Charter School Celebrates Class of 2017
Here come the graduates.
Here come the graduates.
Students entered tent to tune of With a Little Help from My Friends by the Beatles.
Students entered tent to tune of With a Little Help from My Friends by the Beatles.
Applause for Avery Miner.
Applause for Avery Miner.
Brian Athearn and Paul Karasik at the podium.
Brian Athearn and Paul Karasik at the podium.
Chloe Loftfield, left.
Chloe Loftfield, left.
Clancy Conlin is all smiles.
Clancy Conlin is all smiles.
Math teacher Deborah Cutrer.
Math teacher Deborah Cutrer.
Per charter school tradition, graduates wore flowers in their hair.
Per charter school tradition, graduates wore flowers in their hair.
Here's to the graduates.
Here's to the graduates.
Younger classes presented each graduate with gifts.
Younger classes presented each graduate with gifts.
Gathered together under the tent.
Gathered together under the tent.
Jared Rivard and Lucy Thompson.
Jared Rivard and Lucy Thompson.
Paul Karasik and Lani Doddy.
Paul Karasik and Lani Doddy.
Jared Rivard, Mateo Garcia, and Daniel Ketterer.
Jared Rivard, Mateo Garcia, and Daniel Ketterer.
Ryan Scherer offers a hand to Galen Harper.
Ryan Scherer offers a hand to Galen Harper.
Yolani Doddy performed Marshallese song.
Yolani Doddy performed Marshallese song.
Zora Moreis, younger sister of graduating senior Isabella Morais, sang Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing.
Zora Moreis, younger sister of graduating senior Isabella Morais, sang Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing.
Cakes for the graduates.
Cakes for the graduates.
Walking in pairs with flowers in their hair, arms linked, the 14 seniors of the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School proceeded to the stage for their graduation ceremony Sunday afternoon to the Beatles classic With a Little Help from my Friends.
A fitting choice, if understated—the class of 2017 did not merely get by. Again and again, speakers returned to the impressive accomplishments of the class, the largest to graduate in the school’s history.