Graduation Speech: Make That Change: East Jordan Middle High School

Personally, I believe education is the key to combating racism. We must education our peers on our cultures. We must explain that “colorblindness” in society is not what’s best. Only by embracing and recognizing each other differences we will be able to break the social bubbles we live in. I’ve gained a stronger sense of racial awareness through this course. I have the ability to challenge and change other people’s ideologies and understand my own. I know because of my social position have scholarships, financial aide and the values of hard work and education instilled in me by my parents and grandparents. I’m also aware that many people are not able to gain that same access. Because of my racial awareness there is so much more I want to find out about the contributing factors that led to my family’s social position in New Orleans. It is through my racial awareness I plan to beat the system.

A documentary we watched in class revealed the truth about how African Americans are falling behind in school and being placed in lower level classes than whites. Some African Americans are reading at a first grade level and are being placed in remedial classes, compared to white students who are striving in AP classes (Renaud). Part of the reason they continue to be educationally unequal is that they many of them lack the motivation to show up at school. Luckily, there are a few African Americans being placed in AP classes that are predominantly white because they are trying to “not end up like their parents,” yet, they continue to segregate themselves socially by all bunching together on one side of the classroom (Renaud). As a nation, we have all this wasted potential since African Americans do not have access to a decent education where they could help our country progress with technology and

Thomas Jefferson High School welcomes a new addition to the English department, Jennifer Stephenson. Stephenson, who student taught with former English teacher and current CCT teacher, Matthew Santambrogio, now teaches Honors Introduction to Literature (Intro to Lit) and Composition and AP Language and Composition. “Ms. Stephenson definitely has a passion about the subject,” commented Santambrogio, “she is really involved and she is really cognizant of what she is teaching.”

Going to the twenty fifth annual rivercrest high school class of twenty nineteen reunion, excited and nerves. I’m excited to catch-up with everyone and see what they have made of themselves. Ready to talk to my old school friends and even see a few of my old teachers.

Good afternoon fellow classmates, beloved family members, wonderful staff of Palm Beach Lakes Community High School, and dedicated Palm Beach County School Board Members!

Mr. Riff, esteemed teachers and staffs, dearest parents and grandparents, guests, fellow graduates, relatives, friends, ladies, and gentlemen, good morning!

On behalf of our sixth grade team members at Oak Grove Middle School, I would sincerely like to thank you for the six beautiful book bags filled with school supplies you so generously donated to our students at Oak Grove Middle.

Good afternoon my fellow classmates thank you for joining me on this journey through life. I thought there would be nothing more appropriate than to share twelve things I’ve learned over the twelve years here at Putnam city. So number 1 was in first grade I learned to always listen to your teacher.

Welcome to Northwood Middle School- a place to successfully prepare all students for their futures! Here, you can be educated in a good working environment, but also partake in exciting activities such as clubs of all types, and exciting pep assemblies. However, this might seem strange but Northwood is also quite similar to a cell!

Thank you so much for taking the time to consider me! I am more than willing to tell you about myself and hope you will let me know if you would like to know any additional information.

As the clock ran down my excitement for half time grew larger. My team and I rose from our seats in the balcony and made our way down the stairs, walking past our fans wishing us the best of luck. Descending to the bottom, I remember thinking of all the times I had wanted to quit cheer in the past two years, after we began lining up on the outside of the basketball court I knew that all of our hard work had paid off by being able to stand next to some of our best friends in our cheer uniforms which proudly represents Lennox High School.

It is extremely hard to choose what you want to do for the rest of your life at only age 17, but Keystone High School tries to make it easier for their students. Keystone High School requires you to have this career research done for you to be able to graduate. There are a lot of steps involved in getting your final essay done. Like gathering information throughout different websites, interviewing a person in that field, and writing a huge essay about what we have decided on our lives. During our phase one of the career research project, we had to look for what we do in our jobs. Phase two we had to go out into the real world and interview or job shadow someone already in that field, so that makes us be able to make a better decision. But

Welcome to the next four years of walking down the same halls, hearing the same bell and seeing the same faces, welcome to Pickens High School. As an upcoming Sophomore, I have seen a year at our town’s only high school and we are certainly blessed from remarkable teachers, bountiful amount of clubs to choose from and staff to assist anyone in need.

Racism in schools is a big problem, especially in America. Daria Hall, K-12 policy director at the Education Trust, says that students of color have less access to high level courses. Black students are categorized as dumb, dropouts. This is not the case at all, this is only a small percentage. Judging a whole race because of something few students do is absurd. This is like saying everyone that is white is a racist just because a few of them are. This is why schools heavy with blacks and latinos have more first year teachers than any other schools. Schools heavy with blacks and latinos also have more teachers that don’t have a teaching certificate. Racism in schools is a big deal and if we don’t talk about it now, it will never be resolved.

Education has always been  an imperative aspect of the American identity. To be educated is to be successful. Despite the emphasis that is placed on education,  there are certain barriers that have stalled the equal distribution of knowledge. One of those major barriers is racism. The United States of America has had institutionalized racism in schools for decades; with more advantages being offered to white students instead of minorities. Thankfully, things have  greatly changed since the days of Jim Crow.  Yes, it is evident that there still remains underlying issues of race in  our country; however, when it comes to America’s education system, the land of the free has succeeded in integrating its schools and giving everyone the