Brother Rice High School proudly celebrated its 53rd commencement Thursday at Saint Xavier University's Shannon Center. The class of 222 students amassed $10 million in scholarships. Sixty-percent of the class were on the honor roll over a four-year period, and 92 percent were accepted to the first or second college of their choosing.

Revisit the Brother Rice 2012 Prom.

President James Antos gave a rousing commencement address encouraging the young men to "act manfully in Christ Jesus," the school's motto.
The ceremony was cut short by a premature hat-tossing. The newly minted graduates were escorted out past their class purchase of a large orange inflatable character holding a cap in one hand and diploma in the other.

View the photo gallery from Brother Rice's Class of 2012 Graduation then add your own. Feeling a little nostalgic, check out our gallery from the Class of 2011.

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