Congratulations SCPA Class of 2020!

Dear SCPA Class of 2020 

We have had a lot of dead-ends trying to get your SCPA awards to you.   You may come to the SCPA office and pick up your senior awards during school hours.  Please call or email the SCPA program assistant in advance, so she can have it ready for you
​ Yolanda.Santana-Parman@sweetwaterschools.org  or 619 476-3377

To our wonderful SCPA Class of 2020...
While nothing can make up for a true graduation ceremony we want to honor you by giving you a chance to share 

​Production Drama...

Senior Message Vocal Music...

​Note: Some videos may not work on all devices.

Senior AWARD information
All SCPA graduating Seniors will receive a Certificate (with their diploma)
All SCPA graduating Seniors that met the requirements will also receive the SCPA Medallion* 
All SCPA graduating Seniors that earned the SCPA Medallion* with a 3.0 GPA or above will also receive the SCPA Seal (the seal - SCPA "Graduate of Distinction" is inside your senior envelope, we don't put it on the diploma, we let you decide where)
SCPA Honor graduates are students that earned the SCPA Medallion and Seal, and demonstrate high artistic achievement. These students will be gifted the SCPA sash.

Special note*: due to the circumstances we will not have all of the medallions until sometime in July, you will be notified. 

The SCPA teachers wanted to share some thoughts with you...

Strive to make every decision with vision of what could be and not out of fear of what might happen!
Be wise. Be kind. Be active. Be thankful for the smallest blessings. Forgive yourself and others. Do your best, always. Look for the good and beautiful all around you.
​Dear Orchestra students: you all have meant so much to our program and so much to me over the years.  I will miss each of each and all of you—PLEASE VISIT!  Work hard. Stay safe.  All the Best!  Mr. B.
Strive to reach your goals and ambitions. Be consistent, stay organized, and follow through. Be a good listener, be kind, and help others. Enjoy the journey and maintain your good character. Best of luck!
“Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion. ” ― Martha Graham
We read and listen to music to know we are not alone. Music is like water, it moves and touches all those around it. As a musician, you have moved those around you in some way or form.
To SENIORS! Congratulations on your well-deserved success! Things did not happen how we all wanted to this year, your accomplishments are still valued by many of us teachers and your family members. Congratulations on your graduation and best wishes for your next adventure!
SEEK PROGRESS, NOT PERFECTION--Aim for steady improvement, set reasonable goals for yourself.
Best wishes to all 2020 Senior piano students! I'm sorry we couldn't work together this spring. I will miss you all!
Carry the same passion that you have had throughout your high school dance career with you in everything you do and you will forever be as successful as you aim to be. Good luck in all you do graduates.
PLAY HARD, HAVE FUN--When you finally hit the stage--the hard work of preparation is done--do your best, share the joy.
Congratulations class of 2020!

From the HOG Master...

Visual Art Senior Tribute...

Congratulations
to our
2020 
Jack Tygett
Scholarship Winners!
Kassandra Vogel - $1000
Megan Wills - $1000
Elizabeth Anderson - $1000
Mercedes Rockin - $500
Frieda Sanchez - $500
Bruno Bello - $300
Anthony Zepeda - $300
Max Akerlundh - $300
Michael Salon - $300
Allison Simon - $300

The Jack Tygett Memorial Scholarship was established in memory of Jack Tygett and his strong belief in the arts! Jack Tygett was an amazing man who was an inspiration to thousands of students in the Sweetwater district as well as an icon in the San Diego theater community. He worked tirelessly, along with his colleagues, to create the SCPA program for the Sweetwater District, and his expertise in theater arts contributed immensely to the success of this model Arts program over a span of nearly 30 years. 
​In addition to his incredible teaching career, Mr. Tygett had a professional career on stage and screen, dancing in over 30 movies, including "Mary Poppins" and "Oklahoma," and with the likes of Marilyn Monroe and Fred Astaire. He was also a professional director and choreographer, sharing his talents and wealth of experience with the Old Globe, Starlight, Moonlight, Lawrence Welk, and La Jolla Stage Company Theaters. Mr. Tygett was instrumental in starting the Musical Theater program at USIU, which drew talented students from all over the country, including Jamie Fox. Jack Tygett was originally hired as the first dance teacher at Del Rey High School in 1976, and was one of the major forces behind the big SUHSD summer musical productions.  Some of the words used to describe this man by all who knew him include - gracious, kind, humble, caring, positive, appreciative, rigorous, energetic, professional, motivating and generous with his time. He was a person who gave much of himself to the Sweetwater district and never asked for or expected anything in return. He was the "heartbeat" of the SCPA from the very beginning and his memory still touches us with his kind and gentle spirit. We are proud to have our PAC named after him and it is a privilege to be able to offer scholarships to young aspiring artists in his honor!

