By Brian DalBalcon
Fifty-four students who are residents of Sammamish graduated as part of Eastside Catholic High School’s class of 2015. The residents are, top row, left to right: Jiaqi Liu, Bradley Barrett, Marek Kossik, Griffin Crow, Joseph Meehan, Reed Holland, Alexander Wright, Brandon Graue, Chase Crittenden, Sean Fearon, Brennan Ober and Andres Rincon; second row from the top, left to right: Austin Moss, Kollin Malsam, Grant Sampson, Brooks Meadowcroft, Andrew Padilla, Matthew Siegel, Daniel Venkitachalam, Theodore Braun, Matisse Thybulle, Ryan Mazure-Schmidt and Dino De Raad; third row from the top, left to right: Ji Youn Kim, Jacob Steward Steele, William Dimlow, Alec Baer, Arend Broekmate, Daniel Carlton, Ian Dorney, Zachary Steffens, Matthew Iwicki, Myles Lewis, Michelle Taam and Madeline Murry; second row from bottom, left to right: Valerie Vachris, McKenna Boit, Kayla Powlesland, Audrey Menz, Julianne Symmons, Stephanie Wolff, Gabrielle Russell, Zofia Toth, Kelsey Lobisser, Yao Xiao, Carson Brown and Tori Tlachac; and bottom row, left to right: Sarah Ford, Sally Carroll, Tristana Leist, Madeline Mechelsen, Morgan Mackenzie, Megan Bastian, Anna Rose Schutt, Robyn Breynaert, Lauren Shigley, Bianco Scharkowski, Tinuola Dada and Lujia Zhang. Not pictured are Nathan Hansberry and Preston Ewart.
The graduation ceremony was held June 8 at Benaroya Hall in Seattle. A Baccalaureate Mass was held June 5 at Mary, Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Sammamish.
It was the 33rd graduating class for Eastside Catholic, with 171 students participating in the ceremony. Ninety-eight percent of graduates will attend 72 colleges in the fall, and 142 seniors will graduate with honors.