Commencement Program - Class of 2023
Lynnwood High School
Edmonds School District
Dr. Rebecca Miner, Superintendent
Edmonds School District School Board
Carin Chase
Keith Smith
Deborah Kilgore
Presents
Commencement 2023
June 17, 2023
12:00 PM
Edmonds Stadium
~ PROGRAM ~
PRELUDE MUSIC
LHS Combined Bands & Orchestra
Amy Stevenson & Phil Onishi, Conducting
PROCESSIONAL
“Pomp and Circumstance”
LHS Combined Bands & Orchestra
Amy Stevenson & Phil Onishi, Conducting
“The Star Spangled Banner”... F. Scott Key
LHS Combined Bands & Orchestra
Amy Stevenson & Phil Onishi, Conducting
(It is requested that the audience stand for the National Anthem. In compliance with fire codes and in order to provide unobstructed views for all guests, we ask that everyone remain in their seats until the students have exited the stadium. Guests may not stand in the aisles or approach the field at any time during the ceremony. Guests may take photos from their seats. Commercial photos and videos are available for sale. The students have the information. Thank you for your cooperation.)
WELCOME
Keith Smith, School Board Representative
(Student and staff speakers were selected by the senior class. The Valedictorians are determined by weighted G.P.A. The speeches prepared by the students are an expression of their individual ideas. The faculty speaker, the name readers, and the faculty distributing flowers were also selected by the senior class.)
STUDENT VALEDICTORIAN SPEAKERS
Hannah Douglas
Jackson McCormick
Alvin Le
FACULTY SPEAKER
Justine Locke
STUDENT SPEAKER
Kalyani Blackwell
PRESENTATION OF THE CLASS OF 2023 TO THE SCHOOL BOARD
Jesse Goodsky, Principal
NAMES OF THE CLASS OF 2023 READ BY FACULTY MEMBERS
Sara Hall (ASB Director), Lindsay Villalobos (English Dept.)
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS
Dr. Rebecca Miner, Superintendent
Keith Smith, School Board Representative
FLOWERS PRESENTED BY FACULTY MEMBERS
Noah Crofoot, (Science Dept.),
Kaleigh Ansdell, (Horticulture Dept.)
CLASS OFFICER REMARKS
Samantha Chek, President
Nancy Ruiz, Vice President
Fekir Tesfaye, Treasurer
Hannah Douglas, Secretary
Erin Michaelson, Public Relations
Caitlin Weeks, Activities Coordinator
“Lynnwood High School Fight Song”
RECESSIONAL
LHS Combined Bands & Orchestra
Amy Stevenson & Phil Onishi, Conducting
(The audience is requested to remain seated until the students have left the stadium. Diplomas will be mailed home the week after school is out for the summer.)
** Valedictorian
* Salutatorian
# 3.5+ GPA
+ National Honor
++ Tri M
Lynnwood High School Class of 2023
| Kawther Abed | |
| Amer Maitham Aboud | |
| Kayla Leah Agag | |
| Giselle Guadalupe Aguilera-Torres | |
| Jose Enrique Aguirre Mejia | |
| Keona Micah Ahumada | |
| Safa T Al Sharut | |
| Yahia Ali Al Zeir | |
| Victor James Alaniz | |
| # + | Dylan Thomas Allmon |
| Raad Mohammad Almatti | |
| Khalid Alsalihi | |
| Casey Altanduulga | |
| Sunny Altanduulga | |
| Joliyana Safi Alzeer | |
| Diego Amos | |
| Michelle Angeles-Canseco | |
| # | Anna Konstantinovna Artamonova |
| # | Alazer Abel Ashebir |
| Hasset Bekele Ashuro | |
| # | Kendra Violette Avila |
| Maksim Maryanovich Baglay | |
| Damon Baker | |
