OPHS Commencement Ceremony Program 2020

COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY OAK PARK HIGH SCHOOL

CLASS OF 2020

Oak Park High School The Senior Class of 2020 Welcomes you to the Thirty-sixth Annual Commencement June 4, 2020

Class Officers Ethan Padilla-Kastenberg Marley Volk Anna Sindalovsky Gavin Cornick Anna Stephens Audrey Farnsworth

President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Board Representative Site Council Representative

Acknowledgements Helen Tesoro, President, Oak Park High School Parent Faculty Association Vicki Raven, Executive Director, Oak Park Educational Foundation Scott Star, Chairman, Oak Park Educational Foundation

Oak Park Unified School District Board of Education Barbara Laifman, President Allen Rosen, Vice President Drew Hazelton, Member Derek Ross, Member Denise Helfstein, Member

Oak Park Unified School District Administration Dr. Anthony W. Knight, Superintendent Ragini Aggarwal, Executive Assistant Adam Rauch, Assistant Superintendent Dr. Leslie Heilbron, Assistant Superintendent Dr. Jay Greenlinger, Director of Curriculum & Instruction Stew McGugan, Director of Student Support & School Safety Enoch Kwok, Director of Technology Susan Roberts, Director of Pupil Services Oak Park High School Administration & Counselors

Kevin Buchanan Jason Meskis Natalie Smith Jenny Charrett Randy McLelland Julie Ross Suzie Stasiefski Janet Svoboda

Principal Assistant Principal Assistant Principal Counselor Counselor Counselor Counselor Counselor

Oak Park Unified School District Principals Brookside Elementary School Erin Vranesh Erik Warren Oak Hills Elementary School Stacy La Frenz Red Oak Elementary School Bradley Benioff Medea Creek Middle School

Kent Cromwell

Oak View High School & Oak Park Independent School

COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM Processional National Anthem

Pomp and Circumstance, OPHS Band OPHS Jazz Choir Members

Introductions & Presentation of Senior Class President

Kevin Buchanan, Principal

Introduction of Senior Speakers

Ethan Padilla-Kastenberg, Senior Class President

Senior Speakers

Alexandra Goldbeck & Aashika Srinivas

Congratulatory Remarks

Kevin Buchanan, Principal

Tribute to Class of 2020

Dr. Anthony Knight, Superintendent

Presentation of Summa, Magna & Cum Laude

Randy McLelland, Counselor

Outstanding Graduate Outstanding Graduate

Dr. Victor Anderson, Teacher Heidi Cissell, Teacher

Presentation of Class of 2020 Acceptance of Class 2020

Kevin Buchanan, Principal Barbara Laifman, OPUSD Board President

Congratulatory Remarks OPIS

Kent Cromwell, OPIS Principal

Presentation of Oak Park High School Diplomas

Jennifer Charrett, Counselor Julie Ross, Counselor Suzie Stasiefski, Counselor Janet Svoboda, Counselor

Presentation of Oak Park Independent School Diplomas

Kent Cromwell, Oak Park Independent School Principal Jeremy Rogers, Counselor

Concluding Remarks

Kevin Buchanan, Principal

Class of 2020 – Oak Park High School Candidates for Diploma Rithwik Mahaswin Adicherla M*; % Nanda Deep Agastyaraju Alyssa Deanne Raymundo Agdamag Dhruv Aggarwal S*; %; + Collin Michael Ahlers Cooper Emil Ahlers Kausthub Reddy Allu M*; % Emmon Amid Emma Marie Anderson C/H Felipe Genova de Andrade S* Antonio Santi Andraus Zacharia Sina Angha Saeed William Ansari Jackson Clay Apar Sharan Aravindh C* Nicole Dinah Ash Eyal Avital M

Madeleine Ann Barney-Gibbs C/D; + Samuel Kevin Barney-Gibbs M*; %; + Rohan Basireddy Lauren Elizabeth Lydia Battin C/H Caroline Rose Baumann S/HH; L Maya Andrea Bayewitch M/HH Declan James Beaty Kellen James Collier Beckett Kyle Daniel Bessey S*

