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2008 World Affairs Challenge™ - Participating Schools

Middle Schools

A.P. Giannini Middle School, San Francisco, San Francisco County*

Ben Franklin Middle School, Daly City, San Mateo County*

Everett Middle School, San Francisco, San Francisco County*

Francisco Middle School, San Francisco, San Francisco County

Harvest Middle School, Napa, Napa County

James Denman Middle School, San Francisco, San Francisco County

Lee Mathson Middle School, San Jose, Santa Clara County

Mill Valley Middle School, Mill Valley, Marin County

River School, Napa, Napa County

Roots International Academy, Oakland, Alameda County

St. Lucy School, Campbell, Santa Clara County

Windrush Academy, El Cerrito, Contra Costa County*

High Schools

Berkeley High School, Berkeley, Alameda County

College Track, San Francisco, San Francisco County

College Track, Oakland, Alameda County

John F. Kennedy High School, Fremont, Alameda County

Mercy High School, San Francisco, San Francisco County

Mira Loma High School, Sacramento, Sacramento County

New Technology High School, Napa, Napa County

Philip and Sala Burton, San Francisco, San Francisco County

Presentation High School, San Jose, Santa Clara County

Santa Cruz Waldorf High School, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County

Skyline High School, Oakland, Alameda County

Vintage High School, Napa, Napa County

Washington High School, San Francisco, San Francisco County

Wilcox High School, Santa Clara, Santa Clara County

*participated in the World Affairs Challenge Program only but not at Challenge Day

2008 World Affairs Challenge™ - Participants

Middle Schools

Francisco Middle School – Coaches Ami Schiess and Jason Wyman
Brian Liu
Rehan Shaihk
Selina Tam
Vanessa Acosta

Harvest Middle School – Coach Megan Burton
Andrea Ortega-Baltazar
Brandon Kerrigan
Emilio Martinez
Kelsey Nielson
Mikayla Peterson
Olivia McCoy
Robert Wakerlin
Samantha Sprott
Sarah Fried
Sarah Garcia-Valle
Sarah Kuehn

James Denman Middle School – Coaches Anna Gin and Michael Fox
Adelyn Chiang
Angel Su
Athena Martin
Austin Yu
Benjamin Balidio
Brandon Balidio
Brian Nguyen
Carissa Huang
Cindy Lemus-Canas
Derek Chiong
Doris Law
Dorothy Zhang
Edward De Guzman
Elizabeth Garay
Ellen Tu
Elmer Isidro
Evan Li
Faith Austria
Irene Ouyang
Jacky Cheng
Jaylan Ganuelas
Jeffrey Chen
Jennelle Lai
Jennifer Lai
Jeremiah Naraja
Joeliz DeAlba
Johnny Guo
Kateryn Raymondo
Katherine Violago
Kevin Tran
Kimberly David
Kylan Jones
Leonida Radford
Maggie Ma
Merily Sarmiento
Nick Tan
Polly Lesaguis
Rachel Chen
Ryan Shee
Simon Zhu
Stephanie Rocha
Tammy Law
Wendy Zhu
Willy Cheung
Ysabel Cayabyab

Lee Mathson Middle School – Coach Anna Martin
Anna Marie Candari
Ayana Su
Cynthia Del Rio
Estevan Mata
Evelyn Del Toro
Jessica Barajas
Jessica Meza
Jessica Nunez
Leo Alonso Cabrera
Michelle Banh
Rocio Linares
Tiffany Olimpio

Mill Valley Middle School – Coach Judy Gruszynski
Anna Lipman
Anna Purna
Billy Butler
Clara Butler
Eliel Antila
Humza Iqbal
Jake Carroll
Jake Zweibach
Joe Weber
Julian Conner
Julie Francis
Kirk Wong
Lucas Sohn
Max Diebel
Nick Richards
Noey Erskine
Oliver Ramin
Reed Sawyers
Sara Maroofi
Satchel Yancey-Siegel
Thomas Ashe

