The Waldron School held its annual end-of-the-year school play and graduation the evening of June 12 at the Waldron School House. Following the processional, “Pomp and Circumstance,” performed by a small ensemble of student musicians, including snare drums and violins, Principal Barbara Klein presented diplomas to graduating eighth-graders, Zach Edwardson and Naomi Boydston.

Prior to the Graduation Ceremony, the overflow audience was treated to an ambitious presentation of “The Perilous Guard,” a play adapted by teacher-director Isa Delahunt from the book by Elizabeth Marie Pope in which the girl saves the boy from a magic spell. The complex plot plays out against an old English background, complete with old English costumes and language.

The entire Waldron student body – 17 students ranging from pre-K to eighth grade – had roles in the play, several taking more than one part. As is the custom, the graduates have the major roles, with Naomi Boydston playing the innocent heroine Kate, and Zacharey Edwardson playing Christopher Heron, the angst-ridden hero, who is saved by the love of the pure maiden, Kate.

Others in the play were Freeda Crow, Adrian Delahunt, Pergrin Boydston, Melanie Bazlen, Breanne Theroux, Eliza Jane Breseman, Robert McCaull, James McCaull, Gabe Smith, Sonja Lerner, Aazaad Burn, Kaiya Rice, Meghanne Theroux, Amirah Moss, and Toby Smith.

The June play and graduation is a major event on Waldron Island, and every year, nearly every resident on the Island is in attendance, and this year was no exception. Following the awarding of diplomas the graduates were honored individually, each spending time in the Chair of Honor, or “Hot Seat,” with roasts and tributes offered by members of the community.