Ventura County Star Stories: Graduations

Class of 2008 Agoura graduates leave on high note

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000

Dressed in royal blue caps and gowns, more than 500 graduates streamed into the Agoura High School stadium and took their seats surrounded by white pillars and lattice fences. The students, most of whom were wearing sunglasses to ward off the blazing sun, faced the stands bursting with several thousand supporters.

Students graduate despite obstacles

mhernandez@venturacountystar.com (Marjorie Hernandez) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000

In her first two years of high school, Cynthia Rodriguez's family moved back and forth from Ventura County to Washington state, where her parents picked apples. By the end of her sophomore year, Rodriguez had attended four high schools.

Rodriguez is one of 13,000 students in the Ventura County Office of Education's migrant education program, which is one of 24 federally funded regional programs throughout the state.

Class of 2008 graduates full of high hopes

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000

With the late-afternoon sun blazing, La Reina High School's Class of 2008 slowly proceeded to their seats, 97 young women clad in white caps and gowns, each carrying a bouquet of yellow roses.

Oak View Parents, students praise teachers for education and encouragement

trochester@venturacountystar.com (Teresa Rochester) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000

To use Glen Berry's own words: It had a few bumps but overall it was a nice drive.

Camarillo seniors make memories Cheers, cannon blasts greet grads

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000

Camarillo High School Principal Glenn Lipman cued the sound effects at Friday night's graduation ceremony, dedicating the ear-splitting booms to the graduating class, to the teachers, and to the parent volunteers.

A lucky day for Newbury Park Graduates, diplomas after all-night party

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000

It may have been Friday the 13th, but the day was far from unlucky for the 580 graduating seniors from Newbury Park High School.

Hueneme senior helped defeat LNG port plan

shadley@venturacountystar.com (Scott Hadly) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000

With a big cubic zirconia stud in his ear, Luis Zizumbo waited in the gym for his last waltz through campus as a Hueneme High School student.

Fun-filled ceremony reflects lively Channel Islands class

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000

The television series "The Office," a comedy about a Pennsylvania-based paper company, doesn't exactly bring to mind the gold and blue of Channel Islands High School in Oxnard.

Pacifica's fifth and largest graduating class get diplomas

tbiasotti@venturacountystar.com (Tony Biasotti) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000

The Pacifica High School Class of 2008 was the biggest graduating class ever at the biggest high school in Ventura County.

Rio Mesa grads will miss friends, sense of belonging

mmmccarthy@venturacountystar.com (Mandy McCarthy) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000

Faculty members began high-fiving and lauding one another as the last of the 397 seniors at Rio Mesa High School filed out of the gym and began the walk to Elmont Michaelson Stadium for the school's 42nd commencement Friday.

$1.5 million in scholarships earned by Oxnard graduates

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000

Friday the 13th was a lucky day for the Class of 2008 at Oxnard High School.

Conejo Valley and Century High schools hold a combined commencement

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000

Excited families and friends cheered the largest graduating class ever from Conejo Valley and Century high schools, which held a joint commencement Thursday in Newbury Park.

Dr. Seuss quoted in speech by superintendant to Moorpark H.S. seniors

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000

Thousands of rowdy parents and supporters cheered, yelled, hooted and blew air horns Thursday as 555 Moorpark High School seniors dressed in green and gold gowns accepted their diplomas.

Simi Valley High Principal forgoes long speech, thanks each senior

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000

Some wore tennis shoes, some wore flip flops, others wore sensible pumps and loafers. But all of the Simi Valley High School graduates Thursday night had their maroon robes, mortarboards and "I'm outta here" smiles.

Ventura High graduates respond to a greater cause

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000

Justin Eubanks could see the students in black and yellow robes around him.

An alphabetic coincidence at Westlake High graduation

mhernandez@venturacountystar.com (Marjorie Hernandez) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000

Holding onto their graduation caps and fixing each other's hair, Allie Yaldezian and Sasha Yan looked calm and collected under the scorching sun Thursday.

Frontier graduates garner thousands in scholarships

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000

As "Pomp and Circumstance" played and the graduates began their procession, the audience applauded, cheered and took photos at Thursday's commencement for Frontier High School.

40 young mothers graduate at Puente

kgregory@venturacountystar.com (Kim Lamb Gregory) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000

The crying in the audience at Oxnard's Puente High School graduation ceremony Thursday afternoon wasn't all from parents, siblings and friends. A lot of the crying that filled the Oxnard Community Center was from the baby sons and daughters of Puente's Class of 2008.

Fillmore graduates ready to tackle life

afoxman@venturacountystar.com (Adam Foxman) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000

By their own admission and according to several school officials, Fillmore High School's Class of 2008 was sometimes a handful.

Thousands jam Royal High graduation ceremony

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000

Hours before Royal High School's Class of 2008 received their diplomas Thursday, a long line of family members and friends gathered outside the school's stadium gates in Simi Valley.