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CURTIS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION Dialog SCHOOL DISTRICT UNIVERSITY PLACE Volume 37 Number 3 Summer 2017 DEVELOPING COMPETENT CONTRIBUTING CITIZENS FOR A CHANGING WORLD Educational Service Center 3717 Grandview Dr. W. University Place, WA 98466 ECRWSS POSTAL CUSTOMER Non-profit Org. U.S. POSTAGE PAID Tacoma, WA Permit No. 411 “Tonight we recognize and celebrate members of the diverse, talented, and accomplished class of 2017. They are driven to succeed and consistently demonstrate a genuine concern for others. The students you see before you tonight represent an elite group of young men and women. They are among the very best in our state in academics, athletics, the per- forming arts, and service to their community. The graduating class of 2017 consists of 399 students, over one third of whom have been together since kindergarten. Each graduate brought unique character and insight to help shape this year’s class...Fifty percent of our graduates will continue their education at a college or university this fall and another twenty-six percent will be attending a community college. Class of 2017, we celebrate and congratulate each one of you; your extra-curricular, athletic, and academic achievements are impressive.” Tom Adams, Curtis High School Principal “It means a lot to be a Viking. It means we have attended a diverse, multi-cultural, well-rounded, rigorous high school, which happens to be the best public high school in the state of Washington, period...To many of us, myself included, be- ing a Curtis Viking has meant that we will always have a place and people to come back to. Whenever we are struggling in life, we will always have people in our corner. No journey that we will embark on will ever be traveled alone. It does not matter when you graduated, where you are, or what you are doing because we are all united. We are united under the community of University Place. We are united under the community of Curtis Senior High School. We are united as the great Class of 2017.” Calhoun Helmberger, Senior Class President “I hope that all of you here tonight continue to dream and continue to chase those dreams. Throughout your life your visions and goals are going to change, and that is ok. However, what is not ok is allowing someone else to change your dreams for you or tell you that you are not in control of your own destiny. Make your life a life of your making! For all of you…never lose, hide, or be ashamed of your uniqueness. You are all special, set off from one another because of who you are. Be not afraid of following your inner self, that inner voice and those unique qualities that set you apart from everyone else. Always be true to yourself. I have had the unique pleasure of getting to know most of you in one way or another. I am proud of you. We, as a Curtis staff, are proud of you.” Stuart Dodge, Curtis High School History Teacher University Place School District Salutes the Curtis High School Class of 2017 Additional copies of this issue of the Dialog newsletter are available at the district office front desk. Dialog The Dialog is published periodically by the University Place School District for University Place residents and businesses. UPSD complies with all federal and state laws, rules, and regulations and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin (including language), sex, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, creed, religion, age, veteran or military status, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability in student education programs, co-curricular activities, and employment practices. The district is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer encouraging application of qualified minorities, women, and disabled persons for employment and other opportunities. University Place School District is committed to providing access to all District programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. For elevator access at school sites, contact the principal’s office. The University Place School Dis- trict is a drug-free/smoke-free work place and educational setting. Direct inquiries regarding compliance, grievance, or appeal procedures, or concerns involving students, should be made to the District Affirmative Action Officer/Civil Rights Compliance Coordinator/ Title IX Of- ficer/HIB Compliance Officer, Executive Director of Secondary Education Lainey Mathews, [email protected]; or Section 504/FAPE/ADA concerns should be made to Director of Special Services, Maria [email protected]. Both can be contacted at (253) 566-5600, 3717 Grandview Drive West, University Place, WA 98466. Board of Directors Michael Ehart, President Ethelda Burke, Vice President Mary Lu Dickinson Annie Fitzsimmons T’wina Franklin Jeff Chamberlin, Superintendent Samuel Abbott Adnan Ahmad Ibrahim Al-Soofi Tucker Aldridge Stephen Alexander Firdous Alsabahi Fatima Alsinai + Gabrielle Anderson Immanuel Anderson Reanne Aquinde Kelsey Arkills Jonathan Arnold Ryan Atkins Kathryn Augsburger Andrew Ayton Gloria Bacon Maxwell Bailey Kyle Baker Mikayla Baradat Emma Barnes + Leticia Barreto Alyssa Bartlett Hannah Bateman Aamir Bates Madisen Baydo Trevonta Bell Hannah Bender Lydia Bernard Hailey Betteridge Kate Bigler Elizabeth Bissett Brittney Bland + Daylyn Blandford Rachel Boeder Hall Botkin Darrand Bourland Emily Brake Richard Bridges Haile Brintley Jordyn Brock-Kindsfather Camryn Brown Gillian Brown JaTashia Brown Melina Brown Tyler Bryant Le Bui Shannon Burgess Corrin Burns + Olivia Burns + James Cabigao Siennah Cain Jamila Faith Camat Lemuel Cancio Zhontaye Cannon Jonathan Carlson Kathryn Cassis Lauren Castillo Emmanuel Cepriano Anna Chacon Annie Chang Kevin Chang Mycayla Chavez Christian Chavez-Wheeler Aime Chico Perez Katie Chikwinya + Imani Childs Lee Chinn Yun Cho Jeonghyun Choi Miles Christian Benjamin Chung Shannon Chung Brien Cocroft Abigail Cole Katherine Coleman Alexandra Colon LilyAnn Comfort Gerald Constantino Monique