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Greenwich Academy Graduation

184th commencement for 80 young women.

Greenwich Academy’s 184th Commencement was filled with the sunshine and bright for a class of 80 young women. The ceremony had all the time-honored traditions with the seniors gathered on campus last Friday.

The girls were photographed for the last time together as a class in front of Ruth West Campbell Hall and then met in Head of School Molly King’s office before the processional. Once they processed to the tent on the front lawn of Ruth West Campbell Hall, the ceremony began. The invocation was given by graduating senior Jessica Taylor Green.

Chairman of the Board of Trustees Richard L. Chilton Jr. annouced that the Senior Fund had exceeded all expectation, with 100 percent participation of the senior parents. This fund will be the Class of 2011 Endowed Fellowship Fund and would ensure that each year a new teacher would be designated as a Class of 2011 Fellow.

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Valedictorian Kirsten Schnackenberg introduced commencement speaker Jen Holleran, executive director of Startup: Education. After Holleran’s speech, Head of School Molly King presented each senior with her diploma.

After the presentation of the diplomas, the audience joined the faculty and graduates in the singing of “Jerusalem,” this year amplified for the first time with the horns of the New Haven Brass Ensemble. The presentation of the Katherine Hewitt Award, also known as the Good Companion Lamp, was presented to the senior chosen by her classmates who personified the true spirit of friendship. The Good Companion Lamp was awarded to Gracia Vargas, who will attend Yale University.

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 Class speaker was Yasmeen Audi. The ceremony ended with a benediction by senior Lili Anna Rosenkranz.

 


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