Kylie Elizabeth Blandina Arianna Gist Bleau Bodia J. Borijin M*; L Emily Jaden Borzello Julia Nicole Broms M/H Jake Brown Jake Thomas Brumby S*; L Liam Brendan Buchanan Madison Marie Burgess Solei Reese Burgess S/HH Graesen Young Campbell C/HH Jonathan Carmeli Owen Garrett Castillo Aashna Cheedu Lauren Chen M/HH Megan Ashley Chen Yixuan Chen ZiHan Chen Kendall Jean Chock-Wong S*; %; + Khushi Choudhary M* Rashi Choudhary C* Brett Thomas Christensen C/D Reece M. Christensen M Eric Andrew Christine M/HH Oliver Edward Chung Malia Alayna Cohen S*; %; +

Disha Bhowmick C*

Yoav Cohen C/HH

Rhea Bhutada S*; %

Courtney Dawn-Marie Collins C/H

Aubrey Michele Billig C/D Brennen Patrick Billig C/HH Ori Moshe Bitton

Cole Michael Conley Gavin Eli Cornick M*; % Joseph John Patrick Coulter

S = Summa Cum Laude; M = Magna Cum Laude; C = Cum Laude * = With Highest Honors; HH = With High Honors; H = With Honors; D = With Distinction; % = CSF 100% Members (5/5 semesters) & L = CSF Life Member (4/5 semesters); + = National Honor Society

Class of 2020 – Oak Park High School Candidates for Diploma Athena Caterina Cruz-Albrecht M*; L Sean Christopher Cunin M*; L Luke Edward Dalton S*; L Dan Dan M*; %

Audrey Elizabeth Farnsworth C* Sarah Farooqui M/H Anosha Farrukh C*; L Luca Christopher Fernandez S*; %; +

Suhana Danee M/HH

Samuel Eugene Finkel

Sabrina Dargahi Vikshara Dave´ M/HH

Logan Jay Fisher Alyssa Deven Flamm C/H

Edward Erik Davydov

Emily Gabrielle Flaschner

Giuliano Donato De Fonte Weiss Annabella Mae De La Torre

Caitlin Jolie Flynn M/HH Mia Shea Foresti C/D

Sophia Estelle DeGiosa

Kaitlyn Amanda Foy C/D

Abigail Rose Dermott S*; %; + Griffen James de Varennes Riley Katharine de Varennes C/H Halle Beth Dickerson Kelly Shane Dobson C/H Sahith Doddipalli S*; % Jasmine Francine Dolatre-Riddle Taylor Alexandra Donaghey Lillian Dragu

Miles Amerigo Friedman C/H; + Shani Hanna Gal C/H James Carl Gaspar S*; % Srijan Gattem Ross Ethan Gelick Madeline Rose Gibson Alexandra Nicole Goldbeck S* Bryce Peter Green C/H Preston Martin Green C/D

Spencer Harmon Driggs M/HH Gillian Brooke Dryden

Tina Habibi M/D Hadia Hamza C*; %

Kathleen Hunter Dryden C/HH

Grace Hanley

Pifer Elizabeth Dryden M/H Julianne Kathryn Dunn S/HH; L Prerona Dutta M* Andrew Tyler Edelstein Eden Rose Eliahou C* Robert Marten Emrich M/H Ryan Finnely Engelhart Ari Falevitch

Blake Taylor Hanlon M/H Reed Nathaniel Harrington Jillian Sage Harvey Nicholas Andrew Harvey C/H Grace Noura Hassanieh C* Savannah Marie Hawkins C/HH Justin Cheng He S* Sierra Ashleigh Heimlich M/HH; %

S = Summa Cum Laude; M = Magna Cum Laude; C = Cum Laude * = With Highest Honors; HH = With High Honors; H = With Honors; D = With Distinction; % = CSF 100% Members (5/5 semesters) & L = CSF Life Member (4/5 semesters); + = National Honor Society

Class of 2020 – Oak Park High School Candidates for Diploma Mae Jean Heminger Emily Anne Hibma C/H Emma Jean Hill Jasmin Mizen Hobbs M/H Karl David Hoffmayer Charles Hogan II Michael Brian Holcomb S*

Daniel Saro Keledjian Matthew Alexander Kerr Lauren Marie Kessler S*; % Danielle Kfir Kiaan Khalilzadeh M/HH Kevin Kharazmi Austin Scott Killian

Kaitlin Ki-Sun Hong M*; %; +

Joey Junghoon Kim S*

Cherie Huang Leonie Sophie Humig S/H

Ilai Klibanov Ethan Francis Klopert

Bryce William Immke Connor James Ingalls Caleb Owen Iremonger Kayla Isaacs C/H Chaitanya Ivaturi C/HH Atmika Shreemathi Iyer M/HH

