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Commencement Ceremonies — June 9, 2009, Safeco FieldALL PHOTOS BY ADAM ESCHBACH

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“Incredible resiliency — living on half of acampus, locker rooms in locker bays, sporting

events off campus, music, yoga, art, shop all inregular classrooms. Through it all they have not

only survived but prevailed. Their attitude hasbeen one of optimism and they have had

tremendous fun along the way.” — Principal Paula Phelps

“My key to maintaining a high level

of success was time management

and organization. Learning to suc-

cessfully balance academics, ex-

tracurricular activities, and sleep

was imperative!”

— Valedictorian Courtney Lester

“In order to maintain a high level of

success, I had to grudgingly accept that

sleep is overrated. More importantly

however, I am consistently thinking

how each individual task could affect

my future. This really fuels my drive to

ultimately succeed.”

— Valedictorian Taryn Ohashi

“My favorite memories of high school

are the dinners I had with my friends

after a hard day at school. Nothing

beats relaxing, reflecting, and relieving

stress with a close group of buddies.”

— Valedictorian Daniel Yang

Senior class officers President Courtney LesterVice President Katy AbelSecretary Dan GibbsTreasurer Jenna Tollefson

ValedictoriansCourtney Lester, Taryn Ohashi Daniel Yang

Distinguished graduates3.75 to 4.0 GPAKathryn AbelSamia AhmedCameron AlaviNathan BalkmanMolly BanksonNicholas BannonNicole BeckErica BertholdKyle BichichSarah BonebrightPeter BrookTerra BrownAlexander CartmellKelly ChandlerChanwei ChangSeung ChoiTara CohenEmily ComfortKyle CorbittEmily DavidEric DoLaura DongNicole GillettGrayson GillinJadeyn Glauser

Ariel HagenKyle HansenHaida IkedaStephen JacobsonKaren KimThomas KohoMaxwell KoldenTanika LaddMichelle LeeCourtney LesterVesal MahanianHeather MaurerEmily McCuenKristen MeachamHeather MorrisErin NicolKatherine NisbetTaryn OhashiDavid PrimroseMilica RadicAlexandra RawlingsElliot RockowLarry Schneider Jr.Kayla SchwisowKimberly SekijimaAlexander SeverinAnn-Marie SticklerRyan TiernanDeven TokunoJenna TollefsonElaine TranPeter TsengJade Van WieringenJessica VekslerAlexander WhanMichael WooJason YakabuDaniel YangJordan Yip

Studentspeaker

AustinO’Neil

addresseshis

classmates.

Above, KevinBaker rises outof his chair insupport of afellow class-mate. At left,walking downthe warningtrack at SafecoField, twoIssaquah sen-iors salute thecrowd.

Kayla Schwisow receives a teddy bear from her mom Ronda.

Sean Stuby hugs Assistant Principal Julie Bamba after receivinghis diploma.

Above, Ryan Mix gives Jordan Koppel a hug after graduation. At right, StephanSukhabut lends his cap to his little sister Sydney outside Safeco Field after graduation.

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�“In my mind, the key to success is

simply determination. While at timesthe ever-increasing mountain of re-sponsibility and information thrust

upon high-school students may seeminsurmountable, perseverance is themeans to make it through. Through-

out my academic career, this premisehas helped me both inside and out-

side the classroom.”— Valedictorian Blake Johnston

“My favorite memory from highschool is the Spanish class trip wetook to Peru. We spent nine daystraveling around to Lima, Cusco,

and the rainforest where we sleptin open air cabins and fell asleepeach night listening to parrots.”

— President Roxanne HilbyLIB

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ValedictorianBlake Johnston

SalutatorianLisa Christensen

Distinguished graduates3.75 to 3.99 GPAAllison AgnewAmanda BardAlexander BellArthur BennettAndrew BoesLeah BowenShannon Casey

Lisa ChristensenBetsy CollinsNgoc-Khuyen DoNathan EggeGregory EricksenGregory GauthierSarah GoodmanThomas HaffnerRoxanne HilbyZachary IshimitsuChristopher KauliaBrendan KohrnKrista LockhartKendall MartinCarla MokinKirsten PetersenRebecca QueitzschPedram ShokriKaylen StixAaron StusserCory VolkAshley WartenaLeslie WestRachel Zimmerman

“I have always been impressed by their sense ofuniqueness and creativity. This shows in classes,

halls, on the field, during performances, art ex-hibits, etc. They demonstrate a genuine sense of

being different and I hope they carry that traitforward into the future.” — Principal Mike Deletis

Christine Carlson and Amanda Moody enjoy themselves before steppingout on the field for graduation.

