Victoria Lee Weber and Alaina Rashid of Waterford, Va., received their high school diplomas Friday, May 29th at Foxcroft School's 101st commencement. Weber, who earned several honors for scholarship, and Rashid were among a group of 33 students presented diplomas by Head of School Catherine S. McGehee, presiding over her first graduation, and Anne Michele Lyons Kuhns, Vice Chair of the Foxcroft Board of Trustees, and a 1987 graduate.

Award-winning photographer and 1959 Foxcroft alumna Diana Walker, who covered the White House for Time Magazine during the Reagan, GHW Bush and Clinton administrations, was the featured speaker. Stephanie Knapp of Middleburg gave the invocation and Gabriela Panettiere of Miami was the Senior Class speaker.

The class, which hails from seven states and four countries, is an impressive group, having received 128 acceptances and more than $1 million in merit scholarships from 85 colleges and universities, including Carnegie Mellon, Emory, Michigan, New York University, Rhode Island School of Design, UCLA, and Virginia.

Weber, who will attend Boston College in the fall, was one of just six students in the class elected to the Cum Laude Society, a secondary school honor society modeled on the collegiate Phi Beta Kappa. She also received the L. Richard Steinbach History Prize at the Awards Assembly on Thursday, May 28th as well as the School's highest athletic honor, the Teresa E. Shook Award.

Chosen by vote of the Athletic Department coaches, the Shook Award goes to "the girl who has shown skill in performing a sport and has made an outstanding contribution to the spirit of good sportsmanship." Weber, whose spirit sparked teammates, fans and coaches alike, was an All-State and All-Delaney Athletic Conference defender for Foxcroft's state champion lacrosse team. She also started for the varsity volleyball team, captained both lacrosse and volleyball, and served as Assistant Cheerleader for the Hound intermural team.

She is the daughter of Deborah and Peter Weber of Waterford.

Rashid was a member of several organizations at Foxcroft, including the Arabic Club, Spanish Club, French Club and International Club. She is the daughter of Anita and Sean Rashid of Waterford and plans to attend Marymount University in the fall.