![Senior Layla Hijjawi speaks to the class of 2023 at graduation.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1686162173/rowland/iidn2sljw6rtbqzqamcy/StudentSpeakers2023_FPBanner.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1686162173/rowland/iidn2sljw6rtbqzqamcy/StudentSpeakers2023_FPBanner.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1686162173/rowland/iidn2sljw6rtbqzqamcy/StudentSpeakers2023_FPBanner.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1686162173/rowland/iidn2sljw6rtbqzqamcy/StudentSpeakers2023_FPBanner.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1686162173/rowland/iidn2sljw6rtbqzqamcy/StudentSpeakers2023_FPBanner.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1686162173/rowland/iidn2sljw6rtbqzqamcy/StudentSpeakers2023_FPBanner.jpg","width":1800}])
Students Share Inspiration and Gratitude at 2023 Graduation Ceremonies
At this year's twelfth-, eighth-, and fifth-grade graduation ceremonies and end-of-year events, student speakers shared reflective and inspiring stories about their experiences at Rowland Hall.
The group included twelfth-grade graduation speakers Layla Hijjawi, Student Council representative (pictured top), and Charlie Frech, Bishops' Award recipient; Senior Celebration speaker Anna Hull; Senior Chapel speakers Aileen Robles and Anthony Sanchez; eighth-grade graduation speakers Sofia Drakou and Paulina Ize-Cedillo; and several fifth-grade speakers.
We have posted their speeches for you to enjoy.
Student Voices
![Two Rowland Hall Upper School students show a heat mapping probe in July 2023.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1700066712/rowland/axvlepawxrekiyr8cfhq/HeatMapping_FPBanner.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1700066712/rowland/axvlepawxrekiyr8cfhq/HeatMapping_FPBanner.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1700066712/rowland/axvlepawxrekiyr8cfhq/HeatMapping_FPBanner.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1700066712/rowland/axvlepawxrekiyr8cfhq/HeatMapping_FPBanner.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1700066712/rowland/axvlepawxrekiyr8cfhq/HeatMapping_FPBanner.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1700066712/rowland/axvlepawxrekiyr8cfhq/HeatMapping_FPBanner.jpg","width":1800}])
![Rowland Hall fifth graders gather on the banks of the Salt Lake Valley's Jordan River.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1699381619/rowland/jtam7c9enjm793lw6jo4/PuncturevineProject_FPBanner.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1699381619/rowland/jtam7c9enjm793lw6jo4/PuncturevineProject_FPBanner.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1699381619/rowland/jtam7c9enjm793lw6jo4/PuncturevineProject_FPBanner.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1699381619/rowland/jtam7c9enjm793lw6jo4/PuncturevineProject_FPBanner.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1699381619/rowland/jtam7c9enjm793lw6jo4/PuncturevineProject_FPBanner.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1699381619/rowland/jtam7c9enjm793lw6jo4/PuncturevineProject_FPBanner.jpg","width":1800}])
![Rowland Hall senior Gabriella Miranda was honored as a National Student Poet at the White House on November 13, 2023.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1699905062/rowland/sz6wpilw7bs08frklzjx/GabriellaMirandaWhiteHouse_FPBanner.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1699905062/rowland/sz6wpilw7bs08frklzjx/GabriellaMirandaWhiteHouse_FPBanner.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1699905062/rowland/sz6wpilw7bs08frklzjx/GabriellaMirandaWhiteHouse_FPBanner.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1699905062/rowland/sz6wpilw7bs08frklzjx/GabriellaMirandaWhiteHouse_FPBanner.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1699905062/rowland/sz6wpilw7bs08frklzjx/GabriellaMirandaWhiteHouse_FPBanner.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1699905062/rowland/sz6wpilw7bs08frklzjx/GabriellaMirandaWhiteHouse_FPBanner.jpg","width":1798}])
![A Rowland Hall lower schooler uses an iPad during a classroom lesson.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1699990291/rowland/oskprcjhqjtplimtevbu/PrinciPALSS4E1ScreenTime_FPBanner.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1699990291/rowland/oskprcjhqjtplimtevbu/PrinciPALSS4E1ScreenTime_FPBanner.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1699990291/rowland/oskprcjhqjtplimtevbu/PrinciPALSS4E1ScreenTime_FPBanner.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1699990291/rowland/oskprcjhqjtplimtevbu/PrinciPALSS4E1ScreenTime_FPBanner.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1699990291/rowland/oskprcjhqjtplimtevbu/PrinciPALSS4E1ScreenTime_FPBanner.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1699990291/rowland/oskprcjhqjtplimtevbu/PrinciPALSS4E1ScreenTime_FPBanner.jpg","width":1800}])