It was their last official day as elementary school students, and the students of Lathrop Elementary School went out in style.
More than 100 promoting eighth grade students were on hand Wednesday morning for the drive-thru ceremony to receive their promotion certificates with their families and say goodbye to the place that for many of them has been their home for the last nine years – leading to some bittersweet moments for students before they head off to Lathrop High School in the fall.
Receiving special awards as voted on by the staff at Lathrop Elementary were: Jasmine Ponce and Angel Hernandez (Athlete of the Year Award), Tiba Sameer and Kyle Bartolome (Most Athletic), Elizabeth Rodriguez and Carlos Angulo (Top Academic Student), Jaelena Balanzar and Luis Valdez (Top Fine Arts), Neftali Soto Aguilar (Character Award), Kai Aquino and Ramyah Olivarez (Most Improved), Marintia Mejia-Moreno and Alfredo Olmedo-Gomez (Helping Hand Award), Paola Guerra Martinez and Lauro Lupian (Math Master Award), Trinity Alvarado and Joel Zerpa Araujo (Remarkable Reader Award), Diana Lopez and David Corona (Super Scientist Award), and Evalynn Munoz and Ociel Mora (Extraordinary Effort Award).
Promoting on to high school are Anita Alcala, Mariah Alcala, Jazmyn Aldaco, Jackelyn Alfaro Cansinos, Trinity Alvarado, Izabella Alvarez, Justin Alvarez, Carlos Angulo, Kai Aquino, Amy Arriago Oceguera, Juliana Bagley, Jocelyn Bahena, Jaelana Balanzar, Pablo Barragan Cardenas, Gena Barrera, Frank Barron, Kyle Bartolome, Brianna Becerra, Alondra Belmontes, Paris Blake, Rocky Bowland, Diego Caballero, Jerry Calderon, Stephanie Carrillo-Carbajal, Isabel Castellanos, Katerin Castillo Rodriguez, Jesus Ceja, Jonathan Cervantes, Alexandria Clark Zamora, Davis Corona, Alan Coronado Pinon, Alexis Coronado Pinon, Apolinar Cortes, Paul Cruz, Isabelle Cummings, Ella Datu, Anthony Delgado Gonzalez, Alexis Domingcil, Kylee Donaldson, Devin Eaves, Adam Enriquez, Ariana Fernandez, Ann Fiones Glysel, Paola Flores Flores, Gilberto Flores Osoria, Kayla Fuller, McKenzie Gannon, Andrew Gaytan, Jesse Glass, Jayson Gomez Bechtel, Valeria Gonzales Gomez, Hector Gonzalez Leanos, Maniyah Gray, Paola Guerra Martinez, Fernando Guerrero, Christina Guzman, Giselle Hermosillo, Angel Hernandez, Christian Hernandez Rodriguez, Joseph Ikechiuku, Julian Jimenez, Heaven Leigh Ang Joye, Michelle Khan, Omar Lechuga Valencia, Keiji Lee, Alexa Lopez, Andrew Lopez, Astrid Lopez, Natalie Lopez, Diana Lopez Ruiz, Josiah Loza, Lauro Lupian, Alexandra Magallon Maravilla, Abigail Martinez Posada, Anthony Medina, Marrintia Mejia-Moreno, Angelina Michelucci, Diamond Montgomery, Ociel Mora, Jonathan Morales, Marlene Morfin, Evalynn Munoz, Jose Nunez, Alexia Ojeda Obeso, Ramyah Olivarez, Alfredo Olmedo-Gomez, Nikko Onofre, Daniella Ortega, Jairo Ortega, Adrian Padilla, Manuel Pena, Daniela Perez Custodio, Jonathan Perez Magana, Jasmine Ponce, Citaly Quiroz, Anitia Quistian, Xochilt Ramirez-Pinto, Mauricio Ramos-Alvarez, Joshua Rios, Jennifer Rivera, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Jesus Rodriguez, Alberto Rodriguez Maldonado, Blanca Ruiz, Jose Ruiz, Emmanuel Salcedo, Tiba Sameer, Abelhy Sanchez, Natalie Sanchez, Nina Sandhu, Ruben Santiago, Gabrielle Schneider, Jose Silva Ochoa, Neftali Soto Aguilar, Luis Valdez, Jorge Villa-Cruz, Yvette Villasenor, Sebastian Villegas, Leneil Washington Ortega, Seth Witthar, Santiago Zapata Lopez, Joel Zerpa Araujo, Adrian Zuniga, and Alvaro Zuniga.
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Promoting on to high school are Itzel Abonce Samano, Shalom Aibuedefe, Seidy Albarran Aguirre, Ezra Alvarado, Galilea Andrade-Cornelio, Seth Barbour, Lisseth Barragan Arellano, Angela Baylon Fonseca, Alexa Bermudez, Angel Boiso, Felix Borjon, Malachi Bowers, Kristen Brion, Kenneth Bryant II, Ryan Buccat, Karla Capilla Gutierrez, Makund Kuman Chanan, Adrian Chavez Vivanco, Mark Clave, Dominic Corral, Bobby Cotton, Jade Dalton, Amelia De Luna, Lynette De Luna, Samreet Dhot, Mia Dominguez, Fernando Echeverria, Robert Ellis III, Nicole Esperanza, Brianna Felisco, Marc Fernandez, Jasmine Flores, Jorge Garcia Lopez, Yonatan Garcia, Luis Garnica Arroyo, Damian Gavino, Miguel Gonzalez, Yaretsy Gonzales-Santillian, Adeline Griffin, Matthew Hammond Jr., Jeremy Harmon, Oliver Hernandez Canada, Aron Hernandez, Daniel Hernandez-Zamora, Dania Herrera, Evette Hess, Sariena Hill, Alexander Jiminez, Duong Kha, Sukhleen Kalsa, Ivan Landa, Kobie Lewis, Alejandra Lopez Alonzo, Tatiana Lowery, Nathaly Lupercio, Gabriella Magallon-Garcia, Za’Ryah Mageo, Samuel Maldonado Quintero, Austin Mancuso, Nathan Martinez, Santino Martinez, Sonny Martinez, Dellan Masauan, Kiele Matus, Kaeli Menorca, Ariana Mislang, Kierah Murphy, Kimora Nava, Myra Navarro Camacho, Parwana Nawabi, Hector Nunez, Osemudiamen Onoabhagbe, Kiana Pacheco, Cloemari Pascua, Cody Pierce, Leo Ramirez, Jenelle Ramirez-Martinez, Isaiah Ramos, Vanessa Ramos, Zachary Reeves, Leah Respicio, Peter Respicio, Camila Rivera, Brandon Rodriguez, Dianne Rodriguez, Madilynn Romero, Richelle Rono Baluyut, Julian Rosado, Paulina Sanchez Flores, Xavier Sanches, Isaias Serrato, Teagan Shevlin, Eli Silva, Pravjit Singh, Rajveer Singh, Tarnpreet Singh, Octoniel Soria-Urbina, Keren Valerio-Chavez, Andres Vargas, Anjelica Velasquez, Ivan Ventura, Geovani Victoriano Miranda, Tristan Vuong, Jordan Wadsworth Comporato, Christopher Williams, Savanna Wimbush Parker.
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