Graduation Program:

Theresa Katherina Baxter
Taos, New Mexico
Four Year Senior; Peer Tutor: 2008-09; Work Job Supervisor/Ceramic Studio: 2008-09; NAWS Student Art Show Best of Show 2D Painting: Spring 2009; NAWS Student Art Show 1st Place Ceramics: Spring 2006; NAWS Student Art Show 1st & 2nd Place Painting: Spring 2007 and Spring 2008; Art Student Award Visual Arts/Painting: 2007-08; Honor Student: 2007-08; High Honor Student: 2008-09; Dean’s List: 2008-09
After VVS: California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California

Marc Linus Bergenroth
Munich, Germany
Golf Team Co-Captain: 2007-08 and 2008-09; Big Park German Teacher: 2007-08; NAWS Student Art Show Honorable Mention Ceramics: Spring 2009; Soccer Golden Boot Award: 2008; Desert Golf Junior Tour: 2007-08 and 2008-09
After VVS: Gap Year

Matt Bresnan
Washington, Connecticut
Work Job Supervisor/Brady Hall: 2008-09
After VVS: Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona

 

 

Michael Brunner
Altötting, Germany
Golf Team Co-Captain: 2007-08 and 2008-09;
Big Park German Teacher: 2007-08
After VVS: University in Germany

 

 

Lana Rochelle Buckner
Sedona, Arizona
Four Year Senior; Community Life Committee: 2007-08 and 2008-09;
Disciplinary Committee: 2008-09; Student Council: 2008-09; Senior Class Co-President: 2008-09; Peer Tutor, Chemistry/Biology/English: 2007-09, Resident Assistant: 2008-09; ESL Summer Camp: Summer 2008; National Honor Society: 2008; Work Job Supervisor/Dining Hall: 2008-09; NAWS Student Art Show 1st Place Photography: Spring 2007; Honors Award: 2007-08;
Dean’s Scholars List: 2007-08
After VVS: St. John’s College, Santa Fe, New Mexico

AlexZander Ray Estrada
Sedona, Arizona
Independent Field Trip/Costa Rica: Fall 2008; Soccer Team: 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09; Varsity Soccer Captain: 2007-08 and 2008-09; NAWS Student Art Show Best of Show Ceramics: Spring 2009; NAWS Student Art Show 2nd Place Ceramics: Spring 2008; 2nd Team All Region Soccer: 2008-09; Dean’s Honor List: 2007-08; National Honor Society: 2008; Honors Award: 2007-08
After VVS: Gap year

Jonah Fleeger
Sedona, Arizona
Four Year Senior; Disciplinary Committee/Student Advocate: 2008-09; Independent Field Trip/Berkeley Ceramics: Fall 2008; Yearbook Staff: 2005-06; Basketball Team Captain: 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09; Work Job Supervisor/Trash Crew: 2006-07, National Honor Society: 2009; 2007-08 and 2008-09; ESL Summer Camp RA: Summer 2007; 2nd Team All Region Soccer: 2007-08 and 2008-09; Dean’s Scholar List: 2005-06; Basketball Most Valuable Player: 2005-06 and 2008-09; 1st Team All Region Basketball: 2007-08 and 2008-09; NAWS Student Art Show 1st Place Ceramics: Spring 2009; NAWS Student Art Show 1st Place Ceramics: Spring 2007
After VVS: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Laura Fidalgo Gutiérrez
Madrid, Spain
Four Year Senior; Theatre Make-up Department: 2007-08; Millennium Development Goals Committee: 2007-08 and 2008-09; Work Job Supervisor/Art Studio: 2008-09; Green Team: 2008-09; Soccer Team Captain: 2008-09; Basketball Team Captain: 2007-08 and 2008-09; 2nd Team West Region Soccer: 2008-09; 2nd All Team State Soccer: 2008-09
After VVS: Parsons New School of Design, New York, New York

Jullian Wade Harrison
Washington, DC
Four Year Senior; Millennium Development Goals Committee: 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09; Community Life Committee: 2007-08 and 2008-09; Independent Field Trip/Costa Rica: Fall 2008; Food Committee: 2007-08; ESL Summer Camp Counselor: Summer 2006, Summer 2007 and Summer 2008; Student Body Co-President: 2008-09; Resident Assistant: 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09; Sophomore Class Co-President: 2006-07; Work Job Supervisor/Recycling: 2005-06 and 2007-08; Peer Tutor/English: 2006-07; Soccer Team: 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09; Soccer Most Improved Player: 2005-06; AIA High Scholar Award: 2008-09; AIA West regions Soccer Honorable Mention: 2005-06; Soccer Team Co-Captain: 2008-09; NAWS Student Art Show 3rd Place Photography: Spring 2009; High Honors Award: 2007-08; High Honors: Spring 2008; Honors List: Fall 2007; American University/Trial & Advocacy Outstanding Witness: 2007-08
After VVS: The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia

Nicholas Heidelk
Hamburg, Germany
Independent Field Trip/Tax Law, Germany: Fall 2008; Resident Assistant: 2008-09; National Honor Society: 2009; Varsity Soccer Team: 2008-09; Varsity Tennis Team: 2008-09;
After VVS: Gap year of social service

 

Chan Young Kim
Seoul, South Korea
Four Year Senior; NAWS Student Art Show 2nd Place Ceramics: Spring 2007; NAWS Student Art Show 1st Place Digital Graphics: Spring 2008
After VVS: State University of New York, Albany, New York

