Congratulations, Class of 2024!

“Seniors, know that you are always becoming,” Barksdale said. “Remember what you carry in your heart shapes the way you see the world … Now you are ready to go into the world, taking the spirit of Chatham Hall with you.”

 

After processing from the Chapel to the Front lawn for the Commencement ceremony, Acting Head of School Dr. Christian J. Proctor delivered remarks to the Class of 2024 before presenting several awards and certificates. Several new members of the Cum Laude Society were inducted for their superior academic achievement in an independent secondary school, including Ellery Blurton ‘24, Mikaili Madden ‘24, Catherine Nichols ‘24, Mia Swanson ‘24, Wenlin “Olive” Ye ‘24, and Xinyue “Stella” Zhang ‘24. Seniors Ellery Blurton, Caroline Greganti, Elinor Harrison, Catherine Nichols, and Yuchen "Tracy" Tian were awarded Global Scholar certificates while Stephanie Cano Barranco, Yuyang “Vicky” Gao, Alina Gerasimova, and Tian were recognized with Global Entrepreneurship certificates for their completion of the two-year program. 

 

Greganti was also recognized as this year’s Honor Council president with the Honor Council Award while Cano Barranco was recognized with the Purple & Golden Rule Citation for being the graduate who best lived the precepts of the Purple & Golden Rule and educated others into an understanding of it. The Lillian Evans Lineberger New Girl Award, which recognizes a New Girl who is an excellent student, outstanding citizen, and superb influence in the School, was presented to Allie Midkiff ‘27.

 

Department awards also recognized senior achievements, including:

The Trustees’ Scholarship Medal, awarded to the senior whose cumulative grade point average at Chatham Hall is the highest in the graduating class, was presented to Swanson. Greganti was presented with the Rector’s Medal, awarded to the senior girl who, in the judgment of the Rector and recognition of the faculty, best represents the ideals of Chatham Hall in the contribution she has made to the life of the School throughout her years at Chatham Hall.

To see videos and photos from Commencement and other end-of-year events, please visit www.chathamhall.org/graduation.

 

Congratulations, Class of 2024!

Ellery Ford Blurton

Mia Bode

Hadley Mary Busbee

Keri Michelle Campbell

Stephanie Cano Barranco

Yuxi Chen

Isabella Emily Dunn

Kaegin Anne Bayard Fisk

Yuyang Gao

Ketevan Garakanidze

Alina Yurevna Gerasimova

Caroline Grace Greganti

Elinor Glenn Harrison

Olivia Rose Kauffman

Caroline Celine Keating

Hongyi Lin

Mikaili Nyala Leslie Madden

Elizabeth MacLaren Mantz

Meaghan Elizabeth Merritt

Catherine Rogers Nichols

Aidan Mackenzie O’Kelly

Hanna Parsonian

Julia Gabriela Schultz

Mia Fay Sulei Swanson

Sophia Estrella Taylor

Yuchen Tian

Xiran Yang

Wenlin Ye

Xinyue Zhang