South Pasadena High School

GRADUATION

Class of 2018 “Mr. Blue Skies”

Tuesday, June FifthTwo Thousand Eighteen

Roosevelt Field

South Pasadena High SchoolRoosevelt FieldFifth of June

Two Thousand EighteenSouth Pasadena, California

Processional ............................................................................................................................................................................. Class of 2018Band and Orchestra, Directed by Mr. Howard Crawford

National Anthem ..........................................................................................................................................Michael Samudio

Welcome ............................................................................................................................................................................................Young Song Senior Class President

“Embrace Adventure” ............................................................................................................................................................. Kate Ba

“Bubbles” .......................................................................................................................................................William Hoadley-Brill

Introduction of Distinguished Guests ...............................................................................................Jasper Lee Senior Class Secretary

Presentation of Class ...................................................................................................................... Ms. Janet AndersonPrincipal

Presentation of Diplomas ........................................................... Dr. Geoff Yantz, SuperintendentJon Primuth, President, Board of Education

Presentation of Class Gift .......................................................................................................................................Kyle Woo Senior Class Treasurer

Farewell ...................................................................................................................................................................................................Nick Song Senior Class Vice President

Alma Mater .................................................................................................................................................. Band and OrchestraDirected by Mr. Howard Crawford

Recessional ................................................................................................................................................................................ Class of 2018“Mr. Blue Skies” by Electric Light Orchestra

The audience is requested to remain in the stands until the graduates have exited the stadium.Guests may join the graduates on the baseball field after the ceremony.

ValedictorianKate Ba, Bethany Chen, Emily Dunn. Adam Hamden,

Natali Lelieur, Cole Schroeder, Will Hoadley-Brill, Marta Jerebets, Jasper Lee

SalutatorianAshley Gao

Senior Class OfficersPresident, Young Song

Vice President, Nick SongSecretary, Jasper LeeTreasurer, Kyle Woo

High School AdministratorsPrincipal, Ms Janet Anderson

Assistant Principal, Ms Janet WichmanAssistant Principal, Mr. David Speck

Activities Director, Mr. Casey ShotwellClass Advisor, Mr. James Jontz

High School CounselorsOlinda Cazares, Marylin Garcia, Tracy Ishimaru, Maria Long, Nan Ng

Commencement Committee Young Song, Nick Song

Jasper Lee, Kyle WooKate Ba, Lauren Sharkey

Nicole Srisutham

South Pasadena High SchoolShawn Adams

Andrew AlegriaIsabella AlvarezNicolas AlvarezMarisa Amaya

Youbin AnElizabeth Anderson

Amelia AnthonyKatrina Aracic

Lauren ArismendezIsabelle Arroyo

Eric AuThomas Avila

Kate BaNicholas Baer

Albert BaiMaryam Bakhshi

Alana BallaghDerian BarillasGeorge Barnes

Ixehteotl BarrazaGeorge Barrone

Stephanie Kate BautistaKanak BelgaumSophia BenzoniMorgan BeVardAmanda BishopMichael Blanco

