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Alumni Newsletter Summer 2023
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CELEBRATING THE CLASS OF 2023 It was a beautiful, sunny day on Friday, June 9, when RCDS’s Class of 2023 accepted their diplomas. Faculty, family, and friends gathered on the athletic fields to celebrate the forty-one graduates who sported traditional RCDS commencement attire—white gowns, white slacks, and navy blazers. Commencement speaker and long-time RCDS pre-k teacher Lucy Bogdon shared words of wisdom with the graduates, some of which she taught when they were four years old. Eighth-grade speaker Timmy McCooey ’23 congratulated his classmates and reminded them to appreciate and carry on the lessons and values instilled in them by RCDS educators. “Eighth-grade graduates, welcome to a much larger world. Education is the one thing no one can take away from you. We have been so lucky to go to school here together. Just don’t forget the great things RCDS has taught you. Always be Kind, Always be Honest, Always be Responsible, and Always be Respectful. If you live by these four pillars, you will make the world a better place and you will become a better person.” Keeping with RCDS tradition several graduates were honored with awards to acknowledge their achievements.
SHOP RCDS GATOR GEAR COMMENCEMENT AWARD RECIPIENTS: 8th Grade Commencement Speaker:
Timmy McCooey 8th Grade Athletic Awards:
Harbour Goldsmith & Ryan Wetmore The Blake Award:
Grace Dinger, Nikolas Memtsoudis & Henry Moore The Swede Joseph Chevalier Memorial Award:
Ava Faustini The Theodore K. Reiss Memorial Award:
Chloe Melconian The Second Highest Scholarship Award:
Kitty Olson The Highest Scholarship Award:
Andrew Rodrigues The Trustees’ Prize:
Henry Bird The Joseph N. Dempsey, Jr. Award:
Cassidy Carton & Greyson Remey
BEGIN HERE. SUCCEED ANYWHERE. Our graduates are regularly recognized for their leadership, strength of character, academic achievement, and outstanding executive functioning skills no matter where their paths take them. See below for a list of secondary schools and colleges that our Class of 2023 and Class of 2019 graduates are attending.
CLASS OF 2023: A SELECTION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL MATRICULATIONS Blair Academy The Peddie School Rumson-Fair Haven High School Canterbury School Phillips Academy – Andover St. Andrew’s School Christian Brothers Academy Pingry School St. Rose High School Delbarton School Portsmouth Abbey School Trinity Hall Georgetown Preparatory School Ranney School Westminster School High Technology High School Red Bank Catholic High School Woodberry Forest School The Lawrenceville School Red Bank Regional High School – Finance CLASS OF 2019: A SELECTION OF COLLEGE MATRICULATIONS Aberystwyth University (Wales) Lafayette College American University Ohio State Boston College Queen’s University (Canada) Boston University Rice University Bucknell University Rutgers University Chapman University Southern Methodist University College of Charleston St. Lawrence University Dartmouth College Syracuse University Fairfield University Trinity College
Tulane University University of Colorado University of Miami University of Notre Dame University of Richmond University of South Carolina University of Vermont University of Wisconsin Wake Forest University
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CELEBRATING THE CLASS OF 2023 In this issue: Alumnus Devotes Life’s Work to Helping Others Generations of Gators Stay Connected Celebrating the Class of 2023 RCDS Honors Phi Beta Kappa Inductee
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