Graduates
Congratulations to the MSA Class of 2025!
If ever there was a class that has demonstrated what the MSA family strives to be, it is the Class of 2025.
This resilient group may have begun their high school careers with physical distance, but they are ending with incredibly strong emotional connections.
“We celebrated each other’s victories and lifted each other up during some of the most difficult moments of our lives. Through it all, we were together. If there is one thing I can say for certain, it is that the bonds we have built will last far beyond the end of our high school journey.”
– Ethan McAlpine, Valedictorian
Family Ties
Since MSA’s first graduation ceremony took place on July 19, 1890, generations of families have attained their MSA high school diplomas.
Of this year’s 35 graduates, 17 are the children of proud MSA alumni and 22 are siblings of current MSA students or alumni!
“In many ways, your class has become a living reflection of what MSA strives to be: a family grounded in faith, guided by love, and united in purpose.”
– Anna Faria Machado, Principal
Graduation Ceremony
In Memoriam
We could not celebrate the Class of 2025 without honoring the memory of Ethan Arruda, a beloved student who is deeply missed by his classmates and the wider MSA family.
“Though [Ethan] isn’t with us physically, he will always be with us, in our memories, pushing us to do our best… Though I wish he were here with us today, I know that he will always be with us, in spirit, and in our memories, as long as we remember him.”
– Olek Rymon-Lipinski, Salutatorian
Where Our Graduates Are Going
Our students are pursuing tertiary education in Bermuda, Canada, the Philippines, the UK and the USA. The list of college and university placements includes:
- Bath University, UK
- Bay Path University, Massachusetts, USA
- Bermuda College (10 students)
- Bournemouth University, UK
- Class Afloat, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Concordia University, Quebec, Canada
- Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (2 students)
- De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines
- Flagler College, Florida, USA
- London South Bank College, UK
- Loughborough University, UK
- Mike Bender Golf Academy, Florida, USA
- Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada
- Raleigh Bermuda and Bermuda College
- Saint Mary’s University, Nova Scotia, Canada
- University of Liverpool, UK
- University of Nottingham, UK
- University of Plymouth, UK
- University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
- Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada (2 students)
“As you step into a world that is wide and waiting, may you carry forward the lessons you’ve learned here—not just from textbooks, but from each other. Let the spirit of MSA, and the truth behind our motto Nil Sine Deo be your compass. With Him, you have already weathered much. With Him, there is no limit to where you can go.”
– Anna Faria Machado, Principal