The Citizen, 2003-07-02, Page 14PAGE 14. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2003.
Graduation marks the end of one chapter in life
By Staci Dunbar
On behalf of the graduating class
of 2003 I would like to
welcome parents,
teachers, guests,
and of course,
tonight’s gradu
ates.
Thank you for
being here on
this day of cele
bration to share
our graduation
with us. Today is
undoubtedly one of
the most significant
days of our young lives, and it’s nice
to know that so many people are
here to share it with us.
Today marks the end of one chap
ter in our lives and the start of anoth
er. Ov$r the years there have been so
many memories that it’s nearly
impossible to recap them all.
Memories both good and bad but
memories, nonetheless.
To name only a few, girls, do you
remember our basketball champi
onship and how excited we were
when we won? Let’s give a big
thank you to Ms Gardiner for being
such a great coach.
I remember about a month ago, on
our class trip to Ottawa during the
dance cruise, I saw friends having
fun, talking and dancing. I thought
to myself, this is definitely some
thing I want to remember. So I took
a moment to look around and store
the memories. People frantically
taking pictures before their shot was
gone, Evan beating every school on
the boat at arm wrestling and Mrs.
Blackmore and some parents getting
up and dancing with us. Thank you
Mrs. Blackmore for being so
involved with your students.
It seems like only yesterday that
we began this journey. Kindergarten
for most of us was our first time
meeting. We were also so excited to
meet new friends and see new faces.
Kindergarten is where we learned
the essentials - qualities so impor
tant in our lives no matter what our
age. It was a year filled with many
‘first’ experiences. Our first time
away from our parents, our first best
friends, our first boyfriends, our first
bus ride.
And through the years we made
such a great leap. From playing in
the sandbox and learning to read, to
understanding a new language as
well as our country’s history and
how the human body works.
Through everything we’ve learned,
there has always been one common
goal - one main accomplishment -
to prepare ourselves for where we
are today.
And we certainly could not have
gotten here today without the sup
port and encouragement for our
teachers and parents, who have
touched all of our lives in one way
or another over the past nine years.
From all of the graduates, thank you.
The graduates - Graduates of East Wawanosh’s Grade 8 class of 2003 are, back row, from left: Lianne Pollard,
Ruth Latham, Jake VanBeek-Coultes, David Gamiss, Wade Bell, Evan Lautenslager, Trevor McArter. Front:
Justin Wesselink, Avary Erazo, Emily Moore, Margaret Vincent, Montina Hussey, Staci Dunbar, Janisa
Cloakey, Brandon Kellington. (Janice Becker photo)
Graduating from elementary
school marks a huge step in our
lives. It is the first step from being a
young teenager to becoming a
mature, or somewhat mature, adult!
As soon as we leave this school, the
only thing constant in our lives will
be changed. The most important
thing to remember through all of the
changes is to hold onto your memo
ries. People will change, everything
will seem different, but memories
will last a lifetime.
In closing I’d personally like to
congratulate my fellow graduates
and friends on working so hard to
get to where you are today, and to
wish you luck in the exciting years
to come. I would like to leave you
now with a poem that I found very
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