Summer Session 2011 Closing Ceremony

Approximately 660 students from Phillips Academy’s 2011 Summer Session and from (MS)2, an Academy outreach program, concluded their summer at Andover with a ceremony in Cochran Chapel this morning. A bagpiper led a dramatic procession of students bearing 47 national flags, one for each country represented within the student body. Then hundreds of students walked proudly down the chapel aisle amid the applause of teachers, house counselors, mentors, family and friends. Summer Session student Hanna Rosenfeld of Tokyo, Japan delivered the ceremonial address. An awards ceremony then followed, with closing thoughts delivered by Summer Session’s Director, Fernando Alonso. (Photos by Gil Talbot)