By Sentinel Staff
Eighty Mt. Edgecumbe High School seniors will graduate in a ceremony to be held 10 a.m. Thursday at Mt. Edgecumbe High School.
Featured speaker will be Yeidikook’aa Dionne Brady-Howard, a teacher and faculty leader who is retiring this year.
An MEHS alum, she is a “diligent advocate for Mt. Edgecumbe High School and her Brave family,” the school said, and will be “missed tremendously.”
Also speaking will be valedictorian Slater Anderson from Sitka, and salutatorian Carrina Campbell of Gambell. Two other speakers, chosen by classmates, will be Eliana Hatch of Chistochino and Ashley Rexford of Kobuk.
The class motto is “We’ve seen a thing or ’23.” Seniors also voted on a class flower, the stargazer lily, and their class colors are red, white, and gold.
Superintendent Suzzuk Huntington will give the welcome and senior advisers will read the names of the graduates. The slide show and awards will be available on video at 9 a.m. Thursday through the school website.
Marshals for the ceremony, juniors chosen by the senior class, are Paaraq Nelson (Koliganek), Cash Arrington (Nome), Tessa Anderson (Sitka), Carliese O’Brien (Bethel), and Sarah Nanouk-Jones (Unalakleet). They will usher in the class of 2023 to the Mt. Edgecumbe Field House Thursday morning. Everyone is invited to watch the live stream from the MEHS website. Limited seating will be available for community members to attend on a first-come, first-served, basis.
Senior class officers are: Peter Griggs, president; Devin Craggette, vice president, Alicia Michels, secretary; Shaedyn Barr, parliamentarian; Zebediah Bergan, treasurer; and Annika Larson, Lillian Miller and Ethan Merculieff, student council representatives.
Following the ceremony, a limited luncheon for graduates and their families will be held in the cafeteria. Baccalaureate will be held at the Sitka Assembly of God church tonight at 7 p.m.
Members of the graduating class are:
Bethany Delaney Akaran, Kotlik; Joshua Elijah Alford, Prince of Wales Island; Olaf Will Allison, Tok; Nellie Jenny Amaktoolik, Nome; Slater Nova Anderson*, Sitka (valedictorian).
Also, Elgin Sigfurd Andrew, Sitka; Jaden Joseph Andrew, Napakiak; Keisha Irene Askoak, Newhalen/Illiamna; Shaedyn Sara Barr, Kiana; Zebediah Anthony Bergan, Kotzebue; Alan Tuqula Borbridge, Mertarvik; Miles Bourdukofsky, St. Paul Island; Daniel Kristoffer Brandt, Nome; Carrina Faith Campbell*, Gambell (salutatorian); Hayden Leif Carlson, Bethel; Jesseca Joann Carter, Kipnuk; Lauren Erica Chase, Bethel; Mars Crabtree*, Chugiak.
Also, Devin Sagoonick Craggette, Kotzebue; Elston Low Dock, Anchorage; Cadence Qakvalria Dull, Toksook Bay; Emma ShaayiTaá Duncan, Sitka; Hannah Laree Ekada*, Nulato; Holden Sheppard Fontenot, Sitka; Jelsey Rae Gologergen, Nome; Peter Pilak Griggs*, Anchorage; Jared Ethan Harvey, Kobuk; Eliana Carole Hatch*, Chistochina; Briana Marijetta Henry, Akiachak; Ella Danielle Horner, Kobuk; Serena Yeikooxeé Hotch-Mattson, Gustavus; Harley Sherman Huntington, Shishmaref; Ronnie Priscilla Huss, Kotzebue; Mason Michael Ivanoff, Unalakleet; Braydon Ryan Jackson, Kasigluk; Freida Martha James*, Platinum.
Also, Katherine Cora Jones, Ambler; Connor Jake Journey, St. Mary’s; Genneva Rayne Kamkoff, Kotlik; Mckayla Brianna Kazingnuk, Little Diomede; Koda David Ketcham*, Chitina; Isabella Madeline Kness, False Pass; Lucy Michelle Koenig, Unalakleet; Quinn Komok, Kodiak; Rhoda Elizabeth Kotongan*, Elim; Annika Ruth Larson*, Fairbanks; Brittney Christine Lestenkof, St. Paul Island; Peter Lowe*, Togiak; Oscar Tomas Mangrobang*, Anchorage; Micheel Brendan Martin, Juneau; Kaira Antonia McKay, Kobuk; Ethan Merculieff, Anchorage; Alicia Lili Michels, Juneau; Lillian Minnie Miller, Kenai; Vassily Charles Myers, Pilot Station.
Also, Calgora Lucy Nanalook, Kipnuk; Dimitri Willox Nay, Wasilla; Mosina Annisa Nick*, Anchorage; Tyson Ivan Olsen, Koliganek; Julius Oprenov, Wasilla; Roy Peter Otton, Koyuk; Aidan Dwain Panzer, Unalakleet; Colton James Paul, Kipnuk; Melvin Daniel Pavala, Goodnews Bay; Jaylene Lauraine Philemonoff, St. Paul Island; Denin Ohren Prentice, Koyuk; Ashley Rose Rexford*, Kobuk; Marilyn May Roberts, Quinhagak; Katlula Zachary Sage, Buckland; Mary Helen Simeon*, Bethel; Jocelyn Anguksuar Small, Platinum; Natalia Mary Spein, Tuntutuliak; Shania Nicole Tanape*, Nanwalek.
Also, Savannah Lurae Tekker, Kotzebue; Summer Melody Tickett, Fairbanks; Seth Trenton Tunohun, Old Harbor; Reena Maggie Turner, Bethel; Christian Jesse Valdez Jr.*, Ekwok; Ranen Wassillie, Newhalen; and Ida Lianne Weyiouanna, Shishmaref.
* denotes National Honor Society member.
