Sixth Graders Celebrate Milestone at Closing Ceremony Faculty and families gathered in the Lower School gym during the last week of school to celebrate the sixth grade closing as the students said goodbye to the Buckingham Street campus. Head of School Rebecca T. Upham urged the students and their parents to pause to celebrate the special moments in life since they go by so quickly, noting that before they know it these students will be celebrating graduation from the Upper School. She wished the students a summer “filled with good books, ice cream, family, and friends.” Lower School Director Shera Selzer then shared her favorite quote from the book Wonder by R.J. Palacio with the audience. “I have watched you all year long and marveled at the ways you have grown in kindness and in friendship, and in courage and in character,” Selzer said. “I encourage each and every one of you to continue your journey to find the center of your true selves, the very heart of the very best you can be and let it grow until it shines so bright.” Once the certificates had been handed out and the ceremony had concluded, the students filed out of the gym and through the traditional faculty receiving line, where they were able to say their final goodbyes to their teachers. A lively reception for the students and their families was held afterwards in the courtyard.
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PICTURED [ 1 [ Dehlia Fallon ’19, Alexi Melki ’19, AJ Fabbri ’19, and Nikhil Datta ’19 [ 2 [ Sam Rabieh ’19, Ava Long ’19, Christina Xiao ’19, Sophie-Marie Chadha ’19 and Lower School orchestra teacher Meghan Carye perform at the sixth grade closing ceremony. [ 3 [ Lower School Director Shera Selzer salutes the sixth grade class. [ 4 [ Grade six teacher Stevie Olson congratulates Yau-Meng Wong ’19. [ 5 [ Chloe Atkinson ’19, Katie Gould ’19, and Siena Lerner-Gill ’19 [ 6 [ Jason Bloom ’19, Charlie Bijesse ’19, and AJ Fabbri ’19
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