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Alumni Fall Events

With the ending of every school year,

the senior class experiences a significant milestone. It’s a time of growth, reflection, and of course, celebration, as they depart St. Andrew’s for their next adventure.

Over the last few years, we’ve put more emphasis on the reflection of gratitude for the friendships made at St. Andrew’s, the unique relationships formed between students, faculty and staff, and the overall sense of community we strive to maintain -- even as our school grows.

At a time when every senior is determining what is next for them, we want them to know that St. Andrew’s will continue to support them through its robust network. Once our students graduate, their relationship is forever changed with St. Andrew’s, but it is not diminished. We’re simply replacing “goodbye” with “see you later,” as they join the Alumni Community.

To kick off this time of school and class pride, a new event has made its way into senior celebrations: The Senior Wildflower Chapel in the PARK. This special Chapel was inaugurated with the Class of 2021 to provide a safe way to gather the entire class together for the first time in over a year (due to the pandemic). Though much has changed since then, the opportunity to gather together in the PARK and plant wildflower seeds to be enjoyed for years to come, has become a treasured service and activity for our seniors and their advisors.

Still, there was a missing element of connection between seniors and alumni, and so we expanded our celebrations to include a time for those two groups to meet. Our inaugural

(L to R) Emma Schmidt ‘21, Lorelei Ing ‘20, Esme Aguilar ‘20 and Maria Tobias ‘21 catch up at the Senior Dinner.

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