The "Best and Brightest"

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Class of 1916
Valedictorian: Ruth Granlund
Salutatorian: Helen Sleight

Class of 1918
Valedictorian: Leona Boettcher

Class of 1920
Valedictorian: Tony Boettcher
Salutatorian: Janice Meredith

Class of 1925
Valedictorian: Maurice Compton
Salutatorian: Chris Harmon

Class of 1926
Valedictorian: Lorena Raught
Salutatorian: Elsa Moretz

Class of 1927
Valedictorian: Doyl Mowery
Salutatorian: Ilene Tuttle

Class of 1929
Valedictorian: Louise Middleton
Salutatorian: Georgia Nelson

Class of '31
Valedictorian: Marie Lorency Hanson
Salutatorian: Mabel Josephine Deranleau

Class of '33
Valedictorian: Francile Fletcher
Salutatorians: Irma McGuire and Nina Glenn

Class of '41
Valedictorian: Alma Combs
Salutatorian: Gladys Peters

Class of '44
Valedictorian: Maxine Holloway
Salutatorian: Edith Schock

Class of '45
Valedictorian: Joan Whitney

Class of '46
Valedictorian: Clarence Powell

Class of '47
5 Valedictorians:
Donna Dillard, Joan Long, Glenna Jean McEwen, Iva Tucker, Eugene Fergin

Class of '48
Valedictorian: Joyce Baker

Class of '49
4 Valedictorians:
Richard Boyd, Patricia Monroe, Mary Musser, Elizabeth Myers
2 Salutatorians:
Glen Turner, Phillip Raekes

Class of '50
Valedictorian: Lorna Erickson
Salutatorian: Catherine Baudendistel

Class of '51
TOP FIVE
Valedictorian: Margaret Dowis
Margaret Buescher, Donna Miller, Jim Wakefortd, Shirley Drury

Class of '52
TOP SIX
Valedictorian: Tom Davis
Salutatorian: Nancy Mooers
Joy Mason, Margie Casebier, Elsa Lou Slack, Mary Morgan

Class of '53
TOP SIX
Valedictorian: Suzanne Struck
Salutatorian: Norma Loescher
Dorothy Dowis, Sue Hall, Shirley Frye, LaRae McCullough

Class of '54
TOP SIX
Valedictorian: Mural Nichols
Salutatorian: Larry Blackburn
Mary Esther Anderson, Carol Clark, Ruth Haugse, Virginia Brinkerhoff

Class of '55
Valedictorian: Helen Henry
Salutatorian: Jane Volpentest

Class of '56
TOP FIVE
Valedictorian: Ruth Johnson
Salutatorian: Polly Ann Hills
Lloyd Moore, Janet Glenn, Anne Hutcherson

Class of '57
TOP FIVE
Valedictorian: Gary Lucas
Salutatorian: Aida Mankowski
Elizabeth Parker, Max Case, Carol Shanks

Class of '58
2 Valedictorians:
Pamela Holsclaw and Terry Groswith

Class of '59
TOP FIVE
3 Valedictorians:
Judith Rees, Loretta Reich, Georgette Anderson
Salutatorian:
Susan J. Myhre
Thomas Beaulieu

Class of '60
Valedictorian: Mike Waggoner
Salutatorian: Howard Kirz

Class of '61
Valedictorian: Katherine "Kay" Johnson
Salutatorian: Tobe Roberts

Class of '62
3Valedictorians:
Joyce Herbel, Yvonne Wright, Sandy Harmon

Class of '63
TOP FIVE
Valedictorian: Ken Carlson
Salutatorian: Leslie Dreher
Gary LeClair, Marye Durbin, Jim Newell

Class of '64
TOP FIVE
Valedictorian: Margaret Simmons
Salutatorian: Bill Compton
Kerry Kelly, Carolyn Carver, Veronica Yates

Class of '65
2 Valedictorians:
Gaynor Dawson, Paige Wheeler
2 Salutatorians:
Robert LeClair, Marsha Dallaire

Class of '66
TOP FIVE
Valedictorian:
Doug Conrad
Salutatorians: David Kiel
Maureen Barber, Lynn Berry, John Lewis

Class of '67
Valedictorian: Deborah Cahn
Salutatorian: Julia Green

Class of '68
Valedictorian: Mary Juricich

Class of '69
Co-Valedictorians: Nancy Carter and Robin Corley
Salutatorian: Anna Durbin

