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Celebrating the Class of 2010
Eighth-graders strode with confidence and big smiles down the hill to Childs Memorial Terrace on Tuesday, June 6. This was their day: promotion to Upper School.
They listened patiently as Headmaster Bo Dixon and Head of Middle School Darren Ford wished them well. It was their time in the sunlight after that. Classmates spoke, collected certificates, and accepted hugs, flowers, and many good wishes.
In a speech connected by theater metaphors, Emily R. ’10 reflected on the past. “We owe so much to the teachers and other adults, our directors and audience members, who have taught and encouraged us for these past nine years,” she said. “But it is our responsibility to take the lessons we have learned and make them our own, just as an actor interprets the script to bring the text to life.”
According to Nathaniel M. ’10, who followed Emily at the podium, the Class of 2010 is primed for success. “We all have something we are good at, even if we have not found it yet,” he said. “However, I have a feeling that nobody in this grade wants to use their talent purely to make a million dollars.”
Nathaniel used the millionaire theme throughout his witty talk, having been voted by classmates as the most likely to become rich. “Whoever says that being a millionaire means you have to be wealthy has never been to McDonogh,” said Nathaniel in his concluding remarks. “To my class of 2010, to the doctor, the comedian, the actor, to the genius, to the next president, to the historian, the artist, and the athlete, knowing what we can accomplish and knowing we will continue to reach our potential over the next four years makes me feel important, makes me feel valuable, makes me feel like a million bucks.”
Not long after, Emily, Nathaniel, and their classmates walked proudly across Childs Memorial Terrace to accept promotion certificates from Mr. Ford and handshakes from Mr. Dixon.
At the conclusion of the ceremony, families and friends scurried over to the graduates, who glowed with a sense of accomplishment … and relief that school’s out for the summer.
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Eighth-graders strode with confidence and big smiles down the hill to Childs Memorial Terrace on Tuesday, June 6. This was their day: promotion to Upper School.
They listened patiently as Headmaster Bo Dixon and Head of Middle School Darren Ford wished them well. It was their time in the sunlight after that. Classmates spoke, collected certificates, and accepted hugs, flowers, and many good wishes.
In a speech connected by theater metaphors, Emily R. ’10 reflected on the past. “We owe so much to the teachers and other adults, our directors and audience members, who have taught and encouraged us for these past nine years,” she said. “But it is our responsibility to take the lessons we have learned and make them our own, just as an actor interprets the script to bring the text to life.”
According to Nathaniel M. ’10, who followed Emily at the podium, the Class of 2010 is primed for success. “We all have something we are good at, even if we have not found it yet,” he said. “However, I have a feeling that nobody in this grade wants to use their talent purely to make a million dollars.”
Nathaniel used the millionaire theme throughout his witty talk, having been voted by classmates as the most likely to become rich. “Whoever says that being a millionaire means you have to be wealthy has never been to McDonogh,” said Nathaniel in his concluding remarks. “To my class of 2010, to the doctor, the comedian, the actor, to the genius, to the next president, to the historian, the artist, and the athlete, knowing what we can accomplish and knowing we will continue to reach our potential over the next four years makes me feel important, makes me feel valuable, makes me feel like a million bucks.”
Not long after, Emily, Nathaniel, and their classmates walked proudly across Childs Memorial Terrace to accept promotion certificates from Mr. Ford and handshakes from Mr. Dixon.
At the conclusion of the ceremony, families and friends scurried over to the graduates, who glowed with a sense of accomplishment … and relief that school’s out for the summer.