturniolo.”

Viviana Lopez: “An Ultrasound……”

Ashley Jimenez: “Successful.”

Caressa Parra: “Rich from real estate and happy from working on film sets.”

Craig Leinen: “Still in the military.”

Derek Eckstein: “A pro soccer player for sure with my boy Maddox A.”

Mia Giventer: “Rich and an amazing lawyer/something in law.”

Colin Garibaldi: “Doing what I love.”

BIGGEST SHIP THAT NEVER SAILED

Chole Ward: “Allison Piwonka and Sam Burt.”

Bridgette Lyon: “Literally all the ships.”

Dylan Nelson: “Brody Goodsel and Abby Buckmannnnnn.”

Diego Phelps: “Me, Adam and Francesco.”

Jacob Koclanis: “Titanic… at San Juan Hills 2020.”

Makai Roberson: “LOL 4.0 all 4 years.”

Denise Durmaz: “Shaan Desai and Jackie Philpott.”

Masha Dubrovsky: “Olivia Meyer and Max Wright.”

Andrei Hunt: “Graysen Myers and Jayla Gonzalez.”

Katelyn Becerra: “Tyler Chavez and Duke Devault.”

Hayes Broccardo: “Shaan and Jackie (im sitting next to Denise).”

Jacqueline Philpott: “Jackie Philpott (me) and Shaan Desai (my forever crush).”

Derek Eckstein: “Me and that one girl sophomore year.”

Cooper Eagan: “Dylan and that freshman.”

High School Crush

Chloe Ward: “Vanessa Roselli.”

Danica Snyder: “Mr Deshon.”

Celeste Cariker: “Cooper Aitken.”

Dylan Nelson: “Duke Devault, My baby.”

Diego Phelps: “Abby Buckman.”

Jacob Koclanis: “Luke Dunphy.”

Makai Roberson: “Cooper Eagan.”

Masha Dubrovsky: “Jonah Moskowitz.”

Kate Radley: “Angel Cruz.”

Danica Robertson: “Austin Plisinski.”

Craig Leinen: “Abby Buckman.”

Aiden Riley: “ABBIE BUCKMAN.”

Katelyn Becerra: “Ryan Haghani and Dane Grant.”

Hayes Broccardo: “Sully.”

Jacqueline Philpott: “Shaan Desai.”

Cooper Eagan: “Fred Durst.”

Jason Ashby: “Caden Neddy.”

Natalie Chapman: “Brady Goodfellow.”

Makenna Reiter: “Jackie Phil.”

Kelly Schroeter: “Fritz Melchert.”

Hannah McCabe: “Jake.”

Michelle Segura-Estrada: “John Anaya.”

Christian Roberts: “Gracie.”

Luke Thompson: “Abbie Buckman.”

Brody Goodsell: “Abbie buckman.”

Jeffrey Mitchell: “Brody goodsell.”

Caden Nedelykovic: “The bag.”

Melia Kouche: “Alex Rogers.”

Brody Loo: “Dua Lipa.”

Brianna Garcia: “Myself.”

Tess Vo: “Megan Thee Stallion.”

Oakley Rodriguez Nava: “I’ve had a crush on the same guy since elementary school, his name is Jonathan Manuel, but we’re just friends.”

Emily Moghadam: “Chris Sturniolo.”

Endgame High School

Sweethearts

Celeste Cariker: “Cooper and Celeste.”

Dylan Nelson: “Dylan Nelson and Brody Goodsell.”

Diego Phelps: “Me, Adam and Francesco.”

Jacob Koclanis: “Hannah McCabe and Jake Javorsky.”

Makai Roberson: “Hannah McCabe and Jake Javorsky and Austin Plisinski and Danica Robertson.”

Sara Rinkel: “Hannah Mccabe and Jake Javorsky.”

Denise Durmaz: “Jackie Philpott and Noah Beck.”

Katelyn Becerra: “Hannah McCabe and Jake Javorsky.”

Jake McCrary: “Mason Popplewell and Blake Berry.”

Hayes Broccardo: “Jaden Garcia and Sullivan Land.”

Jacqueline Philpott: “Jackie Philpott and Shaan Desai.”

Oliver Anderson: “Me and my ex.”

Jason Ashby: “Good grades.”

Amber Henderson: “Haylie Eastman and Jay Lindsay.”

Natalie Chapman: “Kates Freska and Ryder Sto.”

Makenna Reiter: “Jackie and Shaan”

Zhe Wang: “IDK?”

William Meshkin: “Carson De Filippo and Abbie Buckman.”

Christian Roberts: “I honestly don’t know.”

Mariah Sanchez: “Marlee Hopkins and

Matthew Santana.”

Luke Thompsom: “Sully Land and Abbie Buckman.”

Brody Goodsell: “Dylan and Presley Pardoh.”

Jeffrey Mitchell: “Brody and Abby.”

Caden Nedelykovic: “I don’t really know what that analogy means.”

Melia Kouche: “Not sure.”

Brody Loo: “Titanic.”

Tess Vo: “Emily Moghadam and Chris Sturniolo.”

Emily Moghadam: “Tess Vo and Megan Thee Stallion.”

Ella Gaspar: “Austin and Danica.”

Cooper Eagan: “Dylan nelson and a freshman.”

Oliver Anderson: “Dani and Ares.”

Jason Ashby: “Dylan Nelson and Jackson Ammerman.”

