WACONIA HIGH SCHOOLCLASS OF 2020

Sunday, June 7, 202012:00 p.m.

104th Annual

COMMENCEMENT

Processional: “Pomp and Circumstance” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edward ElgarWHS Concert Bands

Mr . John Pohland, Director of Bands

Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr . Mark FredericksenPrincipal

Ms . Dana Geller Board Chair

Mr . Pat DevineSuperintendent

Recognition of Honor Students and Scholarship Recipients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr . Mark Fredericksen

Principal

Introduction of Student Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr . Mark Fredericksen

Student Presentations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brady Compaan Sophie Sazdoff

Student Representatives

Presentation of the Class of 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr . Mark FredericksenPrincipal

“May the Road Rise to Meet You” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Traditional Irish SongWHS Choir

Mr . Aaron Olson, Director of Choirs

Presentation of Diplomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mr . Paul Sparby Assistant Principal

Mr . Pat DevineSuperintendent

Mr . Mark FredericksenPrincipal

Recessional: “March from Carmen” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G . BizetWHS Concert Bands

Mr . John Pohland, Director of Bands

PROGRAM

CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2020

Alisauskas, AndriusAmbrose, PaxtonAndersen, RileyAnderson, PearsonArenas, ChrisBartley, AlexanderBattis, Meghan ~*Baumann, Basil *Baumann, Payton ~*Behring, MichaelBensen, Danielle ~Berger, Benjamin ~Berger, SamuelBertossi, LucBitschenauer, LilliBjerke, AlexaBlanco, JohnBlaschko, TravisBobrowsky, EmilyBobrowsky, MollyBoll, CarsonBonick, Caleb ~*Bonnema, Kaitlyn ~Bottolfson, KoltonBoyd, Katherine Braun, TaylorBredeson, RileyBrooks, RileyBruellman, Elsa ~*Brummer, JennaBruzadin, GabrielaBryant, JacobBuland, JaredBurke, ConnorBuschena, ZacharyCalayag, MariaCampbell, Evan Carleton, DominicCarlson, ZacharyCast, KaitlynCavanaugh, CarterChabot, Ahnna Charbonneau, MadelineChase, AdamClark, Skyler ~

Colson, Jacob *Compaan, Brady ~Copelan, TristanCruser, BrynCurrier, Collin ~Dammann, Ellie ~*Deadrick, SamuelDean, NateDean, SamuelDeClercq, Jillian *DeLange, Ryan ~*Dircks, DanaDondelinger, JacobDoty, Jackson ~Drey, Olivia ~Dvorak, RyanEbent, AlexEder, ClaireEdsill, Anna ~*Erenstein, Gabrielle ~*Eveslage, MitchellFalkman, Will Fawcett, Jenna ~*Fisk, Morgan ~Foley, JacobFortado, EmmaFoster, RyanFrahm, Ruth ~*Frey, Nicholas ~Fritz, JackFroemke, AlaynaFroemke, RylanGarcia, GiovanniGerring, CoralGesinger, Grace *Gieseke, LoganGlenn, IanGlenzinski, EllieGomez nuño, MelissaGonzalez Calvente, KellyGothmann, Annika ~Gothmann, TysonGove, Ellie ~*Grant, BeatriceGrant, Taylor

~ Denotes Honor Status * Denotes National Honor Society

Greenwood, Isaac ~Gregoire, LauraGriffin, HoltonGroeneveld, EricGrundhofer, MaxwellGrundhofer, Olivia ~Guzman, IsaacHagedorn, RyanHamby, Kiersten ~Hanke, KatherineHarried, Acelyn *Hawkins, KatelynHawkinson, AlexisHayes, GraceHayes, NolanHayes IV, Patrick ~*Hebeisen, Joshua ~Hedtke, SamanthaHentges, Jake ~Hilk, Cassie ~Hines, IsabelHissam, BenjaminHissam, RachelHoiosen, MarkHolbrook, EllieHolbrook, WillHolt, GraceHueper, EmilHumphrey, MatthewIbarra, FrancescaJackson, IsaacJaeger, ChloeJaeger, GrahamJager, Todd ~*Jeffers, ConnorJensen, ParkerJohnson, KaiaJohnson, Tess ~Johnston, CeciliaJohnston, Maria ~Juberien, TatumJunge, LillianKalenberg, MaxKappel, Maxwell ~*Karnes, CarsonKellogg, Isaac

