The St. Margaret's School Class of 2007. First row: (l to r) Alexandra
Artis, May Clark, Michelle Burch, Mary Beth DeLoache, Taylor Miller, Su
Jin Jeon, Whitney Thomas, Rachel Franklin, Tetyana McCain, Margaret Broad (Head of School);
Second row: (l to r) , Aubrey Sozer, Brittany Wilburn, Julia Cibulka,
Katie Coffey, Sara Kissel, Katie Neal, Rhianna Toner, Antonia Dudley;
Third row: (l to r) Sherelle Tate, Lori Mullins, Erika Gibson, Da Hae
Lee, Taylor Bryant, Hannah McKee, Ligon Brooks; Back row: (l to r) Wendy
Powell, Laura Gorham, Chelsea Jacobs , Keri Straughan, Buloka Omotade,
Courtney Gibson, Emily Davidson, Sterling Swanson. Not pictured: Saori
Kaneko.
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Six girls from the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula are among the 34 members of the St. Margaret’s School Class of 2007 who were graduated on Saturday, June 2. Graduates of this class will be attending some of the nation’s top colleges, including 9 colleges in Virginia and schools in 10 additional states that include Arizona, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.
Local graduates include: Katherine Ligon Brooks (College of William and Mary), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Brooks of Millers Tavern; Michelle Hummel Burch (University of Virginia), daughter of Mr. Michael Burch and Dr. Sherilynn Hummel of Burgess; Rachel Dameron Franklin (Longwood University), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Franklin of Champlain; Laura Morgan Gorham (University of South Carolina), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene B. Gorham III of Tappahannock; Chelsea Nicole Jacobs (Virginia Tech), daughter Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jacobs of Dunnsville; and Keri Elizabeth Straughan (Lynchburg College), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Woodfin G. Straughan of Hauge.
Graduating boarding students include Alexandria Marie Artis of White Plains, NY (Lynchburg College); Taylor Elizabeth Bryant of West Haven, CT (St. Lawrence University); Julia Paola Cibulka of Nicholasville, KY (Guilford College); Laurin Maya Prakriti Clark of Chapel Hill, NC (undecided); Kaitlyn Alexandra Coffey of Japan (James Madison University); Emily Anne Davidson of Fort Worth, TX (University of Arizona); Mary Elizabeth De Loache of Burlington, NC (Parsons School of Design); Antonia Claudette Dudley of Springfield, VA (New York Institute of Technology); and Courtney Vanessa Gibson of Windsor Mill, MD (Frostburg State University).
Other graduating boarding students are Erika Sheldon Gibson of Bakersfield, CA (Hollins University); Su Jin Jeon of Seoul, Korea (Pennsylvania State University); Saori Kaneko of Japan (University of Maryland); Sara Katherine Kissel of Atlanta, GA (Spring Hill College); Da Hae Lee of Seoul, Korea (University of British Columbia); Tetyana McCain of Chapel Hill, NC (Juniata College); Hannah Searcy McKee of Winston-Salem, NC (Meredith College); Taylor Victoria Miller of Warrenton, VA (Saint Joseph's University); Lori Danielle Mullins of Stafford, VA (Germanna Community College); Katherine Willis Neal of Fredericksburg, VA (undecided); Oluwabukola Omotade of Elmont, NY (University of Maryland); and Wendy Nichal Powell of Upper Marlboro, MD (Bowie State University).
Additional graduating boarders include Aubrey Hagen Sozer of Alexandria, VA (Virginia Tech); Sterling Ann Swanson of Tiburon, CA (Suffolk University); Sherelle Dominique Ada Tate of Bel Air, MD (Brenau University); Whitney Lee Thomas of Stafford, VA (Wesleyan College); Rhianna Kristine Toner of Baltimore, MD (St. John's College); Ratchanida Veeratanabutr of Bangkok, Thailand (Johnson & Wales University); and Brittany Elizabeth Wilburn of Aldie, VA (Virginia Commonwealth University).
St. Margaret’s Board of Governors member Dr. Elizabeth Hinton Crowther, president of Rappahannock Community College, and a 1975 graduate of St. Margaret’s, gave the commencement address. Sarah Belle Eason Parrott, an SMS alumna who serves as chair of the school’s Board of Governors, joined Head of School Margaret R. Broad in conferring the diplomas.
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