| Joyce Pia Bamana | |
| Phillipe Ban | |
| Aiden David Barajas | |
| Edwin Barragan-Dominguez | |
| Jamaluddin Bassir | |
| Bryan Bautista-Mendez | |
| Amira Bayarbayasgalan | |
| # | Noorelhuda Farhat Bendawi |
| Kiril Vlad Berezyuk | |
| Emmanuel Atenafu Berhanu | |
| # ++ | Semhal Tsadik Beyene |
| # | Yaryna Bilous |
| # ++ | Kalyani Jenece Blackwell |
| # | Emily Hays Blaisdell |
| Teheiroa Kupono Braga | |
| Nova Bright | |
| Bradley Thomas Brutman | |
| Mynor Gonzalo Cac Caal | |
| Jasmyn Andrea Carlson | |
| # | Christian David Carrington |
| Logan Franklin Cerda | |
| Bryan Cervantes-Cisneros | |
| Carlos Cervantes-Cisneros | |
| Hannah Ari Chae | |
| Summer Elizabeth Chambers | |
| Somono Chan | |
| Salinphon Polly Changthongkam | |
| # | Chih-Ling Chao |
| # + | Samantha Rachana Chek |
| # | Natalie Yie-Ming Chong |
| Isabella Noel Cordova | |
| Walter Enrique Cordova | |
| Cristal Yasmin Coria Mendoza | |
| Jose Rodrigo Coronado Pena | |
| # | Peter Lewis Crane |
| Claire Crocker | |
| # ++ | Auren Amias Daniels |
| Haley Marie Dasalla | |
| ++ | Mollie Jae Davis |
| # | Carlos Jaime de Guzman |
| Ronaldo Ruperto De La Paz | |
| Christian De Paz | |
| Natasha Judith Deonate | |
| Fernando Diaz Bautista | |
| # | Derick Hoang Dinh |
| # ++ | Tony Do |
| # | Dorian Dodik |
| Matthew Gabriel Dorgan | |
| # **++ | Hannah Kate Douglas |
| Thai Eang | |
| Angel Antonett Edwards | |
| # | Lauren Ava Eicher |
| Taha Diaa el deen Elarab | |
| Rachel Emily Elliott | |
| Alanna Sky Elomina | |
| Mlete Endeshaw | |
| Gunnar Engstrom | |
| Samantha Enriquez | |
| Melany Michell Espinoza | |
| Ximena Espinoza | |
| # ++ | Renae-Charlize Gaviola Espiritu |
| Sherly Nicole Esquivel Jimenez | |
| Leonardo Gabriel Estrada-Huerta | |
| Julian Flores | |
| Mitzy Jazmine Flores | |
| ++ | Madelyn Abigail Fox |
| Jaelene Franco | |
| Deasun Michael Freese | |
| Grace Ryen Furuya | |
| Fenrir Alvena Gacke | |
| Alfonso Covarrubias Garcia | |
| ++ | Karen Nayeli Garcia |
| # * | Peter Valentine Garcia |
| # | Mohammad Noor Ghafoor Zada |
| Amir Nadar Ghazal | |
| Ameera Nolah Ghorab | |
| ++ | Saron Gizachew |
| Kielli Michelle Glenn | |
| Myles Young Joon Golston | |
| Ciara Rose Cerezo Golveo | |
| Jose Abraham Gonzalez Flores | |
| Lizeth Gonzalez-Angeles | |
| Jose Manuel Gonzalez-Lopez | |
| Sofia Rosalba Granado | |
| Denery Ercilia Granados | |
| # | Alexandra Jade Gross |
| Marcos Eduardo Guerrero | |
| Jay Max Guillaume | |
| Antonio Avaviel Guitron Altamirano | |
| Jaime Guzman Aguilar | |
| Cadance May Harmon | |
| Robert Lee Harmon | |
| Eloise Kathryn Hart | |
| Ethan Daniel Hazard | |
| Luis Alberto Hernandez | |
| Emily Hernandez Narciso | |
| Mckenna Danyel Hill | |
| Aden Vinh Thanh Hino | |
| ++ | Malina Marie Holden |
| Devyn McRae Horn | |
| Walter Erickson Humphreys | |
| # | Amber Nicole Hutchins |
| # | Vanessa Tuyet Nhi Huynh |
| Susanna Ilchuk | |
| Cesar Ernesto Jaco Arana | |
| Yaneli Jacobo-Rodriguez | |
| # | Helal Mohammad Jamali |
| Jonathan Jeronimo Uribe | |
| Fauziyah Jimoh | |
| Gwyneth Sophia Johnson | |
| ++ | Roan Jeanine Jones |
| Navtej Singh Kaile | |
| # | Michael David Kain |
| Jayden Xavier Kalberer | |
| # | Arun Kapoor |
