GRADUATION

Class of 2007

The class of 2007 received their diplomas on Friday, June 8. At The Philadelphia School, graduation is a two-day affair. On Thursday afternoon, the graduating eighth graders had an opportunity to say good-bye to their sixth and seventhth grade classmates and to all the teachers who had taught them in earlier grades. Afterwards, each Middle School advisor paid tribute to his or her advisees individually at an informal farewell ceremony.

On Friday morning, before receiving their diplomas, each graduate gave a speech or sang. Interspersed throughout the ceremony were songs by the Primary and Junior Unit choruses, as well as a song by the sixth and seventh graders.

The guest speaker was Harry Roth, a TPS parent who has served on the Board of Trustees for many years and has been coach of the boys’ basketball team for the past three years. Rachel Goodman, presdient of the Student Council, introduced Harry as someone who "understands basketball; understands this school; and understands this eighth grade class, which is a remarkable thing on its own."

Congratulations to the graduates were extended by Daniel Diadul, incoming president of the Board of Trustees; and diplomas were presented by Amy Purcell Vorenberg, head of school. The ceremony closed with the traditional singing of "Make New Friends" by the graduating class and the Class of 2015 – our kindergartners. Preschool students presented each graduate with a flower and waved good-bye fom the stage during the recessional.

Class of 2007

What a spectacular class!