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Mary Star of the Sea, a private Catholic high school in San Pedro, celebrated about 95 students from the class of 2024 during a graduation ceremony on Friday, May 31, at its namesake parish. (Photo by John Mattera, courtesy of Mary Star of the Sea)
Mary Star of the Sea, a private Catholic high school in San Pedro, celebrated about 95 students from the class of 2024 during a graduation ceremony on Friday, May 31, at its namesake parish. (Photo by John Mattera, courtesy of Mary Star of the Sea)
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  • Name: Danielle Fiamengo — Age: 18 — High school: Palos...

    Name: Danielle Fiamengo — Age: 18 — High school: Palos Verdes High School — GPA: 4.37 — High School Activities or Groups: Photography Club, Sea Queens, Key Club, Girl Up, Link Crew, and High School and Club Volleyball — After Graduation/College Plans: Majoring in Graphic Communications at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo — Career Goal: Management in Graphic Design — Parents: Pete and Suzanne Fiamengo

  • Name: Kendall James Beshear — Age: 17 — High school:...

    Name: Kendall James Beshear — Age: 17 — High school: Palos Verdes High School — GPA: 4.8 — High School Activities or Groups: Girls Varsity Indoor & Beach Volleyball Palos Verdes Volleyball Club (co-founder) Link Crew Science Research Science National Honor Society — After Graduation/College Plans: Will be playing Volleyball at Cal Poly SLO — Career Goal: Studying Agriculture Science & Math — Parents: Matthew & Elizabeth Beshear

  • Name: Alexander Naehu — Age: 18 — High school: Palos...

    Name: Alexander Naehu — Age: 18 — High school: Palos Verdes High School — GPA: 5.0 — High School Activities or Groups: Varsity Track and Cross Country, First Robotics Competition, Technology Student Association, MicroMouse, Model United Nations, Mu Alpha Theta, Science National Honor Society, National Honor Society, Chinese National Honor Society, Physics Club, CSF — After Graduation/College Plans: Massachusettes Institute of Technology: Double major in Computer Science: Artificial Intelligence and Business — Career Goal: Do a cool startup and make it big. — Parents: Cyndi & Ken Naehu

  • Name: Austin Jones — Age: 18 — High school: Palos...

    Name: Austin Jones — Age: 18 — High school: Palos Verdes High School — GPA: 4.89 — High School Activities or Groups: AP Scholar with Honor, Varsity Cross Country Team Captain, Varsity Track & Field, Varsity Lacrosse, First Robotics Competition Team, Honors Jazz Band, CA Seal of Biliteracy — After Graduation/College Plans: Purdue University — Career Goal: Mechanical Engineering — Parents: Keith & Debbie Jones

  • Name: Braden Colli — Age: 18 — High school: Palos...

    Name: Braden Colli — Age: 18 — High school: Palos Verdes High School — GPA: 4.8 — High School Activities or Groups: Director, Live from 205 Student Broadcast News Program, NHS, jazz band, link crew — After Graduation/College Plans: Vanderbilt University — Career Goal: Film — Parents: Joe and Kathi Colli

  • Name: William Corry — Age: 18 — High school: Palos...

    Name: William Corry — Age: 18 — High school: Palos Verdes High School — GPA: 4.8 — High School Activities or Groups: AP Scholar, Varsity Soccer, CSF, French Honor Society, Link Crew, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, NHS, SNHS. — After Graduation/College Plans: University of Michigan — Career Goal: Medicine — Parents: Robert & Nathalie Corry

  • Name: Gabriella Di Camillo — Age: 17 — High school:...

    Name: Gabriella Di Camillo — Age: 17 — High school: Palos Verdes High School — GPA: 4.8 — High School Activities or Groups: Be The Change (BTC) – VP; California Scholarship Federation – Gold Sealbearer; Girls Soccer; Link Crew; National Honor Society; Spanish National Honor Society — After Graduation/College Plans: Will attend the University of Southern California to study Occupational Therapy — Career Goal: To become a pediatric occupational therapist — Parents: Jeannine and Nick Di Camillo

  • Name: Rose Feng — Age: 18 — High school: Palos...

    Name: Rose Feng — Age: 18 — High school: Palos Verdes High School — GPA: 4.0 — High School Activities or Groups: — After Graduation/College Plans: Amherst College — Career Goal: Psychology — Parents: Yuan & May Feng

  • Name: Nikolas Tsangaris — Age: 18 — High school: Palos...

