By Lisa Murtha On Sunday, June 2, the regal tone of trumpets accompanied 97 members of the Class of 2013 as they walked, dressed in traditional white gowns and black tails, into the Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel for the last time as students at The Summit. Head of School Rich Wilson and Director of the Upper School Dr. Terrence Malone, wearing traditional black academic robes, greeted each graduate at the altar before they all took their seats facing the families who supported them throughout their high school journeys. The graduates and guests celebrated Mass with Father Phil Seher and listened to a variety of speakers during the program, including Salutatorian Alexander Marcellus, who spoke about the seemingly limitless energy of both his classmates and the school’s faculty and staff, an energy that allowed this class to explore “its myriad interests “ and “exploit its talents to the fullest.” Valedictorian Emily Hogya later addressed the audience on the topic of leadership – more specifically, the different kinds of leaders she came to know within her class, and the kinds of leaders that the Class of 2013 is called to become. She encouraged her classmates to grow into “inspirational leaders – the ones who inspire others to be passionate about success because they possess that very passion within themselves.”
Salutatorian Alexander Marcellus and Valedictorian Emily Catherine Hogya.
As the ceremony drew to a close, Margaret Lee Mathile sang Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Climb Ev’ry Mountain. Then, as the trumpets sounded once again, the newest group of Summit alums exited the chapel ready to celebrate, energize and inspire.
A sign of the times, parents snapped photos of the graduates with their digital cameras. Centered in this picture is Benjamin Michael Zipperer Davis.
Waiting for the processional, from left, Mosi A. Clark, Laura H. Geracioti, Madison Paige Lawrence, Morganne Irene Harris and Natalie Maria Colak.
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