Sixth Form jubilation: top, Suzanna Hamer and Taehoon Lee, Tom Santinelli, India Dial; middle, Naomi Wright, Starling Irving and Hugh McGlade, Gia Kim; bottom, Nimesha Gerlus and Matt Johnson, Loulie Bunzel, Analia Del Bosque and Cam DiSarcina
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What a perfect conclusion for the Fun Form — a Surprise Holiday that showed respect for the faculty and was a selfless gift to the student body and the School.”
with faculty was on its most colorful display on a hot Tuesday morning in May, when you surprised us all with a dunk tank in front of the Schoolhouse, a Spiderman bounce house in the Schoolroom, a full-scale carnival in the Hall. Assuming the tired tradition of a filibuster was afoot, the deans and I made reluctant plans to start classes late, shorten practices, and cancel Sit-down Dinner. Then four of you came to my office and said you had no intention of intruding upon your teachers’ plans, you would only ask them to shorten their classes if they possibly could. Genius, sheer genius, as you knew that the Groton faculty, for all their academic intensity, when left with the
decision themselves, would not be able to resist joining in the fun. Mr. G., incidentally, was placed on restriction for his aggressiveness in dropping the headmaster in the dunk tank. What a perfect conclusion for the Fun Form—a Surprise Holiday that showed respect for the faculty and was a selfless gift to the student body and the School. As I said to you in the Chapel yesterday, your form has given many lasting gifts to Groton and to me. I could not be prouder of you and more grateful for the privilege of graduating with the Form of 2013. Thank you.
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