| Mackenzie Ann Kartak-Ewing | |
| Joseph Topoika Kashu | |
| Toshini Katwal | |
| ++ | Jaxon Charlise Kelm |
| Liam Gray Kennedy | |
| # | Dilara Melek Kesim |
| Fiona Kim | |
| # | Avery H Kirscht |
| Caleb Matthew Konrad | |
| Gracie Bounyavong Kouthong | |
| # | Mykhaylo Koval |
| Roman Alex Kozlovskiy | |
| Sarah Kathryn Kreifels | |
| # | Ava Katherine Kuhlmann |
| # | Wilfridus Paulus Kusnadi |
| Lovelyn Lai | |
| Ashley Jeanette Lara | |
| Ruby Selene Lara Vallejo | |
| # | Emily Jean Larson |
| Jace Andrew Latimer | |
| Geno Michael Zade LaVergne | |
| Enessa Vladimirovna Lavrentyev | |
| Christofer Lawrence | |
| # ** | Alvin Ngoc Le |
| Nelson Lee | |
| Alina V Levchyk | |
| # | Yerin Lim |
| Emily Lin | |
| # | Austin Dean Liu |
| Gustavo Darinel Longoria | |
| # | Dylan Anthony Loomer |
| # | Julio Jorge Lopez |
| Maria de Jose Lopez | |
| Eric Daniel Lopez Soto | |
| Karina Lopez-Legorreta | |
| Cameron Robert Lott | |
| # | Tamara Lukic |
| # | Vi Luu |
| Sarina Yasmiin Lykken | |
| Andrew Geovanni Machuca | |
| Taylor Rose Malone | |
| Marvin Gregory Marroquin | |
| Luis Antonio Marroquin-Salazar | |
| Benjamin Isai Martinez | |
| # | Isabela Lorena Martinez |
| Naomi Fatima Mason-Boudad | |
| # ** | Jackson Patrick McCormick |
| # | Kieran Peter McDougall |
| # | Maya Skye McMurtry |
| # | Giselle Medina |
| # | Dalia Medina-Alonzo |
| Ciara Nicole Melle | |
| Annikha Mai Merriam | |
| # | Erin Mayelle Michaelson |
| # | Aakifah Maqsood Minhas |
| Vedant Narain Mishra | |
| Ty Dawson Moltz | |
| # | Samantha Lynn Moore |
| Keymi Morales Carbajal | |
| Abdiel Moreno Cota | |
| ++ | Madeline Eva Morgan |
| # | Matthew Colby Morgan |
| Joseph Alexander Mosqueda-Cisneros | |
| Tsion Mekonnen Muluken | |
| Diana Olga Munguia | |
| Paris Alessandra Munoz | |
| Dylan Mitchael Murphy | |
| Roslyn Jenea Murray | |
| Yash Raj Naicker | |
| Mateo Navarrete-Cruz | |
| ++ | Lesly Elizabeth Navarro-Rodriguez |
| Levisa A Nelson | |
| Jazlynn Thy Ngo | |
| Andy Phuoc Nguyen | |
| # | Derek Tuan Nguyen |
| Leslie Nguyen | |
| # | Tina De Nguyen |
| Trang Doan Nguyen | |
| # | Brayan Miguel Nunez |
| Khaled Ali Odetallah | |
| # + | Misgana Kibrom Okbagaber |
| # | Rohaam Ooi |
| Jorge Arturo Osorio Mencio | |
| # | Parisa Pakizehjam |
| Calvin M O Parker | |
| Manelyna Melinda Paul | |
| Jocelyn Abigail Payne | |
| Eve Naomi Pereira | |
| Hadley Perez | |
| # + ++ | Eric Tri Phan |
| Elin Yaneth Pineda Ramos | |
| Tyson Richard Pinneo | |
| Joshua Allen Porter | |
| Madaline Elise Porter | |
| # | Kathryn Louise Potter |
| Jared Lawrence Poua | |
| # | Tamila P Prokhor |
| Jordan Alexis Quinones | |
| Ume Amman Rajput | |
| # ++ | MyKenzie Nicole Raney |
| Kaley Resendiz | |
| # | Melissa Reyes-Ramirez |
| Daniel Sukhyun Rhi | |
| Kayden Cole Richman Myers | |
| Sabrina Alessandra Rilling | |
| # ++ | Leila Marie Roberts |
| ++ | Cadence Jeanine Robinson |
| Anali Isabella Robles | |
| Erick Rodriguez-Garcia | |
| # | Cindy Danette Rodriguez-Nonoal |
| Ashley Katarina Rollins | |
| # | Nancy Ruiz |
| McKenzie Ruse-Martin | |
| Jose E Salas | |
| Brayan Ricardo Salazar Sanchez | |
| Cody Rothanak Sam | |
| Jesus Efrain Sanchez | |
| Cecilia Elizabeth Sarmiento | |