Isabel BlumlBenjamin BonkNatalie BotrosDashiel BoveJack Brown

Randy BrunerDaniella Buenrostro

Chandler BullockElana BurnettJoseph CahillSidney Cam

Lachlan CampbellAshton Carless

Hayden CarlsonOwen Carlson

Richard Castillo JrSebastian Centrone-Castro

Katrina ChabotJiheng Chai

Christian ChanElias Chang

Skyler ChaviraAmanda ChenBethany Chen

Casey ChenJessica ChenJia Qi Chen

Tiffany ChenJahzerah Cheng

Max ChengAriel ChewGavin Chi

Emma ChildersSebastian Chinen

Connie ChingSeong Hyun Cho

Sarah ChoiSungHyun Choi

Justin ChongRosemary Chou

Daniel ChunAaron Chung

Benjamin ClarkAmber ClaroRiley Collins

Nicholas CorvinoJakob CronkhiteFrancheska Cross

Kaining CuiGabriel Davison

Samantha De La CruzLily DeFulgentiis

Markenson DelkhasteJoshua DesBrisay

Mateo DiezExely Dillingham

Queenie DonSophie Dreskin

Dominique DumitrescuEmily Dunn

Jay EbataStephanie EhrlichBenjamin Elbaum

Lucy EllerCole Elsner

Madeline EngelsmanAndrew Escobar

Emily Ann EspinozaAlexa Evans

Teimur EvrenosAdam FagensonMullen Finley

Alexander FonsecaThomas Forman

Harper FoxIsabella Frescura

Joaquin FrommerHelena Fu

Pablo GaetaJack Gallagher

Alexander GallardoDawson Galluzzi

Ashley GaoEdwin Garcia

Jared GeeZoe Gerst

Mahima GirishGrace GoldmanRichard Gomez

Isabella Gonzalez-MosquedaGertrude Goodstein

Reno GoudeauEmily Gruhn

Lauren GuevaraSydney Gutierrez

Adam HamdenJack Hamilton

Jeffrey HanKe Arri Hardiamon

Dexter Hawes

Claudia HernandezDevyn HernandezNoah Hernandez

W ill Hoadley-BrillAbigail Hogge

Tiffany HolmesAudrey Hong

Zachary HoworthWen Hao Hsu

An HuangGabriel Huerta

Jonathan HugheyAndrew Hunt

Ahmet HusseinCheolmin HwangMadaline Inclan

Sophia IsmailAbigail JangHanna Jang

Marta JerebetsKian Jeshion Nelson

Matthew JhunHongyi JiangOlivia Jiang

Elisa JinRachelle Jin

Tate JohnsonBrandon Jou

Christopher KalawHyun Young Kang

Zoe KaplanIsabella Kaufman

Anders KeithBenjamin KentChan Min Kim

Haeun KimIntae KimJane Kim

Joshua KimKunnam KimKyumin Kim

Nolan KimYejin Kim

Yohan KimDakotah Kiser

Amaey KonkarKen Koyama

Naomi KruzicClaire Kucera

Grace LacovaraMaxton Lam

Chloe LancasterCatherine Latting

Andrew LeeEun Seo LeeHa Neul Lee

Irene LeeJacey Lee

Jae Jin LeeJasper Lee

Joy LeeNatali LelieurTruman Lesak

W illiam Leung

Class of Two Thousand EighteenGlen LevstikTaicheng LiKelsey LihJayce Lilly

Andres LimonCaroline LiuHaoNan LiuMatthew Liu

Zhuo LiuJennifer LopezCandace Louie

Ariana LoveJared Low

Chloe LucasIsaac Luevano

Sidney Luna-LongJacqueline Lutz HibbardVeronica Lutz HibbardAlexander Lyahovsky

Allan MaDerron Ma

Seong Kyoo MaengHenry Main

Ameen MakanvandDiana MaldonadoVivian Maradiaga

Benjamin MartinezMaya Martinez

Nathaniel MartinezIsaac Marziali

Nestore MastromatteoTheodore Matsusaka

Dayne MayersHarper McCallie

Alina MehdiMartin MendezMiles Mendoza

Vincent MikalonisNathaniel Montemayor

Trevor MooreAaron Mora

Aaron MurdockKi Gun NaNomar Na

Joshua NahmMichael Nelson III

Joshua NgSamuel Ng

Celeste Nieto AmayaNicholas Nouriani

Juchan OhTimothy Okitsu

Kiernan O’Neal-HotchkissMadalyn Orozco

Shenglan OuVeronica Pallares

Jaylen ParkSamantha ParkYounggeon Park

Craig ParkerBrian ParkinsonMadison Pearson

Jacob Pedroza

Irvin PerezMatthew Pham

Grace PiehlAva Planer

Gabriela PoloniOwen Pratt

Jacob PullanoValentina Quinonez

Daniel RaineyChristopher Reinoso

Jack RenkenVictoria ResendizSophie Reynolds

Danilo RiosKaitlyn Rodriguez

Susan RodriguezJula RosenbluhMani RoshandelBailey Roudani

Molly RoundDaniel Rubio

Sumiko RudiskyAshley Rusch

