On Thursday, May 1 – the seniors’ last day of high school – Mount St. Mary Academy honored and bid farewell to its Class of 2025 during the Closing Prayer Service. The special all-school celebration, held in the McAuley Center gymnasium, included reflections and parting words from teachers and staff, administration, and students, as well as a video highlighting memorable moments from the school year.
Near the end of the Closing Prayer Service, the soon-to-be alumnae took part in the fourth and final tradition experienced by all Mount students prior to their Commencement: the presentation of the graduation tassels. Students receive their Mercy cards in 9th grade, Mercy pins in 10th grade, and class rings in 11th grade. The graduation tassels presented at the end of the students’ final year at Mount mark the completion of their academic and spiritual development during the four years of high school.
After singing the alma mater together one final time on campus, the seniors exited the McAuley Center through an honor guard made up of faculty, staff, students and family members. The special procession leading to the historic gate served as an appropriate bookend to the seniors’ experience, for the class walked through an honor guard of students as freshmen being welcomed into the MSM community during the Opening Prayer Service at the beginning of their ninth grade year. This is the only other time during the school year the honor guard takes place.
For their last day of school, per recent tradition at Mount, seniors wore college shirts along with the iconic MSM houndstooth skirts decorated with the mascots, symbols, and colors of the colleges and universities they’ll be attending this fall. The group enjoyed showing off the creative and colorful attire, and taking pictures with each other and their younger classmates, during the all-school Pizza on the Plaza lunch earlier in the day.
View photos from the Closing Prayer Service and our seniors’ final day at https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCcDWi.
