graduation2015 It was a bittersweet day for the graduating class of 2015 as they both
celebrated and said goodbye at commencement on May 28. The seniors and their families kicked off the celebration the evening before with a beautiful Baccalaureate Mass outside under the warm sun on OLP’s North Terrace. The afternoon of the 28th, the girls processed in and took their seats on the stage on North Terrace for one final time. Head of School Lauren Lek gave a warm welcome to all our students, families and guests before Salutatorian Haley Antoine and Valedictorian Nika Haleftiras gave their remarks. Commencement speaker and President of the University of San Diego Dr. Mary Lyons left the girls with words of wisdom and reminded them to live each day to the fullest.
1. The Class of 2015 take their seats as the
Commencement Ceremony begins. Salutatorian Haley Antoine will be attending Cornell University in the Fall, and Valedictorian Nika Haleftiras will be attending California Institute of Technology.
2. Seniors pose for a picture after graduation. Look at all those honor cords!
3. Christina Villaneuva, Alejandra Ramirez and Chilan Nguyen pose bedecked in leis after graduation.
4. Head of School Lauren Lek took a moment to pose
with (from left) Assistant Head of School Jessica Hooper, Interim Head of School Sister Ann Bernard O’Shea, Board Chairman Mike Coughlin and Board Member and alumna, Nina Sciuto-Morales '76 before giving the welcome address.
5. English teacher and 12s1 section moderator Kathleen Guerin poses with the students in her section class. 12s1 was home of the Valedictorian, Salutatorian, and class president!
6. Isabella Halley, Erika Pichardo-Ley, Nadia Balin and Constanza Morellon gathered in the photo booth at the reception following Baccalaureate Mass.
7. Natalie Skidmore and Mariel Marinez share a hug to start the celebration.
8. Varsity cheerleaders Shauna Vorst, Krista Sacco,
Jordan Robinette, Claire Acree and Julia Nava gather for a group hug on North Terrace.
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