Constantino Makenzie Cook Kaela Corey Natalie Cornelison Nakeem Crawford Sierra Cudney Brendan Curtis Savannah Daugherty Deondre Davis Jalen Davis Rowan Davis Serina Laurice Dawa + Cameron Day Katherine DeLorme Nickolas Delyanis Sindou Diallo Ethan Diamond Bryan Dillon-Cambell Bradie Dodge Laci Donaldson Claire Dosser + Adriana Douglas Ellista Du + Mandy Duncan Olivia Dunn Zachary Ecklund Meghan Elford Isaiah Ellis Vanessa Emanuel Peter Endicott Jericho-Angelo Escoton + Emma Estigoy Brandon Even Tayne Fabricius Benjamin Falk Gabriella Feller Alexys Fender Isabella Fenton Hannah Fitzsimmons Aleksandr Fleming Hannah Flores Valentin Flores Katherine Floyd Chase Flynn Gina Forgey + Emily Forrest Alexia Franklin Gerald Frazier Hanna Frazier Gibson French Charlotte Fukushima Hailey Gago Joseph Gallagher Abby Garlock Andi Gega Mekaila Gill Maiya Gillette Mikayla Gingrey-Osborne Nina Simone Givens Matthew Glaze Eladia Gleason Shaiming Gleason Mariafernanda Gomez Natalie Goodpaster Joriah Gorden Keely Gorospe Bradley Gould Kiara Grabil Joseph Grabowski Hannah Gray Olivia Gray Savannah Gray + Courtney Green Jessie Griffin Hayden Grimmett David Gruber Sophia Guffey Raishawn Guilford-Haswell Joseph Haller Emma Hamilton Brittany Hansen Mya Hansen Emilee Hanson + Haley Hanson Christian Harris Samuel Harris Zachary Havard + Serenity Hawk Annie Hay Kennedy Heinzman Calhoun Helmberger Ramaj Henderson Evangelene Herrarte + Ryan Hill Kendall Hocking Edward Holman Weston Holmes Jayda Hooks-Ortiz Jarryd Horne Richard Howard IV Gerrick Howell Benjamin Huff Claire Humen Anthony Jacinto Brianna Jackson Emma Jacobsen Benjamin Jacot + Seok-Jin Jang Chazlee Johnson + Hannah Johnson Tre’von Johnson Emily Johnston Lindsey Jones + Hyun Woo Joo Kael Joseph Myah Julian Hailey Kang Roseann Kattil Tyler Kearney Kendall Kelley Anne Kelly Hinckley Kennach Ryan Kennard Alexander Kim Philip Kim Sharon Kim Shinhee Kim Theodore Kim Yang Kim Erica King Katherine King Colton Kitt Melody Kivumbi Kjell Knapp Claudia Krumpach Christin Kulman Connor Kurashima Monika Kwasigroch Eunice Kwon Roven Laco Bailey Langford Sydney Larson + Alyssa Lawrence Elena Leach Andrew Lee Changmin Lee Dylan Lee Ji Un Lee Jonathan Lee Kayla Lee + Soojung Lee Soyoun Lee Yeweon Lee Haley Leeper Madison Leifson Cole Levy Rachel Lewis + Demitrius Lewis II David Ling Cole Littrell Elvira Litviniuc Joseph Liu Mary Liu Jeremey Lockwood Margaret Loft Willow Lopez-Silvers Marissa Lordahl Ryan Losch Brian Lukenbill Daniel Lutsyuk Emaleigh Lyon Joshua Lyse Quinn Mahoney David Mai Ambernique Manghram Rex Maniphoun Lauren Mantle Hailey Marsh Jacob Marshall Emma Marten Emily Marx + Rachel Mathies Emma Matz Brandon Mauss Masai’uneek McClarron Bransen McClintic Rebecca McCoy Jacob McCullough Gabrielle McIntire Robert McJimsey Kellen McKenzie Daniel Melin Angela Melnichuk Jackson Miller Madison Miller Mercy Mirimo Isaiah Mitchell Sarah Mode Aydin Montoya Micah Montstream John Moore K’Loni Moore-Webster Austin Morioka Taylor Morrison Rhiannon Mortensen + Kathryn Moulton + Sabrina Murray Islam Mustafa Jerome Narvaez Dyyana Nassar Breyanna Nelson Rylee Nelson + Kaylee Ness Athena Nielsen-Maxfield + Kyle Noren + Amani Nouar Anika Nyasha Daniella O’Brien Makaila Orton Amanda Ottinger + Emma Page Riley Paige Jesse Parks Tyler Patches Matthew Patterson China Paulman Davida Perez + Peightyn Perrien Matthew Petersen Kyle Peterson Abigail Price Roman Protoliuk Anthony Purcella Riley Redhair Isaiah Resinger Hayley Rettig George Reyna Taylor Richardson Gabriel Rivera + Gabrielle Roarty Jaylynn Roberts Jackson Robinette Maxwell Robinette Mackenzie Rollison + Malik Rolon-Hernandez Kaylee Rose Matthew Ross Matthew Ryan Andrew Samms Elias Santiago Mykala Schaffner-Martinez Brennen Schatz Jacob Schmidtke Katherine Scioli Alexandru Scolnic Beau Sentinella Emad Shahbin Zahra Sharif Jaedyn Shaughnessy Ethan Shry Karina Shulyak Sinclair Siebert + Payson Simmons Natalie Smith Angelito Somera Chloe Sondocie Michael Stefanowicz Maliyah Steltz Micah Stephens Alisa Sterbick Ajah Stevens Devyn Stevens Michael Steward Richard Strong Francisco Stuart Hae Suh Blake Sutton Adam Tainter + Ariona Thompson Katelyn Thompson Taylor Thompson Naa’ Rai Tilson Cameron Todd David Toves Kaoru Toyokawa Baylee Tran Riley Tripp Ethan Troxler Briana Ulianich Serafina Valenzuela + Faith Vanchu Rachel Vashchenko Jarod Vasquez Robert vonReichbauer II Dylan Walker Halle Walker Erikah Walton Alexia Wander + Jaydon Ward Nathan Ward Miranda Washington + Seanessy Watson Grace Wawrin Brooklynn Weber Cameron Weller Madison Wells Hannah Werner + Connor Westover Patrick Wheeler Madyson Whitcher Bryan Whitesell Alexander Whiting Eileen Wilke Taylor Wilkerson + Taylor Wilkinson Dontae Williams Neeah Williams Kaelin Williams-Kennedy Kaela Wilson Zev Winkel Darby Wise + Jonathan Wise + Alex Wu Caitlin Yazzolino Jacob York Ye Youn + Dennis Zaks Alicia Zhang Alexander Zhuravel 2017 At her desk, surrounded by hundreds of pictures of former students, Carolyn Mills shows off her Teacher of the Year award. She has been a teacher in University Place School District for 33 years, starting her career in 1984 at Sunset Elementary, then becoming part of the first staff when Drum Intermediate opened in 1991. The award is proof of the respect she has gar- nered from her fellow teachers, students, and administrators. Mills gained her desire to teach from her mother while growing up in Yakima; she recently retired from a 60-year career teaching deaf children. Her own education was at the Univer- sity of Washington, earning her undergrad- uate degree in Speech and Hearing, even- tually finding her love of elementary and middle school teaching. Early in her career she coached high school tennis and—more recently—has been an assistant swimming coach at Curtis High School. She is also active as a teacher trainer and mentor. Carolyn Mills Named Teacher of the Year for 2016-17 + Denotes students who have earned their Associate’s Degree in Arts and Science through Running Start at a local community college.

