DEVON PREPARATORY SCHOOL
The Piarist Fathers
TIDINGS
Volume 1, Issue 7 Spring / Summer 2010
Congratulations Class of 2010
Devon Prep’s Class of 2010 graduated on Saturday, June 5 in the school’s athletic facility. Rev. Mario Vizcaino, Sch.P., Provincial of the Piarist Fathers USA Province, presided over the ceremony. The 56 seniors received over $7.6 million in college scholarships and more than 250 acceptances to nearly 100 schools, including Princeton, Cornell, Dartmouth, the University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins, the US Military Academy at West Point, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, Lehigh, Bucknell, and Carnegie Mellon, among others. Among the graduates were 26 AP Scholars, 18 with Distinction, two National AP scholars, 12 National Merit Scholars, nine National Merit Scholarship Winners, and six Eagle Scouts.
“A school can spend millions on new buildings and expensive upgrades, but there is no substitute for good people... Devon is rich where it matters most.” Ted Lawrence ‘10
In addition, this senior class performed over 1800 hours of community service doing everything from collecting medical supplies for earthquake victims in Haiti to raising over $35,000 for Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). The commencement ceremony began with a Salutatory Address by Robert M. Smith who told his fellow graduates, “Change will come, but it is important to keep our memories of this place alive, to keep the friendships we made here for times both good and bad, and to always retain the moral values this school has taught us. Use the talents given to you, not for your own benefit, but for the good of others. To whom much is given, much is expected. “ In his address, Class Valedictorian Theodore J. Lawrence chose to thank those who influenced him most, his parents, fellow classmates, and the Devon Prep faculty. “The teachers make the school what it is. They dedicate their time, their knowledge, and their undivided attention to educating us and giving us the tools we need to be leaders in the future, “he said.