Good Evening Friends, Family, fellow staff, Administrators and Board

Members. On behalf of the Graduates and _____ ISD, welcome you to

our Kindergarten Graduation Exercises.

Without further adieu, we would like our Graduates to enter.

Students Enter

Thank you students. We will now ask everyone to rise for the Pledges
to the United States of America and Texas Flags.

You may all be seated. Wow. Look at you guys- you look so sharp!

Students and Audience, I am honored to speak with you on this

momentous occasion. The idea of commencement, according to
Webster’s Dictionary is “the beginning of something”. Students, I
believe that the beginning of your “something” is as unique as each
one of you wearing a cap and gown this evening.

As I look out across the audience I see many people who have
sacrificed and worked diligently to see this day come to fruition. As
adults, we also can see where this moment is heading….towards the
beginning of a life that has not yet been walked.

I recount the words of Sir Francis Drake who more than 400 years ago
said “Disturb us Lord, when we are too well pleased with ourselves,
when our dreams have come true because we have dreamed too little,
when we arrive safely because we have sailed too close to the shore.
Disturb us Lord, to dare more boldly to venture on wider seas where
storms will show your mastery; where losing sight of land, we shall find
the stars. We ask you to push back the horizons of our hopes; and to
push in the future in strength, courage, hope and love.”

We have often talked about what it means to succeed. We have a daily

Badger Creed that we say each morning at Circle Time. The children
would like to share this with you. Students, I would like you stand for
your recital of the Badger Creed.

Thank you- you may be seated.

My hope as your Teacher is that I have strengthened your belief that

each one of you is unique, bright and special, and that nothing can
keep you from your success.
I have a lot of people ask me what we do in Kindergarten. The
Kindergarten program has changed drastically over the years...
We learn to write, we learn to read, we learn to add, we learn about
what it means to be part of something….
In our 177 days spent together in class, we managed to sneak in:
530 Fun Reading Time Books
22 games of Seven-Up
100 times for you to read to Mrs. ___and Mrs. _____.
620 times to Kiss your Brain
340 Band-Aids
4 Books read to us in class by Mr. _____
1 Easter Egg Hunt in the Park
1,000’s of hugs, high fives, winks and hand shakes
1 Musical, 1 play
25 visits to Mrs. _________’s room
11 Handmade books for your parents
Countless Watercolors, Fingerpaints, markers, crayons, clay, play-do
and OObelck.
Countless Clorox Wipes.
Countless Math Lessons double teamed by Mrs. _____ and myself.
1250 glasses of Juice and Snacks
131 sight words
Your first Library books.
340 Handwriting worksheets
20 Fun Direction Following Lessons with Mrs. _______
1 handshaking challenge from Mrs. _______
Hours of Playground time
72 naps
1 pot of Stone Soup
8 student designed hat days
Nature walks- and a trip to the Zoo.
22 Games of Math and Sight Words Bingo
120 Journal Entries
Lots of Learning Center time….your favorite!

Of course as your biggest fan- I could go on and on. Instead, we have a

picture slideshow to share with our audience. Our hope is that you can
have a slice of the joy from this slideshow that we get to experience
each day.

SLIDE SHOW.

Parents, I have made a copy for each of you. Please see Mrs. ____
tonight for your copy. They will play in your DVD player, and I can also
format them for your home computer if you’d like. If you’d like copies
of any of the pictures, please just let me know.
I would like to take just a moment to recognize and give thanks to our
staff members who give us support each and every day. Thank you
Administrators, Mr. _______, our Superintendent, Mrs. ______ our
Principal and Mr. _______, our Assistant Principal. We appreciate your
support.

Thank you to Mrs. _______, our Master Reading Teacher, and Mrs. _____,
our Speech Pathologist for working weekly with our class.

An extra special thanks to Mrs. _______- our Reading Coach/Nurse

Extraordinaire, and Mrs. _______- Our Master Math/ESL Teacher. Folks,
these two ladies have been a vital part of your child’s success, each
and every day. We appreciate them so very much.

And last but certainly not least--to you Parents and family, a very
special thanks for what you do each and every day. You are your child’s
most important Teacher. I thank you… I have found a poem, author
unknown which sums up what I am trying to say. Some of you may
have already read it n our Class Web Page.

I would like _______, our Assistant Principal to come and read this to
you.
It is titled, Unity.

I dreamed I stood in a studio

and watched two sculptors there.
The clay they used was a young child's mind
and they fashioned it with care.
One was a teacher, the tools she used
were books, and music, and art.
One, a parent, with a guiding hand
and a gentle loving heart.
Day after day, the teacher toiled
with touch that was deft and sure.
While the parent labored by her side
and polished and smoothed it over.
And when at last their task was done,
they were proud of what they had wrought.
For the things they had molded into the child
 could neither be sold nor bought.
And each agreed he would have failed
if he had worked alone.
For behind the parent stood the school,
And behind the teacher, the home.

Thank you Mr. ________. And now for our Diplomas.

First Row please stand.

Ladies and Gentlemen, it is with great honor that I present to you the
class of 20__.

Students you may move your tassels from the right to the left. 1…2…3.

And now….our Graduates.

Please stay for our Cake Reception. Parents, after the reception, please
return the gowns and hats to me before you leave.

Thank you.