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Page 1: CURTIS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION · CURTIS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION Dialog SCHOOL DISTRICT UNIVERSITY PLACE DEVELOPING COMPETENT CONTRIBUTING CITIZENS FOR A CHANGING WORLD Volume 37 Number

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“Tonight we recognize and celebrate members of the diverse, talented, and accomplished class of 2017. They are driven to succeed and consistently demonstrate a genuine concern for others. The students you see before you tonight represent an elite group of young men and women. They are among the very best in our state in academics, athletics, the per-forming arts, and service to their community. The graduating class of 2017 consists of 399 students, over one third of whom have been together since kindergarten. Each graduate brought unique character and insight to help shape this year’s class...Fifty percent of our graduates will continue their education at a college or university this fall and another twenty-six percent will be attending a community college. Class of 2017, we celebrate and congratulate each one of you; your extra-curricular, athletic, and academic achievements are impressive.” Tom Adams, Curtis High School Principal

“It means a lot to be a Viking. It means we have attended a diverse, multi-cultural, well-rounded, rigorous high school, which happens to be the best public high school in the state of Washington, period...To many of us, myself included, be-ing a Curtis Viking has meant that we will always have a place and people to come back to. Whenever we are struggling in life, we will always have people in our corner. No journey that we will embark on will ever be traveled alone. It does not matter when you graduated, where you are, or what you are doing because we are all united. We are united under the community of University Place. We are united under the community of Curtis Senior High School. We are united as the great Class of 2017.” Calhoun Helmberger, Senior Class President

“I hope that all of you here tonight continue to dream and continue to chase those dreams. Throughout your life your visions and goals are going to change, and that is ok. However, what is not ok is allowing someone else to change your dreams for you or tell you that you are not in control of your own destiny. Make your life a life of your making! For all of you…never lose, hide, or be ashamed of your uniqueness. You are all special, set off from one another because of who you are. Be not afraid of following your inner self, that inner voice and those unique qualities that set you apart from everyone else. Always be true to yourself. I have had the unique pleasure of getting to know most of you in one way or another. I am proud of you. We, as a Curtis staff, are proud of you.” Stuart Dodge, Curtis High School History Teacher

University Place School District Salutes the

Curtis High School Class of 2017

Additional copies of this issue of the Dialog newsletter are available at the district office front desk.

DialogThe Dialog is published periodically by the University Place School District for University Place residents and businesses. UPSD complies with all federal and state laws, rules, and regulations and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin (including language), sex, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, creed, religion, age, veteran or military status, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability in student education programs, co-curricular activities, and employment practices. The district is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer encouraging application of qualified minorities, women, and disabled persons for employment and other opportunities. University Place School District is committed to providing access to all District programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. For elevator access at school sites, contact the principal’s office. The University Place School Dis-trict is a drug-free/smoke-free work place and educational setting. Direct inquiries regarding compliance, grievance, or appeal procedures, or concerns involving students, should be made to the District Affirmative Action Officer/Civil Rights Compliance Coordinator/ Title IX Of-ficer/HIB Compliance Officer, Executive Director of Secondary Education Lainey Mathews, [email protected]; or Section 504/FAPE/ADA concerns should be made to Director of Special Services, Maria [email protected]. Both can be contacted at (253) 566-5600, 3717 Grandview Drive West, University Place, WA 98466.Board of DirectorsMichael Ehart, PresidentEthelda Burke, Vice PresidentMary Lu DickinsonAnnie FitzsimmonsT’wina Franklin