Class of '70
Valedictorian: Stephan Corey Langford
Salutatorian: Judy Truitt

Class of '71
Valedictorian: Vanessa Pugh
Salutatorian: Henry Vea

Class of '72
TOP FIVE:
2 Valedictorians:
Chuck Cummings & Alison Scott
Salutatorian:
Cameron Airhart
Becky Greenfield and Steve Matsumoto

Class of '73
TOP SEVEN
6 Valedictorians:
Mark Higginson, Karen Lindstrom, Mary Claudson, Arlene Gilmore, Jeffrey Berg, Laurie Jones
Salutatorian:
John Funk

Class of '74
3 Valedictorians:
Linda Bower, Edward Guthrie, Nadine Ostler

Class of '75
TOP SIX
5 Valedictorians:
Judy Bunch, Janet Guthrie, Pam Richmond, Judy Roesch, Marian Watson
Salutatorian:
Laura Blackburn

Class of '76
2 Valedictorians:
Katie Eschbach, Pam Galbreath

Class of '77
6 Valedictorians:
Carol Guthrie, Janie Crowley, Genie Eschabach, Stephanie Dorgan, Carolyn Brown, Karen Benton

Class of '78
2Valedictorians:
Wendy Howden, Kyle Otterbein

Class of '79
Valedictorian: Linda Romrell

Class of '80
TOP SIX
Valedictorian: Debra Armstrong
Salutatorian: Patricia Pottmeyer
Lynn Tadlock, John Fankhauser, Deahn Glover, Robert Lacy

Class of '81
TOP FIVE
Valedictorian: Stewart Cullen Tollbom
Salutatorian: Denny Irby
Dianne Gold, Garry Gold, Doug Leigh

Class of '82
2 Valedictorians:
Julie Burks, Lisa Shippert

Class of '83
Valedictorian: Matthew Pride

Class of '84
Valedictorian: Clark Nguyen

Class of '85
Valedictorian: Karen Reese

Class of '86
2 Valedictorians:
Maria Mohr, Martha Westacott

Class of '87
3 Valedictorians:
Chris Rheumler, Steve Reese, Amy Taylor

Class of '88
Valedictorian: Heidi Beitel

Class of '89
Valedictorian: Timothy Mhyre

Class of '90
Valedictorian: Lezlee Michelle Partridge
Salutatorian: Doug Ryan Davies

Class of '91
Valedictorian: Pam Chakra (sp?)
Salutatorian: Jeffrey Ogryzek

Class of '92
Valedictorian: Niket Shrivastava

Class of '93
2 Valedictorians:
Charis Santille and Leonard Pease, III

Class of '94
Valedictorian:
Jared Anderson
2 Salutatorians:
Kirk Morris and Analiese Sand

Class of '95
4 Valedictorians:
Alec Artzen, Steve Colson, Kirk Debban, John Hedengren

Class of '96
Valedictorian: Tom May
Salutatorian: Erin Russell

Class of '97
9 Valedictorians:
Eric Cadwell, Courtney Christensen, Joan Doran, Heather Eggen, Ryan Plaisted, Annika Ritter, Randy Teel, Kaci Young
Salutatorian: Jayna Disney

Class of '98
5 Valedictorians:
Brittney Anderson, Steve Bonner, Ramon Iovin, Collin May, Karen Tu
Salutatorian: Jeff Hoyle

Class of '99
Valedictorian: Leann White
Salutatorian: Ryan Edmondson

Class of 2000
4 Valedictorians:
Daniel Bottenus, Courtney Burgdorff, Shannon Urza, & Alex Wood
Salutatorian: Shannon Bowser

Class of 2001
3 Valedictorians:
Cynthia Beller, Derek Chen, Daniel Rieck
Salutatorian: Bryan Schubert

Class of 2002
2 Valedictorians:
Cynthia Chau, Bethany Samuelson
Salutatorian: Allison Hedges

Class of 2003
5 Valedictorians:
Rojean Bright, Stephen Carr, Maren Disney, Steven Maxfield, Andrea McGarrah
Salutatorian: Erik Carl

Class of 2004
7 Valedictorians:
Tim Bussman, Tara Daniels, Matthew McKinley, Katie Reeder, Stephanie Sax, Allison Spencer, Kelly Whitney
Salutatorian:
Bennett Rieck

Class of 2005
10 Valedictorians:
Amanda Beller, Kaylin Gaston, Jenny Hartley, David Hewitt,
Michael Knollmeyer, Quynh Le, Kyle Lemiere, Michelle Penttila,
Melissa Queen, Thomas Westphal
Salutatorian: Craig Hofferber