Kelzer, Olivia ~*Kienholz, Carter ~*Kim, Mya ~Kimball, Megan ~*Kimball, Molly ~*Kimm, AshlyKing, Carmela ~Kinneberg, HenryKirsch, Maria ~*Kjelden, SydneyKnutson, EmelyKohls, JonathanKorbel, KatelynKruse, NoahKuhn, NathanaelKuntz, Elizabeth ~*Kurtz, KylieLabonde, LukeLage, BriannaLane, MadelineLanger Jr., Jameson ~*Larsen, MatthewLarson, AaronLarson, GraceLeen, BraxtynLein, ElizabethLenz, Jayda ~Lenz, TravisLinehan, JacksonLlerena-Pinto, Gabriela~*Logelin, Ellie ~Lorenz, Emily ~Lowden, MichelleLuedloff, Emily Lundquist, AbbyMaass, AshtonMaass, ParkerMachemehl, MorganMadden, PaigeMalone, KaylenMarceau, Catherine ~Markiewicz, KristinMarquardt, LukeMarten, CadeMathistad, ReaganMattson, Gloria ~

McCabe, Shea ~*McDonald, Tanner *McDurmott Warrington, Mikayla~ Meath, Natalie ~*Medlock-Sanders, TreMeier-Haertl, ScottMelchert, Kate ~Melchior, DanielleMelton, TristanMiller, AleyaMiller, Danielle *Miller, Paityn *Mitchell, LillyMorris, BenjaminMorton, WhitneyMuminovic, ErminaMurrey, HopeNahan, HazelNaples, JennaNash, SarahNaslund, MaxwellNeubert, JasmynNgep, SophiaNicholson, DonaldNielsen, DanielNielsen, HayleyO’Brien, Jack ~*Oelfke, KortOelfke, RebeccaOleson, CorbinOlsem, MikaylaOlson, AnnaOlson, ConnerOscarson, Olivia ~Peitz, Trey ~*Percifield, KylePeters, Ja’onnaPeters, JessicaPeterson, EmilyPeterson, ZacharyPieschke, BenjaminPitts, BlakePost, SethPrecht, IsabellaPufahl, MatthewPuhl, Charles ~*

Pusateri, DominicRademacher, KalebRamirez, AngelRamirez, Mateo ~Rankin, Logan Reich, Kaden ~Reichenberger, Anna ~Revollo, SyoniRice, MasonRidl, BenjaminRieckhoff, MatthewRiley, JacobRohlik, CollinRoitenberg, Alea *Rothstein, CharlesRyskoski, MorganSamuelson, AlexandraSaunders, Allison ~*Sawvel, ElizabethSazama, Anthony *Sazdoff, Sophie ~Schaefbauer, BrooklynSchmidt, Jessica ~Schmidt, MaxwellSchmieg, MadelineSchmitt, TravisSchmitz, CodySchuette, Isabellah ~Schuler, BlakeSchuler, Lauren ~*Schultz, AlexanderSchwob, Connor *Segner, ClaireShea, SydneyShirk, AbigailShuster, Isabelle ~*Siddons, SkylerSieckert, NatalieSmith, ChloeSonnek, Jacob ~*St. Amand, Rachel Stapleton, TimothySteinhagen, HenryStepan, ColtonStipek, MariaStorms, Mason

CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2020

~ Denotes Honor Status * Denotes National Honor Society

Storms, Meara ~Stottler, IsaacStroschein, Abraham ~*Stulc, BrettSwanson, KitTenor, KyleTheis, Alexis ~Thom, SarahThomas, Cecily ~*Thompson, BenjaminTiede, AlexusTorres, EmilyTreichel, MannyTrnka, JaydanTuttle, AndraUrzedowski, EllenyaVacek, Mallory ~*Van Nurden, Jack ~VanBuskirk, TaylorVaughn, AalanaVazquez-Castillo, LauraVillavicencio, ColynVillegas Garcia, CamiloVilmain, AlysonVogt, JonVolimas, MadalineWambeke, Quinn ~*Waugh, Kathryn ~

Weber, Bennett ~Wedge, Chasey ~Weinand, Josephine ~Wellnitz, MasonWenger, TylerWestby, KaiWestmiller, GabrielleWhite, NathanWhite, RieseWidmer, JackWilliams, CarsonWilliams, HaileyWillis, Gabriel ~Wilson, CalebWolf, Kali *Wolf, SethWolter, John ~Wright, Lauren Wyffels, Emma ~*Yancey, KaylaYantes, KodyYoung, Bonnie ~*Young, Paige *Zajac, Christopher ~Zempel, ZacharyZellmann, JackZimmerman, Shelby

CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2020

~ Denotes Honor Status * Denotes National Honor Society

SENIOR AWARDS

SCHOLARSHIP/RECOGNITION RECIPIENT(S)Adam Hagen Technical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maxwell GrundhoferAlexis Kretsch Memorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Logan Gieseke, Allison SaundersAndrew Kutzke Memoria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abraham StroscheinBackyard Wishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brianna Lage, Gabriela Llerena, Syoni Revollo, Kyle TenorBen Widseth Memorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seth WolfCarver County 4-H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grace LarsonCarver County Pheasants Forever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John WolterCharlene Tegels Memorial Scholarship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ellie DammannCologne Fireman’s Relief Assoc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Olivia Grundhofer, Elizabeth LeinDavid Hobbs Music Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Morgan FiskDistrict 110 Educational Support Professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ellie GoveDistrict 110 Educational Public Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gabriela LlerenaDistrict 110 Foundation: Most Improved GPA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lauren Wright Good Samaritan – Earn to Learn . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

HomeTown Bank Scholarship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anna EdsillJoe Corkins Memorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristin MarkiewiczLaw Day Essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abraham StroscheinMeyer/Hall Technical Scholarship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessica SchmidtNational Merit Scholar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Commended Scholar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brady Compaan, Abraham StroscheinRETEL Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John WolterRHYG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Allison SaundersRidgeview Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jameson LangerSt. Boni Lions Humanitarian Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ellie Holbrook, Allison Saunders, Cecily ThomasSLS Tax & Accounting Financial Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauren SchulerWaconia Am. Legion Post 150. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Waconia Chamber of Commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connor SchwobWaconia Education Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Danielle BensenWaconia Fellowship of Christian Athletes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Collin Currier, Jameson LangerWaconia Lions: Wayne Hall Memorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mason Storms Ron Machtemes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jacob Sonnek Paul Melchert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natalie Meath Ozzie Moonen Athletic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bennett Weber Bob Sudheimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maxwell GrundhoferWaconia Masonic Lodge #326 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gabriela Llerena, Quinn WambekeWaconia VFW Post 5462 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Waconia/West Carver Rotary Club ~ Student Service Above Self. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grace Gesinger, Allison SaundersWaconia/West Carver Rotary (STRIVE). . . .

Waconia Wrestling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Westonka Mohawk Jaycee’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexis Theis

Ryan Dvorak, Todd Jager, Anna Olson, Maxwell Schmidt, Timothy Stapleton, Kyle Tenor, Riese White

Ahnna Chabot, Jillian DeClercq, Katherine Hanke, Rachel Hissam, Madeline Lane, Morgan

Machemehl, Emily Peterson, Laura Vazquez-Castillo, Josephine Weinand

Joshua Hebeisen, Natalie Meath, Jack Van Nurden, Gabriel Willis

Brady Compaan, Benjamin Hissam, Rachel Hissam, Maria Johnston

Isabellah Schuette, Sydney Shea, Jacob Sonnek, Mason Storms, John Wolter

Jenna Brummer, Ahnna Chabot, Dana Dircks, Ian Glenn, Tatum Juberien, Parker Maas, Danielle Melchior,

Hope Murrey, Donald Nicholson, Rebecca Oelfke, Mikayla Olsem, Sarah Thom, Jack Widmer, Aalana Vaughn

DISTRICT 110 FOUNDATIONVOLUNTEER SCHOLARSHIP

(PHONE-A-THON) 2020

Thanks to the generosity of District 110 residents and businesses, the following students will each receive a scholarship through the

District 110 Foundation.

The School District 110 Foundation proudly serves the communities of New Germany, St. Bonifacius,

Minnetrista, Victoria and Waconia.

Anna Edsill

Jenna Fawcett

Kelly Gonzalez

Francesca Ibarra

Olivia Kelzer

Elizabeth Kuntz

Jameson Langer

Gabriela Llerena

Emily Lorenz

Abby Lundquist

Zachary Peterson

Isabellah Schuette

Connor Schwob

BOARD OF EDUCATION

CLASS MOTTO

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The only time I set the bar low is when I limbo .Michael Scott (The Office)

Ms. Dana Geller, ChairMs. Jackie Johnson, Vice Chair

Mr. Mike Bullis, DirectorMr. Rachel Myers, DirectorMs. Cathy Thom, TreasurerMr. John Weinand, Director

Mr. Ken Varble, Director