Gordon's Class of 2024

above: the Class of 2024 - hundreds more photos by Janet Moscarello are now online

Gordon's Commencement celebrates students the same way Gordon educates them: child by child, with equal attention to their hearts and their minds. 

Each graduate is honored with a diploma that includes a quote chosen especially for them by the faculty. Their advisors read the quotes for the audience, and their introductory remarks are personal, heartfelt and deeply moving.

Last night, Gordon honored its newest alumni, who are now unleashed on the world as Gordon's next crop of courageous and compassionate changemakers:

Samuel Ignacio Aguirre
Gryer Rachel Ann Alston
Zachary Asher Bell
Mac Berube
Evan Walker
Jordyn Carter
Rose Caroline Couto
Elizabeth Ann Cunha
Sophia Marie de Graffenried
Dawson Ali DiPaola
Claire Audierne Ewens
Dahlia Sevda Woodward Faudree
Amaya Delores Felder
Zinnia Eleanor Rainey Grantham
Aiyana Mercedes Rose Green
Rose Caroline Imeson
Cole Elias Ham Kaufmann
Zackery Schey Keehn-Schupp
Harper Ray Kimura
Benjamin Shelley Kravitz
Monica Hart Loucks
Stella Catriona Loucks
Eamon Mathias Mertes
Miles Moitra
Carter Desrochers Moore
Paige Quinn Riegel
Max Dale Salter
Anna McKenzie Sherer
Arjan Singh
DiDi Sklar
Kai Forest Sobota-Walden
Dhruva Nicholas Sundaresh
John Tristan Thomas
Johan Alexander Udris
Suha Mahika Venkataraman
Matteo Vinoben

Their diplomas had quotes from activists, authors, thinkers, leaders and artists including:

Pelé
Audrey Lourde
Talking Heads
Malala Yousafzai
Gil Scott-Heron
Mia Hamm
Taylor Swift
Angela Davis
John Wooden 
Antoine De Saint-Exupery
Brene Brown Alvin Ailey
Carl Jung
Lady Gaga
Gene Kelly
Maya Lin
Thomas Oliver
Maya Angelou
Trevor Noah
Gandhi
Nelson Mandela
Usain Bolt
Howard Zinn
Mark Rosewater
Seneca 
Miles Davis
Mae Jemison
Michael Jordan
Mary Shelley
Justin Trudeau
George L. Knapp
Lightning McQueen
Jon Krakauer
Kalpana Chawla
Paul Kivel

A livestream of the ceremony is embedded below. If the embedded video doesn't work for you, there is a direct link at https://vimeo.com/954401172

The ceremony begins at the 17:00 mark.

If you're looking for a particular spot, here is your guide:
0:20:30 Matthew Boyd, Middle School Director
0:25:20 Noni Thomas López, Ed.D. Head of School
0:31:45 Presentation of gifts to graduates
0:39:00 Commencement speech by Elisabeth Wales ‘14
0:56:00 Max Salter ‘24 Student Leadership Council Co-president
1:03:00 Amaya Felder ‘24 1:10:00 presentation of certificates