Prior Lake High School

Commencement

Class of 2020

Be humble. Be Hungry. And Always be the hardest worker in the room ⁓ Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

PRIOR LAKE HIGH SCHOOL

2020 COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM

PROCESSIONAL Pomp and Circumstance …………………….by Edward Elgar

– Keith Koehlmoos & Justin Schramm

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM ................................................................ PLHS National Anthem Team

-Rob Hahn & Randi Erlandson, Directors

STUDENT WELCOME ............................................................................................. Isabelle Boelter

Student Council President

SUPERINTENDENT’S WELCOME .......................................................................... Dr. Teri Staloch

Superintendent of Schools

RECOGNITION

AND ANNOUNCEMENTS……………………………………………………………………………….Dr. John Bezek

Principal

INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER ................................................................................ Dr. John Bezek

Principal

COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS………………………………………………………………..Devmini Jayatilaka

Class of 2020

PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS……………………………..Prior Lake-Savage Area School Board

The 2020 Student Council officers selected six staff members representing

Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools to read the names of this year’s graduates.

POSTLUDE Sine nomine…………………………………………by Ralph Vaughn Williams

Mr. Nick Ingles……………………………………… High School Teacher

Mr. Dan Beier …………………………………..... High School Teacher

Mrs. Mackenzie Madsen………………………. High School Teacher

Mr. Matt Tomlinson……………………………… High School Teacher

Mrs. Jenna O’Brien………………………………. High School Teacher

Mr. Andy Weis………………………………………. High School Teacher

STUDENT COUNCIL OFFICERS (Designated by Gold stoles)

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 719 SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS

ADMINISTRATION

Superintendent of Schools………………………………………………………………..Dr. Teri Staloch

Assistant Superintendent of Schools………………………………………………….Mr. Jeff Holmberg

Principal…………………………………………………………………………………………..Dr. John Bezek

Assistant Principal……………………………………………………………………………Ms. Heather Fitzloff

Assistant Principal …………………………………………………………………………..Mr. Joe Kuboushek

Assistant Principal……………………………………………………………………………Mr. Mark Paulsen

Assistant Principal……………………………………………………………………………Mr. Chad Thorp

Activities Director………………………………………………………………………………Mr. Russ Reetz

Asst. Activities Director………………………………………………………………………Mrs. Beth Fuller

Area Learning Center Coordinator…………………………………………………….. Mr. David Brown

MNCAPS Coordinator………………………………………………………………….........Mr. Erik Sill

Dean of Students………………………………………………………………………………Mr. Richard Cradit

Dean of Students………………………………………………………………………………Mrs. Glenna Stone

President………………………………………………………………………Isabelle Boelter

Vice President……………………………………………………………… Delaney Sage

Secretary…………………………………………………………………… Abby Grund

Treasurer…………………………………………………………………… Emma Kuboushek

Delegate………………………………………………………………… Parker Jelen

Parliamentarian……………………………………………………………Gracie Schnackenberg

Lee Shimek, Board Chair Stacey Ruelle, Vice Board Chair/Clerk Jonathan Drewes, Board Treasurer

