001[Music] so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] foreign [Music] my [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] foreign [Music] ready [Music] animals [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh absolutely [Music] he said now we're coming up good afternoon parents family members students staffs and dignified guests welcome to the 2022 western high school commencement ceremony my name is arena hernandez and i will be your master of ceremonies today is a special day and one we will celebrate we are excited and celebrate we are excited to celebrate together this ceremony is both a joyous and solemn occasion please let us remember to be courteous of those around us we need
002to be respectful to our seniors during the ceremony so no air horns or noise makers please remain seated while filming or taking photos and remember to keep the recording device at chest level do not impede the vision of those seated around you please keep the aisle or walkway open throughout the ceremony today's ceremony is being live streamed and will remain on the district's youtube channel to view at your convenience it is so great that we can all be together today to celebrate the class of 2022 without a fur without further ado let us begin at this time please stand for the presentation of colors by western high schools jrotc we will now recite the pledge of allegiance please place your right hand over your heart ready begin i pledge allegiance to the flag of the
003united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all please remain standing for our national anthem [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Applause] before we begin this joyous occasion we would like to pause with a moment of silence for the students teachers and families of rob elementary school in texas our hearts and thoughts are with you today and for the weeks to come please take a moment with me thank you please be seated i would like to begin the ceremony by introducing our distinguished guests mr al jabbar president of the board of trustees miss anne marie randall trejo member of the board of trustees miss anna l piercy member of the board of trustees dr jaren freed assistant superintendent educational services [Applause] mr
004brad jackson assistant superintendent human resources mrs hilda vazquez principal mrs monique flores western's teacher of the year mr carla carlos lopez classified employee of the year we would like to thank our teachers administrators and our counseling staff who have supported the graduating class of 2022 okay please welcome our senior speaker julie rescala [Applause] um welcome everyone my name is julie rascala one of the graduates in the class of 2022. i would like to start off by thanking all parents families teachers counselors staff members assistant principals and our principal for joining us today in celebrating my class an hour class the class of 2022. today marks a special day in our life our journey in high school has finally come to an end some moments were hard to forget and we didn't want them to end
005others were more difficult and challenged our resilience but we couldn't have done it without you all so thank you difficult roads do indeed lead to beautiful destinations the future awaits for us as we aspire to accomplish all our dreams and passions no matter how big or small they are but before we can move on with celebrating our current accomplishments let us look back on our journey our past is a chance for us to reflect on how far we have come not just as individuals but as a whole community our class and western community persevered through a pandemic and managed to pull through yes we did that as western students we possess the unique characteristic of getting together and relying on each other in difficult times and i personally saw this in the support and encouragement
006that teachers gave to students and students to teachers while we were online after the pandemic we returned to school not knowing what to expect or how we would adapt to school life after being isolated for so long but after getting through this school year i have realized that as western students we do not only possess the characteristic of relying on our community and each other in tough times but the ability to adapt and make the best of time but today we are not gathered to mourn and reflect on just how difficult the road was but what we made out of it we have come out as individuals who care more about others we are more understanding and compassionate we are resilient and not willing to give up on our dreams and goals no matter how
