Christchurch School (CCS) students who won awards at graduation pose for a photo at the Bell Tower with Head of School JEB Byers and Associate Head of School Neal Keesee. They include, front, from left, Robert Latane Montague V, Chaplain’s Award winner and the grandson of Bob Montague III of Urbanna; Majesty Sari Wilson of Sandys, Bermuda, Bishop’s Award winner; Cameron Carlstedt DeVries, grandson of George and Helen DeVries of Urbanna, Progress Award winner; Valedictorian Jackson Edward Kiland, the son of Ing (CCS Class of 1992) and Kristin Kiland of Christchurch; and back, same order, Head of School JEB Byers and Associate Head of School Neal Keesee. (Contributed)
Christchurch School (CCS) celebrated its 101st graduation exercises on Saturday, May 28, at 9 a.m. under the great oak tree on Bell Tower Hill, overlooking the Rappahannock River.
Eight Middlesex County residents were among those receiving CCS diplomas — Taylor Nichole Berry, Cameron Carlstedt DeVries, Sarah Page Graves, Ethan Tye Jones, Jackson Edward Kiland, Pierce McKinley Lambert, Robert Latane Montague V and Tanner William St. Louis.
Christchurch School (CCS) graduating student Sarah Page Graves, daughter of Nelson and Lee Ann Graves and sister of Virginia Graves (CCS Class of 2020), rings the Second Century Bell. (Contributed)
Head of School John E. Byers delivered the commencement address. In what has become a hallmark of the ceremony, he closed by addressing every one of the 54 graduates personally, remarking on the special gifts and talents that each brought to the school community.
