Anthony Rodrigues, a Boston Day and Evening Academy graduate, spoke to the gathered crowd.

By Jeremy F. van der Heiden

Last Tuesday, July 1, 2014, Rediscovery, an offshoot of the Justice Resource Institute, honored 22 local students at the Boston Public Library ceremony for their resilience in the face of adversity. All of these students hail from Boston, Somerville, Malden and Everett High Schools, while each of them faced a range of challenges that would seemingly lead to dropouts and failure to graduate.