​More than 600 Arizona State University Preparatory Academy graduates celebrated the education milestone of receiving their high school diplomas during a May 16 commencement ceremony at Desert Financial Arena on ASU'S Tempe campus.

Thirty-six members of the network’s graduating class of 2024 are Chandler residents.

Students represent all five high schools within the ASU Prep network, including ASU Prep Casa Grande, ASU Prep Digital, ASU Prep Phoenix, ASU Prep South Phoenix, Khan World School at ASU Prep and ASU Prep Polytechnic.
ASU Prep’s Class of 2024 —almost 800 students in total — includes students from across the country and around the world.

Many ASU Prep graduates earned academic scholarships and entry to institutions such as Columbia College, Howard University and Vassar College.

The Class of 2024 earned an accumulated 4,082 university credits from ASU. About 250 members of this graduating class are set to attend ASU this fall.

Here are the 36 Chandler residents in ASU Prep’s Class of 2024, by campus:

Digital campus: Reem Ayesh, Tate Foudy, Maddox Vargas, Robert Williams, Leo Bryant, Leo Greene, Danica Sanders, Pheron Shelby, Mia Walters, Skandan Iyer, Rushil Vedantam, Shayaan Ahmed, Zoe Facio, Parker Gale, Gabrielle Hall, Elijah Johnston, Summer Meador, Mackenzie Murley, Kensington Penman, Hsin-Tsen Shih, Avonlea Teng, Kaden Rehberger, Joey Antonelli, Caydance Fleming, Davina Ho, Joanna Langdeau, Haiden Shimkus.

Polytechnic campus: Seth Pilapil, Magdalyn Rath, Noah Rayford, Jordan Sterzinar, Taylor Faubel, Jacob Gillies, Samaya Lolly, Ryeland Lolly, Jared Mose.

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