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- Academics
- Middle School
- Upper School
![Summa Cum Laude Graduates for the class of 2021]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1622813746/thornton/clvftijg0axokulllako/kevin_yao_valedictorian_2021.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1622813746/thornton/clvftijg0axokulllako/kevin_yao_valedictorian_2021.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1622813746/thornton/clvftijg0axokulllako/kevin_yao_valedictorian_2021.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1622813746/thornton/clvftijg0axokulllako/kevin_yao_valedictorian_2021.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1622813746/thornton/clvftijg0axokulllako/kevin_yao_valedictorian_2021.png","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1622813746/thornton/clvftijg0axokulllako/kevin_yao_valedictorian_2021.png","width":2200}])
- Academics
- Upper School
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- Academics
- Upper School
![United States Naval Academy Logo]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1618576127/thornton/hkkggotj9qmgujvh1rms/US-Naval-Academy.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1618576127/thornton/hkkggotj9qmgujvh1rms/US-Naval-Academy.jpg","width":400}])
- Upper School
![Emma Campbell Teacher of the Year]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1618578667/thornton/zgzbg3dd12wlsgpvcyph/EmmaCampbellpic.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1618578667/thornton/zgzbg3dd12wlsgpvcyph/EmmaCampbellpic.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1618578667/thornton/zgzbg3dd12wlsgpvcyph/EmmaCampbellpic.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1618578667/thornton/zgzbg3dd12wlsgpvcyph/EmmaCampbellpic.jpg","width":1185}])
- Alumni
- Upper School
![Matt Amoroso Headshot]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1617965171/thornton/m7qvnowuviieyrngnxor/Imagesss.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1617965171/thornton/m7qvnowuviieyrngnxor/Imagesss.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1617965171/thornton/m7qvnowuviieyrngnxor/Imagesss.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1617965171/thornton/m7qvnowuviieyrngnxor/Imagesss.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1617965171/thornton/m7qvnowuviieyrngnxor/Imagesss.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1617965171/thornton/m7qvnowuviieyrngnxor/Imagesss.jpg","width":2200}])
- Upper School
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- Alumni
- Upper School
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