Class of 2018 turns tassels, graduates from Carson High School

Carson High School graduated about 465 seniors Saturday at its Carson City football stadium.

Under sunny skies and windy conditions with C-Hill serving as a backdrop, members of the CHS Class of 2018 in words and on their mortarboards, praised their parents, families and teachers for believing in them.

Senior class valedictorians made mention of challenges faced by students and staff at Carson High School this year, in particular losses felt by the school and community.

Timothy Jones, a fellow 2018 Carson High student, died Nov. 26, 2017 following a Nov. 9 vehicle accident that injured several students.

Jones thrived as both a student and an athlete, participating in Little League and joining the Carson High Freshman, Junior Varsity, and Varsity baseball teams. He was also a CHS honor student.

Carson High also lost long-time teacher and coach Shane Quilling on Feb. 24, 2018 at the age of 53.

Saturday's message to the graduates, though, was one of perseverance, pursuing dreams, and achieving goals.

Graduates are slated to celebrate their high school achievement later Saturday at the 2018 CHS Safe Grad night, held overnight and followed by a next day trip to Great America.

Sunday morning at 5 a.m., graduates will board buses to head to Great America, most of them probably sleeping all the way there.

A tradition in Carson City for 29 years, Safe Grad provides CHS seniors a safe, fun, and sober celebration on graduation night and throughout the following day.

The CHS Safe Grad Committee, Carson City Sheriff’s Office, Nevada Office of Traffic Safety, and local businesses and residents help sponsor the event.

Below is an unofficial CHS graduate list, which is not complete, and is likely missing names. This list was provided to Carson Now. If there is a name to add, or a name misspelled, let us know and we will fix it right away.

Send your additions and corrections to editor@carsonnow.org. You can also click through the photos where you will find the official 2018 CHS graduation program given out Saturday. On this program is the list of all the graduates per Carson High School administrators.

Among the CHS 2018 graduates are:

Mohammad Abdelhade
Jasmine Acuna
Nathan Acuna
Juan Carlos Aguilar
Destenee Alvarez
Gabriela Amador
Natalie Anderson
Giselle Andrade
Oralys Andrade
Melissa Andrea
Jennifer Arellano Ibarra
Linda Arreola
Enrique Arroyo
Ruben Arteaga Gonzalez
Mikaela Asby
Vanessa Ashby
Veronica Avina Duarte
Donovan Ayers

Gavin Bakkedahl
Jasmine Barajas
Liliana Barajas
Samantha Barker
Jared Barnard
Derek Barry
Daniel Beard
Chyler Beck-Jenkins
Daniel Beeston
Samantha Berger
Chris Berggren
Whitney Bibee
Danielle Bird
Cody Black
Blaise Bonomo
Dawson Breuer
Nicole Brown
Zavier Brown
Brandon Browning
Kaeli Brozovich
Isabella Bruketta
Tristin Buckley
Natalie Buenrostro
Matthew Aronson-Burrows
Alana Burson
Robert Bush

Viridiana Cacho-Alvarez
Joseph Calderon
Jessica Camelon
Reece Canfield
Jennifer Cardenas Ibarra
Ramses Carrillo
Jared Cartier
Jesse Case
Melisa Castaneda
Constance Chan
Alondra Chavez Padilla
Jesse Chavez Ramirez
Ivan Russell Ching
Emily Clark
Sarina Clark
Stephanie Cliburn
Keith Conley
Aidan Cook
Breanna Couler
Indica Creighton
Emmili Crossman
Miranda Cruzan
Adam Daniels
Andrew Davalos
Erendida Davalos
Laney Davis-Kenison
Brianna Dean
Jordan Della Vedova
Victoria Defilippi
James Deleon-Saenz
Stephen Depew
Cecilia Diarte
Kacie Dickinson
Tabitha Dodd
Jacob Dominguez
Zaria Douglas
Skyler Duncan

Terryn Earle
Blake Edwards
Matthew Edwards
Tyler Ehlen
Celia Enriquez
Antonio Escareno Fountas
Gabriella Escobar Ruiz
Gabriella Estrada
Madeleine Eustis
Ty Evans

Shakira Fausto
Tristan Fausto
Vicente Fausto Hernandez
Georgia Ferrel
Molly Finn
Aaron Fliegler
Brianna Foley
Ashleigh Foster
Giovane Furrow

Gabriel Gabica
Araceli Galindo
Joohnae Gallardo De Jesus
Omoar Gallegos Vargas
Lissette Garcia-Velazquez
Maddison Gillott
Noah Giron
Jacob Giurlani
Kyle Glanzmann
Hannah Golik
Ana Gomez
Alexandra Gomez Marquez
Nathan Gonzales
Andrea Gonzalez
Ethan Good
Robert Goulardt Lawless
Wynter Guess
Richard Gunkel