Above, Christine Carlson sport-ing a different kind of shades

with Daniel Wekell hoveringbehind.

At right, Krystle Carlson withdiploma in hand steps down

from the stage.

Zachary Ishimitsu raises his arms in excitement as he receiveshis diploma.

Liberty High School senior Michele Kliemann sings thenational anthem.

Cory Volk plays the keyboard to the song “Still Fighting On” by Ben Folds.

Exhilarated, excited and pumped are a few words to describe the emotions Liberty HighSchool seniors were feeling.

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actions, of your statements, of your citizen-ship, of your character. According to Donny

Christensen, you should ‘be like the stoneskipping over clear water. You don’t knowhow many skips you’re going to get or forhow long. What’s important is how manyripples you make and how they affect theones around you.’ You have all the power

you need to impact your world. I know thatyour ripples will be felt far and wide.”

— Principal Lisa Hechtman

“My mom’s faith in me helped meface the endless homework and stay

awake through all-nighters, myfriends helped me laugh and forget

my stress, and my mindset of findingat least one good thing in every task

makes them seem less tedious.”— Valedictorian Frances Hsu

“Skyline has given me a rigorousworkload that has taught me how tobalance my time and I have learned

to prioritize school with otherextracurricular activities.”

— ASB President Emily Hutchings

Senior class officers President Katherine LondgrenVice President Kimberly LammersSecretary Lauren HatfieldTreasurer Marissa Ching

ValedictorianFrances Hsu

Salutatorian Claire Ma

Distinguished graduates3.75 and aboveLisa AbeEmily AlexanderZachary AltchechAdrienne Antonsen Stuart ArdissonoAnthony BeattieAllison BeckRachel Beck Garrett BlackHannah BradyLaura BullPreston BurkGreggory BuschKe’ala CabulaganLarson CaldwellWilliam ChandlerZhiyuan ChenHeather ChesnutMarissa ChingEmily ChuChristopher ClarkKevin Clark Paige Collins Jacob ColterRyan Concannon McKenna CorlisWilliam CottrellStephan DaghoferCara DavisWilliam Doerrfeld

William Dow Jordan FairesRogers Feng Bradley FreemanJameson GardnerRyan GilchristKatrina GoChelsea GuenetteKelsey HaasDaryl HansenAlex HansonAudrey Harker Lauren HatfieldMorganne HatfieldEmma Hawkins Honor Hawkins Christopher HelgesonChia Yang HuEmily Humphrey-KrigbaumEmily HutchingsAlyssa JacksonLily JiangChristian JuenkeVivian KalumbiColin Kamien Priya KapoorConnie KimLindsey KimJessica KleinWilliam KnechtHolly KnowlesJenna Kovalsky Kimberly LammersJeffrey Lestz Jack Li Lauren Lieu Soojung LimLuming LinNicolos LobbAaron Robert LumpeClaudia Ma Elise McAllisterMackenzie MillerKristina Morozova Yuxuan Mu

Quinn NakanoHaley NearyRebecca NevinMonica NgAlexander NingTyler NinomuraAndrea NishiHeather NunanLeslie Peng Michelle PerryAlexandra PetroffSamuel PitaskyLaura PittAdrian RemboldSarah RizkallaKristen RobinsonBrittany SchlaegelBrian Schwartz

Emily SeubertJacob ShannonYuguang She Radu SmintinaLeah SpokoinyAnne SpungLauren SullivanKelsey TempelKari ThompsonAlexa ThorsrudLucy TuohyPiper TuohyJacqueline UomotoVictoria WagnerAnna WaldrenKelly WestMadison WilsonSean Wilson

Above, just graduated seniors smile for pictures. Below, Britt Edlund walks up to accept her diploma.

Valedictorian Frances Chia Yu Hsu gives a speech to her class.

William Doerrfeld accepts his diploma.

Katherine Johnson gives her mother Eleanor a hug after graduation.

Commence-mentSpeakerIsabelaComerfordgives a rous-ing speech.

Sam Pitasky thrusts his fists into the air as he makeshis way off the field.