Hip Hip Hooray For our Graduating Seniors and College Grads

On June 2nd, we celebrated our graduating high school seniors and college graduates. We are so proud of all of them and wish them well as they begin their journeys as college students and beyond. We also honored our Sanematsu Scholarship recipients. Our  high school graduates are: Tyler Bakoshi, Elise Haneta, Michael Takaichi and Brady Williams, Our college graduates are: Joelle Haneta, Lauren Takaichi and Taylor Yee. Our Sanematsu scholarship recipients are: Tyler Bakoshi, Elise Haneta and Brady Williams. Congratulations everyone!

Hatty Lin (left), Children and Youth Ministry director and Kasper Kimura, MYF Director congratulated all the educators. Hats off to the God's Garden Teachers: Mari Fujii, Christine Ozawa, Kellie Nunokawa, Mika Visitacion, Mary Asano, Lisa Bantilan, Karen Chou, Leighton Horio, Jayne Williams, Kiyomi Yanai, Clarissa Johnston-Abril, Rob Hikido and Jim Mar.

(below) Keith Nakashima, the new chair of the Endowment Fund, announced the Sanematsu Scholarship winners with congratulations as they move forward to achieve their educational goals.

Lauren Takeuchi (above) was one of two college graduates recognized.  She finished her BS degree in Biochemistry and psychology at US Santa Cruz and Taylor Yee (not present), graduated with a BS in Kinesiology, Cum Laude, at Cal State Fullerton.