Jeff Chamberlin, Superintendent

Samuel AbbottAdnan AhmadIbrahim Al-SoofiTucker AldridgeStephen AlexanderFirdous AlsabahiFatima Alsinai +Gabrielle AndersonImmanuel AndersonReanne AquindeKelsey ArkillsJonathan ArnoldRyan AtkinsKathryn AugsburgerAndrew AytonGloria BaconMaxwell BaileyKyle BakerMikayla BaradatEmma Barnes +Leticia BarretoAlyssa BartlettHannah BatemanAamir BatesMadisen BaydoTrevonta BellHannah BenderLydia BernardHailey BetteridgeKate BiglerElizabeth BissettBrittney Bland +Daylyn BlandfordRachel BoederHall BotkinDarrand BourlandEmily BrakeRichard BridgesHaile BrintleyJordyn Brock-KindsfatherCamryn BrownGillian BrownJaTashia BrownMelina BrownTyler BryantLe BuiShannon BurgessCorrin Burns +Olivia Burns +James CabigaoSiennah CainJamila Faith CamatLemuel CancioZhontaye CannonJonathan CarlsonKathryn CassisLauren CastilloEmmanuel CeprianoAnna ChaconAnnie ChangKevin ChangMycayla ChavezChristian Chavez-WheelerAime Chico PerezKatie Chikwinya +Imani ChildsLee ChinnYun Cho

Jeonghyun ChoiMiles ChristianBenjamin ChungShannon ChungBrien CocroftAbigail ColeKatherine ColemanAlexandra ColonLilyAnn ComfortGerald ConstantinoMonique ConstantinoMakenzie CookKaela CoreyNatalie CornelisonNakeem CrawfordSierra CudneyBrendan CurtisSavannah DaughertyDeondre DavisJalen DavisRowan DavisSerina Laurice Dawa +Cameron DayKatherine DeLormeNickolas DelyanisSindou DialloEthan DiamondBryan Dillon-CambellBradie DodgeLaci DonaldsonClaire Dosser +Adriana DouglasEllista Du +Mandy DuncanOlivia DunnZachary EcklundMeghan ElfordIsaiah EllisVanessa EmanuelPeter EndicottJericho-Angelo Escoton +Emma EstigoyBrandon EvenTayne FabriciusBenjamin FalkGabriella FellerAlexys FenderIsabella FentonHannah FitzsimmonsAleksandr FlemingHannah FloresValentin FloresKatherine FloydChase FlynnGina Forgey +Emily ForrestAlexia FranklinGerald FrazierHanna FrazierGibson FrenchCharlotte FukushimaHailey GagoJoseph GallagherAbby GarlockAndi GegaMekaila GillMaiya GilletteMikayla Gingrey-Osborne

Nina Simone GivensMatthew GlazeEladia GleasonShaiming GleasonMariafernanda GomezNatalie GoodpasterJoriah GordenKeely GorospeBradley GouldKiara GrabilJoseph GrabowskiHannah GrayOlivia GraySavannah Gray +Courtney GreenJessie GriffinHayden GrimmettDavid GruberSophia GuffeyRaishawn Guilford-HaswellJoseph HallerEmma HamiltonBrittany HansenMya HansenEmilee Hanson +Haley HansonChristian HarrisSamuel HarrisZachary Havard +Serenity HawkAnnie HayKennedy HeinzmanCalhoun HelmbergerRamaj HendersonEvangelene Herrarte +Ryan HillKendall HockingEdward HolmanWeston HolmesJayda Hooks-OrtizJarryd HorneRichard Howard IVGerrick HowellBenjamin HuffClaire HumenAnthony JacintoBrianna JacksonEmma JacobsenBenjamin Jacot +Seok-Jin JangChazlee Johnson +Hannah JohnsonTre’von JohnsonEmily JohnstonLindsey Jones +Hyun Woo JooKael JosephMyah JulianHailey KangRoseann KattilTyler KearneyKendall KelleyAnne KellyHinckley KennachRyan KennardAlexander KimPhilip KimSharon Kim

Shinhee KimTheodore KimYang KimErica KingKatherine KingColton KittMelody KivumbiKjell KnappClaudia KrumpachChristin KulmanConnor KurashimaMonika KwasigrochEunice KwonRoven LacoBailey LangfordSydney Larson +Alyssa LawrenceElena LeachAndrew LeeChangmin LeeDylan LeeJi Un LeeJonathan LeeKayla Lee +Soojung LeeSoyoun LeeYeweon LeeHaley LeeperMadison LeifsonCole LevyRachel Lewis +Demitrius Lewis IIDavid LingCole LittrellElvira LitviniucJoseph LiuMary LiuJeremey LockwoodMargaret LoftWillow Lopez-SilversMarissa LordahlRyan LoschBrian LukenbillDaniel LutsyukEmaleigh LyonJoshua LyseQuinn MahoneyDavid MaiAmbernique ManghramRex ManiphounLauren MantleHailey MarshJacob MarshallEmma MartenEmily Marx +Rachel MathiesEmma MatzBrandon MaussMasai’uneek McClarronBransen McClinticRebecca McCoyJacob McCulloughGabrielle McIntireRobert McJimseyKellen McKenzieDaniel MelinAngela MelnichukJackson Miller

