Graduation Speech: River City High School

Hello. My name is Elena Karavan and I have been attending Bridgeway Island for eight years. Looking back to the day we started at this very school, who knew that we would come so far to soon go to River City High School. We were all small children who had no clue what waited for us later in the years and these eight years have been both long and hard. Some of us have been in this school from kindergarten, while some of us came later. My favorite year was 8th grade, mostly because we are going to high school, but there were many good moments throughout the year. The best moment was when we were in the bus on the way back to school from Chico State University, Ms. Schoellhammer and Mrs. van der Heide danced to the song “Work”. This only applies …show more content…
Moving on, I would now first like to thank all of our teachers that are here in this room and those from past grades. Because of them, we are now able to go to high …show more content…
The future ahead of us will be harder than elementary school, but thanks to our teachers and parents they have helped us to come at this point. In middle school I learned that education is no joke and you have to be serious with it. Also, being in NJHS made me realize that we can make small changes in the world no matter how old we are. We may think that promotion day is not that important while graduation in high school is more important. This is absolutely wrong. To go to high school is a big deal because you are now at the point of where you are choosing your own path. There are four important things that you should keep in mind when going to high school which include: staying positive, confidence, curiosity, and determination. Like Dr. Seuss said "You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself, in any direction you choose. You are on your own. And you know what you