Caps off for Carey High School Class of 2024
Frank Carey High School’s graduating Class of 2024 celebrated their final steps together at Hofstra University on June 29 as they accepted their high school diplomas.
Graduates were celebrated by friends, family, and school staff as they completed the milestone. Administrative leadership throughout the Sewanhaka school district and H. Frank Carey High School also cheered them on.
The new graduates listened on as their peers Michelle Zheng, class valedictorian, and Grace Leimgruber class salutatorian. Their leadership, compassion and pursuits of intellectual vigor led them to the top of their class throughout their high school tenures.
Leimgruber reminded her classmates of the memories they made throughout high school, and to appreciate the small moments in life.
Zheng joked with her peers throughout her speech about the beginnings of high school as seventh graders who learned that there was nothing to be scared about.
“I know that our sense of community is stronger than any other,” she said. “I mean we’ve been through an entire global pandemic together.”
Senior class president Zaara Khan heralded her classmate’s perseverance and grit throughout their time in Carey.
“You are the main character, don’t let anyone or anything change that,” Khan advised her fellow graduates.
