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