The Citizen, 2002-07-03, Page 15‘ Central Public Sc hi h
ON TO GRADE 9— Back row, from left: Yvonne DeWit, Matt
MeClinchey, Travis Ziegler, Erie Van Veen, Francis Deitner,
Sara Moser, Jeremy Edgar, Dan Cochrane, Aaron Richmond,
Mike Boyer, Sasha Ruttan. Front: David Schlumpf, Rebecca
Reesor, Holly Ann Sharman, Stacey Holmes, Chris Crawford.
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2002. PAGE 15.
Co-valedictorians address fellow Grade 8 grads
By Matt McClinchey
Teachers, parents and fellow
classmates
Here we are on the very last day of
our public school lives.
I first want to say what an honour
it is to be selected co-valedictorian
at Grey Central. A couple of weeks
ago Mrs. McDowell came in to the
classroom asking whoever didn't
want to be voted valedictorian to
raise their hand. I never really
figured I'd get voted so I never put
my hand up. And guess what - here
I am.
Having gone to a few different
public schools in my life I feel that I
am lucky. Lucky to have met so
many different teachers and made so
many new friends in the past years.
Meeting new people has made me
learn a lot about life.
Anyone who knows me knows
that I'm a bit of a sports nut. I think
sports has also contributed to what
I've learned and to the kind of a
person that I am.
Soon, fellow classmates, we will
be heading off to the school in the
sky. And there we will learn many
more new things and meet many
more new people. I'm sure that all of
the things that we have learned here
will be of valuable use to us next
year.
On behalf of all my classmates,
we would like to thank all of our
teachers and our families for all of
their help and support in getting us
here today.
Bye for now.
By Rebecca Reesor
I think that this year for everyone
was a lot different than other years
and it took time to adjust. The
teachers, rooms, activities, and
classmates were different. For as
long as most can remember, the
Grade 8 teacher had been Mr.
Colquhoun ... and his room, the
current Grade 4/5 room, had always
been the Grade 8 room.
This year, we had Mr. Payne as the
Grade 8 teacher and we were back to
the old Grade 6 room. That room,
for most of us, had many memories
of which I'm sure could get Dave
and Chris hysterical. I think Mrs.
Hemingway deserves a bravery
award or two just for having the
courage to face our class everyday!
I haven't been at this school as
ong as most, so I can't really tell
you about each of the years and
different teachers we had. So
instead, I'll tell you about my
classmates and teachers from this
year.
There's Sara Moser-Always with
a smile and dancing, someone you
can count on to cheer you up and be
your friend.
Eric Van Veen - The first one in
every situation to volunteer his help
and services.
David Schlumpf - You can count
on him to make the day a lively one,
with 'his outbursts and his
"occasional" getting into trouble.
Sasha Ruttan - If you need
something, she'll lend it to you and
is also likely to let her true opinion
about something slip out of her
mouth, but tries to be nice about it.
Francis Deitner - He is a guy
who's very agreeable with Mr.
Payne and would answer every
question if he could.
Aaron Richmond - I haven't know
him for long, but he always has an
opinion that is rather sophisticated
and has a vast knowledge of many
things the rest of us do not.
Mike Boyer - The fastest math
thinker I've met, always giving me a
reason to try harder in math.
Holly Ann Sharman - I don't
know Holly that well, but she's an
amazing artist and singer as well,
but is shy of mikes for some reason.
But if she really wants to be a rock
star then she'll have to overcome
that.
Stacey Holmes - She has the
nicest personality and the most
uplifting, encouraging comments
like, "No, you're not cool." But if
someone is being mean to one of her
friends, she'll stick up for her friend
and not leave them hanging out to
dry.
Danny Cochrane - He has an
interesting' personality with an odd
sense of humour and a more than
occasionally annoying nature, like
when he goes around the yard
singing "shake, shake, shake, shake,
shake, shake". His favourite person
to annoy is Yvonne, but when he's
not pestering us girls, he's a pretty
good guy.
Yvonne De Wit - There are many
things I could say about Yvonne; her
never-ending spat with Danny, her
emotional and almost volcanic
eruptions. But she's really smart and
nice too.
Travis Ziegler - He's pretty quiet,
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