WElcome Speech

Families and friends welcome to Montgomery Village Middle School 8th grade promotional ceremony. Today we embark on a new chapter of our lives as we end our middle school careers. We’ve spent the past three years of our lives in this wonderful place. We were given the opportunity to grow and learn. Our teachers, one of our biggest supporters, the ones we have built relationships with. Our teachers have seen us grow. They have been our guiding hands throughout our middle school career. The teachers in this school deserve the world. They motivate us each and every one of us each day. Most of us were able to mature throughout middle careers. We’ve grown aware of our surroundings. We’re all well aware of what’s to come as we open the next chapter

First off, I want to say thank you to my parents for supporting me. Mom, Dad, thank you for being there with me during difficult times. You support and understand me, this gives me the strength to continue fight through the challenges in life. Without you being here today and by my side, I would have given up. Next, I want to thank the administration. You have all contributed to making this school run smoothly but also have allowed us to have a good time. I, as many others, have enjoyed the monthly walks and fundraising activities, the cultural fashion show and the fun and exciting cultural festival with the live steel bad and African drummers. These are some experiences that some students have never been exposed to. Therefore, thank you for bringing new and exciting initiatives to PS/MS124. Mrs. Babb, you are a very loving and an easy person to talk to. You have made so many positive changes to PS124, one of which is allowing us middle schoolers to have student council. I would also like to thank my teachers, for sharing their knowledge. You have taken the time to explain assignments, make class interesting, challenge us beyond our knowledge, and inspire not just me, but all of us. I want to Mr. Heaton for granting me the position of secretary for National Junior Honor Society last year. This was a great opportunity and that allowed me to play a key role in the National Junior Honor

Thank you all for being here today to celebrate the graduation of the 2015-2016 William Ford Fifth Grade class. A sincere welcome to all the parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters and extended family of the graduating fifth graders, thank you for taking the time to be with us on this very special occasion. Many of the students you see before you have been at William Ford Elementary since first enrolling in the kindergarten, after six short years we now sit before you all much taller, much smarter, and much better at tying our own shoes. Most importantly, however, we have all learned valuable life lessons that we will carry with us on our journey to middle school next fall.

Good evening. I would like to begin by welcoming each and every one of you to this joyous and stressful occasion.

Our classmates and teachers are so warm-hearted and cheerful! Everyone here enjoys the great ambience of growing freely while faces challenges.

Good morning to the best family of (school). Before starting off I would like to say I love (school) as much as I love McDonalds. As I’m sure most of you know that my name is Hansley, from seeing my posters around the school you most likely know that I’m running for your communications officer in this year’s student council. Of course as you can see there is a lot of people who are giving speeches so for everyone’s sake I’ll try to keep this as short as possible.

Mrs. Rooks thanked the Board and her colleagues for the acknowledgement. Ms. Rooks has been a member of the community for 26 years, raising her own children in the District. She spoke about the exemplary teachers in the District and of their support.

Furthermore, I do not regret a single part of this year, and even parts of eighth grade I was dreading, such as the National History Day project, turned out to be wonderful learning experiences that I genuinely enjoyed participating in. Thank you, teachers for continuing to find ways to encourage our further learning. Thank you, fellow classmates for helping me and making me smile. Thank you, Mrs. Arzola, Mrs. Chung, and all of the South Pointe staff for investing in so many new programs. And finally, thank you to the whole South Pointe community for supporting each other as we all continued to grow together and find out what our true passions are. I am both excited and extremely nervous for my journey into high school, and I can only hope to find another school as great as this one, that will continue to shape our lives just as South Pointe has. So, as we exit the grounds today and move onto high school, I can’t help but think that we will all reconvene here when our children will have the privilege of walking in our

My first school board meeting as an administrator was held on February 23rd, 2016 at my school, Pierre Moran Middle School, one of three middle schools within the Elkhart Community Schools system. I wasn’t sure what to expect because we had spent so much time planning for the presentation our building principal, who is in her second year of administration and first year as building principal, was going to present to the board. I was probably more nervous than she was and all I had to do was stand up and be acknowledged as the Academic Dean. Nevertheless, it all went off with a hitch and we received kudos for our students, staff, and building maintenance.

Very Reverend Edward Quinlan, Sister Mary Anne, clergy, members of the Board of Directors, administration, faculty, staff, parents, family members, and friends. Good evening and welcome to the graduation ceremony for Bishop McDevitt High School’s Class of 2017. On behalf of my classmates, I would like to thank you all for the encouragement and guidance you have given us, as we finish these years with pride, integrity, and respect for both ourselves and for each other. Most importantly, thank you to our parents. Without your endless love, hugs, and care, we would not be donning these blue caps and gowns, ready to receive the diplomas that you have helped us earn.

Good morning, Class of 2020. First and foremost, I’d like to congratulate all of you on a successful and memorable middle school career. To what can we attribute our success, and how can we define it? Yes, our clubs, sports teams, and music ensembles achieved phenomenal rankings, and our students perform exceptionally. However, Robert Muller once wrote: “What the world needs most is openness: Open hearts, open doors, open eyes, open minds, open ears, open souls”.

“Welcome, and thank you to all the families and students for being with us here today,” said one of the men affiliated with DSU.

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,

same greeting. All of the teachers were more than happy to be helping a future

Hello, we would like to welcome and thank all of you for being here with us tonight to celebrate our high school graduation . It truly is an honor to be surrounded by so many significant people who have impacted our lives immensely throughout our highschool years. We would like to thank the wonderful people here tonight that we have the privilege to call our parents. Whether you are a mother a father, grandma or grandpa, or an aunt or an uncle; we are here, graduating today because of all of you.