 The SCPA Class of 2020! 
* GPA 3.75 AND ABOVE
STEPHANIE AGUIAR*  DANCE
MAXIMILIANO AKERLUNDH*  VOCAL MUSIC   
MARILYN ALATORE*  VOCAL MUSIC  Beauty School! I’m going to get licensed in doing facials, nails, makeup, and maybe massages and other things.
SARAHI ALDANA*  ORCHESTRA
XIOMARA ALEJANDRE*  DANCE
MARCELLA LFONSO  GUITAR
PEDRO ALVAREZ  GUITAR
AILEEN ANAYA-LAVENANT  ORCHESTRA
ELIZABETH ANDERSEN SAHL*  DRAMA
ANGELINA ARELLANO*  VISUAL ART
LEA AARREDONDO GUTIERREZ  DANCE
ROCIO BANUELOS  DANCE
KELLY B BARAJAS  DANCE
SYLVIA A BARBA  ORCHESTRA
LILIAN T BARNES*  PIANO
MICHELLE J BASTIDAS MARTINEZ  VISUAL ART
BRUNO BELLO  ORCHESTRA
DIANA K BERNAL  VOCAL MUSIC
MARCUS BETHEA*  GUITAR
AURELIA BLANCO FARFAN  VOCAL MUSIC I will be attending Southwestern College for my GE and later attending       a university to get my bachelors degree in Music education to become a mariachi or choir teacher.
MICHAELA BRITANICO*  VOCAL MUSIC - I will be attending Southwestern College for two years then transferring       to UC Irvine or CSU Long Beach.
RENEE CALDERON  BAND
ALICIA CAMARGO  DANCE
VALERIA CANO  MARIACHI
AMERICA CAPELO  ORCHESTRA
VANIA CARRILLO  BAND
ANDREA CASTILLO  GUITAR
CIARA RENAE CASTILLO  GUITAR
CAROLINA CASTRO*  DANCE
MARIO D CAZARES*  GUITAR
ISAAC R CENICEROS  GUITAR
PAOLA CHAVEZ  GUITAR
MYLA COLON*  VISUAL ART
PAULINA CONTRERAS  DANCE
RICARDO CONTRERAS LOMELI  ORCHESTRA
MIRIAM CORNEJO  VISUAL ART
ISACC CORREA*  GUITAR
SHERYLN COVARRUBIAS GUTIERREZ  VISUAL ART
MARJORIE CROWDER  STAGE TECH
MARLAYNE CRUZ  VISUAL ART
JULIAN  DAMIAN  ORCHESTRA
DALEN MDANIELS  ORCHESTRA
XAVIER A DELGADO  ORCHESTRA
NAOMI J DELGADO  VOCAL MUSIC
ARMAND MARI ADILAN  BAND
CLAUDIA DUARTE  FOLKLORICO
MIA A ELIZALDE  VOCAL MUSIC
CARLOS J RESPINO-BARROS  ORCHESTRA
CHRISTINA A ESPINOZA  GUITAR 
ANAI ESPRIU  ORCHESTRA
AIYANAH J EVANGELISTA-GABATINO  DANCE
CRISTINA FERRER  STAGE TECH
ISSAK FREGOSO*  BAND
ASHLEY GARCIA*  PIANO
JAYLENE I GARCIA  VOCAL MUSIC
SOPHIA ANNEGARCIA-ZAMORA*  VOCAL MUSIC - I plan on attending Grossmont college in the fall to complete my GE then transfer to a four year university majoring in either Political Science or Vocal Performance.
LEIRA GARDEA  VOCAL MUSIC
ASHANTE A GATLIN*  DANCE
EMILIANO GOMEZ  ORCHESTRA
JUDARIONNA GREENE  DANCE
ISAAC GUEVARA  GUITAR
MELISSA GUTIERREZ  DANCE
KAREN A GUTIERREZ*  GUITAR
JORDAN GUTIERREZ  VOCAL MUSIC - College
BRANDON GUTIERREZ SANCHEZ ORCHESTRA
CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON  STAGE TECH
VIVIANNE PALOMA HANSON  VOCAL MUSIC - Community College
SUSANA E HARO GARCIA  ORCHESTRA
SHANIA HENRY  GUITAR
XAUL T HERNANDEZ*  BAND
PAULINA HERNANDEZ  DANCE
DANIEL HERNANDEZ  MARCHING ARTS
STEVEN MARK HERNANDEZ  VISUAL ART
ADRIAN HERNANDEZ MARTINEZ*  PIANO
KEVIN M HUERTA ROMAN STAGE TECH
LEONARDO IBARRA  STAGE TECH
JAZMIN IRIBE  DANCE
CAITLYN JONES  STAGE TECH-Attending the Southwestern College with a major in Theatre Tech
LISSETTE JUAREZ ALAMOS  PIANO
BROOKE M KAUI  VOCAL MUSIC
DIEGO ELEON ANDRADE  ORCHESTRA
TYLER LEWIS-STONE  VISUAL ART
HEIDY LEYVA  ORCHESTRA
DIANA K LIRA*  DRAMA
MICHELLE LLAMAS  DANCE
BRIANA LOPEZ  FOLKLORICO
TALIA YASMIN LOPEZ*  ORCHESTRA
PAOLA LUGO  DANCE
ANGELA LUNA  FOLKLORICO
