Melrose residents graduate from St John s Prep wickedlocal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wickedlocal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Saugus residents graduate from St. John’s Prep
Wicked Local
St. John’s Preparatory School held its 111th commencement exercises on Saturday, May 22 at 11 a.m. Headmaster Edward P. Hardiman, Ph.D. awarded diplomas to 258 seniors during an outdoor ceremony held on the school’s campus.
“It would be foolhardy to attempt to summarize this experience given that each of you has endured this public health crisis in different ways, with different challenges, and different outcomes,” said Dr. Hardiman, noting that the class included the first graduates since 1948 to have started at the Prep as seventh graders. “While you each have different gifts, talents, and experiences, you have made connections, built bridges, and overcome obstacles. As you walk across the bridge to your next adventure, keep building, keep dreaming, keep adapting, keep learning, and always remember that you never walk alone. The Prep is always with you.”
St. John’s Prep holds 111th Commencement exercises
COURTESY OF ST. JOHN S PREP
The St. John’s Prep Class of 2021 recently celebrated the school’s 111th Commencement exercises.
Headmaster and Danvers resident Edward P. Hardiman conferred diplomas upon 258 seniors during an outdoor ceremony held on the school’s campus. Abiding by mask and social-distancing requirements, parents, relatives, faculty, friends, staff and alumni populated spaced, pod seating on Cronin Memorial Stadium’s Glatz Field turf for the ticketed event.
In his remarks to graduates, Hardiman acknowledged the impossibility of encapsulating their recent lived-experience.
“There are no appropriate words that could aptly capture what each person in this stadium has experienced since 2:45 p.m. on March 12 of 2020 (due to the commonwealth’s state of emergency declaration),” said Hardiman, also noting that the class included the first