Principal Brown, members of the School Board, teachers, parents, friends, and fellow graduates, it is an honor to speak to all of you y ou today. A little over 12 years ago I was 6 and I remember my first day of school. I was excited with my new Power Rangers lunchbox. My parents were there with their camera snapping pictures and wishing me well. And I met a really cool kid named James. In some ways not much has changed c hanged in 12 years. Here I am today. OK, so I didn’t bring my my Power Rangers lunchbox but, my parents are here with their camera, snapping pictures and wishing me well. My best friend James is here and he’s still a really cool kid. And, I am excited. But this is how things are different. 12 years ago I was excited but I had no idea about the implications of the journey I was about to begin. I had no idea that after 1st grade there would be 2nd grade and 3rd grade and so on. I was just excited to be in first grade. Today, I know that I am standing on the brink of a future f uture that it is the rest of my life. As a “computer geek” I am inspired by the words of one of our greatest American computer scientists, Alan Kay. He said, “The greatest way to predict the future is to invent it.” Some of us here today, including our parents, are wondering how our lives are ar e going to turn out. It is OK to wonder but, I also think it is i s important to realize that our future is not just something that happens to us. It is up to us to create. So, fellow graduates, I urge you today to embrace the opportunity before you. Take what you have learned the last 12 years and put it to good use. Leave behind what isn’t helpful (I’m leaving my Power Rangers lunchbox) and bring forward with you the lessons that will be the working parts of your greatest invention ever, YOUR LIFE! Congratulations!
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You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who'll decide where to go. “
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Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail
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I hope your dreams take you... to the corners of your smiles, to the highest of your hopes, to the windows of your opportunities, and to the most special places your heart has ever known. “
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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
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HIGH SCHOOL VALEDICTORIAN SPEECH Good Evening Honored Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen and the Graduating Class of ________.
Confucius said, "Wherever you go, go with all your heart"! The Graduating Class of _______ at [insert name of high school] has certainly displayed a lot of heart and dare I say, even more "GO". We have gone from strength to strength during our high school years and personified the ideal and
vision of going for our personal best...albeit, some more diligently than others perhaps? This gift, this ability to grow and go from strength to strength was patiently fostered and consciously inculcated by a significant number of people - people that we need to pay tribute to and thank. Our thanks and appreciation must go to the Principal, the Staff, our Parents and the greater School Community. You never hesitated, you never gave up hope on any of us, you realized that every journey begins with a single step. And so the foundation of our elementary school education continued - day by day extending further. Sometimes you encouraged us to run and sometimes you needed to hold in the reins - yet all the while you encouraged us relentlessly forward culminating in tonight - our graduation ceremony. We are grateful and privileged to have had your valuable input in our lives - the true value thereof we may only fully comprehend in the years still to come. Perhaps it is time to go on a brief trip down memory lane? What would a high school valedictorian speech be without it? The following was written in response to a science question: "You can listen to thunder after lightning and tell how close you came to getting hit. If you don't hear it...you got hit - so never mind!" Perhaps not the most scientifically accurate answer, but there is a certain undeniable logic and creative flair to it. We certainly have had some memorable moments. Who can forget.....[insert a couple of memorable anecdotes that the majority of the graduates will recall or relate to - as always the reminder to laugh with people and not at people] Creative flair, quirky behavior and poetic license aside, [insert name of high school] is incredibly proud of so many achievers - achievers across sporting, academic and cultural spheres. We are proud to call so many go-getters our very own! [highlight some successes- individual or groups - and offer words of congratulations] And where do we go from here? Very often, young kids with their simplistic view of life tend to say it best! The following insight was overheard in an elementary class: "I'm not sure how clouds get formed - but the clouds know how to do it - and that's the important thing!"
I'm not sure how we will get to where we need to be, how we will achieve our dreams - but I do know that we know how to do it...and that's the important thing. We will be going out into the world, each of us on different paths, following different dreams. May you have every success, may you work hard and play straight, may you hold your head high, may our paths still cross from time to time and may you go with all your heart! High School Graduation Speeches - Student
Purpose of this high school graduation speeches is thanks and to recognise the Special People in Our Lives. A formal opening for high school graduation speeches is easiest. You may be able to carry off an informal high school graduation speeches opening. Principal Strain Civic Dignitaries, Holmes, Nelson and Farr First off, congratulations to the Class of 2011. We are graduating today and I feel very proud to be part of The Given High team. We are undeniably from a less privileged area than many others. In fact Social Economic studies tell us that we are in the bottom 20%. I know there are some challenges in our school funding and we have to make do without some materials.I know we all face some issues in our neighbourhood with safety. However, I know more than anything we are proud to be from Givens and are very proud to be graduating from our High School. There are lessons for everyone in how Givens has brought us up, treated us, educated us and given us respect for ourselves, and each other. For example, I expected to attend math class, perhaps not everyday, and just put my time in till I could leave. Was I wrong! There I ran into the most polite little lady, Mrs Carr. I thought she would be soft and not keep discipline. Was I wrong!
