On September 3, Head of School Clair Ward officially marked the start of the 2021-2022 school year by presiding at the traditional outdoor flag-raising ceremony, the first held in person since 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
On June 9, Head of School Clair Ward presided as 51 eighth grade students were graduated during Shore’s 84th Closing Exercises, held outdoors for the first time in recent memory. The Closing Exercises had not been held in person for two years.
The seven members of Shore’s ninth grade Class of 2021 were graduated in front of their families at an intimate evening ceremony in the Trustey Family Theatre.
On May 26, Shore presented “A Night of Celebration,” a virtual event to reflect on a momentous year, honor retiring Shore employees, applaud those celebrating milestone years of service, and look forward toward Shore’s future.
In the midst of a pandemic year full of hurdles, graduating Shore students were nonetheless remarkably successful in finding acceptance at their top-choice secondary schools.
ABL Space Systems, founded in 2017 by Harry O’Hanley ’03, is nearing its first rocket launch after achieving "unicorn" status in the space industry and winning a large contract with Lockheed Martin.
Students and coaches were thrilled to take the fields again starting March 29 as intramural spring-season practices for lacrosse, baseball, softball, and track and field began.
When Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced that it had decided to discontinue publication and licensing of six books by Theodor Seuss Geisel, news organizations around the country turned to Shore alumnus Philip Nel ’84 for insight on Seuss’s work.
