JOHN BURROUGHS HIGH SCHOOL:

Student Jennifer Alvarenga, 17, woke up feeling sad Thursday morning because in a few short hours she would be leaving behind four years’ worth of memories at John Burroughs High School.

“I just wanted to cry,” said Alvarenga, who plans to start classes at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising this summer. “I am going to miss the security of high school because now I have to face the reality of going to college and getting a job.”

“It all feels surreal,” said fellow graduate Autumn Levandoski, 17. “It hasn’t hit me yet. It feels like I am going to come back to school soon, but I am not.”

Alvarenga and Levandoski were among 590 students that colored Memorial Stadium in red caps and gowns at the school’s graduation ceremony. Students hugged and cheered in celebration of getting one step closer to their future careers.

“I’m pumped to the max,” Jonathan Bohn, 18, said. Bohn plans to work at the Boys and Girls Club in Burbank this summer and eventually enroll at the California School of Culinary Arts in Pasadena.

Bohn and the entire graduating class wore green ribbons pinned to the top of their gowns in honor of Tania Hurd, the school’s culinary arts teacher. Hurd was killed in a helicopter crash on Catalina Island during Memorial Day weekend. The school band and choir also performed “Unforgettable,” a song originally performed by Nat King Cole that was very special to Hurd, Principal Emilio Urioste said.

“She was such an inspiration to me,” Bohn said. “She will be greatly missed.”

Urioste said this year’s class was full of students who are very dedicated to the community.

“We have a requirement at the school that students perform 10 hours of outside volunteer work to graduate,” he said. “This year, we had several students that performed 100 hours or more.”

The school’s bleachers were filled with teary parents who watched as their children prepared to move on to college or the work place.

“I am sad because she is grown up and had become a young lady. She isn’t my baby girl anymore,” said parent Kelle Slater. Her daughter Karissa Lagmay, who participated in the Junior Olympics last year with the San Gabriel Volleyball League, plans to attend Cal Poly Pomona, where she will continue her sports career.

“I substituted for this graduating class when they were freshmen,” French and Spanish teacher James DeKay said. DeKay moved from New York to take a full-time job at the school. “They were so nice that it inspired me to take a job here.”

Robert Bauer, the school’s salutatorian, imparted some wisdom to his classmates as the sun set.

“Soon we will all be going on separate ways, it is the end of one path and the beginning of another,” he said. “We should remember what we have enjoyed in our high school years each of you has unique talents, and you should use them as your guides for the rest of your life.”