Melissa Enger, Board Director Mary Frantz, Board Director

Michael Nelson, Board Director Enrique Velazquez, Board Director

High School Faculty

Kelsey Abbott

Carol Aikey

Timothy Allen

Alan Andersen

Divya Appel

Elizabeth Baer

Dan Beier

Joe Bollinger

Ronda Brostrom

Sarah Brower

Brad Bulver

Mike Carr

Carol Caritt

Emma Chapman

Cristal Chavez

Jay Clawson

Jared Daggit

Kailey Dahlberg

Linda Dankers

Mike Dean

Joseph Deutsch

Katie Devaney

Amrik Donkena

Abby Doyle

Jacob Drube

Kate Dunklee

Laurie Eischens

Margaret Ekrem

Jenna Engler

Neil Engler

Randi Erlandson

Natalie Espe

Denise Fagan

Meghan Fulton

Paula Gaffney

Chris Gaudette

Matt Gegenheimer

David Graham

Nicholas Grimme

Nathan Gutshall

Lisa Hager

Robert Hahn

Jill Hanson-Follingstad

Dana Hardy

Greg Hartman

Peter Hartman

Justin Haycraft

Matthew Helm

Sara Hemmesch

Erin Hester

Jana Hidalgo

Jeff Hoeg

Maureen Hoodecheck

Jon Ingalsbe

Nick Ingles

Jared Jacobs

Scot Jaenicke

Karina Janovsky Nelson

Candice Jenkins

Matthew Juncker

Erica Kabes

Barbara Kass

Ken Klamm

Kris Knutsen

Keith Koehlmoos

Tyler Koonce

Jean Kowalkoski

Andrew Kurkowski

Joseph Larsen

David Lawson Maria Lecceardone-Brown

Matthew Lehman

Amanda Lindell

Emily Lueck

Renee Lynum

Laura MacBlane

Mackenzie Madsen

Laura Mahlen

Kristi Malmgren

John Maresh

Brenda Martens

Andrew Martin

Kellie McCabe

Ben Meacham

Maren Meade-Anderson

Kirby Meiners

Janean Mestnik

Joe Mestnik

Elissa Meuwissen Kimberly Milne Kelly Nagle

Christine Nelson

Emily Nelson

Kiersten Nelson

Jenna O'Brien

Maggie O'Connor

Brian Olsen

Melissa Olson

Kelly O'Malley

Takuma Padilla

Mary Jo Pauly

Shelbie Pedretti

Brian Perry

Alyssa Pillaga

Julie Pokaski

Birgit Pope

Sophia Raffaelle

Anna Raway

Wendy Reiland

Doug Revsback

Hannah Ring

Blair Rummel

Lisa Rutt

Nicole Rydell

Katherine Sauer

Britney Scherber

Brian Schleisman

Justin Schramm

Alexius Serefeas

Amber Sevald

Michael Shebuski

Ellen Sherwin

Steve Showalter

Dan Sikowski

Paul Simonett

Simon Skluzacek

Sara Sommers

Corey Soukup

Kelly Stauff

Anna Steedman

Sam Steinberg

Jonathan Stokes

Sara strege

Cindy Sudlow

Carrie Super

Tiffany Tadych

Maren Thorstensen

Matt Tomlinson

Rojin Urrutia

Nancy VanHorne

Joel Volm

Kevin Wagner

Matt Wagner

Ryan Wagner

Jemma Wahl

Ethan Walker

Breana Wavrunek

Andrew Weis

Sharon Welter

Brent Whiteside

Phillip Worm

Victoria Wright

Jeff Yost

Michael Young

Mark Zangara

Erin Zimmer-Borger

Samuel Ablard

Valeria Acuna Acuna

Payton Adam

Samuel Ahlstrand

Abdifatah Ahmed

Allison Alessi

Muna Ali

Zahra Ali

Nicole Allan ●♦

William Allan●♦

Nathan Allbee●

John Altringer

Ashley Anderson

Kyle Anderson

Alexander Andriano-Allad

Hunter Anthony

Alexandra Anton Drumm

Fabricia Araujo De Farias

Joseph Arvidson

Olabisi Ashiru-Balogun

Shreya Ashok▲♦

Jonathan Asleson

Joshua Aspelin

Maria Atkinson

Nathan Bach◊

Brian Bachmeier

Corrigan Bailey

Dylan Bair

Anastasiya Balandina

Josie Baldzicki

Jackson Ballard

Ainsley Barker●

Maria Barnard

Logan Bartizal

Logan Bartusek

Reed Bartusek

Majid Batal

Payton Beasley

Cole Beck

Kaitlyn Becker●◊

Matthew Becker▲◊

Samantha Bedard

Jack Benedict●◊

Lily Benko

Nicholas Benson

Thomas Bentley

Jordyn Berg●