River School – Coaches Celeste Akiu, Mary Lynn Bryan, Mandy Deppe Carter, Jeremy Grove, Rich Mettler, Tim Stampfli, Louann Talbert and Keith Waechtler
Adam Lustig
Alec Parker
Aleksandra Seiger
Alex Parks
Alex Ridling
Alexis Pierce
Alicia Robert
Amani Pritchard
Amber Cooney
Amia Andrade
Anai Hernandez
Anastasija Kuprijanova
Andrew Chico
Angelica Roessert
Anna Wheeler
Anna Yip
Annelie Heinemann
Annie Budash
Anu Korada
Ashton Whittaker
Austin Dunn
Avery Gerhardt
Avery Hill
Bailey Shelden
Brooke Ensminger
Bryce Branagan-Franco
Catherine Morey
Chloe Meltzer
Colleen Salmon
Conor McCarthy
Dante Abernathy
Devon Sifford
Emily Bernstein
Emily Chrisian
Emily Myhre
Emmanuel Rivera
Erik Amdahl
Ethan Hahklotobbe
Everest Robinson
Gabby Szmidt
Gabi Ochoa
Gabriella Peralta
Hannah Hawker
Heather Vargas
Henry Rojas
Hugo Figueroa
Jake Cuffe
Jake Theios
James Thorne
Joanna Griffin
Jonathan Han
Josh Bronk
Juan Thomasser
Julia Freifeld
Julia King
Julian Gonsalves
Justyn Thomas
Kameryn Whipple
Katie Fulton
Kenny Hanton
Kyle Boss
Lauren Barkley
Lauren Curry
Logan Steinharter
Macayla Meyers
Mackenzie Russell
Madi Lippmann
Maia Rios
Makali Seiger
Makena Brown
Malissa Seiger
Matthew Reiser
Max Bernstein
Megan Woodward
Melissa Iannuzzi
Melissa Morgenlaender
Miho Sakurada
Molly Northrup
Monica Deicke
Natalie Manrique
Nathan Sabatasso
Nicholas Purcell
Nico Revheim
Nicole Rowley
Nik Madsen
Rachel Lotz
Rayna Isola
Rebecca Oestreich
Russell Emerson
Russell Wilson
Shaela Fahmy
Shawn Kara
Shayne Robinson
Shelby Rae
Stephanie Sjoblom
Steven Craig
Tara Knight
Tayler Malley
Taylor Whitecotton
Taylor Voss
Tessa Mattfield
Tia Newman
Vanessa Thomas
Vincent Hernandez
Whitney Davis
Ynez Barber

Roots International Academy – Coaches Abbey Atwood and Jaime Peterson
Angelica Nuno
Edward Jackson
Goka Bere
Italia Suarez
Julio Ochoa
Lobson Barrera
Luis Ramirez
Nick Rodriguez

St. Lucy School – Coach Mary Casey
Brooke Silvas
Corinne Jaques
Jenna Stroup
Kevin Haggerty
Meghan O'Sullivan
Ryan Masad
Sam Kellner
Tamas Carli

High Schools

Berkeley High School – Coach Kalpna Mistry
Alfonso Flores
Carlos Toledo
Cleopatra Stevens
Diana Marquez
Elby Taylor
Georgia Martin
Jasmyn Areas
Jenni Lee
Khristopher Chea
Lasharey Adams
Lily King
Luke Novoesl
McKenna Duffy
Michael Johnson
Michael Ned
Mimi Kaplan
Natty Siegal
Rina Li
Rosa Escandon
Sonia Mena
Tommy McCoy
Willis Wilson
Zoe Oppenheim

Burton High School – Coach Sada Ashkenes
Alex Lau
Alvin Yu
Jacky Cheng
Leslie Long
Raymond Lee
Victoria Louie
Yvanne Mirabueno

College Track, Oakland – Coaches Alexandra Fedyukova and Gabrielle Pavelko
Chris Carper
Dulce Fajardo
Ivy Nguyen
Jenny Wong
Matthew Carper
Sherry Truong
Velecity Simmons
Wendy Nu

College Track, San Francisco – Coaches Erica Frenkel, Jason Kuo, Amir Movafaghi and Ami Schiess
Elisa Balladares
Feven Andy
Kevin Garcia
Marcus Morrow
Tevin Page

Kennedy High School – Coaches Brenda Calvert and Marcus Williams
Assile Osman
Brian Clark
Corinne Schlachter
Genna Enguidanos
James Mitchell
Katie Gedeon
Rajiv Battula
Shaona Bandyopadhyay
Tina Xu

Mercy High School – Coach Jocelyn Miner
Adriana Ruano
Alyssa Pettigrew
Andria Armas
Anelle Rosales
Caroline Cunningham
Cristina Casino
Gaby Encizo
Gema Cantu
Grace Putulin
Jenna Castagneri
Kristine Tubig
Mary Rodriguez
Mary Torosyan
Melissa Nazzai
Ruby Urrutia
Samantha Escobar
Samira Nuru
Tabitha Wong
Tiffany Zhao
Victoria Gutierrez

Mira Loma High School – Coach John Kuzmich
Jeffery Sidden
Katelyn Sills
Margaret Freiwald
Mariam Shetab
Selome Getachew

