Hello family, friends, faculty, and fellow graduates.
Well, we did it. We all accomplished one of the major early milestones of our
lives: high school graduation. This is a major step in the journey of our lives, one
that should be recognized for its immense significance. It is an act not only of
personal commitment, but also one of pride. We all worked hard to get to this day,
and our work did not go to waste. A high school diploma is a wonderful tool in this
world, one that opens many doors of opportunity for anyone who is lucky enough to
have one.
But graduation is not an end goal in itself; it is instead a part of the larger
journey of life. Wherever your future takes you, let it take you somewhere. Life is a
journey, and all accomplishments we achieve during its course should be taken as
starting points for further achievements. Our graduation should serve as such a
launching point, projecting us to wherever our futures are meant to take us,
whether we land ourselves a career, take up a trade, or continue our education at
college or Vocational/technical School.
But before we can begin to reach for the stars, there is one more personal
milestone that we all need to reach. Most people who graduate from high school
experience only one graduation—that from high school. But we all have one more
shortly ahead of us. We’ve already shown our commitment to personal growt