The Citizen, 2001-07-04, Page 12THE GRADUATES — From left: Greg Brandon, Danny Cullen, Kyle McNeil, John Weller, Amanda Bearss, Tassi Edwards,
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PAGE 12. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 2001.
i Myth Public School
Valedictorian tells classmates to follow dreams
By Amanda Bearss
Teachers, par-
ents, ladies and
gentlemen, and
fellow graduates.
Ever since the
beginning we
have been a small
class. On that first
frightening day of
kindergarten new
friendships were
formed and memories started that
will last a lifetime. Mrs. Buftinga
was always there to teach us our
alphabet, the days of the week and to
tie our shoes.
After that first easy-going year
Grade I was one step further to learn-
ing new skills. Our teacher that year
was Mrs. Battye. There we shared
frustrating times While we first start-
ed learning how to read. Mrs. Battye
also taught us addition and subtrac-
tion which we would be needing in
our everyday lives.
In Grade 2 Mrs. A-G was always
there to cheer us, encourage us and
help us to further develop our litera-
ture and mathematical skills.
Miss Jewitt taught us multiplica-
tidn and division in Grade 3. We also
started learning about our country
and the human body in science. Miss
Jewitt even expanded our knowledge
by teaching us about the Japanese
culture. Some of us will never forget
the new experience we shared when
we first tasted seafood.
Many of us enjoyed the games
Mrs. Lobb did in Grade 4 whether it
be a word of the week, a memory
game or fun -songs.Everyone had fun
in Grade 5 with Mrs. Speed and Mrs.
Cronin. With Mrs. Speed we were
awarded with pat time for. good
behaviour and built interesting struc-
tures in science. Mrs. Cronin made
school fun with her piano playing
and fun songs during music.
It wasn't until our senior years at
Blyth Public School that things
became more of a challenge and we
learned new techniques and skills. In
Grade 6 Mrs. Gross gave us determi-
nation to do our best with her many
assignments, tests and work. While
some of us had Mrs. Gross a second
year others of us had Mrs. Hulley in
Grade 7. We will never forget the
sound of her voice booming down
the hall. I know many of you dislike
French and wonder why we have to
learn it so I thank Mrs. Drennan for
putting up with us and giving us help
with those complicated verbs.
Thanks also goes out to Mr. Moir
for teaching us self-confidence and
self-esteem during gym and health
class and also to Mrs-. Laurie,
our principal, and Mrs. Watt our sec-
retary.
The biggest impact on our lives at
Blyth Public School is probably
Grade 8. Ms LoStracco has prepared
us for high school and helped us to
reach our goals. She also helped us in
band while we were struggling to
learn how to play our instrument.
Special thanks goes out to her for
making our last year an enjoyable
one.
Through the years our class has
matured, learned to get along with
each other and helped one another.[
will never forget Danny's confi-
dence, how Nick is always tripping
over things, Tassi and Tasha's con-
stant chatting through class, Greg's
ability to make everyone laugh,
Kyle's neatness, Allison's awesome
homeruns, Mitch's arguments,
Jimmy's hard work on Peacemakers'
or the way John towers over every-
one.
Through cheers of happiness, tears
of sadness and those embarrassing
moments that we hope everyone will
forget we have made it.
Congratulations everyone. The
advice I will leave you is follow your
dreams and be the best you can
be.
"I am
every
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