Welcome Speech For Tuskin High School

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Members of the faculty, dignitaries, families, and friends, we—the 2017 graduates of Tustin High School—welcome you to this very exciting day. Graduation signifies not only the ending of a chapter, but a beginning of a new era in our lives. A new chance. A fresh start. There were times when we thought this day would never come, and times when we felt it was all moving a little too fast. For all of us, this last semester has been full of mixed emotions, a little anxiety, and lot of excitement about the future. After 4 years of learning and studying, exploring new ideas, trying out new things, and making new friends, we have finally made it.
After today, we will go our separate ways. Some of us will continue on to college, some will go on to

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