Kayla Berg●

Angela Bergseth●

Cassandra Bergseth

Ryley Bester

Gabrielle Betzold

Keagan Bigaouette

William Bittner

Isabelle Bixby

Toriana Blair

Lydia Blanchard

Charles Bloch

Alyssa Bloomer

Chase Bloomquist

Nathan Boehne

Isabelle Boelter●♦

Benjamin Bohnsack

Jack Bollinger

Ashley Boone

David Bornholdt●

Justin Braesch

Grace Brannen

John Brennan●

Trevor Brezen●

Richard Brimley

Megan Brisbois

Montrell Brooks

Taylor Brosious

Hannah Broughten

Heather Brown

Brayden Brudevold

George Bursott

Carter Busch▲♦

Justin Butkus

David Campbell

Austin Carlson

Hannah Carlson

Hunter Carlson

Maxwell Carlson

Anna Carpenter

Madeline Carrigan◊

Kelsie Caven

Jose Cazarez

Lydia Cedarberg

Kyle Celatka

Caesar Chakrathouk

Shawn Challenger

Jaden Chant●

Aviral Chauhan

Madison Chelmo

Nickelas Chem

Zoe Chmielewski

Lillian Church

Jaden Clark

Lydia Clauson

Mason Clemensen●

Andrew Cline♦

Logan Cloos

Zachary Contreras

Ryan Conway

Caitlin Cooper

Katie Copeland

Matthew Coyle

Kali Crandell

Anna Curtler▲♦

Eric Daas

Reece Dahl

Peyton Dahlquist

Samuel Daley

Andrew Daniels

Katarina Decaroli

Class of 2020 Graduates

Lily Dee

Daniel Deis●

Mason Dejoy

Anikka Deutschmann

Layton Devore

Maxwell Devos

Alexis Dicken

Gracie Diperna▲

Alanna Doepke

Jacob Doll

Edwin Dominguez Navarrete

David Doyen

Shane Draginis

Carter Drane

Ethan Drew

Macallister Drury

Marco Duarte Nava

Joseph Dueber

James Durnbaugh

Garrett Dwire

Queenster Dwumah

Sarah Dysthe▲

Matthew Ebhardt

Zachary Eduvas▲

Sophia Edwards●♦

Carter Effertz●

Liam Eklund-Wald

Brianna Elbon

Antonio Elderd

Parker Ellis

Gabriella Elster●

Maxwell Emerson

Henry Emmerich

Sam Emmerich

Stevee Enger

Elliot Erdahl

Troy Erickson

Braeden Ericsson

Bret Ernste

Kenna Eschenbach

Rachael Esse●

Acelind Evenstad

Joseph Farnstrom

Matthew Feraru▲♦

Chloe Field

Anna Fier

Bretton Fillipi

Colin Fjelsted

Taylor Flaata▲

Abigail Flanagan

Emily Fleck▲

Annika Flees●♦

Brennan Flynn Higby

Sena Fogt

Jay Follingstad

Sidney Ford

Emily Forst-Hilmerson

Trey Forst-Hilmerson

Jacob Foss

Nikolas Foster

Emanuel Franklin

Hannah Friendshuh

Ainsley Fuerst

Ryan Fuller●

Emma Gahlin

Ellen Gandrud▲♦

Sophia Gannon●

Dawson Garcia

James Garrity

Makenzie Garvin●

Joseph Gehlen◊

Dillon Gens

Victoria Gens

Sarah Gerdes

Leonard Geshick

Will Gilbert◊

Caleb Gilbertson

Samuel Gilbertson●

Tristan Gilpatric●

Chloe Ginkel●

Matthew Glassman

Nathalia Gonzalez

Odalys Gonzalez

Hannah Good▲

Austin Gordon◊

Kaden Graf

Fiona Gray

Stacy Grebenyuk

Lucas Greenfield

Anna Gromoff

Payton Groothius

Abby Grund●♦

Heidi Guetter▲♦

Sydney Guida◊

Connor Guillemette

Grant Gunderson

Aaliyah Guy

James Haas▲

Jace Hackett●♦

Travis Haedt

Blake Haferman◊

Joseph Hager

Shelby Hahn

William Haldane

Grady Hall

Benjamin Hallen

Jacob Hallen

Owen Hammerstrom◊

Blake Hammond●

Lexi Hanft-Anderson

Sarah Hansen

Jacob Hanson

Joshua Hanson

Zackari Hanssen

Grant Hatten▲♦

Jayme Haulton

Kathryn Heimel●♦

Class of 2020 Graduates

Jett Heinen

Keely Heinrich

Donovan Heng

Logan Hennen

Alison Hepner

Natalie Herber

Adaline Hiveley♦

Carly Hocum

Jonah Hoeg

Natalie Hoepner▲

Kaylyn Hoff

Gavin Holden

Allison Holter

Emily Hong

Raynell Hong

Peyton Hopkins