Madison MillerMercy MirimoIsaiah MitchellSarah ModeAydin MontoyaMicah MontstreamJohn MooreK’Loni Moore-WebsterAustin MoriokaTaylor MorrisonRhiannon Mortensen +Kathryn Moulton +Sabrina MurrayIslam MustafaJerome NarvaezDyyana NassarBreyanna NelsonRylee Nelson +Kaylee NessAthena Nielsen-Maxfield +Kyle Noren +Amani NouarAnika NyashaDaniella O’BrienMakaila OrtonAmanda Ottinger +Emma PageRiley PaigeJesse ParksTyler PatchesMatthew PattersonChina PaulmanDavida Perez +Peightyn PerrienMatthew PetersenKyle PetersonAbigail PriceRoman ProtoliukAnthony PurcellaRiley RedhairIsaiah ResingerHayley RettigGeorge ReynaTaylor RichardsonGabriel Rivera +Gabrielle RoartyJaylynn RobertsJackson RobinetteMaxwell RobinetteMackenzie Rollison +Malik Rolon-Hernandez Kaylee RoseMatthew RossMatthew RyanAndrew SammsElias SantiagoMykala Schaffner-MartinezBrennen SchatzJacob SchmidtkeKatherine ScioliAlexandru ScolnicBeau SentinellaEmad ShahbinZahra SharifJaedyn ShaughnessyEthan ShryKarina ShulyakSinclair Siebert +

Payson SimmonsNatalie SmithAngelito SomeraChloe SondocieMichael StefanowiczMaliyah SteltzMicah StephensAlisa SterbickAjah StevensDevyn StevensMichael StewardRichard StrongFrancisco StuartHae SuhBlake SuttonAdam Tainter +Ariona ThompsonKatelyn ThompsonTaylor ThompsonNaa’ Rai TilsonCameron ToddDavid TovesKaoru ToyokawaBaylee TranRiley TrippEthan TroxlerBriana UlianichSerafina Valenzuela +Faith VanchuRachel VashchenkoJarod VasquezRobert vonReichbauer IIDylan WalkerHalle WalkerErikah WaltonAlexia Wander +Jaydon WardNathan WardMiranda Washington +Seanessy WatsonGrace WawrinBrooklynn WeberCameron WellerMadison WellsHannah Werner +Connor WestoverPatrick WheelerMadyson WhitcherBryan WhitesellAlexander WhitingEileen WilkeTaylor Wilkerson +Taylor WilkinsonDontae WilliamsNeeah WilliamsKaelin Williams-KennedyKaela WilsonZev WinkelDarby Wise +Jonathan Wise +Alex WuCaitlin YazzolinoJacob YorkYe Youn +Dennis ZaksAlicia ZhangAlexander Zhuravel

2017

At her desk, surrounded by hundreds of pictures of former students, Carolyn Mills shows off her Teacher of the Year award. She has been a teacher in University Place School District for 33 years, starting her career in 1984 at Sunset Elementary, then becoming part of the first staff when Drum Intermediate opened in 1991. The award is proof of the respect she has gar-nered from her fellow teachers, students, and administrators. Mills gained her desire to teach from her mother while growing up in Yakima; she recently retired from a 60-year career teaching deaf children. Her own education was at the Univer-sity of Washington, earning her undergrad-uate degree in Speech and Hearing, even-tually finding her love of elementary and middle school teaching. Early in her career she coached high school tennis and—more recently—has been an assistant swimming coach at Curtis High School. She is also active as a teacher trainer and mentor.

Carolyn Mills Named Teacher of the Year for 2016-17

+ Denotes students who have earned their Associate’s Degree in Arts and Science through Running Start at a local community college.

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Honors, Awards, and Scholarship Recipients

Samuel abbott

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; California State University Athletic Scholarship; CHS Outstanding Physical Educa-tion Award

adnan ahmad

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; UW Academic Scholarship; Washington State Opportunity Scholarship; College Success Foundation; Leadership 1000 Scholarship; CHS All-Around Science Scholar Award; CHS Outstanding Spanish Language Scholar Award

mohammed al dabaShi

Service Award

tucker aldridge

Honor graduate

gabrielle anderSon

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; Howard University Academic Scholarship

reanne aquinde

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; CHS All-Around Science Scholar Award

kelSey arkillS

Honor graduate; Service Award; Washington State Honors Award; Whitworth University Academic Scholarship; Lions Club Scholarship

Jonathan arnold

Pacific Lutheran University Academic Scholarship

kathryn augSburger

St. Martin’s University Academic Scholarship; St. Martin’s University Faculty Scholarship; St. Martin’s University Campus Visit Award

gloria bacon

Honor graduate; Service Award; Washington State Honors Award; Central Washington University Aca-demic Scholarship; Bernice A.B. Keys Scholarship; UP Principal’s Assn. Scholarship; Alpha Kappa Al-pha Scholarship; Elizabeth Wesley Youth Merit Incentive Award

mikayla baradat

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award

emma barneS

Honor graduate; Lions Club Scholarship; Pierce County Nurses Association Scholarship; West Pierce Firefighters Scholarship; Benevolent Fund Scholarship, WA State Council of Firefighters; Weller Orthodontics Scholarship

alySSa bartlett

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; University of Washington Tacoma Scholarship

hannah bateman

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; UP Classified Association Scholarship

madiSen baydo

Service Award

hannah bender

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; University of Washington Academic Scholarship

kate bigler

Seattle University Academic Scholarship

elizabeth biSSett

Honor graduate

brittney bland

Honor graduate

rachel boeder

Honor graduate; University of Arizona Academic Scholarship

darrand bourland

Washington State Honors Award

richard bridgeS

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award

haile brintley

College Bound Scholarship

camryn brown

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; Pacific Lutheran University Academic Scholarship

gillian brown

Honor graduate; Service Award; CHS Theatre Stagecraft Award

JataShia brown

Service Award

melina brown

Service Award

le bui

Kiwanis Club Scholarship

Jamila camat

Honor graduate

lemuel cancio

Service Award

Jonathan carlSon

Honor graduate; Service Award; California Baptist University Academic Scholarship

kathryn caSSiS

Honor graduate

lauren caStillo

CHS Outstanding Business Award; CHS Outstanding English Scholar Award; Joan Wasserstrom Outstanding Student Merit Award

anna chacon

Honor graduate; Service Award; Washington State Honors Award; PLU Academic Scholarship

annie chang

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award

kevin chang

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award

chriStian chavez-wheeler

Service Award

katie chikwinya

Xavier University Academic Scholarship

imani childS

Service Award

lee chinn

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; University of Puget Sound Academic Scholarship

yun cho

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; Central Washington University Academic Scholarship

