8th Grade Honors Convocation May 24th @ 1pm.

My Opening remarks for tomorrow's convocation. Great ceremony.

Welcome to the 2010 8th Grade Honors Convocation. Today we will be honoring the entire 8th grade for their achievements during this school year. This is not a graduation ceremony; it is merely a “pit stop” in the educational lives of these 480 students. The world that these students will enter will be dramatically different than the one the adults in this gym entered. Students you will need to continue your education past high school in order to be competitive in the world of 2014 and beyond.
During today’s ceremony, I encourage the students to silently reflect on their past two school years at Tecumseh. Think about the good times; think about the not so good times. Think about your choices of the past two years. Your education in life lessons is equally important to your classroom lessons. Think about what you can personally do, as you take the next step in your life to try to ensure that the good times outweigh the bad.
I encourage the students and guests to treat this ceremony with the dignity and respect that it deserves. The students have worked extremely hard and deserve their due recognition.