Santa Ynez Valley News from Solvang, California • A5

GRADUATION 2018 SANTA YNEZ VALLEY NEWS THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2018 A5 CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Head of School Christopher Barnes welcomes graduating seniors, family members and friends to the class of 2018 commencement exercises held June 2 at Midland School in Los Olivos. mi8t51PSmBI Jun Qiu Martha Rothenberg Dorcy Struebing Braeden Swidenbank Maggie Tang Annabelle Tunberg Wolfgang Ungard Patrick Wang Jireh Williams Juila Yamasaki Jingyi Zhang Elanor Zierhut Ashley Alvarez Christopher Burton-Orton David D'Attile Nayeli Ehrhart Shannon Fagen Erynn Frost Cynthia Hannahs Adrienne Howard Freya Kargard Thomas Kuyper Noah Alexander Lawrence Claire M. Lichtwardt Eliza Merrall Graduates toss their mortar boards Friday at the end of the commencement Valley Union High School class of 2018. LEN WOOD PHOTOS, STAFF ceremony for the Santa Ynez Kimberly Aguayo Marc Aguilar Briana Aguirre Ava Albanese Licsy Alvarenga-Hernandez Ivan Alvarez Owen Andersen Alexander Angel Ulises Angel Justin Arnold Adrian Arriaga Plascencia Daniel Atchinson Ariana Avila Torres Nicole Bastanchury Rachel Battaglia Courtney Baugh Kurt Beehler Ryan Beery Madison Benson Nathan Berch Graduation of the Santa Ynez Valley Union High School class of 2018. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Head of School Christopher Barnes hands a Midland School graduate her diploma during commencement exercises June 2 on the Los Olivos campus.

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