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High School and Next Steps students, families, and staff traveled on June 14 to The Bronx to celebrate the events at Horace Mann School. Three Next Steps students graduated with Mr. Zaccaro announcing them. Then Ms. Kuntz congratulated the students in Grades 9-11 and announced their move up for 2024-25. IDEAL’s Board of Trustees President and proud senior parent Jay Eisenhofer, along with Ms. Wolfe, gave the twelve seniors their diplomas or certificates. The IDEAL Peace Prize were awarded to four students. Photos from the event are in this Facebook album. The senior band playing “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” with Mr. Simbol is linked here.
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