Lake Washington High School graduated 251 students during a commencement ceremony on June 19 at the Key Arena in Seattle.

During the graduation event, several students with outstanding grade point averages were recognized, including Madeline Shea Warnick, who received the Golden Kang Award for maintaining a 4.0 GPA throughout high school.

Congratulations to the LWHS Class of 2012:

Hussam Aymen Abu-Halaweh; Brenda Acoltzi; Jelena Aleksov; Elizabeth Claire Alexander; Theo Jeffrey Xavier Alexander; Paul David Amado; Joseph Leo Ambre; Shane Davis Andrew; Brandon James Ang; Alyssia Yvonne Archie; Mobeen Asif; Adam Thomas Athari; Raegan Alyssa Dean-Baker; Allison Kate Barstow; Melanie Lynn Barstow; Alexis Marie Barton; Kate Alexandra Bebee; Joanna Joy Beck; Cody Roger Bernstein; Jake Thomas Bettermann; Lucia Anna Bettinger; Reily Emery Louis Blackner; Brittany Marie Bloomstine; Raymond Allen Boe; Josiah Daniel Booth; Brian Clark Bowers; Kevin Adam Bowers; Zachary Morgan Brett; Laurin Ashley Brown; Lisa Bui; John Maxwell Bunnell; Jack David Burg; Alivia Catherine Burnham; Qianwei Cai; Katherine Cairns; Kayla Marie Carlson; Tina Carranza; Rafael De Jesus Carrillo; Aaron Chau; Zakaria Cherif; Adam Christopher Chinn; Harrison Kikuo Chinn; Herbert Taylor Christ; Benjamin Daly Ciuba; Allison Margaret Clements; Chloe Diana Clowers; Riley Patrick Coghlan; Stephen Julian Cox; Charlotte Maloy Cronenweth; Taylor Anne Cronic; Omar Cruz; Rachel A Cruz; Carly Jean Curtis; Matthew Robert Dahl; Jayme Lynn Dailey-Fambrough; Vivian Mai Dang; Dijana Danilovic; Lorne James Dauterman; Warren Lee Pineda De La Rosa; Anthony Sean De Leon; Meghan Nicole Demeter; Duncan Agusto Dempsey; Coeurin Lee Derbyshire; Michael John DeRoche; Kalena Nicole Dierickx; Peter John Dolan; Rachel Dreyfuss; Jasmin Danielle Du; Laura Michelle Duncan; Whitney Elise Dunlap; Darien Alexander Dunstan; Hunter James Duryee; Roat Macimiliano Eang; Kailin Taylor Edwards; Austen Cooper Erickson; Axel Rey Ericson; Mashad Fakhri; Matthieu Quinn Z. Felker; Graham Robert Fields; Paula Kate Fijolek; Sky Aubrey Frost; Nicole Marie Furst; Raul Esmir Gallardo-Alarcon; Jessica Cecelia Gear; James David Geelan; Jennifer Efua Ghansah; Leeda LaRee Ghassemi; Bashir Ghayour; Maya Li Pearl Giddings; Marcus John Giovacchini; Daniel Patrick Glynn; Mason Jeffrey Gray; Kevin Anthony Gutierrez; Lauren E Gwinn; Brendan James Hair; Scott Lewis Hammersberg; Savannah Marie Hammontree; Michael Christopher Hanson; Katelyn Taylor Harding; Marin Christine Harris; Alexandria Mariko Hashimoto; Spencer James Healy; Stephanie Camille Heck; Claire Jacqueline Helliker; Ryan Richards Helmericks; Jennifer Hernandez; Martin Hernandez; Tracy Rodriguez Hernandez; Jennifer Lynn Hill; Victor Thomas Ho; Christopher Ryan Holding; Emma Ruth Elise Holm; Hunter Chanel Hopkins; Suejean Hwangpo; Tadamasa Alan Iba; Sojoung Im; Miranda Lane Jahn; Alexander Raymond Jensen; Derek Bradley Johnson; Zachary