Year in Review, Spring: Students and Faculty Bid Farewell as Class Of 2015 Graduates

Their diplomas clasped in hand, many of the 301 members of the Class of 2015 will light their cigars today, June 7, with nostalgic triumph as their high school years come to a close. In the final meeting before their five year reunion, Exeter’s 234th Commencement will be an emotional rite of passage for the seniors before officially leaving campus. Within the backdrop of the Academy’s green lawn, students and their families will witness the traditional graduation ceremony. The commemoration will include speeches from the Senior Class President Stephanie Chen and Principal Tom Hassan as well as a performance from the Academy’s graduation quartet. In a sense, Hassan graduates with the seniors as well, as he will speak for the last time as principal and hand each senior a diploma, accompanied by a long-awaited handshake.The Academy wishes the seniors a goodbye and a good luck as they become alumni and enter the newest chapter of their lives. Whether they are off for travel, internships, gap years or a brief period of relaxation before rolling back into the academic grind at college, the senior’s futures are wide and unknown but will prove to be remarkable in their accumulated potential.