Andover for Life

The brightness of your class—in energy and personality—was all that was needed for Commencement to shine on June 4. Thank you, 2023, for being who you are as a class over these past four years and during Commencement Weekend, and for who you will be as alumni for many years to come.

While elements of Andover’s Commencement exercises have been in place for decades, others are new. Your class will always hold the distinction of processing along what is now the Chandler-Wormley Vista, an iconic space named for Abbot Academy’s first two Black alumnae, Beth Chandler and Sheryl Wormley, both Class of 1955. You then gathered on the Greener Quad, named in honor of Richard T. Greener, Phillips Academy Class of 1865, whose trailblazing work during the post–Civil War era touched the lives of faculty, students, and statesmen alike. Both spaces figure prominently into the school’s traditions, most notably graduation.

Commencement Weekend included many poignant messages shared by classmates and faculty. School co-presidents Nigel Savage and Sui Yu offered inspiring charges to keep challenging yourselves and to make an impact on other people’s lives. Emma Cheung shared, “Although we are going separate ways, the support and strength we have gained from this community will stay with us always.”

Your class expressed strength and resilience while navigating a pandemic and being separated at times in your Andover journey. You thankfully were spared storminess at key moments in June, including prom and Commencement, which was in person, with family, and together.

Your community now expands beyond this campus and includes 25,000 members of your Andover family who cannot wait to meet you. Ben Perez said it well: “We cannot wait…to celebrate each other’s wins, no matter where in the world we end up bringing our own piece of Andover home.”

At Community Convocation, athletics instructor Martha Fenton ’83, P’17, ’21, ’23, remarked, “As your time at Andover winds down, I think I can safely speak for all the adults sitting amongst you in this beautiful chapel that we hope that you, too, will always find your way home to Andover.”

She was absolutely right. Andover will always be your home, Class of 2023—and we will always be excited to welcome you back to campus. #AndoverForLife

In knowledge and goodness,

Jenny Savino P’21, ’24 Jenny Amstutz ’86 Director of Alumni Engagement President of Alumni Council