36 Mesa students graduate from ASU Preparatory Academy

More than 600 ASU Preparatory Academy graduates — including 36 from Mesa — are celebrating a major education milestone after receiving their high school diplomas during a commencement ceremony at Desert Financial Arena on the Arizona State University campus on May 16.

The graduating students represent all five high schools within the ASU Preparatory Academy network, including ASU Prep Casa Grande, ASU Prep Digital, ASU Prep Phoenix, ASU Prep South Phoenix, Khan World School at ASU Prep and ASU Prep Polytechnic, according to a release.

Local students (by name, campus, ZIP code) who graduated are:

• Carolyn Stewart, digital campus, 85085
• Ezra Griffitts, digital campus, 85201
• Kai Haemmerle, digital campus, 85201
• Zoe Richardson, digital campus, 85202
• Alley Baskett, digital campus, 85203
• Theoren Jones, digital campus, 85203
• Kaylah Erselius, digital campus, 85204
• Jaden Arevalo, digital campus, 85205
• Devlin Lucas, digital campus, 85205
• Sophia Norris, digital campus, 85205
• Larenzo Perez, downtown Phoenix campus, 85205
• Autumn Redfearn, downtown Phoenix campus, 85205
• Ashley Wang, digital campus, 85205
• Christian Nundahl, digital campus, 85206
• Logan Chaffee, polytechnic campus, 85207
• Nathan Graybill, digital campus, 85207
• Braxon Jarvis, digital campus, 85207
• Logan Mitchell, polytechnic campus, 85208
• Micayla-Grace Hill, polytechnic campus, 85209
• Malaki Jones, digital campus, 85209
• Austin Thornton, polytechnic campus, 85209
• Austin Schaertel, digital campus, 85210
• Landon Carroll, polytechnic campus, 85212
• Rikki Casino, digital campus, 85212
• Kathleen Cea, polytechnic campus, 85212
• Alyssa Cenzano, polytechnic campus, 85212
• Tara Kidd, digital campus, 85212
• Allison McKinney, digital campus, 85212
• Aydin Medina, polytechnic campus, 85212
• Xyrene-Jolie Semonell, polytechnic campus, 85212
• Isaac Trinidad, polytechnic campus, 85212
• Elizabeth Garner, digital campus, 85213
• Ariana Hill, digital campus, 85213
• Joseph Alfonso III, polytechnic campus, 85215
• Matthew Allen, digital campus, 85215
• Audrey Paredes, digital campus, 85902

ASU Prep’s Class of 2024 — nearly 800 students in all — spans hundreds of Arizona residents, as well as students from locations across the country and internationally who attended ASU Prep courses in person, online or both. Many who are national and international digital students and were unable to attend in-person celebrated with their families via livestream at home, the release states.

ASU Prep is chartered by Arizona State University and serves more than 7,000 students across its network. Go to https://asuprep.asu.edu .