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![Senior Spotlights: Logan Harkins and Armand Ouelette]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1593030300/thornton/xehoari4yvizyjymqy0n/ArmandOuellette.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1593030300/thornton/xehoari4yvizyjymqy0n/ArmandOuellette.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1593030300/thornton/xehoari4yvizyjymqy0n/ArmandOuellette.png","width":659}])
- Upper School
![senior gaby thompson in cap and gown on campus]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1592933596/thornton/etakujvvreq5uwytduh4/GabriellaThompson_square.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1592933596/thornton/etakujvvreq5uwytduh4/GabriellaThompson_square.png","width":475}])
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