CLASS OF 2008

Abegg, Caleb

Aboyte, Johnny

Abrahamian, Daniel

Acevedo, Alejandro

Acosta, Roberto

Agazaryan, Arpi

Aguayo, Juliana

Aguilar, Genesis

Aguirre, Lisseth

Alarcon, Bruce

Albrecht, Emily

Aleksanian, Khristina

Alexander, Thomas

Alfaro, Liliana

Alfaro, Sadrac

Algiers, Peter

Ali, Aziz

Alley, Bryce

Alley, Katherine

Alonzo, Luis

Alpizar, Jonathan

Alvarado, Angelica

Alvarenga, Jennifer

Alvarez, Jose

Alvord, Shane

Amaya, Crystal

An, Andrew

Anderson, Brandon

Apacible, Lyndon

Aquino, Chris Lawrence

Aragon, Joseph

Arbogast, Michelle

Archibeque, Justine

Arellano, Carl

Arellano, Nicolas

Argoti, Diego

Argueta, Adriana

Arias, Karen

Arias, Victor

Arredondo, Michelle

Asti, Laura

Avedisian, Vahe

Avetisyan, Anna

Aviles, Bertha

Babooie, Lara

Baez, Auralila

Baitman, Sydney

Balderas, Jonathan

Balfour, Montana

Balmori, Derrick Sean

Barcenas, Alejandro

Barrett, Charles

Barretto, Julian

Barrios, Gerardo

Barton, Taylor

Bastos, Nicole

Bauer, Robert

Bautista, Ashley

Beas, Alexander

Becker, Kaena

Beckwith, Jacob

Bedard, Devin

Beeman, Anne

Bejasa, Rizza Aurica

Bell, Benjamin

Bell, Matthew

Belle, Jessica

Beltran, Marina

Benavides, Paul

Berridge, Matthew

Bickelmann, Jordan

Bodtcher, Alice

Bogle, Kenneth

Bogle, Timothy

Bohn, Jonathan

Bondoc, Rafael

Boyamyan, Hakop

Boyd, Sean

Brain, Jaclyn

Brandon Barbello HG

Breakspear, Anthony

Brink, Hannah

Britton, Augustus

Brooks, Kelsi

Brown, Kevin

Bu, Calvin

Budrick, Kyle

Bui, Jenny

Bunduchi, Arthur

Burton, Bryce

Butler, Adrian

Cade, Emma

Cadenas, Debora

Calderon, Daniel

Calvillo, Juan

Cam, Laurence

Camacho, Courtney

Canales, Julio-Cesar

Caravantes-Popp, Maia

Cardenes, Cassandra

Carlos, Rodolfo

Carmona, Juan

Caro, Abraham

Carothers, Nicole

Carrillo, Hector

Casillas, Brianna

Casillas, Ricardo

Castillo, Cindy

Castillo, Selene

Castillo, Sesalli

Castro, Celeste

Castro, Oscar

Caughran, Chelsea

Cera, Nicholle

Cerda, Vicente

Ceron, Wendy

Cervantes, Aylin

Chang, Connie

Chang, Royce

Chaparian, Linda

Chavez, Bryan

Chayaprasert, Chananut

Chester-Bradford, Kevin

Chiang, Sean

Chotinanon, Pauline

Christensen, Brianna

Chu, Samuel

Chukuryan, Grigor

Chung, Jay

Ciamacco, Dylan

Ciccariello, James

Cid, Lizbeth

Clayton, Lavonte

Cohen, Jacy

Collard, Amanda

Collins, Malcolm

Colon, Cassandra

Conklin, Marc

Conroy, Riley

Cook, Anthony

Corio, Cody

Corona, Julio

Corona-Rivera, Daniel

Coussa, Marie Ann

Cox, Kelsey

Cross, Samantha

Cruz, Angelica

Cruz, Conrad

Cuellar, Jacqueline

Cueto, Brittney

Cuevas, Gabriela

Curran, Brittany

Cwik, Caitlyn

Dahlen, Justine

Dalla Dea Worthy, Maya

Damiani, Robbie

Dao, Jenny

Dario, Marie

Davis, Bradley

Day, Richard

De Felicis, Tyson

De Guzman, Francis

De La Loza, Andrew

De La Pena, Julio

De Leon, Aldo

De Los Santos, Julissa

De Mesa, Valerie

De Vall, Scott

Defaz, Catherine

Del Carmen, Martin Albert

Dennis, Ethan

Desjardins, Samantha

Dexter, Christopher

Di Piazza, Courtnie

Diaz, Trisha

DiNapoli, Madison

Diolosa, Shiela

Djigardjian, Pertchoui

Dombroski, Steven

Don, Kevin

Dontanville, Chase

Doto, Anthony

Duenas, Leopoldo

Duncan, Robert

Dunivant, Sydney

Dunn, Corey

Dunn, Jim

Dunn, Jonathan

Dunn, Kent

Duron Jr, Arturo

Ekmekchyan, Aghavni

Emile, Shana

Encinas, Cassandra

Epperson, Kourtnee

Escalera, Jose

Escobar, Stephanie

Estrada, Cristina

Eyo, Veronica

Fechter, Heaven

Felix Jr, Victor

