With Pomp and Circumstance, 185 students received diplomas at the Class of 2011 St. Mary’s Ryken High School graduation ceremony Tuesday at St. Mary’s College of Maryland.
During her Acknowledgement of the Class of 2011, St. Mary’s Ryken President Mary Joy Hurlburt noted that 109 of the graduated received scholarships to college and universities totalling $12.7 million.
Hurlburt said the graduates shared in the common mission of the school that included humility, trust, zeal and compassion. She said, “You will strengthen our community locally and around the world.
Class Speaker Daniel Goodley (senior class vice president) emphasized the change in the world that his fellow graduates will be facing. “Change is certain,” he said, adding, “Given the right attitude, change is good.” He recalled some of the significant events that occurred over their last four years that represented change, including the country’s first African-American president in Barack Obama and the winning of eight gold medals in the Beijing Olympics by Michael Phelps.
Leaving St. Mary’s Ryken will be hard for everyone, he said, but “There are two sides to every story. We will get to start fresh.”
Attending the graduation were members of the St. Mary’s Ryken Class of 1988 (attending their 25th reunion) and the classes of 1961 of St. Mary’s Academy and Ryken High School (attending their 50th reunion). Those alumni attending were honored during the ceremony.
Awards were presented during the graduation by Rick Wood, the school’s principal. The awards and their recipients were:
· Brother Clyde Student Athlete Awards (exemplary qualities of a St. Mary’s Ryken student athlete — Treveon Graham and Jessica Worcester
· Sr. Sara Ann Abell, SCN, Service Award — Taylor Spencer
· Brother Ronald Lang, CFX, Service Award — Zach Griffitt
· The St. Mary’s Ryken Knight Awards (presented to the graduates who best exemplify the ideals of St. Mary’s Ryken) – – Mairead Slaughter and Nick Jarboe
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