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STRIPES OKINAWA 1MAY 28 − JUNE 10, 2020 A SALUTE TO THE CLASS OF 2020

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Kadena High School

Kubasaki High School

As we go our separate ways, we have to always remember who we are. When we go off on our own adventures and meet new people along the way, we

can’t lose ourselves by forgetting the morals we believe in.Marissa Corn

Student Council Executive PresidentKubasaki High School

MAY 28 − JUNE 10, 2020STRIPES OKINAWA 2 A SALUTE TO THE CLASS OF 2020

Alm, ChristopherAngkico, Colene Joyce

Arlan, RydanArmani, Sarah

Aviles, AlejandraBailey, Kylee

Barnes-Macatangay, AsiaBarrett, Saya

Bjorge, AndrewBlake, Ashliegh

Bonafilia, MeghanBowers, ConnerBowers, ParkerBoylan, Malena

Briggs, LexiBroussard, Daniel

Bullman, SamanthaCaldwell, OwenCallahan, Reina

Carey, JackCastro, Aaliyah

Catalano, ThomasChhim, KazaConwell, KenCorrado, EricCox, Casey

Dalrymple, KierraDavis, MakarahDearborn, BlakeDervil, ChristeeDillon, Phillip

Dombrowski, LisaElliott, Nathaniel

Emmer, LawrenceFoster, Isaac

Gaudu Miranda, AndresGiagiakos, Santino

Gold, KhailyGorman, Makiah

Goss, CeirraGrainger, AdelaideGreene, ThomasHarris, Jessica

Harris, KaiHarris, Ryan

Hartwell, DariusHeck, Julia

Hernandez, MatthewHigginson, Tristan

Holmes, EthanHuggins, TaviaHurtado, LukeIllastron, Joel

Irizarry, NalyssaJames, Andre

James, JaKaylaJammang, Shallyne

Jensen, JacobJolley, HannahJones, JordanKnopf, Robert

Kurz, SamanthaLandes, Zane

Leach, CarolineLee, Iyra

Lewis, Grover

Lewis, SpencerLong, Cody

Losongco, NekishaLoyola, Parker

Malinao, AdrianaMalinao, Makayla

Marquez, Mark JeanMartin, Hope

McCracken, YosukeMcLaughlin, Catherine

Meinhart, DallinMendez, AlfonsoMestres, CarlosMiller, Sophie

Milline, JasmineMiranda, DanielMoore, DylanMorales, RinMurphy, Sean

Negro, AngelicaNiska, Mekenzie

Obado, YumeOshiro, RobertOwen, Travis

Packnett, TakumaPark, ChristinaPatrick, KyraPayo, Anna

Policarpio, LandherPolite, JacquezPolk, Anthony

Quiroz Garcia, EmmaRamirez, Mariz Jhuelle

Ramsey, KentoRay, WilliamResko, Mia

Reynolds, CheyenneRice, Lydia

Richmond, AyumiRichmond, Brian

Rishton, Fiona-LouiseRivera, Juone Christian

Robbins, DaeonaRobles, Gabriela

Rooseboom-deVries, DariusRosario, Shanesse Tai’na

Ross, NoahRule, Hanna

Salmon, TradiceSalud, Lydia Renae

Sawyer, JoshuaSaxton, Tyra

Schaffer-Harris, ZahreenSchatzlein, Devyn

Schley, JosephScott, Crystal

Scrimpshire, AlexusShugars, DanielSimms, Aliciana

Simms, AtiriaSmith, LeVielSolis, DannySomera, Jiana

Sorenson, Phoenix-LynneStewart, TalithaStopani, Saari

Strawder, SofiaSuarez, Anthony

Taimanao, Semariah IsaTaylor, LoganThomas, AvaniTracy, LillianTrimble, Tyra

Trocchio, DanteTurner, Michael

Uhema Takagi, CindyVeeder, JacksonVilla, ZacharyVincent, SyrusVinyard, JustinWaite, RaynaWall, EmilyWatts, Jersey

Watts, MakaylaWeier, KealaniWillers, Scott

Williams, Ty’AsiahWillingham, GlenWise, AmethystWoodcock, Mai

Wrachford, SabrinaYoshioka, Keiko

You, SarahYoung, Haley

Zacarias, Zeidler

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Grover Lewis shows his enthusiasm

during his senior photo shoot.

Photo by Sabrina Wrachford

Ayumi Richmond shows off her

musically-themed outfit during fall

Spirit Week. Photo by Sabrina Wrachford

Josh Firlik and Gabriel Rosales enjoy their moment in the spotlight as they graduate early due to family PCS. Photo by Heather Mendoza

Makayla Watts, Avani Thomas, and JaKayla James

join their classmates in cheering during the

winter pep rally. Photo by Heather Mendoza

Senior Jack Carey and his parents (Mendy and Brig. Gen. Joel Carey) participate in Senior Night activities before

his final regular season game as a Kadena Panther. Photo by Lydia Rice

Homecoming King Rydan Arlan and Queen Crystal Scott celebrate during

the fall pep rally. Photo by Heather Mendoza

THANK YOU!

