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Special supplement to the Kingman Daily Miner • kdminer.com Page 2 Graduation 2016 CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2016! Consistent Care in Mohave County Since 2006 Hamdy Mohtaseb, MD, FACP Excellence in Cancer Care Dr. Mohtaseb Cancer Center Blood Disorders Full Spectrum Of Cancer Treatment Under Direct Care Of Dr. Mohtaseb PROUD WITH OUR PERFORMANCE WE ACHIEVE THE BEST CANCER OUTCOME Kingman Fort Mohave 1755 Airway Ave 5225 S. Highway 95, Ste. 6 Kingman, AZ 86409 Fort Mohave, AZ 86426 928-681-1234 928-770-4560 Fax: 928-681-1811 Fax: 928-770-4561 www.AzCancerAndBlood.com • [email protected] Graduation 2016 Page 3 Lee Williams grad will pick between aviation and nukes Aaron Ricca “We’re all given 24 hours in a [email protected] day. It’s up to us how to choose how they spend them. Some people KINGMAN – Decisions, decisions for Lee Williams spread themselves too thin,” he said. High School graduate and potential valedictorian Kyler “I’ve personally buried myself in my Zachreson. studies. Just do your homework and As one of the brightest students in the school’s fi rst turn it in. That’s how you get good graduating class, he’s currently tied for fi rst place grades.” with senior Madison Ott. The real valedictorian will be He’s been at LWHS for four years declared after fi nals are completed May 20. and talked about some of the chang- After that contest plays out, he’ll have two years to es he’s seen. decide between two high-tech career choices. “The biggest problem at the begin- Zachreson is a member of the Church of Jesus ning was nobody – teachers and stu- Christ of Latter-day Saints. This summer he’ll begin dents – seemed to know what they preparing for a two-year mission. He’s not sure where were doing. The campus itself didn’t the church will send him yet. change, but people learned how to “We have little to no say in where they send us,” he use it to its fullest. The faculty has Lee Williams High School’s Kyler Zachreson is still waiting for fi nals to be said. always been top-notch and adjusted over before he can claim the top title. After that, he’s torn between attending Embry-Rid- to change and always did their jobs AARON RICCA/Miner dle Aeronautical University in Prescott as an engineer- exceptionally well.” but also make time to make the world a better place. ing student or the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, The lack of older students at the new school meant The balance of those two is really up to you.” Md. there wasn’t the usual hazing that goes along with “I’m still in high school and I don’t know every- “I love airplanes, but (the U.S. Navy) has a great being a newbie, but there was also a positive void left thing. I won’t lie and say I do. I want to be more expe- nuclear technician program. I’ve received occasional unfi lled. rienced in the world and its ways before I can make a contact from the Navy to join their program.” “The biggest reason the fi rst year was so diffi cult is conscious decision. “I’ve been mulling over options for a while. All that there were no seniors to look up to,” Zachreson “I feel I’ll be able to make that decision relatively young boys go through that stage where they say, ‘I admitted. shortly because time waits for no man.” love trucks’ or ‘I love trains.’ Well, I like airplanes.” The lack of social hierarchy didn’t stop him from Zachreson has plenty of gratitude and support. His Navy enthusiast grandmother steered him charging forward. “I’ve had a lot of support from everyone I’ve met,” toward the military option. He wanted to be a pilot, but “They (LWHS faculty) do a good job of giving you he said. “Besides the entire faculty (at LWHS), my his eyesight has hampered that idea. In the meantime, the tools. I personally enjoyed the sciences and math group of friends. We’ve all been through this together he’s visited both the Naval Academy and Embry-Rid- so that I might be able to go the engineering route,” he and we all help and build off of each other.” dle. stated. “It’s also important to know how to read and He warned the junior classes to buckle up and strap “Both (campuses) are really nice. I’m playing a write English and do it well.” in. game of tug of war right now.” “American history is important. To know you’re “We might not be adults yet, but welcome to He took a swing at golf during his freshman and American and know what we’ve gone through to get to pre-adulthood. Things are going to be hard,” Zach- sophomore years and was the drum major for the this point to make sure the next step is a good step.” reson affi rmed. “You might not be the same as every- LWHS marching band for the last two years, but boast- He’s still waiting on experience to help him decide. one else. You are you, that’s the way it should be, keep ed most about his devotion to academics. “I was raised that it’s important to raise a family working hard and don’t let life wear you down.” CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2016 Best Wishes On Your Next Adventure ARE YOU DISABLED? Helping Hand • Disability Advocate LLC I will fight to get you the benefits you deserve as quickly as possible. St. John’s 1730 Kino Ave. You pay nothing until you win & collect your benefits. United (928) 692-8830 Call for your FREE case review. Grace Neal Preschool Methodist Email: [email protected] Church Web Site: www.stjohnsumc.com 928-757-2500 helpinghanddisabilityadvocate.com Page 4 Graduation 2016 Kingman Academy High School athlete takes top honor Aaron Ricca Thomas Easter, Kingman Academy of Learning Valedictorian, [email protected] supervises some students at KAOL Intermediate School Thurs- day during his last day of regular high school. He has a GPA of KINGMAN – One Kingman Academy High School athlete 3.9 and has helped mentor kids at the Intermediate school each has hit a home run to the top of his class. day. It took dedication and hard work and he thanks his parents Thomas Easter is the valedictorian for the 2016 for helping him in his studies. Easter plans to go to college, likely KAHS graduating class, but he wasn’t always on a GCU or UNLV, and study physical therapy, athletic training, or strong path to academic success. kinesiology. He fi nished 2016 with a 3.97 GPA and had straight JC AMBERLYN/Miner A’s as a freshman, but was thrown a curveball his sophomore year. His freshman class couldn’t take honors classes, so when they could make the jump the he said. “I wanted to be an engineer, but after taking next year, his grades didn’t exactly join the club. trigonometry I realized how hard math was. At that point “The workload got to some of us,” he said. “Most I changed my mind.” of us adjusted well. It was a big jump at fi rst but after One of Easter’s biggest challenges was a single class the sophomore year we were used to it.” that tripped him up but seared a lesson into his brain. Freshmen can now take honors-level classes to get “I had to improve my grade from 86 percent to 93 a running start. percent,” he said about one of teacher Michael Suchowi- “It’s good (the school district) fi xed that and lets erski’s government courses. them take those classes now,” he said. “It was a diffi cult class. I’ve been able to get by just Most of Kingman Academy seniors have taken studying a little bit. With this class I had to buckle down, fi nals and are waiting for graduation. Easter still has which will be good for college. I’m fi nally learning how to some work to do. study.” “I’ve been writing my graduation speech for the He lauded his parents for pushing him along. “I’d play because I love the game.” most part and cleaning the house for my graduation “My parents have always been there to help me, espe- Easter spent all four high school years play- party.” cially with the (school) bus trips dropping me off late at ing baseball and basketball. He also ran cross He wants to play baseball and excel in a market- night.” country his freshman and sophomore years and able profession, but has to fl ip a coin to pick between He praised English teacher Hollie Lowe for improving intends to use his athletic prowess to channel University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Grand Canyon his reading and writing and science teacher David Scrog- those talents into a career that combines his University in Phoenix. gins for stirring interest in anatomy and physiology love of sports with his need to help people. “Baseball has always been my passion,” he de- “Both of those teachers really pushed me along. It’s “I could rehabilitate and heal. I could do clared. “I’m trying to see which school I the best nice having teachers like that.” that with athletes,” he said. “My main goal chance to play at. That’s what will infl uence my deci- Instructor and baseball coach Bill McCord helped him is to be a sports therapist.

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