2026 Commencement Program

Mountlake Terrace High

Commencement 2026

2026 Commencement Program - PDF

June 13, 2026
2:30 P.M.
Edmonds Stadium

 

PROGRAM

Processional
Pomp and Circumstance........................MTHS Instrumental Musicians
Darin Faul & Ethan Powell, Directors

Welcome
David Friedle, Mountlake Terrace High School Principal

The Star-Spangled Banner
performed by Lucas Barquin, Vanessa Drake-Sargent,
Charli Gilchrist, Cenai Kidane

Principal’s Message
David Friedle, MTHS Principal
Adam Esayas

Senior Class Selected Speaker
Madina Abdurashidova

Staff Selected Speaker
Zack Yegremachew

Selected Valedictorian Speaker
Allison Mervin
(The speeches, written by the speakers, are an expression of their individual ideas.)

Overture to Royal Fireworks Music……………. Arr by Richard Meyer
MTHS Instrumental Musicians

Certification of the Graduating Class
Dr. Rebecca Miner, Superintendent
Carin Chase, School Board Director

Presentation of Diplomas
Dr. Rebecca Miner, Superintendent
Dr. Helen Joung, Assistant Superintendent
Dr. Greg Schwab, Assistant Superintendent
Dr. Jon Bell, Executive Director
Carin Chase, School Board Director
Thom Garrard, School Board Director
Keith Smith, School Board Director
David Friedle, MTHS Principal

Reading of the Names
Adam Esayas & Zack Yegremachew

Flowers Presented by Class Advisor
Kelsey Eyer

Alma Mater
MTHS Instrumental Musicians and Graduates
(Audience please stand)

Ceremonial Turning of the Tassel
Sadie Belanger, Class of 2026

Recessional
(Please remain seated until the graduates have left the stadium.)

Terrace Alma Mater

Terrace High, our Alma Mater
We stand true to thee.
All our love and fond devotion,
Will remain with thee
Win or lose, we still stand by thee
Firm and loyal too,
Firm and loyal too!
Terrace High, our Alma Mater,
Hail, all hail to thee

Mountlake Terrace High School Class of 2026

 