Kaylee Horejsi

Anna Hudak

Chase Hudak

Jordan Hughes

Dylan Huitt

Tan Huynh

Tyree Ihenacho

Martha Islas Arcega

Alexander Jacobson

Aaqil Jaffer

Ifrah Janaw

Devmini Jayatilaka●♦

Parker Jelen

Gabrielle Jensen♦◊

Cautia Johnson

Emily Johnson

Sydney Johnston

Andrea Jonas

Zachary Jones

Brenden Jore▲◊

Caroline Juhl

Mareike Junkhoff

Jesse Kadrlik

Paul Kaehler

Melanie Kambour

Jasmin Kanatkaly

Kylie Karsky♦

Grace Kashmark

Kristin Kay●◊

Cole Keiper●♦

Maxwell Keller

Nicolette Keller

Adriana Kelly

Beau Kennedy

Sierra Keoke

Kelly Kero▲

Rachel Kero◊

Austin Kielb

Kaiya Kielb-Young▲

Kalel Kincaid

Olivia King

Tyler Kingery

Keegan Kinsella

Kaiden Klausen

Nathan Kleven

Samuel Klinger

Tristan Knoeck

Madison Knutson

Madison Kobernick●

Madison Kolde

Grace Korkowski●♦

Ava Krekelberg

Kade Krohn

Zachary Krolak

Josie Kropp●♦

Evan Krueger

Emma Kuboushek▲♦

Adam Kuehn

Sydney Kuhl▲

Preethi Kumar●♦

Daniil Kurdyukov

Rebecca Kyllonen

Morgan Ladner

Josephine Laduke●

Lauren Lafavor

Taylor Lambright

Madison Lance▲

Cole Lancette

Anna Larson

Evan Larson

Jacob Larson

Nicholas Larson

Paige Larson

Kaylin Laubach

Grant Laughridge◊

Alissa Laurienzo●♦

Christina Leam

Jaykob Lebens

Mariana Lehrer♦

Jennifer Lein●♦◊

Baptiste Lemercier▲

Hannah Lennon

Alexandra Lesko

Lacey Letourneau

Chenxi Liang●◊

Elise Lilja

Preston Lindholm◊

John Lindsoe

Chloe Lindstrom

Grady Ling

Parker Long

Kaitlin Longerbone♦

Aaron Loun

Gretchen Lubeck

Joren Lund

Cole Lundquist

Isabel Lundquist▲♦

Olivia Lunn

Alexander Ly

Joslyn Machalek▲

Alexis Mack▲♦

Class of 2020 Graduates

Connor Mack

Lydia Maes♦

Andres Mahoney

Jenna Malenke-Marshall

Nasiba Mamatranova

Lauren Mandinec●

Caitlin Mansfield●

Braeden Martin

Anthony Martins

Dimitri Maskevich

Owen Mattila

Britney Maxfield

Megan Mccarthy

Austin Mccarty

Emilee Mccaw

Skylar Mcdonald

Madison Mcintosh

Lindsey Mckague

Rose Mckowen

Samuel Meelberg

Ashtyn Meidinger

Jacob Meixner

Aaron Mertz

Katelyn Merwin

Hannah Meyer●

Greta Michaelson

Sydney Mickett

Anna Miller

Conor Miller▲◊

Jeffrey Miller●◊

Megan Miller

Tanner Miller◊

Cody Mitchell

Olivia Moe

Fatuma Mohamed

Najmaa Mohamed

Kifaya Mohamud

Erica Moline

Reagan Montross

Adam Moorse●

Blane Mor

Melane Mor

Makayla Morrow

Montana Moryn

Vincent Mosher

Hallie Moss

Sakinah Muhammad

Matthew Munsterman

Colin Nauertz

Symone Naya

Brooke Neary

Alexander Nelson▲

Benjamin Nelson

Cara Nelson●♦

Elizabeth Nelson▲

Mary Nelson

Olivia Nelson

Sydney Nelson

Tayler Netzke

Alexander Nguyen●

Thien Phuc Nguyen●

Emily Nicholas●

Hunter Nieson▲♦

Lily O'Brien

Morgan O'Brien

Awale Obsiye

Kya Ochsendorf●

Zane Ochsendorf

Anna O'Connell●♦

Avery Odenthal

Alyssa Ohm

Olivia Oistad♦

Benjamin O'Konski●

Madison Olson

Morgan Olson

Niklas Olson▲

Riley Olson

Julia Ondracek●♦

Hosni Osman

Olivia Ostensen

Ezinne Osuji▲

Sydney Oxendale

Sydney Pahl▲♦◊

Claire Palmer

Jenna Palmer◊

Paige Pavlish●

Kapria Peden

Jaime Pedregon-Mendoza▲

Chloe Pedretti

Isaac Pelcastre

Kallista Pelton

Alexandria Peot

Savanna Perkins

Alex Petersen

Jenna Peterson♦

Lena Peterson

Nathan Pfeiffer

Hope Phan▲♦

Kade Pickett

Jodiss Pierre

Bryanne Pinkowski▲♦

Ryan Piper

Haidyn Pitsch

Jacob Plath

Jackson Pohl