Felix, Ivan

Fernandez, Michael

Fernandez, Shiloh

Figatner, Jordan

Figueroa, Cynthia

Figueroa, Timothy

Flores, Bryant

Flores, Elizabeth

Flores, Jessica

Flynn, Brittany

Flynn, Trisha

Folk, Richard

Forbush, John

Fragoso, Christopher

Francisco, Kenneth

Frates, Brandon

Fruchey, Rick

Fuentez, Ashley

Gafafyan, David

Gallegos, Jesse

Gama, Dierdre

Gamero, Cassondra

Gandara, Brian

Garcia, Crystal

Garcia, Eduardo

Garcia, Erik

Garcia, Fiorella

Garcia, Genaro

Garcia, Jessica

Garcia, Michael

Garcia, Nicolas

Garden, Courtney

Gardner, Nicole

Gemser, Kevin

Gencon, Michael

George, Lauren

Giddens, Robert

Godales, April

Goldsack, Katherine

Gomez, Gustav

Gomez-Perez, Stephanie

Gonzales, Matthew

Gonzalez, Brigette

Gonzalez, Christian

Gonzalez, Crystina

Gorden-Hogue, Shane

Gori, Tyler

Grant Jr, Anthony

Green, Lianna

Green, Meaghan

Griffin, Maxwell

Grigoleit, Sara

Groeper, Nicholas

Grossman, Amanda

Grossman, Diana

Guerra, Ariadna

Guerrero, Martha

Guillen, Brian

Guillen, Rafael

Gunn, Jasmine

Gurley, Kayla

Gutierrez, Armando

Gutierrez, John

Gutierrez, Veronica

Habibullah, Annabelle

Habibullah, Jamila

Halebian, Roxan

Hamilton, Cale

Hanna, Elizabeth

Harb, Mirna

Harges, Joseph

Hausfeld, Jacqueline

Hawkins, Mya

Hazard, Brett

Heinerich, Claire

Henze, Christian

Hernandez, Bianca

Hernandez, Esteban

Hernandez, Stephanie

Hernandez, Willy

Hodgins, Kerry

Holbert, Katherine

Holgate, Austin

Holland III, Eugene

Hosie, Chelsea

Howard, Corey

Huesca, Joselyn

Huezo, Jose

Hutchinson, Shelby

Innocent, Leatrice

Irinco, Melanie

Isaacs, Heather

Issa, Ramsey

Jackson, Caitlin

Jacobson, Taylor

Jadraque, Joy Ann

Jaeger, Tara

Jafari, Roxanne

Jensen, Lindsay

Joe, Andrew

Juarez, Jorge

Jurado-Salazar, Jose

Kajikian, Ripsime

Kajikian, Ripsime

Kaner, Benjamin

Karchikyan, Andranik

Kashlian, Arthur

Kelly, Ryan

Kemp, Derrick

Kent, Christina

Kerrigan, Kody

Kersey, Amanda

Kim, Dong

Kimery, Hugh

Kingman, Lewis Curtis

Knutson, Jonathan

Koffski, Alexandra

Kormandel, David

Krueger, Rebecca

Kwon, Ohbin

Kyriacou, Christianna

La Croix, Marcus

La Fortune, Crimson-Jayde

La France, Daniel

Lagmay, Karissa

Lane, Zachary

Lanza, Omar

Lara, Andrew

Larin, Matthew

Law, Adriana

Le Duc, Ryleigh

Lebrun, Joanna

Lee, Henry

Lee, Samuel

Lenze, Nicolas

Leon, Diana

Levandoski, Autumn

Levenstein, Max

Levin, Samuel

Levitt, Danielle

Levy, Alexandra

Leyva, Isaac

Lind, Alexandria

Liong, Elissa

List, Alexandra

Lobos, Andrew

Lombari, Lauren

Longtain, Jonathan

Loock, Noah

Looft, Candace

Lopez, Aaron

Lopez, Carlos

Lopez, Chellsi

Lopez, Frank

Lopez, Samantha

Loporchio, Jamie

Lourenco, Alexis

Lucas, Wade

Lugo-Robles, Maricela

Luka, Viktor

Luong, Theresa

Luu, Amy

Luz, Jose

Machhour, Shirley

Magdaleno, Sandra

Maldonado, Lea

Maldonado, Leann

Maney, Noah

Mann, Rajkamal

Manning, Jessica

Manukyan, Hripsime

Marbach, Joshua

Marcellino, Kathleen

Mark, Megan

Markaryan, Erine

Martinez, Luis

Martinez, Sadee

Mayorga, Lenny

Meadows, Lucas

Mechoso, Carlos

Medina, Daniela

Melendez, Dwayne

Mendez, Michael

Mendoza, Jason

Mendoza, Juan

Mesa, Alexis

Meza, Jacob

Mikhail, Marian

Miller, Bryan

Miller, Jacqueline

Miller, Michael

Mills, Scott

Mockary, Peter

Mogadam, Bobak

Molin, Nicole

Molina, Elizabeth

Monge, Daniel

Monzon, Jason

Moon, Esther

Morales, Alan

Morales, Alberto

Morales, Lauren

Moro, Ashleigh

