When the Class of 2025 graduates are handed diplomas in the sweltering heat of early June, it will be the penultimate time Principal Rawson will host a graduation. Indeed, while the end of this school year marks the onset of many changes for the Academy, some things never change. Like so many before it, this class boasts a plethora of talent, and the faculty who cultivated them made their accomplishments possible.

On Tuesday, April 29, Principal Bill Rawson addressed the student body at assembly about what he called “disturbing behavior”: three drinking and drug abuse incidents that happened consecutively within a few weeks. He reminded seniors to think about their families and teachers who helped them on their journey at Exeter and encouraged them to make better choices in the last few weeks of school.

For two hours on Tuesday, April 1, the Academy went through a lockdown, triggered by reports of gunfire near the Swasey Town Forest and a police pursuit of at least two armed suspects near the Newfield Road area.