Brookline High School Graduation 2013

On a gorgeous early summer day, Brookline High School hosted that 171^st graduation on Cypress Feild.  

Four hundred and thirty five seniors graduated on Sunday, June 9. Brookline High also honored the class of 1963, who celebrated their 50^th anniversary.  

During his speech, School Committee Chairperson Alan Morse told the seniors that in 1963, “a new Ford cost $2,500, bread was $.40, a 6-pack of Budweiser was $.80, Terry Francona hit consecutive homeruns in the same inning, George Wallace was elected on the ‘Segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever’ slogan, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech and President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.”  

But Morse encouraged the exiting senior class to go forth with courage. “You’ll always represent Brookline, a unique place to live and learn,” Morse said. “We wish you God speed and salute you.”  

Student speaker Tyrone Rose read a letter he would have written to himself on his first day of freshman year. His advice was simple, but direct: “Stepping out of your comfort zone is a valuable experience.”  

If you have photographs from graduation you’d like to share, post them to Patch!   Congratulations to the class of 2013.