School: St. Bernard School in Montville

Number of graduates: 64

Ceremony location: Cathedral of St. Patrick in Norwich

Date: Friday, May 26, 2023

Class Orator: Graduating Senior John Paul Hammond: “This marks a moment of tremendous grief for us, a moment where the friends we’ve known for our entire lives move hundreds of miles away to carve out their own futures. We are never going to get to relive the moments that we have shared these past four years. However, something better is coming for us, in one way or another. Now is the moment where we use what we have learned to better our world, where we take our future into our own hands.”

Ceremony highlights: 12 graduates presented medals to parents and grandparents who are also alumni of the school