Grace Radojicic: “Constance and Talyn!”

Makenna Reiter: “#jully #sladen (Jaden Garcia and Sully Land).”

Zhe Wang: “None, Im a bachlor.”

William Meshkin: “Danica and Austin.”

Hannah McCabe: “Dani and Austin.”

Michelle Segura-Estrada: “Me and my boyfriend.”

Sheyla Cruz: “Paola and Jose.”

Mariah Sanchez: “Danica and Austin.”

Luke Thompson: “Brody goodsell and Abbie Buckman.”

Brody Goodsell: “Dylan Nelson and claire waldron.”

Jeffrey Mitchell: “Brody and abby.”

Caden Nedelykovic: “Me and the bag.”

Brody Loo: “Austin Plisinski and Danica Robertson.”

Bianca Oanta: “Hannah and Jake.”

Biggest Rumor I Have Heard About Myself

Bridgette Lyon: “That I died, I was in the hospital and no one actual checked to see if I was alive.”

Caressa Parra: “I don’t think Caressa likes me...I do.”

Dylan Nelson: “Ohhhhh boyyyy”

Diego Phelps: “That I have ADHD”

Jacob Koclanis: “I’m gay”

Kate Radley: “No one talks about me or to me.”

Hayes Broccardo: “I was gay”

Jacqueline Philpott: “I am a European exchange student ( I wish it was true)”

Derek Eckstein: “I’m annoying. True.”

Ella Gaspar: “That I’m a stoner”

Oliver Anderson: “That I was dating a freshman in my junior year. NO IT WAS NOT TRUE.”

Jason Ashby: “I’m the sexiest man in the school (true).”

Makenna Reiter: “I talk too much”

Kelly Schroeter: “I was lesbian (false)”

Brody Goodsell: “Liking Abbie Buckman”

Caden Nedelykovic: “I heard that I am awesome.”

Celeste Cariker: “That I’m in Yearbook.”

ROYALTY: Danica Robertson and Austin Plisinski winning 2023 Homecoming Court. These two seniors smile as they walk back from receiving their crowns in front of the stands at the Homecoming football game. Photo By Sofia Bello

Danica Snyder: “Erm…right on.”

Zoe Taylor: “I thought I might grow out of my obsession with cartoons. I was wrong.”

Samuel Demchik: “Bare minimum!!”

Bridgette Lyon: “Living through High School is worse than burning in hell. Wanna make me suffer? Send me back to high school after I graduate.”

Caressa Parra: “Welcome to your life. There’s no turning back.” -Tears for Fears

Celeste Cariker: “Punishable by fine means legal for a price.”

Dylan Nelson: “Yea I’m 6ft tall, and kinda strong.” (Astroworlds greatest hero)

Diego Phelps: “Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.” -1 Thessalonians 5:26

Ella Sun: “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.” -Master Oogway

Jacob Koclanis: “Getting through 4 years of high school was like receiving every status effect in Minecraft because ‘How did we get here?’”

Sydney Taulbee: “People say I’m indecisive, but I don’t know about that.”

Megan Hall: “The aim of life is selfdevelopment. To realize one’s nature perfectly — that is what each of us is here for.” -Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Makai Roberson: “I actually didn’t have the flu… or a doctors appt ;)”

Sara Rinkel: “When life gets you down, you know what you gotta do? Just keep swimming, swimming...” -Dory Denise Durmaz: “Turkish Quandle Dingle.”

Masha Dubrovsky: “Skibidi toilet.”

Kate Radley: “I said this goes here but in my mind I said disco hair.” -Megan Radley

S enior

Aiden Riley: “The rumors are true, all of them.”

Andrei Hunt: “The less we say about it the better / Make it up as we go along / Feet on the ground, head in the sky / It’s okay, I know nothing’s wrong, nothing.”

Aidan Choksey: “Don’t overthink your senior quote.”

Katelyn Becerra: “My only goal in life is to become a hot sugar mommy with a Range Rover.”

Ainsley Smith: “You miss 100% of the chances you don’t take.”

Austin Plisinski: “If you don’t believe in yourself, nobody will.”

Hayes Broccardo: “If you’re not first you’re last.” -Ricky Bobby

Caleb Childs: “I drink your milkshake, I

drink it up!”

Jacqueline Philpott: “The know my name and life story.”

Derek Eckstein: “Pressure means things are expected of Cooper Eagan: “Up top.” -Cole Oliver Anderson: “College

Jason Ashby: “Don’t drive when you drive drunk you drive drunk.” -Cole Bow

Grace Radojicic: “They’re graduate?”

Abbie Buckman: “Senior year the other 3 years.”

Makenna Reiter: “Turkish Zhe Wang: “When you failed, mocking you, just remember,

STALLION OF THE YEAR

Carson has been an active member of ASB as class president for three years and ASB President his senior year. To directly impact and better the school community, Carson has been a four year member of California Scholarship Federation, three year member of National Honors Society, a Stallion Start Up leader and a member of the No Place For Hate Task Force. Carson played for the football and basketball teams and was a Varsity volleyball player his senior year. Carson accomplished all of these extracurriculars while maintaining a 4.8 GPA. Carson plans to attend UCLA where he will study business.

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attendance ladies story.” is a good thing, it of you.”

