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Spring Street School Graduation 2004Matt Pranger photos
posted 06/15/04
A standing room only crowd packed the theater as Director Peg Hope presided over the ceremonies. Hope teared up several times. She is stepping down as director and will focus on teaching after this school year.
Valedictorian Allen Jeffries said his class has "always been a rogue's gallery of individuals." He said, "Each of us will find a unique rewarding unorthodox path in life." He thanked them. "I have only one thing to say, thank you. Everything good that I am, you've given me." Teacher Cady Chapman recalled the overseas trips the students took together and noted the characteristics of each student. "We've explored places of the soul and heart," she said. She described Hope as the "seed sower of dreams." She said, "You have changed all of our lives for the better." Chapman said Hope taught her that "magic happens out of what seems to be chaos." Teacher Kim Norton gave the commencement address. She hoped the graduates would have:
After diplomas and scholarships were handed out, Peg Hope thanked her husband Ted for his hard work and dedication. She thanked Board of Trustees Widget Webert and Trish Moore for their efforts to help the school evolve into an institution. She closed the ceremony with a poem by Kahail Gibran.
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