Class of 2006
7 Valedictorians:
Timothy Elder, Carolyn Gonsky, Mark Hendricks, Alys Hugo,
Shelly Ni, James Sanford, Kayla Sax
2 Salutatorian:
Ashley Dernbach, Emily Dirkes

Class of 2007
5 Valedictorians:
Nathan Bailey, Steven Ceto, Marie Chilton, Angie Hartley, Michael Noland
Salutatorian: Berlin Sudduth

Class of 2008
12 Valedictorians:
David Bergsman, Andrea Brigantic, Daniel Chiang, Galia Deitz,
Stefan Dernbach, Carrie Dotson, Matthew Hendricks, Dana Hulke,
Jenevieve Lackey, Laura Sampson, Thomas Sanford, Stephanie Wright
Salutatorian: Sean Johnson

Class of 2010
2 Valedictorians:
Megan Sax and Niklas Tulberg.
Salutatorian: Ellen Bengstom

Class of 2011
7 Valedictorians:
Hannah Lake, Samantha Lee, Peter Mcguckin, Lucas Oxenford,
Philip Vukelich, Austin Winkleman snd Simean Yang
Salutatorian: Michelle Hulke

Class of 2012
7 Valedictorians:
Allison Boynton, Amelia Hillebrant, Katrina Hui, Lauren Joseph,
Ellen Liu, Melody Qiu, Jessica Warren
2 Salutatorian:
Summer Harrison and Cameron Nelson

Class of 2013
4 Valedictorians:
Antony Chen, Elinor Lake, Douglas McKinley, Andrew Saunders.
2 Salutatorian:
Francesca Smith and Shelby Kurtz

Class of 2015
5 Valedictorians:
Nickolas Avila, Nathan Casper, Jackson Chin, Annie Lai, and Argho Datta
Salutatorian:
Todd Bowers

Class of 2016
11 Valedictorians:
Sibel Akyol, Jacob Gill, Peter Hillebrant, Tate Kautzky, Dorothy Kump, Nathan McDonald, Callum Pe, Lindsey Rollosson, Kaitlin Rosenthal, Mickala Trappett, and Marlee Turner.
Salutatorian: Stephanie Merwin

Class of 2017
11 Valedictorians:
Hannah Ashby, Daniel Avila, Kamry Breard, Mckenna Cullen, Dawson Dean-Hill, Elizabeth Hunt, Viknesh Kasthuri, Alexis Lacey, Hannah Mendoza, Melissa Nelson, and Olivia Podhaisky.
Salutatorian: Karsyn Suhadolnik

Class of 2018
10 Valedictorians:
Rachel Bauman, Meghan Callaway, Sydney Campton, Juan Samuel Cervantes, Kyle Corrigan, Caitlin Gallivan, Vincent Johnson, Chloe Mitchell, Claire Schaef, and Edward Shim.
Salutatorian:
Marcia Kim

Class of 2019
14 Valedictorians:
Tristen Allgaier, Matthew Balint, Nelson Bjazevich, Bailee Carr, Bryan Fang, Noah Hebdon, Caleb Hunt, Matthew Kump, Sarah McKenna, Sandra Montgomery, Manasi Patel, Lindsay Rosenthal, Aubrey Scott, and Ashley Worrell.
Salutatorian:
Joseph Cook.

Class of 2020
10 Valedictorians:
Scott Almond, John Titus Barnett, Alano Cho, Katherine Creer, Kara Edvalson, Sophia Fetrow, Zoe Gotthold, Jocelyn Jensen, Amy Mcdonald, Grace Pedersen
Salutatorian:
Tyler Maeng

Class of 2021
22 Valedictorians:
Shaheer Ahmed Arif, Jessica Anne Irene Baie, James Thor Campton, Madilynn Danielle Carr, Nicholas Wei Jin Chang, Spencer Andrew Crithfield, Damian Laray Firkins, Samuel Brent Gill, Hannah Dee Hagler, Annelise Tegan Hanson, Lauren Ellis Hastings, Kameron Thao Mi Ly, Paige Rebecca Merkely, Connor Andrew Mitchell, Quinn Black Mitchell, Payton Lynn Moore, Madelyn June Ritchie, Grace Olivia Robinson, Timothy Luke Shafer, Sydney A. Spencer, Sierra Rose Thomsen, Brodie Merric Wahl
Salutatorian:
Ryan Elizabeth White.


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