There, under the school insignia, students, friends, and colleagues gathered, taking turns at a podium next to a sign reading “Hughes” encased in the school’s ace symbol. And on a brisk Monday afternoon, more than 100 students and staff gathered outside the high school to remember their principal, whom most people would just call “Huuuughes.” Hughes’ death left the Lower Merion community in shock, with tributes and memories of the beloved principal flooding social media. While driving his son to his soccer game Saturday morning, Hughes, Lower Merion’s principal for more than 14 years, was killed in a car crash in Winslow Township, Camden County, police said. “During a time of incredible trauma and grief, his school was a place where I found support and comfort, which is something not everyone can say,” said Partridge. But in the few months he had been at the school, he saw Hughes’ kindness, realizing how much he cared about the school and its students.Īnd when Emily Partridge, class of 2010, lost her father when she was a junior and her world seemed to be falling apart, it was Hughes who helped make the school a place of refuge. When Mobley faltered with his grades, Hughes was there to help him get back on track.įreshman Sammy Caro didn’t know Hughes well. When Lower Merion student John Mobley wandered the halls of his new school, having just arrived from Roman Catholic High School, Hughes, the principal, showed him around.
Sean Hughes was always there for his students at Lower Merion High School.
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