-Cole Bow

“College better be worth it.” drive drunk because drive like you’re

“They’re letting me year was better than

“Turkish Quandle Dingle Jr.” failed, while others is remember, the most powerful

response isn’t to engage in argument, but to demonstrate your strength through your abilities.”

William Meshkin: “Life is a journey to be experienced, not a problem to be solved.”

-Winnie The Pooh

Mia DeNichilo: “Who got the keys to the world now? Yours truly, blaow blaow.” -Pitbull

Dublin Schulte: “It is far better to be alone than to wish you were alone.”

Jessica Garcia: “Gotta blast!” -Jimmy Neutron

Michelle Segura-Estrada: “Brown pride <3”

Christian Roberts: “Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” -Joshua 1:9.

SCHOLAR OF SCHOLARS

Melanie Hui obtained the highest overall weighted grade point average of the Class of 2024 based on course work in the following core curricular subjects: English, math, science, social science, world language and advanced placement courses. They are finishing the year with a 5.0 GPA. Throughout high school, Melanie has played the violin for the San Juan Hills Orchestra. Melanie is an avid visual artist as well, having participated in AP art classes and art submissions across campus. Melanie plans to attend UCLA where they will study psychology.

MELANIE HUI

Sheyla Cruz: “Hey Siri play Hasta La Raíz”

Mariah Sanchez: “Life is soup and I’m a fork” -KNJ

Madelyn Wapner: “Change is a powerful thing, people are powerful beings.”

Emily Beauchene: “thank u, next.”

-Ariana Grande

Luke Thompson: “Long Live Roshaans Legacy 2021-2022”

Brody Goodsell: “Hey lets watch superbad” -Fred Durst (LimpBizkit)

Jeffrey Mitchell: “Don’t let Dylan near your kids.”

Caden Nedelykovic: “I’m Batman.”

Melia Kouche: “Have courage and be kind.”

Adriana Martinez: “This was nothing like High School Musical.”

Brody Loo: “Effort can take you as far as you want to be.”

Brianna Garcia: “Live to improve not to impress.”

Tess Vo: “Stan Loona.”

Oakley Rodriguez Nava: “Beneath the pressure of torments such as these, the feeble remnant of the good within me succumbed. Evil thoughts became my sole intimates — The Darkest and most evil of thoughts.” -Edgar Allan Poe, The Black Cat

Jackie Kohl: “If only closed minds came with closed mouths.”

Bianca Oanta: “Life moves pretty fast, if you don’t stop to look around every once in a while, you could miss it.”

Ashley Jimenez: “The possibility of all those possibilities being possible is just another possibility that can possibly happen.”

Emily Moghadam: “Whoever said orange is the new pink was seriously disturbed.”

-Elle Woods

Viviana Lopez: “The Chancla hurt more than my grades.”

Your Teacher Said What?

Danica Snyder: “I’ve thrown an air fryer at you” - Magaña

Zoe Taylor: “Can you play it sexier?”Dean McElroy

Celeste Cariker: “Stop looking at my feet.” -Magaña

Dylan Nelson: “Skibidi Rizz Toilet”Jason zuidema

Diego Phelps:”No more gambling” - Mr. Ushino

Makai Roberson: *randomly shows the class his gaming channel on youtube*Mr. Ahmer (aka Mr. Ahmer Gamer)

Sara Rinkel: “Silence is golden” - Mr. Spiers

Kate Radley: “I used to throw tortillas at the cheerleaders while they did their pyramid during football games” - Mr. Dileo

Katelyn Becerra: “I would like a burrito” - Heavlin Martinez

Austin Plisinski: What the crap - G-Rodriguez

Jacqueline Philpott: There’s too many.

Derek Eckstein: “Get out!” - Ms. Callier

Ella Gaspar: “I HAVE A BAT” - Mrs. Magaña

Oliver Anderson: “Don’t forget to...’use sunscreen...’” - Mrs. Gideon

Jason Ashby: “bequeefed” - Mr. Lewis

Owen Pasternak: I’ve got 105 from Mrs. Gonzalez saved on a google doc -- plus a few good ones from Kaiser.

Emma Gibson: “I didn’t kill the queen”Mr. Lynde

Makenna Reiter: “Hi Bailey” - Mr.Briggs

William Meshkin: “I need you to be an

How To Get On A Teachers’ Good Side

Chloe Ward: “Get them starbucks.”

Danica Snyder: “Starbucks on Fridays (I [hand heart emoji] Mrs G).”

Celeste Cariker: “If you’re funny Magaña will like you.”

Diego Phelps: “To get on Coach Rod’s good side, just be normal.”

Sydney Taulbee: “Bring Mrs. Gidion chocolate.”

Makai Roberson: “Be good at whatever you’re doing.”

Kate Radley: “Bring food or coffee.”

Craig Leinen: “You need to agree with them no matter what.”

Katelyn Becerra: “Get Mrs. Calder Boba.”

Austin Plisinski: “Walk their dog.”

Kai Tran: “Be nice and don’t be a dumb person.”

Jacqueline Philpott: “Match their humor or in other words crack some terrible jokes.”

Derek Eckstein: “Be Dontes Tak.”

Ella Gaspar: “Pay attention.”

Cooper Eagan: “Bribes.”

Abbie Buckman: “Ask good questions and participate in class.”

Emma Gibson: “Bring them Starbucks.”

Makenna Reiter: “Give them an Apple.”

Jason Ashby: “Hernadez do the work but also don’t be a complete suck up.”