On behalf of Kadena High School’s Class of 2020, I would like to give my gratitude to many of the individuals and groups who have aided our class. I have had the pleasure

of leading the Kadena High School’s class of 2020 as their class president. I have attended Kadena for all four years of my high school career and have seen the change, inspiration, and hard work that has gone on at the school as well as the community. However, we would not be where we are today without the help of teachers and other adults who have helped us with this stage of our lives.

Mr. Kwiatek, our school principal, has been a tremendous help to our school, helping our student council receive the representation they needed, participating in many events throughout the school year, and keeping the students at Kadena on track and ready for their futures. Working alongside Mr. Kwiatek, there are many staff members and teachers who have helped our school. I would like to particularly thank the sponsors our class has had for Student Council our Junior and Senior year, Mrs. Faltz-Stanley, and Mr. Barker. Each of these educators have gone above and beyond to help our Junior and Senior class with everything they have needed.

Additionally, I would like to acknowledge KDAP and other working military personnel who have devoted so much of their time into keeping our school, community, and country safe. KDAP has done much for our high school: come to our aid when needed, helped us outside of school, and spoke to us in many briefings, assemblies, and ceremonies. For these tasks they have completed outside of their normal work day, we are extremely grateful. Other organizations have helped us throughout this school year including the Emery Lanes bowling alley, the 18th Wing and terminal personnel, and FSS who helped the seniors on our Senior Day.

Finally, there is much recognition to be given to our host nation who has kindly allowed us to enjoy this beautiful island. The kind people of Okinawa have shown us much hospitality and patience and have given us the ability to open our minds to new customs and a new culture. We are thankful for this opportunity to be overseas here in Okinawa, and we extend a heartfelt thanks to them and anyone not specifically mentioned, for so many have helped us along the way. There are many adults in the lives of us students who have reached out to help one way or another. There are not enough words to express our gratitude to all the adults that have inspired us. On behalf of Kadena High School’s Class of 2020, I want to simply say, “Thank You.”

Spencer LewisSenior Class President

Kadena High School


Kadena High School





Congratulations!

The Class of 2020 took the traditional class photo on the flight line in October. Photo by Taryn Kodlick

Colin Lundberg during the final home match of the season.

Jacee Hanon sings while playing the tambourine during Kubasaki’s Homecoming

dance with the band “Zest,” a group of students sponsored by music teacher

Mrs. Wootton.

Justice McCullough (left) and Jordan Bennett perform in last fall’s

production of “Selfie” by Bradley Hayward.

Melanie Varon Golden adds some extra pink to her life.

Senior Fiona-Louise Rishton smiles as she

and her mother (Lisa Rishton) are recognized

during Senior Night. Photo by Lydia Rice

Senior Tristan Higginson and his family celebrate on Senior Night for the boys

varsity basketball team. Photo by Rayna Waite

In an intense cross country race to the finish line, Dylan

Canlas looks back towards the competition.

Andres Gaudu Miranda shows off his bowling skills as the senior class enjoys an afternoon at Emery Lanes on Kadena. Photo by Heather Mendoza


Seniors cheer and show class spirit during the winter pep rally.

Photo by Heather Mendoza

Kadena High School


The Class of 2020 took the traditional class photo on the flight line in October. Photo by Taryn Kodlick

Seniors Isaac Foster and Nathaniel

Elliott show their school spirit on

Time Traveler Day during the fall

Spirit Week. Photo by Adriana Malinao

After taking their class photo, senior friends pose on the flight line with counselor Ms. Gail Wells. Photo by Heather Mendoza

National Honor Society officers Lydia Rice, Addie Grainger, and Joshua Sawyer help with the check-in process during the NHS sponsored College Application Workshop. Photo by Tina Kisela

LeViel Smith and Sofia Strawder take a photo next

to the F-15 on the flight line. Photo by Heather Mendoza

Haydn Peterson, right, and Lucas Kappen take one last moment together before taking the field.

Mark Podzon after a winning game.

Colin Lundberg during the final home match of the season.


Aguilar, MatthewBelew, Logan

Belmonte, ElenaBergstrom, KalebBroomes, Chante

Brown, MalikBurgos, Vinccent

Burrows, AngellinaCampbell, Emily

Canlas, DylanCarpenter, JamesCarralero, ArturoCastro, EnriqueChandler, LydeaCheeks, Ashley