Kenny RyuMadison Saito

Christina SalcedoMichael Samudio

Logan SanchezVache Sargsyan

Ashley SatoJoshua Saucedo

Thomas SawanoCole Schroeder

Riley SegalDavid Seo

Jin Young SeoDrew Sevilla

Lauren SharkeyJeremy SharpTheodore Shin

Jessica ShouArmando SibrianAlexander SickelsValeriya SmaliyBohyuck SohnNicholas Song

Young SongFernando Sornoso

Lily SortinoEllis Spellerberg

Nicole SrisuthamSimon Stans

Manlai SukhbaatarRyan Summers

Hanyang SunHalle Sunabe

Anuprash SunuwarJulissa Talamante

Lauren TanNatalie TerhuneNicholas Terrone

Philip Tetreault JrMatthew Thomas

Wenzhe TianW ilson Tizon III

Jonathan TomKevin Tom

Sofia TomanovSofia TomasevicJosiah ToppingDorian Torres

Jackson TotlebenThomas Tran

Nikolas TripodisJasmine Tse

Sharav-Ish TsogtgerelKatie Tsui

Lily Turner-KipkeNoah UemuraDamian Ugalde

Natalia ValenciaCiena Valenzuela-Peterson

Dhruv VansadiaEsteban Vara

Brandon VaughanVictoria VenardiHaley VerKuilen

Venus VuNoah Wakabayashi

Matthew WalkerAlexa WangElaine Wang

Kenneth WangRicky Wang

Tzu WangKaili Ward Adams

Dalton WendtSkyler Wendt

Cayley WhitmanJacob W ielenga

Maximum W ilder-SmithNathaniel W illems

Andrew WongAnnabelle WongMadeleine Wong

Kyle WooBailey Wu

Preston Wun-YoungMichael Wynne

Naoki YamaguchiChenming Yan

Jane YangSusan Yang

Brandon YeeJames Yee

Evan YerianAndrew Yonami

Christy YuKenneth YunBrandon Yung

Diego ZavalaEileen ZenasEuan Zhang

Justin ZhangYuxin ZhangKathy Zhao

Brandon Zhu

2018 Senior AwardsSPHS Alumni Association .......................................................................................................... Riley Collins, Bailey Roudani, Wen Hao (William) Hsu,

Tzu (Cathy) Wang, Brandon Yung, Nicole Srisutham, Cole Cahill, Gabriel Huerta

Albert Adams Music Scholarship .........................................................................................................Kelsey Lih, Euan Zhang, Owen Pratt, Pablo Gaeta

Harold Hartsough Scholarship ................................................................................................................................................................................................Cole Cahill, Gabriel Huerta

Karen Kincel Writing Award .....................................................................................................................................................................................................Jacey Lee, Samantha Park-

James Fosselman Scholarship ....................................................................................................................................Ameen Makanvand, Owen Pratt, Lauren Tan

Blake and Joseph Wu UCLA Scholarship .........................................................................................................................................Emily Dunn, Tzu (Cathy) Wang

Keith Gustafson Athletic Scholarship ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................Riley Segal

Mary Ida Phair Scholarship ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Young Song

Class of 1977 ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Brandon Yung, Nicole Srisutham

Aydin Salek Leadership Scholarship .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Jae Jin Lee

Sina Massoumi Memorial Scholarships.......................................................................................................................................... Sophie Reynolds, Nikolas Tripodis

Friends from ’64 Scholarship ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Emily Gruhn