Alia Michelle Koe S*; % Kyle Kohanteb M* Lenny Korob C* Lance Aaron Kozma Cole Matthew Kramer M/D Nathan Issi Kriger

Arianna C. Jaffier M*

Gabriel Randall Krys

Naseabai Jahangard Esha Jain

Sophie Rose Kuchan M/H Rahul Chandran Lakshmanan C/HH

Connor Richard Jamison C/H Nikki Janani C/HH Matthew Ryan Jarecky C* Jonah Benjamin Joelson C* Aidan Richard John Madeline Maysia Johnson Megan Claire Johnson M/HH; + Lucas Samuel Joseph C/HH; L Akash Rao Juwadi M*; % Aksh Harish Kakkad Noa Kalmanovich M/D Grace Petra Kaluza C/H

Sai Bhargavi Lakshminarasimhan Ethan Thomas Land C/D Nathan Alexander Lansang Kaitlyn Lauren Lee S*; % Lillian Ivy Lerner S/HH; % Paige Sidney Lewis M/D Rachel Lin S*; %; + Ryan Christopher Linard S* Jack Michael Madden James Joseph Madden C Alexander Jay Wolf Magasinn C/HH Shayan Mahmood S*; %

S = Summa Cum Laude; M = Magna Cum Laude; C = Cum Laude * = With Highest Honors; HH = With High Honors; H = With Honors; D = With Distinction; % = CSF 100% Members (5/5 semesters) & L = CSF Life Member (4/5 semesters); + = National Honor Society

Class of 2020 – Oak Park High School Candidates for Diploma Kayla Rose Mahoney S/D Amit Maish M* Jack Lynn Rose Manoukian Julian Miguel Mares

Daniel Ali Nuban Donovan Connor O'Brien Eri A. Ogata M*; %; + Shannon Shea O'Grady C/HH; L

Milana Natasha Marsh S*; %

Odin Fridrik Olson M/D

Franco Matticoli M* Taylor Alexandra Mattivi

Kaylin May Olster M*; % Michael Benjamin Ortiz

Alexander Donovan McCrite Fiona Irene McDonnell Thomas Dennis Luke McGarry Ellie Ann McLoud Eric Lawrence Meadows Jennifer Emily Alice Rose Medrano Lucas James Melton Esteban D. Mendez Gianluca Enzo Miller

Ethan Denalu Padilla-Kastenberg M/HH

Sharon Praneethi Pagidipati M*; % Ashley Rachel Paras Sydney Michelle Parrone S* Arshia Ethan Parvaz Shrina Nishith Patel M*; % Aafreen Pattan M*; + Nikayla Theresa Pavlas C/H Alan Perez

Matthew Conor Mitchell M*

Louis Anthony Perini C/H

Ignacio Alberto Morales C/H Amanda Paige Morgenthal M/H; %

Ashley Marie Pernin M/H Noah R. Peterson

Matthew Jacob Mori

Amanda Leigh Pisarcik M/H

Mahika Nagarkar-Jain Alishey Haider Naqvi

Mason Barron Postmus Logan Blake Prince S*; %

Dylan Morgan Natcher

Sanjana Prudhvi

Annette Sara Nation

Rex Dean Purves

John-William Neville S/HH Jack Ryan Newman Phuong Lauren Quynh Nguyen C/D Sawyer Reid Nicoll M/H

Daniel Fredrick Rafeedie M/H Navneet Sai Rajagopal M*; % Lindsy J. Rapp Megan Rapp C/H

Matthew Aaron Niendorff

Amit Michael Ratoviz M/H

Annie Jane Nisnevich M*

Anish Venkat Ravilla S*; L

Sofia Josefina Nougues

Clayton Charles Reid

S = Summa Cum Laude; M = Magna Cum Laude; C = Cum Laude * = With Highest Honors; HH = With High Honors; H = With Honors; D = With Distinction; % = CSF 100% Members (5/5 semesters) & L = CSF Life Member (4/5 semesters); + = National Honor Society

Class of 2020 – Oak Park High School Candidates for Diploma Sarah Nicole Rich Lukas Cole Richards

Guy Shefi Charlize Bella Shields C/D

Makai Isaiah Richards Miles Cole Richards

Joshua Alexander Shneyder C/HH Emily Anne Simanek

Massimo Luca Ridino

Anna Sindalovsky S*

Hannah Hope Ritvo M/HH Jennifer Lourdes Rivera

John Clark Slajchert Cameron William Sloan

Keila Ai Roetman M/D; %

Tanner Michio Smailes

Sonia Nicole Romanova M* Adina Yael Rosenberg Lelu Evelyn Ruben Haviva Rose Rubenfeld Brandon James Sabey James Anthony Samples Vipul Varma Sangaraju M*; % Luka Sarac

