‘You will always belong here’: Class of 2024 graduates
Family and faculty celebrate graduating seniors and mark conclusion of Exeter’s 243rd school year.
Kristyn Van Ostern '96 and NH laundromat offer homeless ‘heavenly’ moments
Maine Public | Go to article![](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_news_thumbnail/public/SL_Opening%20Assembly_2023_CRH-21.jpg?itok=20xDRnlJ)
'You have earned your places': Assembly ushers in new year
A procession of flags and the introduction of new faculty round out a steamy opening to the school year.
Welcome to Exeter
Some 300 new Exonians will begin their Exeter journeys in September. What can they expect? We asked last year’s newest students — members of the class of 2026 — to help answer that.
![Phillips Exeter Academy Track Jaylen Bennett Phillips Exeter Academy Track Jaylen Bennett](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_news_thumbnail/public/news/Jaylen%20Bennett%20CARIFTA.jpg?itok=s1GAHlyq)
Jaylen Bennett '25 to be flag-bearer for St. Kitts and Nevis
Big Red speedster will lead the dual-island nation's athletes into the Trinbago 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games.
![Aaron Joy](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_people_feed/public/news/AJ-1200.jpg?itok=epmPogeg)
“Examining the latter half of the 20th century helped frame my view of the American political and cultural dynamics that we have grown accustomed to in the present.”
Aaron Joy '23
![](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_news_thumbnail/public/pittman-bowld.jpg?itok=32WSScml)
Striking a chord
Inaugural music composition competition brings student-created music to center stage.
![](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_news_thumbnail/public/news/emeriti.jpg?itok=1OI7h0cF)
Teaching excellence
With gratitude, the Academy says goodbye to two instructors retiring with the distinction of emeriti.
![](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_people_feed/public/news/_C6A1343%20%281%29.jpg?itok=07uHSNX3)
"I learned how to be an upper-class leader on the team. ... how to look out for and take care of the preps and lowers on our team, really being an ultimate teammate."