Kelly Schroeter: “For Summers: be a hurdler.”

William Meshkin: “Mrs. Heavlin-Martinez - Just show up to class.”

Dublin Schulte: “Mrs Gidion, bribe her with dark chocolate and she’ll forever love you.”

Hannah McCabe: “Buy Serrano food.”

Christian Roberts: “Maybe to just show how kind you are to them.”

Owen Pasternak: “Kaiser - be part

Alpha, not a Beta.” - Ushino

Mia DeNichilo: “If Taylor Swift gets on her private jet immediately after her show in Tokyo, she could make it to the Super Bowl!” - Mr. Lynde

Sheyla Cruz: “Stop with the chisme”Mr.Soto

Brody Goodsell: “Somebody once told me” - John Lewis

Caden Nedelykovic: “Caden get out of my class.”

Claire Banfield: “Enthusiasm will either end you up in a hospital or dead” - Coach Bob Price 2023

Melia Kouche: “On your first date ask what their finances are.” - Hernandez

Adriana Martinez: “Enough about histo-

ry look at my barbecuing skills” - Ahmer 2023

Brody Loo: “I hope he bites her” - Mr. Johnson

Oakley Rodriguez Nava: “Yes, I purr sometimes” - Mrs. Gidion

Jackie Kohl: ¨Would you like an Oreo from my back pocket?¨ - Mr. Kaiser Bianca Oanta: “You’re my zesty 3rd period!” - Mr. Lynde

Ashley Jimenez: “I’ll wait”

Emily Moghadam: “For those of you that like men, can you all agree that a man who’s REALLY attractive can open his mouth and all of a sudden become unattractive?” - Mr. Lynde

How To Get On A Teachers’ Bad Side

of the Express, Serrano - say anything good about Real Madrid, Serrano - say anything good about Andalucía (where he was born), Bracamontes - be smart and but be more chill than you are smart, Hall - shut up during lecture but then ask interesting questions, GRod - talk to him about sports.”

Mariah Sanchez: “Show up.”

Jeffrey Mitchell: “Ms. Callier- be goofy.”

Caden Nedelykovic: “Compliment Mrs. Sami.”

Claire Banfield: “If you want to be on Coach Summers’ good side… Hurdle!!”

Melia Kouche: “Just be nice and don’t talk over them or too much in class.”

Brody Goodsell: “Ask questions.”

Adriana Martinez: “Bring baked goods to Magana, she will love you forever.”

Chloe Ward: “Not getting them starbucks.”

Danica Snyder: “Having headphones in.”

Zoe Taylor: “Talk during rehearsal (Mr. McElroy).”

Bridgette Lyon: “Be annoying or loud.”

Celeste Cariker: “Go to the bathroom in Mr. Noble’s class.”

Makai Roberson: “Absolutely suck at whatever you’re doing and have a bad attitude.”

Denise Durmaz: “Don’t yawn in Mr.Prinz’s class.”

vs.

Brody Loo: “Showing commitment and respect.”

Oakley Nava: “Best way to get on Ms. Gidion’s good side is to participate often and be mindful of not just herself but the peers around you.”

Bianca Oanta: “Buy Mrs. Gidion a Starbucks if you are late in the morning.”

Ashley Jimenez: “Talking about your grade with them.”

Viviana Lopez: “Getting them their favorite snacks.”

Oliver Anderson: “Be quiet. That’s how you get on any teacher’s good side, is to be quiet. They will focus on the louder ones and get them in trouble and talk about their grades, but they will never bother you if you don’t interrupt them.”

Dylan Nelson: “Glaze off.”

Diego Phelps: “To get on Mr. Ushino’s bad side, you just have to sprint down the E building hallway.”

Masha Dubrovsky: “Get a notification while Mr. Prinz is teaching.”

Kate Radley: “Don’t turn in homework/ being rude.”

Katelyn Becerra: “Mr. Roberts, literally just speak to him.”

Austin Plisinski: “Talk politics.”

Hayes Broccardo: “Throwing projectiles at the white board when the teacher isn’t looking.”

Kai Tran: “Be stupid and disrupt class.”

Derek Eckstein: “Be like Urubiel Ulloa.”

Ella Gaspar: “Talk all of class.”

Oliver Anderson: “Disrespect them. This is different for every teacher so find out quickly where their line is and DO NOT cross it.”

Jason Ashby: “Briggs: know when to crack jokes and when to work.”

Owen Pasternak: “GRod- talk louder than he does during lecture, Gonzálezbe on your phone for more than half of class (less than half is ok though) Bracamontes- actually impossible.”

Abbie Buckman: “Never come to class, not trying and not doing any of the work given.”

Emma Gibson: “Talk during instruction.”

Makenna Reiter: “Tardy to class.” Zhe Wang: “Off task, easily.”

Christian Roberts: “Maybe when you misbehave”

Mariah Sanchez: “Don’t show up.”

Luke Thompson: “Cheating.”

Brody Goodsell: “Don’t show up to zero period.”

Jeffrey Mitchell: “Mr. E- be goofy.”

Caden Nedelykovic: “Interrupt Mrs. Olsen.”

Brody Loo: “Fighting them.”

Brianna Garcia: “Lying.”

Oakley Nava: “Best way to get on Ms.Gidion’s bad side is to talk over her constantly.”