Gianni Christopher Smith Taylor Rain Smith Rachel Michelle Snow M/D Rachel Ariana Spellman S/H; % Luke Jacob Spooner Aashika Srinivas C* Hannah Julia Sun L Daria Sysoeva S/HH

Sebastian Lewis Sawyer

Brianna Elizabeth Szabo C/HH

Beck Frederick Schlatter Brandon Michael Schmidt

David Felipe Tabares Isabelle Taylor Tamaddon S/H

Aidan Dare Schnurr Chloe Schraeder S/H Nicholas Ara Schultz Aidan F. Scott C/HH Sohum Seedhar C*; % Anushka Sengupta C*; % Juliette Ling Setudeh Nejad Matteo Shahar C/HH Rida Shaik S*; % Dylan Paige Shapiro S*; % Josephine Aya Sharpstone M/HH Jill Lauren Sheehan

Bryan Albert Tolentino Tamisen Mia Laine Tan Benjamin Noah Taneman Angelina Taylor S/H Callie Capri Taylor M/D Nathan Dean Keola Tennant C/H Weston J. Terrill Nikil Thalanki S*; % Erica Lynn Thompson C/H Kathleen Aranda Thorne C/D Kayla Linh Tran %; + Tyler Christian Trompetto M/HH; %

S = Summa Cum Laude; M = Magna Cum Laude; C = Cum Laude * = With Highest Honors; HH = With High Honors; H = With Honors; D = With Distinction; % = CSF 100% Members (5/5 semesters) & L = CSF Life Member (4/5 semesters); + = National Honor Society

Class of 2020 – Oak Park High School Candidates for Diploma Amanda Marie Trotter Kayleah Sz-En Tsai S*; %; + Isabella Amaya Turner Izabella Lee Vigo Jenna Kathleen Violano Sarah Michael Violano Marley Volk S/HH Reese McKenna Wallace M/H Adam Alexander Wdowiak Ashton Tyler White Kyle Matthew Wiederspahn Alexander Edward Wierenga Arav Wijesinghe M/HH; % Emma Lily Williams Julia Adrienne Winck S*; %; + Brooke Sianna Winowich Jack Hayden Winowich Alyssen Meagan Wong S/HH; + Hannah Grace Yakimisky Raz Yardeny M/HH Derek Charles Yerich Loren Paz Yona Koby Michael Yousem Brooke Mary Jo Yungfleisch Mahnoor Zafar Eric C. Zhang M* Kristyn Michelle Zhang S*; % Jack Lon-Un Zhao Yucheng Zhao C/H Maxim Zhulin S* S = Summa Cum Laude; M = Magna Cum Laude; C = Cum Laude * = With Highest Honors; HH = With High Honors; H = With Honors; D = With Distinction; % = CSF 100% Members (5/5 semesters) & L = CSF Life Member (4/5 semesters); + = National Honor Society

Class of 2020 – Oak Park Independent School Candidates for Diploma Jasmine Joy Alveran Chloe Michelle Andrew Theodore John Barnes Annabella E Bongiovi Sonia Nicole Bringas Tayler Danae Buck Shavanie Ananda Cheung Cree Cicchino Alexandra Spear Lortet Clarke Chiara Aurelia deBraconier D’Alphen

Kylee Alyssa Dominguez Benjamin C. Flores Jr. Emma C. Fuhrmann Deion John Guthmiller Starr Hague Skai Syed Jackson Katelynn Maria Kissler Elle Brianna Lazo Judah Sun Lewis Christopher C Lovell Alison Truong Ma

Jacob Douglas Melton Luke Edward Mullen Joshua Rush Nisenson Alesia Marie Orta Jenna Marie Ortega Lindsay Grace Ortega Nina Juliette Ortega Grace Lee Pekrul Parker D Queenan Sadie Rose Radinsky Lyla D. Rosen Sophia Marie Rothschild Benjamin Cole Royer Matthew Lewis Royer Nicholas H Sherin Shelby Rose Simmons Alina Y Tong Diego Jack Velazquez Garrett Walker Wareing Lauren Jacqueline Weeks Joshua Matthew Zone