007challenging it gets we have foremost learned that if we cannot move on from our past we are not able to create for ourselves the future that we have always dreamed of this is why today i am asking you to let go of past mistakes and grudges they do not define us in any shape or form looking back to our past is a chance for us to learn and grow i was once told that we are like diamonds in order for diamonds to be formed they are subjected to lots of pressure and high temperatures but what you get in the end is something that is so beautiful that you have to stop to admire its beauty yes our journey and past has been difficult we endured pressure and pain but like diamonds we made it out
008we made it out more resilient more beautiful and more stronger so let's take the lessons that we have learned from being students of western high school and apply them to our future i encourage everyone graduating today or not to make amends and to do so we must be willing to forgive ourselves and others become friends with your past because your future depends on it love who you were yesterday and today without any any limitations your past is only a part of your story and you're the only individual who can change yourself to be better so learn how to fall and fail but get back up and believe in yourself and in your potential just like our class motto nothing we do changes our past which is why the only time you should look back is
009to see how far you have come and i'm proud to say that as the western class of 2022 we have come far with this i wish you all the best in your future endeavors don't forget to be who you are because you are created for a purpose a purpose that is great remember to smile always and whatever you do always choose kindness thank you thank you julie at this time i would like to introduce our very own western high school choir under the direction of miss cisneros performing humble and kind [Music] don't forget the keys always [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] oh [Music] always [Music] always [Music] is [Music] always [Music] [Applause] what a beautiful performance i would like to introduce our principal hilda vazquez [Applause] good afternoon and
010welcome pioneer family school community and our graduating class to western high school's 2022 graduation i would like to thank the board of trustees superintendent matsuda the executive cabinet and our amazing staff and faculty for being our students and schools pillars of support during the school year i stand before you with a deep sense of pride for the class of 2022. you have undoubtedly persisted endure changes tackle challenges and have had an unprecedented high school journey yet despite all this uncertainty we are here today celebrating your accomplishments your courage and commitment to investing in yourself and in your education to the class of 2022 you were the class that we were desperately awaiting to have returned after being away on virtual learning for over a year like many of you we started this year yearning for
011human connection a sense of belonging and a return to normalcy despite all the challenges students and staff you showed up day in and day out and committed to success it wasn't easy but we have had an incredible and successful year in academics and in athletics i would like to recognize our outstanding staff and faculty and in particular with us today our classified employee of the year mr juan carlos lopez and our teacher of the year ms monique flores who have miss flores also has been named one of ahsc's us teachers of the year and also was a families in our orange county at the orange county level miss flores and mr lopez represent our commitment to serve students in all capacities and with excellence talking about excellence in athletics man we crushed it western achieved
012nine league championship titles one cif championship title in history boys basketball we've had three orange county coaches of the year and just recently our student mr orta avila was named orange league male athlete of the year so where are we out there congrats so students and parents whether you have been an athlete a spectator a club member or a scholar our hope is that each and every single one of you has had a great high school experience and that these shared experiences have brought you joy helped you grow and develop strong bonds with your fellow classmates know that as you graduate today your legacy is embedded in our classroom on the fields on the stage and throughout the campus we celebrate you today for your accomplishments and contributions to western high school lin-manuel miranda said
013my dear terrified graduates you're about to enter the most uncertain and thrilling periods of your lives so as you move on and enter a new chapter in your journey you may be asking yourself what am i going to do now how am i going to respond to all the uncertainty surrounding these times and why is when a man said nancy nelson mandela education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world so as you continue your life journey we encourage you to embrace learning to embrace and be reflective in what you do to take risks to not be afraid of failure and most of all continue dreaming go out and change the world congratulations class of 2022 we love you we're proud of you we wish you the best on this