Bianca Oanta: “Forget the “+C ‘’ at the end of an equation or “dx” at the end of an integral in Mr. Prinz’s class.”

Ashley Jimenez: “Not communicating well.”

Viviana Lopez: “Calling them by their first name.”

Cooper Eagan: “Bribes.”

Jacqueline Philpott: “Screenager!”

If I Could Be Any Teacher For A Day, I Would Be...

Danica Snyder: “Magaña because she gets to make crime scenes.”

Celeste Cariker: “I’d be Boggio so I could experience inner peace.”

Dylan Nelson: “Ahmer, I need to know what he is thinking.”

Diego Phelps: “I would never want to be a teacher.”

Ella Sun: “Ms Callier. She is always full of energy.”

Jacob Koclanis: “Mrs. González. She knows the Anime Men.”

Makai Roberson: “Mr Ahmer. He’s by far the funniest guy you’ll ever meet.”

Masha Dubrovsky: “None, because I would not want to babysit these kids.”

Craig Leinen: “I would be Mr. Hunicutt because he teaches a chill class.”

Katelyn Becerra: “Mr. Norgren, he’s so laid back and chill and it would be so fun to teach a photography class.”

Jacqueline Philpott: “If I could be any teacher it would be Mrs. Spiers because she retired.”

Oliver Anderson: “Mrs. Graff, definitely, I would love to teach a theater class.”

Jason Ashby: “Mr. Hernandez because you can just kick back and chill all day.”

Owen Pasternak: “Any male AP history/ Gov teacher so I can experience smart, cool dad vibes for an entire day.”

Makenna Reiter: “Mrs. Ospring she is the goat.”

Zhe Wang: “Kaiser, because he’s so nice.”

Christian Roberts: “Honestly, I would love to step into Mr. Hunnicutt’s shoes and the teacher for a day.”

Mariah Sanchez: “Mrs. Boggio because I wanna experience her mindset.”

Madelyn Wapner: “Mr. Serrano because he always has a crazy story to tell.”

Brody Goodsell: “John Lewis because his goatee is elite.”

Jeffrey Mitchell: “Any PE teachers, bc you don’t have to think much.”

Caden Nedelykovic: “I would be Mr. Norgren because I love ping pong.”

Melia Kouche: “A math teacher because it’s my favorite class.”

Brianna Garcia: “Mrs. Magaña, because she is so smart and the sweetest mom, teacher, and person in the world, I would wanna be her so I can know absolutely everything there is to know about the justice system.”

Oakley Rodriguez Nava: “If I could be any teacher for a day I would want to be Mrs. Gidion because she always has such a great attitude and positive view of the world 24/7. I admire her so much and her passion for her students is always above and beyond.”

Bianca Oanta: “Mrs. Boggio because she is very organized and always on top of everything.”

Viviana Lopez: “Ms. Chavez because she’s the best.”

Teacher Superlatives

Celeste Cariker: “Mrs. Bak-Boychuk: most likely to forget to take roll.”

Diego Phelps: “Most likely to get off topic - Mrs. Gonzalez.”

Jacob Koclanis: “Most likely to have another kid. Cambria Graff.”

Kate Radley: “Mrs. Magaña most likely to overdose on caffeine.”

Katelyn Becerra: “Most likely to quit if someone offered him 5,000: Mr. Roberts.”

Jacqueline Philpott: “Ms. Gorczynski is most likely to have the best lineup of students in her classes.”

Derek Eckstein: “Ms. C most likely to not write a children’s book.”

Jason Ashby: “Mr. mac most likely to build a trailer.”

Owen Pasternak: “Most likely to have his Prius hit by a stray baseball: Mr. Hall (true story).”

Abbie Buckman: “Mostly likely to get

NO SHADE: History/Social Science teacher Joe Snedeker observes a partial solar eclipse outside the H-Building in 2017. Another partial solar eclipse was visible this year and many students were able to see it by using special viewing devices. File Photo by Bill Kaiser.

But Teacher I Swear...

Danica Snyder: “I’ve been so busy.”

Bridgette Lyon: “I don’t know, I don’t really lie to teachers.”

Dylan Nelson: “I wasn’t cheating.”

Diego Phelps: “That I liked their class.”

Jacob Koclanis: “I would never lie [nerd emoji].”

you scared of graduation: Mrs. Tatala.”

Makenna Reiter: “Ms. G is most likely to have a pet sloth.”

Zhe Wang: “Great job guys!”

Mia DeNichilo: “Best bromance: Mr. Lynde & Mr. Serrano; Most likely to survive the Hunger Games: Mrs. Giddion; Most likely to run for president: Mr. Kaiser.”

Brody Goodsell: “Mr. Hernandez most likely to let me slide on the chip project.”

Jeffrey Mitchell: “Mr. Roberts most likely to be faded every day.”

Caden Nedelykovic: “Mr. Lewis is most likely to accidentally get arrested.”

Brody Loo: “Most likely to become the U.S. President = Mr. Kaiser.”

Oakley Rodriguez Nava: “Ms. Graff is most likely to win an award for the most extroverted.”

Makai Roberson: “I pulled my teacher aside (as a distraction) and told her I really needed extra credit because my grade was tanked while my friends brought in starbucks for the whole class.”

Denise Durmaz: “My grandma died.”

Masha Dubrovsky: “I like their class.”

Kate Radley: “That I’m doing homework.”

Craig Leinen: “I forgot my homework at home.”

