Sentiments from the Class of 2023 Graduation Speakers

  • “As the school has shaped us, remember that you have also made an impact. You have hosted pop-up shops, you created wonderful music and art, you were the stars in our theater department and led scientific research with the Stem Institute. Most of you have also engaged in vigorous debates with admin over the parking situation.

    ”You have been resilient and kind, and your presence here will be remembered. I want to also thank the teachers and admin for being such great guides for us all. You truly care about our individual success, and our community wouldn’t be the same without your dedication.”
    (Excerpt from graduation remarks by Max Rabaudi)

  • “I couldn’t have expected what was to come at Sequoyah. I couldn’t have expected getting better at meditation through morning meeting (also couldn’t have expected morning meeting). Couldn't have expected how much I would learn from spending time alone during solo. Couldn’t have expected how much gossip and advice I would receive while hanging out in the girls bathroom (a sacred space). And lastly overall I couldn’t have expected the odd, hilarious, and thoughtful people I would be lucky enough to encounter here. “ (Excerpt from graduation remarks by Lana Fleischli)

  • “Growing up at Sequoyah has been a strange experience. We’ve got a weird setup here, and I have no idea if I’ll be able to stop calling teachers by their first names and start taking standardized tests.

    “But, on the other hand, I feel comfortable talking to adults in a way that many peers from other schools don’t, and I think my essays have dramatically increased in quality (even if I never think so as I’m writing them).”
    (Excerpt from graduation remarks by Sofie Wilson)

Congratulations, Class of 2023!

Sequoyah School is proud of the Class of 2023, who were accepted to the following colleges and universities. (Bold indicates matriculation.)

  • AMDA College of the Performing Arts, Los Angeles

  • Amherst College

  • Art Center College of Design

  • Bard College

  • Beloit College

  • Bennington College

  • Boston University

  • Brandeis University

  • Cal Poly Humboldt

  • California College of the Arts

  • California Lutheran University

  • California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo)

  • California State Polytechnic University (Pomona)

  • California State University (Channel Islands)

  • California State University (East Bay)

  • California State University (Fullerton)

  • California State University (Los Angeles)

  • California State University (Monterey Bay)

  • Case Western Reserve University

  • Champlain College

  • Colgate University

  • College of Charleston

  • Colorado Mesa University

  • Colorado State University (Fort Collins)

  • Columbia College (Chicago)

  • Cornell University

  • Cornish College of the Arts

  • DePaul University

  • Dickinson College

  • Drexel University

  • Eckerd College

  • Emerson College

  • Emory & Henry College

  • Fordham University

  • Fort Lewis College

  • George Washington University

  • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Grinnell College

  • Hamilton College

  • Hampshire College

  • Hofstra University

  • Ithaca College

  • Kenyon College

  • Lancaster University

  • Lewis & Clark College

  • Loyola Marymount University

  • Macalester College

  • Marian University

  • Marymount Manhattan College

  • Massachusetts College of Art and Design

  • Middlebury College

  • Moore College of Art and Design

  • Northeastern University

  • Northwestern University

  • Oberlin College

  • Occidental College

  • Otis College of Art and Design

  • Parsons Paris at The New School

  • Parsons School of Design at The New School

  • Penn State University (University Park)

  • Pitzer College

  • Portland State University

  • Pratt Institute

  • Princeton University

  • Purdue University (Main Campus)

  • Quinnipiac University

  • Reed College

  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  • San Francisco State University

  • Sarah Lawrence College

  • Savannah College of Art and Design

  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago

  • School of Visual Arts

  • Scripps College

  • Seattle Pacific University

  • Sewanee: The University of the South

  • Skidmore College

  • Sonoma State University

  • Southern California Institute of Architecture

  • Southern Methodist University

  • Spelman College

  • Stony Brook University

  • Syracuse University

  • The New School

  • The University of Montana

  • Trinity College Dublin

  • Tulane University of Louisiana

  • Union College

  • University of British Columbia

  • University of California (Berkeley)

  • University of California (Davis)

  • University of California (Los Angeles)

  • University of California (Merced)

  • University of California (San Diego)

  • University of California (Santa Barbara)

  • University of California (Santa Cruz)

  • University of Colorado Boulder

  • University of Colorado Denver

  • University of Denver

  • University of East Anglia

  • University of Kansas

  • University of Miami

  • University of Michigan

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • University of Oregon

  • University of Puget Sound

  • University of San Francisco

  • University of Southern California

  • University of Vermont

  • University of Victoria

  • University of Washington (Seattle Campus)

  • University of Wisconsin (Madison)

  • Ursinus College

  • Vassar College

  • Washington State University

  • Washington University in St. Louis

  • Wesleyan University

  • Western Washington University

  • Whitman College

  • Whittier College

  • Willamette University

  • Williams College