Prior Lake High School
Commencement
Class of 2020
Be humble. Be Hungry. And Always be the hardest worker in the room ⁓ Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
PRIOR LAKE HIGH SCHOOL
2020 COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM
PROCESSIONAL Pomp and Circumstance …………………….by Edward Elgar
– Keith Koehlmoos & Justin Schramm
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM ................................................................ PLHS National Anthem Team
-Rob Hahn & Randi Erlandson, Directors
STUDENT WELCOME ............................................................................................. Isabelle Boelter
Student Council President
SUPERINTENDENT’S WELCOME .......................................................................... Dr. Teri Staloch
Superintendent of Schools
RECOGNITION
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS……………………………………………………………………………….Dr. John Bezek
Principal
INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER ................................................................................ Dr. John Bezek
Principal
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS………………………………………………………………..Devmini Jayatilaka
Class of 2020
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS……………………………..Prior Lake-Savage Area School Board
The 2020 Student Council officers selected six staff members representing
Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools to read the names of this year’s graduates.
POSTLUDE Sine nomine…………………………………………by Ralph Vaughn Williams
Mr. Nick Ingles……………………………………… High School Teacher
Mr. Dan Beier …………………………………..... High School Teacher
Mrs. Mackenzie Madsen………………………. High School Teacher
Mr. Matt Tomlinson……………………………… High School Teacher
Mrs. Jenna O’Brien………………………………. High School Teacher
Mr. Andy Weis………………………………………. High School Teacher
STUDENT COUNCIL OFFICERS (Designated by Gold stoles)
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 719 SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS
ADMINISTRATION
Superintendent of Schools………………………………………………………………..Dr. Teri Staloch
Assistant Superintendent of Schools………………………………………………….Mr. Jeff Holmberg
Principal…………………………………………………………………………………………..Dr. John Bezek
Assistant Principal……………………………………………………………………………Ms. Heather Fitzloff
Assistant Principal …………………………………………………………………………..Mr. Joe Kuboushek
Assistant Principal……………………………………………………………………………Mr. Mark Paulsen
Assistant Principal……………………………………………………………………………Mr. Chad Thorp
Activities Director………………………………………………………………………………Mr. Russ Reetz
Asst. Activities Director………………………………………………………………………Mrs. Beth Fuller
Area Learning Center Coordinator…………………………………………………….. Mr. David Brown
MNCAPS Coordinator………………………………………………………………….........Mr. Erik Sill
Dean of Students………………………………………………………………………………Mr. Richard Cradit
Dean of Students………………………………………………………………………………Mrs. Glenna Stone
President………………………………………………………………………Isabelle Boelter
Vice President……………………………………………………………… Delaney Sage
Secretary…………………………………………………………………… Abby Grund
Treasurer…………………………………………………………………… Emma Kuboushek
