The Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-07-01, Page 32It was a year to break traditions for Grade 8
students at St. Joseph's School Kingsbridge
BY PATRICIA STAPLETON
ST. JOSEPH'S SCHOOL KINGSBRIDGE
Parents, teachers, Mr. Murphy, Father
FranX, Father Ed, Brother Carl and fellow
graduates.
I am honoured to be chosen, as class
valedictorian. As our. senior year comes to
an end we can think back on it with both
pleasant and unpleasant thoughts. This
year will always come forward in my mind
because it was very special. '`It was the
year to break traditions" and so we did.
We seemed to break all the traditions
especially in sports. Our basketball teams
- and volleyball teams and even two -pitch
with two funny looking boys on the senior
boys" team were successful this year.
Another of our long held traditions is one
day field trips. We with the aid of the
Grade 7's broke tradition this year. Who
would think that our parents would let us '
out of their clutches for three days to Ot-
tawa, Ontario.
This year was only one of the nine finest -
years at St. Joseph's. Think how hard it
was for the teachers. They took six spoiled
little brats in kindergarten with some addi-
tions and some subtractions throughout
the-. years and molded us intothe fine
young adults you see today. I'm sure all
their hard work will remain with us
through the years of education and, the
following years of our lives. We all are
blessed to have such an individual school-
ing. With the population of St. Joseph's so
small, there are many advantages. At our
school we seem to have obtained an in-
dividualized touch on our elementary
education, We all knew each other here
and I know it will be quite a change for my
fellow classmates and I to be in a larger
school with more than four times as many
people than our school population now. I
am sure that everyone will miss that
friendly feeling. We will all miss these
things but there are also things we won't
miss too.
Speaking for myself, I am getting sick of
singing "0 Canada" in the morning and
the only other voice that can be heard is
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Mr. Antonio's. No offence Mr. Antonio but
you haven't heard your voice at nine
o'clock in the morning. Another small
thing I won't miss is bending over to get a
drink of water from the fountain. The
water fountains in our school are about two
feet tall and you have to crouch over to get
a drink and your usually bump your head
when you stand up.
Other than those few things the school is
just right. I know, that the graduates and I
will miss our school but we must move on
to bigger 'and better things. I know I will
never forget this school, these teachers
and my fellow classmates for the rest of
my life.
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I would like to thank them all for making
the past nine years very special ones. The
teachers who have taught us the essen-
tials, thank -you for all your time, work and
patience. Also to Father Ed and Father
Frank, Brother Carl who have given us
their spiritual guidance, a special thank -
you goes out to you. May you pray for us,
that we never lose our faith. I am sure we
all have long lists of people to thank but
each one would take half an hour to say
each one. Just speaking for myself, I
would like to thank my Grandma who has
been there through the nine years but
especially these past four months. She is
very reliable to get jobs done and I am pro-
ud to say she is my Grandma. Also, my
mom and dad. My mom has worked really
hard to ensure'I am properly trained. She
is a strong person who will never stop
working. My 'dad is also a worker. He is
fighting his way back to health whicil to
most of jlou might be easy but he is work-
ing with all his strength.
As I end off my speech, I would just like
to 'say to the graduates "please never
forget who you are and what your rights
are. Never forget the people who care
about you."
Thank -you again for this honour and as
the saying goes "Little and great things
come in small packages."
Thank -you.
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