Graduation Speech

Dear administrators, teachers, parents, beloved friends, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 8th grade graduation. It’s a pleasure to be standing in front of you today on this beautiful day to express the happiness we all feel.

I exemplify the quality of scholarship by how I act at school. I take school seriously and enjoy it at the same time. This means that I work my hardest on every assignment, and I always put forth my

I have the distinct pleasure of welcoming all of you into the National Honor Society, a group built off of high standards of achievement, not only in the area of academics but also in character and leadership. I congratulate each of you and your parents.

My definition of scholarship is having a desire to learn and be committed to academics, not only to get good grades,

From the start of high school, I have driven myself to be successful. Not only to make my parents proud and get recognition from colleges, but also as goal for myself. During freshman year I was awarded the Golden Hark Award for demonstrating positive leadership skills. Additionally, I have gotten the highest honor roll every semester of high school, and currently have a 4.021 cumulative GPA. Throughout my high school years

A scholarship is defined as an amount of money that is given by a school, an organization, etc., to a student to help pay for the student's education. The cost to go to college is rising every year and it’s

Scholarship is the dedication and commitment to education and learning. I believe that as a child growing up, education is the most extensive thing part of anyone’s life. Not only is it about doing well in your classes and making acceptable and superb grades, but learning about the history of how our nation has changed throughout the years and why certain things are the way it is today in our society. Education helps one achieve their goals in which they have dreamed of. With school, I have always been dedicated to maintaining a 6.5 GPA not only for colleges, but because my mother’s past of not being able to live the life she wanted to because of school gives me a high sense of motivation to achieve and do better in school for a better future. I consider myself a great scholar because I strive for excellence every day and to do my absolute best with tests and papers that are assigned. Yet, each year I have fulfilled my academics with rigorous classes that I can handle to, help me reach the true potential of a student I am but as well as preparing myself once I graduate. As into maintaining the grades, I have put a lot of time and effort into school such as

To begin, there are numerous scholastic achievements that have made me and my family proud. One of the most important scholastic achievement has been my acceptance to CSUSM. As a first generation college student, my acceptance and determination to pursue a higher education has become by far the most extraordinary scholastic achievement. Since my acceptance to CSUSM two years ago, I have been admitted to the Dean’s List three semesters. In high school, I received two years of presidential excellence for maintaining a 3.5 GPA and higher. As well, I was part of the National Honor Society in high school which has carried on to

What is a scholarship? A scholarship is an award of financial aid for a student to further their education. Scholarships are awarded on various criteria, which usually reflect the values and purposes of the donor or founder of the award. Scholarship money is not required to be reimbursed. (Wikipedia.com)

Throughout my high school career, I chose to challenge myself in the classroom. Rather than taking the basic route to earning a high school diploma, I chose to seek an even high honor of obtaining the honor's diploma. Throughout my years, I was told by various people that the honor's diploma was unnecessary, colleges won't care about it, and that it's just for bragging rights. Although some of these statements may be true, I didn't let the negativity get in the way of my goal. I was set on working towards and honor's diploma and no one was going to stop me.

University but paying for it would be very difficult. I should receive the Legacy of Service Foundation Scholarship, because having a very hectic family, like mine, makes me see the necessity of financial support so I can proceed in my academic path.

The reason I am deserving of this scholarship is that, I am persistent and have the ability to put in all the hard work it will take and follow it through to achieve my goals and dreams. I believe in myself that I can achieve my goals and dreams, and I believe that this scholarship will give me that foundation I need to build a better self and enable me to become a person who will make a difference in this world.

I also received a couple of honor certificates in different subjects and this made me think to myself, “maybe I’m not so bad after all” It was such a big deal to me, because some of my friends and teachers had told me that they didn’t really see any potential in me, and always compared me to my siblings. I proved them all wrong, and also made myself proud.

Throughout my high school career I have been able to accomplish several of my personal goals. One of the goals that I accomplished was being on the honor roll every nine weeks throughout my four years of high school. With maintaining a spot on the honor roll, it has earned me a grade point average of a 3.214 out of a 4.0 scale. Another goal that I accomplished for myself was, being able to participate in school actives such as the varsity scholastic bowl team and the Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America. This was an accomplishment for me because while I was participating in these organizations, I was also able to give back to my community and the people in it. The last accomplishment that I have achieved throughout my high school career, was being able to gain acceptance into the college of my dreams, that I will be attending in the fall of 2016.

Opportunities are seen as bland since they now just come and go. As people, one often is always waiting for the right moment to make those opportunities theirs and do not realize that while they wait, the opportunities go to someone who will not hesitate to take them. There is always that mentality that there will be other chances and that some will even be better, but one is always going to be haunted with the thought of what could have been of them if they only stopped waiting and got a hold of the opportunities. That conflict between a person and themselves will always linger just because they were too slow and let the chance that would determine their future just slip out of their fingertips. Some even say that if they didn’t get a hold of that life changing chance then it means it wasn’t theirs to begin with or that it would just bring sorrow to them. People repeat these words to themselves, but there is always going to be that question, what if? Thinking about the constant struggle one faces for not standing up to their opportunities, I have realized, I don’ want to be that person that stays up all night thinking where I would be if I had only taken the risk. The path is never going to be easy, but the reward would be mesmerizing. Being in Honors English 1 has been an opportunity that not even my hard work can redeem my debt. I belong here because I will never let my own actions take this chance away from me, I will battle against everything and everyone to make this