Courtesy Steve Yingling, Western Nevada College
Sixteen students from Fernley are among Western Nevada College’s 2018 Jump Start graduating class, which includes 84 students representing Carson, Churchill County, Dayton, Fernley, Pyramid Lake, Silver Stage and Virginia City high schools, as well as Argent Preparatory Academy, Oasis Academy, Nevada Virtual Academy (Southern Nevada) and home-school students.
These students will graduate with associate degrees prior to receiving their high school diplomas.
WNC’s Jump Start College formed four years ago.
The 84 grads will be recognized during WNC’s commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. Monday, May 21 at Marv Teixeira Pavilion, 111 E. William St. on U.S. Highway 50, in Carson City.
WNC’s Jump Start grads are:
Argent Preparatory Academy
Allison Barbara Rasmussen
Carson High School
Mohammad Abdelhady, Veronica Avina Duarte, Isabella Fox Bruketta, Tristin Jay Buckley, Alana Susanne Burson, Victoria Carlynne Defilippi, Maddison Dene’ Gillott, Alexa Lynne Haight, Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kaminsky, Kylar C. Leahy, Angela Ramirez, Alyssa Sanders, Sarah Alexis Sever, Sadie Share, Alexys Mikylla Solorio, Oksana Pegyan White
Churchill County High School
Jesus Manuel Aguilera, Britney Michael Davis, John Frandsen, Lesley Ledezma, Austin Cole Lunderstadt
Dayton High School
Shane Tyler Boesen, Timothy James Brown, Layla N. Cornwell, David Santos Delfin, Claire Holloway, Chase Joseph Peterson
Fernley High School
Riana Rose Allred, Dana Marie Bailey, Navdeep Kaur Bedi, Miesha Colleen Colli, Ethan Angelo DiStefano, Ashley Evans, Maya Andria Fisher, Jodi Hieronymus, Jordan Humes, Michael Kelly Johnson, Joshua Brian Kirk, Devyn Nicole Meisner, Sara Margaret Miller, Chase Morrow, Alexandra Nelson, Eric Edward Wootton
Home-school
Zachary Alan Cooper, Carson Wood Ford, Eli Bevin Haddox, Reese M. Kvaal, Kallie Nelson, Christian Asher Perez, Adam Radow
Nevada Virtual Academy
Crystal A. Atoz, Yesenia Alejandra Castillo, Valerie Orestell Croswhite, John S. Jahanpour-Burke, Tyra Monet Jones, Estephanie Alexandra Padilla, Heather Schaffnit, Maya Nykia Simms, Kayla Michelle Trickel, Eden Nichole Woolworth
Oasis Academy
Bethany Kierstin Avalos, Hunter Douglas Drost, Ellona Patricia-Marie Gehman, Garrett Lee McKnight, Joshua Mikulak, Supathcha Moolrangsi, Layne Patrick Rechel, Timothy M. Shurtliff, Orin Nathaniel Sommer, David Springfield, Ethan Marshall Stacey, Hannah Rose Stewart, Carmen MaKaila Trinidad, Kailee Marie Youles
Pyramid Lake High School
Steven Andrew Perez
Silver Stage High School
Kaitlin Taylor Gerhardson, Chance Kenneth Harrison, Alyssa Marie Taylor
Virginia City High School
Tyler Bryan Dohoney, Nicholas Joseph Fonzo, Cierra Lynn Frisby, Emily Heinz, Jonathan Roth

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