| Jhoanna Lizeth Sarmiento Gomez | |
| Philip Daniel Savenkov | |
| Christel Noel Schmoker | |
| # | Alina Alexandra Schrader |
| Yafett Abebe Sebhatu | |
| Daniil Shapovalov | |
| # | Saniya Johar Sharma |
| Grace Kelleene Shosky | |
| Zara Noor Siddiqui | |
| # | Kayden Rae Simbulan |
| # | Natasha Singh |
| # | Sukhdeep Singh |
| Franklin Ismael Siza Valladares | |
| Ethan Scott Smith | |
| Jayden Smith | |
| Kris Daniel Smith | |
| Chansophavy Margaret Sot | |
| Hazel Alessandra Soto Zavala | |
| Michal Sovik | |
| Emma Steele | |
| Lana Leonidovna Stepanchenko | |
| # | Casey Jordan Stull |
| Ebrima Sumbundu | |
| Yoftahem A Tadele | |
| Natnael Russom Teklezghi | |
| # | Betiel Hagos Tesfatsion |
| # * + | Fekir Dereje Tesfaye |
| # | Tiffany Keomany Thiamtisak |
| # | Soboramy Thoy |
| # | Khoa Nhat Tran |
| Nerissa Tran | |
| # | Parker Travis |
| Elijah Jalen Trimble | |
| # * | Ethan Trung-Hieu Truong |
| Ha Thi My Truong | |
| # * | Ramazan Tuganbayev |
| Abraham Valle Torres | |
| Malachi Timothy Vasquez | |
| Mirelia de la luz Vazquez | |
| Kevin Josue Vazquez Jeronimo | |
| Alejandra Vazquez Rubio | |
| Alexandra Vazquez Rubio | |
| Miguel Velasquez Medina | |
| Ariana Vicente-Lopez | |
| # ++ | Ethan Phillip Vo |
| Mikaela Taylor Vo | |
| Eric James Walker | |
| # | Brayden Matthew Warren |
| # ++ | Caitlin Elizabeth Weeks |
| Sydney Aron Weitkamp | |
| Julian Cesar Wentz-Cruz | |
| # | Daniel William Wesley |
| Dylan Nguyen White | |
| Trent Davis Whitehead | |
| Jordan Nari Whittle | |
| # | Alexis Davin Williams |
| Damarion Antwon Williams | |
| Keegan Alexander Williams | |
| # | Aubrey Jane Willing |
| Eric Julian Woods | |
| # | Lily Cyene Xiong |
| # | Jin Xian Xuan |
| # * | Evan Thomas Yang |
| Laila Gao-Joua Yang | |
| # + | Jacob Lorenzo Chou Yao |
| # | Sonia Yu |
| # | Chloe Song Yun |
| Christopher Brandon Zombor |
Foundation Scholarship Recipients
Thi Truong Andrea - Coglin Memorial Scholarship
Tamara Lukic - Bernie Sigler Memorial Scholarship
Melissa Reyes-Ramirez - Don Fitzgerald Memorial Scholarship
Renae-Charlize Espiritu - Fred Donadel Memorial Scholarship
Bretiel Tesfatsion - Hazel & Morris Miller Memorial Scholarship
Fekir Tesfaye - Hazel & Morris Miller Memorial Scholarship
Anna Artamonova - Hubbard Family Foundation Scholarship
Peter Garcia III - Hubbard Family Foundation Scholarship
Erin Michaelson - LHS Retirees Scholarship
Kawther Abed - Martha Lake Community/Lynnwood Rotary
Anna Artamonova - Martha Lake Community/Lynnwood Rotary
Semhal Beyene - Martha Lake Community/Lynnwood Rotary
Auren Daniels - Martha Lake Community/Lynnwood Rotary
Yerin Lim - Martha Lake Community/Lynnwood Rotary
Emily Lin - Martha Lake Community/Lynnwood Rotary
Jackson McCormick - Martha Lake Community/Lynnwood Rotary
Betiel Tesfatsio - Martha Lake Community/Lynnwood Rotary
Peter Garcia III - McDevitt Family Earth Challenge Scholarship
Tamera Lukic - McDevitt Family Earth Challenge Scholarship
Renae-Charlize Espiritu - Reece Home Teams Scholarship
Anna Artamanova - Scholar Athlete Scholarship
Kalyani Blackwell - Scholar Athlete Scholarship
Rachel Elliot - Scholar Athlete Scholarship
Eric Phan - Scholar Athlete Scholarship