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MONTEREY, Calif. - June 5, 2006 - Santa Catalina School's 2006 upper school commencement ceremony held on June 3 honored 65 young women hailing from six states and six countries. The Santa Catalina graduates will be continuing their educations at a variety of top schools, including UCLA, Carnegie Mellon, NYU, Vanderbilt, USC, Notre Dame, Tufts, Cornell, and the University of Michigan to name a few.  Elizabeth Diane Crosby of San Luis Obispo presented the invocation and Mary Katherine Campbell of Salinas delivered the benediction.

For more information or questions concerning the commencement, please call Mary Dowson, at Santa Catalina School, at 655.9366 or visit www.santacatalina.org.

Santa Catalina's 2006 graduates with highest honor:
Hayoung Chung, Emily Rose Intersimone, and Lan-Anh Thi Le.

Santa Catalina's 2006 graduates with high honor:
Cassandra Anne Cappuccio, Cameron Richelle Crane, Andrea Drake, Mannimrat Kaur Dhillon, Kira Pizzo Frenzen, Natalie Kestrel Gomez, Veronica Marie Heiskell, Connie Wei-Jay Lee, and Laura Genevieve Taricco.

Santa Catalina's 2006 graduates with honor:
Dana Kathleen Armstrong, Cecily Catharine Bates, Elizabeth Diane Crosby, Sigrid Berka Fostvedt, Jacquelyn Inez Gallegos, Hannah Mei Humble, Molly Jean Intersimone, Laura Rowland McKenzie, Ariel Marie Robertson, and Grace Keumju Song.

Santa Catalina's 2006 graduates:
Felita Agus, Allison June Armstrong, Katherine Christina Bardis, Bridget Marie Bengard, Ellen Ann Billingsley, Stephanie Louise Birdsong, Candace Diane Brekka, Katherine Elinor Buckley, Mary Katherine Campbell, Alysia Brittani Carroll, Kristine Conway Cosgrove, , Analucía Cuéllar Tamez, Helen Grace Edwards, Caitlin Andree Evans, Whitney Marie Gall, , Caitlin Nicole Harris, Broghan Jocelyn Helgeson, Morgaen Lee Hoxsey, Alice Naiting Hu, Crystal Kai-Wen Huang, Alexandra Maria Kautz, Claire Elizabeth Keresey, Ashlee Elizabeth Knight-Graham, Jacqueline Kay Knutson, Lauren Emily Kristich, Emily Louise Lastinger, Emily Katherine Lauerman, Wing-Yu Lee, Hillary Katherine Leeb, Anna Catherine Lopez, Courtney Anna Nichols, Ju-Youn Park, Caitlin Nicole Parrish, Valentina Sergeyevna Polyakova, Constance Marie Ramirez, Sophia Ruth Raskin, Emily Lila Robertson, Lindsey Margaret Sedlack, María Tarriba Villa, Courtney Lee Throgmorton, Farrell Ann Marie Topham, Laurel Stephanie Wright, Anne Torney, and Lisa Kathleen Zellitti.

High Achievement and Outstanding Student in a given subject area:

Physical Education
Honorable Mention San Jose Mercury News Water Polo: Devan Kennifer, First Team San Jose Mercury News Golf: Eugenia Guerra and Ariana Patterson.

High Achievement: Allie Carroll, Cameron Crane, Devan Kennifer, Kira Frenzen, Emily Helbig, Courtney Mazzei, and Sarah Wright.

Outstanding Student: Jackie Gallegos.  

Dance
High Achievement: Maria Tarriba.

Outstanding Student: Genevieve Taricco.

Visual Arts
High Achievement: Photography-Analucia Cuellar and Sigi Fostvedt; Visual Arts- Andrea Kohatsu, and Ceramics-Kristina Wasserman.

Outstanding Students: Katie Campbell, Molly Intersimone. 
  
Theatre Arts
Outstanding Contribution to the performing arts in the area of technical theatre: Candace Brekka, Molly Intersimone, Ariel Robertson, and Emily Robertson.

High Achievement: Caitlin Evans and Emily Lauerman.

Outstanding Student: Cassie Cappuccio.
  
Music
Certificate of Merit from the Music Teachers' Association of California: Samantha Wai.

High Achievement: Allie Hashimoto and Cindy Im.

Outstanding Student: Emily Intersimone.

Science
High Achievement: Biology- Nimrat Dhillon and Anna Martinelli;  Chemistry - Atenas Bustamante and  Lucy O'Leary; Environmental Science - Whitney Gall; Marine Science - Lindsey Sedlack; Physics - Michelle Briggs, Allegra Krasznekewicz, and Emily Robertson.

Bausch and Lomb Award:  (Award) (For a junior student in recognition of outstanding academic achievement and superior intellectual promise in the field of science) Samantha Wai.

Outstanding Student: Ceci Bates.
     
Language
High Achievement: French - Nimrat Dhillon and Emily Lauerman; Latin - Alex Taddeucci; Spanish - Amanda Darnell, Natalie Gomez, and  Samantha Wai.

Outstanding Student: Atenas Bustamante.

History
The National History Club and George Washington's Mount Vernon 2006 "History Student of the Year": Laura McKenzie.

High Achievement: Allison Armstrong, Allegra Krasznekewicz, Augusta Loomis, Carolyn McBride, Laura McKenzie, Clare Riley, Kelly Sawyers, and Kira Frenzen.

Economics Award for Excellence in the Social Sciences and Humanities (For a junior student in recognition of outstanding academic achievement and superior intellectual promise in the field of social sciences and humanities): Ali Abraham.

Outstanding Student and National History Society Award: Cassie Cappucci.

Mathematics
High Achievement: Lauren Boczek, Lottie Dowson, Lan-Anh Le, Lucy O'Leary, Lauren Rice, Katherine Robinson, and Christine Woo.

Renssalaer Award for Outstanding Achievement in Mathematics and Science and highest achieving junior mathematics student - Balles Award: Samantha Wai

Outstanding Student: Connie Lee

Religious Studies
High Achievement: Kathryn Balestreri, Hayley Berra, Sabrina Brett, Jackie Gallegos, Brighid Greene, Allegra Krasznekewicz, and Joanne Pham.

Outstanding Student:Caitlin Evans.

English
High Achievement: Cassie Cappuccio, Jackie Gallegos, Katherine Kihs, Allegra Krasznekewicz, Lan Anh Le, Anna Martinelli, Aurora Quinn-Elmore, and Samantha Wai.

Outstanding Student: Veronica Heiskell.

Santa Catalina School is dedicated to the education of young people between the ages of 5-18 by giving careful consideration to the individual abilities and potential of each child. The school's mission is to balance intellectual growth with spiritual awareness, creativity with order, and individuality with compassion. Santa Catalina School is enriched by the diversity of socioeconomic, religious, geographic, and cultural backgrounds represented by students and faculty. The Upper School includes boarding students from 14 states and nine countries. Local students come from not only the Central Coast, but from cities as far away as Gilroy, King City, Santa Cruz, San Jose and Santa Clara. For more information visit www.santacatalina.org or call 831.655.9300.