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Valedictorian reminds classmates to wear sunscreen
By Rebecca-Lynn
Lowey
Ladies and
gentlemen of the
graduating class of
2011! Wear
sunscreen.
If I could offer
you only one tip for
the future, sunscreen would be it. –
Mary Schimch
Today I have the honour of being
the valedictorian of our graduating
class and I have to say it is the
opportunity of a lifetime. We only
graduate elementary school once.
How am I supposed to fit 10 years
of memories into a few minutes? I
guess I can start with a saying that a
wise man once said, “Understand
that friends come and go, but for a
precious few, you should hold on.”
Our most dominant memories
were made with the students and
teachers in this room. Most of us
were each other’s first friends and
we’ve stayed together for years.
Don’t you remember our
kindergarten days helping each other
at our first fire drills? Or comforting
each other and staying strong when
we came to the horror that the
gingerbread man had fled?
As children, we thought some
events were scary, but still pulled
each other through until the end.
This is how we bonded our
relationships. Even for the silliest
memories, you should hold onto.
Because even though we are one
step closer to finishing our school
years, we’re going to miss it when
it’s gone and our only memoirs will
be the memories.
Now look around. The friends
sitting next to you are the ones who
have shaped you into who you are
today. Some people have taught us
that you can never have too many
articles of clothing or pairs of shoes
at school, and others have taught us
that ‘Bump’ is definitely the way to
go at recesss.
Now entering high school, some
of us are going our separate ways.
Hopefully, our friendships are strong
enough to stay with us through and
past high school. I hope I have the
pleasure of saying I’m still talking to
most of you, even in college. We are
the kids of ’97. We have been
together throughout all of the years.
Ten amazing years. We came into
Hullett Central Public School as
strangers and we’re leaving as
friends.
The past year has been a blast. We
have had so much fun and we are
lucky that we stayed in the same
classes and stuck together
throughout the years. Of course, we
wouldn’t have had as much fun
without Mr. Coups. He has guided
us through Grade 8 and set us up for
high school. He has grown to be less
of a teacher and more of a friend to
all of us. Even if we weren’t fond of
him at the beginning of Grade 7, we
grew to like him fast and will always
remember the great Grade 8 teacher
who taught us what we know.
The book by Dr. Seuss called Oh,
the places you’ll go ties in perfectly
to this important night.
“Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You’re off to great places!
You’re off and away!
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any
direction you choose.
You’re on your own. And you
know what you know. And you are
the guy who’ll decide where to go.”
Our futures are entirely up to us.
We are heading out into the big
world, where no one will make the
decisions for us, even if we want
someone to. We won’t get anywhere
waiting for someone to give you the
answer. As long as you have your
feet in your shoes, you are directing
where your life will go. Maybe you
don’t even know where you want
your life to go yet, but you’ll figure
it out eventually, so don’t worry. We
still have four years of high school
and past that to figure it out and
don’t worry if it takes longer than
you plan.
To finish up my speech, I just want
to say that I am very proud that I got
to meet all of you. We have
developed great relationships over
the years and have met wonderful
teachers on the way.
Tonight is the closing to an
incredible journey. And it is also the
start of another one. Don’t cry
because it’s over, but cry because it
happened. Congratulations to
everyone. We made it. If we endured
10 years of elementary school, then
without a doubt we can survive the
next four years of high school.
Oh, and before I forget, I just want
to stress the importance of
sunscreen. Trust me.
Hullett Central graduates
Hullett Central Public School celebrated the graduation of its Grade 8 class on June 27. The
graduating class was, back row, from left: John Coups, Stephanie Disher, Valerie Westerhout,
Jeroen van de Wetering, Alexandra Aitken, Nicholas Rozell, Rebecca-Lynn Lowey and Jillian
Boyce. Front row, from left: Connor Rodger, Rebecca Airdrie-Forrest, Jordan deBoer, Leah
Filiatreault, Kenneth Huether and Emily Bergsma. (Photo submitted)