Erik Amerikaner Victor Anderson Diane Benaszek Mike Best Sheri Boone Zachary Borquez Maryannick Bovard Kathy Bowman Deanne Bray Lisa Bregar Kevin Buchanan Dana Call Jenny Charrett Tim Chevalier Heidi Cissell Karen Cohen DJ Cook Todd Creason Shannon Curtis Rebecca Custodio Susanne D’Ascoli Scott Deck Michelle Di Camillo Christine Faille Debbie Field Rachel Fischback Arlene Fleishman Caitlin Fowler Paula Friedman Jerry Frizell Ian Fullmer Kim Galbreath Sarah Gallo David Garcia Zaloa Goiri Debbie Goodnough Yeganeh Gorji Kellie Gross Janki Groves Jackson Hall Rob Hall

OAK PARK HIGH SCHOOL STAFF Jennifer Hankins Brianne Hazlewood Lauren Heinrich Chris Henderson Francisco Henning Roland Herberg Sherry Hung Allan Hunt Sandy Iwanoff Tiffany Johnson Ken Jones Allison Kerr Martin Kilner David Kinberg Kathryn Klamecki Tess Kokiousis Tina Koonce Troy Labnow Jacquelyn Lac Cynthia Lavanchy Sheryl Lee Winnie Litten Cathy Lory Hannie Low Randy McLelland Anna Mendez Jason Meskis Chris Meyer Matt Micek Brittany Michael Robin Midiri Leslie Miller Roxana Mora Eleanor Moradi Adolfo Morales Tracey Myers Robin NiCastro Rachel Oakes Linda Oonk Richard Ortega

Doreen Oswaks Claudette Paralitici Doris Park Brenda Pasqua Aira Paul Tony Peluce Russ Peters Allan Prescott Aracelia Prieto Julie Prince Eric Pryor Edgar Ramirez Kim Randall Debbie Rauch Laila Robinson Kathie Rohlfs Julie Ross Kathy Schultheis Aaron Shaw Susan Shiney David Sloan Suzie Stasiefski Ann Strauch Sharon Stutz Janet Svoboda Heather Swanson Eric Tabor Michael Van Slooten Kimberly Villalpando Robert Violette Stephanie Walker-Sean Casey Webb Jared Weintraub Jan Willis Mike Winkler

THE EAGLE CODE Respect Treat others and their possessions, as you would wish to be treated, and care for yourself as well.

Trustworthiness Be someone others can count on to do what is right, even when no one is looking.

Responsibility Honor commitments and accept personal accountability for your actions.

Fairness Treat others as equals and give others an equal chance to voice their opinions.

Caring Show compassion, sensitivity, and tolerance toward others, and reach out to those who need support.

Citizenship Participate in your community, talk through problems to resolve issues, and encourage your peers to live up to high standards.

“Proud and Bold�

Proud and bold the Oak Park Eagles, Spirit soaring high . . . .

Black and gold our colors flowing Honor never die.

Oak Park, Oak Park, ever loyal, Trees of strength on green hills lie.

Let our love be everlasting . . . .

Onward, Eagles, fly!

Ilana Kern Class of 1984

Honors Designations S = Summa Cum Laude - meaning “with the highest praise” is the highest recognition awarded at graduation. To graduate summa cum laude, a student must achieve a 3.90 or higher grade point average on a 4.00 scale.

M = Magna Cum Laude – meaning “with great praise” is the second highest recognition awarded at graduation. To qualify for magna cum laude, a student must achieve a 3.70 – 3.89 grade point average on a 4.00 scale.

C = Cum Laude- meaning “with praise” is the third recognition awarded at graduation. To qualify for cum laude, a student must achieve a 3.50-3.69 grade point average on a 4.00 scale. * = With Highest Honors for 16+ semesters of Honors/AP courses HH = With High Honors for 11-15.5 semesters of Honors/AP courses H = With Honors for 6-10.5 semesters of Honors/AP courses D = With Distinction for .5-5.5 semesters of Honors/AP courses ~ Must have a minimum 3.5 unweighted GPA to qualify for any of the Honors levels. ~ Honors course semesters count as .5, and AP semesters count as 1 CSF – California Scholarship Federation fosters high standards of scholarship, service and citizenship: Life Members (L) have been members 4 out of 5 semesters 100% Members (%) have been members 5 out of 5 semesters NHS – National Honor Society (+) must have a 3.0 GPA and be involved in environmental, charity or volunteer work in the community.