Jeonghyun choi

National Merit Finalist; Honor graduate

benJamin chung

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award

Shannon chung

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; UW Scholarship; WA State Opportunity Scholarship; Tacoma Narrows Rotary Club Scholarship

katherine coleman

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; Western Washington University Academic Scholarship

Serina dawa

Seattle Pacific University Academic Scholarship

katherine delorme

Honor graduate; Gonzaga Universi-ty Academic Scholarship; Gonzaga University Scholarship

bradie dodge

Oregon State University Academic Scholarship; Oregon State Uni-versity Evergreen Scholarship; UP Education Association Scholarship; Elks Tacoma Academic Scholorship

laci donaldSon

Service Award

claire doSSer

Honor graduate; Boise State University Academic Scholar-ship; Lions Club Scholarship; UP Education Association Scholarship; Willie Stewart Community Service Scholarship

elliSta du

Washington State Honors Award; UW-Bothell Scholarship; College Bound Scholarship; Washington State Opportunity ScholarshipZachary Ecklund TCC Athletic Scholarship

meghan elford

George Fox University Academic Scholarship; George Fox University Scholarship

Peter endicott

Washington State Honors Award

emma eStigoy

Honor graduate; University of La Verne Academic Scholarship

benJamin falk

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; University of Portland Academic Scholarship

hannah fitzSimmonS

Honor graduate; Weller Orthodontics Scholarship

hannah floreS

College Bound Scholarship

emily forreSt

National Merit Commended Scholar; Honor graduate; Wash-ington State Honors Award; Cindy Baldwin Service Scholarship

alexia franklin

Patricia MacGowan Scholarship; College Bound Scholarship

gerald frazier

Arizona State University Academic Scholarship; Evergreen Scholarship

hanna frazier

Honor graduate

gibSon french

Honor graduate; UW-Tacoma Academic Scholarship; UP Classi-fied Association Scholarship

charlotte fukuShima

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; Cornish College of the Arts Scholarship

abby garlock

Honor graduate

andi gega

Honor graduate

mekaila gill

Curtis High School Outstanding Marketing Education Award

mikayla gingrey-oSborne

Honor graduate; Service Award; Washington State Honors Award; Loyola Marymount Univer-sity Achievement Award; Loyola Marymount University Academic Scholarship; Loyola Marymount University Early Action Award; Links Scholarship; Alpha Kappa Alpha Zeta Omega Omega Scholar-ship; African-American Alumni Association Scholarship; Kiwanis Club Scholarship; Lelli Memo-rial Scholarship; Elizabeth Wesley Youth Merit Scholarship; CHS Outstanding Social Studies Scholar Award; CHS Viking Award

natalie goodPaSter

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; University of Portland President’s Academic Merit Scholarship; Washington School Administrator’s Academic Scholarship; CHS Choir Booster Club Scholarship; UP Education Association Scholarship

Joriah gorden

Northern Arizona University Academic Scholarship

keely goroSPe

Honor graduate; Service Award; Washington State Honors Award; PLU Academic Scholarship; Pierce County Nurses Assn. Scholarship

JoSePh grabowSki

Honor graduate; PLU Academic Scholarship; Northwest Leadership Foundation Act Six Scholarship; CHS George R. Curtis Award; CHS Outstanding Psychology Award

olivia gray

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; Curtis PTSA Scholarship

JeSSie griffin

Honor graduate

hayden grimmett

Army ROTC 4-year Scholarship

david gruber

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award

emma hamilton

Western Washington University Academic Scholarship

mya hanSen

Service Award

emilee hanSon

Central Washington University Academic Scholarship

Samuel harriS

Service Award

annie hay

Honor graduate; University of Redlands Academic Scholarship; Tacoma Links Scholarship

kennedy heinzman

Service Award; Washington State University Academic Scholarship; College Bound Scholarship; Curtis PTSA Scholarship

calhoun helmberger

University of Redlands Academic Scholarship; National Football Foundation Scholarship; Weller Orthodontics Scholarship

evangelene herrarte

Honor graduate; UW Scholarship;Edward Holman Hartwick College Scholarship; CHS Outstanding Marketing Education Award

edward holman

Service Award

Jarryd horne

Service Award

richard howard

Service Award

gerrick howell

Honor graduate; Washington State University Academic Scholarship; Comcast Scholarship

benJamin huff

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; The New School of Jazz and Contemporary Music Aca-demic Scholarship; CHS Outstand-ing Band Participant Award

claire humen

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; Western Washing-ton University Academic Scholar-ship; Western Washington Univer-sity Scholarship; CHS Outstanding Band Participant Award

emma JacobSen

Honor graduate; Service Award; Western Washington University Academic Scholarship; Western Washington University Opportunity Pathway Scholarship; UP Education Assn. Scholarship; CHS Outstand-ing Physical Education Award

benJamin Jacot

Honor graduate; Service Award; Washington State Honors Award; Western Washington University Academic Scholarship

