The eighth-grade class at French Camp Elementary School had a send-off to remember.
The classmates received their certificates of completion Tuesday at the promotion ceremony, celebrating as one big group in the multi-purpose building.
The next stop for those 69 students is high school.
Principal Rene Knapp provided the opening remarks at this special day. She was followed by group of student speakers – Leilani Maria Vargas, Jaretzy Badillo, Kylie Jo Barker, Noemi Renteria, Rebecca Del Rio, and Jazlyne Candelaria Villalobos.
Knapp and Vice Principal Racquhel Zanders led in the presentation of awards.
Distributing the certificates were Knapp, Zanders, Manteca Unified school board member Kathy Howe, Deputy Superintendent and former FC principal Roger Goatcher, and Chief Business Officer Jacqui Breitenbucher.
The Class of 2022 consisted of:
Camila Aguirre, Jasleen Elsie Aguirre, Jaretzy Badillo, Kylie Jo Barker, Fatima Anahi Barocio, Samuel Paul Greyson Bradley Moore, Milagros Princesa Bustamante, Natalie Alexia Cabral, Trevor Lawrence Chadburn, Andrea Chavez Soto, Kimberly Lesly Cruz, Rebecca Del Rio, Jorge Deniz Velazquez, Juan Luis Jordan Espinoza Rodriguez, Israel Rudolf-Rivera Estrada.
Jesus Alfredo Ferreira, Josafat Figueroa, Marilyn Franco-Barrios, Ireri Guadalupe Garcia, Brandon Daniel Gonzalez Campos, Jazmin Gonzalez Vidales, Edwin Emilio Guevara Medrano, Israel Heredia, Janette Hernandez, Malachi William Hurt, Adrian Sendjrio Jimenez-Him, Angel Lemus Martinez, Alexandria Marie Luis, Emily Medina, Aimee Danyelle Melgar Mexicano, Sinai Morelos, Karla Julissa Moreno Mata.
Elisa Moreno, Miranda Nieto Montoya, Fernando Ocegueda Jr., Angela Mareli Orozco Vazquez, Emmanuel Oseguera, Estrella Osuna Rivera, Anissa Mancy Panyanouvong, Taleyah Pollard, David Ramirez Albarran, Cesar Ramirez Castaneda, Brisa Aimar Ramirez Villalobos, Leilany Marie Raudales, Noemi Renteria, Luis Manuel Rodriguez Araiza, Selina Rodriguez, Angelina Romero Espinosa, Cynthia Ruiz.
Jocelin Ruiz-Medina, Ruben Saldana Barragan, Diana Saucedo Ponce, Isaac Serrato, Jesse Joel Soto, Luz Elena Tellez Arellano, Nathan William C. Titsworth, Anthony Torres Amezcua, Visouyo Arsaung Vannaboutathong, Aaliyah Rose Mia Vargas Hernandez, Leilani Maria Vargas, Jazlyne Candelaria Villalobos, Shamari Dae Janey Williams-Coln, Marcelina Honey Yadao-Wares, Allison Zarate, Fatima Zarate.