Delegate………………………………………………………………… Parker Jelen
Parliamentarian……………………………………………………………Gracie Schnackenberg
Lee Shimek, Board Chair Stacey Ruelle, Vice Board Chair/Clerk Jonathan Drewes, Board Treasurer
Melissa Enger, Board Director Mary Frantz, Board Director
Michael Nelson, Board Director Enrique Velazquez, Board Director
High School Faculty
Kelsey Abbott
Carol Aikey
Timothy Allen
Alan Andersen
Divya Appel
Elizabeth Baer
Dan Beier
Joe Bollinger
Ronda Brostrom
Sarah Brower
Brad Bulver
Mike Carr
Carol Caritt
Emma Chapman
Cristal Chavez
Jay Clawson
Jared Daggit
Kailey Dahlberg
Linda Dankers
Mike Dean
Joseph Deutsch
Katie Devaney
Amrik Donkena
Abby Doyle
Jacob Drube
Kate Dunklee
Laurie Eischens
Margaret Ekrem
Jenna Engler
Neil Engler
Randi Erlandson
Natalie Espe
Denise Fagan
Meghan Fulton
Paula Gaffney
Chris Gaudette
Matt Gegenheimer
David Graham
Nicholas Grimme
Nathan Gutshall
Lisa Hager
Robert Hahn
Jill Hanson-Follingstad
Dana Hardy
Greg Hartman
Peter Hartman
Justin Haycraft
Matthew Helm
Sara Hemmesch
Erin Hester
Jana Hidalgo
Jeff Hoeg
Maureen Hoodecheck
Jon Ingalsbe
Nick Ingles
Jared Jacobs
Scot Jaenicke
Karina Janovsky Nelson
Candice Jenkins
Matthew Juncker
Erica Kabes
Barbara Kass
Ken Klamm
Kris Knutsen
Keith Koehlmoos
Tyler Koonce
Jean Kowalkoski
Andrew Kurkowski
Joseph Larsen
David Lawson Maria Lecceardone-Brown
Matthew Lehman
Amanda Lindell
Emily Lueck
Renee Lynum
Laura MacBlane
Mackenzie Madsen
Laura Mahlen
Kristi Malmgren
John Maresh
Brenda Martens
Andrew Martin
Kellie McCabe
Ben Meacham
Maren Meade-Anderson
Kirby Meiners
Janean Mestnik
Joe Mestnik
Elissa Meuwissen Kimberly Milne Kelly Nagle
Christine Nelson
Emily Nelson
Kiersten Nelson
Jenna O'Brien
Maggie O'Connor
Brian Olsen
Melissa Olson
Kelly O'Malley
Takuma Padilla
Mary Jo Pauly
Shelbie Pedretti
Brian Perry
Alyssa Pillaga
Julie Pokaski
Birgit Pope
Sophia Raffaelle
Anna Raway
Wendy Reiland
Doug Revsback
Hannah Ring
Blair Rummel
Lisa Rutt
Nicole Rydell
Katherine Sauer
Britney Scherber
Brian Schleisman
Justin Schramm
Alexius Serefeas
Amber Sevald
Michael Shebuski
Ellen Sherwin
Steve Showalter
Dan Sikowski
Paul Simonett
Simon Skluzacek
Sara Sommers
Corey Soukup
Kelly Stauff
Anna Steedman
Sam Steinberg
Jonathan Stokes
Sara strege
Cindy Sudlow
Carrie Super
Tiffany Tadych
Maren Thorstensen
Matt Tomlinson
Rojin Urrutia
Nancy VanHorne
Joel Volm
Kevin Wagner
Matt Wagner
Ryan Wagner
Jemma Wahl
Ethan Walker
Breana Wavrunek
Andrew Weis
Sharon Welter
Brent Whiteside
Phillip Worm
Victoria Wright
Jeff Yost
Michael Young
Mark Zangara
Erin Zimmer-Borger
Samuel Ablard
Valeria Acuna Acuna
Payton Adam
Samuel Ahlstrand
Abdifatah Ahmed
Allison Alessi
Muna Ali
Zahra Ali
Nicole Allan ●♦
William Allan●♦
Nathan Allbee●
John Altringer
Ashley Anderson
Kyle Anderson
Alexander Andriano-Allad
Hunter Anthony
Alexandra Anton Drumm
Fabricia Araujo De Farias
Joseph Arvidson
Olabisi Ashiru-Balogun
Shreya Ashok▲♦
Jonathan Asleson
Joshua Aspelin
Maria Atkinson
Nathan Bach◊
Brian Bachmeier
Corrigan Bailey
Dylan Bair
Anastasiya Balandina
Josie Baldzicki
Jackson Ballard
Ainsley Barker●
Maria Barnard
Logan Bartizal
Logan Bartusek
Reed Bartusek
Majid Batal
