2020 8th Grade Virtual Graduation

From the Class of 2024

To the Class of 2024

Graduation Program

PRELUDE

“You’ll Never Walk Alone” from “Carousel” by O. Hammerstein II & R. Rodgers

Mr. Joseph Hollings

Piano

INVOCATION

Mrs. Cindy Sloe

Third Grade Teacher

“AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL”

Lyrics by Katherine Lee Bates Music by Samuel A. Ward

Mr. Joseph Hollings

Piano

WELCOME

Mrs. Lindsay Arnoult

Middle School Director

STUDENT SPEAKERS
Emmanuel Robinson
Chase Greppin

STUDENT MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
Justice Arai

SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER
Mr. Henry Shapard ’16

ATHLETIC AWARDS

Mr. Robert Emmet

Athletic Director

ACADEMIC AWARDS

Mrs. Lindsay Arnoult

Middle School Director

REFLECTIONS

Mr. Patrick Gallagher

Head of School

THE AWARDING OF THE DIPLOMAS

Mrs. Lindsay Arnoult

Middle School Director

THE ALMA MATER
Lyrics by Edgar M. Dilley
Mr. Joseph Hollings
Piano

BENEDICTION

Mr. Joseph Hollings

Middle School Dean of Students

Benediction

As you encounter success in your endeavors,

May you find the grace, the time, and the confidence to embrace it.

As events don’t go the way you wished,

May you have the humility to learn from your experience, the tenacity to try again,

And the wisdom to know when not to.

As your bonds with others form and grow,

May you be kind, considerate, and open to seeing the world through their eyes.

As you make mistakes,

May you find the courage to admit them.

As the curtain lowers on this chapter of your life,

May you rise for justice and peace for all in the next.

As your future beckons,

May you answer in song, in laughter, in love, and in hope.

Congratulations and thank you.

Graduation Speaker

Mr. Henry Shapard '16

Henry Shapard was appointed Principal Cello of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in March 2020, making him, at age 21, the youngest principal cellist of any full-time professional orchestra in the world. He currently holds the position of Principal Cello of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, appointed by the RIPO’s Artistic Adviser, Bramwell Tovey, during the 2019-20 season.

Henry is a two-time fellow of the Tanglewood Music Center of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, where he received the Karl Zeise Memorial Cello Award. He has also performed across Germany and Denmark as a member of the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra.

In May 2020, Henry graduated from Yale University with a degree in history, where he was named Phi Beta Kappa and was awarded the Sharp Prize and the Selden Memorial Award. At Yale, he was a student of Ole Akahoshi and served as Principal Cello of the Yale Symphony Orchestra. He also served as assistant conductor of the Yale Symphony and Music Director of the Berkeley College Orchestra. He led Low Strung, an all-cello rock group at Yale, on tours to China, Singapore, and across the USA.