Brookewood senior said her school helped her ‘see the world as a gift’ and ‘the value of the people we encounter’
Sofia Ferrante, a member of the Brookewood School class of 2026, was honored to have been voted by her classmates and teachers to deliver a commencement address to her fellow seniors, the faculty, families and friends in attendance at the May 23 graduation ceremony of the Kensington all-girls Catholic K-12 school.
In an email interview beforehand with the Catholic Standard, Ferrante wrote that she planned to convey in her speech an appreciation for the school she has attended since second grade. “Brookewood has given us an education in how to see the world as a gift and the beauty and inherent value of the people we encounter,” she wrote. “Those skills and the continuing support of the community will help us all succeed in this next chapter of our lives.”
For Ferrante, 18, that next chapter will be the University of Maryland in College Park. She does not have a planned major yet, but hopes to enter the medical field, following in the footsteps of her parents, Fernando and Elka, and several extended family members.