W Johnson; Gabriel Eugene Johnston; Peter Donnelly Joss; Hana Christine Jung; Filip Juric; Aran Quest Kagen; Jennifer Lyn Karman; John Liam Keller; Kaleb Lee Kelley; Chaz Jacob Kerns; Anneke Nicole-Ruys Kniestedt; Sarah Grace Krause; Alex Kravchuk; Robert Krossa; Claire Rose Kruller; Karen Anne Kruller; Mitchell Dean Kubik; Nikola Lakic; Alan Bruce Lee; Payton Elizabeth Lee; Alexa Danielle LeMaster; Annabel Rose Lettelleir; Natalia Mae Lindquist; Taylor Rebecca Lipking; Cassandra Ann Lively; Anthony Long; Soraya Kristine Long; Jessica Bay Lund; Ryan Anthony Lustgarten; Guy David Lynott; Sanaz Maadanian; Jennifer Ann Martin; Satoshi Matsuura; Michael Robert Matthews; Victor Manuel Mayorquin; Matthew Bill McCarty; Joseph Lawrence McDonald; James Albert McMullen; Madalyn Rose McRae; Mitchell Taylor Meyers; Jack Harrison Michels; Farah Firoozali Mohammad; Lourdes Bernardette Morales; MacKenzie Nicole Morgan; Nina Artes Mork; Cole Spencer Morris; Michelle Kimiko Murakami; Roman Musial; Caleb Aaron Nakroshis; Marisa Mookda Nanakul; Christina Chanthavy Nann; Jake Owen Nash; Jake L Nathlich; Christopher Rian Nelson; Darien James Nelson-Henry; Andrew Minh Nguyen; Hau Chi Dong Nguyen; Lisa Kn Nguyen; Kennedy Lane Nicholson; Lili Soleil Nyste; Jeff Dong Oh; Johnathan Manuel Olivares; Rocio Pareja; Jared Eugene Parker; Jeremiah Tucker Parkhurst; David James Zwilling Peebles; Hunter Lawrence Peltier; Ethan Christopher Peltz; Yaroslav Y Petrechko; Logan James Pillings; Benjamin Joseph Pliska; Jacob Ryan Reddinger; Elise Kathryn Robert; Chanel Ashlee Robinson; Emilee Joann Ronbeck; Matt Christian Rowe; Madison Nadine Rudd; Alexander Marcus Salas; Deyliv Alejo Sanchez Garcia; Emma Christine Sander; Itzel Santiago; Erin Elizabeth Ann Saunderson; Nikki Tala Schmidt; Jonathan James Schultz; Alexandra Schwarz; Nicholas Sheldon Secord; Shawna Shadlow; Molly Dyer Shipman; Shada Sahar Shomali; Shyanne-Marie Susan Singstad; Albert Amadeusz Skoczylas; Amanda Kathryn Smith; David Alexaender Smith; Megan Ashley Snowden; Tyler Frederick Staeck; Matthew Taylor Staudacher; Annick Elaine Stefanin; Caroline Anastasia Stinogel; Nathan Edward Strick; Audrey Dawn Sundene; Jonathan Joseph Suther; Sean Connor Swanson; Mathew Joseph Sweeney; Mackenzie Morris Thomsen; Samantha Jayne Thorpe; Richard Anthony Tirado; Mackenzie Elizabeth Toher; Riley Marie Toher; Jessica Eileen Tramp; Jeffrey William Trewin; Stavroula Stefanie Tsantilas; Kelly Coleman Vanachte; Joseph Douglas Vance; Joshua Aiden Vanpamel; Elizabeth Ann Velikanje; Nick Wagner; Alexandra Marie Walker; Madeline Shea Warnick; Page Mackenzie Watkins; Tyler Christopher Watkins; Kurtis E Watson; Kenet Nicole Weed; Joseph Keith Wenzel; Olivia Mae Whidby; Conall Neil Wisdom; Trent A Wohlman; Ryan Joseph Wood; Camille Alecsandra Worsech; Michal Donek Wozeniak; Michael Anthony Wright; Jiateng Xie; Jessica Ann Zogg

Special thanks to Steve McCarty for providing photos of the event.