Commencement
Commencement at Concord Academy marks the end of the academic year, the celebration of the senior class, and the coming together of students, faculty, families, and friends. Annual Commencement events include a luncheon for international students and their families, a dinner for faculty and the senior class and their families, a Baccalaureate service during which graduating seniors share music, stories, and memories with their classmates and families, and Commencement exercises on the Chapel Lawn. Recent Commencement speakers include former Academic Dean Patricia C. Hager; Kathleen Kennedy Townsend; Reverend Professor Peter J. Gomes; Anna Quindlen; Christopher Lydon; Ben Cohen,co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream; Queen Noor of Jordan ’69; Dr. Cornel West; and former Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun.
The 2009 Baccalaureate will take place on Thursday, May 28, 2009 in the Elizabeth B. Hall Chapel. The 2009 Commencement will take place on Friday, May 29, 2009 on the Chapel Lawn.
Commencement News
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CA Commencement: Ninety-Seven New Beginnings
Posted May 30, 2008
Concord Academy celebrated the graduation of ninety-seven students May 30, in a ceremony marked by traditions—including a few unique to CA. Commencement speaker Sandy Stott, CA’s dean of faculty, set off on a lyrical lecture that ultimately celebrated the triumph of kindness over sarcasm, as well as the risk-taking and self-exploration that an atmosphere characterized by kindness allows.
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