Good morning everyone.

I would like to say that I am very honored to have been

given the opportunity to present this speech today because graduation is one of the
important milestones in a person's life. (It’s my honor today to deliver the
commencement address for this incredible student body. I stand here before you,
looking back on four years of legacy we’ve all made together)

Thank you to everyone present here. Thank you to everyone who is part of the
school. Thank you to our teachers and parents and families and friends. You all
have helped shape us into the people you see today, and I can say in total
confidence that without you we would have become different.

Thanks for your presence here today, grateful to everyone who is part of our school
years, to the teachers, parents, and friends. Without you, I cannot be who I am
today.

Can you believe it? Four years ago, most of us walked into these halls as nervous
as we were the first day of school. We were the freshmen, the low men on the
totem pole. Now, those same four years later, we are leaving the school behind to a
whole new crop of people, most of whom were just as nervous as we were when
we arrived.

It has been a long four years and a short four years. Long because of all the drama
and bad homework, the boring readings, and all the other little pratfalls that hit us
in high school. Short because of the lifelong friendships, the lasting memories, and
the truly interesting and amazing things we learned between the occasional bits of
drudgery.

It went by fast. Just like our parents said it would. Good or bad, long or short, I
will always remember this place. And I hope with all of my heart, that each one of
you cherished these precious moments we have spent together because no matter
how much you may want to, you can't come back to high school. There is a
universal truth we have to face, whether or not we want to. Everything eventually
ends. As much as l have looked forward to this day, I've always disliked endings.
The last day of summer, the final chapter of a good book, the end with a close
friend. But endings are inevitable, leaves fall and you close the book. Today is one
of those day for all of us. Today we say our goodbyes.
I hope the school always nurtures better seniors and I wish them luck. Thank you
again, and I hope you will hear good things from us in the near future.

Once again, congratulations, we deserve to give ourselves one huge round of

applause!