Each year the Sonoma Valley High School student newspaper prints a list of the senior class's college and career plans. That issue was distributed on campus late last month with the list below compiled by the Dragon's Tale staff.
The SVHS class of 2016 began its freshman year with 373 students, according to published SVHS reports that fall.
The class started its senior year last fall with 271 students and 255 students received a diploma on June 2. 'We see attrition for a variety of reasons,' said Sonoma Valley Unified School District Superintendent Louann Carlomagno. 'Students move or transfer to other public schools or Creekside. Our graduation rate remains very high and in line with all of our peer schools.'
Below, the class of 2016 reported on their plans for next year.
86 will attend a four-year college (32 percent)
135 will attend a junior or two-year college (53 percent)
8 plan on attending a trade or technical college
8 plan on joining the military
The rest did not report, are undecided or are taking a gap year
OFF TO 4-YEAR COLLEGES
Bridgewater College – UK
Jack Etherington
BYU Idaho
Hannah Adams
California Maritime Academy
Moises Farias
Pablo Vazquez-Cruz
Cal Poly, SLO
Lucy Houghton
Cian Lacy
Samantha Von Gober
Cal Poly, Pomona
Natalie Smith
California State University, Chico
Courtney Cogbill
Jack Lewis
Dantia Minatta
Carlos Aldas Casillas
Gustavo Gomez
Andrew Purdom
Sofia Williams
Andrea Robledo
California State University, Long Beach
Anika Ljung
California State University, Monterey Bay
Jasmin Arjona
Isabel Jaycox
California State University, Sacramento
Yangjum Sherpa
Colorado State University
Ian Bon
William Lennon
Carlie Vollert
CSU Channel Islands
Ellie Rohrbacher
Dixie College
Nicolas Diaz-DeTorres
Dominican University
Joseph Petersen
Expression College
Amani Quilter
Humboldt State University
Kathleen Klauber
Jessica MacCarthy
Lewis & Clark College
Anna DeSmet
Loyola University Chicago
Benjamin Regoli
Macalester College
Edwin Reyes Herrera
Menlo College
Nathalie Vega
Montana State University, Bozeman
Jazsmine Reed
Oregon State University
Spencer McNairy
Pepperdine University
Sonia Krikorian
Portland State University
Diandra Gold-Diamond
Ringling College
Jesse Figueroa-Gaona
Sacramento State University
Leo Macedonio
Saint Mary's College (CA)
Oscar O'Donnell
San Diego State University
John Little
San Francisco State University
Karina Echeverria
San Jose State University
Genesis Castaneda
Sonoma State University
Cristina Alvarez
Kevin Andrade Olaco
Stephanie Castillo
Andrea Jimenez
Mariela Mendoza-Aceves
Devin Muller
Alison Mysliwczyk
Gage Osborne
Ricardo Pulido
Margaret Thomas
Brandon Trejo
Southern Oregon University
Travis Claeys
Stanford University
Madeline Libbey
University of Arizona
Matthew Scott
U.C. Berkeley
Alexandra Dobson
Maxwell Shepard
U.C. Davis
Lilyanna Carranza-Lugg
Emma Caballero
Eileen Chen
Eduardo Hernandez
Jacqueline Regan
UCLA
Kaylin Riebli
Emma Stanfield
U.C. San Diego
Brianna Lehane
U.C. Santa Barbara
Naomi Albertson
Anne Greenslade
Heidi Landeros
Renee O'Donnell
Olivia Yazzolino
U.C. Santa Cruz
Alejandro Cabrera
Tsering Sherpa
Marcos Vicente Silva
Kudra Wagner
University of Chicago
Isabel Garon
University of Colorado at Denver
Mackenzie Ammann
University of Connecticut
Natalie Baker
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Zabela Olascoaga
University of Oregon
Lily Pier
University of Portland
Callie Hogan
University of Southern California
Georgia Bundschu
University of Washington