Madina Abdurashidova ★◊
Theo Cashton Abero
Travis Acheson⚙
Lois Agyemang
Devan Ahlskog
Dua Ahmad◊
Sayyed Shahir Ahmad
Wania Ahsan⚙⚙
Fahad Al Daffaie◊
Naol Alemu⚙⚙
Hamza Alhelal
Javeria Ali
Raul Almonte Ramirez
Dana Al-Mreikhy◊
Mursal Amiri
Mariia Amirkhanova◊
Romzy Aning
Jose Aragon
Batireedui Ariunbileg
Bethel Asfaw
Gibran Avalos Terraza
Suleimi Ayala Mata◊
Zayan Azim
Kaelynn Bagley
Nathan Elijah Bagne
Sebastian Bailon
Lucas Barquin
Marc Daniel Liam Bartolome
Sadie Belanger
Brooklyn Bender
Emily Benesh
Kristen Nohelani Bentosino
Sabrina Bermudez-Dauria
Jimmie Bernhardt
Wyatt Bills
Madisyn Black
Charles Bode
Violet Boutcher
Joshua Bozick⚙⚙
Ethan Brouwer
Grayson Brown
Nathan Brown
Xavier Brown
Ryver Buckingham
John Buonto, Jr.
Cameron Buxton
Xiyu Cao
Robin Cardin★⚙⚙
David Cardwell
Dallas Carreiro
Aiden Casper
Amind Castellanos
Bertha Ceja Bautista◊
Camila Cepeda Moran
Tyler Charles
Joshua Cho
Nathan Coble
Samiah Coffee
Dominick Cole
Halle Connell
Sean Connors
Ellie Cooper-Wahlman
Joaquin Tomas Costales⚙⚙
Reese Couch
Darby Crompton
Camden Curtis
Andrew Cutler
Emanueli Da Silva◊
Samara Da Silva◊
D'Andre Daigre
Joanna Davis★
Magnus Davis⚙⚙
Dana Dea⚙
Taylor Dean
Lucca Dekoekkoek
Mason Delaney
Alessandro Delgado Ardon
Leia Desta
Makena'lei Dick
Joshua Dixon
Timur Dominov
Alani Downing-Rios
Vanessa Drake-Sargent
Elijah Driscoll
Brynlee Dubiel
Stepan Dubitski⚙
Emeka Echeruo⚙⚙
Cody Ekanayake
Yousef El Gamai
Adam Esayas‡
Wy Everett
Marwa Faizi◊
Chloe Fallesen
Adam Fares
Mohammad Fatty⚙⚙
Jackson Fears
Tristan Fidow
Jayse Fire
Lydia Fitsum
Abigail Fitzpatrick
Kellen Fleming
Bryce Fonsen
Noah Foster
Buddy Frank
Andrew Frary⚙⚙
Alejandro Garcia Nunez
Ruby Gilbert
Charli Gilchrist
Chip Gilstrap
Alex Gjoka
Jacob Gomez
Oscar Gonzalez◊
Salome Gonzalez-Angel
Jacqueline Rae Gonzalgo
Marlow Gravender
Jack Gripentrog
Wyatt Gruber⚙
Gaoxi Guan◊
Colin Guerrero
Chelsea Guertin
Karen Guillen - Mendoza
J Gurney
Wyatt Gutting
Harrison Haight
Jordan Hamlin
Tate Haney
Traynor Hansen
Ehsanullah Haqyar
Jonas Hargrave
Nicholas Harris
Aaron Hatfield
Marisa Henriques⚙
Travis Herberg
Carlos Hernandez Bermudez
Yarinet Hernandez Mendoza◊
Christian Hernandez-De La Cruz◊
Ollie Higdon
Odin Higginbotham⚙⚙
Joshua Hill
LeTrell Hill
Tramanh Ho⚙⚙
Ethan Hoang
Dmytro Holoiadov
Noah Hopkins⚙⚙
Jackson Howard
David Huerta
Murtaza Hussaini
Preston Hyink
Sofiya Ibrahim
Ahmadjon Ibrohimov⚙⚙
Reese Inness
Ashenafi Jeffers
Amaya Johnson
Haze Johnson
Gabriel Jolosky
Dewey Jones
Jacob Jung
Iman Kaifa
Ethan Kalles⚙
Taylor Kang
Jonas Karpowitz
Krishan Kaushal◊
Nolan Kays
Madeleine Keating
Cedar Kenall
Ahmadabubakr Khan
Cenai Kidane★⚙⚙
Danika Killpack
Alex Kim
Joshua Kim⚙⚙
Mason Kim☆
Aubrey Knowlton
Jonathan Kocaj
Vitalii Kozak◊
Lillia Kudo◊
Christina Kurose
Pascal Labonite
Samuel Landsberger
Maddox Langeloh
Jake Lantz
Alexander Le
Junwoo Lee
Tyler Lee
Nicholas Liepins
Joshua Lightner
William Lim⚙
John Lin
Lilyana Lockhart
Runa Lockhart
Atabey Lopez
Antonio Lopez Hernandez
Comett Lovelace
Sam Mabeza
Kevin Macas Tibillin
Thomas MacGowan
Skyler MacKay
Conlan MacLeod
Majid Majidi
Brooklyn Marino
Hannah Marion-Doyle
Jacob Marion-Doyle
Lia Martins
Henry McDaniel