Payton Beasley
Cole Beck
Kaitlyn Becker●◊
Matthew Becker▲◊
Samantha Bedard
Jack Benedict●◊
Lily Benko
Nicholas Benson
Thomas Bentley
Jordyn Berg●
Kayla Berg●
Angela Bergseth●
Cassandra Bergseth
Ryley Bester
Gabrielle Betzold
Keagan Bigaouette
William Bittner
Isabelle Bixby
Toriana Blair
Lydia Blanchard
Charles Bloch
Alyssa Bloomer
Chase Bloomquist
Nathan Boehne
Isabelle Boelter●♦
Benjamin Bohnsack
Jack Bollinger
Ashley Boone
David Bornholdt●
Justin Braesch
Grace Brannen
John Brennan●
Trevor Brezen●
Richard Brimley
Megan Brisbois
Montrell Brooks
Taylor Brosious
Hannah Broughten
Heather Brown
Brayden Brudevold
George Bursott
Carter Busch▲♦
Justin Butkus
David Campbell
Austin Carlson
Hannah Carlson
Hunter Carlson
Maxwell Carlson
Anna Carpenter
Madeline Carrigan◊
Kelsie Caven
Jose Cazarez
Lydia Cedarberg
Kyle Celatka
Caesar Chakrathouk
Shawn Challenger
Jaden Chant●
Aviral Chauhan
Madison Chelmo
Nickelas Chem
Zoe Chmielewski
Lillian Church
Jaden Clark
Lydia Clauson
Mason Clemensen●
Andrew Cline♦
Logan Cloos
Zachary Contreras
Ryan Conway
Caitlin Cooper
Katie Copeland
Matthew Coyle
Kali Crandell
Anna Curtler▲♦
Eric Daas
Reece Dahl
Peyton Dahlquist
Samuel Daley
Andrew Daniels
Katarina Decaroli
Class of 2020 Graduates
Lily Dee
Daniel Deis●
Mason Dejoy
Anikka Deutschmann
Layton Devore
Maxwell Devos
Alexis Dicken
Gracie Diperna▲
Alanna Doepke
Jacob Doll
Edwin Dominguez Navarrete
David Doyen
Shane Draginis
Carter Drane
Ethan Drew
Macallister Drury
Marco Duarte Nava
Joseph Dueber
James Durnbaugh
Garrett Dwire
Queenster Dwumah
Sarah Dysthe▲
Matthew Ebhardt
Zachary Eduvas▲
Sophia Edwards●♦
Carter Effertz●
Liam Eklund-Wald
Brianna Elbon
Antonio Elderd
Parker Ellis
Gabriella Elster●
Maxwell Emerson
Henry Emmerich
Sam Emmerich
Stevee Enger
Elliot Erdahl
Troy Erickson
Braeden Ericsson
Bret Ernste
Kenna Eschenbach
Rachael Esse●
Acelind Evenstad
Joseph Farnstrom
Matthew Feraru▲♦
Chloe Field
Anna Fier
Bretton Fillipi
Colin Fjelsted
Taylor Flaata▲
Abigail Flanagan
Emily Fleck▲
Annika Flees●♦
Brennan Flynn Higby
Sena Fogt
Jay Follingstad
Sidney Ford
Emily Forst-Hilmerson
Trey Forst-Hilmerson
Jacob Foss
Nikolas Foster
Emanuel Franklin
Hannah Friendshuh
Ainsley Fuerst
Ryan Fuller●
Emma Gahlin
Ellen Gandrud▲♦
Sophia Gannon●
Dawson Garcia
James Garrity
Makenzie Garvin●
Joseph Gehlen◊
Dillon Gens
Victoria Gens
Sarah Gerdes
Leonard Geshick
Will Gilbert◊
Caleb Gilbertson
Samuel Gilbertson●
Tristan Gilpatric●
Chloe Ginkel●
Matthew Glassman
Nathalia Gonzalez
Odalys Gonzalez
Hannah Good▲
Austin Gordon◊
Kaden Graf
Fiona Gray
Stacy Grebenyuk
Lucas Greenfield
Anna Gromoff
Payton Groothius
Abby Grund●♦
Heidi Guetter▲♦
Sydney Guida◊
Connor Guillemette
Grant Gunderson
Aaliyah Guy
James Haas▲
Jace Hackett●♦
Travis Haedt
Blake Haferman◊
Joseph Hager
Shelby Hahn
William Haldane
Grady Hall
Benjamin Hallen
Jacob Hallen
Owen Hammerstrom◊
Blake Hammond●
Lexi Hanft-Anderson
Sarah Hansen
Jacob Hanson
Joshua Hanson
Zackari Hanssen
Grant Hatten▲♦
Jayme Haulton
Kathryn Heimel●♦
Class of 2020 Graduates
Jett Heinen
Keely Heinrich
Donovan Heng
Logan Hennen
Alison Hepner
Natalie Herber
Adaline Hiveley♦
Carly Hocum
Jonah Hoeg
