Community Convocation

“We come into Andover with very rigid definitions of success: academic success, success in careers, in life…The most important breakthrough I had was getting over the stigma of failing. Falling down one time does not mean that you will never be able to get back up. In fact, it means you will become more resilient than you were before. I learned that as long as I tried my hardest, I could be successful in my own right.”

BENNETT PEASE ’21

“Be a person of principle. No matter what and no matter who is watching or not watching, do the right thing because it is the right thing to do. Make all decisions with integrity.”

NOUREDDINE EL ALAM

Instructor, Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science “When I leave this place, I won’t remember half of the readings I did in the Milton elective or half of the music I learned for Ragtime or Rent, but I’ll remember and perpetually find meaning in all the small moments in which I felt such overwhelming love…I hope we all hold onto our core memories, full of love.”

BIANCA RODRIGUEZ PAGANO ’21