 

 

Hyun Soo Kim
Bundang, South Korea
Theatre Tech Director, Stage Manager and Head Set Designer: 2006-07 and 2007-08; Independent Field Trip/Internship Seoul National University, College of Medicine: Fall 2008; VVS Web Blog/Day in the Life: 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09; Junior Class Co-President: 2007-08; Peer Tutor/Science, Math and History: 2007-08 and 2008-09; Model UN President and Delegate: 2006-07 and 2007-08; Quadrangle Award: 2007-08; National Honor Society: 2008; AP Scholar: 2008-09; Highest Honors Award: 2006-2007 and 2007-08; Top Scholar Award: 2006-07 and 2007-08; Academic Award/Mathematics: 2006-07; Academic Award/History: 2006-07 and 2007-08; Most Improved Soccer Player: 2006-07; Starburst® Soccer Player of the Season: 2007-08; Grand Canyon Games 2nd Place Archery in State: 2009; NAWS Student Art Show Honorable Mention Ceramics: Spring 2008; EPGY Certificate from Stanford University: Summer 2007
After VVS: The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

Sung Ho Kim
Seoul, South Korea
Independent Field Trip/Korea: Fall 2008; Soccer Team: 2007-08 and 2008-09; Honorable Mention Soccer: 2007-008
After VVS:  State University of New York, Buffalo, New York

 

 

Ernest Walker Leo
Sedona, Arizona
ESL Summer Camp: Summer 2008; AIA High Scholar Award: 2008-09; Soccer Team: 2007-08 and 2008-09; Varsity Football Red Rock High School: 2005-06 and 2006-07; Red Rock High Student Newspaper: 2006-07; Red Rock High Spanish Club; 2006-2007; Red Rock High Anti-Defamation League: 2006-2007
After VVS: Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

 

Jiakeng Liang
Zhongshan City, China
Yearbook Staff: 2008-09
After VVS: De Anza College, Cupertino, California

 

 

 

Lisa Poppe
Bargfeld-Stegen, Germany
Equestrian Endurance Race: 2009; Work Job Supervisor/Classrooms: 2008-09; Big Park Mentor: 2007-08; Peer Tutor/German: 2007-08 and 2008-09; Basketball Team:
2007-08 and 2008-09
After VVS: Technical School for Travel Agents,
then the University of Hamburg, Germany

Kotaro Seki
Osaka, Japan
Independent Field Trip/India: Fall 2008; Peer Teacher/Japanese Language: 2007-08
After VVS: Gap Year

 

 

Paula Sophie Margarethe Senff
Bochum, Germany
Equestrian Endurance Race: 2008 and 2009; Theatre 2006-07; Community Life Committee: 2008-09; Student Body Co-President: 2008-09; Resident Assistant: 2008-09; Millennium Development Goals Committee President: 2007-08; NAWS Student Art Show 1st Place Drawing: Spring 2008; Quadrangle Award: 2007-08; National Honor Society: 2008; Dean’s Scholars List: 2007-08 and 2008-09; Highest Honors Award: 2007-08
After VVS: McDaniel College, Westminster, Maryland

Mark Alexander Sylvester
Toronto, Canada
Four Year Senior; Community Service/Soup Kitchen Leader: 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09; Work Job Supervisor/Classrooms: 2008-09; Class Scholarship Award: 2005-09; Dean’s Scholar Award: Spring 2006; NAWS Student Art Show Honorable Mention Ceramics: Spring 2006; NAWS Student Art Show 2nd Place Ceramics: Spring 2007; Dean’s List: 2007; Honor’s List: 2008
After VVS: University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada

Monte McDade Warren
Sedona,Arizona
Four Year Senior: Disciplinary Committee: 2008-09; Model UN Committee: 2007-08; Millennium Development Goals Committee: 2007-08; Soccer Team: 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09; Soccer Team Co-Captain: 2008-09; Sophomore Class Co-President: 2006-07; Senior Class Co-President: 2008-09; Resident Assistant: 2007-08 and 2008-09; ESL Summer Camp: Summer 2007 and Summer 2008; Work Job Supervisor/Recycling: 2007-08 and 2008-09;  Soccer 1st Team All-Region: 2008-09; Soccer Golden Boot Award: 2008-09
After VVS: Willamette University, Salem, Oregon

Daeseung Wie
Seoul, South Korea
Model UN Committee: 2007-08; Theatre: 2006-07 and 2007-08; Yearbook Staff: 2006-07; Soccer Team: 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09; Tennis Team: 2007-08; 2008-09; Japanese Club: 2007-08; Technology Crew: 2006-07; Peer Tutor/Math and Chemistry: 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09; High Honors Award: 2006-07 and 2007-08; NAWS Student Art Show Honorable
Mention Drawing: Spring 2007
After VVS: University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois 

Kylee Renee Williams
Schurz, Nevada
Equestrian Endurance Race: 2006; Theatre: 2005-06; School Newspaper: 2007-08 and 2008-09; Soccer Team: 2005-06; Gathering of Nations Coordinator: 2008; Freshman Class Co-President: 2005-06; Work Job Supervisor/Barn: 2008-09
After VVS: Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio

Thomas Alexander Witzemann
Salzburg, Austria
Varsity Basketball Team Captain: 2008-09; Soccer Most Improved Player Award: 2008-09; NAWS Student Art Show 1st Place Printmaking: Spring 2008 and 2009
After VVS: German University