At Tabor Academy’s graduation on Tuesday, May 26, nineteen seniors who have earned top academic honors were inducted into Tabor’s Cum Laude Society. The Society was initiated in 1906 to highlight superior academic performance, with chapters granted only to high schools with academic programs that met the Society’s stringent standards. Tabor was granted a chapter in 1930.
As is customary, inductees wore the gold rope at graduation to indicate their achievement. The day before, they were honored with a special reception given for the inductees and their families.
To meet the qualifications of Tabor’s Cum Laude Society, a student must maintain a 90 average in each semester of both junior and senior year within a rigorous and broad course of study to include a minimum of three honors or AP level courses each year. Beyond these academic standards, moral character and school citizenship are also considered by the approving members of the Tabor Chapter presided over by Kelli McSweeny, faculty.
The inductees included four local students: Gweneth McCain, Melissa Hooke, Julia O’Rourke, and Abi Taber.