![Class of 2023 Commencement: Seniors ‘Bring Joy’ to Hotchkiss]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1685738308/hotchkiss/nyhw14w7bzp0lttkpm5b/Hotchkiss-Graduation-Class-of-2023-thumb.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1685738308/hotchkiss/nyhw14w7bzp0lttkpm5b/Hotchkiss-Graduation-Class-of-2023-thumb.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1685738308/hotchkiss/nyhw14w7bzp0lttkpm5b/Hotchkiss-Graduation-Class-of-2023-thumb.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1685738308/hotchkiss/nyhw14w7bzp0lttkpm5b/Hotchkiss-Graduation-Class-of-2023-thumb.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1685738308/hotchkiss/nyhw14w7bzp0lttkpm5b/Hotchkiss-Graduation-Class-of-2023-thumb.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1685738308/hotchkiss/nyhw14w7bzp0lttkpm5b/Hotchkiss-Graduation-Class-of-2023-thumb.jpg","width":1700}])
It was a beautiful day for the 131st Commencement Ceremony on June 2.
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![Class of 2023: Students Receive Honors at Senior Awards and Cum Laude Ceremony]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1686078392/hotchkiss/z5pg58cwgr5hcdfahl54/Hotchkiss-Senior-Awards-2023-2-thumb.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1686078392/hotchkiss/z5pg58cwgr5hcdfahl54/Hotchkiss-Senior-Awards-2023-2-thumb.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1686078392/hotchkiss/z5pg58cwgr5hcdfahl54/Hotchkiss-Senior-Awards-2023-2-thumb.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1686078392/hotchkiss/z5pg58cwgr5hcdfahl54/Hotchkiss-Senior-Awards-2023-2-thumb.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1686078392/hotchkiss/z5pg58cwgr5hcdfahl54/Hotchkiss-Senior-Awards-2023-2-thumb.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1686078392/hotchkiss/z5pg58cwgr5hcdfahl54/Hotchkiss-Senior-Awards-2023-2-thumb.jpg","width":2200}])
Members of the Class of 2023 received honors during the Senior Awards and Cum Laude Ceremony on June 1.
![Hotchkiss Carita Gardiner]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1685654151/hotchkiss/lbzsunkhjmnirws7ki8h/CaritaGardinerLufkinPrize2023HotchkissSchool.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1685654151/hotchkiss/lbzsunkhjmnirws7ki8h/CaritaGardinerLufkinPrize2023HotchkissSchool.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1685654151/hotchkiss/lbzsunkhjmnirws7ki8h/CaritaGardinerLufkinPrize2023HotchkissSchool.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1685654151/hotchkiss/lbzsunkhjmnirws7ki8h/CaritaGardinerLufkinPrize2023HotchkissSchool.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1685654151/hotchkiss/lbzsunkhjmnirws7ki8h/CaritaGardinerLufkinPrize2023HotchkissSchool.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1685654151/hotchkiss/lbzsunkhjmnirws7ki8h/CaritaGardinerLufkinPrize2023HotchkissSchool.jpg","width":2200}])
For Carita Gardiner P'17,'20, Class of '42 Teaching Chair, Dean of the Class of 2025, and instructor in English, life is all about embracing the quest and appreciating those who you meet along the way. In accepting the 2023 Lufkin Prize on May 12, Gardiner advised the audience of students, faculty, and staff to learn from every person you meet.
![Hotchkiss students view a painting at the Senior Art Walk]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1685027888/hotchkiss/sd0ric4zevhqdjtyrvnt/hotchkiss-artwalk-thumb.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1685027888/hotchkiss/sd0ric4zevhqdjtyrvnt/hotchkiss-artwalk-thumb.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1685027888/hotchkiss/sd0ric4zevhqdjtyrvnt/hotchkiss-artwalk-thumb.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1685027888/hotchkiss/sd0ric4zevhqdjtyrvnt/hotchkiss-artwalk-thumb.jpg","width":1198}])
Hotchkiss celebrates its graduating visual artists.
![Hotchkiss Alum of the Month May 2023 Katie Berlandi]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1684935591/hotchkiss/jvixopkvibg4fjcuymnc/Hotchkiss-Alum-of-Month-May-Katie-Berlandi.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1684935591/hotchkiss/jvixopkvibg4fjcuymnc/Hotchkiss-Alum-of-Month-May-Katie-Berlandi.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1684935591/hotchkiss/jvixopkvibg4fjcuymnc/Hotchkiss-Alum-of-Month-May-Katie-Berlandi.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1684935591/hotchkiss/jvixopkvibg4fjcuymnc/Hotchkiss-Alum-of-Month-May-Katie-Berlandi.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1684935591/hotchkiss/jvixopkvibg4fjcuymnc/Hotchkiss-Alum-of-Month-May-Katie-Berlandi.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1684935591/hotchkiss/jvixopkvibg4fjcuymnc/Hotchkiss-Alum-of-Month-May-Katie-Berlandi.jpg","width":2200}])
Katheryn (Katie) Allen Berlandi ’88, P’19,’21 has dedicated her career to tending to the mental health needs of others—children, adolescents, and adults.
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