Braintree Resident Performs at The Woodward School Founders' Night

News release from The Woodward School for Girls.

Braintree resident Leah Terry, a senior at the Woodward School in Quincy, performed at the School’s annual Founders’ Night in March. Woodward is celebrating its 130th year educating girls in grades 6-12 in its historic school building on Hancock Street in Quincy.

Student declamation performances celebrate the vision and generosity of the Founders by telling Woodward’s story and highlighting student academic accomplishment. Woodward Founder, Dr. Ebenezer Woodward, was a cousin and physician to President John Adams. Both families valued an educated citizenry as essential to the success of the new American republic, and both founded schools to this end.

Ms. Terry recited Abigail Adams’ famous Remember the Ladies letter by memory. English teacher Kerry Lynch Twomey introduced Ms. Terry’s recitation, “This month marks the 247th anniversary of the British evacuation of Boston on March 17th, 1776. When Abigail Adams wrote to her husband John Adams two weeks later, she shared the uncertainty she felt before the evacuation and expressed a new sense of hope for the future. Knowing that John was at Congress arguing for Independence, she appealed to him, her dearest friend, to remember the ladies when planning a new government.” Ms. Terry recited the letter by memory before a packed house of attendees.

At Woodward, Leah is also active in the National Art Honor Society, and plays soccer, basketball, is Co-Captain of the softball team, is a member of the National Honor Society and a Woodward School Ambassador. She will graduate from Woodward in June.