If ever there is a teacher who showed leadership, grit, determination, all done in a polite way, it is Mrs Carr. She has pulled every imaginable trick to get us at first interested in Math, then good at it and now excellent graduates. Why would she care -- well she just does. We were all inspired by how our forefathers were great mathematicians.She proved we had a gift.She showed we could pass tests.When we were going off track she came to our homes and taught us what we had missed. All on a teachers pay - staggering! From Mrs Carr I have learned :There is good in all of us. Believe you can do most anything. Persist and you will break through the mental barriers that you yourself erect. Those barriers stop you learning. Once you achieve build on that success time and again. Success is an adrenaline fuelled ride to the top! If you had to ask me what I would aspire to when I left High School before Mrs Carr I would have said I don’t think it will amount to much. Now like many graduates I have the belief, skills, persistence, and desire to go for further education. I will be learning to be a Math professor, that is my dream! For me education has been my salvation. In the future I hope to give others the opportunity to do the same. Thank You Mrs Carr. Also big thanks to our Principal and the fearless fund raising team. Thank you to all the teaching staff. Thank you to everyone here for your support on our journey together. I will always be a child of our neighbourhood, so please keep in touch!
For the future I would say get out there, keep learning and believe you can achieve. Your journey has just begun. I leave you with a quote By Ruth Westheimers : My favorite animal is the turtle. The reason is that in order for the turtle to move, it has to stick its neck out. There are going to be times in your life when you’re going to have to stick your neck out. There will be challenges and instead of hiding in a shell, you have to go out and meet them! Best of Luck The next of the free high school graduation speeches focuses on coping with change. High school graduation speeches on change can be simple to do. High School Graduation Speeches - Student
Purpose of the high school graduation speeches is to recognise the High School's Brilliant Ability To Help Students Cope With Change. A formal opening for high school graduation speeches is easiest. You may be able to carry off an informal opening. Principal Morton, Vice Chancellors Hendry and Frattini. Honored guests Mrs Campbell and Mr Flair. Congratulations Class of 2011. I am truly honoured to be here before you on graduation day. As I prepared some high school graduation speeches I truly started to know what it means to graduate and also to be at Roxburgh High. Some years ago my mom came home and announced that I had won a scholarship to this amazing high school. I cannot say that filled me with joy! My first thoughts were, what about my friends, what about the neighborhood, was I leaving my local school, how would I get to Roxburgh in the morning? There was so much to take in that I could not really see how this would help me. My opportunity to adjust came 4 days later when I changed school. I hated it!!
My resentment for my parents knew no bounds. My dislike of the school and my new classmates was in equal amount. THIS WAS A DISASTER!!! I skipped school a number of days and spent it complaining to my old friends. I studied little and I lived deep in my own world of self pity, fear and hatred. Luckily my guardian angel Principal Morton was committed to my cause. Unbelievably he gave me responsibility for the school tutoring programme for those who are finding a bit of learning difficulty. He gave me more work!He made sure I attended evening events in collusion with my family. How I loved them all!!! My resentment shot off the scale. Strangely I enjoyed tutoring and felt great when I helped someone improve. Even more strangely I enjoyed the times I had to research and present facts and opinion to class. Even worse though was I started to make friends with wonderful people. In my own mind this was a disaster but now it was not so bad. How could the truth be that Roxburgh is a great place with great teachers and great students? Slowly but surely the truth dawned on me. I started to meet new people and we helped to coach each other. They showed me the truth, that I could handle the work if I worked hard and persevered. It was not about lack of intelligence. Eventually I realised that I was good at something, English, and that has become my college major. So what has it all been about? Well, for me learning that the truth is something you should seek for yourself. Your friends have their lives and you should give them all the support and love you can. The truth also is, there are great people out there ready to be your friends, teach, support, mentor and love you. The truth also is that sometimes you need something to make a big change in your life to get you started. I retain strong links in my neighborhood and I love to keep up with old friends, however I recognise how much I have changed. . As Nelson Mandela said
“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find ways in which you yourself have altered.” The biggest of thanks, love and respect to my family, my new and old friends, Principal Morton, The Guidance team, our teachers and my fellow graduates. Roxburgh high has opened up our minds to the truth, we can achieve great things. We must all look at what is possible rather than just see what is directly in front of us. I think my mom did that for me and I hope to do it for others as we go through life. Not surprisingly I intend to be a journalist! What is your dream? Looking around for the last time Roxburgh High has given me challenges, strong friends, and a lifelong sense of purpose. Good Luck to all of you!!! The next of the free high school graduation speeches is from a Commencement Speaker who was a former graduate.
