Twenty-thee members of the St. Margaret’s School Class of 2012 graduated on Saturday, June 2.
The Class of 2012 will be attending a wide variety of top colleges and universities in the country and the world including: Wake Forest University, The University of Richmond, East Carolina University, University of California, Irvine and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Graduating students include: Rebecca Claire Allen (Guilford College), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Allen of Vestavia Hills, AL ; Hallie Franklin Bates (Agnes Scott College), daughter of Mr. Ken Bates and Ms. Ann Wingrove of Frankfort, KY; Cecilia Yvette Carreras (The University of Richmond), daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Jose Carreras of Mission, TX; Catherine Marie Chappell (Mills College), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Chappell of Fredericksburg, VA; Diamonique Yanay Dansby (Trinity University in Washington, D.C.), daughter of Ms. Yolanda Marie Taylor and Mr. Chalmis Dansby of Upper Marlboro, MD; Hannah Jewell Davis (Ferrum College), daughter of Mrs. Brook Davis of Montross, VA; Panyi Dong (Drexel University), daughter of Mr. Songhe Dong and Ms. Pan Danshu of Shanghai, China; Mary Alexis English (Lynchburg College) daughter of Ms. Joan Charnick of Ophelia VA; Susan Thornton Farmar (Lynn University) daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Farmar, III of Warsaw, VA; Mary Lian Gatta (Colorado College), daughter of Prof. John Gatta and the Rev. Dr. Julia Gatta of Sewanee, TN; Renee Ashley Jeannette Greenslade (Randolph-Macon College), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Greenslade of Hamilton, HM NX, Bermuda; Catherine Jean Havens (Marymont University),daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Terry Havens of Falls Church, VA; Minjoo Kim (University of California at Irvine), daughter of Mr. Jin Ha Kim and Ms. Wan S. Jeong of Seoul, Korea; Miatta Andrea-Rose Kingg (Old Dominion University), daughter of Mrs. Rose Sherman of Alexandria, VA; Yu Mao (Suffolk University), daughter of Mr. Lijia Mao and Ms. Dongmei Li of Dalian, China; Cristinia Ann Molinares (East Carolina University) daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Javier Molinares of Montross, VA; Ayaka Nakano (Randolph College), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Teppei Nakano of Kanagawa, Japan; Yang Nan (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), daughter of Mr. Guodon Nan and Ms. Yufu Feng of Shenyang, China; Elizabeth Lee Rogers(Longwood University), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter N. Rogers of Reedville, VA; Virginia Marie Sawyer (University of South Carolina), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Billy H. Sawyer of Dunnsville, VA; Elizabeth Caroline Schorgl (The George Washington University), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James T. Schorgl of Leawood, Kansas; Silvina Andrea Servetti Beracochea (Mary Baldwin College), daughter of Mr. P.E. Balakrishnan and Ms. Elvira Beracochea of Fairfax, VA; Rahel Fikru Tafese (Wake Forest University), daughter of Mr. Fikru Mosisa and Ms. Tsedale Chere of Silver Spring, MD; Olivia Goldie Marie Wray (Randolph College), daughter ofMs. Loretta R. Bell of Charles Town, WV.
In lieu of a traditional graduation address, Head of School Margaret Broad crafted a special presentation using each graduate’s own words along with the words of her academic advisor about her time at St. Margaret’s. St. Margaret’s Board of Governor’s Chair Caroline L. Baldwin ’81 assisted Mrs. Broad in the conferring of the diplomas.