South Pasadena Chinese-American Club Karl Hwang Scholarships ........................................................................................................................................................................................Bethany Chen, Cathy (Tzu) Wang

David N. Dickson Athletic Heritage Scholarship .......................................................................................................................................................................................Emily Dunn

David N. Dickson Showcase Athlete of the Year .....................................................................................................................................................................Sidney Luna-Long

David N. Dickson Showcase Art Scholarship ..................................................................................................................................................................Becky (Jin Young) Seo

Kathryn Larkin Crary Sportsmanship Award ..............................................................................................................................Madison Saito, Cole Schroeder

2018 Senior AwardsRotary Club of South Pasadena Wagner Family Art Scholarship..........................................................................................................................................................................................................Becky (Jin Young) Seo Jim Wollacott Community Service Award .........................................................................................................................................................................................................Henry Main

Kiwanis Club of South Pasadena, Kenneth Yamamaka Memorial Scholarship......................................................................................................................................................................................................Emily Dunn John Deniston Memorial Scholarship ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Lucy Tian Kiwanis Club Scholarship ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Young Jin Song

Oneonta Club of South Pasadena ........................................................................................................................................Kate Ba, Bethany Chen, Natalie Terhune

South Pasadena Women’s ClubDr. Alexander O. Firempong Scholarship .................................................................................................................................................................................................................Emily Dunn Ethel McSwane Scholarship ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Henry Main General Scholarships ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Tiffany Chen, Dawson Galluzi, Rachelle

Jin, Naomi Kruzic, Madalyn Orozco, Young Song,

Barbara Ercek Tiger Spirit .....................................................................................................................................................Amber Claro, Madison Pearson, Christy Yu

Barbara Ercek Resilience Scholarships................................................................................................................................................Sydney Gutierrez, Andres Limon

Barbara Ercek Renaissance Award ........................................................................................................................Maya Martinez, Isabel Bluml, Claire Kucera, Victoria Venardi, Aaron Murdock,

Chapter AX of the PEO Sisterhood ..........................................................................................................Emily Dunn, Natalie Botros, Nicole Srisutham

Ellin Lieberman Award ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Joy Lee

South Pasadena Optometric Group Motivational Scholarship .......................................................................................................................................Halle Sunabe

Eddie and Iris Lee ASB MVP Award .......................................................................................................................................................................................................Benjamin Elbaum

The Molina Family Scholarship ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................Devyn Hernandez

Daughters of the American Revolution .....................................................................................................................................................................................................Francheska Cross

South Pasadena PTSA Scholarships................................Bethany Chen, Nicholas Song, Jaqueline Lutz-Hibbard, Henry Main

Council PTA “Believe in Me” Ana Nicholson Award ..................................................................................................................................................................Derian Barillas

Council PTA “Believe in Me” Scholarships ..............................................................................................................................................Abigail Hogge, Emily Espinoza

2018 Senior AwardsTeachers Association of South Pasadena ............................................................................................................................................................................ Katrina (Katie) Chabot

Vecinos de South Pasadena .....................................................................................................................Marisa Amaya, Will Hoadley-Brill, Madalyn Orozco

South Pasadena Police Officers’ Association (Officer Kevin Sandoval Memorial Scholarship) .....................................................................................................................................................................................Lauren Tan (Officer Ray Rogers Memorial Scholarship) .................................................................................................................................................................................Nicole Srisutham

Andy Wang Award....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Will Hoadley-Brill

Celestial Opera Company Scholarship .........................................................................................................................................................................Kiernan O’Neal-Hotchkiss

Class of ‘71 Award .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Cayley Whitman

Counseling Awards ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Jaylen Park, Benjamin Bonk, Irvin Perez, Jack Gallagher, Elaine Wang

Afram Family Scholarship ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Wilson Tizon, III

South Pasadena Chamber of Commerce Art Award ..............................................................................................................................................................................Lucy Ellers

