Hello esteemed alumni members, friends, and supporters, welcome to our June President’s Message, and thank you for allowing me to share some observations with you. This June promises to be the month of Covid decline, cicada invasion, and high-school graduations.
Congratulations to all Cambridgeittes who are connected in some way to this year’s High School and College graduation season. For awhile it was touch and go, as many school administrations struggled with whether or not Covid restrictions would allow our loved ones to actually walk across the stage on their momentous day. But with faith, our ‘little ones’ got fitted for their caps, gowns, and overall regalia with the hope of taking the walk that we parents and grand-parents look forward to so much. We can’t pretend, last year’s 2020 graduations were somewhat different. Many of our young (and adult) students did not walk the stage, and settled for signs outside their doors and on their lawns announcing their graduations; some had graduation ‘drive-by’ parties.
But this year 2021 was somewhat better. As states lifted covid restrictions, many high schools and colleges rolled back their restrictions also, and our young ones in some cases were able to physically attend a traditional ceremony sitting six feet apart, wearing masks and removing them briefly only for pictures, while we parents and grand-parents watched virtually from a link they provided us with. It was all good. The link allowed us to witness and feel the sense of pride, joy, and accomplishment just like we were there with them.
In some cases, those family members who walked across the stage this year are our grand sons and daughters, who we actually held in our arms as little infants asking God to give them a safe and productive life; like my granddaughter Adriel whose picture above displays a captivating smile of happiness and success. Remember, we Cambridge folks, are also products of a good high-quality Christian education, so we understand the value and importance of education for our off-spring. With God’s help, we must do all that is possible to encourage our youths to “study and study hard” just like our teachers and Mr. Pinkerton encouraged us each and every day of our high-school journey.
Until next month, stay safe, and take care of each other.
Submitted by,
Dr. Aubrey F. Bentham, President-CAAAI
