Graduations are about more than mortar boards, speeches, or even diplomas. At the end of a four-year experience, graduations are about people and relationships and memories. Friday night at Costello Gymnasium on the campus of UMass Lowell, the 217 members of Tewksbury Memorial High's Class of 2011 celebrated those relationhips with those people and generated a few more memories. Editor Bill Gilman was on hand to capture these images from a night students and families won't soon forget. A complete list of the 217 graduates in the TMHS Class of 2011 can be found in a printable PDF attached to …
The Tewksbury Memorial High School Class of 2011 gathered together for one last time at UMass Lowell's Costello Athletic Center. Dressed in bright blue and red gowns, the graduates stood up one by one to recieve their diplomas from school principal Patricia Lally. "Everyone of them as turned out to be a wonderful individual," said Lally, "so I don't think there's going to be a problem in the future." It was the first time for Lally to hand out the diplomas directly, previously it had been the job of the school committee. Lally said in her address to the Class of 2011 that they were apart …
Victoria Aronson, valedictorian for the Tewksbury High Class of 2011, encouraged her classmates to find their place in the world and to take advantage of the opportunities life presents. Hear her complete Valedictory Address, while enjoying some of the memorable images from Friday night's Commencement Ceremony.
