Sacred Heart Prep graduates largest class ever

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Sacred Heart Preparatory in Atherton had its 119th commencement ceremony on Friday, May 26, with 156 graduates, the largest class to ever graduate from the school.

Among those honored were valedictorian Grace Zdeblick, who will attend Yale University, and salutatorian Gordon Holterman, who will attend Stanford University

Sacred Heart gave blue ribbons awards to students who embody the goals and criteria of a Sacred Heart education. They went to: Julia Basnage and Katherine Harrison for “personal and active faith in God;” to Connor Johnston, Natalie Novitsky and Isabella Rhyu for “a deep respect for intellectual values;” to Dominique Reese and Alfonso Siam for “a social awareness which impels to action;” to Isoa Moimoi and Hayley Pietro for “the building of community as a Christian value;” and to Karina Cabrera, Oscar Delgado and Vincent Xie for “personal growth in an atmosphere of wise freedom.”

Sophie Amid-Hozour, Jack Pleasants and Alexa Thomson were given dark blue ribbons for exemplifying all five goals and criteria.

Graduates from Sacred Heart’s class of 2017 will attend 71 different post-secondary institutions. The graduating class had 19 National Merit scholars, 16 students who have committed to play collegiate athletics and 23 members who have been on the Sacred Heart campus for 12 or more years.

The graduates

A-C: Sophie Amid-Hozour, Stephanie Jean Andersen, McKenna Smith Angotti, Brett Chaney Anstrom, Emily Francesca Elena Arrigoni, Anne Caitlin Bair, Kathryn Claire Barclay, Julia Epifania Basnage, Jack Coltman Belton, Maxwell Flynn Berry, Peter Reynolds Bird, Kathryn Elizabeth Bower, Christopher Joseph Box, Claire Therese Brigden, Isaiah Matthew Broughton, John Francis Burlinson, Fiona McKenna Burns, Karina Cabrera, Gina Marie Cassar, Kelsey Anne Chaplinsky Rachel Cheung, Theodore Bartholomew Chiu, Sean Glen Clark, Max Anthony Comolli, Clark John Costigan

D-F: Oscar Delgado, David Paxton Desai, Matthew Neil Dillabough, Kyra Morgan DiMarco, Elyssa Danielle Duebner, Jackson Hill Enright, Ethan Raymond Feiber, Katherine McAulay Forrest, Alison Whitney Freeman

G-L: Cameron Belle Gordon, Nicholas Robert Gordon, Zachary Michael Haire, Sinead Margaret Haley, Alex Joseph Harper, Katherine Marie Harrison, Emi Yi Hartman, Fatai Tu’ulilo Heimuli, Henry Erik Hiemstra, Matthew Joseph Hogan, Gordon Converse Holterman III, Emily Lauren Howard, Jean Martine Howell, Cameron Thomas Humphreys, Gabrielle Marie Irwin, Chelsey Grace Johnson, Lindsey Eleanor Johnson, Connor Randolph Johnston, Madeline Claire Johnston, Savannah Janae Kazemipour, Paige Lorraine Kelley, Ashley Lauren Kinsey, James Thomas Baron Kirkham, Reika Kitano, Youka Kitano, Milan Mathew Kordestani, Seena Ryan Kordestani, Schafer Matthew Kraemer, Mary Claire Kruberg, Kylee Michelle Krzanich, Travis Harold Lamb, Raymond Jay Lane III, Brandon Elliott Lanesey, Anne Elizabeth Lavelle, John Rhodes Leahy, Michael Ulrich Liebsch, Jr., Emma Frederieka Ligtenberg, Nicholas Aaron Lockareff, William Robinson Long, Christopher Louie, Peter McClintic Love, Nicholas Alistair Low

M-N: Beto Antonio Macedo, Graham Scott MacFarquhar, Ciara Isabel MacGinley, Laura Elizabeth Macias, Shelbyann Elisabeth Malcolm, John Claude Marco, Taylor Gray McKelvy, Arthur Pierre Gilbert Micha, Kaidi Fu Anna Miller, Isoa Wagawai Moimoi, Jack Thomas Molumphy, Michael David Mooring, Joshua Vincent Morgan, Caroline Hana Morin, Erik Michael Morris, Hannah Faye Glockner Morris, William Graves Mummery, Jesus Muñoz, John Charles Murphy, Elena Nicole Neff, Madeleine Caleigh Neff, Natalie Elizabeth Novitsky, Sabrina Franchesca Valencia Nunn,

O-S: Maggie Mireya O’Keeffe, Taulagi Pakola, Tevin D. Panchal, Caroline Mia Park, Eliza Jane Patterson, Stephanie Michelle Pegler, Madeline Ann Pendolino, David Warner Peterson, Samara Bryn Phillips, Haley Madison Pietro, Jack Rogers Pleasants, Eleanor Rose Raab, Jane Wesley Rakow, Michael William Ralston, Juan Carlos Rascón, Asha Ravi, Dominique Shanelle Reese, Erin Catherine Reilly, Isabella Bohen Rhyu, William Henry Rieflin, Sabine Anoosheh Rizvi, Russell Bryant Roberts, Carolyn Jane Salisbury, Brock Alexander Sean von Salzman, Daniel Sánchez, Diego Armando Sánchez, Gabriella George Sarrouh, Dane Robert Schumacher, Brendan James Semien, Audrey Faith Shenk, Alfonso Benjamin Siam, Elizabeth Daley Smith, Olivia Benett Smith, Maximilian Han Siong Spatz , Cole Daniel Spina, Kyle Charles Stalder, Cameron Elizabeth Steppe, Jack William Stone, Joshua James Suzuki, Emilie Paige Swan

T-Z: Patrick Scott Tandy, Layne Catherine Tenenbaum, Alexa Marie Thomson, Samantha Vieira Tinney, Kevin Joseph Tinsley, Roger Trejo, Lauren Jessica Trihy, Lauren Ellen von Thaden, Kailey Michelle Wachhorst, John Lucien Wallace, Layla Harte Waters, Thomas Otto Brenner Leo Wine, Jordan Victoria Wu, Vincent Wen-Kia Xie, Michael James York, Grace Marie Zdeblick, Natalie Grace Zimits,

By Barbara Wood

Sacred Heart Prep annually honors students who best embody the characteristics of a Sacred Heart Education with blue ribbons. They are: (left to right) front row — Oscar Delgado, Jack Pleasants, Sophie Amid Hozoour, Alexa Thompson and Jennie Whitcomb. Row 2 — Rich Dioli, Dominique Reese, Haley Pietro, and Isoa Moi Moi. Row 3 — Connor Johnston, Karina Cabrera and Julia Basnage. Back Row — Alfonso “Benny” Siam, Natalie Novitsky, Izzy Rhyu, Katie Harrison and Vincent Xie. (Photo by Abel Sanchez/Golden Images)
Sacred Heart Prep’s 2017 graduating class of 156 was the largest graduating class ever. (Photo by Abel Sanchez/Golden Images)
Sacred Heart Prep’s 2017 graduating class members celebrate on May 26. (Photo by Abel Sanchez/Golden Images)