Fourth-grade students said goodbye to CET and hello to PVC as their moving up ceremony concluded on June 24. The ceremony marked the first major milestone in the 105 students’ academic careers in Croton-on-Hudson, and the adults who spoke to the students encouraged them to embrace the next step.“I have enjoyed watching you grow,” Principal Kelly Maloney told the group. “You are ready to go and have been well-prepared.”
Maloney acknowledged that the students are academically, as well as socially and emotionally, poised to be successful fifth-graders when they enter Pierre Van Cortlandt Middle School in the fall.
And there will be at least one familiar face when they get there – Principal Dr. Barbara Ulm, who was on hand to personally greet and congratulate each student as they stepped off the stage with their certificate.
Both Maloney and Superintendent of Schools Dr. Edward Fuhrman recognized the fourth-grade class’s kindness.“This is a very caring group of children,” said Dr. Fuhrman. “They care about each other and they care about the school. This is one of the reasons CET is a National Blue Ribbon School.”
Student government representatives Emma Windrum and Justin Craig offered words of advice to their classmates before the grade sang “Goodbye CET,” a song written by the students themselves.
In her address, Board of Education trustee Iris Bugliosi asked the students to think about why they go to school. “Perhaps one good reason is to collect memorable moments in your lives,” she said.
The students left the stage as graduates of CET, prepared to start collecting new memories as they begin their journey at PVC.
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