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“Fenn has given us an amazing opportunity that very few boys have.” – Student President Cormac Zachar
Graduation 2014 on the sixty-four eighth and ninth graders who received their diplomas at the 85th Fenn School Graduation Exercises on June 6. THE SU N SHONE BR IG HTLY
As the Ward Hall bell pealed, the graduates processed across the green into the New Gym to the stirring notes of Handel’s regimental march from the opera Scipione, offered by the Fenn Concert Band. Headmaster Jerry Ward offered personal reflections on each student, singling him out for such traits as honesty, intellect, spirit, and enthusiastic commitment to Fenn life. Several prizes were awarded for excellence in character, service, academics, arts, athletics, and citizenship, with additional awards presented on Prize Day earlier that week. In his address, Student President Cormac Zachar declared that Fenn “has given us an amazing opportunity that very few boys have” and Vice President Leo Kafka thanked faculty and staff members for “our glorious years at Fenn.” After the ceremony, the graduates walked along the traditional receiving line, which this year stretched along the paths on the Ward Hall green, so that faculty and staff members could wish them well. After the presentation of the Class Gift, a Bradford pear tree, the Treble Chorus performed John Rutter’s “For the Beauty of the Earth.” This section of FENN captures the highlights of Graduation Week: Prize Day and Graduation; Eighth Grade Night in Ward Hall, where five members of the Class of 2015, selected by their peers—Walker Davey, Alex Hill, Paul Michaud, Nick Schoeller, and Dylan Volman—spoke to the gathering and where Mr. Ward reflected on the Fenn life of each graduate; and the Ninth Grade Graduation Dinner, held in the Connolly Dining Hall.
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