Good morning respected administrators, teachers, parents and the

amazing Class of 2022-2023. Before I start, I would like to thank all of

the teachers for coming through for us this year and therefore I ask all
the graduates to stand up and join me in giving all the teachers a
round of applause.
Congratulations! We’ve done it, all the hard work has finally paid off
and we’re all ready to take the next big step in life beyond high school.
I was lucky enough to be chosen to speak today before all of you and
reflect on our collective journey in this school, and if I were to think of
one word to describe this journey, it would be: Unprecedented. 
Unprecedented is defined as never done or known before, and I’m sure
all of you have heard this word countless times over the last year,
being normalised into a word that correlates directly with COVID-19.
But here, my intention is to connect this word with all of you; you are
unprecedented, you are a high school class that has done something
never known before. You see, all of us had a roller coaster ride; from
week-long quarantines to distance learning, masked classes to
countless pending assignments, to our nagging teachers and very hard
headed schoolmates.
Maraming nagsasabing na ang buhay high school ay siyang
pinaka-masayang bahagi ng buhay estudyante. Ako ay naniniwala sa
kasabihang ito dahil lubod akong nag galak sa apat na taon kong pag
aaral sa St. Augustine High School, Inc. Anjan ang aking mga
kaklaseng walong oras ko nakakasama, limang beses sa isang lingo.
Bagamat maghihiwalay na tayo ng landas, dapat tayong matuwa dahil
may babalik balikan tayong masasayang alaala sa ating buhay high
school.

Sa aming mga magulang at pamilya na laging nariyan, maraming

salamat po. Kayo ang siyang gumabay sa amin sa tamang landas
upang makamit naming kung anong narrating naming ngayon. Alam
ko, malayo pa an gaming lalakbayin pero alam naming na andiyaan
lang kayo lagi at naka gabay at suporta sa amin.

At sa’kin, sa ating pagtatapos, nawa’y wag nating kalimutan ang lahat

ng ating natutunan. Sa pagtatapos nating ito, isang pinto nanaman ang
magbubukas para sa ating hinaharap, ngunit hindi ibig sabihin nito na
dapat nating madaliin lahat sa ating buhay. Kung ano man ang nais
natin sa buhay, hindi importanteng makuha o makamit natin agad ito,
ang importante ay matutunan nating magsumikap upang makamit ang
mga ito. Muli maraming maraming salamat po. Mabuhay tayong lahat!!!