To our principal, Mrs.

Florentina Santos, our dynamic teachers, parents, batch mates and friends, today
is a day to be thankful and to be inspired.

On behalf of every student here I would like to extend my heartful gratitude the all the mentors and
teachers we've had.

Thank you for your precious time for us. Thank you for being kind, for being patient and most of all
thank you for the wisdom.

We gain a lot of knowledge and experience in this school and for that we couldn't be more grateful.

To my batch mates and friends, what a ride it has been. Thank you for being with me throughout this
journey.

I will never forget a laughter and even our hardships. Our journey may end but I know this will be the
beginning of another beautiful journey. May we meet again with smiles on our faces and remember the
happy times we had.

Most importantly I want to pay tribute to my parents, my mama and Papa. ma thank you for raising me.
thank you for your time, love and patience. Even though our lives are hard you have managed to make
both ends meet. You are my strength I would I've never survived this life without you.

Thank you for your genuine support. Know that I am always, always grateful to be your daughter. to my
papa in heaven, I know you are guiding me. Thank you for being my guardian angel. I hope I made you
and mama proud I love you both.

And lastly, to our Almighty father, thank you Lord for blessing me with so many amazing people. I am
forever in your debt.

It is an honor sanding here not only because of the awards that I received but because of this amazing
batch that has achieved so much let us continue to thrive for excellence

From the bottom of my heart maraming salamat po. congratulation everyone and have a wonderful
day.

After all those days of wondering, wondering if we would make it to the end, FINALLY, HERE WE ARE AT
THIS VERY MOMENT THAT marks the summit of our journey.

On behalf of every student here, I would like to express my sincerest gratitude to all the teachers and
mentors we’ve had in life. You are the candles that light the way. Thank you for using your precious time
and wisdom for us. You HAVE taught us and still are teaching us to achieve excellence. You help us on
our way to success. I believe that we’re a much better person NOW than we would have been had we
not met all of you.
Personal Gratitude:

I AM ALSO TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE SPECIAL PEOPLE… who have made my
achievements possible. I might not be able to mention all of you by name, but know that I am a million
fold times grateful to everyone who has put me on this stage today.

To my adviser Ms. Juvy, I am so grateful of your honesty, sincerity, and giving your best to us. Thank you
to my SLGE teacher, Sir Raphael (Bruce) Fernando for sharing stories and memories with me, and
guiding me, aside from being a great teacher. Thank you too, to my English teacher, Ms. Rhea Abat. No
matter how rowdy the class was, you still kept your stand. Thank you for being so understanding to all
your students. It’s like we’re your children. To Ms. Botalon, my Science teacher, thank you for making
this year great, and managing the whole Grade 6, while still being a teacher.

Not just all these names mentioned, I would like to thank every single teacher for changing lives, and
helping me learn more. Whether in Southville, or not, a certified educator, or just a simple person I
receive guidance from, thank you. You HAVE instilled a love of learning in me. You HAVE helped me
grow and guided me. And I’m sure, many other people too.

To all my friends, classmates or not, thank you very much. Arizah, Kyela, Yannikka, AV, Stefano, Andy,
and Inigo thank you for sticking with me. Thank you for believing in me even when I didn’t believe in
myself. Thank you for having my back all the time. You guys made me feel that I have a big wonderful
family.

A great thank you from my heart to my parents. To my wonderful, beautiful mother, Cynthia Cerbito for
all the immeasurable love, care and time, effort and discipline you are providing and building for me.
Without you, mom, I could not make Valedictorian possible. I hope I made you happy today. Thank you
so much FOR putting up with my antics, FOR your patience, and for waking me up each morning and
preparing all the things I need.

To my biological dad, Louis Goh Co, thank you so much, I mean it. I hope and pray that we will see you
soon.

I’m also forever grateful to my stepfather Terrence Lee Gildred for all the love, care and support. You
dreamed to have a more beautiful life with us, planned and brought us here in Southville in preparing us
to go outside the country, to have the finest education, and be a happy family. And hey dad, we made it,
I got valedictorian!

With this letter I’m sending my warmest greetings to the leaders of Common Hope, wishing you
blessings from God.

I wish to express to each and every one of you my deepest and honest gratitude for the support you
gave me to be able to study. I feel grateful that God and life put people like you in my path. Wonderful
people who supported me unconditionally to move forward and fulfill my dream of graduation.

Now that I have fulfilled another dream of mine, I wish to share with you my triumph and joy that I feel
realizing that my effort, my dedication, my persistence, my constancy and not being defeated by any
obstacle made this possible.
Now that I have fulfilled another dream of mine, I wish to share with you my triumph and joy that I feel
realizing that my effort, my dedication, my persistence, my constancy and not being defeated by any
obstacle made this possible.

I wish to offer this diploma to God, to my family, to Common Hope and to a very special person in my
life, my Sponsor Dr. Jane Carlstrom. God bless you for all the support you gave to me. I love you so much
and you will always be in my heart. You won a very special place in heaven for being such a noble and
extraordinary person that helped me unconditionally.

In the name of my family and myself, I am thankful for all the people that God put on my path, angels
that I had the chance to meet and also the people that make it possible that Common Hope is operating.
With your cooperative spirit and your good hearts you help families of our beloved Guatemala. God
bless you.

Kind regards,
Michelle Linda Maria