Natalie Hoepner▲
Kaylyn Hoff
Gavin Holden
Allison Holter
Emily Hong
Raynell Hong
Peyton Hopkins
Kaylee Horejsi
Anna Hudak
Chase Hudak
Jordan Hughes
Dylan Huitt
Tan Huynh
Tyree Ihenacho
Martha Islas Arcega
Alexander Jacobson
Aaqil Jaffer
Ifrah Janaw
Devmini Jayatilaka●♦
Parker Jelen
Gabrielle Jensen♦◊
Cautia Johnson
Emily Johnson
Sydney Johnston
Andrea Jonas
Zachary Jones
Brenden Jore▲◊
Caroline Juhl
Mareike Junkhoff
Jesse Kadrlik
Paul Kaehler
Melanie Kambour
Jasmin Kanatkaly
Kylie Karsky♦
Grace Kashmark
Kristin Kay●◊
Cole Keiper●♦
Maxwell Keller
Nicolette Keller
Adriana Kelly
Beau Kennedy
Sierra Keoke
Kelly Kero▲
Rachel Kero◊
Austin Kielb
Kaiya Kielb-Young▲
Kalel Kincaid
Olivia King
Tyler Kingery
Keegan Kinsella
Kaiden Klausen
Nathan Kleven
Samuel Klinger
Tristan Knoeck
Madison Knutson
Madison Kobernick●
Madison Kolde
Grace Korkowski●♦
Ava Krekelberg
Kade Krohn
Zachary Krolak
Josie Kropp●♦
Evan Krueger
Emma Kuboushek▲♦
Adam Kuehn
Sydney Kuhl▲
Preethi Kumar●♦
Daniil Kurdyukov
Rebecca Kyllonen
Morgan Ladner
Josephine Laduke●
Lauren Lafavor
Taylor Lambright
Madison Lance▲
Cole Lancette
Anna Larson
Evan Larson
Jacob Larson
Nicholas Larson
Paige Larson
Kaylin Laubach
Grant Laughridge◊
Alissa Laurienzo●♦
Christina Leam
Jaykob Lebens
Mariana Lehrer♦
Jennifer Lein●♦◊
Baptiste Lemercier▲
Hannah Lennon
Alexandra Lesko
Lacey Letourneau
Chenxi Liang●◊
Elise Lilja
Preston Lindholm◊
John Lindsoe
Chloe Lindstrom
Grady Ling
Parker Long
Kaitlin Longerbone♦
Aaron Loun
Gretchen Lubeck
Joren Lund
Cole Lundquist
Isabel Lundquist▲♦
Olivia Lunn
Alexander Ly
Joslyn Machalek▲
Alexis Mack▲♦
Class of 2020 Graduates
Connor Mack
Lydia Maes♦
Andres Mahoney
Jenna Malenke-Marshall
Nasiba Mamatranova
Lauren Mandinec●
Caitlin Mansfield●
Braeden Martin
Anthony Martins
Dimitri Maskevich
Owen Mattila
Britney Maxfield
Megan Mccarthy
Austin Mccarty
Emilee Mccaw
Skylar Mcdonald
Madison Mcintosh
Lindsey Mckague
Rose Mckowen
Samuel Meelberg
Ashtyn Meidinger
Jacob Meixner
Aaron Mertz
Katelyn Merwin
Hannah Meyer●
Greta Michaelson
Sydney Mickett
Anna Miller
Conor Miller▲◊
Jeffrey Miller●◊
Megan Miller
Tanner Miller◊
Cody Mitchell
Olivia Moe
Fatuma Mohamed
Najmaa Mohamed
Kifaya Mohamud
Erica Moline
Reagan Montross
Adam Moorse●
Blane Mor
Melane Mor
Makayla Morrow
Montana Moryn
Vincent Mosher
Hallie Moss
Sakinah Muhammad
Matthew Munsterman
Colin Nauertz
Symone Naya
Brooke Neary
Alexander Nelson▲
Benjamin Nelson
Cara Nelson●♦
Elizabeth Nelson▲
Mary Nelson
Olivia Nelson
Sydney Nelson
Tayler Netzke
Alexander Nguyen●
Thien Phuc Nguyen●
Emily Nicholas●
Hunter Nieson▲♦
Lily O'Brien
Morgan O'Brien
Awale Obsiye
Kya Ochsendorf●
Zane Ochsendorf
Anna O'Connell●♦
Avery Odenthal
Alyssa Ohm
Olivia Oistad♦
Benjamin O'Konski●
Madison Olson
Morgan Olson
Niklas Olson▲
Riley Olson
Julia Ondracek●♦
Hosni Osman
Olivia Ostensen
Ezinne Osuji▲
Sydney Oxendale
Sydney Pahl▲♦◊
Claire Palmer
Jenna Palmer◊
Paige Pavlish●
Kapria Peden
Jaime Pedregon-Mendoza▲
Chloe Pedretti
Isaac Pelcastre
Kallista Pelton
Alexandria Peot
Savanna Perkins
Alex Petersen
Jenna Peterson♦
Lena Peterson
Nathan Pfeiffer
Hope Phan▲♦
Kade Pickett
Jodiss Pierre
Bryanne Pinkowski▲♦
Ryan Piper
