Celebrating our SSIS Graduating Class of 2019

Dear Faculty and Staff,

Congratulations to the Class of 2019 on their graduation from SSIS! And, congratulations to Jacob, Tim, Kelly, Jemison, and the high school team for leading the wonderful commencement ceremony. Thanks to many other faculty and staff who contributed to the outstanding success of this event including Daniel Fleming, Ha Vo, Huyen Tran, Hang Dinh, Tram Ho, Dzim Nguyen, Elizabeth S., Katie, Jeff, David C, and the SSIS support staff  It truly took the entire SSIS community to successfully host this important event.

Congratulations also to the speakers – High School Teacher Marty Lauer, and students Huy and Paulo. Our Board Chair, Gayle Tsien, described the speeches as ” funny, wise, and altogether perfect.” And, they were!  A special thanks to Anne Lauer who mentored and coached our student speakers this year.

Congratulations to administration and faculty members – Wai Mun Fong, Nomer Adona, David Rynne, and Amy Barrett – whose children are among the 87 students who graduated.

I felt like a proud mother yesterday! And I know that Jacob felt like a proud father.  And, pride was the prevailing emotion of the day as parents celebrated their children receiving the greatest award that SSIS presents – the SSIS diploma.

To all the faculty and staff who cared for these students every day at SSIS, who taught them, coached them, and helped them to become the best versions of themselves, thank you.

Catriona & Jacob