Grace Baptist Academy of Attleboro Congratulates its Graduating Seniors

It may have been a small group of seniors who turned their red and gold tassels at the end of the of Attleboro graduation ceremony, but it was a large celebration. 

The five graduating seniors accepted their diplomas during a ceremony held Friday night at the Greater Rhode Island Baptist Temple in Johnston in front of a large crowd of family, friends and classmates, according to the school.

Grace Baptist Christian Academy's Class of 2011 consisted of Eldon Barrett, Caitlyn Hope, Alison Louis, William Peterson and Marinda Stevens. They were presented diplomas by Grace Baptist Superintendent Pastor Jeffrey Bailey, Pastor and Principal Jeffrey Nichols and GBCA School Committee members Timothy McGee, Karen Curran and Brian Watson.

The Rev. Dennis Barrett, Senior Pastor of Victory Baptist Church of Fairhaven and Barrett's father, delivered the commencement address.

“You should not consider success in life to be just the accumulation of material possessions, but instead by the way you live your lives and prepare for the Kingdom of God,” Rev. Barrett said. “Do not listen to the wrong people or travel the wrong road. Heed the counsel of the godly, not the ungodly.”

 Among the nights festivities was  the presentation of the senior class gift to the school, a new sound system for the school’s chapel. Seniors were also on the receiving end of gift giving when Grace Baptist's first-grade student presented individual gifts to the seniors in honor of their academic achievements.