014incredible upcoming journey and don't forget western will always be your home once a pile always a piyo and piles we put the we in western congratulations and now for the awarding of diplomas i would like to introduce once again the board of trustees mr al-jabbar president of the board of trustees miss anne-marie and randall trejo member of the board of trustees miss anna l piercy member of the board trustees mr ruiz and miss clark yamamoto who will now read the names of the class of 2022 graduating seniors [Music] students family and community please remember to respect each of our candidates and hold your applause until all the names have been read but it's up to you usually ricardo chavez [Applause] evelyn cisneros [Music] arena hernandez [Applause] madison dawson [Music] [Applause] jennifer navarro [Music] jayden julius
015de leon amy semayoya [Applause] thomas tai din nicholas den [Applause] faraga or mehi [Music] kevin esquivel [Music] leslie albaron rojano ian gomez [Music] christian gonzalez garcia [Applause] hadel ali [Music] tiare guillen [Music] mariah alvarado adamaris hernandez marianne alvarado jasmine hernandez [Music] [Applause] [Music] angel beltran [Applause] [Music] [Applause] andrea campos [Applause] judy casado kimberly campos [Music] joshua kim victoria castro [Music] miley kobayashi [Music] natalie chavez samantha ramos leslie perez [Music] [Applause] jesus ramirez [Music] [Applause] diana laura [Music] juan carlos ramirez [Applause] julissa lopez [Applause] christopher lozano [Applause] [Music] romero eduardo modell [Music] ruiz paniagua [Applause] [Music] moran [Applause] evelyn deyes [Music] kevin wynn [Music] [Applause] omnia [Applause] [Music] linda when kenneth tran [Applause] lena nguyen [Music] [Applause] tina tran nathan win alec adrian urbano [Music] tui christian nunez giovanni ortiz [Music] fernando suniga [Applause] [Music] jennifer
016perez kevin acosta megan petla calco [Applause] audrey marie a myth floor avia luis aguilar [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] esmeralda gura [Applause] [Music] [Applause] devin allen mata sanchez juliet allen [Music] yair monroe leyva [Music] haley alvarez [Music] kimberly paz roman aparicio [Applause] alex reyes ruiz lucia arevalo jason soto [Music] genevieve asensio giovanni torres [Applause] javier avalos sergio acevedo daniel avila cassandra aguilar kathy balbuena [Applause] sarah grace ahmed [Applause] christopher vanyas davidson [Applause] [Music] ahmed al-hamarari [Music] david bran [Music] [Applause] [Music] myrna alcantar nina kanas gemina jubilee allen [Music] [Applause] christopher carbajal [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] jesus angel mata samantha cardenas jacob kai darcy aquino [Music] [Applause] because my dad's here durran atwood jr [Applause] ariana chambers [Music] matthew avellino [Music] victor chavez [Applause] miguel barajas ivan joe [Music] emily bond christine clark hector cabrera esmeralda contreras
017osvaldo calvillo anthony cortez [Applause] [Music] anthony karacosa sean pierre joshua castaneda joseph cruz alex cervantes is jezebel cervantes [Music] [Applause] daniel delatorre [Music] [Applause] samara cherokee andrea diaz [Music] elizabeth cerrillo [Music] eric eloisa christopher dion clemente eric irvine [Applause] maria correa isaiah holguin [Applause] isabella cortez felblum jonathan cruz [Music] joshua flores samuel cruz elijah franco garcia [Music] kalyn debornets [Music] eli garcia [Music] santiago [Applause] [Music] andrew dubiak [Applause] giza [Applause] juan enriquez pendrosa martin gonzalez [Music] [Applause] stephanie espandola gomez [Music] bryant estrada [Music] miranda gutierrez [Music] [Applause] von henderson jesus flores [Applause] alejandro hernandez jonathan flores avalos [Applause] brian hernandez [Music] hernandez [Applause] alejandro garcia [Music] edwin hernandez [Music] leslie garcia monica hernandez [Applause] [Music] alexander gomez [Music] james [Music] kelani gonzalez [Music] [Applause] adrian ibanez [Applause] [Music] sierra gutierrez alejandra pedro gutierrez [Music] jasmine