Katelyn Becerra: “I told my teacher I had a mental breakdown right before class so she excused me for being late. I fake cried and everything.”

Kai Tran: “One time I was cheating and I just told her I wasn’t.”

Jacqueline Philpott: “Let’s just say I’ve lost a lot of relatives in the past four years.”

Derek Eckstein: “My mom needed the car.”

Cooper Eagan: “I care deeply about my education.”

Oliver Anderson: “Yeah, I’m fine.”

Jason Ashby: “My grandma died so I couldn’t finish the 3 week long assignment.”

Owen Pasternak: “They’re waiving tardies today.”

Makenna Reiter: “That I understood what they were teaching me.”

Zhe Wang: “I will get 5 on the AP Gov exam.”

Christian Roberts: “Never lied to my teachers.”

Mariah Sanchez: “I could never.”

Brody Goodsell: “I woke up sweaty.”

Jeffrey Mitchell: “I didn’t get the assignment on canvas.”

Caden Nedelykovic: “That my dog ate my homework.”

Melia Kouche: “Not sure.”

Brody Loo: “That I never lie.”

Brianna Garcia: “Don’t lie to a teacher, that’s just not nice.”

Tess Vo: “I was going on a Buddhist pilgrimage.”

Oakley Rodriguez Nava: “I had an emergency and had to leave when in reality I just didn’t want to be there anymore.”

Most Embarassing High School Memo-

Danica Snyder: “All of freshman year.”

Bridgette Lyon: “Falling down the stairs and taking another student down with me my sophomore year.”

Celeste Cariker: “Being caught by a supervisor in the bathroom with my friend who was eating a spicy chicken sandwich.”

Dylan Nelson: “Anything astroworld related.”

Diego Phelps: “Not doing any homework for a whole semester once.”

Ella Sun: “My water bottle spilled all over the teacher’s floor and I had to do rounds between the pool of water and the paper towels.”

Jacob Koclanis: “I peed in a bush and got Saturday school.”

Makai Robersonc: “Dilip.”

Masha Dubrovsky: “Getting squirted by Alex Nordby during senior assassin.”

Kate Radley: “Walking into something in the E building under the stairs.”

Katelyn Becerra: “I brought pasta in a sandwich bag one time and my friends have never forgotten about it.”

Mia Giventer: “I broke my back and there were rumors I tried killing myself when it was an accident.”

Jacqueline Philpott: “It’s definitely humbling eating it down the stairs.”

Derek Eckstein: “#donttrustderek.”

Ella Gaspar: “Getting tripped by Vincent Unzueta in front of the whole quad.”

Oliver Anderson: ‘Let’s just

say that if you need to pee, don’t hold it till the next period.”

Aaron Mercado-Ochoa: “Definitely when I threw up on the bus Junior year and I had to get out before everyone else. Sorry to whoever had to clean that up.”

Makenna Reiter: “When Denise Ince fell down the H stairs.’

Zhe Wang: “Fart in the English class during a socratic seminar.”

William Meshkin: “Every dressup day I was forced to participate in...”

Jessica Garcia: “Slipping on the mud going down the trail.”

Mariah Sanchez: “My teacher thought I skipped class to talk to friends when in reality my stomach hurt and I didn’t know how to tell her so I just held up the number 2.”

Madelyn Wapner: “I fell up

a muddy hill and my backpack flew over my head.”

Brody Goodsell: “When my shoe got stuck in the football fence while hopping it.”

Jeffrey Mitchell: “Presenting without knowing what I was supposed to say.”

Brody Loo: “My most embarrassing high school memory was getting a ticket on Stallion Ridge.”

Brianna Garcia: “Getting my dress ripped open in the mosh pit at homecoming my sophomore year and having multiple supervisors plus and vice principal helping me safety pin my dress back together.”

Tess Vo: “Doing cartwheels in Mr. Lynde’s classroom with Emily.”

Caden Nedelykovic: “I sat in a

big puddle and it looked like I peed my pants.”

Oakley Rodriguez Nava: ‘The most embarrassing memory I recall is just dropping things. I’m constantly dropping or knocking stuff over and it sucks because everyone stares.”

Ashley Jimenez: “When I would fall down the trail.”

Emily Moghadam: “One of my teachers found out I had a celebrity crush on Nick Sturniolo and then proceeded to google him and project the most vile photos and videos of him to the entire class. He then put one of these photos on his lecture slides to remind himself to retell the story as he continues his career and now refers to him as ‘Emily’s fugly crush’.”

I was late because... I was diagnosed with senioritis when...

Chloe Ward: “Covid ended.”

Celeste Cariker: “I napped through 5th period in my trunk.”

Diego Phelps: “I started playing video-games during online classes.”

Ella Sun: “The first week of senior year ended.”

Sydney Taulbee: “I started freshman year.”

Makai Roberson: “Bro junior year. The second I realized I could do half the work from home, I stopped showing up.”

Denise Durmaz: “I started having to go to Saturday Schools.”

Kate Radley: “I can’t wake up to my alarm anymore.”

Andrei Hunt: “‘Late to second period’ became ‘early to fourth period’.”

Katelyn Becerra: “I reached kindergarten.”

Austin Plisinski: “Baseball season came around.”

Jake Roess: “I got admitted to college.”

Kai Tran: “I never wanted to go into class and fell asleep a lot.”

