Eight Grade Celebrates

It’s a rite of passage, a time to laugh, a time to dress up, a time to honor, a time to say good-bye. At Country Day School, our Eighth Grade Celebration is a time to watch and wonder how our babies have grown into such a wonderful and diverse group of young people.



This year two young ladies represented the Class of 2010 as co-Valedictorians. They shared the honor with a joint speech recapping their eighth grade year while emphasizing their wonderful teachers. They advised their peers on how to succeed next year in ninth grade: Work hard, keep friendships strong, have fun.



The guest speaker, Chad Lang, had been with the class last year as a student teacher working with geography teacher Peg Keylin. He was chosen by the class because he was Country Day’s first student teacher. Mr. Lang spoke of the importance his experience of teaching on St. Croix and how much he gained from it. He is now teaching in Iowa.



The class of 2010 gave a special gift to Mr. Sadler to thank him and to give him something in which to remember them. “There is nothing—absolutely nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats,” a favorite quote of Mr. Sadler’s from The Wind in the Willows read the inscription.

Additional speakers included Dean of Middle School, Denise Blanchette, and Headmaster Sadler.

Refreshments were provided by the seventh graders and Mrs. Jackie Holt hosted a party at her home for the class after the ceremony.