Sacred Heart Preparatory graduated 145 students on May 25, 2012 during the 114th commencement ceremony on the Sacred Heart Schools campus in Atherton.
Richard A. Dioli, Director of Schools, Anne Holloway, Board of Trustees Chair, James Everitt, Sacred Heart Preparatory Principal, Brian Bell, Dean of Students, Ken Thompson, Academic Dean, and Karen Filice, Assistant Principal, Academic Life, presented the graduates with their diplomas.
Andrew Liotta was named Valedictorian; he is planning to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the fall. Daniel Clancy was voted Salutatorian by his classmates; he is enrolled at the University of Southern California.
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Of this year’s graduating class, the National Merit Scholarship Program recognized 28 students, and honored four as finalists. Six students were also named National Hispanic Scholars.
“I am extremely proud of this year’s matriculating class,” said James Everitt, principal at Sacred Heart Preparatory. “These young men and women are very talented and amazing individuals, and I am honored to have come to know them during their time at Sacred Heart. They are ready to expand upon their knowledge and eager to explore the world to prepare them to become tomorrow’s leaders.”
The 145 graduates will matriculate to 63 different post-secondary institutions. Sixty-eight graduates will attend colleges in California, and 74 students will attend institutions throughout the United States and Canada. Of the graduating class, eight individuals will attend an Ivy League institution. Post-secondary institutions that graduates will attend include Santa Clara University (14), University of Southern California (13), Stanford University (8), Chapman University (4), University of California, Berkeley (4), University of C Davis (4), Boston College (4), Princeton University (3), Yale University (2), and the U.S. Naval Academy.
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In addition, for the sixth consecutive academic year, Sacred Heart Schools will send at least a dozen student athletes on to play sports in college. Since 2007, 104 SHS graduates have continued their athletic careers at higher learning institutions.
The graduates, Class of 2012:
A-B: Amelia Micaela Alvarez, Kaj Christian Archibald, Katrina Marie Armistead, Katherine Margaret Armstrong, George Jonathan Ayala, Austin Senger Baloff, Caroline Aisling Barada, Garrison Clarke Bellack, Olivia Rosemary Bertolacci, Franklin Spencer Bird, Kellyn Nicole Blaisdell, Kathryn Brooke Blankenberg, Alexa Nicole Bokman, Hogan Patrick Bradford, Patrick Augustus Bruni, Kyle Foster Burbach
C: Elizabeth Cardenas, Ashley Nicole Carlson, Madeliene Doran Casciaro, Alexis Jose Chamorro, Jungwhan Cho, Su Young Cho, Daniel Terence John Clancy, Spencer Peter Clark, Michael Justin Colby, Christina Leigh Colunga, Patrick Justin Corcoran, Dalia Decsi Cruz
D-E: Mackey William Dailey, Mason Dana, Sarah Elizabeth Daschbach, Melissa Dean-Treseler, Vincent William DeZutti, Tiffani Alexandria Duran, Jesse Rebecca Ebner, Katharine Miranda Eger, Andon Johnson Herbert Espeseth, Leda Ferguson Espinoza, Whitney Marie Evans
F-G: Lauren Anne Ferrando, Maggie Elizabeth Fong, Christian Joseph Freeman, Natalie Ware Friel, Kevin J. Fu, Ashley Elizabeth Gaddis, Adriana Maria Garcia Gonzalez, Caroline Walker Golding, Rachel Christina Grau, Mikail Mehmet Gundogdu
H-K: Kelsey Ann Hemm, Rachael Claire Henry, Isabelle Kristine Hillberg, Katherine Brooks Hirsch, Timothy Benjamin Hopkins, Sophia Noel Horowitz, Blake Spencer Horsley, Michaela Joy Hutter, Justin Tri Huynh, Zachary Mac Kaplan, Nicodemus Mathias Kawasaki, Kevin Matthew Knox, Kyle Jonathan Koenig, Vincent Ryan Koeten, Leo Jr Koloamatangi, Rachel Maire Krauss, Devon Manuel Krautkramer, Tom Kremer, Natalie Anne Krikorian
L: Michael Habib Lahlouh, Zachary Taylor Lamb, Nicholas Aldo Lamkin, John Gibbs Larson, Christina Elizabeth Leupp, Connor Jackson Licolli, Andrew Haynes Liotta, Peter David Lockwood
M: Graham Tate MacWilliams, Meaghan Marie Mahoney, Jeffrey Winton Marsal,Matthew Hale Martella, Ryan Stephen McCarthy, Cole Whieldon McConnell, Tyler James McCool, Michael Allan McGibben, Maximilian Harrison McKelvy, Michael Pickett McKenna, Matthew Joseph McNamara, Gideon G. Metaferia, Gabriel Thomas Mitchell, Michael Alan Mohrman, William Jagedal Moran, William Anthony Morgan, Justin William Morris, Ashley Margaret Morton, Connor Patrick Moyles, Catherine Agor Mullings
N-R: Colleen Meaghan Nawn, Katrina Layng Nibbi, Mackenzie Catherine O’Holleran, Mark Richard Oppenheimer, Madeleine Rose Osgood, Lukas Otto Oswald, Collin James Palmer, Joseph Charles Spiro Papangellin, Kelly Ryon Paton, Cassandra Adriana Perez-Platt, Nicholas David Pizzuti, Max H. Polkinhorne, Caitlyn Symone Prather, Maile Kennedy Pringle, Luke Tatem Quinton, Jack Graham Randall, Daver Andrei Refioglu, Kevin Hurley Rhine, Clare Elizabeth Rudolph
S: Daisy Dianna Saavedra, Tara Nicole Sadat-Tehrani, Daniel Sallaberry, Mantej Singh Sandhu, Nicole Elizabeth Schulz, Wade Campbell Sedgwick, Charlotte Elizabeth Sewell, Erin Nicole Sheridan, Kennedy Catherine Shields, Galilea Silva, Devany Ray Delgadillo Smith, Shelby June Soltau, Christina Margaret Sours, Gustav Lukass Staprans, Sloane Griffin Sturzenegger, Amanda Yuet Ping Suzuki
T-Z: Sergio Francisco Tapia Garcia, Pippa Louise Temple, Stephanie Joan Terpening, Luke Alunkal Thomas, Fatu Tupou, Luke Thomas Twombly, Zoe Rey Vaden, Andrew Joseph Vetter, Christina Bayles Walecka, Samantha Jeanne Walsh, Patrick David Watkins, William O’Brien White, Justin Hanyan Wong, Adriana Raquel Zuno
