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Westminster Begins 128th Year
Westminster welcomed 396 students, including 271 boarding students and 125 day students, to the start of the school’s 128th year. The students represent 23 states, 24 countries and numerous Connecticut cities and towns.
Before classes and the afternoon program began Sept. 10, students participated in a variety of orientation activities where they met new friends, spent time with classmates in their form and visited with their advisor.
At the first assembly of the year Sept. 11 in Armstrong Atrium, Headmaster Bill Philip welcomed everyone and asked them to observe a moment of silence in honor of those who lost their lives Sept. 11, 2001. He also explained what happens at assemblies and the Pin Ceremony and Sign-In Ceremony, and asked Head Prefect Tim Sanford ’16 and Junior Prefect Ellen Gyasi ’16 to unfurl the Sixth Form flag that will be used to signal Hill Holidays throughout the year.
Tim, a boarding student from Morristown, N.J., then introduced members of the Prefect Board and said, “I am incredibly honored and pumped up to serve as this year’s head prefect. A great big and warm welcome to all of the new students and faculty, and it is great to see all of the returners as well. This will be the best year yet!”
He also offered some advice to each form: He encouraged members of the Third Form to “get involved and not be afraid,” advised the Fourth Form that the year “means learning how to make choices and understanding that you can’t do everything,” reminded the Fifth Form that the “year is hard because you have to balance your time really well,” and encouraged the Sixth Form to “live with Grit and Grace and know that you are only a high school senior once so you should make the most of it.”
After the assembly, students and faculty proceeded to the Sixth Form Lawn area for the Pin Ceremony, where members of the Sixth Former assembled on the Sixth Form Lawn, and alumni faculty and honorary faculty presented them with a class pin or pendant designed by their form. Next, all new students entered Andrews Memorial Chapel for the Sign-In Ceremony where they were greeted by the Sixth Form prefects and the headmaster and signed their name in the new student book signifying their formal entrance to the school.
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