Class of ’63

Serviam: echoing through our many years.
Welcoming, we greet companions: ones
With a zeal, zest and zing for life so clear.
Humour and music and the arts we cover,
Discussion from the now to Shakespeare:
So much traversed by these earth mothers.

Such life episodes told with hearty laughter,
Sadnesses faced, onward strategies paced,
Really highlighted such resolve fore and after,
Careers and families positive value embraced.
Outward looking, caring: social justice matters:
Fellow students: we’re in good company placed.

Serviam: studenthood, a new but solid school,
Education’s ripple effect became widespread.
From that friendship, knowledge, value pool,
We made a difference: in using heart and head,
Experiencing the waves, gales, breezes and swirls
Of joy, tragedy: it’s in Serviam we comprehend.

The past is what it is: the future unknown
Look around, smile- this, today, is good

Loving concern to those with cares grown
Treasure the values to which we’re moored.
Serviam: I will serve. Servimus: we are serving
Seniors, students still, we are still learning!

From your fellow student and always friend, Anne Doherty Grantham
25.10.24