The Citizen, 1989-06-28, Page 15THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1989. PAGE 15.
Blytb Public Scbool^~ ~~~
Valedictory address
School years compared to a tree by speaker
HEIDI SCRIMGEOUR
Blyth Public
BY HEIDI SCRIMGEOUR
Mr. Black, teachers, students
and guests
When I think of my nine years
in Public School and my years to
come in High School and Univer
sity, I think of a tree.
The roots of a tree are like our
parents. They are what made us
what we are today. They were
there when we said our first
words and when we took our first
steps and when we went to school
for our first day. They were the
ones who held our hand and
stayed with us until we were
ready to be in a room full of
unfamiliar faces. The roots of a
tree are also like teachers. They
are the ones who feed us a lot of
information and get us ready for
the next step in our lives.
As I move up the tree I come to
the trunk and this is where public
school comes in. In public school
we met new friends and we
learned new things such as
adding, subtracting, reading; and
in our earlier yeare we learned to
eat crayons and glue. Looking
back I can remember a few things
that happened in those nine
years.
Graduation ceremonies for Blyth Public School were held June 22 Caldwell; (back row), Conrad Bos, Dawn Gross, Sarah Allan,
at Blyth United Church. The graduates include: (front row, left to Heidi Scrimgeour, Michael McNichol, Kevin Ansley, Craig
right), Nikki Snell, Chrystal Cucksey, Danielle McDougall, Roulston, Jason Elliott, Chris Mason and Principal Bill Black.
Michelle Nesbit, Andrea Henry, Erin Bolger, Karin Lee, Chris
Grade 3 we were introduced to
French and it was also the year
we had to start writing speeches.
As we moved on to Grade 4 we
became seniors and that meant
we went from little people to bie
people.
Things changed during Grade
4. We had a change in recess and
now we were expected to act more
mature which was definitely a
challenege for some of us. In
Grade 5 we had Mrs. Hulley and
this was the year we became
“lambsie daisies”. In Grade 6
Mr. Yeats was our teacher, he
turned out to be a lot of fun
because we could always get him
off topic. Grade 7 soon passed
and before we knew it we were in
Grade 8.1 think this year was the
most fun for us because we got to
go to Ottawa. I still can’t believe
Mr. Black was actually crazy
enough to take us, but I guess he
survived.
As I move up the tree, I come to
the branches which will be high
school because some of us are
going in different directions. Go
ing further up the tree are twigs,
which will be university.
To my fellow classmates I have
a bit of advice to offer. ‘‘Set a goal
for yourself and be sure to
achieve it!” I would like to thank
all my teachers and my class
mates but I would especially like
to thank my parents for they were
always there for me. To end my
speech, I would like all the grade
8’s to turn to their parents and
thank them too.
Good luck everyone.
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