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Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 2:07 PM

16 Fernley students among 84 Jump Start students to graduate from WNC

16 Fernley students among 84 Jump Start students to graduate from WNC
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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Comment author: Jack & Nancy CookComment text: Wonderful man. Created a precious family with Linda. Will always respect and admire his contribution to teaching at FHS.Comment publication date: 4/18/26, 10:27 AMComment source: Howard David JacksonComment author: JeffDickersonComment text: Very well reported, even though our motion was denied.Comment publication date: 4/15/26, 11:05 AMComment source: Judge allows Fernley City Council to proceed with corrective agenda item in Lau expulsion caseComment author: Todd fossumComment text: Hi my name is todd fossum i'm clarence's stepson, I was wondering if he had any siblings. I think he said he had a sister that just survived cancer. If she can get ahold of me or any buddy, my number is 916. 3 4 3 1 1 7 7.Thank you have a blessed dayComment publication date: 1/16/26, 4:33 PMComment source: Clarence L Shields C Comment author: Carl HagenComment text: So just curious, what is the point of a franchise agreement if it is not exclusive?Comment publication date: 12/15/25, 4:18 PMComment source: Council approves non-exclusive franchise agreement for waste collection C Comment author: Christine S GleasonComment text: In the first photo, the woman in the middle, wearing the black shirt, is SaraH Jean Gleason. She is not an FHS Leadership Student but is the person who is responsible (with the help of her father) for starting the Fernley Community Thanksgiving Dinner in 2011. She attended this year's dinner while home from Arizona State University, where she is working on her PhD.Comment publication date: 12/8/25, 8:52 PMComment source: About 400 meals served at Community Thanksgiving DinnerComment author: SusanComment text: RIP Sean. Prayers to the family, sorry for your loss.Comment publication date: 9/25/25, 1:11 PMComment source: Sean Everett Turner
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