Jibri McLean ’13 delivered the student speech at the 2024 graduation ceremony for the School of Education (SOE) of Johns Hopkins University (JHU).

 

Each year, SOE leaders select one student from a pool of candidates to deliver an address at graduation. According to remarks from Vice Dean of Academic Affairs Jamie Lister, the 2024 candidate pool was “particularly competitive.”

 

McLean earned a Master of Science in Counseling at JHU with a concentration in mental health counseling while working as a History teacher at Calvert School. He now serves as Upper School counselor at Germantown Academy in suburban Philadelphia. He began his career in education as a Foreman Fellow at Gilman in the 2017-2018 school year.