All five Ripon Unified School District trustees handed out diplomas Friday in the refurbished Stouffer Stadium.
Trustees attending were Mike Fisher,Chad Huskey, Kit Oase, Christina Orlando and Ernie Tyhurst.
Eleanor Waters sang the National Anthem and senior class president Sarah De Freitas offered the welcoming address to parents and friends.  Daniel Van Lewen served as valedictorian and Hailey Johnson was the salutatorian.
The presentation of the Colors was posted by the Ripon High JROTC honor guard.  Special music selected for the graduation was “Marching On” by One Republic offered by Macy Cordero and Jordan Dunniway.   The 2016 class motto: “Behind you are the shadows of what we might have been, and ahead the image of what we hope to be.” The graduates are: Leticia Aguirre, Nalani Alhambra, John Almendares, Ross Alvarado, Sarah Alves, Sierra Atilano, Kali Aughe, Angelo Baciocco, Alexandra Blair, Franchesca Barnes, Joseph Barrera, George Barslund, Lauren Bartels, Nicholas Bartlett, Cody Besto, Lucas Beeler, Gabriel Beltran, James Bionaz, Hunter Branco, Cara Brown, Michael Buie, Victoria Burke, Adam Cabral, Karla Calderon, Angelo Calderon IV, Gabriel Calvo, Gabrielle Camara, Sarah Campbell, Ali Capel, Jennifer Cisneros Cadenas, Christa Cardoza, Khiara Cardoza, Samantha Carl-Robertson, Hunter Cendana, Hope Chavez, Madison Coit, Macy Cordero, Andrew Crodova, Alaina Cornilsen, Devin Corso, Bryar Cosper, Brandon Costello, Steven Crescini Jr., Kaydee Cruz-sampson, Angelic Cuevas Tejeda, Casidy Cunha, Sarah De Freitas, Victor de la O, Jessic DeBow, Mikayla Del Rio, Ashley Deland, Alyssa DeMara, Christopher Ddsilveira, Jose Diaz, Alexis Drake, Jordan Dunniway, Jacob Dusbury, Taylor Enriquez, Kaylyn Evans, Justin Femino, Meaghan Ferral, Natalie Finazzo, Emily Fisher, Matthew Fisher
Parker Fleming, Danielle Fortik, Andrew Gall, Hunter Gallup, Reyna Gamboa, Jose Garcia, Mireya Garcia, Vanessa Garcia, Kaela Gill,  Kole Gonzales, Sebastian Gonzalez, Tyler Green, Ruben Gudino, Cody Haines,Madalyn Hawes, Michael Heckel, Javier Hernandez III, Allison Hickman, William William, Emily Hodges, Kassidi Hofman, Cameron Holohan, Ashley Hovis, Kayla Hutchison, Robert Hutto, Samantha Hyer, Jillian Jamero, Taylor Jaquez, Hailey Johnson, Orion Johnson, Allison Jones, Victoria Jordan, Gabrielle Keane, Brandon Kichefski, Andy Knoll, Michelle Kottler, Nicholas Loogman, Isaac Lopez, Roberto Lopez, Ashley Lopez Valdez, Courtney Luis, Jared Lundrigan, Giana Machado, Darnay Mack, Griffen MacLeod
Jacob Martin, Bianca Martinez, Kelly Martinez Jr., Faith McCarty, Caleb McCusker, Ryan McDonald, Mark McPeak, Alejancra Medina Rivera, Jaycee Metal, Hailey Monroe, Carson Morrow, Megan Mullins, Eduardo Naranjo, Travis Nelson, Corgin Nicholson, Kent Norman, David Onochie, Haileigh Ortiz, Shaughn Osborne, Alyssa Outram, Michelle Pappas, Emily Pedersen, Max Perez, Stephanie Petlansky, Mikayla Phelps, Brenneda Ponce, Zachariah Pratt, Nicholas Price, Analisa Rangel, Ellasar Raygoza, Marissa Regqlo, Emmanuel Reyes, Leonel Reyes III, Abril Rivs, Mariah Rivera, Cedric Roy, Elena Ruiz, Nick San  Nicholas Jr., Isaiah Sanchez, Kyle Santana, McLean Scearce, Christopher Scrosati, Harmony Sedillo
Darren Sexton, Morgan Sheaffer, Zachary Signman, Haley Simmons, Arashdeep Singh Mehroke, Raghuvir Singh, Taeler Smith, Tahlia Smith, Tristan Smith, Jonathon Soto, Sammy Souza, Gabrielle Spencer, Danielle Sperry, Michael Stanley, Hannah Sweet, Leanne Taylor, Zachary Taylor, Cresencio Tellez, Kayla Thompson, Taylor Thompson, John Thorup, Julian Tinoco, Eduardo Toledo, Damian Tollison, Ariana Torres, Yesenia Torres, Suzanne Turner, Alexia Urias, Esmerelda Valdez, Ally Van Horn, Daniel Van Lewen, Addy Varelas, Jacob Veltkamp, Emilio Villalobos, Sarah Vincent,Drake Vizcarra, Travis Waara, Jasmine Ward, Eleanor Waters, Roger Watson, Hannah Welsch, Wesley Watson, Isabella Wilkins, Taylor Wilks, Andrew Wood and Matthew Ysit. The recessional featured the song “See You Again” by Wiz Khalifa.