Linda J. Omens Humanitarian Award .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. Mahima Girish

Lori MacDonald Scholarship ...............................................................................................................................................................Adam Hamden, Shenglan (Allison) Ou, Ashley Rusch, Lauren Sharkey

Coach Mac Tiger Spirit Award ................................................................................................................................................................................................................Jasper Lee, Ava Planer

Jim Asher Memorial Scholarship .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Irvin Perez

Outstanding Achievement in English ........................................................................................................................................................Amelia Anthony, Ashley Rusch, Noah Hernandez, Samantha (Sammy) Park,

Cole Cahill, Dashiel Bove

Outstanding Achievement in Mathematics .................................................................................................................................................Caroline Liu, Cole Schroeder

Outstanding Achievement in Computer Science ................................................................................Maximum Wilder-Smith, Damian Ugalde

Outstanding Achievement in Social Science .................................Dawson Galluzzi, Dexter Hawes, Ciena Valenzuela-Peterson, Mattie (Matthew) Thomas, Damian Ugalde, Alexa Evans:

2018 Senior AwardsHelen Burr Scholarship .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Natali Lelieur

Spanish Book Awards for Outstanding Achievement ...............................................................................................Alana Ballagh, Sebastian Chinen, Will Hoadley-Brill, Marta Jerebets,

Ciena Valenzuela-Peterson

Outstanding Achievement in Visual Art ......................................................................................................................................Isabella Frescura, Mahima Girish, Valentina Quinonez, Becky (Jin Young) Seo,

Truman Lesak, Ashton Carless, Harper McCallie, Evan Yerian

Maggie Veir Art Alumni Scholarship ................................................................................................................................ Truman Lesak, Jin Young (Becky) Seo

Academic Decathlon Hall of Fame ...................................................................................................Dawson Galluzzi, Grace Goldman, Adam Hamden, Dexter Hawes, Shenglan (Alison) Ou, Thomas Sawano

Bobby Griffin Art Award ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Jin Young (Becky) Seo

Ralph Punaro Spirit of Athletics .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................Fernando Sornoso

C. Merrill Greene Female Scholar Athlete ................................................................................................................................................................................................................Riley Segal

C. Merrill Greene Male Scholar Athlete..............................................................................................................................................................................................Elias Oliver Chang

C. Merrill Greene Female Athlete of the Year ...................................................................................................................................................................................Hayden Carlson

C. Merrill Greene Male Athlete of the Year ......................................................................................................................................................................................................Jack Renken

Booster Club Flossie Clarich Scholarship .................................................................................................................................................................................................... Tiffany Holmes

Booster Club Lew Clement Scholarship ............................................................................................................................................................................................... Danilo Danny Rios

Booster Club Rick Booth Memorial Scholarship ......................................................................................................................................................................................Glen Levstik

Booster Club Tiger Seal Awards ......................................................................................................................................................................................Cate Latting, Damian Ugalde

Tim Howland Memorial Scholarship Award ...............................................................................................................................................................................Elias Oliver Chang

Michael Colliau Alumni Association Scholarships ..............................................................................................................................................Gavin Chi, Harper Fox

2018 Senior Awards

Seal of Biliteracy: .............................................................................................................................................................................................Bailey Roudani, Jula Rosenbluh, Elisa Jin, Maryam Bakhshi, Daniel Rubio, Marisa Amaya,

Daniel Kim, Shenglan (Alison) Ou, Bohyuck (Kevin) Sohn

National Merit Scholarship: ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Marta Jerebets

National Merit Finalists:.....................................................................................................................................................................................Kate Ba, Marta Jerebets, Jae Jin Lee

Commended Students:.....................................................................Bethany Chen, Daniel Chun, Emily Dunn, Ashley Gao, Adam Hamden, Tate Johnson, Phoebe Kim, Natali Lelieur, Caroline Liu, Isaac Marziali,