Movsisian, Kristine

Munoz, Jese

Murlowski, Catherine

Murlowski, Jaime

Murphy, Julianne

Murphy, Shane

Nguyen, Ashley

Nguyen-Pham, Karen

Nichols, Natalie

Nissing, Jonathan

Nunez, Diego

Obaidee, Sarah

Obukhova, Tetyana

Odle, Michael

Oganesyan, Grigor

Oliva, Emanuel

Mayorga, Lenny

Meadows, Lucas

Mechoso, Carlos

Medina, Daniela

Melendez, Dwayne

Mendez, Michael

Mendoza, Jason

Mendoza, Juan

Mesa, Alexis

Meza, Jacob

Mikhail, Marian

Miller, Bryan

Miller, Jacqueline

Miller, Michael

Mills, Scott

Mockary, Peter

Mogadam, Bobak

Molin, Nicole

Molina, Elizabeth

Monge, Daniel

Monzon, Jason

Moon, Esther

Morales, Alan

Morales, Alberto

Morales, Lauren

Moro, Ashleigh

Movsisian, Kristine

Munoz, Jese

Murlowski, Catherine

Murlowski, Jaime

Murphy, Julianne

Murphy, Shane

Nguyen, Ashley

Nguyen-Pham, Karen

Nichols, Natalie

Nissing, Jonathan

Nunez, Diego

Obaidee, Sarah

Obukhova, Tetyana

Odle, Michael

Oganesyan, Grigor

Oliva, Emanuel

Reyes, Alejandra

Reyes, Gina

Reyes, MaAnnaMichelle

Reyes, Robert Francis

Reyes, Roselle Marie

Reyes, Summer

Rhoads, Ryan

Rincon, Elizabeth

Rincon, Monique

Robert Farmer HG

Robinson, Chloe

Rodd, Dominick

Rodgers, Melanie

Rodriguez, Isaac

Rodriguez, Kathryn

Rodriguez, Virginia

Rohrs, Hailey

Rolph, Wendy

Rosales, Kristina

Ross, Alexandra

Rowland, Garret

Rude, Brandon

Rumore, Tara

Sadowitz, Amanda

Safian, Anthony

Salgado, Oscar

Salisbury, Kyle

Salmen, Nicole

Sanches, Marissa

Sanchez, Rebecca

Sandu, Alexandru

SantaCruz, Giovani

Santos, Sergio

Santoyo, Erica

Sao, Tatiana

Sarkisian, Maria

Scarlata, Michael

Schneider, Alexandra

Semerjian, Sarkis

Senate, Joseph

Senter, Dashiell

Shaffer, Madeline

Shamunee, Steve

Shapiro, Natalie

Sharpe, Cory

Shaw, Andrew

Shaw, Angelina

Shepherd, Jennifer

Sherwood, Ben

Shirwani, Lorin

Sigston, Anthony

Silva, Ryan

Singhanate, Michael

Smith, Christopher

Solis, Andrea

Specht, Andrew

Spore, Melanie

St Hubert, Marjorie

Steffey, Lauren

Stinton, Joshua

Stone, Amanda

Summa, Shaun

Suros, Chad

Swystun, Landon

Syverud, Myles

Tadevosyan, Rafael

Taken, Sara

Talledo, Lissette

Talley, Dean

Tamimi, Jenna

Taraldsen, Justin

Taratchila, Cristina

Tashjian, Jennifer

Taylor, Matthew

Thomas, Jordan

Thorpe, Amanda

Tiongson, Dennis

Tirado, Francisco

Tirado, Joseph

Tirado-Gomez, Erika

Tom, Kevin

Toplitzky, Alexandra

Torrejon, Charles

Torres, Alejandra

Torres, Matthew

Torres, Sahara

Torrico, Maria

Tostado, Dillon

Tostado, Fernando

Toubia, Nicole

Tovar, Jaime

Towell, Noah

Trujillo, Mina

Tschetter, Anna

Tsyganovskiy, Eugene

Turner, Azja

Udom, Eddie

Urteaga, Alexis

Valdivia-Minsal, Frankee

Valladares, Amanda

Valldejuli, Elizabeth

Vallejos, Anna

Vargas, Michael

Vasquez, Sergio

Vazquez, Stephanie

Vega, Maritza

Velandria, Justine Feliz

Velasquez, Noelani

Venezia, Elizabeth

Verapornpongkul, Witt

Vergara, Candace

Vergara, Leah

Villa, Joseph

Villasenor Chaides, Melissa

Vincenty, Adriana

Vindell, David

Waddell, Jonathan

Wages, Jade

Walser, Jessica

Way, Amanda

Wendlandt, Jessica

Western, Chase

Western, Lindsey

White, Whitney

Whitfield, Deanna

Williams, Cameron

Wongproundmas, Veeravat

Wongsasitorn, Jinjuta

Wright, Jasmine

Wright, Ryan

Ybarra, Jessica

Yeremian, Gasia

Yeretzian, Rebecca

Zapata, Cristina

Zartner, Daniel

Zavala, Mariela

Ziegler, Alyssa

Zubia, Travian

Zumaran, Leslie

Zuniga, Joanna

Zuniga, Mathew