Seok Jin Jang

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award

chazlee JohnSon

Honor graduate; WA State Honors Award; Washington State Council of Firefighters Benevolent Fund

hannah JohnSon

Northwest College of Art and Design Academic Scholarship; CHS Outstanding Yearbook Editor Award

tre’von JohnSon

Honor graduate; Gonzaga Univer-sity Academic Scholarship

emily JohnSton

Service Award

lindSey JoneS

Honor graduate; Western Washington University Scholarship

hyun woo Joo

Washington State Honors Award; College Bound Scholarship; CHS Outstanding Choir Participant Award; CHS Viking Award; CHS Choir Booster Club Scholarship

alex Julian

Service Award

myah Julian

Saint Martin’s University Academic Scholarship; St. Martin’s Visit Scholarship; CHS Outstanding Photography Award

hailey kang

Seattle Pacific University Academic Scholarship

anne kelly

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; Oregon State University Academic Scholarship; Oregon State University Scholar-ship; UP Education Association Scholarship; CHS Outstanding Social Studies Scholar Award

hinckley kennach

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; Bernice A.B. Keys Scholarship

ryan kennard

Elks Country Club Scholarship

alexander kim

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award

PhiliP kim

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; CHS Outstanding Family/Consumer Science Award

Sharon kim

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; UW Scholarship; Curtis PTSA Scholarship; Kiwanis Scholarship

theodore kim

Washington State Honors Award

katherine king

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award

melody kivumbi

University of Washington Academic Scholarship

claudia krumPach

Honor graduate; Service Award; UW Academic Scholarship; Wash-ington State Opportunity Scholar-ship; City Club of Tacoma Civic Leadership Scholarship; Kiwanis Club Scholarship; CHS Outstand-ing NJROTC Cadet Award

chriStin kulman

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award

eunice kwon

Honor graduate; Service Award

Sydney larSon

Honor graduate; Pacific Lutheran University Academic Scholarship

elena leach

CHS Outstanding French Lan-guage Scholar Award

andrew lee

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; UW Scholarship; Washington State Opportunity Scholarship

changmin lee

Tacoma Community College Athletic Scholarship

Ji un lee

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; CHS Outstanding Orchestra Participant Award

SooJung lee

Washington State Honors Award; School of Visual Arts Scholarship; KAAW Johsel Namkung 2016 Schol-arship; Arts of Kenmore Youth Art Exhibition Scholarship

Soyoun lee

National Merit Commended Schol-ar; Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; UW Academic Scholarship; UW Scholarship

yeweon lee

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; PLU Academic Scholarship; Korean Women’s Real-tors Scholarship; CHS Outstanding Yearbook Editor Award

haley leePer

Honor graduate; Service Award; Washington State Honors Award; College Bound Scholarship; Ta-coma Narrows Rotary Club Scholar-ship; Kiwanis Club Scholarship; Daffodil Princess Scholarship; CHS Outstanding Psychology Award

cole levy

Service Award

rachel lewiS

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; Tacoma Narrows Rotary Club Scholarship

demitriuS lewiS iiUniversity of Washington Omega Psi Phi Scholarship

david ling

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; Washington University in St. Louis Academic Scholarship

Jeremey lockwood

Bates Technical College Scholarship; Tacoma Narrows Rotary Club Scholarship

margaret loft

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; University of Portland Academic Scholarship

willow loPez-SilverS

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; Iona College Aca-demic Scholarship; Iona College Athletic Scholarship; CHS Outstanding Math Scholar Award

mariSSa lordahl

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; Seattle Pacific University Academic Scholarship; Seattle Pacific University Scholar-ship; P.E.O. Scholarship; Shane Maumasi Tropik Art Scholarship

ryan loSch

Grand Canyon University Academic Scholarship; Grand Canyon University Athletic Scholarship

brian lukenbill

Honor graduate

quinn mahoney

Grand Canyon University Academic Scholarship

david mai

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; UW Academic Scholarship; Washington State Opportunity Scholarship; Kiwanis Club Scholarship

hailey marSh

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; PLU Presidential Academic Scholarship; Ben B. Cheney Scholarship; Q Club Leadership Scholarship; Ministers Dependent Scholarship; Edmund F. Maxwell Scholarship

Jacob marShall

Honor graduate; Service Award; United States Navy Four-Year ROTC Scholarship

emma marten

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award

rachel mathieS

Honor graduate; Service Award; Clover Park Technical College Scholarship; Lakewood Employees Union Scholarship

brandon mauSS

Service Award; University of Idaho Academic Scholarship; CHS Out-standing NJROTC Cadet Award

maSai’uneek mcclarron

College Bound Scholarship

rebecca mccoy

CHS Outstanding Yearbook Editor Award

gabrielle mcintire

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; Montana State Academic Scholarship

robert mcJimSey

Western Washington University Scholarship; Washington State Opportunity Scholarship

daniel melin

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; Loyola Marymount Academic Scholarship; CHS Outstanding Social Studies Scholar Award

angela melnichuk

Service Award; College Bound Scholarship

JackSon miller

University of Portland Academic Scholarship; University of Portland Scholarship; National Football Foundation Scholarship; CHS Choir Booster Club Scholarship

mercy mirimo

Service Award; UW Academic Scholarship; Bill Doucette Memorial Scholarship

iSaiah mithchell

Service Award

micah montStream

Honor graduate; Western Washington University Academic Scholarship

John moore

South Puget Sound Community College Athetic Scholarship

auStin morioka

Honor graduate; Service Award; Washington State Honors Award; UPS Academic Scholarship

taylor morriSon

Portland State University Academic Scholarship

Sabrina murray

Honor graduate; Lewis and Clark College Academic Scholarship; Katie Andrews Memorial Scholarship

