Last night, 560 Abington Senior High School students moved on.
Abington High School seniors took one last lap around the track at Schwarzman Stadium last night — and Abington School Board President Raymond McGarry and Superintendent Amy Sichel met them at the finish line with diplomas. In typical Abington fashion, students walked down the hill from the high school and into the stadium accompanied by faculty, alumni and live music from the band. Garnering a lot of laughs was class speaker Christopher Ruhl. He said three things got him through his academic career at Abington: “Seinfeld,” food and water. Ruhl said when he learned that he would be speaking to his classmates during graduation he hit up Google and Twitter to find some popular graduation quotes. Not finding any of the quotes from celebrities…
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The ceremony begins at 7 p.m.
For those of you who didn't get one/lost one, check out tonight's commencement program above. It lists each graduate, the college he or she will be attending, and the school's alma mater .. which goes like this: Rise up and stand as one For dear old Abington Do not fail, but heed the fight For the Maroon and White. We will ever cherish thee, Vict’ry or defeat it be. Staunch and true, our loyalty, To dear old Abington. Many days and years may come To dear old Abington. Storms may rise, and winds may blow, But our thoughts to thee will go. Let not mem’ries faded be As we go o’er land and sea. Alma Mater, all hail to thee, Hail to dear old Abington. -- Check back with Abington Patch later for photos of the ceremony.
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