Jacqueline Philpott: “I was a freshman and fell asleep on zoom almost every morning.”

Derek Eckstein: “I woke up the first Monday after spring break.”

Ella Gaspar: “Junior Year.”

Cooper Eagan: “I stopped having to say my name at attendance.”

Oliver Anderson: “Two months into the year. It goes so fast and doesn’t really get better when you have clinical depression.

take your meds, kids.”

Grace Radojicic: “At the end of junior year I started showing up to zero period 45 minutes late everyday.”

Abbie Buckman: “I was getting towards the end of junior year.”

Emma Gibson: “I started napping in Gov. (sorry Kaiser).”

Bill Kaiser: “Emma’s grade would have been better if she didn’t do that!” LOL

Kelly Schroeter: “Sophomore year…”

Zhe Wang: “I got into UCI.”

William Meshkin: “I got the letter threatening court if I skipped more school.”

Jessica Garcia: “It hit second semester.”

Christian Roberts: “Wasn’t diagnosed with it at all.”

Sheyla Cruz: “Winter break came to an end.”

Brody Goodsell: “I didn’t want to show up to office aid.”

Melia Kouche: “I had to read and annotate a lot in my English class.”

Adriana Martinez: “2nd semester started and the pressure got real.”

Brianna Garcia: “There was only one month left to graduate.”

Oakley Nava: “I was diagnosed with senioritis when I started applying for financial aid.”

Bianca Oanta: “When junior year started.”

Ashley Jimenez: “Never.”

Chloe Ward: “Getting starbucks.”

Danica Snyder: “Dentist appt.”

Zoe Taylor: “You brought your teacher their Starbucks order (works every time).”

Bridgette Lyon: “I was at a doctors app, or just don’t go to class.”

Caressa Parra: “Someone is in my parking spot.”

Celeste Cariker: “My bed was too comfy and my hamster got out again.”

Dylan Nelson: “Me and Jack Tetley were up to no good.”

Diego Phelps: “Saying that I’m sick.”

Ella Sun: “There was an ambulance.”

Sydney Taulbee: “My car broke down.”

Makai Roberson: “Dr apt or ur sick.”

Masha Dubrovsky: “My parking spot is next to the softball fields.”

Kate Radley: “I broke my ankle… the golf carts take forever to pick me up and I couldn’t get up stairs without the lady with the keys which made me always late so that I didn’t give a crap and would just climb up em.”

Craig Leinen: “I got stuck in traffic.”

Jake McCrary: “My car broke down.”

Mia Giventer: “I was dying in bed.”

Austin Plisinski: “I was helping Brody Loo help Jake Novick up the stairs.”

Hayes Broccardo: “going into detail about your upset stomach.”

Kai Tran: “It was raining so I had to drive slow.”

Jacqueline Philpott: “Girl problems.”

Derek Eckstein: “My mom needed the car.”

Cooper Eagan: “Had to save the world.”

Oliver Anderson: “I thought school started at 9:30, not 8:30.”

Jason Ashby: “Car accident.”

Natalie Chapman: “I am in ASB.”

Grace Radojicic: “Car trouble (just kidding! even if it’s true you will still be marked late no matter what!)”

Abbie Buckman: “I’m sick or there’s traffic.”

Aaron Mercado-Ochoa: “Transportation issues.”

Makenna Reiter: “Coffee.”

Emma Gibson: “Car accident and bad traffic.”

Zhe Wang: “Visit college and Feel sick and go to the nurse and let your best sister call you out.”

William Meshkin: “Handing the teacher starbucks…”

Jessica Garcia: “Sorry I was talking to (teacher) about some assignments i need to make up.”

Christian Roberts: “Getting sick, college visits, and vacation (Went to Vegas for F1).”

Sheyla Cruz: “Being sick.”

Mariah Sanchez: “Goldfish died.”

Madelyn Wapner: “Dentist appointment.”

Brody Goodsell: “Traffic.”

Jeffrey Mitchell: “My parents needed help.”

Caden Nedelykovic: “I told Mrs Chavez I got starbucks and she got really mad at me.”

Melia Kouche: “I had period problems or a doctor’s appointment.”

Brody Loo: “I was helping Jake Novick up the stairs.”

Brianna Garcia: “I’m sorry my cat ran out of the house when I went to take my dogs to the bathroom before school and she ran all the way across the street and hid in the bushes.”

Tess Vo: “My grandpa died.”

Oakley Rodriguez Nava: “I got locked inside of my coffin by accident.”

Bianca Oanta: “Mopping the grass.”

What I Fear Most About Life After Gradutation Thanks To You... I Made It Through High School

WE MADE IT: Seniors from the class of 2023 throw their caps into the air at the conclusion of last year’s graduation ceremony. This year’s ceremony will feature a speech by Mel Hui, Scholar of Scholars and other speakers. File Photo by Bill Kaiser

Danica Snyder: “Sitting through the rest of the people’s names.”

Zoe Taylor: “Rent.”

Bridgette Lyon: “Nothing can be worse than my high school experience, so i fear nothing about it.”

Caressa Parra: “Finances.”

Celeste Cariker: “The economy...” Dylan Nelson: “No longer being able to have fun.”

Diego Phelps: “Trying to evade my taxes Ella Sun: “Failing college and not getting a job.”

Jacob Koclanis: “Death.”

Sydney Taulbee: “Taxes.”

