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___________________________, ____________________________, honored guests,
teachers, parents, friends, my fellow graduates, a pleasant morning to all of
us.
On behalf of batch 2012, it is my
honor and pleasure to welcome all of us to the A.Bonifacio Elementary School 35th
Graduation Day. The journey has been long and arduous, which only makes this
graduation ceremony an even sweeter occasion to celebrate.
And so today is a time of celebration
–a time to recognize the hard work we have poured in, a time to acknowledge
that we are another step closer to realizing our dreams. Yes, this is indeed
one of our greatest achievements in our relatively young lives, but we must
remember that this success is not ours alone. The persons who helped us and
stood by us in our academic journey deserve as much recognition, if not more.
We owe most of our lives to our
families, especially our parents. Their hard work and love provided us with the
needed motivation, allowing us to get to where we are now. Like most of us, we
want to show our parents that their sacrifices have borne fruit. And so today,
all their hard work and dedication in providing us with a good education is
actually a testament to their success.
Today is also a time of gratitude. In
this graduation ceremony, we express our grateful appreciation to persons who
have recognized our potentials and have consequently given us opportunities to
develop them wisely. To our teachers, we owe our success to your selfless
guidance.
May we carry on the responsibility of developing others as you have
molded and shaped us. Indeed, we are grateful for your contribution to our
human development for you have tapped our God-given gifts, and patiently nurtured
them to their fullest.
This expression of grateful
remembrance is also extended to our friends, classmates and schoolmates for
showing us the other side of elementary school life –more especially to the
non-material things, such as the need to bond and forge friendships which have
become invaluable as we journeyed together through elementary life.
And of course, graduation time is a
momentous occasion of thanksgiving to our Alma Mater, the A.Bonifacio
Elementary School for equipping us with the ardently needed values, ideals, and
knowledge, helping us to become the best of who we are and can be, not only to
serve our families, and our communities, but more importantly, our country.
And so, this graduation ceremony
points to a beginning of a new life, a new chapter, where we carry on and
strive to live by the core values of that which makes us God-fearing
individuals, individuals who hopefully embody a good character, individuals who
believe in the value of diligence, hardwork and perseverance, not because it is
a mere token of our educational formation but because it is the best thing to
do to help ourselves, our families and other people as well. Graduation is
about breaking new grounds, as much as it is a recall of the ground we once
trod six or seven years past, for this new ground serves as our landmark when
we step into a world that is much different from the one that is just about to
end.
Indeed, we can certainly hope that in the unfolding of
human events, we will make the right choices and plan the right actions all
toward our success. And so, let me make this personal acclamation on behalf of
my fellow graduates and say to our dearest alma mater, our teachers, friends,
peers, family and loved ones, that after today, we, the graduating batch of 2012,
will endeavor to make more right decisions and to do our best to make our lives
better; we welcome this next step, and
we will make you proud. Once again, welcome to this graduation ceremony and
good morning!
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