    Name: Nikolas Tsangaris — Age: 18 — High school: Palos Verdes High School — GPA: — High School Activities or Groups: CSF Gold Sealbearer, Varsity Football, Varsity Track, Los Angeles Chapter of the National Football Foundation, Scholar Athlete — After Graduation/College Plans: Undecided — Career Goal: Finance — Parents: Chris & Anna Tsangaris

  • Name: Christine Xie — Age: 18 — High school: Palos...

    Name: Christine Xie — Age: 18 — High school: Palos Verdes High School — GPA: 4.9W/4.0UW — High School Activities or Groups: Lundquist Institute Summer Fellow, Triton Yearbook Editor-in-Chief, PVIT Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Captain, Girls’ Varsity Tennis Captain, Mu Alpha Theta President, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Club President, The Branch President, Science Olympiad President — After Graduation/College Plans: Human Biology/Computer Science at Stanford University. — Career Goal: Neurosurgeon, Biotechnology, Entrepreneur. — Parents: Richard and Wendy Xie

  • Name: Natasha Nirmal — Age: 17 — High school: Palos...

    Name: Natasha Nirmal — Age: 17 — High school: Palos Verdes High School — GPA: 4.0 — High School Activities or Groups: Math club and Mu Alpha Theta President, Science National Honors Society Vice President of Events, AP scholar with Honor , Selected to attend national summer math program at Duke University (SWiM) Founder and CEO of Cards for a Cause — After Graduation/College Plans: UC Berkeley — Career Goal: Data Science and Artificial Intelligence — Parents: Sindhu Nirmal and Nirmal Dhesaraj

  • Name: Naomi Gan — Age: 18 — High school: Palos...

    Name: Naomi Gan — Age: 18 — High school: Palos Verdes High School — GPA: 4.0 — High School Activities or Groups: Varsity Lacrosse, Model United Nations, California Scholarship Federation, National Honor Society, Morgan’s Message — After Graduation/College Plans: Playing Division One lacrosse at UC Berkeley — Career Goal: — Parents: Winnie and David Gan

  • Name: Cayden Cooper — Age: 17 — High school: Palos...

    Name: Cayden Cooper — Age: 17 — High school: Palos Verdes High — GPA: 4.826 — High School Activities or Groups: National Merit finalist, Assembly, K.S. Choi Taekwondo, Model United Nations, Science National Honor Society, California Scholarship Federation — After Graduation/College Plans: UCSD (Neurobiology major) — Career Goal: end goal is to become a doctor — Parents: Candy and Scott Cooper

  • Name: Camden Friedman — Age: 18 — High school: Palos...

    Name: Camden Friedman — Age: 18 — High school: Palos Verdes High School — GPA: 4.97 — High School Activities or Groups: Red Tide President, National Honor Society, National English & Science Honor Societies, Link Crew, Project Runway, Lacrosse (JV, V), Football (Fr/JV), Alternative Investments Club (VP), CSF Gold, PVSA, National League of Young Men, AP Scholar with Honors — After Graduation/College Plans: Camden will attend the University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business where he’s been invited to be a Global Leadership Program participant. He plans to study Business with an emphasis in Finance and Economics. — Career Goal: Camden aspires to work in the Investment Banking segment of the financial services industry. — Parents: Jordan and Amy Friedman

  • Name: Milo Daluiso — Age: 18 — High school: Palos...

    Name: Milo Daluiso — Age: 18 — High school: Palos Verdes High School — GPA: 4.0 — High School Activities or Groups: Cross-Country; Track; Skateboarding — After Graduation/College Plans: Milo will attend Colorado College in Colorado Springs in the fall. — Career Goal: Science and technology — Parents: Katherine Ellis and Brian Daluiso

  • Name: Christopher J. Lachowicz — Age: 18 — High school:...

    Name: Christopher J. Lachowicz — Age: 18 — High school: Palos Verdes High School — GPA: 4.89 — High School Activities or Groups: California Scholarship Federation (Sealbearer); PVHS National Honor Society; PVHS Science Research Program; Math National Honors Society; National English Honors Society; National Social Studies Honors Society; PVHS Link Crew; and PVHS Soccer (Varsity). — After Graduation/College Plans: Attending University of Southern California (USC) — Career Goal: Medicine — Parents: Nik Lachowicz and Trea Lachowicz

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We asked high schools across the South Bay to invite their valedictorians and top scholars to submit their photos and a little bit about themselves to celebrate their achievements as this senior year comes to a close. The following are the high school students who submitted their information, including after-graduation plans, and their career goals.

Congratulations, graduates!

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