Summary Of Emily's Sautatorian Speech

Lastly, I would now like to take this time to thank my family for their endless support and love. Mom, thank you for your encouraging words, your advice, and for always believing in me even at times when I gave up on myself. Just as you have stood by me and helped me accomplish so many goals, I hope to be able to fulfill many of your dreams. To my little sister, thank you for keeping the child inside of me alive, for always finding a way to put a smile on my face, and for your honesty. Last but not least, I am proud to share this moment with my father, thank you for your support, guidance, and for the lifelong values and morals you have instilled in me, a person whose wisdom and spirituality I deeply admire. I am extremely grateful and thankful to be the first child in my family that my parents will witness graduate from secondary school. To my family, I may not say it enough, but I love you all more than words can express and without your presence in my life, I don’t know where or who I would be. Maya Angelou said, “But nobody, no nobody can make it out here alone” and I think my fellow graduates will agree with me when I say that this moment would not have been possible for each

I would also like to express gratitude for the teachers, leaders, and faculty as well. They have all been so caring and generous with their time and so I thank you for taking the time to read this,

We are eternally grateful for your dedication to your craft and to your students and are excited to see what amazing accomplishments come as a result of this distinction. Heritage High School is lucky to have accomplished educators such as yourself guiding its students. Because of teachers like you, our public education system continues to be this community’s greatest asset.

Even though I came to East Prairie only in third grade, I feel like I have been here since preschool. Since I have been to other schools other than East Prairie I have realized that East prairie showed, helped, and fixed my flaws. I could not ask for better help. Life honestly hits me with so many new surprises every day. I just remember being in Mrs. Bart’s third grade class and having a Arjeta tease me, and now she is my best friend. I hope that throughout my future I will keep on hitting these exciting turns. As an honest person I can say that I am a very hyper student so I want to thank all my teachers for having to put up with me and my bipolar moods. Teachers have shown me things that I didn't even know I was capable to do or achieve. My strength as a student has grown dramatically throughout these years so I thank all my teachers.

There is no way we could have accomplished this great feat alone. A great part of our success was given to us by our teachers. They taught us new information. They taught us to respect people and things that we would never have respected otherwise. Our thank you's and appreciation should be given to those teachers who understood us and helped us defeat our obstacles when we had to face them. We owe our success to teachers for helping us through the end of this difficult journey. Thank you to all of our teachers.

We have experienced pain, happiness, tragedy and success, but it has always been together. At the end of you life you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more football game, or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spend with a friend, a parent, a loved one. With that in mind, I'd like to thank everyone who's had an effect on my life. My family, for their support. My friends, for their understanding. And, especially today, my teachers, for their inspiration.

First and foremost, we would all like to thank the Man with the Big guns from above named God. We thank you the most for without you we would never be able to do the things we love in life. We would never be able to see and feel the great wonders of the world that you have made for us especially the friendship and love that you never fail to provide us. Thank you for that. To our teacher we thank you for giving us a chance to show you what we can do. For always teaching us the right things to improve in ourselves not only in our writing of essays in class but also in our own separate lives. You have helped us in so many ways but the most would be

Henry Adams once wrote "A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops." This is so true, every teacher here has taught us much more than the textbook curriculum. Every teacher here tonight has given us students something we will use or remember for the rest of our lives. I really don't think people understand or appreciate the time and effort our teachers have put into us. So tonight I'm not going to give everyone advice on the future, I'm not going to tell you how life is a journey we've just begun, and I'm not going to brag about how great the class of 2006 is. Since we have eight outstanding Valedictorians this year, I'm sure all of those bases are already covered. So instead, I'm going to take a few minutes

I want to thank my family for giving me the opportunity to receive a private education and for encouraging me to always do my best. Thank you to my friends and their parents who have loved me and believed in me. Most of all, I want to say thanks to God for giving me the gifts He has and for loving me unconditionally; for without Him, I am nothing.

Firstly, I would like to begin by highlighting a few of our accomplishments as a class academically, in the community and in athletics. To this date we have raised over five million dollars in scholarships, with nine athletic signings, and a host of students going to college with academic scholarships. As a class, we have been devoted to extending service to our communities, whether it be through donating blood at the blood drive, sacrificing Thursday night’s at the closet, or simply volunteering to help out the teachers here at Monroe High School. Monroe High School has always been commended

I speak for every student in this room when I say that we are deeply grateful to everyone who has guided us through our childhood, helped us through each stage of our lives up to this point of departure, for we are all thankful beyond what words can express to each and every individual who has given up some of their life story to help us write our own. I know that I will miss all of you, and that farther down the road in life I will be able to look back upon my years of elementary school fondly and reflect upon my cherished memories and bonds. As a line from the movie Catching Fire so wisely quoted: “Our lives are not measured by the number of years we live, but by the number of lives we touch.” Every person in this room has done that, sparked a touch of magic into each of our lives, brightened our souls with one more ounce of shared strength. And now it’s finally time to use that strength, to suck up every drop of power we have and channel it, along with all our effort, into building and sculpting our futures out of the soft clay of our pasts.

Let's take a moment to think back to the people and times that shaped us the last four years. Every teacher deserves a "thank you" for helping us to reach our goal of graduation. The love and support of our families has been greatly appreciated. But truly, the main ingredient of our high school experience has been our peers. We all faced hardships, but we were able

Before I move on with my speech, there are a few people that I would like to acknowledge. First, the staff members who poured their constant hours, dedication, and passion into making sure that we all ended up here today. Your persistence in our education made sure that whether on the couch or the classroom, that we all became better people over the last four years. Next, I would like to thank my parents. Your continued emotional and financial support over these last eighteen years have been astonishing, and I know that I would not be where I am today without your love, compassion, and motivation. Finally, I would like to thank all of you: the Class of 2017. You all have made sure that we aren’t deepening the divisions of the past, but rather building a stronger future; one where we aren’t judged by what we look like, what we believe in or who we say ‘I love you’ to, but rather by how we interact and treat those around us. For all of that, I say thank you.

Thank you Kenzie. I’d just like to start out by acknowledging some of the people who made this happen for me. First of all, I’d like to thank my parents, who have supported me in all I’ve done. Thanks to all friends, family, teachers, and mentors who have helped me get to this point in life. Lastly, I want to thank my fellow classmates for all of the great memories made throughout these last thirteen years.

Your graduation theme is “Building Excellence, Leading the Way”. In this regard, institutional responses to pursuit of quality and accessible education had been diverse and I commend the school for doing its share.