Haidyn Pitsch
Jacob Plath
Jackson Pohl
Nina Polk
Derek Prochaska
Ava Ptak
Samuel Quaintance
Eric Quinn
Nathan Raddatz
Isabella Raichert
Zach Rakauskas
John Ransbottom
Bailey Rantala
Megan Rasmussen●♦
Dylan Redlegs
Class of 2020 Graduates
Jonah Reed▲
Grace Reedy
Michael Reinarz
Emma Reinert Nash
Emma Reinertson
Sara Remde
Kiya Reynolds
Jack Richards●◊
Travis Riddering
Rachel Ring●
David Robison●
Cade Roepke
Greta Rolfe
Kaitlyn Rossow
Heather Rothenberger●
Kieran Rowan●
Hailey Rudd
Hunter Rudd
Tyler Rueckert
William Ruge-Maage
Skyler Rush
Gabrieta Ryabchuk
Michael Ryazanov
Jacqueline Rynda●
Michael Safonov▲
Delaney Sage●◊
Aristides Saint-Hilaire
Erin Sanchez♦
Calvin Sandberg
Griffin Santer▲♦
Abagayle Scapple●♦
Piper Scepaniak●♦
Haley Schaefer●
Kyle Schaeffler
Ethan Schammel
Calyn Schanzenbach●
William Schatzlein●
Hope Schmaltz
Luke Schmid
Devin Schmitz
Gracie Schnackenberg◊
Cooper Schnackenberg
Ella Schnackenberg
Elizabeth Schonhoff
Dante Schroeder
Ryan Schuerkamp▲♦
Lilli Schulte
Harper Schultze
Mason Schwen●◊
Camille Scott
Brenden Seitz
Parker Shannon●◊
Trevor Shannon
David Shchegolev
Devin Shea
Ryan Shipley
Samuel Shopbell
John Shultz
Brian Shuman
Gabriella Siats
Imad Siddiqui▲♦
Annalise Silvers
Bounsue Simphoukham
Siraemorn Sirawattanakul
John Skahen
Andrew Skillestad●
Rachel Slates
Eli Smeby
Abigail Smith
Emma Smith
Justin Snider
Tatiana Solarz
Chet Somerson
Austin Somerville
Olivia Soukup●♦
Peyton Souvan
Nicholas Speltz
Allyssa Sperrazza
Hanna Sperrazza
Dezirae Spratt●♦
Cory St Martin
Mallory Stach●
Sophie Stark
Thomas Stathopoulos
Lauren Steffl
William Steigauf
Polina Stepanenko
Jacob Stich
Jack Stiele
Payton Stradiotto
Lauren Strobel
Andrew Strom
Alexander Stumpe
Reed Sullivan
Thomas Sullivan
Faith Sumpter
Samantha Swan
Anna Swanson
Danae Swedberg▲♦
Lucas Swedberg
Savannah Tanner●
Jacob Tarnowski
Ryan Taylor
Josette Tellin
Gavin Tersteeg●
Christopher Thacker
Nicholas Theis
Samuel Theisen
Skylar Thibos
Mia Thilges
Madelyn Thomas
Jacob Thorsfeldt
Bennett Thram
Allyson Tieman▲♦
Isabella Tighe
Courtlynn Timm
Emily Tiritilli
Class of 2020 Graduates
Andrew Tran
Lynh Tran▲
Quang Tran
Queenie Tran
Lanette Tree
Zoe Tressel●♦
Britney Tsasse
Madeline Tschida
Victoria Tupy
Colin Tushie●◊
Dante Urrutia●
Marco Valdivia
Catherine Vallez
Kevin Valverde Bustos
Madison Vance
Evanie Vang
Alejandra Vinjoy Lliso
Kevin Vo
Alyssa Volk
Autumn Wagner
Taynian Walgrave
Dorian Walker
Seleena Wallace
Jake Walter
Hudeyfe Warsame
Ann Wartnick
Savannah Washington
Gabriel Wasz
Kylie Weigel
Aidan Weightman-Bragg
Mckenzie Weimerskirch
Camden Weisz
Hadley Weydert
Blake Whaley
Justin White
Wyatt White
Julia Wieskus
Camille Will
Christiana Will
Jonathan Williams
Dayane Williams
Aiden Wills
Isabella Wold
Veronica Wolfe
Melissa Wyum◊
Charles Yagla
Salma Yassin
Samuel Yotter
Ashton Young
Megan Zang
Cole Zehnder
Jaxon Ziemkowski◊
Elizabeth Zimmerman
Izabella Zirbes
Jacob Zollar◊
Annika Zurn
Class of 2020 Graduates
Class Flower Marigold
Creativity + Success
Class Song Hey Look Ma, I Made It ⁓
Panic at the Disco
▲Distinguished Board Scholar
●Board Scholar
♦National Honor Society
◊National Business Society
Con