Seaside High School students will graduate at 8 p.m. Monday at the Seaside Civic and Convention Center.

ValedictoriansJennifer Bletscher, 18, is the daughter of Jon and Lori Bletscher. She was student council secretary, participated in school musicals, taught Sunday school at North Coast Family Fellowship and taught Spanish at Gearhart Elementary School. She received honors from John Phillip Sousa Howard, won the Bausch and Lomb Science Award and was Outstanding Chemistry Student of the Year. She ran varsity track. She also participated in varsity soccer and was an all-league player. She plans to attend Seattle Pacific University to study biology. She was awarded an SPU president’s scholarship, an NCSF Scholarship, an award from the Cannon Beach Arts Association, from the Bob Mork Memorial, a Seaside Rotary Scholarship and a Phillip Eaton Scholarship.

Aside from fondly looking back on when Seaside beat the Astoria girls soccer team in a playoff game shoot-out, Bletscher said she’ll remember being in the musical “Hot Mikado” on opening night – and tripping onstage.

Chloe Beaudoin, 17, is the daughter of John and Kimberly Beaudoin. She has participated in various community service programs as well as in school plays, dance festival, English trips and a seminary French trip in 2007. She played in the band for four years. Beaudoin was National Honor Society vice president, Young Women’s President in Mormon church, a dance committee member and seminary president. She also received awards in art, English, social studies and math. She plans to attend Brigham Young University in Idaho to earn a four-year degree in English, art, music, French or psychology. She was awarded a Thomas Edison and Susan B. Anthony scholarship from Rochester.

Her favorite memory of high school: “One time we were just watching a movie in class that we’d all seen before, and the teacher walked out to do something. We got creative and made a wall of desks. It was stacked five desks high! But Mr. (Lee) Loving came in before the teacher and was not impressed. It was a lot of (innocent!) fun, even though we were caught red-handed. I thought it embodied our high-school spontaneity.”

Laura Coddington, 18, is the daughter of Mike and Su Coddington. Aside from being a Key Club president and facilitator for Raising Student Voice and Participation (RSVP), she has participated in the National Honor Society, Link Crew, Model United Nations and leadership team. She received Masonic Temple scholastic awards for academic achievement her junior and senior years. Swimming at the varsity level all four years of high school, she was an all-league swimmer each year and a scholar athlete each year. She earned a coach’s award her junior year, and she went to the state meet as a freshman, junior and senior. She was athlete of the week five times and ran track her freshman year. Coddington plans to attend Willamette University, majoring in international studies with a goal to eventually work for the United Nations. She received presidential and compass scholarships from the university, and was also awarded a scholarship from Pacific University.

She’ll happily remember winning the district swimming championship this year, “and taking the title away from Astoria for the first time in over six years!”

Randie Falleur, 18, is the daughter of Mike and Jody Falleur. She participated in National Honor Society, On the Hoof 4-H Club, Oregon Junior Angus Association, Tsunami Advisory Group and the Cache Team Program. She was class president and a 4-H livestock mentor. A scholar athlete, Falleur played varsity basketball. She was named to the first team all-league and second team all-district, and was on the Seaside team when it received an Oregon School Activities Association Sportsmanship Award in 2008. She plans to attend Oregon State University, where she will major in agricultural business management. Her scholarships include a North Coast Scholarship Foundation award, OSU excellence award, OSU diversity award, Western States Angus Auxiliary Scholarship, Western States Angus Auxiliary Perpetuating Scholarship, Express Angus Ranches Scholarship, and the Tiffany Phillips Memorial, Seaside Rotary, Holladay Drug, Delta Kappa Gamma, Pacific Basketball League and Clatsop Safety Council scholarships.

She said her favorite memory from high school is her entire senior year, “with everyone coming together and appreciating each others’ differences. It was an amazing experience.”

Simone Giess, 18, is the daughter of Alec and Shana Giess. She participated in jazz choir, in National Honor Society and was a volleyball scorekeeper. An honor roll student, she was a Toyota Community Scholars nominee and has received teacher’s awards in English, math, science and history, as well as a Masonic Lodge scholastic award. Swimming all four years, she earned a varsity letter each year, was captain as a senior and was an all-league swimmer in three events. She played softball the past four years, earning a varsity letter for each; she was a team captain her senior year and all-league her junior and senior years. Giess plans to attend Pacific University and obtain a degree in chemistry before going to graduate school at Oregon State University to study forensic science. She was awarded an Elks scholarship, Ford Family Foundation Scholarship and Stanley Abrahamson Memorial Scholarship.

She said her favorite memory of high school was senior homecoming week, “especially when we finally had a parade and were welcomed by thunder, lightning and hail during the entire ride.”

Paloma Newcombe, 18, is the daughter of Marie Monteros and Robert Newcombe. She has participated in school drama productions, Key Club, National Honor Society and swim team. She was a cross country team captain in 2006 and an all-league cross country runner in 2005 and 2006. Planning to attend Seattle University, Newcombe was awarded a Rensselaer Medal scholarship, as well as a North Coast Scholarship Foundation award and a Seattle University Campion Scholarship. She was also named a Gates Millennium Scholar.

She’ll remember high school fondly because of the “San Francisco trip with Mark Mizell’s ‘Following the Trail of the Beats’ class” she took sophomore year.

Travis Podoll, 18, is the son of Troy and Diana Podoll. He has been president of the Associated Student Body and participated in National Honor Society. He received Masonic Lodge honors for academic achievement. He plans to attend the University of Oregon, where he will major in business. Scholarships he’s received include an access sales and marketing scholarship, a North Coast Scholarship Foundation award and a University of Oregon scholarship.

Being named “mostly likely to be successful” by his peers is his favorite memory from high school.

Linda Villasenor, 18, is the daughter of Magdaleno and Isabel Villasenor. An Associated Student Body treasurer, Villasenor also participated in National Honor Society, Business Leaders of Tomorrow, Girls State and Link Crew. She received Masonic Lodge scholastic awards her junior and senior years, and was queen of the winter SnoBall dance. She was a varsity soccer captain and was named best offense player in 2005-06 and most-improved player in 2004-05, earning a varsity letter. She plans to attend St. Mary’s College of California to study accounting or business administration, in hopes of eventually starting her own accounting firm. She was awarded a Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber scholarship, Gates Millennium Scholarship and North Coast Scholarship Foundation award.

Her favorite memory of high school is from her freshman year, when she scored her first soccer goal in a match against Scappoose.

SalutatorianSarah Burgess, 18, is the daughter of Monica Ranger and Jeffrey Burgess. She has participated in the SHS Jazz Ensemble, Symphonic Band, theater and drama productions, Rotary Youth Exchange and The Literary Sponge. She was lead alto in jazz, principal player in the symphonic band and in the district honor band. She also played junior-varsity soccer in the ninth and 10th grades. Burgess plans to attend Lewis and Clark College to study foreign languages and English in hopes of becoming a language teacher. She received a Lewis and Clark dean’s scholarship, college grant and a Stanley Abrahamson Scholarship.

She said she couldn’t choose a favorite memory from her time at Seaside High: “There are so many moments.”