List of 4 items.

• Ring Dessert

  In this springtime event, the Upper School for Girls' sophomore class throws a reception for the juniors and their parents in the Great Hall. The sophomores give speeches honoring the juniors and gift them a small piece of jewelry.
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  The Spade

  The oldest tradition in school history, the Spade is a small shovel covered with class ties. Each year the newly graduated class hides the Spade on school property. On the first day of school, a student from the newly graduated class returns to provide an obscure clue for the new senior class who then works together to find the Spade before they are allowed to petition the faculty for their Senior Privileges. Failure to find the Spade before Halloween results in
  a black tie adorning the handle, and the seniors must share privileges with the junior class.

• Senior Privileges

  When the seniors find the Spade, they formally petition the faculty for exemptions or bending of rules, such as permission to leave campus during lunch, small changes to uniform, etc.

• Step Songs

  Following the Awards Ceremony on May Day, all the doors to the school are locked except the front door and one other. The junior class has to find the open door, and then Step Songs can begin. The juniors begin and sing one verse about the other classes and the faculty. Songs are traditionally humorous and/or touching. In between each verse, they say “step” and move up a step. The sophomores and freshmen then sing shorter songs, also in tribute to the seniors. The seniors cap the evening off by singing the Alma Mater.