New Technology High School – Coaches Nancy Hale and Stacy Newsom-Kerr
Adam Backman
Aitana Rothfeld
Alena Nelson
Alex Morrell
Alex St. Clair
Andrea Guianan
Andrea Hadjiyianni
Andrew Horobin
Angelique Badertscher
Angie Martinez
Araceli Diaz
Arielle Hoachuck
Aslyn Bicknell
Blaine Pascu
Brendon Jackson
Brenna Grandfield
Brian Rico
Brianna Fritz
Brigette Pascu
Cecilia Ortiz
Chad Blower
Chris Hernandez
Christian Otis
Claire McCully
Conor Grove
Danielle Bazsuly
David Cook
Deborah Wakin
Derik Smith
Edward Guerra
Emely Zepeda
Emile D'Almeida
Emma Witt
Emma Yip
Erin Komplin
Erin Read
Flora Lichtenstein
Forrest Newcomb
Garrett Balliett
Gianna Peralta
Grace Zepeda
Gracie Damran
Guillermo Rosas
Henry Bates
Hugo Lopez
Isabel Lopez
Isabel Osorio
Jacklyn Liboon
Jade Boumouch
Javier Flores
Jaymie Rogers
Jonathan Costa
Joseph Palco
Josh Husted
Joshua Hamilton
Juan Alvarez
Juan Soto
Justin Legros
Kalani Kai-Mendosa
Karla Gomez
Katie Souza
Katie Zachry
Katrina Hampton
Kayla Smith
Kelsey Canziani
Kim Duckett-Flaherty
Kristina Parks
Lauren Waldenburg
Lily Sanchez
Louie Pelaez
Marissa Gonzales
Max Andersen
Melissa Moize
Morgan Lee
Nicholas Giaccio
Raymund Chico
Robert Jones
Robert Morris
Sara Villanueva
Scott Hopkins
Sivan Orr
Stephanie Diviak
Sukhi Kaur
Tatiana Lopez
Trevor Thiess
Tyler Warren
Victoria Wallace
William Chadwick
Yvette Espinoza
Zack Potter

Presentation High School – Coaches Siobhan O’Byrne and Jaya Subramanian
Amna Qamar
Danika Devincenzi
Erin Casey
Jennifer Chau
Katy Hannigan
Kristina Fontecha
Kristina Pham
Pamela Jimenez
Rebecca Kofman
Sarah Brown

Santa Cruz Waldorf High School – Coach Robin Thiess
Alex Langen
Ami McNulty
Becky Koch
Celeste Hadley
Claire Bruning
Cleo Tuday
Eric von Soosten
Ernie Dell'Oliver
Haven Dlott
Jackson Collins
Luke Frankel
Nathan Coelho

Skyline High School – Coach Anya Gurholt
Aida Gonzales
Akilah Burford
Andrew Luu
Anna Tran
Asa Erskine
Avala O
Bobby Norton
David Ramirez
Elsanor Lam
Gabe Christensen
Isabel Vasquez
Israel Iniguez
Jackie Low
Jade Ferreira-Yang
Jason Nghe
Kao Tern
Kenneth Lui
Masharely Fuentes
Patrick Lee
Roxanne Hilao
Sabrina Ehrenfeld
Sophia Ho

Vintage High School – Coach Scott Marsden
Adrian Domingo
Alanna Dubois
Alicia Payne-Ristow
Andres Avina
Andrhea Efe
Ariana Quezada
Bea Bautista
Breana Mentzer
Brianna Rund
Brittany Miguel
Chelsea Martinez
Chris Gobler
Chris Gobler
Christina Leport
Crispin De Rosa
Dillon HIll
Emily Veffery
Emma McGill
Eric Ceballos
Eric Mares
Fabiola Mendoza
Gaby Acuna
Gregory Well
Hector Solorio
Jack Gilliland
Janette Garcia
Jaxon Sanchez
Jazmine Penado
Jenny Monge
Juan Vega
Kaelin Kenny
Kat Rae
Krista Tanciongco
Leslie Pamatz
Nicole Burroughs
Omar Sarouli
Rosemarie Hernandez
Tyler Duncan

Washington High School – Coach Aljona Andrejeff
Adrienne Tran
Chris Yee
Christopher Tran
Cindi Chen
Elaine Yap
Greg Wai
Harriet Hu
Jennifer Deng
Judy Chin
Keegan Quan
Kevin Luong
Kevin Nguy
Lisa Chen
Meng Deng
Tiffany Ng

Wilcox High School – Coaches Janet Armstrong, Eric Boromisa and Joan Gotterba
Allan Do
Amisha Patel
Anita Chiang
Berhan Hagos
Brian Tran
Eric Thompson
Evonne Tan
Ferheen Abbasi
Jaclyn Chow
Jay Chopra
Jennifer Juniega
Jeremy Chan
Joanne Lam
Johanna Nilsson
Josh Lee
Lana Le
Leland Au
Mounia O'Neal
Nadia Granke
Natasha Dighe
Sid Nguyen
Tiffany Chin
Tushaar Venkateswaran