The Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School held its 2022 commencement ceremony on Sunday, graduating 15 seniors. Friends and family, Charter School teachers and staff along with younger members of the school body all met under a high white tent decorated with pastel colored tapestries on the warm and sunny West Tisbury day.
This year’s commencement celebrated the Charter School’s largest ever graduating class and marks the 25th year anniversary of the school.
“Twenty-five years ago, the idea of a Charter School in West Tisbury was a bold experiment,” said Charter School Director Peter Steedman. It was “an idea hatched in living rooms and kitchen tables across the Island.”
In recognition of the schools’ initial founders’ mission, Steedman said the hope was that “the school would produce graduates like you see in front of you today — creative, independent, with a deep commitment to social and environmental justice.”
Steedman turned to the 15 graduates: “You are proof that this bold experiment has worked,” he said.