Nina Polk

Derek Prochaska

Ava Ptak

Samuel Quaintance

Eric Quinn

Nathan Raddatz

Isabella Raichert

Zach Rakauskas

John Ransbottom

Bailey Rantala

Megan Rasmussen●♦

Dylan Redlegs

Class of 2020 Graduates

Jonah Reed▲

Grace Reedy

Michael Reinarz

Emma Reinert Nash

Emma Reinertson

Sara Remde

Kiya Reynolds

Jack Richards●◊

Travis Riddering

Rachel Ring●

David Robison●

Cade Roepke

Greta Rolfe

Kaitlyn Rossow

Heather Rothenberger●

Kieran Rowan●

Hailey Rudd

Hunter Rudd

Tyler Rueckert

William Ruge-Maage

Skyler Rush

Gabrieta Ryabchuk

Michael Ryazanov

Jacqueline Rynda●

Michael Safonov▲

Delaney Sage●◊

Aristides Saint-Hilaire

Erin Sanchez♦

Calvin Sandberg

Griffin Santer▲♦

Abagayle Scapple●♦

Piper Scepaniak●♦

Haley Schaefer●

Kyle Schaeffler

Ethan Schammel

Calyn Schanzenbach●

William Schatzlein●

Hope Schmaltz

Luke Schmid

Devin Schmitz

Gracie Schnackenberg◊

Cooper Schnackenberg

Ella Schnackenberg

Elizabeth Schonhoff

Dante Schroeder

Ryan Schuerkamp▲♦

Lilli Schulte

Harper Schultze

Mason Schwen●◊

Camille Scott

Brenden Seitz

Parker Shannon●◊

Trevor Shannon

David Shchegolev

Devin Shea

Ryan Shipley

Samuel Shopbell

John Shultz

Brian Shuman

Gabriella Siats

Imad Siddiqui▲♦

Annalise Silvers

Bounsue Simphoukham

Siraemorn Sirawattanakul

John Skahen

Andrew Skillestad●

Rachel Slates

Eli Smeby

Abigail Smith

Emma Smith

Justin Snider

Tatiana Solarz

Chet Somerson

Austin Somerville

Olivia Soukup●♦

Peyton Souvan

Nicholas Speltz

Allyssa Sperrazza

Hanna Sperrazza

Dezirae Spratt●♦

Cory St Martin

Mallory Stach●

Sophie Stark

Thomas Stathopoulos

Lauren Steffl

William Steigauf

Polina Stepanenko

Jacob Stich

Jack Stiele

Payton Stradiotto

Lauren Strobel

Andrew Strom

Alexander Stumpe

Reed Sullivan

Thomas Sullivan

Faith Sumpter

Samantha Swan

Anna Swanson

Danae Swedberg▲♦

Lucas Swedberg

Savannah Tanner●

Jacob Tarnowski

Ryan Taylor

Josette Tellin

Gavin Tersteeg●

Christopher Thacker

Nicholas Theis

Samuel Theisen

Skylar Thibos

Mia Thilges

Madelyn Thomas

Jacob Thorsfeldt

Bennett Thram

Allyson Tieman▲♦

Isabella Tighe

Courtlynn Timm

Emily Tiritilli

Class of 2020 Graduates

Andrew Tran

Lynh Tran▲

Quang Tran

Queenie Tran

Lanette Tree

Zoe Tressel●♦

Britney Tsasse

Madeline Tschida

Victoria Tupy

Colin Tushie●◊

Dante Urrutia●

Marco Valdivia

Catherine Vallez

Kevin Valverde Bustos

Madison Vance

Evanie Vang

Alejandra Vinjoy Lliso

Kevin Vo

Alyssa Volk

Autumn Wagner

Taynian Walgrave

Dorian Walker

Seleena Wallace

Jake Walter

Hudeyfe Warsame

Ann Wartnick

Savannah Washington

Gabriel Wasz

Kylie Weigel

Aidan Weightman-Bragg

Mckenzie Weimerskirch

Camden Weisz

Hadley Weydert

Blake Whaley

Justin White

Wyatt White

Julia Wieskus

Camille Will

Christiana Will

Jonathan Williams

Dayane Williams

Aiden Wills

Isabella Wold

Veronica Wolfe

Melissa Wyum◊

Charles Yagla

Salma Yassin

Samuel Yotter

Ashton Young

Megan Zang

Cole Zehnder

Jaxon Ziemkowski◊

Elizabeth Zimmerman

Izabella Zirbes

Jacob Zollar◊

Annika Zurn

Class of 2020 Graduates

Class Flower Marigold

Creativity + Success

Class Song Hey Look Ma, I Made It ⁓

Panic at the Disco

▲Distinguished Board Scholar

●Board Scholar

♦National Honor Society

◊National Business Society

Con