SHS Seniors Come Full Circle

A new tradition has begun in Scarsdale. On Wednesday June 21, on the last day of school at Fox Meadow Elementary, Scarsdale High School seniors who attended Fox Meadow donned their graduation gowns to return to the school.

There they were greeted by parents and teachers and presented their own elementary school teachers with flowers. The ritual brought the students back to the beginning of their Scarsdale education on the eve of their graduation from the high school the following day, June 22, 2023.

The idea was the brainchild of Scarsdale mom Jennifer Love who learned that other districts including Horace Greeley in Chappaqua, Edgemont as well as many schools in Connecticut and New Jersey conduct this “feel-good” event annually. She and several other mothers from different neighborhoods proposed it to each of the elementary school principals who, after discussing it, felt it was too difficult to coordinate. But the students decided to proceed with this community building event as a pilot program at Fox Meadow, which is close to the high school and required no transportation.

On Wednesday, a group of seniors in their graduation gowns convened on the blacktop behind Fox Meadow School at dismissal time. There they were greeted with hugs and cheers from their elementary school teachers and enjoyed a moment of bonding.

The event was joyous and simple. The seniors hope it will become a tradition at all of Scarsdale’s elementary schools in future years and think it would have been even more meaningful to them if they had witnessed it each year as Fox Meadow students.