Makai Roberson: “Not being successful

Sara Rinkel: “Not being able to see Mrs. Gonzalez everyday.”

Kate Radley: “How I will be able to afford anything in life.”

Craig Leinen: “Not seeing the boys ever again.”

Katelyn Becerra: “Being more independent and having to pay taxes.”

Mia Giventer: “Not becoming successful or wasting my time on b.s.”

Austin Plisinski: “Taxes!”

Hayes Broccardo: “Everything.”

Kai Tran: “Nothing I hate school.”

Jacqueline Philpott: “Not being a teenager.”

Derek Eckstein: “Taxes.”

Ella Gaspar: “Being in debt.”

Cooper Eagan: “Nothing.”

Oliver Anderson: “The economy and politics and the inevitable crumble of our nation.”

Jason Ashby: “Being poor.”

Abbie Buckman: “Planning everything out and making sure everything works out.”

Makenna Reiter: “Seeing supervisors.”

Kelly Schroeter: “Student debt.”

Zhe Wang: “How do I succeed in college.”

Jessica Garcia: “Taxes.”

Christian Roberts: “How hard college will be.”

Sheyla Cruz: “Growing up and saying goodbye to childhood friends who are moving out of state.”

Mariah Sanchez: “BILLS!”

Madelyn Wapner: “Not being able to afford a house.”

Brody Goodsell: “Bills to pay.”

Jeffrey Mitchell: “Being an adult.”

Caden Nedelykovic: ”How hard the college classes are gonna be.”

Claire Banfield: “Student debt (sad emoji).”

Melia Kouche: “How much money everything costs when you start living on your own.”

Brody Loo: “Taxes.”

Brianna Garcia: “Kidnappers.”

Tess Vo: “Not having a private sushi chef.”

Oakley Rodriguez Nava: “What I fear most about life after graduation is finding some way to be able to become independent as an undocumented individual.”

Bianca Oanta: “Taxes and bills.”

Ashley Jimenez: “Finding my true self.”

Viviana Lopez: “Not having any friends.”

Chloe Ward: “Theatre, letting me be good at taking naps.”

Danica Snyder: “Mr. Hall for teaching me that pure H2O can kill you.”

Caressa Parran: “Ali & Lauren for being my friends.”

Celeste Cariker: “My Grandma for always being there.”

Dylan Nelson: “Mr. Johnny, for giving me hope in English class again.”

Ella Sun: “My mom for always supporting me.”

Jacob Koclanis: “All the friends we made along the way for all the memories we made along the way.”

Mia DeNichilo: “Mr. Serrano for making Spanish so much fun and for being my club advisor the last 2 years. I really appreciate all of the help you’ve provided me these last few years!”

Madlyn Wapner: “I like to thank Lily Pinocci for being my high school best friend.”

Brianna Garcia: “Mrs. Magaña for being the most inspiring person on this campus to me. She has taught me how to be humble, strong, confident, and overall, understand boundaries, and she taught me all of this from just being my teacher. She is genuinely a life lesson that everyone needs.”

Craig Leinen: “My backpack for carrying my stuff around.”

Sheyla Cruz: “I’d like to thank my parents for the many sacrifices they made to ensure I had an amazing life.”

Oliver Anderson: “Mr. Spengler for always being there when I needed it. He is one of the kindest men I’ve ever met and I could not have done high school without his support.”

Brody Loo: “I’d like to thank Mr. Groothuis for the greatest class of all time.”

Bianca Oanta: “I would like to thank myself for working hard and not giving up even when I felt like senioritis was taking over.”

Ella Gaspar: “Mrs. Mañana for always supporting me.”

Cooper Eagan: “Me for being me.”

Kate Radley: “I would like to thank Mrs. Magaña for being my school mom.”

Kai Tran: “My teachers for helping me despite knowing they are working for a scam.”

Hayes Broccardo: “Mr. Mac for teaching me to be a handyman.”

“ I would like to thank myself for working hard and not giving up even when I felt like senioritis was taking over.”

MaKenna Reiter: “I like to thank Ms. Moos for helping me get through senior year.”

Zoe Taylor: “I want to thank Mrs. G for being like a second mom to me, and always being super helpful in APUSH! She’s so sweet, throw a party if you get her your junior year.”

-Bianca Oanta

Makai Roberson: “I like to thank my teachers for always putting up with us and for being so kind and understanding.”

Jacqueline Philpott: “I’d like to thank the nurse for blessing me with illness excuses.”

Jeffrey Mitchell: “My parents, raising me right.”

Adrianna Martinez: “Mrs. Magaña, for helping me find the right resources for my dream job.”

Vivianna Lopez: “My friends for being by my side the whole 4-years.”

Katelyn Becerra: “Stella Coler: all the food she’s given me in first period.”

Ashley Jimenez: “My best friend for always being by my side.”

Zhe Wang: “Mr. Wooten for teaching me many business ideas and personal finance beneficial for the future.”

Abbie Buckman: “My teachers for getting me through the past four years.”

Oakley Rodriguez Nava: “I’d like to thank Ms. Gorczynski for supporting and encouraging everything throughout most of my high school life. I hope that she continues to be the great instructor that she is!”

Ashley Jimenez: “My best friend, always being by my side”

Emily Moghadam: :”Tess Vo; testing my patience”

Viviana Lopez: “My friends for being by my side the whole 4-years.”

Art by Alana Cousens