018cannikit christian hernandez [Applause] [Music] raid la taifa daisy hernandez [Music] kevin hernandez april lee [Applause] [Music] oh brett lex [Applause] natalie holman bojorquez [Applause] andy lopez [Music] [Applause] joshua lopez [Music] princesa [Music] [Applause] marcus johnson [Applause] [Music] stephanie mancilla [Applause] granavir carr [Music] [Applause] [Music] michelle lagunas [Applause] abram marmolejo tree lee amy martinez jose manuel ledesma jaden martinez landon lagarda [Music] [Applause] salvador martinez [Applause] angel leon stephanie maya gomez [Music] sheila libriorio [Applause] natalie mejia [Music] angel lopez priscilla mendoza nowini lopez [Music] joseph morsal gabriel lucero [Applause] jacob miranda john oreo maca soho marguerite miranda orozco amy marascal mitchell [Music] [Applause] brianna marquez araceli munoz [Applause] johnny martinez [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] chloe mcwilliams [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] christopher mercado [Applause] joshua olivas [Music] phillip meza aries [Applause] shannon miranda juan orozco garcia
019[Applause] [Music] mustafa [Music] [Applause] samantha [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] miro pineda alfredo ramirez benjamin nuen eduardo ramirez [Music] [Applause] gerardo rendon [Applause] ashley ocampo andres reyes sergio olvera isabella reyes gerardo orozco garcia [Applause] [Music] valerie ortiz [Applause] victor rodriguez [Applause] [Music] ruby palafox [Music] jesus rubio [Music] leslie penaloza hernandez joanna ruiz [Applause] natalie perez linda sanchez [Music] alexander ramirez miguel sanchez [Music] anna ramirez kyra aurelie ramirez eric santillan anthony ramos maria serrano ezekiel reyes [Music] rodriguez [Music] brandon torres aaron rojas [Music] emmanuel tovar [Music] nazilani rosette [Applause] [Music] juliana ruiz melissadares garcia [Applause] [Music] dylan rivolculba [Music] serena vasquez [Music] matthew sanchez [Music] christian vega [Music] naieli sanchez amy vega enriquez [Music] fabian santian [Applause] emily cerven [Music] michael sutton shy [Applause] joshua terry [Music] [Applause] chai minoon tidwell [Music] kaylee
020yourgler alvin tran [Music] emily cabrera [Music] kayla villegas vasquez [Applause] monserrat seja jerry valencia tavira brianna chavez salas anthony vacara [Applause] [Music] geraldine diaz miranda daniel vicente [Music] [Applause] [Music] deandre washington jennifer garcia diana wingfield [Music] rafael gonzalez [Music] rachel hansen [Music] juarez [Applause] [Music] lauren bellows adrian losoya [Music] celeste cardenas [Music] fanny shay [Music] evelyn de la cruz [Music] melanie ramirez david dominguez [Applause] sanchez daisy gomez felix chastity [Applause] [Music] [Applause] harley gotares jeremiah wicks angel gutierrez abigail salallahu emilyn hernandez russell aufry hot [Music] malachi jacobo [Music] okay so [Music] justice magnes [Music] [Applause] crystal connector jennifer martinez-perez [Applause] randy ramos suarez [Music] [Applause] [Music] alondra santos [Applause] melody nicole solis [Applause] [Music] miguel vega [Music] josiah radar [Applause] medina gonzalez [Applause] jason tran caitlin pascal mckenzie owen [Applause] abraham ramirez diana flores [Music]
021brian fan [Music] trinity welcome victory [Music] are you ready you're gonna come right after okay good okay class of 20 22 please rise it gives me great honor to present the class of 2022 to the board of trustee for certification please welcome to the podium board trustees member anna l piercy who will not certify the class okay class as a trustee for the anaheim union high school district it is truly my honor and my privilege to officially certify today you students who are present here from the class of 2022 you have all duly met the requirements of the state of california and you have completed all the prescribed course of study that is established by the anaheim union high school district students you may now move your tassels from the left right to the left
022you have graduated congratulations [Applause] and we'd like to welcome to podium once again asb president arena hernandez [Applause] okay please rise for our alma mater the words are printed in your program for you to join along with us as we sing one last time okay [Music] [Applause] [Music] okay thank you band graduates please be seated thank you for attending the 2022 commencement ceremony for western high schools families friends please remain seated until all graduates have recessed out of the stadium graduates please follow your distinguished guests as they exit the stage and the stadium parents family members and friends our graduates are notified earlier to meet at your vehicle after the ceremony remember to take all your belongings with you as you exit the stadium and enjoy the rest of your day [Applause] [Music] um [Music]
023uh [Music] hey [Music] [Applause] [Music] hmm [Music] so [Music] hey [Music] bye [Music] do [Applause] [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] uh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] uh [Music] ah [Music] huh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] the band for a photo everybody stands down you