With the annual Convocation ceremony on Wednesday, August 23, Hathaway Brown's Upper School launched the 2017-2018 school year with all the pomp and circumstance befitting such an occasion.
Led by the strains of bagpipe music played by HB parent The Rt. Rev. Mark Hollingsworth, Jr., 9th- through 12th-graders marched together behind bright Legacy Day flags of their corresponding class colors through a sea of cheering parents and faculty and staff members who welcomed them back to the corner of Courtland and North Park boulevards for another year of learning and growth. The entire scene will be repeated in reverse when the Class of 2018 travels through a gauntlet of well-wishers who will clap them out into the world at the close of their Commencement ceremony next spring.
The Convocation procession ended at The Ahuja Auditorium, where the Upper School student and faculty body gathered for the first Morning Meeting of the year. Head of School Fran Bisselle used the time to unveil the theme that will guide the school's work in 2017-2018: Courage, Character, and Kindness. Dr. Bisselle was followed by Hallie Ritzman, who has newly been installed as the Director of the Upper School after holding the role of Dean of Students. Both she and Student Senate President Isha Lele '18 delivered thoughtful and heartfelt remarks to set the tone for a year of leaning into challenges, becoming the best version of ourselves, and doing right by and for others.
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