Matthew Haas
Alexa Haight
Makayla Hall
Julian Harger
Ricardo Haro
Sebastian Haro Cortez
Bradly Harris
Chloe Hataway
Kuulei Haupu
Nancy Henricksen
Alexis Hernandez
Vanessa Herrera Hernandez

Vincent Hershman

Darryll Heyward Jr.
Luke Higgins
Matthew Hinton
Samantha Hipple
Makayl Holloway
Lacey Holmes
Easton Hostler
Dillon Howell

Rheanna Jackson
Bailey Jacobs
Madisson Jacobs
Clariessia Jamison
Sarah Jeffries
Taylor Jenkins
Lorena Jimenez
Logan Johnson
Samuel Johnson
Nakita Jones
Bailey Justesen

Tanner Kalicki
Elizabeth Kaminsky
Bryson Keller
Terin Keller
Jordan Kendall
Teigen Key
Ariel Kleidosty
Sydney Kleine
Sara Knight
Brett Kolb
Amanda Kolber
Jacob Kordonowy

Adam Lackey
Dawson Lamb
Faith Landry
Delany Lauderbaugh
Kerstin Law
Charles Lawlor
Kylar Leahy
Jayson Legott
Savana Lehane
Brynn Lehman
Lauren Lemburg
Edson Lemus
Jonathan Leon-Lozano
Ethan Lepire
Catheryn Linkul
Brandon Locker
Julio Loera Hernandez
Citlalli Lopez
Eduardo Lopez-Ramos
Selena Luna
Manuel Luquin
Ashley Lynch

Adriana Machuca Amaya
Gurjant Mand
Jocelyn Manzano Curiel
Mason Marlin
Christian Martinez
Michelle Martinez
Karen Martinez Gutierrez
Kathryn Maseda
Hanna Masters
Amber Maxwell
Ryan Maxwell
Samantha McBride
Emily McCaskill
Rayann McConnell
Paul McCorkle
Makenzie McDaniel
Katelyn McGibbon
Courtney McKee
Alexis McKenzie
Sean McPhail Jones
Camila Melgarejo
Sabrina Membreno Reyes
Ismael Mendoza
Jenaya Meyer
Anthony Miley
Chloe Miller
Sarah Miller
Jared Mitchell
Gisela Montes Cardiel
Lesly Montes Castaneda
Angelika Che Morrison
Daniel Morrison
Katelyn Morse
Charles Moser
Jonathan Mozqueda
Trevor Muckensturm
Jared Myrehn

Dajarrah Navarro
Emily Neal
Morgan Nelson
Bryce Newhall
Jennifer Nguyen
Kathleen Nochera
Jessalyn Northrup
Karen Nunez

Liam O’Brien
Meghan Olsen
Nolan Olson
Athziri Orozco
Daritza Ortega

Josefina Ortiz-Osty

Karla Pacheco
Crystal Pando
Alexis Paradas
Abbey Paulson
Taylor Payton
Jasmine Peralta
Antonio Perez
Melissa Perez Barrios
Gissele Perez Carrillo
Guillermo Perez-Morris
Afton Perkins
Nicholas Perondi
Brennan Peterman
Alexander Peters
Johnathan Petersen
Hannah Philippi
Mario Plascencia Solorio
Prachak Potijarn
Cheyanne Prado-Holland
Jesse Presley
Jessica Preston
Melanie Proctor
James Purdy

Angela Ramirez
Efren Ramirez Ledezma
Johnathan Randall
Christina Redmond
Lissette Rivas
Trenten Robison
Alejandro Rodriguez Limon
Jessica Rodriguez Orozco
Janeth Rodriguez Perez
Brisa Rodriguez Rojas
Alondra Rodriguez-Patino
Natalie Rogers
Humberto Rojas
Stacy Rojas Castillo
Richard Romero
Wyatt Rooker
Hesed Rosas
Michael Rosenberg
Kyle Rudy
Cesar Ruelas
Zachary Rundell

Sarai Sala
Randy Salazar
Johana Salgado-Villalvazo
Kyra Sanchez
Karin Sanchez Luna
Alyssa Sanders

Luis Santana

Carmen Sasso
Tahawna Sawyer Trujillo
Ciara Scalia-Hirschman
Zachary Schmidt
Amanda Schulz
Zachary Scroggins
Brandon Seeley
Randy Servin
Sarah Sever
Brandon Sevilla-Montalvo
Dallin Shaffer
Sadie Share
Camiell Simpson
Mehtab Singh
Logan Smedes
Brendan Smith
Sterling Smith
Ethan Snyder
Kamille Soderstrom
Alexys Solorio
Brittany Sorensen
Blanca Sosa
Quincey Sosebee
Samuel Soto
Alexis Speer-Edwards
Paxton Spence
Hannah Spencer
Rayden Sponburgh
Cody Stock
Richard Stock
Hayden Story
Peyton Swanson
Lauren Szendre

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