Brooke McDugle
Maile Mckeague-Manuel‡
Elyjah Meegan
Owen Meek
Allison Mervin★
Sabin Metallo
Ruwayda Mohamed‡
Jennifer Mondragon Mendoza
Bryce Moodie
Liam Moore
Alexander Moreland
Taylor Morrison
Luke Moulton‡
Ubaid Muhammad
Diany Munoz
Imani Munoz
Abdul Musawwir Najib
Tenzin Namgyal★⚙⚙
Calvin Nguyen
Catherine Nguyen
Jayden Nguyen⚙⚙
Xuan Nhi Nguyen
Mikala Nix
Abigail Norman-Lutz
Rosechelle Obare◊⚙⚙
Mira Olson
Jesus Orellana Mendez
Daphne Ostberg
Melvin Padick◊
Anderson Pak⚙⚙
Mauricio Palma◊
Sadie Parker
Kyo Pedersen
Jason Perkins◊
Mosen Peter
Jimmy Pham
Vananya Phukamchai◊
Ryan Pineda
Mason Pollard
Emmanuel Portillo
Nick Portillo
Patricia Pottinger
Akisha Prasad
Isabella Purevsuren
Esmatullah Quraishi
Ali Reza Qurbani
Georgia Rahla‡
Soren Ramerman
Santiago Ramirez Rose◊
Liam Rees★
Mitch Reinhart
Brianna Reyes
Christopher Reyes Bautista◊
Mia Rheinheimer
Rowan Rhoads
Jayden Rincon
Nicholas Roach
Baylee Roark
Neya Robinson
Layton Rongholt
Jaelyn Rosabella Saguid
Danielle Sahachartsiri
Christian Samuel★
Marcos Sanchez Barrera
Jenna Sanders
Audrey Saxby
Alexander Schmidt
Charlie Schofield⚙⚙
Layla Secerbegovic◊‡
Marlson Selifis
Andrew Seyler
Georgiy Sharabov
Eklavaya Sharma
Kolby Sheppard
Yusuf Siddiqi
Muhammed Sillah
Sarah Simula
Jack Skittrall
Owen Smith⚙⚙
Class of 2026
Evie Snow
Danait Solomon
Nataliya Soumphonphakdy
Adelaide St John
Brooklyn Steele
Alexander Stern
Kelvin Strickland
Hayden Studley
Sophia Suciu☆⚙⚙
Adrian Suharjoto
Sierra Swan
Liam Tait
Bria Tate
Jaime Taylor
Abigayl Tecle‡
Haben Teklezig
Matthew Thomas
Dean Thompson⚙⚙
Lezlee Thorson
Mason Tingle⚙⚙
Lemapu Toelupe
Sofi Traina
Aiden Tran
Maria Treperinas
Maia Troy
Aili Tse
Caleb Tsega
Sylvia Turner
Kejsi Ukaj
Jade Vallee
Aron Vazquez-Lopez◊
Amelia Vollman
Brandon Vuong
Jordan Wagner⚙⚙
Soren Wagner-Norman
Luke Wallace
Amanda Wangmo‡
Emanuel Weems
Sicily Weitz‡
Abigail Werede
Tristan Wexler
Kalliope Whalen-Robinson
Isiah Wilder
Gunnar Willson
Elliot Willwerth
Jordan Wilson
Kayin Wilson
Terry Wood, Jr.
Katherine Woodman
Stefan Yao◊
Devon Yee
Zack Yegremachew
Ahmet Yilmaz◊
Haarish Yogeswaran
Ethen Young
Sumayyah Yusuf
Natalia Zamudio-Perez◊
Edgar Zheng★⚙⚙

 

Academic Honors & Distinctions

★ Valedictorian
☆ Salutatorian
‡ Associate of Arts Degree
⚙ STEM Exploratory
⚙⚙ STEM Honors
◊ Seal of Biliteracy

MTHE Cord Color Key

Art Club – Lemon Green
Asian Student Union – Red & Gold
Band – White
Black Student Union – Green, Black, Red
CHEER – Red & Black
Creative Writing Club – Antique Gold
DECA – Royal Blue & White
ECO Club – Royal Blue & Kelly Green
Filipino Student Union – Red, Blue, Gold
FRC Robotics – Red, Blue, Silver
GSA – Purple
Hawkeye/Journalism – Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
HBN/Broadcasting – Red & White
HOSA – Maroon & Gold
International Thespian Society – Blue & Gold
Key Club – Royal Blue
National Honor Society – Gold
Orchestra – Pink
Seal of Biliteracy – Blue & White
Sports Medicine – Dark Green & Grey
STEM Diploma, STEM Honors Diploma – Silver
Technology Student Association– Red, White, Blue
VEX Robotics – Red & Silver

Congrats!

Class of 2026

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