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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2012-07-05, Page 19Congratulations Graduates Yesterday’s Traditions Tomorrow’s Future www.northhuron.ca Graduation 2012 David Werkema Ph.: 519-526-7634 Fax: 519-526-7310 NORTH HURON CARPENTRY SERVICES 38728 Moncrieff Rd., RR #3 Blyth, ON • Additions • Renovations • Decks • New & Replacement Windows • General Repair • New Homes • We also do 5" Seamless Trough (Metal & Aluminum) Call us for all your renovation needs! Congrats Grads! Congratulations Graduates JIM McDONALD Wishing all the graduates the very best on this very special milestone. To A Great BEGINNING FEED STORES DUNGANNON 519-529-7951 1-800-665-5675 WALTON 519-887-6023 COUNTRY STORE WALTON 519-887-8429 519-887-6273 Fax 519-887-6150 Brussels Agromart Ltd. Congratulations to all the Graduates THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2012. PAGE 19. Way to go Graduates! 413 Queen St., Blyth 519-523-4792 Bueller channelled at Brussels PS graduation Stennett says students should remember good times finger out. Watching him drive away in the box of a truck with a desk attached to his finger had to be one of the funniest things I have ever seen. We have also been able to keep some secrets from unsuspecting teachers... like Mrs. Culbert. When you get back to school tomorrow you might want to look on top of the coat closet at the back of the class. We are a unique group of people because we will always share some of the same memories of our years in elementary school. Things such as one of us pretending to be a foreign exchange student say from, I don’t know, Switzerland, every time a new supply teacher comes in, playing around the world with Mrs. Walker every morning, making a human Christmas tree at the end of our Christmas concert, and playing red butt and skipping at recess. Celebrating our Grade 8 EWPS graduation this year is especially significant because we are the last class to ever graduate from East Wawanosh Public School due to its closing in a few days. While we are leaving EWPS because our time here is done, there are other students who will be going through a similar transition in the fall. Everyone has to deal with change and for us, this is just the beginning. We don’t know what is in store for us beyond attending secondary school, except for Henri, who is going to be a dairy farmer, as he has told us every day for the past 10 years, but our time spent at East Wawanosh will no doubt prepare us for the endless possibilities that await us in the future. We may not all be destined to walk the red carpet, but when we look back on our time at EWPS we will remember the good times we’ve shared, the great friends we’ve made, and the experiences that have shaped us from the toothless Grade 1 cuties we were in the pictures over there, to the young adults we are today. We also need to thank our families for their love and support, our principal and all of the teachers, staff and volunteers for getting us this far. I’ll close with a quote from Dr Seuss’s book, Oh the Places You’ll Go. “You have brains in your head, You have feet in your shoes, You can steer yourself any direction you choose. With your head full of brains, And your shoes full of feet, You're too smart to go down a not- so-good-street. Out there things can happen, and frequently do, to people as brainy and footsy as you. And when things start to happen, don’t worry, don’t stew, Just go right along, you’ll start happening too!” Continued from page 13 that the senior students will never understand that putting your electronic devices away doesn’t mean hide it underneath your desk and act as innocent as a kindergarten student. Or the fact that every student is on a first-name basis with Mr. Clayt, the school custodian. It is all of these combined – and much, much more. While there are too many memories to describe tonight, some of the more memorable that stick out in my mind are: There is the ‘I vant to vash your vindows’ book Mrs. McGavin read numerous times to us. Or the moment in the Grade 2, when at lunch break one of our distinguished graduates was very aggravated he couldn’t unzip his lunch pail. After minutes of tugging, his lunch pail finally opened – along with a yogurt tube that shot straight up to the ceiling and through the air to splatter the lucky few students in the table group. To the fabulous people and amazing experience of Camp Celtic and the rush most of us felt jumping into the freezing waters of Georgian Bay. This upcoming September, we won’t be coming together for the first day of school as we have done year after year after year. We have each chosen a path and things will never be the same again. We have made bonds between friends that will never be broken. We have made memories that will last forever. At this time, I, and the other graduates would like to thank the people we hold dearest in our lives, (hand to chest): our loving families, our friends, and all the extraordinary staff of BPS past and present from our kindergarten teacher Mrs. Hall, to our lovely secretary Mrs. Dolmage, past principals and all of the others involved in making our elementary experience so unforgettable. But we’d like to take a moment to shine the light on one very special teacher, our final teacher at Brussels Public School. Mr. Westra, I have to admit all my years at Brussels I was intimidated by you and your classroom ... more of the fact that you yelled so loud the kindergartners could hear you – in their classroom! And for those of you who didn’t know, that classroom is on the opposite side of the school! But I know myself and all of the other graduates are thinking the same thing: while at the time the door slamming was not funny, we all know now he giggles like a schoolgirl when he sees the students’ reaction to this. What I’ve learned throughout this year is that he is not only an extraordinary teacher, he is also an extraordinary person. He always has some kind of knowledge to pass on, or joke to tell. He never fails to put a smile on any of our faces, and the graduates could not have asked for a better teacher and friend to end our experience at Brussels PS with. We’ll all miss these things about Brussels PS, but we will never forget them. And as we end this chapter in our life, we begin another: high school. So, our last night as public school students – enjoy yourself and take it all in! I’d like to end with a few words of wisdom to live by, because, as Ferris Bueller once said, “Life moves pretty fast, if you don’t stop to look around every once in awhile you could miss it.” So, remember success is not a destination, but a continuous journey. While we should strive for the future, don’t forget the present, and live everyday to the fullest. Smile and laugh everyday. Finally, if you don't learn to chill out you will burn out. Congratulations class of 2012, we made it. East Wawanosh Public School held its final graduation ceremony on the evening of June 25 and handed out its Grade 8 awards for the year. Several students were honoured with awards. The winners were: the Mathematics Award, Wes Klages; the History Award, Amelia Pletch; the Geography Award, Emily Stennett; the Science Award, Wes Klages and the English Award, Wes Klages (all five donated by the Belgrave Co-op); the French Award, Emily Stennett; the Music Award, Emily Stennett; top female athlete, Emily Stennett; top male athlete, Trent Michie and the Academic Proficiency Award, Emily Stennett (all five donated by the Belgrave Kinsmen); the Citizenship Award, Amelia Pletch; the Art Award, Garet Smuck; the valedictorian, Emily Stennett and the General Proficiency Award, Cheyenne Schiestel (all four donated by the Belgrave Charity Club); most improved – North Huron, Amelia Pletch; most improved – Morris-Turnberry, Cheyenne Schiestel and the Spirit of East Wawanosh Award – in memory of Mark McCracken, Curtis Weber. EWPS students honoured with final graduation awards