Abbotsford News Thursday, June 21, 2012
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CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES OF 2012 ABBOTSFORD COLLEGIATE SCHOOL presents...
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BRIGHAM OKANO VALEDICTORIAN Zachary Achtymichuk Pearl Allard Sydney Allemeersch Jae Hee An Adam Anderson Lauren Arthur Nick Arthur Maninder Aujla Hanna Bae Harmin Bains Mandeep Bains Rhaelea Beauvais Jamie Bell Niles Bell Kristopher Belyea Lydia Ben Ami Jason Bobb Ashley Boileau Finnigan
aledictorians have an interesting job. Each year they have to do their best to represent their graduating class, while being original and inspiring. I’ll apologize before hand as I have no clue how to do justice to the interesting and diverse group that they (or you) are and the Àrst thing I picture when I hear “inspiring” is Napoleon Bonaparte with his hand in his coat, inspiring his troops. Normally at this point the valedictorian would have to make reference to homework, teachers, and other aspects of our closing high school life. That’s where I’m hoping to use originality. To anyone not from our graduating class, sorry for skipping the details of our time at Abby, but to my fellow graduates you already know all that stuff. So, thank you very very much to our teachers and other staff, who for some of us were the reason we made it this far, but now it’s time for our
Kevin Boivin Navi Bolla Allyson Braaten Dan Brar Jagdip Brar DJ Brien Amber Brown Larisa Bruce Darin Buist Kree Byrne Julius Cervantes Daniel Charters Shaya Collins Abby Covert Rafael Curvello Tyler Dahlstedt Jasmin Davis Alexzandria DeGeer
Chris Deglow Aidien Delaurir Javon Delorme Cayleb Desrochers Amritpal Dhaliwal Himat Dhaliwal Ricky Dhaliwal Justin Dietterle Jasmine Diwell Donohue Rebeca Doradea Makaela Dueck Mike Dueck Rachel Dutra Puneet Dyal Jayden Edmundson Jacob Eng Tanja Enns Fiona Feng
Melanie Flemington Veronica Flores Natasha Foster Darius Frick Lauren Friesen Christopher Frolov Ian Frolov Mingyuan Gao Jade Geleynse Tim Gerchikov Alyshia Gibson Dennis Gill Gary Gill Harish Gill Jadvinder Gill Jason Gill Mandeep Gill Simranjit Gill
future. In the next few weeks, months, and years, the choices we make have the potential to shape our lives and so I want to say this: You have inÀnite potential, don’t waste it. Never give up hope, because we can always use it. Make friends, people who believe in you can make all the difference. And Ànally, to illustrate my lack of originality as well, be the difference you want to see in the world, because although you may not change the people in China or England, you can change the lives of those around you. To the Graduating class of 2012, I’d like to end with an inspirational quote from Napoleon: “Ability is nothing without opportunity.” So go make that opportunity and, with any luck, the world won’t end in December 2012 and you’ll be able to use it! Grad 2012, go carpe that diem!
TJ Gill Darielle Goosen Paisley Gordon Brayden Gough Karnvir Grewal Nick Guenther Mike Guron Brady Halvorson Desire Ham Cole Hayward Jaspreet Heer Raman Heer Molly Heinrichs Jesse Heke Jordan Henault Kaitlynn Hendricks Sam Higgins Jeremy Hoffmann
Austin Hunter Vicky Hunter Berat Hyseni Tyler Jackson Gurpreet Jandu Niomi Jenkins Noah Jeon Bryce Johnson Jordan Johnson Steven Johnson Curtis Kaglik Jesse Kahlon Justin Keum Haris Khan Kyle Kingsborough Sydney Klein Ryan Kojin Nathaniel Kosovic
Congratulations ...to the Abbotsford Collegiate graduating class of 2012!
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