Graduation

Welcome to Chelan High School! Whether this is your first day, or you've been through a week, I hope that it's been great. If it hasn't, then trust me; it will get better. Chelan is one of the best places to be, and there are many things that make it unique. My favorite thing about the High School is the adults. Don't get me wrong, middle school teachers are great, but here in this hallway it is even better. Chelan has been recognized individually and as a whole for having wonderful teachers and…

Hello and welcome to Galion High School. This morning is a special morning. A morning that our staff and faculty are very proud to take the time to honor one deserving student. Today, we honor this one student with the GHS Golden Key Scholarship. The GHS Golden Key Scholarship is an annual award welcomed and recognized by Galion High School. Thanks to the incredible support from organization,The Board of Education. With the help and support of organizing this award and helping to donate half…

On an ebullient morning Jason wakes up to get ready for school. This is Jason’s Last week of school before graduation this Saturday and his dad is so proud of his only son graduating. Jason’s mother passed away about 5 years ago. He tells his father all the time that my mom is my motivation to work hard at what I want. Rev. James, Jason’s dad, is in the car waiting to take him to school. Jason finally makes it out the house and they proceed to the school. Awaiting him to get out the car is…

Good evening. in behalf of South University - Montgomery 's graduating class of 2015, it is with great pleasure to extend our utmost gratitude to all of you for celebrating this memorable affair with us. Fellow graduates, tonight we realize that the journey does not start at the beginning, it begins in the end. Before I proceed, I want you to know that I have warned myself that on an event as this, graduates are usually thinking one of the following thoughts : A, "Come on, thank Google,…

I don’t make speeches nor do I find talking in front of an audience appealing, I’m basically shy. I have wracked my heart and brain for what I ought to say to you today. I continually asked myself what I wished I had known before graduation, and what important life lessons to learn along the way. It has been 1389 days, 2,000,160 minutes, and 33,336 hours since we first stepped onto Newport Harbor’s campus, as freshman. Yes freshman! It feels like yesterday that we “little freshman” were…

the fifty states, each state has its own different requirements and graduation pathways. Each state has a different graduation rate, and the reason could be because of the different requirements of classes and the graduation pathways offered. Mississippi, Washington, Nevada, and Texas are four states with similar requirements but have various graduation pathways which affect student performance. Mississippi offers four graduation pathways. Each pathway has numerous classes to be taken.…

Developmental coursework is not valuable to students since, low success rates and high costs of remedial courses are affecting college students on their graduation rates leaving students to dropout because, of the income background they may come from and not being able to afford these developmental courses. College students believe that these developmental courses are time consuming and unnecessary, but also…

There has been a lot said over recent years about college graduates and if getting that college degree is even worth it anymore. Personally, I believe that it is worth it, as long as you have prepared before hand by choosing a program or field that you are passionate about and is growing. David Brooks argues that the reason current college graduates are not prepared is because of the shock of going from a rigorously structured life to extreme openness and freedom. The graduates are not ready…

However, there are many stepping stones that I need to get past in order to be where I want to be in 10 years. One of those stepping stones is graduating high school because without my high school diploma, I wont have/ be where I want to be. After graduation , and…

do not forget those who are not. A personal pilgrimage that they have chosen to take every year. In my own case, I can think of at least ten rites of passage that I have or will experience. Personally, I would like to point out how high school graduation is extremely…