Jerome narvaez

CHS Outstanding Physical Education Award

breyanna nelSon

Service Award

kaylee neSS

Universitiy Place Classified Association Scholarship; Weller Orthodontics Scholarship

athena nielSen-maxfield

Oregon State University Academic Scholarship

kyle noren

Washington State Honors Award; Azusa Pacific University Academic Scholarship; Azusa Pacific University Scholarship

makaila orton

Service Award

amanda ottinger

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award

emma Page

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; CHS Outstanding Japanese Language Scholar Award

riley Paige

Sealaska Heritage Institute Scholarship

JeSSe ParkS

Montana State University Athletic Scholarship

tyler PatcheS

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; Saint Martin’s University Academic Scholarship; Bernice A.B. Keys Scholarship; CHS Outstanding Marketing Education Award; CHS Outstand-ing Yearbook Editor Award

matthew PatterSon

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; California Baptist University Academic Scholarship; California Baptist University Scholarship

abigail Price

University Place Classified Association Scholarship

anthony Purcella

Honor graduate; CHS Outstanding Business Award

hayley rettig

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; University of Puget Sound Academic Scholarship

gabriel rivera

Pacific Lutheran University Scholarship; Washington State Opportunity Scholarship; Kiwanis Club Scholarship

Jaylynn robertS

Arizona State University Academic Scholarship

JackSon robinette

Honor graduate; Pacific Lutheran University Academic Scholarship

maxwell robinette

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award

andrew SammS

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award

eliaS Santiago

CHS Outstanding Orchestra Participant Award

alexandru Scolnic

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award

zahra Sharif

Service Award

Jaedyn ShaughneSSy

Pierce College Athletic Scholarship

ethan Shry

Natl. Merit Finalist; Honor gradu-ate; Wa. State Honors Award; CHS Outstanding Math and English Scholar Awards

natalie Smith

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award

clara Sodon

Service Award

angelito Somera

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award

chloe Sondocie

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award

aliSa Sterbick

Honor graduate; Pacific Lutheran University Academic Scholarship; Pacific Lutheran University Scholarship

richard Strong

Service Award

franciSco Stuart

San Francisco State University Athletic Scholarship

hae Suh

Honor graduate; Wa. State Honors Award; UC-Berkeley Academic Scholarship; Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship; Ewing C. Kelly Scholarship; West Tacoma Optimist Club Scholarship

ariona thomPSon

Honor graduate; Wa. State Honors Award; Grand Canyon Univer-sity Academic Scholarship; Grand Canyon University Scholarship; Elizabeth Wesley Youth Merit Incentive Award; CHS Outstanding Choir Participant Award

katelyn thomPSon

Service Award; Yellow Ribbon Program Scholarship; Special Forces Scholarship

naa’ rai tilSon

Cornish College of the Arts Scholarship; College Bound Scholarship; CHS Theatre Participant Acting Award

cameron todd

Honor graduate; Eastern Washing-ton University Academic Scholar-ship; Curtis PTSA Scholarship

david toveS

Boise State University Academic Scholarship

baylee tran

Washington State University Scholarship

briana ulianich

Seattle Pacific University Academic Scholarship; SPU Scholarship

Serafina valenzuela

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; Northwest University Academic Scholarship; Northwest University Scholarship

faith vanchu

Americas Homecoming Queen Scholarship; Cornish College of the Arts Scholarship; Tacoma Nar-rows Rotary Scholarship; Wanda Michaels Memorial Scholarship; CHS Drama and Choir Booster Club Scholarships; CHS Theatre Participant Acting Award

amanda vaSquez

Service Award

halle walker

Pierce First Scholarship; Pierce College Scholarship; Lions Club Scholarship; Tacoma Links Scholarship; Delta Sigma Theta Scholarship

erikah walton

University of San Francisco Academic Scholarship; Elizabeth Wesley Incentive Award; CHS Artistic Excellence Award

Jaydon ward

Southeastern University Academic Scholarship; Southeastern University Scholarship

miranda waShington

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award

grace wawrin

Honor graduate; Service Award; Grand Canyon University Academic Scholarship; Wanda Michaels Memorial Scholarship; CHS Drama Booster Club Scholarship; CHS Theatre Stagecraft Award

brooklynn weber

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; University of Washington Academic Scholarship

cameron weller

Washington State University Academic Scholarship

madiSon wellS

Honor graduate; Service Award; University Place Classified Association Scholarship

madySon whitcher

Honor graduate; Texas Christian University Academic Scholarship; Wa. State Cheerleading Coaches Association Scholarship; CHI Fran-ciscan Scholarship; Don Wolvers Memorial Scholarship; CHS Viking Award

alexander whiting

Tacoma Community College Academic Scholarship; Tacoma Community College Athletic Scholarship

eileen wilke

Honor graduate; Service Award; Washington State Honors Award; Western Washington University Academic Scholarship

taylor wilkinSon

Honor graduate; Service Award; CHS Outstanding Family/ Consumer Science Award

neeah williamS

Elizabeth Wesley Youth Incentive Award; MAC Scholars Award

kaelin williamS-kennedy

Evergreen State University Athletic Scholarship

darby wiSe

Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award; Boise State University Academic Scholarship

alex wu

National Merit Finalist; Honor graduate; Washington State Honors Award

ye young

Honor graduate

denniS zakS

Honor graduate

alicia zhang

Honor graduate; Service Award; Washington State Honors Award

alexander zhuravel

CHS Outstanding Video Production Award

HONOR GRADUATE: Students who receive a 3.5 GPA or higher in seven semesters from grades 9-12.

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