We just got home from our third
Harker High School graduation event this week: the “Baccalaureate:
A Farewell to the Class of 2007”. We have also been to the 2007 Athletics
Awards Ceremony, and the Upper School’s Awards Ceremony. This Saturday is the
big one: the graduation ceremony itself.
Tonight’s Baccalaureate was surprisingly enjoyable. We were offered the regulation
Harker brownies and fruit plates and hard white plastic chairs, of course.
However, the music (two pieces by the Harker String Ensemble, plus two
songs by Cantilena, the women’s choir) was excellent and the speeches funny
and moving. My daughter Jessica, much to her surprise, got a few minutes’ notice
to prepare an introduction for the second Faculty Speaker. After she
and her friends hurriedly collaborated on the text, she carried it off well. Mr. Barth
likes to tell bad jokes so she repeated three of them in his introduction:
- What is a pirate’s favorite math variable? Answer: R
- How do you catch a unique rabbit? Answer: You Neek Up On It
- How do you catch a tame rabbit? Answer: Tame Way
Jessica also carried off a goodly set of school awards:
- Coaches’ Award (for 4 years’ work on a new sport: women’s wrestling, from the
Head Coaches) - Excellence in Choral Music (from the Performing Arts Department)
- Cum Laude Society (for high grades)
- Recognition of Service: Judicial Committee (Student Body Awards)
It is a delight to see my daughter’s hard work and passion recognized but
it will also be pleasant to be done with High School events and start getting
ready for Jessica to go to Carnegie Mellon in August.
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