Cloer, SarahCobb, JoshuaCorn, Marissa

Cummings, HannahDavis, Tina

Dawson, EmmaDelapena, Katherine

DuClos, KiraEdwards, Brenna

Esguerra, MekaylahEspinoza, Xochitl

Estacio, Rendell AndreEvans, Jamahl

Fababier, Vincent JudielFigueroa, Angelica

Flores, NikolasForbes, BrandiFoster, JalynFranks, Sara

Galarza Leon, LeahGalbraith, ColbyGallardo, Julian

Garlick, AlexandraGenevish, RachaelGenovese, Tatumn

Gieseck, AliciaGiles, Michael

Glover, BrooklynnGlover, George

Guo, YiyangHageter, Alexia

Hamil, RianHanon, Jacee

Harris, DamaurieHennigan, Makaela

Hunter, KenishaHunter-Jones, Madison

Inzunza, JuanJohnson, LukaKappen, LucasKerr, Audrey

Kilian, RacquelleKolano, Ryan

Koslowsky, PhilipKraus, Chloe

Layug, JanelleLewis, MaliaLiddic, Lori

Liedel, AndreaLong, AmeliaLoor, Alanys

Lovelace, ColbyLowe, Iyanna

Lundberg, ColinManuel, Arisa

McCullough, JusticeMcMahon, Mackenzie

McMillan, TiaMitchell, MeiaMoore, HanaMoore, Micah

Mulherin, NatalieMurray, Cameron

Nelson, ErikNichols, Sean

Oliver, CamorynPadilla, CelestePellish, ChavaPerez, Elijah

Peterson, HaydnPodzon, MarkPope, Clyde

Randall, Victoria

Reynolds, James

Robinson, Abigail

Rodriguez-Barrantes, Mateo

Ruffin, Alicia

Saavedra, Victor

Schoolfield, Abraham

Scott, Misha

Sepeda, Celeste

Smith, Emma

Smith, Kiyon

Swanson, Felicity

Taylor, Kaisei

Taylor, Mason

Um, Isabel

Varon Golden, Melanie

Vasquez, Jianna Johnelyn

Warren, Cecelia

Watters, Skye

Williams, Kiara

Williams, Urara





Congratulations!


Emma Dawson signs her Induction to the

International Thespian Society in Spring of 2019

at Kubasaki High School.

Left foreground, Emily Campbell as a freshman working backstage.

Andrea Liedel in yearbook class.

At 6’ 7” Colby Galbraith is Kubasaki’s tallest

Dragon! The yearbook class was frustrated

when he was in every picture! One frustrated

student said, “It’s like getting a picture of Paris

without the Eiffel Tower in it!” Here he is in

the JROTC Marine Corps Ball competing with

his company in the dance competition.

Isabel Um wears her prom dress in quarantine after finding out the Class of 2020 prom would be canceled due to COVID-19.

FED 2019 Awards Assembly.

Kubasaki High School students perform in the 2019 spring performance of “Mr. Lincoln’s Beard.”

Melanie Varon Golden takes a spin around the dance floor during the

Student Council/9th Grade sponsored Winter Formal: “Hollywood at

Night”.

ALWAYS A DRAGON

Leaving your family and home can be one of the most difficult challenges you can face. As someone who has been living in one place for 18 years, this becomes something I

have been excited yet fearing the most. My name is Marissa Corn and I am a senior at Kubasaki High School. Since the

beginning of my high school career I have always wanted to be involved with my school in any shape or form.With the many clubs and sports I joined one of the most important clubs I decided to join was student council and I have been a part of it ever since. Being able to be one of the voices of my class and to speak up for certain issues that my peers had, has been incredibly important throughout my high school career. With joining various clubs, it has helped me develop my social skills and create relationships with students and teachers in a way I could never forget.

Of course I never would have gotten to this point in my life if it wasn’t for the mentors that have helped shaped me to who I am today. School can be stressful sometimes, but the classes I remember always cheering me up are the ones that gave me a creative outlet. Seeing my choir teacher Erika Wootton smiling, dancing, singing and automatically lifting my mood up every day as I walk into the classroom or having Saleem Malik tell me and my best friend Brenna Edwards that our videos we had created were not even close to the theme that we had to follow but somehow captured the image that he had been looking for, has been one of the many highlights that I had been able to experience. My family has helped me in ways I cannot describe. They have all been with me through every failure and success. They taught me that no matter how many times I had thought that I could not achieve, that there was always a light at the end of the tunnel and that they would always be with me along the way.

Ever since I had stepped foot into high school, I thought of what every student had in mind. Graduation. The moment where we realize that we aren’t children anymore. Where we can’t hold our parents hand going to the doctors, where we can’t wonder what’s for dinner that night. The moment where we will miss walking through the hallways greeting our friends and teachers and where we meet up with our friends at our cars before school. The last moment where we realize that we are young adults going into the exciting, scary, and mysterious adventure called life.

As we go our separate ways, we have to always remember who we are. When we go off on our own adventures and meet new people along the way, we can’t lose ourselves by forgetting the morals we believe in. As Rascal Flatts’s song goes “My wish for you is that this life becomes all that you want it to. Your dreams stay big, your worries stay small and that you never need to carry more than you can hold.” Though we come from a small community of people, every single one of us has the potential to change the world. This class has gone through it all and there’s nothing that any one of us can’t handle. The new life that awaits us has no idea what is coming for them and as our popular saying goes, “Once a dragon, always a dragon.”

Marissa CornStudent Council Executive President


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