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Wolves jump from CMS to CHS

June 9, 2026 by David Svien

Claire Lachnit runs towards the start of her high school days. (Julie Wheat photo)

They don’t have very far to travel.

With their passages ceremony going down Wednesday night, 79 Coupeville eighth graders officially leave behind middle school and move on to high school, while remaining on the same campus.

Making the transition easier, several of the Wolves have already competed in high school sports.

That list includes Zariyah Allen and Cami Van Dyke, who both started for a CHS softball team which won league and district titles and went to the state tourney this spring.

Now, as they and their classmates move forward together, the future is a bright one.

 

The CHS Class of 2030:

Krystina Adams
Ava Alford
Vincent Alguire
Zariyah Allen
Rosemary Allred
Amira Anunciado
Zayne Atkinson
Serena Balder
Dylan Bennett
Malachi Chapa
Astoria Coles
Adrianna Collins-Diaz
Liam Coomes
Annabelle Cundiff
Tristan Dearmond
Payton Dugger
Domonic Durbin
Diesel Eck
Clarence Famiglietti
Samuel Ferguson
Aubrey Flowers
Hazel Goldman
Andrea Gonzalez
Emma Green
Sophia Greene
Viktoria Grieves
Stanley Grijalva
Toby Hamm
Finley Helm
Paige Hill
Samantha Howard
Rhylee Inman
Addison Jacobson
Marina Jadwin
Rocky Jorgensen
Sabrina Judnich
Noah Kendall
Claire Lachnit
Shaydan Laney
Ariella Lee-Spaulding
Maverick-Chase Light
Jacob Lujan
Isaac Marchese
Hayli Marley
Mario Martinez
Sarah McCune
Joseph McGraw
Maxwell Meyer
Caiden Micolichek
Kaleigha Millison
Kaylee Moore
Maddex Myles
Riley Novak
Jade Peabody
Brenna Phay
Sophie Polley
Anna Powers
Henry Purdue
Vicky Quiroga Rivera
Emily Rains
Kamden Ratcliff
Joshua Richards
Zayne Roos
Sawyer Rudat
Ceiba Rusch
Archer Schwarz
River Simpson
Scarlett Spencer
Treyshawn Stewart
Cami Van Dyke
Natasha Vega
Josue Vicente
Ari Vinson
Lincoln Wagner
Maverick Walling
Ethan Walsh
Aiden Wheat
Teagan Willis
Farrin Workman

River Simpson (red stripe on uniform) prepares for takeoff in one of his final middle school athletic moments. (Kelly Powers photo)

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Many move on, some get spotlight

June 9, 2026 by David Svien

Scotlyn Helm is a star in auto racing and soccer. Now, she’s also a middle schooler. (Lindsey Helm photo)

This one comes with an asterisk.

There are three graduation/passages ceremonies in Coupeville this spring, with 12th graders having exited Saturday afternoon.

Meanwhile, 8th graders bounce from middle to high school and 5th graders move on up from the elementary school to CMS, with both of those events slated for this Wednesday.

With high school and middle school, the list of names I was given to publish are fairly complete.

With this one, featuring the elementary school kids, not so much.

There are 91(!) students making the move to 6th grade, but the parents of 27 of those children opted not to allow their offspring’s name to be released to “non-district media” when they went through the enrollment process.

So be it.

If you read this article and notice your child — a 5th grade grad — is missing, that was your decision.

Now, if you want to change your mind, as some parents did last year, contact the elementary school secretaries and let them know, and they’ll send me updates with which to tweak this story.

If not, again, so be it. You’re the parent, not me, and I respect that.

But, for now, here are the 5th grade grads we can give a moment in the spotlight to:

 

The (partial) Class of 2033:

Sandra Andrade
Lindsey Ashby
Willow Baker-Bilyeu
Kaleb Batterman
Konnor Batterman
Seraphina Bentabou
Eveyln Budde
Adelaide Burley
Eulalie Bylsma
Kai Cardina
River Castellanos
Greta Castle
Ezra Chapa
Cora Cranford
Abigail Dangerfield
Isla Darr
Scarlet Day
Christopher DiDonna
Genevieve Dingman
Cruz Fasolo
Benjamin Ferrera
Rollin Francis
Quinton Freeman
Caden Fuller
Trinidad Garcia
Miguel Garcia Fernandez
Jacob Greene
Broderick Griffith
Scotlyn Helm
June Jackson
Lily Jacobson
Amelia Jahn
Summer Jorgensen
Abigail Kolbet
Lillian Lachnit
Kenlee Lester
Adelind Liggitt
Ava Magdaleno
Evelynn McDonald
Greyson McGuinness
Brinley Meek
Elleri Meyer
Leonidas Mitchell
Oren Morton
Anna Nelson
Hillary Partida-Flores
Sean Peterson
Jayden Placido
Daniel Powers
Anna Richards
Elizabeth Richards
Matthew Richards
Silas Rudat
Alayla Schwarz
Evan Sierra
Gwendolyn Smith
Luna Strong
Ezra Tercero
Isaac Toon
Valerie Trevino
Jax Wheat
Owen Whitmer
Zora Worthington
Sienna Wright

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It’s graduation, take two

June 9, 2026 by David Svien

Time to get that diploma. (Kauri Hamilton photos)

It’s the ceremony too big for just one photographer.

Saturday’s Coupeville High School graduation attracted a wide range of shutterbugs, all snapping away as the Class of 2026 made its final walk.

Following on the heels of our previous collection, which came to us from Melanie Wolfe, this assortment of pics emerged from the camera of fellow yearbook photographer Kauri Hamilton.

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Pomp, circumstance, and some pics

June 8, 2026 by David Svien

One last stroll before they’re outta here. (Melanie Wolfe photos)

The liquid sunshine largely stayed away, but the diplomas rained down.

The Coupeville High School Class of 2026 made the big walk Saturday, graduating and getting a sendoff from teachers, friends, family, and more.

Along for the ride was future CHS grad Melanie Wolfe, who snapped the pics seen above and below.

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Wolf grads help launch college cheer team

June 8, 2026 by David Svien

Pamela Morrell (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

They’ll be trailblazers.

Coupeville grads Pamela Morrell and Ember Light, who anchored the CHS spirit team during their high school days, are helping launch a new cheer program at Whatcom College.

The former Wolves were picked for the school’s first-ever squad, which debuts this fall.

Ember Light

Morrell, who is studying nursing, and Light, who is pursuing an allied health degree with plans to move onto radiology school, were busy bees during their time in Cow Town.

The former was involved in the CHS Theater Troupe and is an accomplished artist, while the latter was a talented tennis player and yearbook photographer.

Morrell and Light graduated with the CHS Class of 2025 and were both in the top 10 that year for career GPA’s.

The duo also nabbed Student of the Quarter honors from the Coupeville Lions Club during their senior year.

They’re not the only former Wolves from their class to be an athlete at Whatcom, either, as fellow Class of ’25 grad Mia Farris played volleyball for the Orcas this past fall.

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