Although the 2025 graduating class of Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School consists of only two students, their impact has been felt throughout the student body, according to Pete Steedman, the director of school.

“It’s a small but mighty class,” Mr. Steedman said.

Morgan Caruso and Quinn Floyd began at the charter school as kindergarteners. On Saturday, 13 years later, the two will graduate in a ceremony that takes place on school grounds, beginning at 1:30 p.m.

Both students will be leaving the Island next fall to pursue their passion for art in college.

Last week they met up at Owen Park for the school’s annual senior picnic. Ms. Caruso said that during their upperclassmen years the two have grown particularly close.

“We’ve always been friends, but I feel like last year and this really brought us together,” she said.

Ms. Caruso even traveled with Ms. Floyd to visit Maine College of Art and Design, where Ms. Floyd will attend in the fall.

“When we went, we got a tour of the building and we walked into the sculpture area and I was like, oh, this is the place I want to be,” Ms. Floyd said.

Ms. Floyd is also interested in studying photography.

Next year, Ms. Caruso will study film at the University of Rhode Island. She became interested in the medium after working on a short film with Circuit Arts during a mentorship program done through the charter school.

“I feel like that and being in the theatre so much really got me into film,” Ms. Caruso said. “I had the opportunity in sophomore year to help direct one of the school plays.... That made me realize that acting is great, but that’s not what I want to do.”

Both students are known for their work in the theatre department, according to Mr. Steedman.

“They are mainstays,” Mr. Steedman said. “As they got older, they flowed into leadership roles.”

He added that Ms. Caruso and Ms. Floyd frequently helped the younger students get acclimated to rehearsals and deal with stage fright.

“You build relationships with the little kids. They know who you are, everyone in the hallway, from helping them with their costumes and stuff,” said Ms. Caruso.

Ms. Floyd and Ms. Caruso’s work in the theatre department has taken them abroad. In 2023, the two participated in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in an adaptation of Peter Pan, written by the students and directed by drama teacher Heather Capece. Ms. Caruso played Wendy Darling and Ms. Floyd played Tinker Bell.

“Everyone had multiple parts at some point or were doing multiple things, like our light and sound people,” Ms. Floyd said. “They were also in the play, so they’d have to run back and forth.”

Beyond theatre, both students said the charter school has given them ample opportunities to explore whatever interested them.

“It really gives you opportunities to be who you want to be,” Ms. Caruso said of the charter school. “They’ll never try and change what you want to do.... It’s a very, very open school.”