JOSHUA MIGUEL MALIA*  GUITAR
GABRIEL MANCILLA  ORCHESTRA
DAVID MARQUEZ*  GUITAR
BIANCA MARTINEZ*  DANCE
ROSSANA MARTINEZ ROSA  DANCE
LITZY MATURINO VAZQUEZ  MARIACHI
ERICH MCGUIRE  BAND
ITALIA MEDINA*  STAGE TECH
EDWARD MEDINA*  VISUAL ART
XIMENA MEJIA  GUITAR
JORGE MENDOZA  ORCHESTRA
RAUL MENDOZA  ORCHESTRA
HELEN L MERCADO VALDIVIAS*  DANCE 
NATALIE MICHEL  FOLKLORICO
NATALIE ELAINE MILLS*  VOCAL MUSIC
MARIANA MONARRES  VOCAL MUSIC Grossmont College for 2 years for an associates degree with a transfer to a 4 year college for nursing
BRIDGETT MONTIEL*  PIANO
ASHLEY MORA  DANCE
VICTOR MORALES  MARIACHI
BLANCA MORAN LEM  DANCE
ARISBETH N MORENO  DANCE
ALEJANDRA MURRIETA  DANCE
STEFANY NAVARRO LARA*  DANCE
VERONICA NUNEZ*  VISUAL ART
RYAN OCTAVIANO  VOCAL MUSIC
DIEGO ORDONEZ  VOCAL MUSIC
GABRIELA ORTEGA*  DRAMA
JANELLE ORTEGA  DRAMA
MELISSA ORTEGA  DRAMA
GABRIELA ORTIZ MARTIN  DANCE I will be attending San Diego State University, where I will be studying Pre-Business Marketing Administration with a focus on Integrated Marketing Communications.
JOHAN  O OSPINA  VOCAL MUSIC
LILY OTHON  VISUAL ART
JUSTIN PACHECO*  MARCHING ARTS
KAYLA PATTERSON  DANCE
ASHLEE PAZ  VOCAL MUSIC - Next year I am going to Cal State Fullerton :)
CATHERINE PENA  DANCE
MARLENE  OPENA MARQUEZ*  VISUAL ART
DALIA YIRENNE PEREZ  ORCHESTRA 
EMANUEL PEREZ PENA  DRAMA
BRENDA POLLOCK GARCIA DANCE
KAYLEE PORTILLO  VISUAL ART
ANALIESA PRICE  VISUAL ART
JIMMY PRIETO  DRAMA
AZARIEL PRIETO  GUITAR
NADIA RAMIREZ*   DANCE
BRENDA JANETH RAMIREZ TOVAR*  VOCAL MUSIC
KIMBERLY RAMOS  VISUAL ART
ANGELA REATIGA  FOLKLORICO
BREANA RICO*  DANCE
ASHLEY RINCON GONZALEZ  ORCHESTRA
MERCEDES ROCKIN*  VOCAL MUSIC I am going to be a music major at UCSD
JESSICA RODRIGUEZ  FOLKLORICO
ZAHIR RODRIGUEZ  PIANO
FATIMA ANAHI RODRIGUEZ*  VISUAL ART
MARCENDA ROGERS*  VISUAL ART
JAYLINA ROJAS  DRAMA
LUCILA ROJO*  GUITAR
LUCINDA ROJO  ORCHESTRA
JOSIAH ROMAN*  GUITAR
MARIA YULIANA RUA MORALES  VISUAL ART
JERAHMEEL SAGUN  ORCHESTRA
VICTOR SALDIVAR  MARCHING ARTS
MICHAEL SALON*  DRAMA
MATTHEW SANCHEZ  MARCHING ARTS
FRIDA S SANCHEZ  ORCHESTRA  San Diego City college as a musical theatre major
VANESSA SANCHEZ  VISUAL ART
ALIZE M SANCHEZ  VOCAL MUSIC
DIEGO SANCHEZ AMEZQUITA  FOLKLORICO
JOCELYN N SANCHEZ ANDRADE  ORCHESTRA
GISELL SARINANA ALDANA  BAND
CARANA SEDANO  FOLKLORICO
CARLOS JR SERRATOS  STAGE TECH
BRITTANY J SIERRA MANRIQUEZ  FOLKLORICO
ALLISON SIMON*  BAND
VANESSA TAPIA*  DANCE
DANIEL TOPETE*  GUITAR
XOCHITL TORRES  MARCHING ARTS
DANIELA TORRES-CALDERON  ORCHESTRA
YVETTE ALICIA TRISTAN  GUITAR
GALILEA TRUJILLO  VISUAL ART
ALEXA VALDEZ  DANCE
ALYSSA VALDIVIA  STAGE TECH
BRISEIDA VALENZUELA*  DANCE
FATIMA VARGAS*  DANCE
GISSELLE VARGAS*  FOLKLORICO
JOVANNA VARGAS  VISUAL ART
DANIELA VAZQUEZ  ORCHESTRA
KEVIN AVEGA  BAND
ABNIA VELAZQUEZ  VISUAL ART
JESUS LORENZO VENTURA  STAGE TECH
SARAH G VILLAGOMEZ  DANCE
KASSANDRA M VOGEL*  DANCE
BRANDON D WILLIAMS  STAGE TECH
MEGAN G WILLS*  DANCE Going to City Community College and auditioning to be a Disneyland Performer
CYNTHIA ZAGREBIN   GUITAR
GRESIA ZAMORA LUNA  DANCE
DIEGO J ZEPEDA DRAMA
VANESSA L ZEPEDA  ORCHESTRA
ANTHONY ZEPEDA URQUIZA*  MARCHING ARTS
NOELIA L ZUNIGA*  VISUAL ART