Theodore Matsusaka, Alina Mehdi, Timothy Okitsu, Craig Parker, Ashley Sato, Cole Schroeder, David Seo, Ciena Valenzuela-Peterson, Brandon Yung

Posse Scholarship: .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Brandon Zhu

CA Scholarship Federation Life Membership .....................Youbin An, Kanak Belgaum, Ashton Carless, Hayden Carlson, Owen Carlson, Katrina Chabot, Elias Chang, Amanda Chen, Bethany Chen,

Tiffany Chen, Benjamin Clark, Aaron Chung, Francheska Cross, Queenie Don, Jay Ebata, Madeline Engelsman, Stephanie Erlich, Alex Fonseca, Thomas Forman,

Joaquin Froannur, Emily Gruhn, Adam Hamden, Noah Hernandez, Will Hoadley-Brill, Wen Hao Hsu, Abigail Jang, Olivia Jiang, Rachelle Jin, Benjamin Kent, Chan Min Kim,

Yohan Kim, Naomi Kruzic, Claire Kucera, Natali Lelieur, Jayce Lilly, Candace Louie, Maya Martinez, Miles Mendoza, Celeste Nieto-Amaya, Samantha Park, Madison Pearson,

Sophie Reynolds, Molly Round, Ashley Rusch, Ashley Sato, Riley Segal, Jin Young Seo, Drew Sevilla, Jeremy Sharp, Valeria Smally, Matthew Thomas, Wenzhe Tian, Sophia Tomasevic, Jackson Totleben, Jasmine Tse, Ciena Valenzuela-Peterson,

Matthew Walker, Alexa Wang,Kenneth Wang, Tzu Wang, Jacob Wielenga, Madeline Wong, Bailey Wu, James Yee, Evan Yerian, Euan Zhang, Kathy Zhao

CA Scholarship Federation 100% membership...............................Kate Ba, Alana Ballagh, Gavin Chi, Helena Fu, Ashley Gao, Jeffrey Han, Nolan Kim, Caroline Liu, Matthew Liu, Chloe Lucas, Shenglan Ou,

Kenny Ryu, Cole Schroeder, Lauren Sharkey, Jessica Shou, Young Jin Song, Nicole Srisutham, Ryan Summers, Halle Sunabe, Lauren Tan, Natalie Terhune, Katie Tsui,

Nathaniel Archer Willems, Andrew Wong, Jane Yang

Karen Offenhauser Outstanding Senior Award..................................................................................................................................................................Will Hoadley-Brill

The Weldon Fair Play Awards .......................................................................................................................................Kate Ba, Alana Ballagh, Will Hoadley-Brill, Tiffany Holmes, Jae Jin Lee, David Seo

Special Thanks

“Sun is shinin’ in the skyThere ain’t a cloud in sight

It’s stopped rainin’ everybody’s in a playAnd don’t you know

It’s a beautiful new day, hey hey

Runnin’ down the avenueSee how the sun shines brightly in the city

On the streets where once was pityMister blue sky is living here today, hey hey”

“Mr. Blue Skies”By Electric Light Orchestra

Class Song

SPHS Band and Orchestra, Mr. Howard Crawford

Technical Advisor, Mr. James Jontz

Senior Awards Coordinator, Ms Denise Gill

Flower Chain, Ms Maryann Nielsen

Abbey Graphics, Arcadia

Music and Lyrics by Richard Buck~’46 & Nancy Scharfe~’46

All hail South Pasadena Our Alma Mater strong,

We’ve come to pay you homage, Emotion voiced in song.

We love you for your stateliness, Your grace portraying truth,

The spirit so intangible Of love, and of life, and youth.

Long years will never mar you, But only add to your charm;

Our hearts will shield your memory And guard your name from harm.

So hail South Pasadena, Fortress of inspiration; defender of ideals. Where lasting friendships’ seeds are sown,

Bound fast with Tiger seals.

Alma Mater