Alison Gray
Miles Pimentel
University of Wyoming
Thomas Gare
APPRENTICESHIP
Garrett Anken
TRADE SCHOOLS
Hinton Beauty School
Dania Montez
Lytles Redwood Empire Beauty College
Mizette Cervantes
Marinello School of Beauty
Beatriz Cortes
Cosmetology School
Brianna Crispi
Blanca Sanchez
Hannah Short
Universal Technical Institute
Jorge Escobar-Pureco
MILITARY
Avigail Anaya (Air Force recruiter)
Josh Coglizer
Esmeralda Escobar (Air Force recruiter)
Brandon Kelly-Ruiz
Aidan McAuliffe
Kristyn McDonald
Tyler Ramsey
Jose Vega-Ortiz (Marines)
GAP YEAR OR WORK
Jesse Andrieux
Quinton Baker
Jennifer Bald
Genaro Bustamante
Dustin Brent Bustisbauch
Jose Padilla
Steven Calles
Rebecca Femenia
Corin Fritz
Matthew Garcia
Jacob McDonald
Oscar Moya-Crus
Magda Perez
Christian Rodriguez
Austin Beltran
Isaac Gylfe
Gladys Ochoa
Ballie Severson
2-YEAR COLLEGES
Butte College
Kylee Martindale
College of Marin
Jesus Carrillo
Rogelio Varguez
Golden West College
Samantha Simoni
Los Angeles Valley College
Emily Floerke
Napa Valley College
Andrea Correa
Melanie Davis
Emily Madrigal
Samantha Montgomery
Brittany Richards
Solomon Ruiz
Alondra Sanchez
Natalie Anderson
San Diego Mesa College
Autumn Ceil
Santa Rosa Junior College
Alejandro Alcaraz
Cali Alton
Luis Alvarez-Fernandez
Jocelyn Amezquita
Eduardo Barajas
Oscar Baron
Vanessa Baron
James Bartliff
Dylan Bearg
Valeria Bernardino
Isabella Bollman
Garrett Brown
Stephanie Cano-Chavira
Liliana Carabini
Kimberly Carrillo
Isabella Carrillo-Dardon
Daniel Chavez-Buenrostro
Diego Chavez-Martinez
Salvador Chavez-Mata
Teresa Chavez-Rendon
Lukas Chipchase
Rubi Chopin-Guerrero
Samuel Cordano
Veronica Cortes
Ruben Cromeyer
Azalea Cross
Jennifer Dagio Cervantes
Antonio De La Cruz
Jose De La Cruz
Sebastian Dickerson
Joseph Dukes
Jenny Lynn Eggers
Dalton Elster
William Engebreth
Eva Escobar
Francisco Estrada
Victor Fernandez
Erik Figueroa-Castillo
Alejandro Flores
Dhamar Gallardo
Tyler Gallo-Gaffner
Daniel Garcia
Laura Garcia
Mariana Garcia
Sayra Gollaz
Berenice Gonzalez
Aeden Haywood
George Hernandez
Olivia Cole
Alicia Howlett
Jennifer Ibarra
Jesus Lopez
Jesus David Lopez
Luz Lucas
Bibiana Luna
Brenda Maldonado
Kaylin Martindale
Trevor Martinelli
Christina Mathews
Jacob Maxwell
Dawson McCahon
Colin McIntyre
Fabian Metelmann
Alejandro Molina
Kyle Moran
Jose Napoles
Joselyn Napoles
Edgar Nava
Juan Nieves
Carlos Ortiz
Rafael Oseguera
Freddy Padilla
Jacob Paine
Eduardo Parra
Gunnar Paulson
Valeria Perez-Bataz
Nichole Pho
Rosa Pich
Ignacio Pizano
Matthew Powers
David Price
Alvaro Pulido
Michel Pulido-Gaona
Madison Raffaini
Tori Rasmussen
Marina Robbins
Gabriel Rodriguez
Maria Rojas
Ericka Rojas-Mendoza
Sofia Sanchez
David Sanchez-Navarro
Daniel Sandoval-Arriaga
Raquel Sazuma Darnell
Savannah Schell
Nima Sherpa
Travis Skaggs
Katharine Sunia
Jonathan Tapia
Ariah Thornton
Sandra Tinoco-Martinez
Daniel Van Kirk
Bridget Vanoni
Mia Vanoni
Gabriel Vanzant
Martin Velazquez
Kevin Alvarez
Juan Sahagun
Yenifer Velazquez
Maria Lucas
Nicholas Vides
SRJC – Petaluma Campus
Noemi Fonseca
Alsy Howard
Kevin Hurtado
Tania Lira-Coto
Selena Menendez
Kimberly Perez
Brianda Prudente
Seattle Central College
Skyler Trygstad
Malaya Zachau-Dickey
Solano Community College
MacLean Meyn
South Puget Sound Community College
Holden Coons
NO RESPONSE
Oscar Gutierrez
Claudia Hernandez
Nicole Jacobo
Teodoro Magana Laureano
Mitchell Marquez-Soto
Berenice Mendez
Gabriella Rodriguez
Arianet Rosas
Francisco Torres
Jesus Vazquez
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