Class of 2020 SHOUT OUTS!
Thank you to everyone at CVHS who believed in me, and continued to cheer me on whether that was on stage or in the classroom.- Gabriela
I would like to shout out Mr. Sakell for being the best choir teacher and mentor I've ever had, and for inspiring me to be a better performer, a better leader, and a better person. I would also like to shout out Mrs. Maley for helping me improve my acting, my stage presence, and my ability to embody her 5 C's (Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Confidence, and Commitment). - Mercedes
Shoutout to Mr.Sakell, the school threw so many regulations and requirements and yet he still made this year worthwhile. Mr. Sakell takes chances on students, it’s never been a matter of having to be completely talented at an audition it’s about potential, he has always saw the best in his students and strives them to be better than their best. He is one of the greatest teachers I’ve ever had and he completely changed my life. He deserves so much appreciation for all he does. Thank you for everything Mr.Sakell. - Jordan
Choir is the best thing that’s ever happened to me - Vivianne
Shoutout to all the advanced choirs! New Renaissance, Main Attraction, Brovado, and Silhouettes. And a special shoutout to Silhouettes as the group I first joined and for paving the way for many girls in choir to be more involved and join other choir groups. And shoutout to my family and friends for being constantly supportive of me, from Guam to Washington to California, Ilysm~! -Sophia
Thanks Sakell for giving me the chance to do something I love and become good at it! - John
Thank you for everything Sakell! Such a dope teacher and friend <3 Shoutout to Mrs. Schroeder for being hella bomb too and brainstorming so many fundraisers. Always trying to help everyone around her, literally an angel - Marilyn
Never forget the people who put the spotlight on you to help you shine- Caitlyn