The Eighth Grade Transitional Promotion Celebration was held Tuesday at Brock Elliott School.
Over 80 students were honored. Of that, 10 maintained 4.0 GPAs during the entire school year.
Those making the top academic list were James S. Burns, Melanie Ginel Diaz, Jacob Fells, Abigail Garcia, Sebastian Garcia, Kameron Kozik, Joslyn Palos, Kylee Pimentel, Kaylee Rodriguez, and Giovanna Sales.
Burns and Kassandra Borboa also served as the student speakers at the special morning event while Student Body President Erick Cortez addressed those in attendance.
Jacob Soares kicked off the celebration by leading in the Pledge of Allegiance.
In addition, Principal David Silveira provided the introductions of the special guests – included were Sierra High Principal Steve Clark and Manteca Unified school board President Marie Freitas – and Vice Principal Karen Olsen handled the student introductions.
McParland School
The McParland Elementary School eighth graders bid adieu on Tuesday.
All told, over 100 were honored at the Promotion Ceremony held in the quad area.
Leading the way were the 14 students who maintained 4.0 GPAs during the school year.
Making that list were Layla Camacho, Paisley Coenenberg, Bella Cooper, Nathan De La Cruz, Hannah Denton, Nicholas Garcia, Julianna Gaspar, Olivia Gutierrez, Hope Molina-Wisecarver, Arianna Pale, Brandon Rattanasack, Madisenne Tran, Simone Verma, and Benevolence Wa.
The event honoring the Class of 2023 consisted of Aryana Khan and Kendall Del Otto leading in the flag salute, Paisley Coenenberg and Kennedy McLeod providing the class history, and Geonna Flores addressing those in attendance with the future speech.
Mossdale School
Tuesday’s Promotion Ceremony at Mossdale Elementary School was the first for Principal Anthony Chapman.
He took over as the top administrator of the Manteca Unified site prior to the school year after holding various positions at his alma mater, Sierra High, over the years.
On this day, he and his Mossdale staff – Vice Principal Jeremy Brooks and Vice Principal Kim Washburn made up part of that group – gave a special send off to about 120 or so eighth graders.
The ceremony honoring the Class of 2023 included the school band performing the Star-Spangled Banner, and Ava Patterson and Zubin Judge serving as student speakers.
The eighth-grade faculty announced the recipients of the Mossdale Awards and the MUSD Awards.
Chapman had the honors of presenting the eighth graders for the presentation of their promotion certificates.
Most will be attending Lathrop High in the upcoming school year.
